Wisconsin Democratic delegate plan sparks intra party clash
Milwaukee observers report a bitter Democratic squabble as supporters of Humphrey and Kennedy clash over a new Wisconsin delegate allocation method for the April 5 primary. The state party changed to 245 votes per each of 10 districts and five at large, prompting complaints of unfairness from Kennedy backers while Humphrey backers call it a tactical advantage.
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MILWAUKEE
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Humphrey
Kennedy
Wisconsin
Sen
Salt Lake City
Minneapolis
Pat Lucey
Chicago Cops Charged With Test Cheating
A Chicago patrolman supplied the Chicago Tribune with a 29 page document he says duplicates the sergeant exam questions given to about 5 000 officers on October 31 The tests allegedly circulated for up to 500 a set while stored in City Hall vaults and a civil service official defended security measures before the probe moves to page 10.
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CHICAGO
Chicago Tribune
City Hall
Earl C. Strayhorn
civil service
Explosions Strike Portland Newspaper Trucks
Dynamite destroyed six paper trucks in Portland and Oregon City tied to the two struck daily papers. Police found an unexploded charge and questioned a teen with two dynamite charges. no fatalities or injuries reported. About 950 workers idle as the Stereotypers Union strike continues.
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Portland
Oregonian
Oregon Journal
Ore. VP
Oregon City
Stereotypers Union
Wymore Trucking Co
Oregon Film Service ware
Wymore
Humphrey Attacks GOP Farm Program in Wisconsin
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey campaigns in Hudson Wisconsin opposing the Benson farm program and Vice President Nixon. He argues Midwest progressives should lead a Democratic ticket and cites Nixon praising Benson in earlier years. Humphrey presses for a Democratic president to restore agricultural policy and economic balance.
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Humphrey
Nixon
HUDSON, Wis
Hubert H. Humphrey
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra
Benson
Herbert G. Klein
Washington
Klein
Stuart Symington
D-MO
Symington
Balmiest January in Years Ends Heralds Hint of Spring
January 1960 closes with no sub-zero days for the first time since 1944, mean temp 24.3, precipitation 1.4 inches. Groundhog day looms on Feb 2 as Gilbert may or may not see his shadow, while winter duties linger with beaches closed for 151 more days.
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Gus
Sheboygan
Gilbert
Tf Gilbert
Rudy Steffen
Miss Majorette of America Is Barbara Emminger
In St. Paul winter carnival Mrs Majorette of America title goes to Barbara Emminger 19 a University of Georgia student. Her poised presence contrasts with wintry surroundings as pageant attention centers on the UPI report from Minnesota.
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ST. PAUL, Minn
UPI
St. Paul
Barbara Emminger
University of Georgia
Weather report for Wisconsin with variable winds
Partly cloudy in the north and cloudy in the south with colder tonight. Tuesday remains partly cloudy with little temperature change. Low tonight 5 to 15 north, 15 to 23 south. High Tuesday 24 to 28 north, 28 to 32 south. Winds northeast 5 to 15 mph northwest portion and 15 to 25 mph southeast portion this afternoon. East to northeast 8 to 18 mph tonight, becoming east 10 to 20 mph Tuesday.
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WISCONSIN
Wisconsin couple admit cremating three abnormal children
Walworth County Sheriff says 41 year old Helen Organ and husband Chester 53 admitted cremating two daughters and a son after their deaths. With 12 living children, they claimed deaths were natural and cited funeral costs. Lie detector tests planned. charges include cremating without authority.
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ELKHORN UP
Walworth
Joseph A. Door
Door
Helen A. Organ
Chester
Walworth County
Wisconsin
confile
State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Steven
Lake Geneva
Joe Davies County
Algiers Revolt Ends As Insurgents Surrender
In Algiers the eight day colonial revolt collapsed with insurgent leader Pierre La Gaillarde and about 300 irregular troopers surrendering to Gen. Jean Crepin. La Gaillarde and Ortiz were treated with military honors while crowds cheered and sang La Marseillaise.
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ALGIERS
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Jean Crepin
Pierre Lagaillarde
Joseph Ortiz
Crepin
Lagaillarde
La Gaillarde
Tricolor
Bernard Lefevre
Kennedy says state party move to cut delegates shocks voters
Robert F. Kennedy arrived in Sheboygan and denounced the Democratic State Administrative Committee action to reduce Wisconsin convention delegates from ten to five as an attempt to rig the selection. He spoke at a Democratic dinner with county leaders at Hotel Feiste and urged the public to view the move as shocking and improper.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Democratic State Adminstrative Committee
John F. Kennedy
ID-Mass
Sheboygan
Kennedy
Senate
Kohler Co
ant
Sheboygan County
Democratic Party
Feeste
Wisconsin
Chorus at ancient church echoes amid woodworm fears
In Eynsford England a 600 year old church keeps hymns gentle as a muted piano plays. Rev A Aubrey tells congregants they dare not use the organ because oak beams are riddled with woodworm and a sharp shock could cause a collapse.
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EYNSFORD
England
UPI
A. Aubrey
Three Children Die In Farm House Blaze
MT HOPE Wisconsin early Sunday fire kills Barbara Bender age 3 James 2 and Joseph 1 in a one story frame farm home. Father Virgil Bender 27 and brother Howard 22 were milking cows nearby when the blaze began around 5:50 am. John 4 was rescued in good condition with minor burns. mother Betty 22 hospitalized for shock.
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Virgil Bender
Wisconsin
Mount Hope
Barbara
James
Wivrephoto
MT. HOPE
Wis
Barbara Bender
Joseph
John
Bender
Betty
Howard
435 Men Given Up For Dead In South Africa Mine
The South African Broadcasting Corp. says 435 miners trapped for 11 days at the Clydesdale colliery near Coalbrook have been given up for dead. The disaster began January 21 when 429 Africans and whites were trapped over 500 feet underground after a massive rock fall.
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COALBROOK
South Africa
South African Broadcasting Corp
Clydesdale
Former Chilton Resident Killed in Auto Crash
A 22 year old Oshkosh man Harold Bosma formerly of Chilton died from head injuries in a head on collision on Highway 57 two miles north of New Holstein. Miss Sandra Greve 19 and Theodore W. Klei kamp 19 and passenger James Ouradnik 20 were injured and hospitalized.
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CHILTON
Oshkosh
New Holstein
Harold Bosma
Doty St
Calumet County
Bosma
Sandra Greve
Wisconsin Ave
Miss Greve
Theodore W. Kleikamp
R. 1. Wilson, Mich
Miss Grove
Kleikamp
James
Boy Proves He Is Missing Brother In Hotel Confusion
Seven year old Billie Heggie arrived at Leapark Hotel in Grangemouth claiming his mother was busy and his little brother was missing. He registered, asked for a magazine, and bathed. An hour later staff found Billie himself was the missing child.
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Eng
Billie Heggie
Leapark
Billie
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