Recital Opens Coulee Region Arts Festival with Pro Musicians
The 8 pm recital in the Crystal Room at Stoddard Hotel features Mr and Mrs Theodore Heger on oboe and harp performing Gymnopedie with strings. A Mendelssohn quartet by James Nassy Achilles Balabanis Elissa Nassy Bernard Birnbaum Donna Marie Garber and others, plus a Kohs horn flute timpani trio and Vivaldi guitar concerto. An invitational event for donors of $5 or more with post concert refreshments.
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Coulee Region
Crystal Room
Stoddard Hotel
Joseph Fischer
Gaffney
Births La Crosse Tomah Albany and Adoption Notice
Births list including Aug 1 daughter to Dr and Mrs Richard L Kreiter La Crosse Mich el Erickson Hall. July 25 daughter Amy Elizabeth to Arlyn Reekie Tomah Memorial Hospital. July 25 daughter Nancy Ann to Robert Wright Ontario. July 27 daughter Kathy Adele to Robert Smith Tomah. July 27 son Brent Arlyn to Harold Meyer Tomah. July 24 son Peter Arnold to Roger Morken Albany. July 28 daughter Jody Lea adopted by Howard Ideker Brownsville Janet Alysworth formerly La Crosse.
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Lacrosse Lutheran Hospital
Richard L. Kreiter
Michael Erickson Hall
Judith Lee Lutz
Amy Elizabeth
Arlyn Reekie
Kilbourn Ave
Tomah
Rae Ellen Eagleson
Nancy Ann
Robert Wright
R. 1
Ontario
Shirley Rohrig
Kathy Adele
Robert Smith
N. Superior Ave
Margaret Granger
Brent Arlyn
Harold Meyer
Joanne Cox
Albany, Obe
Peter Arnold
Roger Morken
Albany
Morken
Spring Grove
Minn
Jody Lea
Howard Ideker
Brownsville
Janet Alysworth
la Crosse
Man Injured In Crash Tuesday Is Identified
Ronald F. Murphy of Mabel Minnesota was injured late Tuesday when his car left County Highway 33 on a curve near Irish Hill Town of Shelby. Police identified him after he was taken unconscious to Luther Hospital and later released.
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Ronald F. Murphy
Mabel
Minn
Murphy
Lutheran Hospital
Irish Hill
Shelby
Officer Assigned To Georgia Hospital
A former La Crosse man, 1st Lt Curtis B Johnson 27, has been assigned to the Martin Army Hospital Ft Benning Ga. Johnson of the Army Nurse Corps has worked at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tomah. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ben C Johnson 1800 Ferry St and a Central High School and Alexian Brothers Hospital Chicago graduate with an A N degree. He and his wife Alyce from Tomah have three children.
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la Crosse
Curtis B. Johnson
Martin Army Hospital
Ft. Benning
Johnson
Army Nurse Corps
Veterans Administration Hospital
Tomah
Ben C. Johnson
Ferry St
Central High School
Alexian Brothers Hospital
Chicago
Ill
Alyce
Blast Breaks Glass On Longfellow Door
Explosion at Longfellow School early Wednesday shattered front door glass and an inner door nearby. Police suspect a large firecracker or small bomb as neighbors heard a loud noise between 1 and 1 30 a m.
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Longfellow School
Airline strike squeezes City florists and travel services
City florists report higher costs and scarce imports as the 27 day airline strike disrupts shipments from Australia and Minneapolis. Local post and rail services see mixed effects with increased rail shipments and rising passenger rail business while air travel drops sharply.
Renk Aims to Help Candidates at Fair
Wilbur Renk of Sun Prairie a former GOP candidate for U S Senate and governor said he is not running but will aid other candidates at the La Crosse Interstate Fair. He criticized the Johnson administration and agriculture secretary for farm price blame and urged milk at five dollars per hundredweight while urging controlled output and larger farm units to boost farmer power. He noted sheep show numbers were down though lamb prices rose and quality remained good.
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Wilbur Renk
Sun Prairie
U.S. Senate
GOP
la Crosse
Renk
Wisconsin
Johnson
Secretary of Agriculture
Youth Survives 80 Foot Fall at State Park Near McGregor
A 15 year old from Loup City Nebraska Roger Runyan fell about 80 feet from a lookout at Pike's Peak State Park three miles south of McGregor Iowa injuring his back and sustaining cuts and bruises. He was taken to General Hospital Prairie du Chien after rescue by squad which hiked in from the railroad and carried him to the McGregor landing for boat transport.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Pike’s Peak
McGregor
Iowa
Sheriff's Department
Roger E. Runyan
Loup City
Neb
General Hospital
Ted Kedly
McGregor Landing
Marinette County Youth Killed In Auto Crash
Leonard Stogin 18 of Coleman was fatally struck near his home in Marinette County after stepping from a car into the path of another. He died in a Me nomine hospital after the Tuesday afternoon accident as Wisconsin’s 1966 highway toll rose to 568.
