Bills to Ban Dam Argued in Wisconsin hearing
In Madison two agencies the Public Service Commission and the Conservation Commission faced sharp criticism at a joint Assembly Senate Conservation Committee public hearing on bills to ban any dam on the Wolf River in Langlade County. Opponents warned the dam would ruin leisure uses while supporters argued it would boost recreation and raise property values through an artificial lake.
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Langlade County
Wolf River
Pine Lake
Crandon
Madison
UPI
Public Service Commission
The
Conservation Commission
Joint Assembly
Senate Conservation Committee
Yeuscauay
PSC
Dane County
State Supreme Court
Conservation Department
William Aberg
Brule
Wisconsin
Herb Boettner
White Lake
Wol! River Conservation Club
Thomas Paine
Langlade
Alexander Grant
Green Bay
Leonard Schmitt
Merrill
Moate
Kennedy May Add Dublin and Frankfurt to West Germany Rome Trip
President Kennedy may include Dublin and Frankfurt on his late June itinerary alongside Bonn and Rome. Government sources said serious consideration was given to adding the Frankfurt stop to the planned visit.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Dublin Air
Frankfurt
West Germany
Italy
Bonn
Rome
County Supervisors urge bans on Wolf River dam plan
Langlade County Board backed two resolutions asking state lawmakers to block the Wolf River dam near Pearson and to restrict any development altering the river’s natural status. They endorsed Bill 4424 to prohibit construction and Bill 3618 to prevent actions affecting the river’s natural condition.
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Wolf River
Langlade
Pearson
Midwest tornadoes kill and injure many across four states
A wave of killer tornadoes ripped through Illinois Indiana Missouri and Michigan on Wednesday killing a young mother and injuring about 70. Olivet Nazarene College in Bourbonnais suffered major damage including the five story administration building and dining hall. Bourbonnais village hall trailer court and an elementary school were damaged. Damage totals run into millions with Bourbonnais alone estimating over 20 million and a farm near Manchester suffering about 100000. A woman and baby were found among wreckage north of Bradley Iowa. Several towns reported extensive destruction as the funnel clouds moved east toward Gifford Indiana Palmyra Missouri and others.
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Kankakee
Ill
UPI
Midwest
Olivet Nazarene College
Bourbonnais
Here
Leon Blanchette
Sandra Rivard
Bradley
Gifford
Ind
City to Host State County Board Parley in Oshkosh
The Wisconsin County Board Association plans its state convention in Oshkosh from September 23 to 25. Winnebago County’s bid was accepted, with a $3,500 appropriation approved for convention expenses and six committees to be formed by County Board Chairman Joseph F. Drexier.
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Wisconsin County Board Association
Oshkosh
Winnebago County
Joseph F. Drexier
Sixth Ward
Drexler
County Airport Outlook Optimistic Tells Board Members
County consultants report optimism for Winnebago County Airport ahead of Civil Aeronautics Board hearings set for July in Wausau. North Central Airlines and CAB bureau exhibits show favorable trends for a regional airport at Oshkosh Green Bay and the loss of service to Appleton and Clintonville. FAA policy and hearing timelines suggest a lengthy process with a final CAB decision possible a year from now. Gilbert Bates of SARC corroborates growth data, noting the airport as jet-age capable with minor redevelopment.
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Winnebago County
Robert C. Lester
Washington, D. C
Lester
Civil Aeronautics Board
Board of Supervisors
North Central Airlines
Oshkosh
Green Bay
Appleton
Clintonville
Bureau of Economic Regulation
CAB
Duane Sweet
Second Ward
Neenah
Federal Aviation Agency
Wausau
New London Man Held In Theft of Bags
A 26 year old New London man James R Monsour is held without bond in Outagamie County jail after admitting theft of six physicians bags across Winnebago Outagamie and Waupaca counties. He was arrested in Appleton and faces possible narcotics related charges with arraignment planned at 3 p.m. authorities said.
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Appleton
Outagamie County
Nick F. Schaefer
New London
Winnebago
Outagamie
Waupaca
James R. Monsour
Pershing Road
Monsour
New London Police
Calvin Spice
Jack Algiers
Spice
Schaeffer
Jack Zuelzke
Sheriffs Department
Carl Thiel
Appleton Police
Five Children Die in Flames in Michigan House Fire
In Grayling Michigan five grandchildren perished when an oil space heater sparked a blaze that consumed a two story frame home. The mother Elizabeth Ann Moes 28 had left the children in the care of Judy Cook 27 who fled to seek help as firefighters arrived to find the home fully engulfed.
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Grayling
Mich
UPI
Elizabeth Ann Moes
Judy Cook
Miss Cook
Crawford County Sheriff's Deputies
No Great Cut Says Senator Keating on Cuba Troop Totals
Sen. Kenneth B. Keating challenged Kennedy on Cuba policy saying there has been no substantial reduction in Soviet forces since November. He claimed about 17,000 troops remain with no functional units withdrawn and criticized lack of bipartisan support for a long term prodislodge policy. The speech was prepared for the American Society of Newspaper Editors amid the editors’ meeting with Rusk Ball and Harriman.
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Washington
Kennedy
Kenneth B. Keating
Cuba
Keating
Luik Acpuuli
U.S. Navy
Cuban
Caribbean
U.S
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
W. Averell Harriman
Congress
Berlin Woman Dies After Street Crash in Berlin
Mrs. Gertrude Bonnell, 79, of 104 A East Huron St., Berlin, died at Berlin Memorial Hospital from a skull fracture after being struck on South Pearl Street at 6:53 a.m. by Eugene O. Schoch, 30, who said sun glare prevented him from seeing her. No charges filed pending full facts.State toll for Wisconsin 1963 rises to 175 with two more pedestrian deaths, including 19-year-old Richard Van Pelt of West Roxbury, Mays, struck near a Nike installation.
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Berlin
Gertrude Bonnell
East Huron St
Berlin Memorial Hospital
South Pearl Street
Germain Beck
Ripon
Chicago
Eugene 0. Schoch
Rt. 3
William Cleaners
Schoch
Beck
Russell Peck
Intersec
Richard Ottman
Boyd
Bonnell
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Richard van Pelt
West Roxbury
Mays
Milwaukee County
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Bob Brooks
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Missouri
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Systems Analysis and Research Corp
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Gilbert Bates
SARC
Washington, D.C
Douglas Aircraft
Appleton-Oshkosh
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