Why We Favor Manager Form in Oshkosh
The piece argues that the council manager government since 1957 boosted Oshkosh’s climate and growth. It cites $20 million in construction, new plants by Standard-Rollsman Leach Marquart, expansion of Oshkosh State College to Wisconsin State University Oshkosh, and hotel and motel projects. It notes improved services, new clinics, housing, an industrial park, and greater willingness to fund education and infrastructure, all reflecting renewed community confidence. The tone defends the manager system as catalyst for progress and civic investment.
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Oshkosh
United Fund
Standard-Rollsman
Leach Company
Marquart Millwork
Morgan Company
Foster- Lothman
Oshkoshians
Johnson Foods
SNC Manufacturing Company
Oshkosh State College
Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh
Nor-Ab
Howard Johnson
Highway 41
Ernest Siewert
National Guard
LST Blasted By Viet Cong Near Di Nan
A U S Navy LST docked at a commercial pier in Di Nan was hit by a blast estimated at 30 pounds of high explosives. One Japanese crewman was injured slightly. interior damage and several holes were opened in the hull but the ship did not sink. The attack occurred despite curfew and security measures.
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Smigayn
Snatt
Viet Nam
di Nan
Saicon
Governor urges advance of state airport plan at aeronautics event
Governor War ren P. Knowles told the State Aeronautics Commission to promptly map a statewide airport development plan. He offered to appoint an advisory committee of aviation interests to assist and noted the 1961 legislature instructed a plan with project priorities, which has not yet been adopted or prioritized.
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KAW Claire
Warren P. Knowles
State Aeronautics Commission
Aeronautics Commission
Knowles
Value Placed On Oswald Guns In Estate Case
Dallas AP report says court appraisers set a 10000 dollar value on the Oswald mail order rifle used to kill Kennedy and the pistol carried at the same time. Probate Judge FW Bartlett Jr appointed Marina Oswald as community administrator. An offer from a gun collector was mentioned and no decision was disclosed.
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Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
J. D. Tippit
Oswald
FW. Bartlett Jr
Marina Oswald
Bartlett
Harry McKay
Sir
Wiliam Blalock
Justice Department
Wallace Calls Killing Tragic Thing
In Montgomery Alabama Governor Wallace denounced the slaying of a white civil rights worker as a tragic act of cowardice and vowed state authorities would pursue the killers. President Johnson and Ku Klux Klan leaders drew sharp criticisms amid tensions over voter rights protests and police actions in Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
George
Wallace
Johnson
Washington
Ku Klux Klansmen Fund
Robert M. Shelton ,Jr
James Orange
Selma
Viela Greer
Detroit
Alabama
Liuzzi
Han
House Passes School Aid Bill
The House approved a 1.3 billion dollar school aid bill 263 to 153 after a bitter debate. The measure would boost federal aid for districts serving children from low income families and moves to the Senate for quick action.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Goodell
Mansfield
APO
Wisconsin
Kastenmeier
Race
Reuss
Stalbaum
Zablocki
O’kenski
Byrnes
Davis
Laird
Thomson
Wisconsin Fair Exhibit Bill Clears Legislature
Readinson cab a sico appropriation to finance Wisconsin's World’s Fair exhibit cleared a legislative hurdle and went to the Governor. An Assembly vote of 86 backed the measure amid a heated political fight over spending. The Senate approved the appropriation last week, seeking to hire a resident manager and set up information rotunda displays for the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Assembly
House
Senate
Preliminary Klan Probe Under Way
President Johnson pushes for a formal House probe into the Ku Klux Klan after a preliminary inquiry and calls for legislation to curb the group. He noted FBI arrests of four Klansmen in the slaying of Viola Gregg Lingzzy in Detroit and pledged to continue the fight against the hooded bigots.
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Washington
Johnson
House Committee On Un-American Activities
FBI
Viola Gregg Lingzzy
Detroit
Alabama
Samuel
Early Johnson Jr
Texas
United States
Hooded Society of Bigots
Nicholas Katzenbach
Congressional
Barber Car San Francisco
Highway patrolman Don Weber issued a ticket for unsafe driving on Skyline Blvd. to Ivor Morris of San Bruno who was weaving at 40 mph. Morris was found steering with his left hand while shaving with a cigarette lighter razor and has a court date set for April 12.
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San Francisco
UPI
Don Weber
Skyline Blvd
Weber
Ivor Morris
San Bruno
Morris
Klan Leader Vows Fight After Four Arrests
Grand Dragon Calvin F. Craig of Georgia condemned President Johnson’s push on Southern whites after four Ku Klux Klan members were arrested on federal conspiracy charges in the highway killing of Viola Liuzzo, a Detroit mother of five. He said the Klan attorney defended the men, bonds set at 50000, with three men freed on bond.
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Albamia
Viola Liuzzo
Gary Rowe
William Eaton
Eugene Thomas
Collie Wilkins Jr
Wilkins
Montgomery
Ala
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Liuzzo
Deshore Aftrnarch Tone
Johnson
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McCormack
J. Pace Veterials
Ny Sports
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Inaisiria
Grand Dragon
Craig
Robert M. Shelton Jr
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United Klans
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