Nelson May Cut Tax Hike Figure Revenues Higher
Wisconsin Governor Nelson hints a tax boost may be trimmed as tax receipts run higher than expected. Republican candidates Kuehn Olson urge no increase, while the legislature weighs possible half per cent rise to balance the 1960-61 budget. The GOP pushes for tax relief and spending cuts.
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Abbotsford
Wisconsin
Sen
Humphrey
Frank Nikolay
Nelson
Assembly
Senate
Kuehn
Milwaukee
Board of Government Operations
Olson
Wisconsin Dells
GOP
Claude Jasper
Madison
Harold Huibretske
Cheddar Trade Tone Steady at Green Bay
Green Bay reports a steady trading tone on the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange. The first sale of a car of barrels cheese brought 31 cents, with one car of 40 lb blocks at 32 percent. Bids for four cars barrel cheese at 31, four cars 40 lb blocks at 32 percent and five cars 60 lb blocks at 32 percent remained unfilled.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Wisconsin lawmakers reopen session with old bills
Lawmakers return from a 30 month layoff to dust off bills from Gov. Nelson era including a farm marketing bill opposed by Farm Bureau. Major items include tax reform proposals and the high school district provision contested by city officials, plus appointments in state departments and a vandalism hate crime bill passed 88-0 by the Assembly.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Nelson
Robert G. Lewis
Senate
Farm Bureau
David Carley
Department of Resource Development
Joe E. Nusbaum
Department of Administration
Assembly
Monroe Pastor Accepts Interim Post in Richland Center
Rev. James Cooper longtime Monroe pastor since 1948 accepts call to become interim pastor of First Conservative Baptist Church in Richland Center. He begins duties this Sunday after residing in Monroe since December 1957. Interim pastor for Monroe church named Rev. B Knee of Madison. Regular meetings held at IOOF hall.
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James Cooper
First Baptist Church of
Monroe
Conservative Baptist Church of
Richland Center
Cooper
First Baptist of
Rev. B. Knee
Madison
Swiss Village Opens At New Glarus Sunday
The Swiss Village Museum in New Glarus will be open Sundays from 1 30 to 5 p m starting this Sunday with a 25 cent admission to help cover maintenance. Memorial gifts from families of J J Figi and O A Gleaden fund landscape work and support plans for a replica blacksmith shop this summer with tools and equipment donated for the project.
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New Glarus
Glarus
J. E. Freitag
Henry Schmid
Lynn F. B. Tschudy
Gilbert Ott
Abner Anderson
Paul Grossenbacher
Herbert Gmur
J. J. Figi
O. A. Gleaden
Kundert Seeks Third Term In County Clerk Race
Ray E. Kundert, county clerk, announced his intention to run for re election to a third term in the fall elections. He noted that nomination papers may be circulated today. Other declared candidates include Mrs Helen Myers for clerk of courts Ralph Kundert for county treasurer Mrs Helen Bratzke for register of deeds and Joseph D Viney for district attorney all on the Republican ticket. Grace M Thorpe retires as register of deeds and Franz W Brand will not seek re election as district attorney.
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Ray E. Kundert
Kundert
Helen Myers
Ralph Kundert
Helen Bratzke
Register of Deeds
Joseph D. Viney
Grace M. Thorpe
Franz W. Brand
Man fatally shoots wife then wounds self in St Louis
Police say Steffen Meyer 62 shot his wife Anna 67 as she sat in a wheelchair and then attempted suicide Thursday night. The couple lived in St Louis. Police did not release further details.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Steffen Meyer
Anna
Echo balloon fails to orbit as project aims for space relay
The United States attempted to launch a giant balloon satellite named Echo from Cape Canaveral aboard a Thor-Delta rocket. The 100 foot aluminum coated spheres were meant to circle Earth for global communication but contact was lost after stage separation, with officials noting a slim chance the payload achieved an unintended orbit.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Truman backs Symington for Democratic nomination
Former President Harry S. Truman endorsed Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri for the Democratic presidential nomination at a Chicago news conference. Truman said he is confident Symington would win a large electoral majority if nominated. Kennedy gains NY and possibly NJ backing as he competes for the July convention.
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Harry S. Truman
Sen
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Chicago
Truman
Symington
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
New York
Maryland
Manhattan
Carmine DeSapio
Kennedy
DeSapio
New Jersey
West Virginia
Trenton
N. J
Robert B. Meyner
Meyner
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Adlai Stevenson
Platteville Man Dies as Tractor Overturns
Lawrence R. Wunderlin, 29, a rural Platteville man, suffocated Thursday after his tractor overturned while plowing soft ground. He was found face down beneath the vehicle by a brother and was dead at the scene.
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Platteville
Lawrence R. Wunderlin
Wunderlin
Howe Revokes License Solicitors Ordered To Halt
Sheriff A Charles Howe revoked the license of six magazine solicitors after a complaint that a crew member took $5 from an elderly man in Juda. Jeanie Riddinger, 19, Scranton, denied taking money and was taken into custody by a county deputy. The group had been questioned and then ordered out of the county under the new ordinance designed to protect residents.
