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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1963
Page
1
President Kennedy signed a 236.4 million three year medical plan to fund new medical and dental schools and student loans. The bill aims to avert shortages of doctors and dentists, aid about 10 000 students with up to 2000 loans, and expand facilities in underserved regions across the nation.
Washington reports the start of public hearings in the railroad work rules dispute as the arbitration board begins six weeks of talks. Railroads urge dismissing prior settlement offers and restarting from scratch while unions prepare opening remarks. Main issues include layoffs of 32,000 locomotive firemen and crew size cuts, with wage demands ranging from 14 to 29 cents per hour plus raises, and fringe benefits fighting alongside job security terms.
Lt General Wallace M. Greene will become commandant of the Marine Corps on December 31 as General David M. Shoup completes a four year term. Kennedy aides say Shoup declined a second term, citing health and the value of leadership change. Greene has led as Marine Corps chief of staff since January 1960, with World War II service in London Marshall Islands Saipan and Tinian. Born Burlington Vermont December 27 1907, he is a Naval Academy graduate of 1930. Greene is married to Vaughan Emory of Annapolis and they have two children.
Washington AP reports the House opens debate on an $11 billion tax cut urged by Kennedy aides. The plan faces a Senate clash with civil rights debates and a spending-cut condition from Byrd. House votes Wednesday loom near, with mixed support and a looming deadline to act this year.
Madison Gov John W Reynolds vetoed bills removing liquor stamp requirements and raising barber apprentice education from eighth to tenth grade. He warned the stamp elimination would cost state and local tax districts about 25 million for 1964 68 and hinder inspectors from verifying paid taxes, while the barber education change would not necessarily raise barber skill.
President Kennedy visits Ashland for a 3 p.m. arrival and a 10 minute airport address as part of a conservation tour. Sen Nelson urges Apostle Islands be made a national park, with about 10 000 in attendance. Mayors declare President Day and close schools for the event.
Olive Hynes of Sheffield appeals to Health Minister Enoch Powell for aid to obtain a new set of false teeth under the national health system after a 10 year struggle. She says she hopes for relief so she can enjoy her first square meal since 1053.
Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko may reach quick accords this week on three Western questions including a New York Moscow air link and embassies in Moscow. Western allies need more talks on test ban follow ups, observers, and a nonaggression pact while Pan Am eyes the Moscow route if ready. Rusk meets with leaders at the UN General Assembly, with Indonesia’s Subandrio on his schedule.
Gov John W Reynolds campaigned before county boards to back his Project 66 plan for accelerated interstate and freeway construction funded by borrowing. He said passage by the legislature would allow Republicans to claim credit and would free other funds for statewide roads. He split Wisconsin into two economic zones, warning northern areas rely on tourism and need better access to prevent decline as rival vacation regions expand. Continued on Page 12 Col 5.
A Pan American World Airways passenger jet from Singapore was struck by guerrilla ground fire as it approached Tan Son Nhut Airport in Saigon. The Boeing 707 carrying 90 passengers landed safely despite one engine losing pressure from a 30 caliber bullet. Ground fire has troubled Saigon aviation previously.
All 26 African delegations left a World Health Organization regional session in Geneva on Monday. They said it was below Africans' dignity to share a table with representatives from Portugal and South Africa.
Eager Romford girl Sandra Shoults, 15, announced on Monday night she and her 17 year old fiancé David Berndall will marry in three weeks. She recalls wishing to marry when she was in school and says she is ready to start married life.
President Kennedy sends McNamara and Taylor to Saigon to assess the Buddhist crisis and its effect on the war against Viet Cong guerrillas. The pair will meet Diem and visit field operations amid reports of growing Viet Cong boldness in the Mekong Delta.
Washington AP reports the Senate approved the limited test ban by 80 to 19, with 95 voting. The roster lists numerous Democratic and Republican senators supporting ratification, including Kennedy, Mansfield, Fulbright, and Anderson, among others. McNamara later said the war’s progress had deteriorated recently and planned to visit Saigon with Taylor to assess effects of unrest. Continued on Page 12, Col. 2.
Dr Cheddi Jagan, prime minister of British Guiana, said he has asked for economic aid and investment from both sides of the Iron Curtain, but progress has been limited. He spoke in London regarding postwar Cold War assistance and regional development needs.
A road grader operator Rudolph P. Scho neck 40, Milwaukee, was killed Monday afternoon when a road machine tipped over on him during work on an unfinished section of Interstate 94 near Wa u kesha. The coroner's office identified the victim. The accident occurred as crews worked on the highway project.
The Senate ratified the limited test ban by 80 to 19 after weeks of debate. Kennedy hailed the action as a step toward peace. The pact, signed in Moscow Aug 5 by the United States Soviet Union and Great Britain, bans testing in the atmosphere outer space and under water and aims to reduce world tension.
The U S Senate confirmed John A Gronouski Wisconsin tax commissioner to be postmaster general by voice vote. The 43 year old succeeds J Edward Day who resigned in August to return to legal practice. Gronouski, a former Wayne State University teacher of public finance, heads Wisconsin tax department for 34 years. He is of Polish American descent.
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin highway deaths rise to 620 after two separate wrecks. Richard Hoffland, 19, of Madison area and William Henry, 18, of Baraboo died from crashes in Lafayette County and Baraboo on Highway 11 and Highway 223 respectively. In the Shullsburg area, Hoffland’s car crash injured three others. Knittel, 17, died in the Baraboo two car crash.
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