RCA Official Speaks To LCU Class of 1967
Dr. George H. Brown of RCA addressed 315 La Crosse State University graduates at the 58th commencement in Memorial Field. He urged the new baccalaureate and masters recipients to apply electronic advances across arts, design, and education, calling television a medium of the performing arts and noting future innovations in laser photography, optical sculpture, portable piano simulators, and widespread computer use. President Samuel G. Gates introduced him and read a congratulatory letter from President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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la Crosse State University
Memorial Field
Radio Corporation of America
RCA
Dr. Brown
LCU
Samuel G. Gates
Lyndon Lee
Marines hit by heavy fighting in Quang Tin Province
U S Marines report 54 dead and 120 wounded after a two day coastal battle in Quang Tin Province. Communist losses total 474 killed with MIG interceptions downed by U S Air Force fighters. Operation Union II aimed to clear Red forces near Da Nang Chu Lai corridor.
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North Vietnam
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388Th Tactical
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Haiphong
Quang Tin Province
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7Th Marine
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Chu Lai
Grandma completes 4-year journey at La Crosse State graduation
Mrs. Caroline Evenson, 46, of Brice Prairie, earned a bachelor of science in elementary education at La Crosse State University’s 58th commencement with 315 graduates. She starts teaching first grade in Houston, Minnesota, next fall, while family members celebrate with her and recount the long path from grief after husband Ernest’s 1962 death to this achievement.
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Caroline Evenson
Kay Evenson
Mark Evenson
Brice Prairie
la Crosse State University
Evenson
Houston
Minn
Gary
David
Jery
Gary Evenson
Spring Grove
Peter
Jaclyn) Sjolander
Madison
Wis
Eugene L. Evenson
Keesler Afb
Mississippi
Stephen Sjolander
Charles Sjolander
Two Milwaukee Boys Drowned In River Incidents
In Milwaukee two boys died in separate Milwaukee River accidents Saturday. Ronald Bazzille, 14, drowned while attempting to swim across Estabrook Park fully clothed and was recovered. Timonty Vozar, 10, was pronounced dead on arrival after bystanders found his body in the river near his bicycle and fishing pole missing.
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Ronald Bazzille
Estabrook Park
Timonty Vozar
Dayan Sees Israel Winning War Without Help
Israel's Moshe Dayan said Israeli forces could defeat Arabs in any war without U.S. or British troops and urged diplomatic steps to lift Egypt’s blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba. Israel pressed its stand at the UN on waterway access and nonintervention.
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Security Council
Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol
Soviet Union
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Eshkol
Alexei N. Kosygin
Bob Horton
America
Mediterranean
Dayan
United Nations
Gideon Rafael
Rafael
Danzig
U.N
U N clash as Arab states and Israel spar at session
At a rare Saturday U N Security Council meeting Arab states and Israel hurled bitter charges over the Middle East crisis. Talks continued on a compromise plan offered by India while a vote on rival resolutions remained shelved. British Prime Minister Harold Wilson joined in discussions during a stop in New York.
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India
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Gulf of Aqaba
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Security Council
Hans R. Tabor
Denmark
Roger Seydoux
World War II Hero Nominated as Chief of Naval Operations
President Johnson nominates Adm. Thomas Hinman Moorer to succeed Adm. David L. McDonald as chief of naval operations. Moorer, 55, leads the Atlantic Fleet and NATO Atlantic commands. Vice Adm. Holmes to succeed him. Moorer is noted for a people outreach program and was shot down in 1942 near Australia.
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Naval Operations
Johnson
Thomas Hinman Moorer
David L. McDonald
McDonald
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moorer
Atlantic Fleet
Atlantic
Ephraim Paul Holmes
Pearl Harbor
Australia
Char tered British DC6 crashes near Mont Canigou
A chartered British DC6 carrying 88 aboard crashes on Mont Canigou in the Pyrenees during approach to Perpignan. Police report no survivors. The canigou region, dubbed the accursed triangle, has a history of fatal crashes with 16 postwar incidents in the area.
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France
Pyrenees
Mont Canigou
Spain
Mediterranean
London
Air Ferry Ltd
Lyons Tours Ltd
Costa Brava
Canigou
la Roquette
Castabonne
Frontier
Dublin Actor Tony Quinn Dies in London at 62
Tony Quinn, 62, once a member of Dublin's Abbey Theatre Company, died Thursday in London. The late actor's career included stage work in Ireland before his move abroad.
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Dublin
London
Tony Quinn
Abbey Theater Company
Ashland Fire Rages Through Downtown Buildings
Ashland firemen battled 20 mph winds as flames destroyed three downtown buildings including an Angvick Furniture Co. site and a four story apartment block. Firefighters evacuated disabled residents as the blaze threatened a Ford garage and spread toward a nearby home. Aid from Ironwood Michigan and Washburn joined local crews. damage and cause were under investigation.
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Ashland
Wisconsin
Angvick Furniture Co
Ford Motor Co
Ironwood
Mich
Washburn
Police Break Up and Arrests After 3rd Street Brawl
A disturbance on 3rd Street downtown Saturday night drew 25 to 30 youths from Camp McCoy Job Corps Center and others. La Crosse officers broke up groups with 12 plus patrols around 11 p.m. to send corpsmen back to buses amid few injuries noted.
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la Crosse
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South 3Rd
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