6 Class A Bands Top Parade Contest
Class A bands from Viroqua Whitehall Arcadia Melrose Sparta and Tomah earned superior ratings for parade performance at the La Crosse district music festival at La Crosse State University. About 3 500 students from more than 30 area schools took part in concerts for bands orchestras choruses and glee clubs during the day long event. Thirty four bands performed in four concert classes with multiple firsts seconds and thirds awarded across classes A B C and D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Whitehall
Arcadia
Melrose
Sparta
Tomah
la Crosse
la Crosse State University
Cashton
West Salem
Holmen
Onalaska Luther
Brookwood
Trempealeau
Viola
Westby
Blair
Gale-Ettrick
Onalaska
de Soto
la Farge
Taylor
Alma Center-Lincoln
Bangor
Mindoro
Cochrane-Fountain City
la Crosse Aquinas’ Orchestra
Prairie du Chien
la Crosse Blessed Sacrament
la Crosse Mt. Calvary
la Crosse Aquinas
Luther
See
Buddhists Press for Strategy After Ky Seeks Continued Rule
Buddhist groups in Saigon and Da Nang called for strategy meetings after Premier Ky said he expects military rule to last another year. Ky outlined a plan with elections for a Constituent Assembly in fall and a civilian government to follow, while the military would keep power until mid next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Nguyen van Man
Binh Tuy
Mekong River
Can Tho
Constituent Assembly
Legislative Assembly
Air Force
Chancellor Named For New UW Campus in Southeast
Irvin G. Wyllie, 46, head of the UW history department since 1964, was named chancellor of the universitys new southeast campus to open in 1969 between Racine and Kenosha. Allocation awaits full Board of Regents approval.
Man Loses Fight Against Cancer In Arizona
Robert F. Allen, 29, terminal with osteogenic sarcoma, remains in critical condition at St. Joseph's Hospital Tucson after bone cancer spreads despite two tumor transplants and nerve surgery. He volunteers for a transplant program in Buffalo. partner Harry Griffith, 63, died, others undergo transplants with uncertain outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Robert F. Allen
St. Joseph’s Hospital
T.E.A. von Dedenroth
Allen
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Bufalo
N.Y
Harry T. Griffith
Flourtown
Griffith
von Dedenroth
Buffalo
Larry Rink
Centerville
Mich
Thomas E. Welker
Conrad, Mont
Rink
Welker
Five sky divers die in plane crash during contest
A single engine plane carrying six sky divers crashed two miles from the drop site during a parachute accuracy meet near Pottstown Pennsylvania. Five divers and the pilot died. one jumper survived unhurt after leaping from about 500 feet.
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Pottstown
New Hanover
John Pfander
Jim Kiesling
Willow Grove
Walker D. McCraw
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N.J
Johnson seeks moon peace treaty with space powers
President Johnson proposed that the United States and Soviet Union join in a treaty banning military activity on the moon and denying lunar sovereignty. He outlined provisions for free exploration, nonownership, scientific cooperation, contamination avoidance, and no weapons on celestial bodies. The proposal would begin at the United Nations before formal negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.N. Committee On
Pakistan Abstains From SEATO Naval Exercise
Pakistan will not participate in SEATO naval exercises set for May 19 in the South China Sea. The decision follows Pakistan's prior nonparticipation in SEATO drills last September during its war with India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
South China Sea
Pakistan Press Association
India
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Greater la Crosse
First Federal Savings and Loan
The
Chamber
Tribune
By Andrew Borowiec
State Department
Washington
Irvin Wyllie
Bangor High School
Main Street
Cardinal
LBJ
University of Illinois
Tucson High School
William F. Achatz
Navy
Alva McBride
Thomas L. Botdorf
Ronald L. West
Scott Benner
Boyertown
Howard Miller
Havertown
Botdorf
McCraw
Harry Crane
Crane
al Kweeder
Karl R. Bauman
Walker McCraw
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