Assembly OKs road speedup bill amid tense six hour debate
Madison lawmakers gave preliminary approval to an accelerated highway construction bill after a long session that included bitter exchanges and last minute amendments. The measure would bond 26.5 million for interstate work and raise gasoline tax from six to seven cents, with most funds for state trunk projects and bond interest.
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Madison
State Assembly
Assembly
Warren P. Knowles
Frank Nikolay
Abbotsford
Nikolay
Highway Commission
Robert Huber
D-West Allis
Huber
Milwaukee County
Traffic Heaviest as Memorial Day Holiday Begins
Very heavy traffic starting about 8 a.m. today was reported by the Green County Sheriff's Department as the three day Memorial holiday began. Sheriff W. E. Deininger urged motorists to exercise great caution and avoid driving while overly tired.
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Green County
Grant Unveiled for Marinette Sewer Water Works
The Madison state government announced a federal grant of 346000 dollars to finance sewer and water facilities in Marinette. The funds come from the Public Works and Economic Act of 1965.
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Madison
Marinette
Sunday Reverence Inspires Heartfelt Worship
A fragment recalls a warm Sunday mood as worshippers feel an unseen glow and nostalgic stirring of the heart during a church service for an hour or so.
Veterans boycott threats over Hilton mishap in Mundelein
Mundelein exposes a dispute as Hilton Chicago manager Porter Parris declines a group of about 70 wounded Viet Nam veterans from the Boulevard Room show. VFW leader Andy Borg threatens to pull the national convention from the New York Hilton unless an apology is issued. The American Legion’s L Eldon James voices distress over veterans’ treatment as the group, patients at Great Lakes Naval Hospital, is later directed to a different event.
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Mundelein
Ill
Hilton
Andy Borg
Superior
Wis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
New York Hilton
American Legion
L. Eldon James
Europe
Viet Nam
America
Porter Parris
Conrad Hilton
Chicago
Boulevard Room
Parris
Great Lakes
Controversial Priest Coughlin Plans Retirement
Royal Oak Michigan’s Rev Charles E Coughlin famed for radio attacks on Jews bankers and Roosevelt plans retirement at 74 after a career spanning decades and a push for social justice and political reform. He vows time with children and simple pleasures while nearing the end of his five decade priesthood.
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Royal Oak
Mich
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles E. Coughlin
Father Coughlin
Detroit
Europe
Roosevelt
National Union For Social Justice
Edward Mooney
Germany
Hitler
Knowles Urges Memorial Day Peace After War
Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles called on residents to consecrate Memorial Day to peace with honor and good will among nations. In his annual proclamation he noted the holiday’s broader meaning due to the Vietnam War and urged reflection on national unity and service.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Knowles
Viet Nam
HUD funds $1.476 million for Milwaukee water and sewer facilities
Washington announced Friday that Wisconsin received a $1,476,000 grant to Milwaukee for water and sewer facilities. The Department of Housing and Urban Development said the funds will support improvements to the city’s water system and wastewater infrastructure.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Rusk vows US troops stay in Germany amid NATO talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk ruled out major U.S. troop withdrawals from Germany and said allied forces would remain as long as needed. He urged NATO members to decide on removing bases from France and noted discussions on East-West relations ahead of the Brussels NATO Council meeting. The report follows German concerns over the continued German division and calls for a Pan-European security conference led by Denmark.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
U.S
Germany
Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
France
Brussels
NATO Council
Europe
Andrei A. Gromyko
Denmark
London
United States
Ludwig Erhard
Atlantic Alliance
Erhard
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Associated Press
Western
West Germany
Western Europe
Luci Johnson Arrives in Milwaukee for Private Prewedding Party
Luci Johnson and fiancé Patrick Nugent arrive in Milwaukee for a strictly private prenuptial party at the Milwaukee Athletic Club hosted by William Feldstein of Whitefish Bay. About 125 guests, mostly Freind s of the couple, expected. no press invited. The White House has asked that details not be discussed until after the event. They plan to travel to Waukegan, Illinois for a Sunday bridal shower hosted by a Gent family friend.
