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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1964
Page
2
In Jersey City two gasoline bombs were thrown during daytime violence amid rioting that left 44 injured and 20 arrests. Police described the event as isolated while mopping up after a night of looting and store window smashings in a racially tense, predominantly Negro area.
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A West Virginian charged with stabbing a Lima Ohio man Sunday in La Crosse waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to circuit court. Bond set at 1000 dollars. he posted none and is jailed. The assailant is Clarence Rogers 42 Independence West Virginia. The victim Edward Steinbaugh 56 Lima Ohio was stabbed in the back under the Rose Street viaduct. He was reported improving at Lutheran Hospital.
Public Health Service reports the nationwide automobile death rate rose about 13 percent in January through April 1964 compared with the same period in 1963. The rate reached 21.2 deaths per 100000, up from 18.8.
A 20 year old East German soldier defected to West Germany crossing the border in uniform. He carried two submachine guns one from a comrade and took it to avoid being shot during the escape after crossing border barriers.
Swift & Company Winona lists hogs and cattle prices with ranges for top hogs top sows and various cattle grades. South St Paul notes USDA cattle and hogs activity with price bands and quotes for vealers bulls and chickens.
A Honeywell built laser device for Mayo Clinic in Rochester aims to repair torn retinas by creating small burns that weld the retina to the eyeball wall. Tests will proceed on animals before human trials.
At a Ristow For Congress meeting in Buffalo City Wisconsin Harold Ristow of La Crosse the Democratic candidate for 3rd District warned county representatives that Lester Johnson will retire in January If elected he vows to provide the same careful representation Johnson has given and urged work before November 3 to avoid Vernon Thomson style do nothing representation Ristow plans to seek Johnsons counsel after January.
The body of 5 year old Roland Price was found in the burned barn on the Price family farm in Cambria Wisconsin. He disappeared when the barn was destroyed by fire and authorities say he was likely trapped. Dental records confirmed his identity after a 12 hour search by Columbia County authorities and the boy's father.
Washington AP reports Congress approved a $207 million military pay raise and a $556 million increase for 1.7 million civil service and postal workers plus top officials. Raises include $7,500 for Congress, $10,000 for Cabinet officers, and scales for judges and executives.
Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to allow states to delay court ordered reapportionment for two years or more. If enacted it could be attached to major legislation, with Dirksen seeking a constitutional amendment and Johnson’s stance not committed.
A head on collision on Highway 75 near Crookston left Richard A. Baggerud 18 Shelly and Vernon Helgeland 36 Nessville dead. Myron D. Baggerud father of the youth and a Crookston plasterer is hospitalized in critical condition. The toll for Minnesota highways rose to 468 compared with 421 last year.
The Gambrinus statue in front of Heileman Brewing Co. at 925 South Third Street lost its chain and medallion last week. Three links were recovered but the rest remain missing, with officials hoping the chain and medallion may be found and returned. The statue arrived in La Crosse in 1933 and was bought by Heileman’s in 1939.
The La Crosse City Board of Health voted to urge the Common Council to install sanitary sewer mains on the Causeway to curb river pollution. Health officer Dr. Clinton K. Higgins and City Sanitarian Charles T. Trevallee report outlets around the area dump sewage into the river and marsh, with nine after septic treatment draining into storm sewers.
Walter Jenkins, a longtime Johnson aide, was subpoenaed in the Capitol Vending Corp. suit against Bobby Baker. The action led to a Senate investigation into Baker who resigned as secretary to Senate Democrats. Jenkins was ordered to appear for questioning on September 8.
A 17 year old La Crosse youth sustained facial cuts in a near head on collision about 9 30 p m Sunday on Cass Street near 17th Police reported Richard Colgan 17 of 1437 Loomis Street was treated in St Francis Hospital He was riding with Thomas Paulson 16 of 143 S 9th Street when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Donald Kritchman 35 of 112 S 27th Street
Services are set for 9 15 a m Wednesday for Hugh Plunkett Jr an Austin attorney with a 59 year practice He died Sunday in a Rochester hospital at age 69
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