Miss Oshkosh crowns winner in Civic Auditorium pageant
WSUO Junior Miss Oshkosh 21 year old Mildred Breitenstein, Stevens Point, crowned by retiring Miss Oshkosh Joan Bylow after a night of pageant talent. Frances Prescott wins Miss Congeniality with Marie Abrahamson, Patricia Lechner, and Ruth Friedrich as top runners up amid 1500 attendees.
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Oshkosh
Mildred Grace Breitenstein
Wisconsin State University- Oshkosh
Chi Omega
Civic Auditorium
Mildred Breitenstein
Stevens Point
Tiss Oshkosh
Charleston
P. J. Jacobs High School
National Thespian Society
Miss Breienstern
Associated Women
Johnson Returns To White House
Washington AP report says President Johnson returned to Washington after a Texas ranch visit described as considerable relaxation and rest by aides. Deputy press secretary Robert Fleming noted he was weary on the Texas flight and Mrs. Johnson urged a change of scenery. Johnson planned a normal White House week, potentially sending Congress one or more special messages with new legislative proposals.
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Washington
Johnson
Texas
Robert H. Fleming
Fleming
White House
Congress
Desegregation Guidelines Set for School Staff
Washington AP reports new guidelines require actual desegregation in public school staff where dual systems exist. Harold Howe II states the rules intend freedom of choice plans to dismantle a bifurcated system and create a single, race neutral system. Authorities must also close inadequate schools for minority groups and provide periodic progress reports.
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Washington
Harold Howe II
U.S. Commissioner of Education
Freedom of Choice
Williams Will Bid for Senate from Michigan
Williams resigns as assistant secretary of state for African affairs to run for the U S Senate from Michigan. His resignation becomes effective March 23. President Johnson expresses regret at losing his steadying hand in critical assignments.
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Washington
G. Mennen Williams
Senate
Michigan
Williams
Johnson
Kennedy
Probes Open Into Three Jap Air Disasters
Aviation experts from four nations began intensive investigations into three Tokyo area crashes that killed 321 people. Japanese officials ordered urgent aviation safety studies and urged a new airport. The BOAC Boeing 707 hitMt Fuji wreckage showed disintegration while in clear skies as heavy rain hampered inquiries.
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Tokyo
Japan
British Overseas Airways Corp
Hong Kong
Mt. Fuji
Canadian Pacific Airlines
All Nippon Airways
Tokyo Harbor
United States
Britain
Canada
John G. Adams
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
BOAC
Gotemba
Rescue and relief crews rush to storm areas
Rescue and relief workers moved into the Dakotas and Minnesota as a blizzard battered the region. Seventeen lives were lost across North and South Dakota and Minnesota with livestock heavy losses, especially in South Dakota. Helicopters, airplanes, and plows worked to free thousands stranded while travelers sought shelter in stores, cafes, and stations. A rural boy, Orion Auck, found a neighboring farmer dead after the blizzard and windstorm.
