Wisconsin lawmakers air major issues with no agreement
Wisconsin legislators spent the first week of the spring session debating key problems with no consensus. Gov Knowles and lawmakers gave thorough hearings to water pollution control and an accelerated highway program, including a proposed 200 million dollar state loan and a three member water quality commission. The Assembly kept debating a repeal of the oleo color ban as it rejected efforts to kill the bill, while the Joint Finance Committee moved to double the state student loan program to 20 million and seek federal funds to cover interest. Additional measures would liberalize the Homestead Tax Relief Act, and two Blue Book related bills were approved.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Senate
Knowles
Patrick J. Lucey
State
State Board of Health
Democratic National
David Carley
Lucey
Assembly
Moncton Senior Allowed to Take Finals in Jail
A University of Moncton senior granted permission to complete final exams from jail after being held on a rape charge and failing to post bail. Tests will be delivered to the student’s cell.
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Moncton, N. B
UPI
University of Moncton
Furor Over Long Trucks Quiets Down
MADISON AP reports the uproar over adding a 65-foot truck provision to the Wisconsin highway bill cooled as draft language was brought to the legislative reference library by truck lobbyist John Varda. Assemblyman Jerome Blaska D Sun Prairie led the committee push, with the matter referred to the original highway panel, easing the investigation threat as readers moved on.
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Alaska
County aviation panel to meet on runway delay
The Winnebago County aviation committee will confer with state aeronautics officials and FAA representatives next week to resolve FAA approval delays on the runway extension. The May 3 meeting aims to decide whether to extend the current north south runway or build a parallel new runway west of it to improve safety and accommodate jet traffic.
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State
Federal Aviation Agency
A. Staffeld
Neenah
Joseph Abernathy
State Aeronautics Commission
Staffeld
FAA
Winnebago County
la Crosse
North Central Airlines
FFA
Marines Would Repair Discarded Military Gear
Senate investigator Joseph Lippman says the Marines would reclaim and repair discarded military backups like Jeeps bulldozers and cranes handed to the Agency for International Development for giveaway in South Vietnam. He notes the Army recovered some supplies from Vietnam but later shipments blocked by earmarking for foreign governments. Continued on Page 14.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Foreign Aid Agency
Joseph Lippman
Marine Corps
South Viet Nam
Lippman
Agency For International Development
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Japan
Fulbright slams Saigon as American brothel scene
Senator J W Fulbright challenged President Kennedy's Foreign Relations chairmanship amid storm over rumors from Saigon. He said reports describe Vietnamese wives driven into bar work or prostitution to service American soldiers, blaming the impact of wealth and aid on a poor society. He cited cases of suicide linked to such humiliations and accused the American influx of fostering vice.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Saigon
Arkansas
South
Viet Nam
Fulbright
Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies
Artillery Units Are Increased In Viet Nam War Effort
The Defense Department says four more artillery battalions were added in Viet Nam since January, bringing total U.S. ground batteries to about 21 with 10,000 men and 250 cannons. Additional units could be deployed if needed. The piece notes U.S. forces crossed into Cambodia with 105mm howitzers and outlines ranges, from 10 miles for 105mm to 16 miles for heavier guns. Pentagon officials previously indicated plans to grow artillery to as many as 17,000 personnel and 200 more cannons if required, arguing ground firepower complements air power under poor visibility.
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Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Defense Department
United States
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Ulbricht on Vacation Prompts Gap in East German Leadership
Berlin AP reports East German Communist party chief Walter Ulbricht has left Berlin on vacation fueling talk of a party split over reunification talks with West Germany Socialists. Ulbricht may retire on his 73rd birthday June 30, though West Berlin sources say the move could signal no immediate resolution to the deadlock. Talks remain stalled over timing with the East wanting July start while West wants dialogue in East Germany first this month.
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West German Socialist Party
East Germany
West Germany
East German Communist Party
Poles from freighter wash overboard in Channel
Coastal authorities warn ships to watch for flooding poles after around 2000 Swedish? Finnish? poles were swept into the English Channel from a Finnish freighter.
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London
UPL
English Channel
Yank Units Close in On Trapped Reds
Fierce fighting raged in central Viet Nam as American air cavalrymen closed in on a trapped Communist battalion. U S command said 141 Viet Cong were killed in 24 hours with 30 captured and 307 suspects rounded up amid Operation Davy Crockett. The battle near Bong Son marked the largest ground action in weeks as about 300 Viet Cong clashed with the 1st Air Cavalry. Two Navy planes were lost with pilots either rescued or accounted for, and total aircraft losses climbed to 231. Air and naval forces also struck near Hanoi, approaching 15 miles from the capital for the first time since April 17.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
1St Air Cavalry
Bong Son
China Sea
U.S. Command
Air Force
Gulf of Tonkin
Hanoi
Navy
McNamara Orders Reduction of B52 Continuous Alert
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced a cut in the continuous airborne alert for B52 bombers saying radar systems now deter enemy missiles and bombers have less strategic importance. He cited the joint chiefs' opposition and noted a portion of the bomber force will stay on alert within training budgets, with full details to be continued.
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House Appropriations Committee
U.S
McNamara
Defense
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
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