Wingert Eyes July Deadline on Wisconsin Reapportionment
Federal special master Emmett Wingert aims to issue recommendations before July 1 after hearings in Madison on Wisconsin reapportionment. Witness Gaige Roberts said if the September 11 primary stands, filing deadlines must precede July. The session produced a new Assembly redistricting proposal by Dean Erwin A. Gaumnitz.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Emmett Wingert
Gaige Roberts
State Assembly
Erwin A. Gaumnitz
University of Wisconsin School of Commerce
Congress
Gaumnitz
Milwaukee County
Waukesha
Zimmerman
Atty. Gen. Reynolds
Senate
Reynolds
U.S. Supreme Court
Wingert
U. S. Supreme Court
Judge and Mayor Visit Bicycle Court Session
Judge Roger L. Elmer and Mayor Orville R. Evans toured the Children's Bicycle Court at city hall. The three child judges Greg Wagner Barbette Burgy and Ralph Phillips appeared in new robes during the session to observe operations.
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Roger L. Elmer
Orville R. Evans
City Hall
Elmer
Evans
Greg Wagner
Barbette Burgy
Ralph Phillips
Luzon Battered by Floods and Fires in Manila and Beyond
Floods swamped many Manila streets while large fires erupted in two Luzon towns and on Catanduanes island as the Philippines faced widespread damage. Local authorities warned of rising water levels and asked residents to evacuate flood zones.
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Luzon
Manila
Philippines
Catanduanes
Clerk Trapped In Stock Theft Shocks Wall Street Case
In a bold stock theft case at Bache and Co, clerk Gordon Tallman and four others were arrested after lifting over a million dollars in securities from a Wall Street brokerage. FBI sting recovered nearly $200,000 while co-conspirators faced bail as Mr X remains at large.
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New York
Wall Street
District Attorney’s
Boston
FBI
District Attorney's Office
Dist. Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Gordon A. Tallman
Bache and Co
Tallman
Bache
Hogan
Robert J. Dodge
Upper Manhattan
Dodge
Brooklyn
Martinelli
Jersey City
N.J
Bronx
Monroe to receive AAA pedestrian safety award
Monroe will be honored with a pedestrian safety award by the American Automobile Association next Thursday. Mayor Orville R. Evans and Police Chief Henry S. Hefty will accept on behalf of the city during a ceremony at the police station at 11 a.m.
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Monroe
American Automobile Association
Orville R. Evans
Henry S. Hefty
Lafayette County Fair Opens With Harness Races This Week
The 106th Lafayette County Fair at Darlington begins entry day Wednesday and runs through Sunday night with judging on Thursday and Friday. Children’s Day is Friday. Harness racing appears Thursday and Friday nights, stock car revue Saturday at 2 p.m. and a horse show at 1 p.m. Sunday features WRFL amateur show Riace time at 8:15 p.m. Night races include 2-year-old pace and 2 races of 28 and 22 speeds across Thursday and Friday programs.
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Lafayette County
Darlington
WRFL
Amberg Postal Probe Ordered
Washington reports that Glenn M. Mattison acting postmaster at Amberg Wisconsin faces a government inquiry over alleged efforts to coerce postal workers into political contributions. The probe by the Post Office Department’s chief inspector follows claims that Mattison threatened workers with job loss to secure two percent contributions for the Democratic War fund. He was nominated by President Kennedy on January 22 and is serving as acting postmaster pending confirmation.
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Washington
Glenn M. Mattison
Amberg
Wis
Post Office Department
James F. Kelleher
J. Edward Day
Kelleher
John Byrnes
R-Wis
Mattison
Byrnes
Kennedy
Major Wisconsin roads set for detours due to construction
State Highway Department lists detour sections across Wisconsin including U S 16 in Dodge County east of Lowell and State 19 through Dane and Jefferson from Marshall to Waterloo. Other routes affected are State 26 in Dodge south of Juneau State 31 in Racine area State 33 in Columbia east of Baraboo and more.
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Madison
State Highway Department
Wisconsin
U.S
Dodge County
Lowell
Dane
Jefferson
Marshall
Waterloo
Dodge
Juneau
State
Racine
Vicinity
Columbia
Baraboo
Monroe
Norwalk
Wilton
Sauk
Rock Springs
Albany Faces Standoff Over Civil Rights March
In Albany Georgia a federal judge bans mass demonstrations and a planned march on City Hall led by Martin Luther King Jr and the SCLC. Police prepare as King and Abernathy urge volunteers while officials refuse to negotiate.
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Albany, Ga
Asa D. Kelley Jr
Georgia
Albany
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Montgomery
Ala
Ralph Abernathy
South Christian Leadership Conference
Washington
Kennedy selects Maxwell Taylor as JCS chairman
President Kennedy announces Gen Maxwell D. Taylor will replace Gen Lyman Lemnitzer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff this fall. Taylor, Kennedy's closest military adviser since last year, helped shape U.S. strategy in Vietnam.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Pentagon
Eisenhower
White House
Kennedy
Taylor
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lemnitzer
U.S
Europe
NATO
JCS
Lauris Norstad
Hyannis Port
Mass
George H. Decker
Army
Decker
Earle G. Wheeler
Wheeler
Norstad
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
South Viet Nam
Fire School Sept. 9 Helicopter Rescue Slated
The 26th annual Fall Fire School will be held at the fairgrounds on Sept. 9. Sponsored by the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen's Association with the Western Actuarial Bureau Chicago, it features a helicopter rescue and demos of Hy-Ex Foam, Fo-Da-Tanks pumper relay, Sky Genie rescue, and cry powder with purple K. Emmett Cox opens at 1 30 p.m., followed by an invocation, flag presentation, and welcomes from local officials. Registration 8–9 a.m. and six classes will train volunteer firefighters throughout the day.
