Reputed Boss Of Crime Ring In Illinois Jail
Chicago report says the Mafia linked syndicate operated as usual after the boss Sami Battaglia and two associates were found guilty of extorting 48 500 from a builder. Amabile and Evans were also convicted for conspiring to pressure a sewer project in Lansing Michigan. The judge denied bond citing threats to government witnesses.
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Chicago
UPL
SamiTeetz! Battaglia
Battaglia
Joe Shine
Amabile
David Evans
Langland
Evans
Julius J. Hoffman
William G. Riley
Riley
Lansing
Dirksen Opposes Apostle Islands Public Land Buy
Senate minority leader Everett Dirksen voiced reluctance to back federal land acquisitions and urged postponement of Wisconsin's Apostle Islands national lakeshore proposal. He cited taxpayer resistance to spending and suggested the land could be deferred, noting he is not ready to convert half of the United States to public land. Wisconsin lawmakers defended the plan before the Senate Interior Committee.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M Dirksen
Wisconsin
Apostle Islands
Congress
Ilinois
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Dirksen
United States
Senate Interior Committee
Causeway vs Piers for Lake Butte Des Morts Bridge
State Highway Engineer W J Burmeister told a Northeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission hearing that building the bridge addition on piers would cause a delay of more than a year. He noted bids for the causeway fill open next Tuesday and warned changes after bids would be futile, with removal of the current causeway being very expensive. Protesters along Lake Butte des Morts favor piers to combat silting, a session chaired by Gordon Bubolz. The hearing followed resident protests and was criticized for its late scheduling. Continued on Page 10, Col. 6
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W. J. Burmeister
Lake Butte Des Morts
Burmeister
Howard Johnson
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Plan Would Drop State Guard Unit
Maj. Gen. John Dunlap of Wisconsin’s 32nd National Guard said he would oppose plans to eliminate the Red Arrow unit. The proposal, backed by Pentagon streamlining, passed 11-10 in a committee and awaits Pentagon and Congress review with officials in Madison and the governor’s office unsure of official word.
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Milwaukee
John Dunlap
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Red Arrow
Pentagon
Dunlap
Congress
Robert S. McNamara
Madison
Ralph Olson
Steve Boyle
Warren P. Knowles
Washington
McNamara backed plan to cut Reserve and Guard brigades
Washington AP report says a committee of Army National Guard and Reserve generals voted 11 to 10 to eliminate four Reserve brigades and 15 National Guard divisions including Wisconsin’s 32nd Infantry. The plan aims to shift combat units to Guard and reduce total brigades to 42. Details remain secret and final approval rests with McNamara.
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Washington
Wisconsin
National Guard
Robert 8. McNamara
Pentagon
Congress
Reserve Forces Policy Committee
Regular Army
Guard
Reserves
Army
Army Reserve
Harold K. Johnson
Army Chief of Staff
Secretary of the Army
Stanley Resor
McNamara
Complexity of County Government Shows Board Structure
The article outlines a 47 member county board with about 20 committees including 15 regular and five special ones. It details statutory officers such as the county clerk and sheriff, and positions like highway commissioner and county nurse, plus other paid roles not fitting standard categories.
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Special County Reorganization Committee
Wall River Planning Commission
Fox Valley University Center
Veterans Service
Apollo commander to lead first three man moon mission
Navy Captain Walter M. Schirra Jr. will command America's first three man Apollo mission in a redesigned test craft for an Earth orbital run early next year. He will be joined by Air Force Maj. Donn Eisele and civilian Walter Cunningham, both spaceflight newcomers, on a two week systems checkout aimed at preventing a repeat of the Apollo 1 fire.
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NASA
James Webb
Senate Space Committee
Navy
Walter Schirra
Air Force
Don Eisele
Walter Cunningham
UPI
Downey
Calif
Walter M. Schirra Jr
America
Sally
Schirra
Donn ¥. Eisele
Dan
Mercury
Astronauts Corps
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
North American Aviation, Inc
Cape Kennedy
Hla
Air Forc
Virgil J
LBJ Seeks 1968 Nomination at Democratic Dinner
President Johnson signaled confidence in securing the 1968 Democratic nomination while touting the Great Society and antiwar efforts. A 3,000-strong crowd paid 250 dollars per plate as Johnson urged perseverance to advance economic security, curb crime, and fight naked aggression in Vietnam.
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Johnson
Washington Hilton
UPI
Washington
Vietnam
Robert F. Kennedy
DNY
JW. Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy
California
Fulbright
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Start of Oshkosh golf course slated for 1989 season
Next week work begins on a new Oshkosh golf course in Westhaven west of Highway 41. Developers Fintan M Flanagan and Robert E Stauffer announced contracts with Goin Construction Co Elgin Ill for layout and E C Merrill Co Oshkosh for watered fairways tees and greens. The course is planned to open with the 1989 season as construction shifts focus to the rest of the project and easing municipal course pressure.
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Westhaven
Highway 41
Oshkosh
Fintan M. Flanagan
Robert E. Stauffer
Goin Construction Co
Elgin
Ill
E. C. Merrill Co
Oshkoshian's Son Killed In Vietnam
Army SP Daniel M. Kasten, 22, son of Merlin A. Kasten Oshkosh and Elizabeth Olak Lombard Illinois, was killed in Vietnam when the vehicle he rode struck a land mine. Drafted November 1, 1965, he had been in Vietnam since last July and previously worked in Ripon after graduating from Brancon tigi School. Funeral services are being arranged in Ripon.
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Army
Daniel M. Kasten
Vietnam
Merlin A. Kasten
Oshkosh
Elizabeth Olak
Lombard
Brancon Tigi School
Ripon
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