Tax Bill Faces Assembly Row in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Assembly faces a GOP revolt over a Senate-approved tax revision bill. Two GOP members say they will vote against it, with three more wavering, potentially aligning with Democrats to defeat the sales tax measure. The Assembly also passed watchdog committee legislation and debated reapportionment.
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Madison
Senate
Caton
Bernard Lewison
Viroqua
Harvey Gee
Wisconsin Rapids
Thomas St. Angelo
Cumberland
Vincent Zellinger
Phillip
Louis Romeil
Adams
GOP
Assembly
State Senate
Letters Returned From Cuba to U S
UPI reports Cuba returned 250 to 300 letters from an airliner hijack incident. A Post Office Department spokesman said contents of the partially filled mail pouch appeared intact and all registered letters were accounted for. Private pouch weighed the same as when shipped from Miami to Dallas.
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UPI
Cuba
U.S
Havana
Post Office Department
Miami
Dallas
Khrushchev Plans Major Shakeup in Soviet Structure
Moscow sources say Premier Khrushchev will unveil a seven page plan in Pravda Sunday outlining a sweeping reform of party and government bodies. The program aims to raise the Soviet standard of living to exceed the U S by 1932 and includes democratization of party organs and limits on official tenure and re election.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikii S. Khrushchev
Lenin
Communist Party
Pravda
United States
Kennedy defense push gains momentum in Congress
Congress shows strong backing for Kennedy defense plan to counter the Berlin threat. Senate votes and House committees move quickly on a massive defense money bill. Provisions include billions for Berlin non nuclear forces and bomber procurement, with the B70 development funding urged to grow beyond the budgeted 220 million.
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UPI
Kennedy
Russia
Berlin
Congress
Senate
Subcommittee
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
United States and Egypt Sign $35 Million Loan Pact
The United States and the United Arab Republic signed a $35 million loan agreement to finance industrialization projects in the Egyptian region.
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Cairo
UPI
United States
United Arab Republic
Lord Ritchie addresses Oxford as London Stock Exchange chairman
Exiled in 1922 for being bone idle Lord Ritchie spoke at Oxford University his alma mater on Friday serving as chairman of the London Stock Exchange.
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England
UPI
Lord Ritchie
Oxford University
Bone Idle
Friday
London Stock Exchange
Brown-Eyed Dutch Charmer Named Miss International 1962
The 19 year old Stanny van Baer of Amsterdam won Miss International Beauty 1962 at Beach California. The Holland model and aspiring actress earned the photogenic and playsuit prizes, beating Vera Marie Brauner of Brazil and rivals from Spain Canada Iceland and Paraguay. She will serve as the pageant representative with a $10 000 cash prize and a five foot eight inch frame.
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Calif
Holland
Stanny van Baer
Amsterdam
Brazil
Vera Marie Brauner
Pelotas
Spain
Carmen Cervera
Canada
Edna MacVicar
Iceland
Sieaun Ragnarsdottir
Miss Holland
Stella Marquez
Colombia
Honzsos
Modern School of
Kennedy plans a quiet Cape Cod weekend with family
President Kennedy plans boating and a relaxing day at Hyannis Port if mild weather holds. He joined in a family celebration for Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy on her birthday and will return to White House duties next week to meet with Chen Cheng on Nationalist China and Outer Mongolia recognition.
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UPI
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Berlin
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White House
China
Chen Cheng
Chen T
U.S
Outer Mongolia
United Nations
United States
U N Resumes Tunisia Debate Over Bizerte Troop Pullout
The United Nations Security Council reopened to vote on a draft resolution urging France to pull its troops from positions seized in last week's Bizerte fighting with Tunisia. The motion, led by the United Arab Republic Liberia and Ceylon, avoids demanding full evacuation, while France boycotted further discussion.
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Britain
Tunisia
France
Bizerte
Six New Laws Target Racketeering Across States
The Senate approved six Kennedy administration anti racketeering bills aimed at organized crime. They criminalize interstate gambling information transmission, possession of gambling paraphernalia, and obstruction of justice. Penalties include prison terms up to five years and fines up to ten thousand dollars.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Irich
House
Kennedy
Justice of Treasury Departments
Alligator Residents Seek Appointed City Officers
A delegation from Alligator told Governor Ross Barnett they were to hold city elections last month but were too busy with crops to organize. They urged the governor to appoint a slate of officers.
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Jackson. Miss
Fire destroys River Falls old downtown, fuels explosions
A $300000 blaze in River Falls leveled two ancient buildings housing four businesses and wiped out a Ford and Keller Pontiac garages along with a barn and two sheds. Ten firefighters collapsed from heat and oxygen loss as propane and large fuel tanks burst and cars stored in upper floors tumbled into basements. Firefighters from six towns aided by Hudson Prescott New Richmond Ellsworth and Baldwin battled the flames from 12:40 a.m., with the cause still undetermined.
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Keller Pontiac Co
Ford Motor Co
Tommy Chapman
Marvin Hauth
Frank Brickner
Ford
Hudson
Prescott
New Richmond
Ellsworth
Baldwin
Senate Opposes Recognition of Red China in UN
The Senate voted 76 to 0 to record opposition to U S recognition of Red China and to oppose U N membership. The resolution denounces Peiping for human rights abuses and narcotics trafficking. It asserts the United States should continue to back the Nationalist Chinese government as China's sole UN representative.
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UPI
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U.N
China
Peiping
United States
United Nations
Milk and Water Fix Crippled Jet Lands Safe
A Trans World Airlines Convair 990 diverted to El Toro Marine Air Station after hydraulic failure. Crew used milk and water to rebuild nose wheel pressure and completed a five hour improvised return flight to a safe landing at International Airport. Captain H L Brubaker guided the craft from Easter Arizona to California before emergency landing.
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World Airlines
Ats
California
International
Chicago
Boston
Hi. L. Brae
Baker
Arizona
Brubaker
Calfornia
Cirehaz
el Toro Manne Air Station
Federal Aviation Aceres
Two Cubans Refuse Return to Cuba From U S
Miro Collazo and Reinaldo Pico, two of a Cuban prisoners commission, say they will not honor their vow to return to Cuba. Eight others will go back to Havana Monday. They plan to stay in the United States to seek bullets after failing to obtain tractors or money to ransom captives from the Pig’s Bay invasion.
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Miami
UPI
Cuba
Havana
Miro Collazo
Reinaldo Pico
Fidel Castro
Pig’s Bay
Castro
Highway Death Toll Rises to 469 in Wisconsin
Two car crashes in separate areas of Wisconsin killed Milwaukee physician Dr. James P. Rowan 61 and Los Angeles resident Bedres Marshallam 38. The state's highway toll for the year rose to 469, with Rowan dieing near Rhinelander on Highway 8 and Marshallam killed in Jefferson County. The accidents also left John E. Flannery 42 of Monico in serious condition and Miss Miriam Sergeman 2 of Madison riding in a separate crash.
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Milwaukee
Braves
James P. Rowan
Rhinelander
John £. Flannery
Monico
St Mare’s Hospital
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Flannery
Thompson Lake
Bedres Marshallam
Los Angeles
Insmeee
Miriam Sergeman
Madson
Jefferson County
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