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Associated Press
Marinette County
Wisconsin
Leonard Stogin
Coleman
Stogin
Menominee, Mich
Nicaraguan President Rene Schick Dies at 56
President Rene Schick of Nicaragua died following a heart attack. Orlando Montenegro assumed temporary presidency as Congress prepares to elect a successor. Vice President Lorenzo Guerrero may be named to complete Schick’s term. National Guard on alert.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Rene Schick
Schick
Johnson
Orlando Montenegro
National Congress
National Guard
Lorenzo Guerrero
Congress
Luis Somoza
Somoza
Somozan
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Bags Burglar With Arrow in Chicago Apartment
Ronald Iglesias warned the intruder then used a 35 pound bow to shoot an arrow into the burglar's right shoulder as the thief fled. His Husky King leaped from the steps and bit the burglar twice while the suspect escaped into the alley. Police pursue leads and check hospitals for the wound.
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Chicago
Ronald Iglesias
Iglesias
King
Three Cyclists Die in Minnesota Traffic Toll
A series of highway accidents across Minnesota left two motorcyclists dead and a boy cyclist fatally injured on Tuesday night. The statewide toll reached 454 for the year, with several other crash victims listed by authorities.
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Minnesota
Randy Ogitcak
Silver Lake
McLeod County
Hutchinson
Darrell Bryce
Lake Hubert
Brainerd
Minneapolis
Bryce
Kenneth C. Sorenson
Rochester
Minn
Mankato
John A. van Dinter
Low Ell
Mass
Moorhead
Paul Carlson
Hawley
U.S. 10
Highway Patrol
Reinhart Peipkorn
Hewitt
U.S. 210
Carl Mueller
Lewiston
Freemont
Jerry G. Ford
Minnesota City
Leroy Joeppner
Lakeville
Twin Cities
Chicago Man Found Dead on Minnesota Island
A Chicago man, Joseph Hardison, was found dead early Wednesday on an island near La Crescent Minnesota. Authorities say natural causes are likely as he was on medication. Winona County sheriff officials were notified and La Crosse County Traffic Police assisted by boat with Hardison’s son-in-law Walter Wicks. Hardison was pronounced dead at a local hospital after transport by boat.
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Chicago
la Crescent
Minn
Joseph Hardison
Winona County
Hardison
la Crosse County
Ted Rohde
Walter Wicks
Winona
Racial Tensions flare as youths attack fire crew
Police reported a Monday night disturbance near the scene where 22 African American youths were arrested after 100 people hurled debris at officers. Firefighters were pelted with stones and bottles as extra patrols were deployed in the south Providence district amid ongoing unrest. In Perth Amboy New Jersey, a fourth consecutive night of Puerto Rican protests prompted police to intervene under a new anti loitering rule.
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Providence
Perth Amboy
N.J
Inland Raises Steel Prices Amid White House Meeting
Inland Steel of Chicago hiked strip and sheet prices by 2 to 3 dollars a ton as White House officials, led by Gardner Ackley, gathered to assess the move. Ackley said the council is studying the situation and declined further comment.
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Washington
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
White House
Gardner Ackley
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Inland
Ackley
La Crosse Warmest In State Amid Heat Pulse
La Crosse reached 80 degrees the warmest in Wisconsin on Tuesday, with a 51-degree low Wednesday morning. Madison and Green Bay recorded unusually mild readings, while records show 98 as the state high in 1930 and 1894 as the Aug 3 low.
Firemen Douse UW Library Roof Fire
A roof fire at the University of Wisconsin library was extinguished quickly after hot tar used by a contractor ignited wooden supports. The blaze was spotted by a Memorial Union employee before 4:19 a.m. No books or contents were damaged, and losses are expected to be small.
Window Break at Service Station Burglary Report
Burglars broke into Ray's Shell Service Ward and South Avenues overnight by breaking out a north garage window. No money is believed missing. An inventory was being taken to determine if any merchandise was taken, according to the La Crosse County Sheriff Department Wednesday morning.
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Ray’s
Shell Service
Ward
la Crosse County
Hutnik Goes On Trial For Bribery In Wisconsin
Assemblyman Willis J. Hutnik faces a weeklong trial in Ladysmith on a charge of taking a $50 bribe from Hayward entrepreneur Anthony Wise to aid a highway bill. Judge Arnold Murphy oversees a small-town courtroom as 54 jurors are questioned. Hutnik has served seven terms and denies wrongdoing.
