Wisconsin Assembly approves colored oleomargarine ban repeal
The Wisconsin Assembly gives final approval to a bill ending bans on colored oleomargarine after a 54-39 vote. A seven cent per pound tax would fund dairy research and a dairy farmers’ security fund if sent to the Senate, where Earl Leverichick of Sparta may block action. The motion to reconsider delayed action until next week.
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Madison
State Assembly
Wisconsin
Senate
David O’malley
D-Waunakee
Assembly Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Committee
Earl Leverichk- Sparta
Assembly
Johnson names ambassador to Pakistan
President Johnson selected Eugene Murphy Locke a 48 year old Dallas lawyer and former Texas state Democratic chairman to be ambassador to Pakistan. Locke would succeed Walter P McConaughy who moves to Nationalist China as ambassador.
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Washington
Johnson
Eugene Murphy Locke
Texas
Pakistan
White House
Bill D Movers
Locke
Dallas
Walter P McConaughy
McConaughy
China
Wisconsin House split on government loan fund bill
Wisconsin's five Democratic congressmen split on a 206 to 190 House vote to raise operating funds on government held loans. Reps. Henry Reuss Lynn Stulbaum and Clement Zablocki supported the bill while Reps. Robert Kastenmeier and John Race opposed it, and all five Republican Wisconsin representatives voted against.
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Washington
Wisconsin
House
Henry Reuss
Lynn Stulbaum
Clement Zablocki
Robert Kastenmeier
John Race
D-Wis
House Okays Venture Into Private Loans
President Johnson appears assured of congressional authority for a venture into private capital to limit the 1967 budget deficit to 1.8 billion dollars. The House voted 206 to 190 to permit shifting federal loans to private investors, with the cash funding government operations as the Senate has approved a similar bill.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
State Pay Hike Given Approval
Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Finance Committee approved a $42 million pay hike for state civil service employees effective July 1, bringing total approved increases to $77 million. The plan allocates $3.1 million to revise salary scales, $1.1 million for a $15 monthly across the board raise, and relies on existing authority to implement without further legislative action.
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Madison API
Joint Finance Committee
State Bureau of Persons
Wisconsin State Employes Association
Wayne McGown
Costly litter prompts high clean up costs
Mrs Lyn don B. Johnson argues that trash along highways is expensive to clean, noting a 34 cent cost for each discarded paper cup. Her remark on Wednesday highlights the burden of roadside litter and the deterrent value of cleanup expenses.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Retired Senator Green Dies at 98 in Providence
Theodore Francis Green aged 98 died at his Providence home after a long illness. The former U S senator, who left office in 1960, was the oldest man to serve in the Senate. He suffered cerebral strokes in 1962 and spent months in hospital and a convalescent home before returning home.
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Providence
Theodore Francis Green
U.S. Senate
Senate
Green
McNamara proposes voluntary two year national service
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara floats a two year voluntary service plan for all young Americans. participation could be in the military, the Peace Corps or other development work. Officials urge caution about immediate legislation while noting support for broader international peacekeeping goals.
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Washington
Robert & McNamara
Peace Corps
Defense
McNamara
Montreal
American Society of Newspaper
Pentagon
Congress
Red
China
Dean Rusk
United States
Viet Cong Radio Backs Dissidents in Da Nang Clash
In Da Nang heavy fighting erupts as Premier Ky's forces surround rebel HQ while Viet Cong liberation radio urges South Vietnamese troops to rise up. Buddhists cancel rallies for Ho Chi Minh birthday as casualties mount with 86 Americans killed and 91 South Vietnamese reported dead or missing.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Viet Cong
Liberation Radio
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Wisconsin Governor Backs Fast Highway Plan
Gov. Knowles said he would accept any program to speed Wisconsin highway construction. The plan aims to boost gasoline taxes and borrow through bonds, facing opposition from Assembly Leader Nikolay while awaiting legislative fate. Hayward aerospace operator Anthony Wise urged quick passage amid resort-area road troubles.
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Legislative Council
Knowles
Paul Hassett
Anthony Wise
Hayward Reser
Highway 53 Committee
Boondocks
Nikolay
Council Adopts Zoning Change for Auto Sales Special Permit
The council voted 4-2 to amend the zoning ordinance adding a special permit clause for relocation plans of new and used automobile sales and service establishments. A separate resolution designated the incinerator plant site on the east side of Knapp Street between Wilzel and Campbell Creek. A public hearing was set for July 6 on vacating Dawes Street between Fears Avenue and Warren Road.
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Knapp Street
Wilzel
Campbell Creek
Dawes Street
Fears Avenue
Warren Road
Senator Charges Navy Bought Red Chinese Items
AP Washington report says Senator Ernest Gruening charges the Navy bought electronic equipment from firms tied to Communist China through Hong Kong. Pentagon and State Department discuss tighter controls to prevent Trading With the Enemy Act violations amid a $15 to $20 million annual Hong Kong procurement.
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Navy
Washington
Pentagon
Ernest Gruening
Hong Kong
China
Alaska Democrat
Asst
Paul R. Ignatius
Gruening
Senate
Joseph Lippman
Lippman
US Navy
Secretary of Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
U.S
McNamara
J. M. Malloy
Armed Services
Malloy
State Department
The
Treasury
May 31 Set as Gemini9 Launch Date at Cape Kennedy
Cape Kennedy Fla AP Launch crews race to meet a new May 31 date for Gemini 9 with astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard. NASA says it's the earliest possible launch for the rendezvous and space walk mission amid a tight schedule after an Atlas rocket failure delayed the previous attempt.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George E. Mueller
NASA
Stafford
Air Force
Cernan
Navy
Agena
Atlantic Ocean
Abducted Girl Peggy Ann Brodnick Rescued in Pennsylvania
Peggy Ann Brodnick, 17, was found safe in Fulton County Medical Center after a week of hiding and captivity with kidnapper William Diller Hallenbaugh in the Tuscarora hills. Two men died in the manhunt, including an FBI agent and Hallenbaugh, who was killed in a final gun battle that wounded a deputy sheriff. The girl, fatigued and bruised, described nights outdoors and eating beans and corn while chained by Hallenbaugh amid the search-and-rescue drama.
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Shade Gap
Peggy Ann Brodnick
Peggy Ann
Fulton County
McConnellsburg
Tuscarora
FBI
William Diller Hallenbaugh
Hallenbaugh
Gerald T Lorentz
Robins Silence Bells At Ancient English Church
In Widecombe England a pair of robins nesting in the belfry of an old parish church have silenced bells that rang for more than a century.
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Widecombe
England
Upi
Unemployment Insurance Extension Approved by House Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a bill to broaden unemployment insurance coverage to 3.5 million more workers starting Jan 1, 1969, and to require states to add up to 13 weeks of benefits during high unemployment. It omits some White House reform goals and would lift payroll taxes by about 272 million dollars from July 1. The plan includes blue collar and clerical workers at nonprofit institutions, and nurses, but excludes doctors and college faculty. No vote date set in the House.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
Jamy W Byrnes
Wisconsin
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