Steiger Wins GOP Endorsement For Congress Race
Oshkosh Assemblyman William A Steiger won the Sixth District Republican caucus endorsement over Jack D Steinhilber by 277 to 95. Peter Wheeler Reiss and others contested the process with Reiss planning a September primary run. Steiger carried six of seven counties led by Sheboygan and Fond du Lac while Green Lake and Washington showed smaller margins.
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James
METZ
Northwestern
West Bend
Oshkosh
William A. Steiger
John Race
Steiger
Jack D. Steinhilber
Steinhilber
John Birch Society
Peter Wheeler Reiss
Sheboygan
Reiss
Winnebago County
Green Lake County
Sheboygan County
Fond du Lac
Washington County
Calumet
Ozaukee County
Aggressive Campaign Aims for Steiger in Congress Race
West Bend Wisconsin report covers William A. Steiger sworn in as the newly endorsed Republican candidate for Congress. The Oshkosh assemblyman predicts an aggressive campaign, noting his six years in the legislature as experience over opponent John Race. He warns Republicans not to expect an easy contest and cites federal money flow as a campaign issue.
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West Bend
Congress
Willian A. Steiger
Oshkosh
John Race
Race
Steiger
British artist to change name before move to Greece
London based British artist James Evans, 35, announced he will adopt the name Constantin Ivanovitch Andreyev before relocating to Greece, citing the Greeks struggle to pronounce Evans.
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London
UPI
James Evans
Greece
Constantin Ivanovitch Andreyev
Evans
India Offered Added Grain By President
President Johnson offered India an extra 3.5 million tons of grain to head off hunger as Indira Gandhi left Washington after talks with U.S. officials. The package included vegetable oils, milk powder, cotton, and tobacco, with a call for allied nations to match the grain and Canada pledging one million tons. India expects 6 to 7 million tons of food grain beyond commitments through next December.
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Johnson
India
Indira Gandhi
New York
U.S
Canada
Navy's tallest seaman blocked by shoe size shortage
Tall Laurence Henderson, 20, at 6 foot 8 inches, the tallest man in the British Royal Navy, has kept to his quarters for a month because the service cannot provide size 14 shoes to fit him.
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Rosyth
Scotland
UPS
Laurence Henderson
200 U.S. Cavalrymen Battle Red Entapment Near Pleiku
In the central highlands 12 miles southwest of Pleiku, about 200 U.S. cavalrymen pressed defense against a strong Communist force amid heavy artillery and helicopter losses. A Chinook helicopter exploded during the engagement as air support tried to reinforce. one North Vietnamese prisoner was captured for interrogation.
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U.S
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Red Lines
Chu Phong
Rick Merron
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Grand jury probes poverty aid in Orinda district
A grand jury was ordered after the Orinda Elementary School District sought 19418 to fight poverty. Foreman Kenneth Thollaug noted the median family income in the Oakland suburb runs about 13000. In Viet Nam, U S planes destroyed 150 Communist buildings and killed 35 or more Viet Cong in 24 hours. Four U S planes were lost. Air activity was hampered by poor weather. Continuous on page 3H.
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Calif
Orinda
Contra Costa County
Grand Jury
Kenneth Thollaug
Oakland
U.S
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Rent and Teacher Corps Funds Okayed by House
The House approved a $2.56 billion funding bill including $12 million to start a rent subsidy program for low income families and $10 million for the Teachers Corps. The vote split along party lines with Republicans pressing cuts and Democrats supporting the administration.
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Stalbaum
Zablocki
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Laird
Thomson
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Viet Nam
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Appropriations Committee
Bowd
Robert B. Duncan
Dore
Draft Dodging Raids Net 38
FBI agents arrested 38 men in dawn raids in New York and Cleveland on draft dodging schemes. Sixty-day counts show 33 arrested in New York and 5 in Cleveland, with payments up to 5000 for false military status forms. Up to 80000 taken since 1963. Nine fathers and eight sons among New York arrestees. Charges under the 1948 Selective Service Act carry up to five years and a 10000 fine. Hoover noted two principals arrested in February.
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FBI
Cleveland
112Th Engineers
Garfield Heights
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
Hoover
Paul G. Miller
Flushing
N.Y
Solomon Gotfriend
Long Island
Air Force Reserve
Selective Service Boards
Snake incident in Spokane car shocks bystander
Mary Ricketts drove into a Spokane parking lot on Tuesday and, after attempting to set the parking brake, grabbed a snake. The snake slithered behind the dashboard as she fell back to the ground. A deputy rescued by shooing a small water snake out from under the dash.
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Spokane
Mary Ricketts
Civilians Appointed As Ecuador Chief
Quito Ecuador AP Cle mente Yerovi Indaburo a non partisan economist has been named provisional president of Ecuador after student demonstrators businessmen and labor leaders toppled the military junta Yerovi 61 was appointed Tuesday by the military high command which threw out the three man junta The high command said it named Yerovi on the advice of political leaders and fully supported him The appointment ended five days of violent anti junta student demonstrations in which at least seven persons were killed and a business strike in Guayaquil Ecuadors port and largest city The students claimed the juntas policies were oppressive
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Quito
Ecuador
Clemente Yerovi Indaburo
Yerovi
Military High Command
High Command
Guayaquil
Junios
Johnson weighs taxes or controls to curb inflation
President Johnson signaled potential tax hikes to combat inflation, outlining three options: government controls, sizable spending cuts, or a roughly five to ten billion dollar tax increase. He noted no one likes controls and agencies will report possible economies next month. Senate leaders and lawmakers debated the political clash over tax rises versus spending cuts amid Viet Nam war costs. Continued on Page 13, Col. 1.
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Congress
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
House
Ways and
Final list of atom smasher sites approved
The Atomic Energy Commission announced it will select the host site for a 375 million dollar atom smasher from among academy recommended locations. The eight reduced options, including Ann Arbor and Brookhaven, were evaluated after 126 proposals from 46 states.
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Atomic Energy Commission
National Academy of Sciences
Anne Arbor
Mich
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton
Long
Sland
N.Y
AEC
Congress
Glenn T. Seaborg
Academy
The
Academy of Sciences
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