Minimum Wage Debate Shapes Pact on Coverage and Dates
Washington lawmakers debate amendments as they push a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to 1.60 with coverage expansion to 7.2 million workers including farm, hotel, hospital, and restaurant staff. A key fight centers on delaying the top rate to 1970 while Feb 1 1.40 and 1.60 escalations proceed. President Johnson backs the bill but supports changes and party lines show division over farm worker coverage and tipped workers.
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Washington
House
Glenn Andrews
R-Ala
Alphonzo Bell
Rcalif
William H. Ayres
R-Calif
Education and Labor Ag Onan
Thomas G. Morris
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Johnson
Morris
Labor
Congress
Fond du Lac Names Murphy City Attorney
John C. Murphy 38, city attorney of Superior, was chosen Tuesday to become Fond du Lac city attorney. He was selected from 21 applicants and is a native of Mt. Horeb.
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Fond DU Lac
John C. Murphy
Superior
Murphy
Mt. Horeb
Dr Edward Zupanc Honored For Ten Years At St Victor’s School
Dr Edward Zupanc Monroe Clinic pediatrician and city health officer received a coaching service award at St Victor’s School marking a decade of athletic program work. He will retire from full time youth work to focus on Monroe Clinic duties. Walter Donovan Jr. also received a five year plaque for coaching at the school.
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Edward Zupanc
Monroe Clinic
St. Victor’s School
Marco’s
Walter J
Bud) Donovan Jr
Marco
Donald Lins
Lins
Holy Name Semi
Nary
Middleton
George Chryst
Edgewood High School
Madison
Dr. Zupanc
St. Victor’s
Richard Sullivan
John Zupanc
Donald Blum
Merle Monahan
Glen Schwartz
Tests Capture UW Attention
Madison students protesting draft deferment policies ended a 10 hour sit in on the University of Wisconsin campus as numbers dwindled. They planned a permanent group to renew the fight in the fall and asked grades be withheld pending faculty student review. Exams began Thursday and ran through next week.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Hamilton Elected President-Elect of Wisconsin State Bar
Frank D. Hamilton of Dodgeville was chosen president-elect by mail balloting of Wisconsin attorneys. The elections committee announced the results Tuesday. Reuben W. Peterson of Bayside was named secretary and Richard S. Brazeau of Wisconsin Rapids treasurer. Ray R. McCann of Milwaukee remains president-elect and will be installed as president June 15, succeeding Donald C. O’Melia of Rhinelander. Peterson and Brazeau will assume their offices then, with Hamilton set to succeed McCann next year.
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Madison
Frank D. Hamilton
Dodgeville
Wisconsin State Bar
Hamilton
Wisconsin
Bar
Reuben W. Peterson
Bayside
Richard S. Brazeau
Wisconsin Rapids
Ray R. McCann
Milwaukee
State Bar
Donald C. O’melia
Rhinelander
Peterson
Brazeau
McCann
Extensive Erosion Reported in County
County agent Myron Jeglum cites heavy rains causing extensive erosion this week. He notes minimal corn planted, possibly a third, and says the erosion loss is not a serious soil washaway compared to broader damage.
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Myron Jeglum
Primaries Across States Shape 1966 Senate and Gubernatorial Fields
Oregon selects Robert B. Duncan for Senate over Howard Morgan while Gov. Hatfield secures Republican Senate nod. Tom McCall wins Oregon governor GOP nomination with Straub awaiting Democrat. Florida sees Miami Mayor Robert High defeating Hayden Burns in runoff for governor. Kentucky renominates Sen. Cooper. Brown to face him in November. Oklahoma yields Dewey Bartlett as Republican nominee for Senate and Preston Moore as Democrat for governor. Patterson tabbed to challenge Sen. Harris.
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Oregon
Robert B. Duncan
Johnson
Viet Nam
Senate
Howard Morgan
Mark O. Hatfield
Tom McCall
Robert Straub
Florida
Miami
Robert King High
Hayden Burns
Kentucky
John Sherman Cooper
John Young Brown
M. G. Snyder
House
Oklahoma
Preston Moore
Oklahoma City
The
American Legion
Raymond Gary
Dewey Bartlett
Tulsa
Pat J. Patterson
Fred R. Harris
Debris Washes Ashore as Kaitawa Crew Remains Missing
Debris from the collier Kaitawa washed ashore in Aukland New Zealand with no sign of the 29 crewmen, who have been missing since Monday night. Search efforts continue as authorities assess the scene and investigate the vessel's fate.
