NAACP Official Calls Civil Rights Act Work for Negroes
Denver NAACP leaders urge activists to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title 7. Herbert Hill labels poverty programs as white welfare paternalism while Roy Wilkins stresses making all provisions work to address employment discrimination and Negro unemployment.
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Denver
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Herbert Hill
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
Hill
United States
Marcha
Department
Swiss Cheese Days set with ADA guests and parade entries
Swiss Touch guests include Donald Peterson and Fred Gillingham from the ADA at the Cheese Day Committee meeting. Gottlieb Brandli and Mrs. Werner Bernet attended. promotions will be available to the committee. Plan includes contacting Green County Swiss groups for entertainment and purchasing cheese for Cheese Days. Parade chair William Lanz reports 20 bands and 30 to 40 floats entered.
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Donald Peterson
Wisconsin
ADA
Fred Gillingham
Gottlieb Brandli
Monroe
Swiss Club
Werner Bernet
American Dairy Assn
Martha Bernet
Green County
Robert Hahlen
William Lanz
Illinois Corruption Files Remain Secret
Springfield Illinois Crime Commission votes 7-4 against releasing its files on a legislature corruption investigation. Rep Leo Pfeffer urges disclosure claiming all names mentioned in the report including informers and those under suspicion should be public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Ilinois Crime Commission
Leo Pfeffer
D-Seymour
Pfeffer
Robert H Rolfs Dies in Milwaukee Hospital
Robert H. Rolfs a leading Wisconsin industrialist died today of a heart attack at a Milwaukee hospital. He was a prominent figure in regional commerce and industry with ties to West Bend and surrounding communities.
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Robert Rolfs
West Bend
Robert H. Rolfs
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
High Judge Teams Shine in Vernon County Dairy Contest
Two 4H dairy cattle judging teams from Wisconsin earned notable placings at the southwest Wisconsin judging contest held yesterday at the Vernon County Fair grounds in Viroqua. The senior Green County team took second. the junior team finished fourth. Individual contestants also posted strong scores with Robert Weiss sixteenth and Jene Eberle seventh in overall rating, while John Deininger topped the Guernsey judging.
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Wisconsin
Vernon County Fairgrounds
Viroqua
Green County
Jene Eberle
Richland
Verlen J. Eberle
Robert Weiss
Cadiz
John Weiss
John Deininger
Lloyd Deininger
Sandra Keehn
Jolly Workers
Howard Keehn
Green County ASCS Election Call for Farmers
Green County farmers are urged to vote in the ASCS elections by mail with nominations by petition due July 8 1965. Incumbent and new candidates will be listed on ballots mailed July 26 and due back by Aug 9 with results tabulated Aug 13 to form a township committee chaired by the top vote getter.
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Green County
ASCS
William Tschudy
Green Age
Toay
ALCS
Tschudy
Senate OKs Four Year 650 Million Medical Centers Plan
The Senate authorized a four year 650 million program to create regional medical centers to fight heart disease cancer and stroke. A proposed 90 percent government share for building costs and 50 million first year funding outline the plan with 71 percent of deaths tied to these illnesses. The bill advances to the House as part of Johnson health agenda with 1.1 billion sought over five years by the President.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
House
Memorial Award Created for Pharmacology Senior at Nebraska
The University of Nebraska Founda tion establishes a $500 annual memorial for a worthy senior in the pharmacology department in memory of Thomas W. Cunningham who was killed in a Nebraska car crash November 1, 1964. Donor is Mrs. Nell W. Cunningham of Monroe. selection by the College of Pharmacy.