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Fargo
Dakotas
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Orion Auck
Sterling
Lowell Brown
Wisconsin highway deaths rise with weekend toll
The Associated Press reports eight deaths on Wisconsin roads this weekend, lifting the year total to 144. Victims include Milwaukees Robert Orr, 24, and Richard Kersten, 22, killed when their car struck a pole near City Hall, and others in Green Bay, Monroe, Kenosha, and Eau Claire.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Robert HW. Orr
Richard A. Kersten
Milwaukee
City Hall
Lyle Drinkwater
Linden
Iowa
Peter E. Parvis
Green Bay
William Seiltz Jr
Pulaski
Barbara L. Sehuetzé
Monroe
Monticello
Green County
Mephen LeTart
Kenosha
John P. Bernhard
Eau Claire
Tax Bill Vote Slated Today
Washington AP The Senate began voting on President Johnsons tax bill to raise six billion dollars for Viet Nam war financing. Democratic Leader Mansfield hoped passage by Tuesday. The bill restores recent excise tax cuts on telephone calls and automobiles and is expected to be the week's top legislative action after House approval on Feb. 23.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Congress
House
Federal Pay Raise Of 3.2 Percent Urged By President
President Johnson urged Congress to pass legislation for an average 3.2 percent federal pay raise plus fringe benefits for civilian workers. The increases would total about 48 million dollars yearly, effective January 1, 1967, with salaries rising 1 to 4.5 percent across grades and about 1 million workers reaching parity with private salaries. He also proposed retirement system changes and a five tenths of 1 percent rise in contributions by agencies and employees starting January 1, 1987.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Four Die As Naval Plane Crashes Near Albuquerque
A Glenview based S2F antisubmarine plane, en route from Albuquerque to Los Alamitos, crashed after takeoff. Four Chicago area crew members, Lt Lawrence Menzies Evans ton, Lt Cmdr Francis A. Moyer, P.O.3.C. RL. Reber, and FO Donald J. Gustavson, were killed. Fire and wreckage spread as the aircraft attempted to return to the airport. one crewman attempted to eject.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Glenview
Naval Air Station
Los Alamitos
Calif
Chicago
Lawrence Menzies
Evanston
International Business Machines
Francis A. Moyer
Trans- World Airlines
P.O
C. RL. Reber
Dundee
Donald J. Gustavson
Supreme Court Upholds Key Voting Rights Act Sections
The Supreme Court today upheld major provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Chief Justice Warren stated that Congress may suspend literacy tests and appoint federal examiners to register voters in defined areas. A Deep South challenge to the act was rejected, affirming Congress constitutional duties. Continued on Page 24, Coal. 7
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Congress
Attorney General
Earl Warren
Warren
Spelunker Baptizes Son 60 Feet Below Ground
Mike Briggs 28 and his four month old son Andrew were baptized 60 feet underground at a subterranean waterfall in Bruntoulree England. Briggs praised potholing as a fascinating hobby and said they aim to introduce their children early.
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Bruntouieee
England
UPI
Mike Briggs
Andrew
Briggs
Massler and Powers Cleared by Jury in Murder Case
Miami UPI report states Candy Massler sat in a gold Cadillac as jurors acquitted her and Melvin Lane Powers of conspiring to murder Jacques Massler, the 69 year old financier with a $22 million estate. The verdict followed a seven week trial ending late Thursday night.
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Miami
UPI
Candy Massler
Jacques
Candy
Melvin Lane Powers
Mel
Powers
Messler
Candace Messler
Fla
Marines End Viet Nam Year With Major Victory Over North Vietnamese Regiment
In Vietnam Saigon the US Marines and South Vietnamese forces crushed a 2,000-strong North Vietnamese regiment in three days of heavy fighting. About 1,000 Communists were reported killed as 6,000 Allied troops pressed the assault along the central coast. The battle left high Marine losses but strong overall progress and intelligence from captured North Vietnamese soldiers aided the operation. The rout disrupted Route 1 and a key bridge mission. Continued on Page 14, Col 1.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
South
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Utah
Kenosha Fire Claims Second Child Death
A Kenosha house fire killed two children from separate families. Eugene Williams Jr aged 1% years died Saturday night and two months old Franklin Hicks died on arrival at a local hospital Saturday morning. The origin of the blaze is not yet determined.
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Kenosha
Eugene Williams Jr
Franklin Hicks
Kenosha Hospital
Aaron Hicks
Eugene Williams
DuBois Clubs Office Blasted in San Francisco Blast
Police inspect a San Francisco building after a Sunday explosion possibly a dynamite charge of up to 40 pounds tore through the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs national headquarters. No injuries reported. Investigators seek leads as the Justice Department pressed for registration of the group.
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San Francisco
Robert McClennan
McClennan
Justice Department
DuBois
Brooklyn
du Bois Club
Brooklyn Club
New York
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Abrahamson
Lechner
Friedrich
Society Ee
Feteen
Winnebagoland
Coal
Massler
DuBois Clubs’ Office
Cal
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