Iowa Bus Crash Kills 3 in Neola Area
NEOLA IOWA AP A privately organized bus trip to a swimming area ended in tragedy when the Tri Center District vehicle struck a bridge abutment on Iowa 191. Three children died and many others were injured as the bus slid into Mosquito Creek. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and a Michigan engineering team began looking into the crash while survivors were treated or released from local hospitals.
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Necla
Iowa
Lori Ring
Lori
Paul Ring
Neola
Carolyn James
Council Bluffs
National Transportation Safety Board
Tri-Center
Avoca
James
Safety Board
Ann Arbor
Mich
Martinez
Calif
Vintage Training Plane Crashes Killing Three In Chicago Area
A 1940s era converted bomber crashed near Midway Airport in Chicago's Southwest Side, killing two pilots aboard and a woman in her home and injuring three others. Investigators worked to determine the cause as residents described a trailing smoke plume and a failed propeller. The reconditioned Mitchell B25, to be used at air shows, belonged to Air Chicago Freight Airlines.
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Chicago
National Transporation Safety Board
Midway Airport
Joseph Curtin
Midway
Nathan Hale Elementary
John Worley
Medina
Ohio
Berry
Kenneth Schons
Arlington Heights
Elsie Rabideau
Cook County
Japan
Abercrombie & Fitch Heads Into Bankruptcy
NEW YORK AP Abercrombie & Fitch says it will seek protection under Chapter 11 to reorganize. Chairman Harry G. Haskell Jr. announced a Monday petition and new bank financing to fund inventory and working capital. The nine-store chain will operate during proceedings while it negotiates a rehab plan with creditors. The company has pared costly items such as a $6,000 rifle and an $18,000 gold and onyx chess set while updating operations.
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New York
Abercrombie & Fitch
Harry G. Haskell Jr
Haskell
Theodore Roosevelt
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctica
Ernest Hemingway
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Emperor Haile Selassie
Few Women Diplomats Rise in State Department Figures
The State Department acknowledged few women in the Foreign Service, noting 9 percent or 312 of 3,461 officers are women, up 3 percent in a decade. The department cites seven women have served as ambassadors in 40 years, with two newly nominated awaiting confirmation, as a sex discrimination suit seeks disclosure of promotion and assignment standards.
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Washington
State Department
Department
Foreign Service
U.S
La Crosse Lawyer Opposes Massage Parlor Ordinance
La Crosse lawyer Donald Harman questions city plans to regulate sauna parlors in a three page letter to Mayor Zielke and the Common Council. He argues moral conduct is not a municipal function and existing laws can curb illegal activity. The Judiciary Committee recommends returning the ordinance to committee with a vote planned for Tuesday.
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Harman
la Crosse
Saunas
Zielke
Pollen and mold counts begin for hay fever season
The La Crosse Tribune will print daily pollen and mold spore counts each morning on page 1 starting Monday. Allergy staffer George Fulford collects samples from the St Francis Nursing Home roof and, with Dr. David Morris, monitors ragweed pollen and molds to guide hay fever sufferers through late summer into fall.
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la Crosse Tribune
George Fulford
Ward Ave
St. Francis Nursing Home
Fulford
Allergy
David Morris
Old
Vineyard Road
Morris
State Uncovers 125000 In Jobless Claims Fraud
Wisconsin investigators found more than 2000 cases of fraudulent unemployment benefits over a year and recovered about 125000. The Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations said the most common fraud was not reporting earned wages or rejecting a valid job offer.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Power line proposal links Genoa Dairyland plant to Lansing Iowa
The La Crosse Tribune outlines a four part series by Ken Brown examining a proposed power transmission line between Dairyland Power Cooperative plants at Genoa and Lansing Iowa. The plan aims to backstop La Crosse area outages while facing economic versus wildlife and aesthetic concerns.
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Dairyland Power Cooperative
Genoa
Lansing
Iowa
Dairyland
la Crosse
Alma
Eau Claire
Upper
Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Tribune
Ken Brown
la Crosse Tribune
Pension costs could crush cities and states nationwide
Beginning Monday the La Crosse Tribune runs four AP articles by Lee Mitgang on public pensions. Last year pensions for all Americans cost 170 in tax dollars per person, with the bill up more than fivefold in 15 years. Experts warn the burden may sink cities states and the federal government.
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Associated Press
Lee Mitgang
la Crosse Tribune
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Lowell Gilbraith
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Kasten
Milwaukee
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D-Wis
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House of Representatives
Ailes
Sophie Glab
Chicago Fire Dept
Frank Becka
William Farrell
Rabid
la Crosse Cribune
Henry A. Kissinger
Boston
National Urban League
Kissinger
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John Ellenbecker
State
Scott Ott
Davenport
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