Blind Youth barred from Badger Boys State entry
Tom Teggatt an 18 year old Watertown High School junior who is blind was initially selected by his school faculty for Badger Boys State a year long government workshop but the Wisconsin American Legion division refused him citing inability to accommodate a blind participant. Despite appeals including a call from Governor Reynolds aide the decision stood prompting questions about access and inclusion in state programs.
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Tom Teggatz
Blackie
Wisconsin
American Legion
Legion
Teggatz
Watertown
Milwaukee
Tom Teggatt
Tom
Watertown High School
Badger Boys State
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Val Ove
Boys State
Department
the Legion
Russell Twesne
State School For the Blind
Janesvile
Tweste
Twesne
Len Zubrensky
John W. Reynolds
Ove
Poor excuse from pedestrian at St Paul court
The Minnesota Highway Department said on Thursday a pedestrian charged with ignoring a don't walk sign testified before the judge that he believed the sign was an advertisement for a taxi company.
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ST. Paul
Minn
UPI
Highway Department
Seven Arrested After Lexington Race Riot Violence
In Lexington North Carolina seven young men were arrested on open charges following a Thursday night race riot that left a man dead and others wounded. Police reported firearms and bottles used as weapons as two crowds clashed near segregated venues. A photographer was wounded and a bartender died en route to hospital. many injured and property damage followed as authorities deployed state troopers to restore order.
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Lexington
N.C
Pher
Piedmont North Carolina
Cliths
Charles Poole
Robert Neal Hairstoc
Sonny Calhoun
Larry Wayne Winston
William Chester Johnson
Joe Poole
Roosevelt
Smith
Hairston
Winston
Johnson
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise
Fred Link
Link
Winston-Salem
Stabie” Richardson
Lexington Hospital
High Point Hospital
John Baskin
Thomasville Morning Times
Richardson
Dick Swain
High Point
James Comer
Davidson County
Homer
Lee Cox
State Highway Patrol
Greensboro
Alabama Guardsmen Called to Duty During University Crisis
About 4 000 Alabama National Guardsmen from the 31st Infantry Division will go on active duty as federal authorities prepare for desegregation at the University of Alabama campuses. The move aligns with federal court orders, though Army officials say the training was planned months earlier. Guardsmen may be federalized and placed to enforce orders if needed, with Governor Wallace’s actions likely determining troop deployment.
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Washington
Alabama National Guardsmen
State University
31St Infantry Division
Army
Divsion
U.S
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
Alabama
Kennedy
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Birmingham
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
31St
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Winnebago County airport seeks regional status in CAB case
Northwestern staff writer James J. Metz reports Winnebago and Outagamie officials clash over air service to Oshkosh and Appleton ahead of a CAB hearing. Outagamie County backs keeping service to both cities via North Central Airlines while Winnebago argues the airport already meets regional status. Officials urge CAB to avoid premature rulings as the dispute continues.
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James J. Metz
Northwestern
Madison
Winnebago County
Dist
Jack D. Steinhilber
State Aeronautics Commission
Com- County
Appleton
Oshkosh
Wausau
Catlin
State Commission
Ourgamie County
Bureau of Economic Regulation
Outagamie County
Steinhilber
Water Takes Two Children in Wisconsin Drownings
Two Wisconsin children drowned in separate incidents on Thursday. Marshall Ganna 11 months, at Squaw Lake Minocqua near a resort beach, found face down in inches of water after a cry. Larry Paterman 7, Whitewater, stepped into deep water at Trippe Lake public beach before season opening, unable to swim.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Marshall Galvia
Squaw Lake
Minocqua
Frank Ganna
Marshall
Woodruff
Lerry Paterman
Whitewater
Trippe Lake Municipal
Larry
Assembly OKs New Beer Plan in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a proposed "beer is land" bill to curb teen drinking by letting 19 and 20 year olds obtain state IDs only in counties with beer bars and with parental consent. The vote was 7 to 20 and the plan includes a university exception. The session also debated county board restructuring and the ORAP recreation program, with preliminary approval for abolishing the state recreation committee and shifting to the conservation commission, while other reform measures were defeated or tabled.
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Press International Madison
UPC
Assembly
State Senate
David Obey
Dwausau
ORAP
State Recreation Committee
Conservation Commission
Dane
Brown
Outagamie
Racine
Rock
Kenosha
Waukesha
Winnebago
Norman Anderson
Tavern Robbery At Buter's Tavern Seizes $500
Oshkosh police report an armed robbery at Buter’s Tavern on Wisconsin Street. A decisive gunman demanded cash from the register and a bag of coins, taking about 30 one dollar bills plus coins. Two patrons were present. the suspect described as white male, 135 to 160 pounds, brown eyes, sandy to dark hair, fled after giving five minutes.
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Wisconsin St
Harold Youngwirth
Youngwirth
Harold Troudt
New York Ave
Clarence Pletz
Cherry St
Oshkosh
Civil Rights Leaders Set LA Deadline
Los Angeles civil rights leaders set a timetable for total integration and won a promise of preliminary action within 10 days after a six hour conference produced top level committees and 30 community leaders. They seek a model city in the national effort and warn Birmingham type demonstrations may occur if actions die in committee.
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Los Angeles
HH Brookins
County Board of Supervisors
Prospect Of School Aid Cut Discussed
Wisconsin educators gathered in Madison to urge Gov John Reynolds to seek a compromise with the legislature over a proposed July 1 budget cut that would reduce state aid to elementary and secondary schools by 27 percent. School leaders warned the cut would strain rural districts and raise property taxes, urging Reynolds to oppose the reduction. Reynolds refused to publicly commit, noting the need to avoid a cut and acknowledging the burden on local districts.
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Madison
UPI
Wisconsin
John Reynolds
Dale F Davis
Sparta
Reynolds
Davis
Heynolds
Richard Olson
Mineral Points
Chamber of Commerce
Delmore Zirzow
Alma Board of Education
Ds Liu
Madi
Miller to Quit As GOP Head
New York Republican chairman William Miller announced he will resign as national chairman after the next GOP convention. He will not seek reelection to Congress from New York's 46th District, choosing to spend time with his wife and two daughters and to practice law in Buffalo.
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New York
UPN
Wiliam Miller
RNY
Miller
Congress
46Th
Buffalo
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