House Okays Public Works Bill heard as boon doggle
The House passed a 3.25 billion public works and economic development bill to aid regions with lagging economies. It would fund 2 billion in grants and 850 million in long term loans for public facilities and industrial expansion, with the rest for technical and multicounty programs. Critics call it a boondoggle while supporters say it boosts jobs, and the measure heads to the Senate with differences to be resolved.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Congress
Reminder for Reader Insurance policy payment
Saturday is the last day for Reader Insurance policy holders to pay their carrier boys 10 cents for each policy. Present policyholders are reminded to send in remittances to transfer their insurance if they have not already done so. Subcribers interested in the new policy may turn to ad TM on Page 10.
Four Injured As Train And Truck Collide Near Green Bay
A Green Bay area freight train derailed after colliding with a gravel truck seven miles northwest of the city. Four people suffered minor injuries as carriages overturned and over 800 feet of track were torn up. The truck driver Earl L Elm endured facial and neck injuries while train crew Fred Van Hemelryk Carleton L. Kings and Donald C. Boehm were treated and released. Officials aimed to clear the tracks by afternoon.
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Chicago & Noth Western
Earl L Elm
West de Pere
Fred van Hemelryk
Carleton L. Kings
Donald C. Boehm
Green Bay
North Western
Wisconsin State Fair Gates Open for 1965 Run
The Wisconsin State Fair opened in West Allis for a 10 day run. Officials expect attendance to surpass last year's 917,199. Livestock shows reached 3,452 entries for the 115th anniversary, with about 15,000 exhibits and $190,000 in premiums. Some judging has begun.
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West Allis
Willard Masterson
Janesville
Wisconsin
Chicago Area Crowd Stages Demonstration
A large hostile crowd gathered outside a West Side fire station in Chicago alleging a fire truck accident killed an unidentified Black woman. Police deployed over 100 officers as rocks and bottles were hurled at cars and the station, with substantial street turmoil continuing into the night and into today.
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Chicago
West Side
Wilcos St
Pulaski Road
Viet Cong Death Toll Reported in Mekong Delta Battle
Saigon Viet Nam AP reported about 250 Viet Cong killed in a government sweep 90 miles southwest of Saigon in the Mekong Delta. Ground fighting near Can Tho led to 156 confirmed KIA, with ~100 more estimated by air strikes. U.S. advisers and air support ferried in forces, with 38 sorties and 70 buildings destroyed or damaged. Casualties on the Vietnamese side were light, and no major contacts were reported in the Due Co-Phiku area or along route 19 during this period. Continued on Page 13, Col 2.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Can Tho
U.S
Due Co-Phiku
Viet Nam Highlands
Due Co
Route 19
Pleiku
Duc Co
Terrible and Miserable Viet Cong Officer Writes Letter
A Viet Cong political officer near Duc Co camp in South Vietnam wrote a grim letter describing constant shelling, hunger, disease, and exhausted troops. He pleaded for relief and reorganizing the front but never sent it. the letter was found on his body and deemed authentic by Vietnamese and U.S. authorities.
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Ngoc
Duc Co
Lam
Trung
Dinh
Duc Co Camp
U.S
New Battle Breaks Out In Kashmir
In Srinagar the capital of Kashmir, fighting erupted as infiltrators from Pakistan attacked police barracks at 1 30 a m and ongoing exchanges were reported at 8 a m A government spokesman said 109 infiltrators and 41 Indian troops have died since Aug 4 New Delhi claims 1000 to 1000 Pakistanis crossed the cease fire line since 1947 48 tensions Kashmiris were detained as aides to infiltrators and a weapons cache was found in a Srinagar mosque.
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New Delhi
India
Kashmir
Pakistan
Srinagar
Svinagar
Governor Signs 2 Bills Into Law in Wisconsin
MADISON United Press International Governor Warren Knowles signed two bills into law Thursday The first requires the signature and seal of the surveyor on land surveying documents filed with the registrar of deeds or other public authority The second sets protest requirements for county zoning amendments requiring the signatures of owners of at least 3 percent of the area altered and at least 30 percent of abutting property owners
Comedian Dick Gregory Shot During Watts Riots
Los Angeles police battled rioters on Central Avenue in the Negro district as mobs burned buildings and a lumberyard. Dick Gregory, 32, a night club entertainer and civil rights supporter, was struck in the left thigh by a bullet while trying to mediate. He said the shooting targeted police, not him, and doctors called his injury minor.
