Wisconsin extends daylight saving time to October end
Gov. Warren P. Knowles signed a bill to push Wisconsin daylight saving time from the last Sunday in April through the last Sunday in October. He argued national conformity aids transportation and business, despite rural opposition. The measure passed both houses with broad support after prior failed attempts.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Bis
Senate
Assembly
Brigade Request Rejected by Defense Secretary
Washington reports Defense Secretary McNamara rejected a proposal to make Wisconsin’s 32nd National Guard division a separate high priority brigade. The plan would attach the Red Arrow division to the 47th Minnesota Guard as a brigade while Wisconsin’s authorized strength would be 13,771, about 4,000 below the current combined total. Rep. Melvin Laird said he is hopeful to add hundreds more to the proposed force and Gov. Warren Knowles has yet to act on the plan.
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Washington
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Defense
McNamara
Melvin Laird
R-Wis
Pentagon
Red Arrow
Minnesota National Guard
32Nd
Weather Cloudiness Threatens Gemini 3 Launch Effort
Cape Kennedy forecasts cloudy conditions for the Gemini 3 mission delaying decision on launch. Astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young prepare for simulations as Ranger 9 faces data issues tied to ground equipment. Launch window for Ranger 9 set Sunday, with target Alphonsus crater. Gemini’s official name is Gemini 3, but communications will reference Molly Brown.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Gemini Sharecraft
Malhy Brown
Ranger 9
Virgil J. Grissom
John Wo Young
Cape
Atlantic
Alphonsus
Christopher C. Kraft
Kraft
Grissom
Young
U.S
Gus Grissom
John Young
Fire destroys home in Menasha Friday
Fire destroyed the home of Clifford Lindsey at 2162 Water Street in Menasha on Friday. No occupants were present when the blaze started, neighbors reported the alarm at 11 28 AM, and firefighters battled the fire for about 50 minutes but could not save the house.
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Menasha
Clifford Lindsey
Water St
Two Orders Issued From Texas Ranch
President Johnson federalized Alabama National Guard to protect civil rights demonstrators on the Selma to Montgomery march. He issued two orders from his Texas ranch authorizing use of necessary armed forces and citing Alabama's refusal to provide safety for marchers amid rising violence risks.
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Montgomery
Ala
Johnson
Alabama
Selma
Johnson City
Tex
Secretary of Defense
United States
George C. Wallace
Bogalusa
Ralph Blumberg
Brooks Hays
Ku Klux Klan
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Richard £. Rubenstein
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Savaitan O
Knowles Defends Budget Pledges Amid Criticism
Wisconsin Governor Warren Knowles says he has not contradicted campaign pledges to limit spending while acknowledging unavoidable rises in state expenditures. He cited a September Milwaukee meeting with rival John Reynolds and noted compulsory increases in education aid and state programs, blaming national inflation for higher costs.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Taxpayers’ Alliance
John W. Reynolds
Police Officer Beaten After Street Fight Incident
A Madison police officer attempting to arrest two men during a street disturbance Friday was beaten and kicked by crowd members. Patrolman Richard C. Osperlath collapsed at a hospital with head and internal injuries but was listed in satisfactory condition. Charles Marereve, a Meera, was arrested on disorderly conduct and resisting charges with bond set at $153. Lt. Donald Nicholson defended the officer, stating Osperlath used only necessary force.
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Madison Capa
Patrohman
Richard C. Osperlath
Charles Marereve
Conte
Donald Nicholson
Aid
Osierroth
Bomb Plot Thwarted Near U S Embassy in Saigon
AP reports Saigon police seized two Viet Cong agents driving a scooter truck rigged with 25 pounds of plastic explosive. The device, set to detonate at noon, aimed at the U S Embassy. both suspects were arrested and the bomb defused. In separate action, Brig Gen Nguyen Chang Thi said a Communist ammunition-running boat was found near Cue Viet.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Taylor
Maxwell D. Taylor
Neuyen Chang Thi
Cue Viet
North Viet Nam
Washington
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
Vietnam
London
Andrew A. Stengke
Tome
False Stop Stevenage Lands Incomplete Report
Fragmentary OCR text describes a vague incident where a man removed his false teeth before impact and appeared distressed. no clear event, date, location, or identifiable persons beyond Stevenage appears in readable content.
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Stevenage
Freland
Father of 8 Goes to Prison On Fraud Charge
Jose Vargas, 45, father of eight, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for defrauding Kenosha County welfare of 12400 dollars. He reportedly received the funds over 3 1/2 years while earning 18600 from American Motors Corp and a Waukegan nursery, and did not report his earnings. Vargas pleaded no contest before County Judge Harry Carlson on March 2. Six of his children are minors.
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Kenosha, Wis
UPI
Jose Vargas
Kenosha County
Vargas
American Motors Corp
Waukegan, UL
Harry Carls
Ripon College Five Withdraw From SNCC Selma Protest
Five Ripon College representatives pulled from a SNCC led Capital demonstration and headed to Selma Alabama to support voter rights. The group of Wisconsin students and faculty later redirected to Washington after criticism of protest tactics voiced by Ripon’s assistant dean Patrick Hunt.
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Washington
Ripon College
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Selma
Ala
Wisconsin
White House
Alabama
Patrick C. Hunt
Ripon
Hunt
Wis
Fowl Play in Deptford Youth Sentenced for Darting Break
A six-year-old was sentenced to six months in a detention center after admitting a housebreak during which he played a fatal game of darts with a parakeet as the target.
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Deptford
England
Soft Landing For Russians On Mars But Text Is Jumbled
Moscow AP reports a Vask 4 craft executed a controlled descent with a soft landing in a snowy area near the Vysi Mountains about 723 miles east of Moscow. Officials offered few new details and no images, noting the lander is safe but that atmospheric reentry produced intense lasers and media silence.
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Moscow
Vask
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