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James R. Polk
Ladysmith
Willis J. Hutnik
Hutnik
Arnold Murphy
Marinette
Wisconsin
Madison
Hayward
Anthony Wise
Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Wise
Alfonsi
John Fritschler Jr
Murphy
Rusk
Eau Claire
Hutnik’s
Radio Highlights Schedule For Wednesday
WLCX at 7 p.m. features Vox Pop. WKTY at 7 20 p.m. covers time trials and races. WKBH at 7 55 p.m. broadcasts a baseball game between the Minneapolis Twins and the Boston Red Sox.
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WLCX
WKTY
WKBH
Minneapolis Twins
Boston Red Sox
Stock Quotations Local and Regional at 9 A.M.
Local quotes show inter dealer bids and asked prices for a range of stocks and funds. Listings include Norplex Corp Pyroil Co Eaton & Howard Bal Boston Fund Chemical Fund Fidelity Fund and several Wisconsin and Mass funds with bid and ask ranges.
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la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Norplex Corp
Pyroil Co., Inc
Tausche Bonds
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard Std
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Texas university gunman’s father recalls shock at news
Whitman 47 a plumbing contractor faced reporters about his son after the UT sniping. He heard the report Monday while in his living room and learned the name Charles Joseph Whitman from a TV announcer. The victimized wife's body was sent to Rosenburg for funeral arrangements. Harry Walchuk, Alpena College faculty member and UT graduate student, is also named among the victims.
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Whitman
University of Texas
Charlie
Patrick
Pat
Charles Joseph Whitman
Rosenburg
Tex
Harry Walchuk
Julia Walchuk
Minneapolis
Milton Mason
Mankato
Alpena, Mich
Looting by Negro youths hits Minneapolis stores
A group of up to 50 teen looters smashed windows and robbed three stores in a predominantly Black Minneapolis neighborhood. Police arrested three. 25 windows broken. no injuries reported. Dwyer quelled the disturbance within 30 minutes as crowds watched and patrols were increased for potential repeat trouble. city officials planned talks with civic leaders on further Northside Carnival plans.
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Minneapolis
Donald R. Dwyer
Plymouth Avenue
Dwyer
Wayne’s
Northside
Weather notes for La Crosse and Midwest region
La Crosse and vicinity expect a few showers tonight and Thursday with a 20 percent precipitation chance. Temperatures range from upper 50s tonight to 80 85 Thursday. Wisconsin sees fair conditions south with possible afternoon thundershowers in north areas. Minnesota and Iowa forecast scattered thunderstorms mainly in northern and central zones with warmer south and cooler north. Sunrise Thursday at 5 56 a m and sunset 8 25 p m. moon waning. Five day outlook averages 2 4 degrees below normal with 1 4 to 2 inches of rain mainly Saturday and Monday.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
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Theodore Heger
Granville Hicks
Tomah, Wis. Memorial Hospital
Georgia
Longfellow
Henry Kienahs
Kienahs Flowers
Australia
Dick Zoerb
la Crosse Floral Co
Ted Renner
Renner
North Central Airlines
Dick Kacner
George Hetherington
Salt Lake City
Utah
Kacner
Everett Golf
Golf Travel Service
Burlington
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Milwaukee Road
The
Joseph L. Block
New York
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem
John F. Kennedy
US Steel
U.S. Steel
Kennedy
Steel Industry
Bethlehem Steel, Corp
Block
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Weewr
Green Bay
Finn Johnson
Johnsons
Buckeye
Ariz
Houghton Lake
Mich
UW Library
Assemblyman
Chicago Produce
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
U.S
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Price
Sawyer
Rusk County
C.P
T.W
Dakota
Lansing
Trempealeau
Dodge
Galesville
W. Salem
Root
Houston
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Aus
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
Amer. Tel
Chrysler
Consolidated Foods
DuPon
Eastman Kodak
Epko
Ethyl
Ford
Gulf of Great Northern Ry
Heileman Brewing
Illinois Central Ind
International Harvest
Inter, Tel. & Tel
Interstate Power
Johnson Service
Jones & Laughlin
Koehring
Kresge
Lockheed
One States
Ncorp
NS Olin Mathieson
Pepsico
RCA
Republic Stee
Rexall Drug
Royal Dutch
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Standard Oil
Calif
Sperry Rand
Ind
Swift
Texaco
Tidewater Oil
Trane Co
U.S. Rubber
Universal Oil
Westinghouse Electric
White Motors
Woolworth
Zenith
Dow Jones
Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Mtr
First Ltd
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Gateway Trans
Giddings & Lew
Godfrey Co
Hamilton
Lincoln Natl. Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa
Rockwell
Royal Dutch NY
Rustcraft
Swank, Inc
Wallace Bus
Warner Elec. Br
Western Power
Wis. Power & L
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