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Thomas W. Cunningham
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Foundation
Harry R. Haynie
Department of Pharmacology
University
Nell W. Cunningham
Monroe
Monroe High School
Cunningham
University of Nebraska
College of Pharmacy
Omaha- Lincoln
Haynie
Market Rally Surges as NYSE Sees Record First Hour
New York market opens with the heaviest first hour trading in NYSE history, volume reaching 2.63 million shares since 1933. By noon the Dow Jones average stood at 845.31, up 4.72, after a stronger early advance that faded toward midday.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Rioters Injure Scores in Seoul Korea Demo Over Treaty
In Seoul hundreds of students were injured and 341 were arrested during demonstrations protesting a treaty establishing diplomatic relations between South Korea and Japan.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Japan
They Take the Bus Chicago Strike Drives Transit Use
Thousands of habitual cab riders line up for buses and subways on the fourth day of a city strike that has idled eighty five percent of Chicago cabs.
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Chicago
Board Okays Hot Mix Bid For City Streets
The Monroe Board of Public Works recommends accepting the low bid of $7.19 per ton for 6300 tons of hot mix to resurface city streets this summer. Kennedy and Sons priced the project at $45,297. Other bids ranged to $58,275. The decision goes to the City Council on July 6. Dutch Elm disease has claimed 40 more trees this summer. officials stress faster dead-elm removal and fall spraying plans. Street crews report 40–50 large trees and limbs lost in the weekend wind storm. area cleanup continues. An oiling project on 5th Street to curb dust will be done Saturday on railroad property after cars are parked away. The board also suggests naming a new Industrial Park roadway as an extension of 14th Street.
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Monroe Board of Public Works
Kennedy and Sons
Kennedy
B. R. Ammon and Son
Elkhorn
Rein, Schultz and Dahl
H. Turner
Boscobel
Rock Road Construction Co
Janesville
Park Board
Jack Erb
Monroe
Eric
Erb
5Th St
14Th St
Four Recruits Sign Up as Guard Unit Rejoins Training
National Guardsmen of Company B return to routine meetings after two weeks at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Fifteen new recruits joined in three weeks and the unit now stands at 97 men on a waiting list basis.
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Allan E. Swanton
106
Camp McCoy
Sgt. Swanton
Swanton
Wisconsin
Times
National Guard Company B
National Guardsmen
Monroe Armory
Armory
Dwight Coplien
National Guard
Richard Steiner
Monroe
Ralph Ellefson
Ronald E. Aebly
Mt. Horeb
Gerald E. Voegels
New Glarus
Coplien
B Company
Harold Gissing
Otto Erzinger
Richard Hassenfelt
Dave (Fee) Babler
Russell L. Johnson
Milwaukee Journal
Sgt
Johnson
Company B
Richard J. Ballman
1St Infantry Brigade
32Nd Division
5Th Army
Monroe Fourth of July events set at Twining Park
The Monroe Fourth of July fireworks and City Band concert will be Sunday night at Twining Park with the band directed from the Bandshell. Fireworks follow sunset and a temporary backdrop will aid acoustics for hillside seating. Stores close Monday for the holiday. post offices observe Monday as a holiday with limited services in Monroe only.
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Monroe
Twining Park
Allan F. Barnard
Chamber of Commerce
Russell J. Myers
Tourists Set $50 Duty Free Limit On Purchases
Washington lawmakers reverse themselves to approve a $50 duty-free exemption for purchases carried into the United States by U.S. tourists. The Finance Committee had backed a $100 limit earlier in the day after a morning session.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
U.S
Aldermen Back Mayor in Refusal to Settle Tornado Losses
Mayor Walter R. Ekum and City Atty. William J. Schmitz announced they will notify the State Life and Fire Insurance Fund that proposed building settlement terms are unacceptable. The move follows aldermen's unanimous endorsement at a special meeting after skeptical talks with adjusters and a request for a complete appraisal to establish replacement cost values versus state figures.
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Walter R. Ekum
William J. Schmitz
State Life and Fire Insurance Fund
Madison
Palm Sunday
Fred R. Simpson
Simpson College
Iowa
Ekum
Schmitz
Bruni-Miller Co
Harold W. Duckett
Funds Division
State of Wisconsin Department of Insurance
William Stuckey
Monroe
Duckett
Monroe Evening Times
Stuckey
Council Insurance Committee
Bruni-Miller
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John Meier
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Brodhead
Juta
Browntown
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Gratiot
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