Wisconsin considers elderly medical aid under Kerr-Mills plan
The Wisconsin legislature weighed a proposal to provide medical assistance to about 175000 seniors at an annual cost near 5 million. Backed by the State Medical Society, the plan would let Wisconsin share in Kerr-Mills federal funds, but critics warned it could lead to socialized medicine and strain county hospitals. Residents under 1500 dollars single or 2500 dollars married would qualify. changes cited to receive federal money. A separate committee favored broad tax relief for pleasure boats, seeking full exemption from personal property tax.
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Madison
Senate
Assembly
Joint Finance Committee
Wisconsin
State Medical Society
Robert Allin
Feder
Wilber Schmidt
State Welfare Department
Byron Wackett
Watertown
George Rice
Milwaukee County
Senate Assembly
Two Americans Win Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry
The 1960 Nobel Prizes in physics go to Robert Hofstadter of Stanford and Rudolf Mössbauer of Munich, now at Caltech, for nuclear reaction control and gamma-ray work. chemistry goes to Melvin Calvin of the University of California for photosynthesis research. All three prizeees work in California. each prize totals 250 000 Swedish crowns.
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Stockholm
Sweden
California
Robert Hofstadter
Stanford University
Rudolf Moessbauer
Munich University
California Institute of Technology
Melvin Calvin
Libby
Stock Market Advances on Balance With Mixed Gains
SEW YORI and motors and some electronics advanced as the stock market rose on balance this afternoon. Trading was fairly active with gains of fractions to a point among pivotal issues. Big Three motors posted plus signs, and November auto assemblies rose to the highest level in 21 months, despite a Chrysler strike.
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Big Three
Chrysler
Truman attacks Eisenhower policy at National Press Club
Former President Harry S. Truman, at a National Press Club luncheon, accused the Eisenhower administration of being wrong and unwise at the top. He praised upcoming leadership under Kennedy and urged preparation by individuals and nations to face the future. He called the Eisenhower era one of the more unfortunate periods in U S government and warned against curbing national defense and the economy.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
America
Truman
Kennedy
White House
National Press Club
Dwight D
Monroe Students Attend First State Junior Science Sympos ium
Four top Monroe high school students Michael Lamboley Roger Brunkow Barbara Rufenacht and Mary Walker travel to Madison along with Edmund R. Anderson to join more than 160 pupils from 30 schools for Wisconsin’s first statewide Junior Science Symposium at the University of Wisconsin. Notable faculty include C A Elvehjem George W Taylor Richard Weiss Harry F Harlow and Lindley J Stiles among others. Activities include exhibits tours and sessions in the Wisconsin Union and Wisconsin Center with lodging in Short Course dormitories.
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Monroe
University of Wisconsin
Michael Lamboley
Roger Brunkow
Barbara Rufenacht
Mary Walker
Edmund R. Anderson
Monroe High School
Madison
C. A. Elvehjem
George W. Taylor
Richard A. Weiss
U.S. Army Research Office
Washington, DL
Harry F. Harlow
Primate
American Psychological Association
William B. Sarles
John E. Willard
UW Graduate School
LeRoy E. Luberg
Werner E. Suomi
Lindley J. Stiles
School of Education
Robert A. Ragotzkie
Kenosha
Sparta
Waukesha
Pere
Wausau
Wisconsin Rapids
Stevens Point
Platterville
Beloit
Antigo
Marinette
Manitiwoc
Janesville
Hayward
Rice Lake
Galesville - Ettrick
Watertown
Shawano
Wisconsin Union
Wisconsin Center
Madison Woman Killed in Head-On Collision
Mrs. Gail P. Laszewski, 26, of Madison, died in a two car head on crash on Highway 15 13 about five miles south of Madison. Her husband Gordon Laszewski drove ahead in a separate car and witnessed the collision in his rear view mirror. The death raised Wisconsin highway toll for the year to 738, up from 729 a year ago today. Mrs. Laszewski had been headed to a Brooklyn garage for car repairs and was accompanied by her husband in case she did not return home in her own auto.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wisconsin
Gail P. Laszewski
Wisconsin Tax Study Back Nelson Compromise Support
Members of the Citizens Committee on Tax Revision favor Gov. Nelson’s latest tax proposal and urge bipartisan legislative support. Letters from James Martineau and Gordon Haferbecker praise the compromise as workable and aligned with committee recommendations amid a legislative stalemate.
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Citizens Committee On
Wisconsin
Nelson
James Martineau
Oconto
Gordon Haferbecker
Stevens Point
Martineau
Haferbecker
Colge
Tax Committee
Oil Donation Plan Banned in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Department of Securities barred a solicitation for donations to back an oil and gas project promoted by Harry J. Hentzner of Waupaca and Rainbow Farm. The department ruled donations are securities and not registered with the state.
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Ladidun Wm
Department of Securities
Wisconsin
Wallaca
Harry J. Hentzner
Waupaca
Rainbow Farm
JFK Says U S Won’t Fire Sky Tests Unless Needed
Nevad a underground caverns may host initial experiments on the neutron bomb concept often called a death ray bomb. Key lawmakers urge testing resumption while noting risks and the need to learn radiation intensity and duration from controlled underground studies.
