Aldermen Seek federal funds for Harborview renewal plan
The City Council voted 16 to 3 to seek a $137,469 federal advance for surveys and plans for Harborview Plaza urban renewal. Two area businessmen protested renewal, while Redevelopment Authority chair Roy Kumm defended the project amid questions on private vs taxpayer funding. Some area buildings may remain pending consultant recommendations and council action.
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Harborview Plaza
Alfred W. Roellig
John S. Berg
Roy E. Kumm
la Crosse
Raymond Keller
John Murphy
John C. Schubert
Jack Frost
William Lemke
Roellig
Main St
2Nd Street
Mount Vernon
State Streets
Roellig’s
Greater la Crosse
Charles Parrott
Redevelopment Authority
Forbes Inc
Library Plans and Fire Station Site Approved by Council
The City Council Committee-of-the-Whole approved preliminary plans for a new library at 8th and Main, a fire station site at 5th and Market, and bids for a Longfellow School music room addition. The library budget ranges from 808,300 to 1.08 million with basement options. final approval awaits full Council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Affolter
la Crosse Tribune
Longfellow School
City Council
Library Board
Ellickson
8Th
Main Streets
Harry Schroeder
Peter Groves
13Th Ward
Q. H. Hale
John C. Schubert
Hale
Mary E. Sawyer
Coleman Vocational
Washburn
Old County Library
Holy Cross School
John P. Treacy
Eva Callahan
Schroeder
CIO
5Th Avenue
Market Street
Pioneer Labor Hall Association
John K. Flanagan
Association
5Th
Market
Council
Board of Public Works
Der
Joseph Keller
Longfellow
U S Files Poll Tax Challenge In 3 States
The Justice Department sued to abolish the poll tax in Texas Virginia and Alabama as part of enforcing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Suits seek to declare poll taxes in these states invalid for elections and to remove tax payment from voter eligibility. Federal registrars will continue collecting polls in nine counties across Louisiana Alabama and Mississippi during the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Texas
Virginia
Alabama
U.S
Austin
Tex
Richmond
Montgomery
Ala
Mississippi
Johnson
Congress
Attorney General
Louisiana
Nicholas Katzenbach
Civil Service Commission
Schwandt Named Superintendent of La Crosse City District Schools
Henry C. Schwandt, a longtime La Crosse educator, was named superintendent by the school board. He succeeds John A. Bjorge and will serve Aug 10, 1965 to June 30, 1966 with a $14,100 salary plus $600 for car expenses.
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Schwandt
la Crosse City
Henry C. Schwandt
Monday
Board of Education
John A. Bjorge
Berlin
Wis
la Crosse
Bjorge
Walter Rubin
Betty Mielke
M. L. Hoglund
Edwin L. Morgan
William’ ‘Luedke
Jess Hutzler
Leonard
Walton Nustad
Harry Schroeder
John,Kilimann
Robert Roellig
Schroe
Henry
Titan II blast at Arkansas missile site kills 53
Two men escape with minor burns as an explosion and fire at the Titan II missile complex near Searcy Ark raises the death toll to 53 with six more bodies found in the underground silo. Air Force crews vow to pump water from the tube as rescuers search. The 108 foot missile tube held an unarmed warhead and no nuclear danger was reported.
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Searcy
Ark
UPI
Douglas Wood
Air Force
Arkansas
Little Rock
Peter Kiewit and Son Co
Aurora
Colo
Hubert A. Saunders
Conway
House Chiefs Express Cautious Vietnam Optimism After Briefing
In Washington, House leaders described a sense of cautious optimism over U S Vietnam policy after a White House briefing with Johnson Rusk and McNamara The briefing followed by loud demonstrations and continued questions about U S involvement in South Vietnam Johnson announced four additional briefings for all House members to hear from top officials and discuss the war policy
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House
Washington
Congress
White House
U. S
Viet Nam
Johnson
Timism
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Carl Alall
Bert
Oklahoma
John W
McCormack
Massachusetts
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Inter
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
House of Representatives
Romanians Repatriation Office Closes in East Berlin
The Romanian repatriation office in East Berlin has shut its operations and returned to Bucharest. The move comes amid reports from IWE that Soviet agents were reading Romanians emails.
Duc Co battle yields 219 Viet Cong killed in relief attempt
A large government force trying to relieve the Duc Co special forces camp in South Viet Nam killed 219 Viet Cong in a battle described as sizable and ongoing. Casualties among government forces were moderate, with a U.S. pilot down and other aircraft losses reported. The siege at Duc Co, along Route 19 near Pleiku, has continued for 67 days as relief efforts press toward the camp near the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Duce Co
U.S
Duc Co
North Viet Nam
Duc Ca
Central Highlands
Pleiku
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UPI Telephoto
Commerce
Ralph Forbes, Inc
San Jose
Calif
By Doug Bailey
Miami
Fla
Gulf Stream
Coast Guard
Cmdr
W. C. Wahl
Key West Coast Guard
Associated Press
Gerald Davidson
Wahl
Roberto Ramirez
Seven Seas
Ramirez
Miami Beach
U.S. Immigration Service
Burywaise
Elvin Burywaise
Burgwaise
Cuba
Key West
Raul Carcia
Aldrick Hinds
Jose Abad
Antonio Fornier
Rogelio Diaz
Diaz
Cook
Franco Salomon
By Joseph E. Mohbat
Eugene Leonard
Silo
Hubert Saunders
Air Force Police
Gary Wayne Lay
Clinton
Lay
Rusk
McNamara
CBS
Hanoi
South
Alaska
By Ronald I. Deutsch
South China Sea
Quang Ngai
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