City Home Damaged By Fire In La Crosse
A La Crosse residence at 905 S 9th St suffered extensive damage from a Friday afternoon fire of und determined origin. Firemen continued checking the scene Saturday as Mrs Himli recounted waking to a strange noise and neighbors aided in moving belongings. The home, owned by Viterbo College and rented by the Himlis, burned mainly rear and upstairs. Mr Himli cut his arm while removing items and was treated at a local hospital.
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la Crosse
Howard Himli
S. 9Th St
Luci Johnson To Visit Milwaukee For University and Barbecue
LBJ daughter Luci Johnson, 17, arrives in Milwaukee for a Marquette University visit and a 5 p.m. Young Citizens for Johnson barbecue at North River Racquet Club. She will meet Marquette officials and Peace Corps students, with Willard Johnson as escort.
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Milwaukee
Luci
Baines Johnson
Miss Johnson
Marquette University
Beth Jenkins
Miss Jenkins
Marquette
Peace Corps
Johnson
North River
Harrington Predicts UW Enrollment Near Forty-Two Thousand
University of Wisconsin president Fred H. Harrington forecast a 41 950 enrollment for September, a rise of over 11 percent from last fall. He announced the figure at a university regents meeting in Madison while criticizing private housing operators amid claims of lagging enrollments. The total includes Madison and Milwaukee campuses and nine university centers.
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Madison
Fred H. Harrington
University of Wisconsin
Harrington
University
Milwaukee
Bread Prices Here Steady No Rise Seen
La Crosse stores report no bread price changes despite national flour price hikes. Local managers from Southgate IGA, Super Valu, National Tea Co., Kroger, and A&P confirm no increases in 1, 1 4, or 1 2 pound loaves. Sunbeam Bakery’s Ray Ping notes prices unchanged with no immediate plans to raise them. The Wall Street Journal cites anticipated gradual increases by some chains, not large advertisers.
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la Crosse
The
Wall Street Journal
Chicago
Kansas City
Topeka
Kan
St. Louis
Knoxville
Southgate Iga
Super Valu
National Tea Co
Kroger
A&p
Erickson
Sunbeam Bakery
Ray Ping
Sunbeam
D. H. O’connell
American Bakeries Co
Pilot Uninjured After Camp McCoy Helicopter Crash
Capt. Walter Houston of St. Paul Minnesota piloted a helicopter that crashed during a routine observation flight at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. The aircraft was badly damaged but Houston escaped unharmed. Earlier a damaged L19 plane also landed with no injuries in the same week.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Walter Houston
St. Paul
Reapportionment Hope For Senate Aecess Delays
Dr Gunnar Gundersen of La Crosse a former AMA president figures in a Senate Monopoly subcommittee hearing on physician owned drugstores. Wisconsin official Paul Pumpian accuses doctors of unfairly competing with pharmacists and cites 24 doctor owned drugstores driving pharmacists out of business. The committee delays action awaiting further statements.
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Washington
Gunnar Gundersen
la Crosse
American Medical Association
Senate
Paul Pumpian
Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Board of Pharmacy
Gundersen
Liberals Signal Filibuster Over Reapportionment Rider
Senate liberals threaten a filibuster to block a compromise rider delaying court ordered reapportionment after a Supreme Court ruling. The plan ties to the $3.3 billion foreign aid bill while leaders discuss timing ahead of the Democratic convention in Atlantic City.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
Atlantic City
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Douglas
Dirksen- Mansfield
Supreme Court
Negro Store Bombed In McComb Mississippi
A bomb exploded early today in front of a Negro grocery store across from a church where freedom school activities have been held. No injuries reported. In Natchez a Negro tavern next to a house used by SNCC members burned after a blast. FBI confirmed the bombings and is coordinating with local authorities. It is the fifth known racial bombing in McComb in recent months.
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Got Mansfield
Dirksen
Paul Douglas
D-Ii
Jacob K. Javits
R-N-Y
Natchez
Miss
McComb
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
FBI
Jackson
Crow Nation Adopts First Lady Pretty Walking Bird
Crow Indians welcome Mrs. Johnson on a four day Western trip adopting her as Pretty Walking Bird in a tribal ceremony near Billings Montana. Chiefs and warriors honored her with drum dances and a gymnasium ceremony as pro Goldwater signals emerge among onlookers in Billings and at the Crow Reservation. The visit includes Montana and Utah stops with a meeting at the University of Utah and a ride on an aerial tramway.
