Mothers Press Wisconsin Capito plea for larger welfare aid
MADISON AP Welfare mothers marched on the state capitol demanding a 10 percent boost in food and clothing allowances for ADC and related aid. A 13 year old Middleton girl testified, crying, about outfits and boots as 200 people crowded the Joint Finance Committee hearing. The panel, after approving a 1.9 million package for a 10 percent rise, trimmed it to about 1.5 million with federal aid uncertain. The mothers urged a right to live, not merely exist, as their children suffer.
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Madison
State Capitol
Middleton
Joint Finance Committee
Walworth County
Six Hour Hearing on Colored Oleo Moves Wisconsin Laws
A six hour Assembly hearing in Madison featured colorful protests as Mrs. R. V. Anderson tasted bootleg colored oleomargarine to highlight the 1895 ban. Lawmakers debated repeal proposals amid mixed signals and Farm Bureau backed a 72 cent per pound tax through 1972 plus a $3 million dairy research building at the University of Wisconsin.
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Madison
R. V. Anderson
East Troy
Wisconsin
State Assembly Agriculture Committees
David O'Malley
D-Waunakee
Agriculture Committee
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
University of Wisconsin
Lucey
Patrick J. Lucey
Ambassador Lodge To Resign Position
President Johnson to replace retiring Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in Saigon with Ellsworth Bunker as a crisis diplomat to push a new South Vietnamese government. The reshuffle signals focus on political stability and pacification amid Vietnam War developments, with Westmoreland to gain stronger command and a Guam conference planned.
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Washington
Johnson
Ellsworth Bunker
Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Bunker
Lodge
U.S
Saigon
Paul Martin
United Nations
Hanoi
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Southeast Asia
Nashville
Tenn
Guam
Bunker Lodge
Nguyen Cao Ky
Ambassador Lodge
South Vietnam
Women Support Trade Stamp Bill in Wisconsin Senate Hearing
Madison AP A housewife urged approval of a bill to redeem trading stamps for merchandise instead of cash. Mrs Margaret Krohn testified she crossed state lines to Illinois and Minnesota to obtain appliances, claiming stamps were worth merchandise for every two dollar book. Opponents including retailers and consumer groups argued the bill favors stamp companies and reduces cash freedom, while supporters from stamp backed firms warned Wisconsin losses could shift to Ohio.
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Madison
Senate
Margaret Krohn
Ilinois
Minnesota
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard Berghs
Greendale
Allen Busby
Milwaukee
Carl Wertz
Kewaskum
Regal Ware Inc
Ohio
Wisconsin
H. E. Halvorson
Halvorson
Edward Magdol
Wisconsin Consumer League
NFO Milk Hold Aimed at Higher Prices Across States
Wisconsin NFO members join dairymen in a national milk hold to pressure Class A at 6.05 and Class B at about 5.00 per hundredweight, as of 4 p.m. Wednesday. Governor Knowles and law officers prepare for possible violence after a 1964 incident.
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United Press International
Wisconsin
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Milwaukee
Corning
Town
Oren Lee Staley
Richard Patoka
Portage County
Winnebago County Nfo
Staley
Warren Knowles
NFC
Wisconsin dairy farmers seek nonviolent hold on milk supply
Milwaukee AP Wisconsin dairy farmers watch for initial results in a nationwide milk holding action by the National Farmers Organization NFO led by Oren Lee Staley and Roy W Johnson. The program encourages withholding dairy from the market but forbids blocking any farmer who ships. Officials say the aim is to avoid violence seen in a 1964 action while pursuing verbal persuasion and keeping milk on the farm.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
National Farmers Organization
Roy W. Johnson
NFO
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Johnson
Phillip Roephlisberger
Verona
Dane County
Brodhead
Durand
Evalen Strey
Eau Claire County Nfc
Staley
Richard Patoka
Portage County Nfc
Grandmother Opposes Powell In Harlem Special Election
Lucille Pickett Williams a 50 year old Harlem grandmother and longtime Republican worker challenges Adam Clayton Powell in the April 11 special congressional election seeking to preserve the two party system. She expects Powell to be a local legend but aims to offer voters a Republican choice despite doubts about her win chances. She had previously supported Powell in 1958 and has been a GOP leader in Harlem for two decades.
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New York
Lucille Pickett Williams
Adam Clayton Powell
Republican Party
Sak
Fifth Avenue
YWCA
Powell
Harlem
James H. Meredith
Adam
Meredith
Williams
GOP
State Assembly
Consular Treaty Heads For Senate Final Vote
In Washington the US Soviet consular treaty neared ratification as Senate supporters defeated four attempts to attach conditions that could doom the pact. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield won permission to proceed to a final vote, while Mundt’s bid linking the treaty to Vietnam failed 67 to 23.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Karl F Mundt
Bullet Fired Into Milk Tank Truck Near Darlington
Lafay ette County Sheriff Kenneth Pratt said a bullet was fired into a milk tank truck parked at the Rolls cheese factory six miles south of Darlington early today. The shot likely came from a passing car about 3 am and the tank, though it was empty, was penetrated.
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Darlington
Lafayette County
Kenneth Pratt
Rolls Cheese Factory
Pratt
Gov Knowles Alerts Sheriffs Over NFO Milk Hold Action
Gov Knowles alerted county sheriffs to watch for strife between National Farmers Organization demonstrators and dairy farmers amid a planned dairy holding action. NFO director Roy W. Johnson said the group seeks to avoid violence and will urge farmers to withhold product until prices rise, stressing this is a business action. The State Department of Agriculture will monitor sanitation and fair trade violations during the action.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
NFO
Roy W. Johnson
Wisconsin
Knowles
Johnson
Oren Lee Staley
Corning
Iava
State Department of Agriculture
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Ivan Mueller
Cecil
Bonduel
Melvin Cummings
Birnamwood
Howard Falk
Ray Johnson
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Rage
Linde Hobbie
Fairleigh Dickinson
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