U S May Boost Forces To Meet Berlin Challenge
Washington experts discuss steps to strengthen NATO defenses in Europe if a Berlin showdown with the Soviet Union occurs this year. Kennedy NSC meetings consider redeploying forces, while Rusk warns against miscalculation as Khrushchev pressures for a free Berlin.
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Rusk
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Algeria
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East Germany
4-H Dairy Team Wins Southwest District Judging
The Green County dairy judging team won overall first in the Southwest District at Madison and will advance to the State Fair contest. Members include Andrew Oliver Dutch Hollow 4-H Club Dwight Hoesly New Glarus 4-H and Virgil and Robert Leopold Hilltop 4-H Club. Oliver placed first in Brown Swiss judging and second overall. Hoesly was third in overall judging.
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Madison
Andrew Oliver
Dutch Hollow
Dwight Hoesly
New Glarus
Virgil
Robert Leopold
Hilltop
Waterloo
Oliver
Hoesly
36 States Set Hunt for Park Kidnap Slaying Suspect
A statewide alarm seeks a slender dark haired woman pictured by 14 witnesses as the kidnap slayer of Andrew Ashley. A woman matching the description was detained in Amherst but released after questioning and charged with public intoxication.
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Andrew Ashley
Amherst
Andy
Recognition of Ruth Jenks Forty Years in Education
Ruth E. Jenks, retired Monroe high school librarian, recalls a long career in education spanning from Platteville Normal School to Monroe. She earned a Grand Cross of Color honor from the Rainbow Girls and has long supported Rainbow and Eastern Star groups while planning a quiet retirement in Ft. Atkinson after decades of teaching English geography history and more across numerous Wisconsin schools.
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Kennedy Signs Social Security Reform Expanding Benefits
President Kennedy signed legislation expanding Social Security benefits for about 4.42 million Americans and allowing men to claim at 62. The plan raises the cost to $825 million in the first year funded by payroll tax increases for employers and workers, and higher self-employment taxes.
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Washington
Kennedy
White Retires as LeMay Takes USAF Command
General Thomas D White retires after 40 years of service and General Curtis E LeMay assumes the Air Force chief of staff. A formal Andrews AFB ceremony follows a White House swearing in by President Kennedy with a 36‑plane air parade.
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West Point
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Minn
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Moscow
U.S
Europe
Kennedy Frees Blind Red Ride
President Kennedy commuted the sentence of Henry Winston, former Communist Party official, citing blindness and a brain tumor risk. Winston, among 11 top Communists convicted in 1949, surrendered March 5 1956 and faced a three year contempt term for flight, with release to time served.
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Kennedy
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U.S.A
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Silage Time Advised For Oat Crop
George Gramling assistant county extension agent said today he has received several queries on when to make oats into silage. He recommends silage be made when oats are in the milk stage and before they become doughy. He warned that delays could spoil the harvest.
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George Gramling
Gramling
Berlin Plan Revealed JFK Orders Probe of Pentagon Leak
The FBI is investigating a Pentagon secrets leak. White House confirms. President Kennedy reportedly ordered steps to trace how a national publication obtained military Berlin contingency plans. The Sun-Times ties the leak to a high Pentagon official and cites Newsweek reporting.
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Cheese Quota Protests Aired In Fond du Lac
Wisconsin dairy leaders testified against expanding import quotas for cheddar and blue mold cheese before a House subcommittee led by Rep. Dent. Sen. Proxmire urged keeping quotas tight to protect jobs in Wisconsin cheese plants ahead of plant tours and further hearings.
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Proxmire
United Ae
Gilbert Rohde
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Robert Kastenmeier
Stock Prices Mixed In Pre-Holiday Trade
In a dull pre-weekend session in New York several issues advanced while most key stocks moved fractionally. Trading volume was about 2.4 million shares as some issues gained three points or more.
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New York
Brief Shower Fails To Cool Countryside In Heat Wave
Heat persists in Monroe as a brief morning shower fails to bring relief. Temperatures near 92 yesterday and near 90 again today with 85 to 90 forecast tomorrow. Pool attendance soars at Recreation Park with a new one day record of 1,721 pushing season total to 19,631.
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Conditional settlement reached in shipping labor dispute
A conditional agreement between the National Maritime Union and two shipping groups was announced by David L. Cole, head of President Kennedy's fact finding board. The deal requires further talks with two additional unions before becoming a contract, and hearings concluded with an appeal to stay available through Sunday night for continued talks.
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David L. Cole
Kennedy
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Cole
Death of Francis Storkson in Belleville
Francis Storkson aged 52 of Belleville died at 8 45 a m today in St Clare hospital. He was admitted June 22 as a medical patient. Arrangements are pending at Becker funeral home Belleville.
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Belleville
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Becker
Tragic Farm Accident Claims Otterson at 65
Edwin J. Otterson, 65, died after a tractor drawn baler ran over his chest on the farm where he was born. The incident occurred Thursday near Whitehall, leaving his family and community in shock.
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Whitehall
Edwin J. Otterson
Republicans Blast Blanchard Tax Bill Move
Wisconsin Republicans faced a tense moment as heat and Assembly Speaker Blanchard sparked opposition to a sales levy tax revision bill. GOP leaders said Blanchard’s objections could doom the plan, with assembly aides fearing the proposal is a dead duck. Democratic aides welcomed the setback, noting the handwriting on the wall.
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Senate Okays FTC CAB Revision Plans
Senate approves Kennedy plan to reorganize the Federal Trade Commission and the Civil Aeronautics Board amid Republican opposition. The House had upheld prior versions while rejecting others in Kennedy's push to streamline regulatory agencies. votes show two victories and two defeats.
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Bomb Explosions In Havana Injure Three In Vedado Parking Lot
Three people were injured by a bomb in a parking lot in Vedado Havana police said. Cuban radio later reported a separate blast near CMQ radio station with no injuries.
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Blanchard Slams Tax Proposal At Madison Hearing
At a crowded public hearing in Madison Assembly Speaker David Blanchard attacked the three per cent sales tax plan and its withholding and credit refund features. He urged replacing them with food and drug exemptions, arguing the changes would provide real relief for low income families and save the state about ten million in the next biennium. The seven hour session drew more than 600 people as opponents sang no sales tax while proponents touted revenue and relief provisions. Blanchard warned withholding would spur higher spending and wage demands.
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Norris Kellman
Afl-Cio
Patrick Lucey
Mayor of Zurich Feted At New Glarus Dinner
Dr. Emil Landolt mayor of Zurich Switzerland and his wife and daughter Rose visited New Glarus en route to California and plan to return July 4 They were hosted at the New Glarus hotel and toured the Chalet of the Golden Fleece Swiss embroidery firms and local Swiss companies.
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Swiss Upright Embroidery Factory
Swiss Miss Mart
Pet Milk Co
Cheddar Mart Steady on Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
GREEN BAY prices steady with one car junior 40-lb block sold at 3234 cents. Unfilled bids remain for one car junior 40-lb white blocks and one car junior 60-lb white blocks at 32 percent. Trading tone remains steady.
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