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Jackson
Wyo
Lady Bird Johnson
Mormon Territory
Billings
Mont
Johnson
Utah
David O. McKay
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
University of Utah
Teton Mountains
Barry
Montana
Crow Reserve
Crow Reservation
Lizzie
John F. Kennedy
Lady Bird
Lyndon Johnson
Crow Agency
Hardin, Mont
Plain Feather
Lizzie Yellow Bird
Mickey the 9 foot python returns home to Richmond
In Richmond Virginia Mickey a 9 foot python escapes from a zippered satchel kept by 18 year old Donald Parsley sparking police calls. Six days later the snake returns to Parsley’s front yard ending the community alarm as residents had feared a dangerous roaming animal.
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Richmond
Mickey
Donald Parsley
Parsley
Panama Canal Observes 50th Anniversary
The Panama Canal marks its golden anniversary amid low key celebrations due to political tension and anti-American riots. Officials note growing shipping demand requires a larger canal while Panamanian authorities mark the city’s 445th founding with separate observances.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Canal
Johnson
Canal Zone American
National Transport Museum of
Cash Laden Boxes Found In Doctor’s Fifth Avenue Duplex
Police found two metal boxes in the late Dr Samuel A Klein’s cluttered Fifth Avenue duplex containing 231650 in cash plus uncashed checks stocks and bonds of unknown value. Klein 71 lived alone and died July 30 with the apartment sealed pending relatives arrival. A sister niece and two nephews accompanied a court clerk and a state tax agent to the scene.
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New York
Samuel A. Klein
Klein
Fifth Avenue
Knowles Optimistic About Wisconsin Governor Campaign
Republican Warren Knowles said he is optimistic about his chances in Wisconsin’s governor race, citing voter restlessness with Governor Reynolds. Reynolds offered his view of trouble for reelection and criticized the opposition’s attacks including a memo calling Reynolds a “dope.” The memo, printed by a Madison newspaper, targeted party workers and labeled Johnson and Proxmire as “phonies.”
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Associated Press
Warren Knowles
John W. Reynolds
Wisconsin
GOP
Talbot Peterson
Reynolds
Green Bay
Knowles
Dane County
Milwaukee
Grams
Peterson
Madison
Johnson
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Phonies
Five Southern Governors Meet In Closed Session
Governors of Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Arkansas and Florida met in New Orleans in a surprise closed session to discuss civil rights and strategy for the Democratic National Convention. They indicated possible future meetings and debated seating at the convention amid civil rights challenges by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Washington Post
Florida
Farris Bryant
Tallahassee
Bryant
Atlantic City
N.J
Johnson
McKeithen
Faubus
Little Rock
Platform Committee
Wallace
Grain Millers Unloading 2000 Cars in Duluth Port Strike Aftermath
Grain millers work to unload nearly 2000 boxcars at the Duluth port after a July strike ends. Estimates place economic losses to the Twin Ports at 1.5 million dollars, with ship idling losses of 700 000 to 800 000. Stevedoring and agent fees plus wage losses for grain millers total substantial costs to the regional economy.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth
Superior
C. E. Pringle
Duluth-Superior Marine Association
Cypriot Aid Holds Talks In Athens
Cypriot Foreign Minister Spyros Kyprianou flew to Athens for talks with Greek leaders on the Cyprus crisis. He rejected any halfway solutions and urged full independence for Cyprus. He carried Makarios’s urgent message ahead of U.N. mediator Tuomioja’s visit. Greek officials, including Premier George Papandreou, met him. The New York Times says Greece views a sovereign Turkish presence in Cyprus as becoming accepted.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Spyros Kyprianou
Athens
Cyprus
Kyprianou
Makarios
U.N
Sakari Tuomioja
Tuomiosa
George Papandreou
The
New York Times
Ankara
Turkey
Greece
Weekend Warmth With Cloudy Skies
A weather brief notes warmer conditions tonight with partly cloudy skies. Sunday will see highs in the upper 70s and lows around 60, continuing into Sunday night with a low near 50. Monday looks fair and cooler.
Rebels, U.S. Intervene as Congo Crisis Deepens
Communist backed rebels press Seoul Congo advances 12 miles from Bukavu and 20 miles from Kikwi as U.S. C130 planes ferry troops to aid Tshombe’s government. More than 100 Americans arrive, paratroopers among them, while Washington debates policy and civil conflict.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
U.S
Moise Tshombe
Washington
Bukavu
Kivu
Pierre Mulele
Kikwi
Kwilu
Stanleyville
Gaston Soumialot
Kindu
Maniema
United Nations
G. Mennen Williams
Williams
Tshombe
John Stennis
D-Miss
United States
Viet Nam
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Tian
Republic of Panama
Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz
Long Beach
Calif
Miss Philippines
National Museum
Manila
UPI Telephoto
Savernoar
Ovis Reynolds
Dane County Friends of Reynolds
Democratic Party
Patrick Lucey
Alma
Hanson
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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