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JFK
U.S
Washington
Nevada
Thomas J. Dodd
Diconn
Congress
United States
Clinton P. Anderson
DNM
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Cheese trade steady amid spotty demand in Madison market
In Madison Wisconsin today American cheese market shows steady prices with demand spotty and ample to more than ample supplies. Cheddars fetched 36 to 38 percent, 40 pound blocks 36 to 39 percent, single dairies 38 to 39 percent, longhorns 38 to 39 percent, and midgets 38 to 41 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin cheese showdown marks moisture rule clash
Jaeggi Swiss winner Joe Jaeggi of the Jefferson Center factory won top honors at the Wisconsin Cheese makers Association contest in Madison. Delegates opposed a USDA order raising minimum moisture to 52 percent for mozzarella and seco mozzarella, arguing it harms shipping and eastern markets.
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Joe Jaeggi
Jefferson Center
Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
Madison
USDA
Wisconsin
Dele
Belize hit by Hurricane Hattie toll tops hundred
Rescue workers counted more than 100 dead and thousands homeless as Hurricane Hattie lashed British Honduras Belize City. The storm with tidal waves and 200 mph winds destroyed or damaged about 75 percent of buildings and prompted a state of emergency and martial law.
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Belize
British Honduras
Hattie
Colin Thornley
Dr Bear To Exhibit Cattle At National Show In Chicago
Dr N E Bear of Monroe will exhibit at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. He owns Sugar Valley Farms near Brodhead and lists a show herd of purebred Brown Swiss, including Loucon Haven Frodo, grand champion at Illinois and Indiana State Fairs. The International show runs in late November from the 24th to December.
Cuban Refugees Plan Walk to Washington for Kennedy Action
A group of Cuban refugees in Miami plans to begin a march to Washington on Sunday to urge President Kennedy to take action against Fidel Castro's government. The walkers hope to spotlight U.S. policy toward Cuba and gain federal support for their cause.
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Miami
Fla. W
Washington
Kennedy
Ainst Fidel Castro
Heirs Claim Hidden Money Found in Attic Home
Four heirs to the estate of Chris Schanel sue to recover about $18,000 found by Gilbert Cockroft in tin cans in the Black Earth attic. The money includes 19th century bills and coins, seized after Cockroft bought the house in 1959 and saved it in a bank pending claims.
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Iadison Wa
Gilbert Cockroft
Dane County
Maurice Pasch
Madison
Cockroft
Veterans Administration Hospital
Chris Schanel
Black Earth
Pasch
Schanel
Van Fleet apologizes to Adlai Stevenson over Cuba remarks
General James A. Van Fleet sent a telegram to Adlai E. Stevenson saying his Cuba information was evidently erroneous and he stood corrected. The apology follows Stevenson’s request to clarify a statement about U S air cover for the Cuban invasion discussed during Van Fleet's Lakeland Florida appearance.
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Secretary of the Army
Plane crash injures instructor and student near Lodi
A civilian flight instructor Mason H. Green Jr. age 38 and pupil Mrs. Alice Page age 45, both of Madison, were hurt in a forced landing of their light plane on a farm about three miles east of the Columbia County community. They received care at Portage hospital for facial cuts.
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Columbia County
Mason H. Green Jr
Alice Page
Madison
Portage
Soviet Rejects U.N. Nuclear Test Moratorium as Unfeasible
In a United Nations General Assembly speech Soviet Delegate Tsarapkin dismissed a proposed moratorium on nuclear testing as impractical and wrong. He accused Western powers of aiming to trigger a nuclear war while urging complete disarmament. United States Delegate Dean rebutted an uncontrolled halt, citing violations by the Soviet Union under prior moratoriums.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N
General Assembly
Tsarapkin
United States
India
U.S
Arthur Dean
Tavern Man Fined In Drinking Death
A tavern operator in the Farland area was fined 200 for selling liquor to a minor. Gilbert Blum sold two bottles of whisky on Oct. 18 to Roger Olson, 20, who drank with Stanley Rinden, 20, and another man near Lake Kegonsa. Olson and Rinden traveled to the location. Rinden was found dead the next morning from excessive drinking. The coroner ruled death from alcohol poisoning. The Bank of England cut its rate to 6 percent from 6.5 percent after a series of declines.
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Rinden
Michael Malloy
Kennedy says US may test atmosphere only to protect world security
President Kennedy told newsmen after a National Security Council meeting that the United States would prepare atmospheric nuclear tests if needed to safeguard free world security but would refrain from such tests for political reasons. He warned fallout from atmospheric tests and stressed US strength to retaliate.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
National Security Council
U.S
Security Council
Harry S. Truman
Milwaukee Woman Dies After Illness at 61
Mrs. Nemcek of Milwaukee dies at 12 20 am in St Josephs hospital after an extended illness she suffered strokes since September survived by husband daughter in Milwaukee son Dr Albert Nemcek two stepchildren and many grandchildren and great grandchildren services planned at St Stevens church arrangements pending at Bistricky funeral home also Gov Nelson names Patrick L Crooks 27 of Wausau Marathon County district attorney to succeed Ronald D Keberle who resigns Jan 1 to become Marathon County judge New appointment follows recent election outcome.
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Paul Nemcek
Milwaukee
Anthony M. Kuban
Monroe
St. Joseph's Hospital
Nemcek
Czechoslovakia
Albert Nemcek
John Holicek
Superior
Europe
St.Stevens Church
Jether
Bistricky
Capitol Drive
D.A
Madison
Nelson
Patrick L. Crooks
Wausau
Marathon County
Ronald D. Keberle
Keberle
Branch Two
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Harvey Schneider
Edgar E. Peters
Ronald E. Johnson
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Elmer Beery
Clintonville
Frank Buss
Caroline
August A. Suemnicht
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Leo J. Loehr
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Honduras
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British Honduras Broadcasting System
Miami Weather Bureau
van Fleet
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Bank of England
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