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Aukland
New Zealand
Kaitawa
Explorer 32 Seeks Upper Atmosphere Data From Cape Launch
Explorer 32, a 492 pound orbital laboratory, blasted off from Cape Kennedy aboard a Delta rocket to study charged hydrogen helium nitrogen and oxygen in the upper atmosphere and monitor solar storm disturbances. The seven day launch schedule includes Saturn V testing Gemini 9 Surveyor and OGO missions with targets around the moon and moonward space.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Explorer
America
Orbiting Chemical Laboratory
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Orbiting
Geophysical Observatory
OGO
Four Hospitalized After Amusement Ride Mishap
Four persons were hospitalized after an amusement ride mishap at a shopping center carnival Tuesday night in Kenosha. Police and investigators interviewed witnesses and secured the ride for inspection. The carnival operated at the city shopping center for the weekend event.
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Kenosha
Jaycee Chicken Barbecue Set for Green County Fairgrounds
Jaycees announce committees for the annual Chicken Barbecue at Green County Fairgrounds Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets available from any Jaycee member or at the grounds. Committees include Tickets and Advance Sales, Publicity, Coffee, Pit Construction, Firemen, Clean-up, Cooks and Turners, and Food Service with numerous named volunteers.
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Rolland E. Karlen
Jack Kessenich
Jaycees
Green County Fairgrounds
Jaycee
Fairgrounds
Ray Gordon
Rollie Karlen
Dave Pedersen
del Krupke
Milo Friedrichs
Bud Donovan
Wayne Stroessner
Dick Rote
Ollie Fink
Bob Jones
Ron Klemm
Bill Tuescher
Wes Wandfluh
LeRoy Marty
Mike Johnson
Don Pfister
Art Carter
Dan Bahler
del Heins
Jack Fernan
Lawrence Vance
Bob Wolfe
Paul Paulson
Dick Yaun
Larry Lancaster
Jack Kundert
Alan
Monroe High School to Hold Senior Week and Commencement
Senior week begins Sunday night for Monroe High School seniors with Baccalaureate at the Junior High Auditorium at 8 p.m. The 93rd commencement is set for Thursday, June 2, in the high school gymnasium. Awards Day follows the banquet at Monroe Country Club on June 1. No valedictorian or salutatorian will be named.
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Monroe High School
Barbara Wegmueller
Floyd A. Fahlgren
Fahlgren
Alfred Kunz
Israel
Elijah
David
Calvin P. Fisher
St. John’s
PMA Seeks Federal Milk Order to Tie Chicago Milwaukee Markets
Pure Milk Association files proposals with the U S Department of Agriculture to create a single Federal milk order uniting Chicago Milwaukee Madison and Rock River Valley markets. Aims include Class I pricing based on farm and consumer incomes and 70 to 80 percent Class I utilization for farmers served by Class I handlers.
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Pure Milk Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Milwaukee
Madison
Rock River Valley
A. L. McWilliams
PMA
Chicago City Hall
Pay Proposal Slashed by Madison Finance Panel
The Joint Finance Committee cut 1.1 million from a 2.7 million request for university faculty pay increases. The move signals tighter state funding and implications for campus compensation negotiations.
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Madison
Joint Finance Committee
Red Poppy Poem Observes Poppy Day Distribution
A poem by Mrs. William Louise Eberhardt of Monroe accompanies notice that Poppy Day will be observed with poppy distribution Friday by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit.
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William
Louise) Eberhardt
Monroe
The
American Legion
Poppy Remembrance Honored Across Generations
A veteran in a hospital bed imagines a paper poppy linking World War I to Vietnam while a new Lincoln-Mim Mercury Cougar is announced for the 1967 line, marking a shift from remembrance to a modern product rollout.
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Detroit
Henry Ford II
Lincoln - Mercury
Water Pollution Delay Grips Wisconsin Legislature
Political fighting over Gov. Warren P Knowles water pollution abatement bill slows progress in the Senate and stirs Assembly dissatisfaction. Democrats oppose top priority status while Republicans pledge to honor minority lists, delaying major Senate and Assembly actions as sessions threaten to run late.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Senate
Assembly
House
Carl Thompson
Dstoughton
Robert Knowles
New Richmond
Sen
Daily Doggerel on Citizenship by Clair R. Munns
A short verse urges good citizenship and true deportment as the measure of a person. It quips that the value of a circle rests in roundness rather than size, inviting agreement on virtue over show.
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Clair R. Munns
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Fran Schott
Jim Menehan
Lee Geiger
Pete Wilhelmi
Dave Poff
Jim Volkert
Ken Sundseth
Horst Hart
Jerry Gelback
Fred Huber
Dick Newcomer
Ron Johnson
Ken Meyer
Harris Gempler
Bob Dearth
Jim Klabaugh
Charles Schultz
Vern Schillinger
Nate Marty
Art Spoerry Jr
Marco Bregenzer
Lee Fernstaedt
Pat Kubly
Franz Rastbaumwieser
Gay Swenson
John McElhaney
Bill Schmitz
James Weis
First Methodist Church
Marshall D. Zwygart
Paul Olm
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Olm
Northeast
United Church of Christ At
Appleton
Derwin J. Huenink
Walter A. Babula
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Board of Education
Flanders
Legion’s
Korea
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