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Los Angeles
South Side
Dick Gregory
Central Avenue
Gregory
Central Receiving Hospital
Watts
No Man’s Land — Central
Sometimes the Hurt Doesn't Go Away
A Viet Nam letter from Pfe Karl E Klenke of Wild Rose to his sister-in-law Wendy Peterson in Menasha describes loneliness away from home. He contrasts gifts and food for American children with scarce resources for local kids, urging empathy and better behavior from Wendy.
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Wild Rose
Pfe
Karl E. Klenke
Viet Nam
Wendy Peterson
Menasha
Believe Two Blocked Path In Silo Blast
Washington report cites Titan IT missile complex disaster at Searcy Arkansas where two men in a blocked emergency ladder may have trapped others. Secretary Zuckert notes many victims died of asphyxiation. Investigation is in preliminary stage.
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Washington
APS
Air Force
Eugene M Zuckert
Searcy
Ark
Johnson
White House
Zuckert
Blood Stained Jacket Found On Highway
Sheriff Lt Jack Frenzl investigates after a man’s blood stained jacket is found buried in mud in a ditch off Highways 10 and 41 west of Appleton in Grand Chute. County highway workers discovered the item Thursday after 5 pm during road work and authorities are probing the circumstances.
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Appleton
Outagamie County
13 Lucky Number For Kentucky Pair
MAYSVILLE AP report notes Frank Risotto and wife celebrate an 18th wedding anniversary with roots in La Follette Tennessee and Italy. The couple, married Aug 13 1913, reportedly had 18 children and 17 grandchildren across generations including nine sons and four daughters. The family later moved to Kenosha Wisconsin then Kennedy Ohio where four sons opened a restaurant in Aberdeen. The story lists numerous heirs and current hometowns, highlighting a long, multinational family with no belief in superstition about the number 14.
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Maysville
APY — I
Frank Risott
Bisotty
la Follette Tenn
Tami
Wals
America
Bisoth
Risotte
Traly
Kentucky
Bisotti
Italy
P Bisattis
Kenosha Wis
Ted
Kennedy
Aberdeen
Ohio
Ohio River
Geno
Valentina
Dena
Albert
Vasilla
Della
Virgil
John
Reatha
Frank
Catherine
Kenosha
Wis
Lous
Mary
Two Killed On Highways In Separate Wisconsin Crashes
The Associated Press reports two young men died in separate 1963 highway crashes in Wisconsin. Max Scovell 25 of Oswego was killed when his car left a trunk road south of Nekoosa struck a tree. he was alone. Paul Denis Carlson 25 of Robbinsdale a Whitfield student at Marquette University was killed when his car hit a power pole at a Milwaukee intersection. Carlson's father Lesley ran restaurants in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Max Scovell
Oswego Tl
Nekoosa
Wood County
Scovell
Far Merly
Nekoasa
Paul Denis Carlson
Robbinsdale
Winn
Varquette University
Milwaukee
Carlson
Lesley
Minneapolis
Wrong Way Russians Seek U S Asylum After Drift Totals
Two Russian men Peter Kalishenko 35 and Gregory Sarapushkon 29 landed near Wales Alaska in a 17 foot boat claiming asylum after drifting for two days in fog while looking for mushrooms. Coast Guard said they asked for asylum and would be brought to Anchorage.
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Anchorage
Alaska
API
America
Coast Guard
Peter Kalishenko
Gregory Sarapushkon
Wales
Soviet Union
George Synon
17Th
Washington
Alassa Synon
Simeller
Laurentia
Mibortan
Berme Strait
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South Viet Nam
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Van
Thanh Binh
Plei Yu Ho
173Rd Airborne Brigade
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UPI
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Big Brother
Kear
Cal
U.S. Asylum
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