Planning for Change Lawmen Gather To Study Crime
Washington AP reports 500 law officials meet by Johnson to map a nationwide anti crime drive. The 352 page crime commission plan, costing several hundred million yearly, outlines police reform, court modernization, and handling race and minority disputes. Ramsey Clark keynote frames the two day conference as a war on crime. Indictments for federal racketeering rise to 1,193 with 477 convictions, a new high for the era.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
President
Ramsey Clark
Bcans
Milwaukee Banks Cut Prime Interest Rate to 5.50
Milwaukee's four largest banks led by Marine National Exchange Bank cut the prime loan rate from 5.75 percent to 5.5 percent effective immediately. First Wisconsin National Bank Marshall & Ilsley Bank and American City Bank said other loan rates would ease gradually, with mortgage rates likely the first.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Marine National Exchange Bank
First Wisconsin National Bank
Marshall & Ilsley Bank
American City Bank
Fleming Named Next Michigan President
Robben Fleming, 56, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, was chosen by the University of Michigan Board of Regents to become the ninth president. He would succeed Harlan Hatcher, who will retire in December after 15 years as head of the 34,000 student university. Fleming faced campus protests and helped calm demonstrations while at Wisconsin, where he also served as first provost and chancellor.
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Mich
Robben Fleming
University of Wisconsin
University of Michigan
Fleming
University of Michigan Board of Regents
Madison
Harlan Hatcher
Wisconsin
Vietnam
University of Illinois
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
Law School
Paw Paw
Ill
Beloit, Wis
Seven Year Old Drowns In Park Pond
Madison AP reports seven year old Michael Reed of Monona drowned after breaking thin ice in a park lagoon. His brother Craig, five, also fell through but escaped. Michael was the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Reed of Monona.
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Madison
Michael Reed
Monona
Craig
Michael
David Reed
Vatican encyclical endorses info access on birth control
Pope Paul VI signals government action to provide birth control information while maintaining Catholic opposition to artificial methods. The encyclical Pulborum Progresso says authorities may inform the public and adopt measures within moral law, respecting married couples' freedom, and criticizes radical demographic limits and unchecked capitalism.
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Vatican City
API
Paul VI
Vatican
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
NPI
Police Overpayment Error Hits St Louis Force
At least 60 St Louis police officers were overpaid up to 255 dollars each last year due to a clerical error. A police department spokesman said the money must be returned.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
St. Louis
U Thant proposes general truce for Vietnam talks
U N Secretary General U Thant urged a general truce followed by preliminary talks to reconvene a Geneva peace conference. He said the plan was sent March 14 to all concerned and noted varied replies. Thant outlined four possible direct-talk formats with the United States, North Vietnam, Britain, the Soviet Union and others, focusing on timing, location and participation.
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U Thant
Vietnam
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Thant
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Burma
United States
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Poland
India
International Control Commission
Control Commission
Torrey Canyon Oil Disaster Deepens Off Cornwall
Stricken tanker Torrey Canyon was bombed by Royal Navy planes and set afire to halt oil leakage into Cornwall beaches. Firefighting crews fought the slick as gales and government warnings limited access seven miles from Land’s End. The 61,263 ton vessel broke apart off Seven Stones Reef with more than half of 35.8 million gallons spilled, threatening tourism, fishing and coastlines. The incident, described as the costliest marine wreck, prompted calls to revise maritime law. Continued on Page 10.
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England
Torrey Canyon
Cornwall
Coup de Grace
Land's End
Seven Stones Reef
Britain
Navy
Maurice Foley
Plymouth
Union Oil of California
Chicago Girl Missing in North Side Kidnapping Case
Chicago police hunted a brown-haired blue-eyed four year old girl in a suspected bona fide kidnapping. Carrie Stevens, second grader at Goudy school, vanished after being lured by a fat man in a tan coat who offered a dog search reward. Several children played nearby when the man grabbed Carrie and another girl resisted. Police used trained dogs and searched the area as relatives and neighbors stayed alert for leads.
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Chicago
North Side
Carrie Stevens
Goudy
Daniel Stevens
Terry
Carrie
Stevens
Rose Douglas
Bombing Rush Expands Across Haiphong Outskirts
U S pilots intensified strikes in North Vietnam on Monday with the heaviest raids in two weeks. 197 missions were flown, targeting an oil depot near Haiphong and a surface to air missile site. A Phantom jet was listed missing, with two crewmen unaccounted for. Ground actions were light though Viet Cong activity included civilian bombings near Da Nang and a clash near Quang Ngai City where a Marine helicopter routed a submerged Viet Cong unit, leaving 26 dead and 46 captured with no Marine casualties.
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Haiphong
North Vietnam
U.S
Red Port
Air Force
United States
da Nang
Vietnam
Panhandle
Dien Bien Phu
17Th Parallel
Reds
Hue
U.S. Army
Plei Me
Highlands
Quang Ngai City
Catholic Educators Question Need for US Catholic Schools
Atlantic City AP reports the 64th annual National Catholic Education Association convention raised core questions about why the church runs schools, the scope of education, and how to sustain a system of 14,000 schools with over six million pupils amid rising costs and calls to focus resources. Bishop Ernesto Primeau urged clear philosophy and timely answers to whether every Catholic child should be in a Catholic school and at what level, warning delay could threaten the system.
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Atlantic City
National Catholic Education Association
Ernesto Z. Primeau
Manchester
N.H
United States
Bishon Primeau
Primeau
Wisconsin liquor credit law challenged in Dane County action
Milwaukee reporters note that the Metropolitan Milwaukee Liquor Retailers Association has filed suit challenging the Wisconsin law requiring payment for liquor supplies within 30 days of delivery. The action follows warrants issued last January against 30 Milwaukee area dealers and tavern keepers. Judge Harve L. Neelen ordered transfer to Dane County, citing a rule that suits against the state or its agents must be tried in the county where state offices are located.
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Dane County
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Liquor Retailers Association
Milwaukee Area
Harve L. Neelen
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