Negro Leaders Urged to Join Open Housing Drive in Chicago
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr called on Chicago Negro politicians to join a planned open housing march into the Bogan area amid tensions across several cities. Bevel estimated 500 would participate, with or without police protection, as protests continued and White youths demonstrated elsewhere.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Bogan
Martin Luther King Jr
James Bevel
King
Southern ‘Christian Leadership Conference
North Side
Goodfellows
Detroit
East Side
East Flatbush
Brooklyn
Jackson
Miss
SCLC
Johnson
Lennon apologizes for anti religious remarks amid Beatle controversy
John Lennon expressed regret over his remarks about Christianity saying he did not mean it as anti religious. He argued he deplored the attitude toward Christianity and noted the controversy had sparked boycotts and bonfires in the United States. Paul McCartney and George Harrison weighed in on the issue and their career prospects.
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Margaret Scherf
Chicago
John Lennon
United States
Lennon
Paul McCartney
U.S
England
O'Hare International
McCartney
George Harrison
Frank Sinatra
Cash Land Compromise Approved by La Crosse Council
The La Crosse Common Council approved a cash or land platting compromise affecting four adjoining towns Shelby Medary Campbell and Onalaska. It sets cash or land at five percent of the property's market value with council and plan commission discretion. Two plats Green Hill Homes Addition and First Addition to Cliffwood Heights Addition were approved prior to the change.
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la Crosse
Medary
Campbell
Onalaska
Green Hill
House Committee Okays Strike Bill For Grounded Airlines
The House Commerce Committee approved a bill to order 35,000 striking mechanics back to work on five grounded airlines. It passed 17 to 13 and allows a 30 day work resumption with possible 150 additional days ordered by the president. Negotiations under Labor Department auspices were reported, with no confirmed meeting plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Lebreton
Labor Department
Harley
Staggers
D-W. Va
Congress
W. Willard Wirtz
Three Policemen Shot Dead In West London
In West London near Wormwood Scrubs Prison three members of the criminal investigation division were killed in a street gunfight. Scotland Yard confirmed the deaths and described the incident as a rare police killing in Britain.
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London
Shepherds Bush
Wormwood Scrubs
Scotland Yard
Britain
Criminal Investigation Division
Lineman Electrocuted Near Readfield
Dale Funk aged 33 from Kaukauna, an employee of Superior Electric Co. of Appleton, was electrocuted while stringing power lines near Readfield in Waupaca County. Witnesses say one of two wires he held touched a 7,200 volt line.
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Readfield
Dale Funk
Kaukauna
Superior Electric Co
Appleton
Waupaca
Funk
Man Pleads Guilty To Murder Hoax in La Crosse
Donald Ambuehl 41 of La Crosse pled guilty in county court to obstructing an officer by making a false murder report. He was fined 250 dollars. Elmer Proksch Jr. pled guilty to disorderly conduct and paid 50 dollars. The hoax targeted the New Villa Restaurant on Ward Avenue early Thursday.
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la Crosse
la Crosse County
Donald Ambuehl
S. 21St St
Leonard Roraff
Elmer Proksch Jr
Hewitt St
Proksch
Ambuehl
Asst
Seth Stoltz
New Villa
Ward Avenue
Mosquitoes To Face Foggers In La Crosse
The La Crosse Common Council bought two foggers Thursday night to replace mist spraying in the mosquito control program. The city spends 1498 dollars for the units distributed by Wil Kil Pest Control Co. The Board of Health backs fogging as more effective than mist. Park Director Eugene Fry hopes to swap to a naled formula and use up existing stock.
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la Crosse
Health Board
Fry
Park and Health Boards
Crawford Jail Breakers Nabbed After Ride Offer
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin AP Two youths fled Crawford County Jail by trap door and rope escape. Eugene Kafar 18 Beloit and Gerald Novacek 19 Prairie du Chien were captured after a truck driver gave them a ride to a roadblock. Kafar faced disorderly conduct charges while Novacek, just released from Green Bay Reformatory, faced stolen property charges.
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Prairie DU Chien
Crawford County
Ray Childs
Eugene Stanley Kafar
Beloit
Gerald Novacek
Gemini Mission Targets High Altitude to Study Van Allen Belt
Gemini will stay linked to the Agena and use its 16 000 pound thrust main engine to reach 865 miles, aiming to break the 476 mile Gemini 10 record. The flight will gather data on the lower Van Allen Radiation Belt and capture land and weather imagery while testing the engine.