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Milwaukee
Luci Johnson
Patrick Nugent
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Wisconsin
William Feldstein
Whitefish Bay
Luci
Nugent
Feldstein
Johnson
White House
Waukegan
Ill
Joseph Matalenas
Edmund C Hamilton Named To Agency 15 School Committee
Edmund C. Hamilton former publisher and editor of The Monroe Evening Times is appointed to a three year term on the Agency 15 School Committee starting July 1 1966 replacing Herbert T Johnson who declined another term The CESA 15 panel covers Dane Green and parts of other counties Also re elected to a three year term was Mrs Edward Gruber Other committee members include Bertrand Quale R A Anderson Mrs Henry Lardy Claude Lyons and Frederick Heuser Hamilton active in education and set to lead a June 6 workshop for parents and teachers in Monroe.
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Robert Hahn
Monroe
American Legion Post
Times
Edmund C. Hamilton
Monroe Evening Times
Agency 15
Board of Control
Cooperative Educational Service Agency 15
Herbert T. Johnson
Hamilton
Board of Education
Green County
the Times
Pioneer Patrons
Platteville State University
Edward Gruber
Prairie du Sac
Agency
County School Committee
Cesa 15
Dane
Bertrand Quale
Stoughton
R. A. Anderson
Waterloo
Henry Lardy
Madison
Claude Lyons
Oregon
Frederick Heuser
Horeb
Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc
Tell and Sell
PTA
Congress of Parents and Teachers Inc
First National Bank
Orvin Titus
Janesville City
Janesville
Alvin Rabehl
Memorial Day holiday traffic toll projected by AP
The Memorial Day weekend is expected to draw 87 million vehicles nationwide with travel totaling about 9.4 billion miles. The National Safety Council estimates 460 to 540 highway deaths during the holiday, with past totals showing 474 in 1965 and a peak 525 in 1963 for Memorial Day.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Milk Bill Sought to Aid Dairy Farmers in Congress
Senator Eugene A. McCarthy of Minnesota introduced a bill offering dairy farmers up to 50 cents per hundred pounds of milk used for manufacturing. Co sponsor Senator Walter Mondale, also of Minnesota, joined the effort Friday in Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Eugene A. McCarthy
D-Minn
Walter F. Mondale
McCarthy
Exiles Land in Miami Deluge Sets New Daily Record
The largest one day arrival of Cuban exiles since the airlift began on December 1 brought 439 people to Miami. The air shuttle totals 22,120 Cubans relocated to U.S. exile.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
U.S
B52 Bombers Hit Viet Cong Areas Near Quang Ngai
American Marines and South Vietnamese troops conducted an amphibious and helicopter assault 15 miles north of Quang Ngai, meeting light resistance and claiming 15 Viet Cong killed and 20 suspects captured. B52 bombers struck two suspected Viet Cong concentrations 30 miles northwest of Quang Ngai.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
U.S
Quang Ngai Province
Quang Ngai City
U.S. 1St Cavalry
An Khe
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
North
Viet Nam
Dong Hoi
FBI arrests Mooney in Illinois flight from Wisconsin prison
The FBI arrested Clyde W. Mooney, 45, near Belvidere Illinois, after he escaped on February 22 while en route to Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun to serve a four year sentence for indecent liberties with a girl. A Milwaukee U S commissioner had issued a warrant on March 4 for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Mooney is a native of Dixon Illinois.
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Chicago
FBI
Clyde W. Mooney
Wisconsin
Waupun
Mooney
California
Kenosha
Wis
U.S
Milwaukee
Dixon, Il
Belvidere
Ill
No Monroe Evening Times Monday Edition Due to Holiday
There will be no Monroe Evening Times on Memorial Day in observance of the holiday. Regular publication resumes with Tuesday's edition of the newspaper.
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Monroe Evening Times
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John Raines
C. E. Coughlin
Archbishop Mooney
Social Justice
Barry Goldwater
Rusk States
Rolland E. Karlen
Jaycees
Jack Kessenich
Green County Fairgrounds
Fiance
Herbert Johnson
Edmund Hamilton
Viet Cong
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