Memorial Day Parade to Honor Veterans Across La Crosse
Thousands of La Crosse residents join a 72-unit Memorial Day parade at 9 a.m. with students, veterans groups, Camp McCoy units, and scouts from five cemeteries. The procession travels from 5th Ave to Oak Grove Cemetery, followed by multiple services and wreath layings at Riverside, Oak Grove, Campbell, and Jewish cemeteries.
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la Crosse
Riverside Park
Camp McCoy
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Robert Molstad
Logan
Central
Aquinas
Luther High
Onalaska
Lincoln
Long
Molstad
Sth Ave
King St
King
West Avenue
Oak Grove Cemetery
Logan High
Ranger
Oak Grove
Grand Army of the Ices
Woodlawn
Campbell Cemetery
Legion
Jack Freitag
National Guard
32Nd
Naval Reserve
Civil Air Patrol
Wilson-Colwell Relief Corps
William McKinley
Relief Corps
GAR
National Daughters of Gar
Casberg Post
Navy
Red Cross
Daughters of American Revolution
American Legion
French Island
Sons of American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Foreign Wars
Veterans Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Veterans Foreign Wars Junior Auxiliary
Catholic War Veterans
Catholic War Veterans Auxiliary
Campus War Veterans
Logan High School
Central High School
Central High
Lincoln Junior
First Lutheran
Lutheran Pioneers
Royalties
Immanuel Lutheran
Mt. Calvary Lutheran School
Longfellow
Debutantes
St. John’s
St.James
St. Joseph
St.Wenceslaus
Blessed Sac ‘Rament
Holy Trinity
St. Thomas More
St. Pius X
Aquinas High School
High Winds Snarl Cables Trapping 60 Kids On Ride
Tornadic winds snarled cables of a skyride at Lakeland Park in Memphis trapping about 60 picnickers from Falkner School on cars up to 60 feet above a lake. Rescue efforts continued as firemen and Red Cross aided by ladders reached passengers with some 45 still suspended hours later.
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Memphis
Tenn
Miss
Falkner School
Falkner
Jerry Mills
Red Cross
Sheriff’s Deputies
Pompidou Begins Talks With Labor
Paris Premier Georges Pompidou suspended the right of assembly and began bargaining with labor leaders to end nine days of strikes that idle eight to ten million workers. Violence flared in Bordeaux as students threw rocks and police used tear gas. three students and three officers were hospitalized.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
iThen
France
Bordeaux
Pompidou
Soil Survey To Be Explained At Public Meet
A public meeting will be held in Brockway Town Hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday May 28 to explain the soil survey of about 6000 acres east of Black River Falls Wisconsin. Louis Barber and Robert Slota of the Soil Conservation Service will lead the discussion on how the survey can be best used.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Brockway Town Hall
Louis Barber
Robert Slota
Soil Conservation Service
Parachutist narrowly escapes under high lines in Trempealeau
Ted Ristrow of Dairyland Power reports Steve Schubert of Hastings Minnesota survived a close call Saturday near Trempealeau Wisconsin as his parachute hooked on secondary lines. The parachutist reportedly dangled by straps from an auxiliary chute between two high voltage transmission lines.
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Trempealeau
Wis
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Ted Ristrow
Dairyland
Steve Schubert
Hastings
Minn
Schubert
Three Building Trade Unions Approve New Contracts
Brick Layers Local 1 Electrical Workers Local 135 and Sheet Metal Workers Local 316 voted to accept agreements with contractors. Brick layers gain 1.81 an hour over three years with staged raises, sheet metal workers 1.70 over three years with retroactive and scheduled increases, and electrical workers 1.63 over two years including retroactive pay and future raises.
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Brick Layers Local
Electrical Workers Local
Sheet Metal Workers
Reagan Backers Run Out Of Buttons In Oregon Drive
Bob Hazen, chair of the Reagan campaign in Oregon, asks supporters to bring back Reagan buttons they are not using. He notes 20,000 buttons have been distributed and there is no money to buy more.
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Portland, Ore
Bob Hazen
Oregon
Soviet TU16 Badger crash near USS Essex in Norwegian Sea
In the Norwegian Sea off Norway the Soviet TU16 Badger crashed after a low pass near the aircraft carrier USS Essex during anti submarine training. Three body parts were recovered from the water while the second Badger left the area and no survivors were found.
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Essex
Norwegian Sea
Washington
U.S
Pentagon
Defense Department
Norway
United States
Warrington
First Hurricane Abby Prompts Naming of 22 Storms
Miami weather center preps names for the year’s tropical storms. Abby leads a list that includes Brenda Candy Dolly Edna Frances Gladys and Hannah continuing the sequence used to name storms. Heidi closed last season off Ireland.
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Miami
Fla
Abby
Brenda
Candy
Dolly
Edna
Frances
Gladys
Hannah
Heidi
Ireland
State GOP Endorses Warren For Attorney General Post
State Sen. Robert Warren of Green Bay won the Republican endorsement for attorney general at the state convention defeating Louis Ceci and Howard Boyle. Gov. Knowles was endorsed for a third term by acclamation. Also endorsed were Lt. Gov. Olson Sec. of State Zimmerman and Treasurer Clemens. Leonard won the U S Senate endorsement over Donald Tewes. Mary Ising edged Rylla Bosshard for national committeewoman. Warren led with 1 544 votes. Ceci 868. Boyle 179.
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Arthur L. Srb Madison
Robert Warren
Green Bay
Warren
Senate
Brown County
Louis Ceci
Milwaukee
Howard Boyle
Beaver Dam
Warren Knowles
GOP
Jack Olson
Robert Zimmerman
Harold Clemens
Jerris Leonard
Bayside
U.S. Senate
U.S
Donald Tewes
Wau
Kesha
Mary Ising
Oshkosh
Rylla Bosshard
Bangor
Cecil
Boyle
Ceci
Miami Beach
George R. Hunt
Brookfield
Clemens
Hunt
A.M. Cortell
Leonard
Gaylord le A Ed
Nelson
Johnson Frames Administration as Performance Not Promise
Lyndon Johnson telling AFL-CIO ILGWU delegates that his administration rests on performance not promises, used an unannounced stop in Atlantic City to claim civil rights, health and housing gains. He joked about being honorary president, praised progress at home and abroad, and urged critics to show how they would implement their prescriptions.
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Frank Cormier
Atlantic City
N.J
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Afl-Cio International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
The
ILGWU
David Dubinsky
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la Crosse Catholic
Tribune
Harry Larsson
Lakeland Fun and Recreation Club
Shelby County
David Mullins
Ripley
Meet
Chutist
Reagan
Ket
State
John E. Fough
Janesville
Hough
Mrs. Ising
LBJ
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