Why We Favor Manager Form
After eight years Oshkosh shift to council-manager government drew praise from The Daily Northwestern. The piece recalls 1934 57 mayor aldermanic era flaws bickering waste nepotism and delays that harmed growth then cites 3400 petition supporters and 1400+ cities with council-manager success as proof the 1956 change was right and 1959 retention justified.
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Oshkosh
Northwestern
Charles J. Fiss
United States
One U S Jet Downed In Viet Nam Raid
U S Air Force jets attacked targets in North Viet Nam with seven F105s returning safely. One F195 was downed over Communist territory but the pilot was rescued. The strike targeted Vu Con near the North Viet Nam border, described as a base for regular troops and guerrillas.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Vu Con
Quang Tri Province
Freighter Yankenaud Sails in Ice Wrecked Bow
The freighter Yankcanuck opened the upper Great Lakes navigation season and limped into port Sunday night, with its bow washed by 20-inch ice. Coast Guard reports 3 to 4 foot waves in lower St Marys River six miles from Sault Ste. Marie. ice slit the bow on both sides Saturday morning.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Upper Great Lakes
Thc Coast Guard
Lower St Mary's River
One Dead Five Hurt In Rock County Plane Crash
A family returning to Minneapolis from Chicago crashed near Janesville after an engine failure. Elsie Leni han, 30, of Minneapolis was killed. Her husband Robert, 30, and the couple’s four children were seriously injured and hospitalized at Beloit Memorial. The Mark Mooney plane, en route O Hare to Flying Cloud, reported engine trouble and went down in a farm field amid light snow about 10 miles northwest of Janesville.
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Janesville
Russell Hegee
Rock County
Elsie Lenihan
Minneapolis
Robert
Conpie
Sneet
Bobby
Cheryl
Charleon
Beloit Memorial Hospital
Hegge
Janceville
Soviets to Aid Iraq Build Dam Project
The Soviet Union, already involved in Egypt's Aswan Dam, will assist Iraq in constructing a large dam across the Euphrates River, Iraqi Industry Minister Adib EI Jader announced via Baghdad radio. The disclosure highlights Soviet technical help and regional power development.
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RERUT
Lebanon
APY
Soviet Union
Egypt
Aswan
Middle East
Baghdad Radio
Moscow
Iraq
Euphrates
Adib EI Jader
Anne Amcet
14 Mile Walk Set for Today
About 400 marchers led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resumed a 14 mile leg of a 50 mile water drive trek from Selma toward Montgomery. The frost covered camp featured guards, tents, and a heated trailer for King as the procession continued toward the state capital.
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Selma
Alabama River
Ala
Montgomery
Martin Luther King
Soir Wipentioty
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
King
National Guardsmen
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Yabama
Coonsville
Usas
Gemini Shot Outlook Good
Cape Kennedy reports gradually improving weather as two man Gemini mission readiness rises. Grissom and Young prepared to pilot the Molly Brown spacecraft, altering its orbit twice to steer in space if launched Tuesday. Recovery area winds and visibility noted, with potential Bermuda landing zone conditions described.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Cape
Bermuda
Virgil J. Grissom
John W. Young
Grissom and
Young
Seal Off Scene Of Missing Art
Police sealed the 100 acre estate of late banker W. W Crocker in Hillsborough California and deployed seven dogs to search for paintings valued over 500000 that vanished from the mansion. Officers said they work today on the theory that thieves hid items on the wooded grounds. Mrs Crocker declined to discuss the matter.
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Hillsborough. Calif
W. W Crocker
Watling Street 2 Mile Race From London to St Albans
College students staged a two mile road race along the ancient Watling Street from London to St Albans on Sunday. The event drew participants and spectators, highlighting endurance and student enthusiasm for outdoor athletics on a historic route.
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London
UPI
College
Watling Street
St. Albans
All Out Drive By Viet Cong Soon Taylor
In Saigon, Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor said both sides in Vietnam are moving toward a decisive point. He cited continued aggression from the north and noted that the South Viet Nam and United States governments have acted against the Hanoi regime, with future measures to be determined.
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Taylor
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon Lions Club
United States
Hanoi
Hanet Io
Ranger 9 Hunts Moon Landing Site
Ranger 9 streaked toward the moon center with high accuracy as cameras aimed to map a landing site for future astronauts. Scientists expected to decide soon when to fire guidance rockets to adjust its path toward Alphonsus crater, about 16 miles wide and 400 miles south of the impact center.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Alphonsus
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Virgil J. Grissom
John W. Young
COW CALL WEST NEWBURY ANNUAL POLICE REPORT
West Newbury police reported more trouble with stray cattle and horses than thefts in 1964. Police Chief Eugene Wille said six cows three horses and three automobiles were reported missing by their owners and all were recovered.
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West Newbury
Mass
UPI
Eugene Wille
Attempts to Disrupt Crusade Thwarted
SELMA Alabama AP White segregationists failed to disrupt the first day of the protest march to Montgomery. Federal forces including the Alabama National Guard regular Army troops from Fort Hood and FBI agents kept the crowd orderly amid taunts and threats. Most epithets aimed at Negro leaders and white marchers were shouted from roadside observers as the march proceeded without serious incident.
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Selma
Ala
Montfomery
Alabama National Guard
Ft Hood
Tex
FY Brage NC
Justice Department
FBI
Police uncover another bomb in Birmingham
Police said they found a sixth homemade bomb in a predominantly Negro area of Birmingham, with five devices located Sunday near Negro funeral homes and Poole's Funeral Chapel. A police spokesman offered few details but noted procedures remained the same.
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Birmingham
Ala
Poole’s
Princess Marina Visits Duke of Windsor at Claridge's
Princess Marina spent over an hour with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in their Claridge's Hotel suite in London. She is the third royal to visit the couple in a week, while her husband Duke of Kent was killed in a World War II plane crash years ago.
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London
Marina
Duke of Windsor
Claridge’s Hotel
Duke of Kent
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