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The
Southern Wisconsin and
Northern Ilnois Firemen’s Association
Western Actuarial Bureau
Chicfago
Emmett Cox
E. C. McCollow
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Monroe
David Logemann
Stockton
Lynn C. Ray
North Park
Rockford
Association
Keith Miller
Verona
Charles Morris
Beloit
Herman Pfund
O. E. Hirst
Galena
Harvey Ott
New Glarus
F. C. Richter
Batavia, Il
John Peters
McFarland
Walter Okey
Cassville
Robert Neidigh
Freeport
J. T. Alexander
Shullsburg
Everett Elliott
Swiss tour favorite Ken Krattiger recalls Alps view
Monroe high school cornetist Ken Krattiger, 16, returning from a European goodwill tour with the United States High School Band, names Switzerland his favorite country due to clean streets and friendly people. The group of 90 musicians performed eight concerts across France, Italy, Austria, England, with Alps sighted best from Austria. funded by Lions Club and local groups, the trip included 14,000 at a Lions concert and 35,000 at a parade in Nice during the Lions International week.
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Ken Krattiger
Monroe
United States
Switzerland
Krattiger
France
Italy
Austria
England
Alps
Lions Club
Ken
Europe
Nice
Lions International Convention and Parade
Venus Mission Postponed as Radio Signal Delays Launch
Cape Canaveral postpones the Mariner I Venus probe launch for at least 24 hours after a stray radio signal detected in the Atlas Agena B rocket. NASA may attempt to launch Sunday morning toward Venus, a 224 million mile flight aiming for a Dec 8 rendezvous and a close solar orbit pass.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner I
Venus
Earth
Carnival ride accident claims life of 4-year-old girl
At the Dunn County Fair in Menomonie Wisconsin a four year old girl Kathy Alf daughter of Hollis Alf was killed during a Children's Day carnival ride. The coroner said she may have stepped from the seat onto the platform and her head struck a fence railing after the ride tilted. Kathy’s mother is hospitalized after brain surgery and her father was away on a trip.
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Mepnomonie
Wis
Dunn County Fair
Kathy Alf
Hollis Alf
Menomonie
Alf
Madison
J. B. Tweeten
Kathy
Willis Olson
Tax Break Seen For 32nd Troops
Rep Thomson said members of the 32nd Division on active duty since last October may deduct all civilian business expenses incurred during active duty from their 1962 income. The rule covers regular civilian businessmen like farmers and requires subtracting any Army quarters and subsistence paid by the government. The ruling applies to civilian businessmen, not employees.
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Washington
Vernon Thomson
32Nd
Thomson
Internal Revenue Service
Galveston Council Protests TV Show on Hurricane Carla
Galveston Texas councilmen voted 4 to 3 to complain to the National Broadcasting Co. about a network program last May on Hurricane Carla and its effect on Galveston. The council said it wanted equal network time to tell its side of the story.
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Galveston
Texas
National Broadcasting Co
Seven Die In Head-On Wisconsin Car Crash
A two car head-on collision on a northeastern Wisconsin rural road killed seven people, six in one car and one in the other. Victims from Marion area include Walter Grimm and wife, John Koepke and wife, Oscar Mehlberg and wife, and 23-year-old Dilton Pingel. Pingel's car, a 1955 model, met the other vehicle on the crest of a hill just east of Caroline. Mehlberg was driving. three men rode the front seats, women in the back. Mehlbergs have four sons, Grimms a son in the Navy and a son and daughter at home. A Wisconsin traffic toll update followed.
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Shawano
Wis
Wisconsin
Shawano County
Dilton Pingel
Marion
Sheriff’s Office
Caroline
Pingel
Sheriff's Office
Grimms
Koepkes
Mehlbergs
Mehlberg
Koepke
Grimm
Fore-Way Express Co
Clintonville
Waukesha
Emil Kessler
Route 2
Waterford
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Muskego
Allan Schuller
County Colleges to Close Under New State Plan
Madison reports the Coordinating Committee for Higher Education approved a resolution to close 22 county teacher colleges and create a long range policy on extension centers. The plan ends state aid after 1968 with by 1972 all public school teachers required to have four year degrees.
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Madison
Coordinating Committee For Higher Education
University of Wisconsin
Early actor Ted Henderson dies at 74
Santa Paula California reported veteran silent screen actor Ted Henderson aged 74 died at his home Friday. He appeared in more than 300 silent films and supported stars including Charlie Chaplin Harold Lloyd Bob Steele Tom Mix Monte Blue and Lillian Gish.
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Santa Paul
Calif
Ted Henderson
Henderson
Charlie Chaplin
Harold Lloyd
Bob Steele
Tom Mix
Monte Blue
Lillian Gish
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