Conservation Bill Approved in Wisconsin Legislature
Wisconsin Assembly passed a 10 year program to spend 50 million dollars preserving outdoor resources, sent to Gov. Nelson after Senate approval 26 to 5. Financing relies on a one cent per pack cigarette tax increase, with Republicans and Democrats opposing amendments but backing the measure overall.
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Nelson
Madison
Assembly
Wisconsin
Gaylord Nelson
Allen Busby
Milwaukee
Reuben LaFave
Oconto
J. Earl Leverich
Sparta
Clifford Krueger
Merrill
Leo P. O’brien
Green Bay
Knowles
Bel
State Conservation Commission
William Moser
Moser
Wisconsin Assembly OKs Front Seat Safety Belts
Madison firm final approval for safety belts on the front seats of all new cars to take effect with 1962 models. Gov. Nelson backs the measure as Assembly passes it by voice vote. The same session approves a driver education funding bill funded by higher permit and license fees. A third Fond du Lac County Court branch also gains final approval.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Assembly
Gaylord Nelson
Assembly
Senate
Fond du Lac
Six Seek Tax Compromise in Wisconsin GOP Bill Clash
Six Republicans clash over withholding in tax revision as Assembly and Senate push a 3 percent sales tax. Key figures include Alfon si Pommerenning Hadse Leonard Potter Lorge and Nile Soik. Assembly votes 49 to 46 to keep withholding. Senate makes two tax bill changes adding cold storage sales and removing personal property taxes, reducing real property relief from 45 to 30 percent.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Glen Pommerening
Wauwatosa
Robert Hadse
Marinette
Jerris Leonard
Milwaukee
John Potter
Port Edwards
Gerald, Lorge
Bear Creek
Lorge
Nile Soik
Whitefish Bay
First Rain Since Spring Pells Los Angeles Area
Lightning storms and rain struck the Los Angeles area early today. Lightning set an oil derrick tower afire in Beverly Hills. Belts hit several other communities. It was the first measurable rain since last spring.
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Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Titov recounts ejection and separate landing from Vostok II
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov told a jammed Moscow news conference he was ejected from his Vostok II during a 25 hour orbit flight and parachuted to earth. He said two landing options existed and he had permission to use either system. Titov reported no ill effects from the flight and noted a lack of appetite due to weightlessness and excitement.
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Moscow
Gherman Titov
Earth
Congress Approves Record Peacetime Defense Budget
Congress, by voice vote, approved a $46.4 billion defense appropriation for Kennedy. The action, completed 16 days after his request, includes about $1 billion above he asked, funding for B32 bomber production, B70 bomber development, National Guard and reserve strength, and a civil defense shelter program totaling $207.6 million.
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Congress
Kennedy
Voice Voices
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Rights Bill Demonstrators Continue Sit In
MADISON AP Civil Rights demonstrators have occupied the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda since July 31 and awaited votes in both houses on their favored bills. Lloyd Barbee, Madison attorney and leader, said there would be no lobbying efforts or gallery packing as the measures were considered.
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Madison
State Capitol
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Lloyd Barbee
Boy Billy Steele Wins Freckle King Title
Eight year-old Billy Steele won the 25th annual Freckle King contest at Charles Hayden Memorial Clubhouse. Judges noted he won easily with freckles in back of his ears and other distinguishing freckles.
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Boston
UPI
Billy Steele
Charles Hayden
Billy
Rusk Optimistic On Berlin Talks In Europe
Secretary of State Dean Rusk reports to President Kennedy that allied talks in Europe advance Western plans to defend West Berlin against a Soviet squeeze. He notes unity in the alliance despite French rejection of a U S initiative and discusses NATO force buildup and negotiations with Britain France and West Germany.
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Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Europe
West Berlin
Rusk
Paris
U.S
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Berlin
NATO
Western Europe
United States
Fanfani
Husk
Khrushchev threatens to crush West if war comes
Soviet Premier Khrushchev warned in Moscow that the United States and its Allies would face crushing blows if war starts while offering to negotiate Berlin and German issues. He said he would attack all bases if attacked and pledged a peace treaty with East Germany, denying any threat to West Berlin residents.
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Konrad Adenauer
Rusk
Fanfani
Moscow
Khrushchev
U. S
East Germany
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Kremlin
Italy
Greece
Denmark
Norway
Berlin
Soviet Union
U.S
West Berlin
United
Bolz
Unemployment dispute over pregnancy doctor memo
Milwaukee man Robert Lewis, a former lounge manager and father of three, has been out of work since June 1. The Wisconsin Industrial Commission told him his unemployment checks cannot be released until he provides a doctor's statement regarding his pregnancy.
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Milwaukee, Wis
UPI
Robert Lewis
Peace Treaty Parley Stated
East German Foreign Minister Lothar Bolz announced a late fall conference of Soviet bloc foreign ministers to prepare a peace treaty with Germany. He said talks on the pact were underway and would be studied for further measures.
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Soviet Bloc
Germany
Lothar Bolz
West Berlin
Morgenpost
East Germany
Soviet Union
Ivan S. Konev
Bolz
Honev
Walter Ulbricht
Moscow
Konev
Khrushchev
Konrad Adenauer
NATO
Khrushchev Says Allies Won’t Fight Berlin
Premier Khrushchev reportedly told John J. McCloy that he believes the United States would not go to war to hold West Berlin. The remark surfaced after a July 25 meeting, with McCloy reporting to a Senate Republican group. Senator Dirksen declined to comment.
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Washington
Khrushchev
John .J. McCloy
Kennedy
U.S
Byrd Attacks Kennedy Loan Authority in Senate Fight
Senator Harry Byrd leads a doomed bid against Kennedy's borrowing plan for a five year 8.1 billion aid program. Byrd seeks annual congressional review and warns of backdoor Treasury funding and rising debt. Debate follows seven hours of talks as votes loom.
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Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Toney
Byrd
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Finance Committee
Bachdoor
Treasury
Appropriations Control Administration
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