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van Allen
Those Old Tickets Will Cost You More
Parking tickets incur higher fines after delays. Those held over 10 days cost $2, and $14 if brought to Municipal Court after 15 days. Payments within 10 days stay at $1. The Common Council approved the raise to speed ticket payment per Parking Meter Department head A. L. Klein.
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Common Council
A. L. Klein
Council OKs 2 North Side Swimming Pool
La Crosse Common Council approved plans for a North Side swimming pool on Liberty Street between Logan Junior and Senior high schools. The project, estimated at about 200000 dollars for design and construction, awaits reviews by the Board of Public Works the Board of Education and the Board of Park Commissioners.
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North Side
la Crosse
Liberty Street
Logan
Swim Students To Demonstrate Progress At Onalaska Pool
Children who took swimming lessons at the Onalaska pool will perform an aquacade at 7 p.m. Thursday. Pool manager Lawrence Shepard will direct the review, with certificates awarded by Connie Hueffmeier and Carol Huggett, two Miss Onalaska contestants. The pool will close on August 28 and has operated on a self supporting basis.
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Onalaska
Wis
Lawrence Shepard
Connie Hueffmeier
Carol Huggett
Shepard
Cass Street Sewer Overflow Ties Pollution to Raw Sewage
City Sanitarian Charles Trevallee told the Common Council that higher fecal coli bacteria north of Houska Park stem from a Cass Street sanitary sewer overflow into the river. The written report notes the overflow occurred between 11 a.m and 4 p.m on hot days due to heavy AC discharges.
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Houska Park
Cass Street
Charles T. Trevallee
Common Council
Trevallee
Green Bay Death Raises Wisconsin Highway Toll to 613
The death of Green Bay resident Mrs. Joseph Clifford, 31, from injuries on August 9 after a crash into a vacant building, pushed Wisconsin 1966 highway fatalities to 613, up from 575 a year earlier.
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Associated Press
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Joseph Clifford
George Page
Madison
Dane County
Bradley Erickson
Kenmare
N.C
Lyle Erickson
Highway 12
Black River Falls
Claims Denied in Saley Explosion Deaths by La Crosse Council
Heirs seek 50000 for Chris Saley and 40000 for Mamie Saley in the January 6 explosion death. Claims from fire insurers for the Saley home at 611 Logan Street and damaged neighboring houses were previously denied. a court action has been started.
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Chris Saley
Mamie Saley
la Crosse
Gunman slain after rampage at Winchester Gun Club cafeteria
In New Haven a man identified as Joseph Davis opened fire in the Winchester Gun Club cafeteria injuring two men and two women before a police shootout left him dead at a city hospital. One woman died earlier from blunt force injuries found near Bowen Field.
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New Haven
Joseph Davis
John Widmann
Winchester Gun ‘Club
Rebecca M. Wilson
Bowen Field
Southern Connecticut State College
Family Knew Of Woman Friend At FDR's Deathbed
James Roosevelt says the family knew Lucy Mercer was at Warm Springs when Franklin D. Roosevelt died in 1945. Jonathan Daniels, former FDR aide, reports a long romance between FDR and Mercer and Eleanor Roosevelt's jealousy. Daniels' new book The Time Between the Wars is to be published August 19.
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Fdr
NEW York
James Roosevelt
Lucy Mercer
Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jonathan Daniels
Eleanor Roosevelt
Lucy
Franklin
Winthrop Rutherford
Daniels
News and Observer
Raleigh
N.C
Roosevelt
U.S
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Eleanor
Miss Mercer
Carroll
Maryland
Peter
Stuyvesant
John Winthrop
Massachusetts
New York City
Hilton Head Island
S.C
Franklin Roosevelt
Lucy Mercer Rutherford
Hilton ‘Head Island
Grace Tully
Two Women Die In Minnesota Road Crashes
Two separate traffic accidents in Minnesota raised this year’s highway death toll to 485, 29 more than a year ago. In Winona Mrs. Alfred Einharlin, 67, died after her husband’s car collided with a vehicle driven by Jeff Jones of Menasha Wisconsin. Susan J. Sandberg, 19, of Barra te died in a crash on U.S. 52 near Freeport when a car driven by Margo Porter of Menahga swerved and overturned.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Alfred Einharlin
Winona
Jeff Jones
Menasha
Wis
Jones
U.S. 61
Einhorhn
Football Packers Bears Highlight on Friday Radio
Friday 8 30 p m WKTY game Packers versus Bears announced. Saturday 3 15 p m WKTY coverage features Minnesota State American Legion Baseball La Crescent against Richfield. Sunday 6 p m WLCX tapes Saturday concert by Coulee Region Symphony Orchestra at Myrick Park.
