Seven more tax bills move before Wisconsin panel
Madison AP Seven additional tax bills including a two per cent sales tax proposal are set for today before the Joint Finance Committee as tax revision hearings continue. A withholding tax plan and a $10 per person dependent tax refund are among the featured measures, with supporters arguing higher taxes fund property tax relief and broader purchasing power.
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Joint Finance Committee
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Glen Pommerening
Stearns
GOP
David Stearns
Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Wackett
Wisconsin
Nelson
Gaylord Nelson
Finance Committee
Fire destroys feed store in Bassett Wis causing $150000 loss
Fire at the Al Loss Feed and Seed Store in Bassett Wisconsin destroyed the one story building. Deputies spotted flames at 3:25 a.m. with about 90 minutes to bring it under control. No injuries were reported. The loss could reach $200000, officials said.
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Bassett
Wis
Kenosha County
Kenosha
Gilbert Amborn
Twin Lakes
Lodge Arrives in UAR for Educational Cooperation Talks
Former US ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge arrives in Cairo as a private citizen for a weeklong visit to discuss US UAR educational cooperation. Lodge, honorary president of the National Institute of Education, plans meetings with former students who studied in the United States. In Calcutta cholera cases total 123 deaths in three weeks, health officials report.
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Cairo
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Arab Republic
Lodge
United States
U.A R
National Institute of Education
Calcutta
India
Seek Cause Of Crash In Desert Area
Rescue teams comb the Sahara near the Grand Erg area after a French airliner with 78 aboard crashes in the desert. Five Americans among the dead, last radio contact at 1 10 am described as normal, eyewitness sighting of a plane or shooting star trailing sand.
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Algiers
Sahara
Air France
Edjele
Kennedy asks Congress for five year program to curb juvenile delinquency
President Kennedy proposes a five year federal drive with $10 million for year one to fight juvenile delinquency. He orders a new committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime chaired by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, with Arthur Goldber and Abraham Ribicoff as members. The plan includes federal grants for state and local efforts and training funds for experts. David L. Hackett named executive director of the committee.
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Congress
Washington
Kennedy
Abraham! ‘Ribicoff
Robert F. Kennedy
Arthur Goldberg
Ribicoff
David L. Hackett
London drink offender too large for dock
Police tried to bring John Coleman to the witness stand for drunkenness but his 392 pound body did not fit in the three foot wide dock. He stood outside and was fined 70 cents.
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London
UPI
John Coleman
Coleman
Sizzling Ship Sinks After Crippling Fire
In New Orleans a 110 foot oil hunting ship named Sizzling sank in the Gulf of Mexico after a day of fire. The Janice Walker carried ammonium nitrate explosives once feared from Texas City. Crew evacuated to sister ship Sharon Walker as underwater explosion danger lingered.
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UPS
Gulf of Mexico
Janice Walker
Texas City
Ist
Coast Guard
Sharon Walker
Janice
Sharon
John Fletcher
Pascagoula
Miss
Assembly Approves Budget and Staffing Changes
The assembly approved a 493 million budget and announced the consolidation of Peerless Machine Company operations from Racine to Oshkosh this summer. Curtis Meyer said many of Peerless 40 workers will be offered jobs in Oshkosh with others possibly reassigned or retained in Racine as expansion plans proceed. Peerless, founded 1917, had up to 120 employees and 60,000 square feet in Racine.
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Universal Motor Company
Oshkosh
Ralph G. Klieforth
Universal
Peerless
J. M Nash Company
Milwaukee
Ueversal Motor Company
Meyer
Nash Concern
Slashing in Courtroom Leaves Woman Wounded
In Saint Petersburg Florida a man William R. McFadden 33 attacked his wife Earlene Johnson 22 with a butcher knife and a sharp object in a crowded courtroom. The incident occurred while he faced contempt of court and attempted to drop charges. Johnson was left with throat and back injuries and was hospitalized in fair condition.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
William R. McFadden
McFadden
Earlene Johnson
Big Three Set For Laos Talks
In Geneva Western powers edge toward joining a Laos peace conference after word of a ceasefire from the control commission. U S Secretary of State Rusk, Averell Harriman, and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko are already in Geneva with Chen Yi arriving, while Britain and France plan later visits.
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Laos
London
United States
Britain
France
U.S
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
W. Averell Harriman
Andrei A. Gromyko
China
Chen Yi
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Rusk
Foreign Office
Wisconsin Assembly Passes 1961 63 General Fund Budget
The Wisconsin Assembly narrowly approved a near 493.5 million general fund budget after a day of bitter party debate. The plan would require about 55 million in extra tax revenue if adopted by the Senate in its current form and includes a 12 percent two year faculty salary hike for the University of Wisconsin system and state colleges.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
University of Wisconsin
Joint Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Gaylord Nelson
Flood Crests Press Levees Amid Midwest Flood Fight
Flood crests pressed against weakened levees as workers battled rising waters across the Midwest. Six Illinois counties designated disaster areas while Indiana Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Ohio and Kentucky faced swollen rivers. Deaths reached 25 with injuries over 100 and about 1230 families displaced. National Guard units deployed in several counties.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ohio
Kentucky
Lawrenceville
National Guard
Witnois
Assembly Votes 12 Percent Pay Rise for Faculty
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a 12 percent two year salary increase for university and state college faculty by a 94 to 3 vote after three hours of debate. Republicans Bidwell Wackett Olson opposed the executive budget amendment. The raise totals about 5.8 million dollars with 7 percent first year and 5 percent second year.
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VPI
Assembly
Everett Bidwell
Portage
Byron Wackett
Watertown
Russell Olson
Bassett
Bidwel
Wackett
Joint
Johnson vows U S support for allies in Asia tour
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson arrived in Saigon on a round the world trip to study Communist aggression and pledged U S backing for South Viet Nam and other allies. He said Washington will stand up for freedom wherever needed and noted plans to add arms aid to Diem to expand the South Vietnamese army.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
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Johnson
U.S
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Guam
South VietNam
Viet Nam
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