Tax Revision Bill Aims at Sales Tax Overhaul
Republican leaders in Wisconsin’s 1961 Legislature push a sales tax based revision with rates from two to three percent and various exemptions. Six leaders will draft the bill as GOP presses for a veto-proof package amid Democratic opposition and Gov. Nelson’s veto power.
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Madison
GOP
Legisla Assembly
Senate
Frank Panzer
Brownsville
Robert Travis
Platteville
William Draheim
Neenah
Robert Haase
Marinette
David Blanchard
Edgerton
Everett Bidwell
O2 Passiuie
Portage
Assembly
Gaylord Nelson
Accused Killer At Large After Springfield Slayings
Fugitive William Wilson remains at large in Superior wearing stolen work clothes. Authorities say he is armed and dangerous, linked to multiple killings in Springfield and Superior, with the hunt spreading across several states.
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Superior
William Wilson
Great Northern Special
O. G. Youngberg
Wilson
Springfield
Douglas County Dist
Chisholm
Benjamin Hucovski
Nemadji
Hucovski
Chrisholm
Ralph R. Roach
Milwaukee
FBI
Wipson
Wipso
William Kimmel
Bernard Carlson
Wilbur Davis
Jimmy Lawson
Texas senator pushes bill to outlaw switchblade sales
State Sen. Henry Gonzalez urged passage of a bill banning sale of switchblade knives. Senator William Moore questioned who would oppose the measure, asking about hoodlums.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Henry Gonzalez
William Moore
Senate Poised For Final Vote On School Aids
The Senate prepares for a late afternoon final vote on President Kennedy's 2.55 billion public school aid bill amid expected bipartisan support. Amendments were debated after a 12 hour session, with Southern senators opposing, while House action is anticipated in two weeks amid a tougher battle.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Education and Labor Committee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Navy Jets Break Transcontinental Flight Records
In New York Navy F4H8 Phantom jets shattered records by flying Los Angeles to Brooklyn in 3 hours 3 minutes, then set faster marks at 2 hours 57 minutes and 2 hours 47 minutes with Lt. Richard F. Gordon and Lt. JG Robbie R. Young. The trio surpassed the sound barrier and earned the Ben Dix Trophy for an average speed near 870 mph after in-flight refueling at 30,000 feet.
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Los Angeles
Brooklyn
Air Force
Richard F. Gordon
Seattle
Robbie R. Young
Modesto
Calif
New Jersey
American Nazis Are Put in Jail in New Orleans
Rockwell the self styled fuehrer and nine followers spent the night in jail after picketing and protested the showing of Exodus at the Civic Theater. Police identified the group and said the district attorney's office would be consulted on further action. All ten are from Arlington Virginia.
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New Orleans
Fuehrer
George Lincoln Rockwell
Activites
Fficers
Civic Theater
Powers
Rockwell
Roy James
Robert Washington Johnson
Anthony Edward Wells
Charles Beveridge
Paul Edward Dukes
Seth David Ryan
Andrew Newman Chappell
Ralph Lee Hassinger
Jon Patter
Arlington
Bern
Freedom Riders Reach Jackson as Integrating Bus Trips Continue
In Jackson Mississippi 27 Freedom Riders including 25 Negroes and two whites are jailed after refusing to leave a bus terminal under bayonet guarded police. A second bus followed four hours later as Alabama Mississippi border protests continued with National Guardsmen present. The movement aims to test Jim Crow bus segregation with further actions planned in Montgomery and New Orleans.
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Jackson
Miss
U.S
Robert F
Freedom Aid
Kennedy
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Deep South
Isiline
Ovu
Montgomery
New Orleans
Marlin Luther King
Wyatt T. Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Atlanta
Wyatt
Freedom Riders
Monigom
Prediction of 100 Memorial Day traffic fatalities
The National Safety Council estimated up to 100 people might die in traffic during Memorial Day, a 30-hour window from 6 p.m. Monday to midnight Tuesday. Officials noted it is an estimate, not a firm forecast, with past totals ranging from 81 to 109 fatalities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Kennedy Urges Strong Military and Moon Landing Push
President Kennedy appealed to Congress to expand the military and foreign aid, create a space program to land a man on the moon, and fund up to 9 billion dollars over five years. He outlined heavy costs, a decisive global battle for freedom, and a broad reorganization of military power with new funds for space and civil defense.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
State of the Union
Senate House
Marine Corps
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
Laos
Voice of America
US Information Agency
Latin America
Office of Civil and Defense
City eyes direct charges for seal coat and street work
Oshkosh council plans to bill abutting property owners for seal coating and to require direct assessments for future street projects as part of a broader policy change. A May 31 meeting will adopt the 1961 paving program, paving Merritt Avenue West 22nd Avenue and Eagle Street. A new subdivision rule would ensure streets are funded before lots are sold, with uniform assessments 25 to 64 cents per running foot.
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Merritt Avenue
West
Council
Robert E . Stauffer
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