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A. Charles Howe
Howe
Jeanie Riddinger
Scranton
Ulrich Huggler
Miss Riddinger
Roy Vetterli
John Waelti
Juda
Hugg
Sheriff’s Department
Rock
Dan
Aly Khan Dies in Paris Auto Crash
Prince Aly Khan 48 a noted playboy and diplomat was killed in a head on collision near Paris after a race track visit. Bettina his companion was injured. Aly’s chauffeur hurt slightly. Karim succeeds as Aga Khan IV. Aly’s death follows involvement with Rita Hayworth and a 1958 UN tenure.
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Paris
Prince Aly Khan
Longchamps
Prince
St. Cloud
Suresne
Bettina
Europe
Aly
Bichaton
Rita Hayworth
Riviera
Hollywood
Yasmin
Miss Hayworth
Karim
Amyn
Rural Students Win Honors In Conservation Awards
Winners announced for the rural school conservation program final sessions in New Glarus. Recipients include students from Richland Center Twin Grove Atwood Badger Brooklyn Hiawatha Iliff Demonstration Room West Clarno centers with multiple names listed for each.
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New Glarus
Richland Center
Kathy Meyers
John Wegmueller
Richland School
Twin Grove Center
Sandra Lee Grossen
Thomas Phillips
Twin Grove
George Raymer
Fairfield School
Roger Clark
Shanghai
Atwood Center
Luanne Atkinson
Atwood School
Robin Ten Eyck
Clarence School
Gary Goecks
Bright
Badger Center
Vicki Baumgartner
Decatur School
Allen Schneider
Badger School
Curtis Gobels
Davis
Tom Kaderly
Brooklyn Center
David Heller
Brooklyn
Henry Luxem
Kenneth Heller
Kean Edward Nelson
Hiawatha Center
Donald Elmer
Hiawatha
Norma Jeanne Nelson
Michael School
Jean Welton
Ronald Buholzer
Blackford School
Carol Krebs
Grove School
Robert Blum
Iliff Center
Darrell Indergand
Ronny Thomm
Jerry Phillips
Diane Ku
City Officials Observe Radar Speeding Check
City police and safety committee members viewed a radar speed check demonstration yesterday. Attendees included Rex Eyler, Robert Skattum, James Goecks, Henry Hefty, and Dwight Coplien. the radar unit can be installed in a patrol car to measure incoming vehicle speed.
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City Police and Safety Committee
Rex N. Eyler
Eighth Ward
Robert L. Skattum
Fifth Ward
James H. Goecks
First Ward
Henry S. Hefty
Dwight C. Coplien
Powers allegedly sold out by Soviet agents sparks manhunt
New York Daily News reports American pilot Francis Powers was betrayed to the Soviets. Soviet radar tracked him from Turkey to high altitudes where an engine flameout forced bailout or destruction. Washington officials say the agent who betrayed him must be found. manhunt ongoing in Turkey and the Middle East.
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Red
New York
The
New York Daily News
Francis G. Powers
Powers
Turkey
Washington
Jerre Greene
Middle East
Wisconsin lawyers attend regional post graduate session
Lawyers from seven southern Wisconsin counties gathered for a post graduate training session in Madison yesterday, one of six regional meetings by the State Bar of Wisconsin. Speakers included Joseph D. Viney and Herbert L. Terwilliger with jurists and local bar leaders in attendance.
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Wisconsin
State Bar of Wisconsin
Joseph D. Viney
Green County Bar Association
William L. McCusker
Madison
James D. Chiardi
Milwaukee
Samuel P. Myers
Racine
State Supreme Court
E. Harold Hallows
George Currie
Grover Broadfoot
Arthur Luebke
Beloit
Superior Court
Joseph Bloodgood
Viney
Herbert L. Terwilliger
Wausau
Green
Rock
Lafayette
Grant
Iowa
Dane
Jefferson
Rockford Population Grows in 1960 Census
Rockford logs a 1960 population of 125,955 up from 92,927 in 1950. Winnebago County totals rise to 208,678 with a gain of 56,293. Durand climbs from 679 to 773 and Pecatonica from 1,438 to 1,646.
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Rockford
Winnebago County
Winnebago
Durand
Pecatonica
Soviet Doubts on Ike Visit as Red Diplomats Postpone Air Chief Tour
Washington reports that Soviet Russia postponed the visit of air force chief Chief Air Marshal K A Vershinin amid the U2 spy incident. Khrushchev may still avoid canceling Eisenhower’s planned June goodwill trip as diplomats note possible propaganda gains without full delay. Norway protests Powers landing plan. Pakistan warns of protest over alleged base in Pakistan. Eisenhower says intelligence work is distasteful yet necessary to avoid another Pearl Harbor.
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Eisenhower
Russia
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Francis G. Powers
Norway
United States
Pakistan
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Air Force
Thomas D. White
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Twining
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moscow
U. S
Kremlin
City Boy Observes 13th Birthday Today
Louis Janke of Monroe turns 13 on Friday the 13th 1960 a date described as a rare birthday occasion. The feature notes superstition around the day and jokes about luck with traditional taboos and mishaps.
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City Boy
Louis Janke
Louis F. Janke
Monroe
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Philip Kuehn
Jack Olson
Wisconsin Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Lincoln Gymnasium
Ann Goecks
Linda Fritz
Betty Kuether
James Smith
Ralph Hetzel
Times
By Roger Blobaum
U.S
Sen. Symington
Aly Khan
United Nations
Herve Bichaton
Ike
Reds
K. A. Vershinin
Pentagon
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