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Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
Minnesota State American Legion
la Crescent
Richfield
WLCX
Myrick Park
Coulee Region
Stolen Tape Recorder and Jewelry Reported in Two Thefts
K D Ruegemer of South St Paul reports a $150 tape recorder and $15 in costume jewelry stolen from his locked car at the Holiday Inn Motel overnight. Ronald Johnson of Mankato reports 12 cases of candy bars valued at $78 stolen from his truck at 2nd and Pearl while he was out to lunch.
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K. D. Ruegemer
South St. Paul
Minn
Holiday Inn
Ronald
Johnson
Mankato
2Nd
Pearl Streets
Winona and South St. Paul Livestock Market Report
Hog and cattle prices show a steady to weak trend across Winona and South St. Paul stations. Hog prices hold at 25 to 26.50 per hundredweight while cattle and veal see mixed declines and steady levels, with bids for steers, heifers, cows, and vealers listed alongside Chicago grain, butter, and soybeans quotes.
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South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Carley Denies Reckless Driving Charge Linked to Kelly Claim
Eau Claire County District Attorney Paul Leo Kelly charged Carley with reckless driving over an incident in May near Rusk County. Carley denied the accusation, saying Kelly is trampling his campaign and that the driver apologized to the other motorist.
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Eau Claire
Eau Claire County
Atty
Paul Leo Kelly
Patrick J. Lucey
Democratic National
Lucey
Carley
Madison
Kelly
Rusk County
Kelly’s
Weyerhauser
Weather Outlook for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Partly cloudy and cool tonight with a low near 50. Saturday brings warmer conditions and a chance of showers in the afternoon and night across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. The five day outlook calls for temperatures 4 to 6 degrees below normal with two thirds to three quarters of an inch of rain likely.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
Three Crossing Guards Needed In City
La Crosse Police Department seeks three adult crossing guards for Emerson School Campbell Road, 8th and Cass, and 16th and Denton Streets. Four hours daily on school days at $1.50 an hour. Chief Ronald C. Wold notes mothers and grandmothers have excelled in this field due to interest in children and highway safety.
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la Crosse
Emerson School
Campbell Road
8Th
Cass
16Th
Denton
Ronald C. Wold
Police Ambulance Report Encounter Aug 11
At 10 48 p m an ambulance transported 65 year old Mrs Joseph Jahimiak of 937 Denton Street to Grandview Hospital from Stof fel Court due to illness.
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Stoffel Court
Joseph Jahimiak
Denton St
Grandview Hospital
Stock Quotations Aug 12 1966 Noon
Inter dealer quotes as of 9 a.m. from the National Association of Securities Dealers show prices for Central Wis Mtr First Bank Fabri Tek Gateway Trans Giddings Lewis Godfrey Hamilton Lincoln Nat Life McQuay Nekoosa Edwards Rockwell Royal Dutch NY Rustcraft Swank Wallace Warner Elec Wis Power L. and others. Prices exclude retail markups and commissions.
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Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Wis
First Bank Ltd
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Gateway Trans
Giddings & Lewis
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Lincoln Nat. Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell
Royal Dutch NY
Rustcraft
Western Power
Power & L
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Grenada
New Orleans
Plaquemines Parish
Leander H. Perez Sr
Carthage
Baltimore
National States Rights Party
John
House
Chief Airlines
William J. Curtin
Joseph W. Ramsy
Airlines
West London
Crawford
Gemini
Cass St
William Natale
Winchester Avenue
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain
D. A
Churchill
Plant
Candi- London
Charles Ralfe Thompson
Winston Churchill
C.P
T.W
Dakota
Lansing
Trempealeau
Dodge
Galesville
W. Salem
Root
Houston
Sun
Mon
Mon la Crosse
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
Amer. Tel, & Tel
Anchor Coupling
Burlington
Chrysler Consolidated Foods
Eastman Kodak
Epko Shoe
Ford
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Great Northern Ry
Gulf Oil
Heileman Brew
Illinois Central Ind
International Harvest
Inter. Tel. & Tel
Jones & Laughlin
Koehring
Kresge
Lockheed
Mobil Oil
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Ins
National Can
Northern Pacific
Northern States P
Northwest Bancorp
Olin-Mathieson Pepsico Rca
Republic Steel
Rexall Drug
Royal Dutch
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
Calif
Ind
N.J
Swift
Texaco
Tidewater Oil
Trane Co
U.S. Rubber
U.S. Steel
Universal Oi
Westinghouse
Elec
White Motors
Woolworth
Zenith
Dow Jones
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Norplex Corp
Pyroil Co., Inc
Tausche Bonds
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard A
Eaton & Howard
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Invest
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
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