Police Withhold Report On Gunshot-Punctuated Capture
La Crosse police withheld information about a Friday night rooftop chase of a burglar. The suspect was captured after entering an air well at the Gannet Hotel and transported to Lutheran Hospital for injuries. Police officials stated no news would be released and cited ongoing involvement of two others.
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la Crosse City
la Crosse
Gannet Hotel
2Nd
Pearl Sts
Lutheran Hospital
Aaron Sanford
Jim Conway
WLCX
la Crosse Tribune
Tavern Owner Pleads Innocent To Civil Rights Charge
Richard Prisk, 30, operator of a Fort Atkinson tavern, pleaded innocent to violating the state's civil rights law by refusing to serve Negroes. Judge Brendel set September 1 for a tentative trial. Prisk released on $200 bond. Warrant issued by Dist. Atty. Shier on complaints by Charlie Wilson and John Males.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson (Ap
Richard Prisk
Fort Atkinson
Prisk
Jefferson County
William Brandel
Dist. Atty
Robert J. Shier
Charlie Wilson
John Males
Milwaukee
Johnson rules out nuclear use in Tonkin crisis orders
A high administration source says President Johnson ordered the 7th Fleet to use conventional ordnance only during last week's Gulf of Tonkin crisis, ruling out any nuclear weapon use in the naval actions.
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Washington
Johnson
7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
Milwaukee youth charged with murder after wrench attack and gas blast
Lee Polzin 18 of West Allis faced an at tempted first degree murder charge after admitting to beating his mother with a wrench to prevent interference with his attempted death by action. He triggered a natural gas explosion in the family home and remained in critical condition with burns. His mother Helen 48 was also in critical condition with head injuries and burns.
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Milwaukee
Lee Polzin
West Allis
Polzin
Helen
Man With Two Jobs Held In Relief Case
Kenosha man Jose Vargas was arraigned on fraud charges after authorities said he held two jobs while his family of 10 received about 204 dollars a month in relief. He posted 3000 dollars bond and was bound over for trial before County Judge Harry Carlson. The welfare department says Vargas earned over 18000 dollars at one job while receiving 12421 dollars in relief in the past 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Jose Vargas
Harry Carlson
County Welfare Department
Vargas
Togliatti Illness Faces Communist Party Split
Italian Communist Party leader Palmiro Togliatti, 71, lies gravely ill in Crimea after a stroke in the Soviet Union. His 38-year tenure at the helm sparks a leadership crisis as successors are discussed, with Paese Sera reporting he is partially paralyzed.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Togliatti
Communist Party
Crimea
Soviet Union
Paese Sera
City Atty Recommends 2500 Settlement in Car Crash Case
City attorney John K. Flanagan recommends a 2500 settlement in an injury suit stemming from a car striking a hole in a city street. Dorothy Forbus of 2514 S 30th St sued the city for 10000 for injuries from a March 11 1962 crash at 3rd and Pearl. The driver Dwight Boyer of Shore Acres struck the buck hole. A July 1962 damage claim was denied by the council before the circuit court suit.
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John K. Flanagan
Common Council
la Crosse
Dorothy F. Forbus
S. 30Th St
3Rd
Pearl Street
Dwight Boyer
Shore Acres
Forbus
Minnesota Projects Approved In Bill
Washington AP reports a 4.4 billion public works bill cleared final Senate votes and heads to the White House. Army Engineers funds include Minnesota entries such as Duluth Superior Harbor 675 000 Lost River 250 000 Minnesota River 9 foot channel 1 million Winibigoshish Dam 235 000 St Paul and South St Paul flood control 600 000 Winona river channel work 800 000 and Rushford planning funds 80 000.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Army Engineers
Minnesota
Duluth - Superior
Lost River
Minnesota River
Winnibigoshish
St. Paul
South St. Paul
Winona
Alderman Pushes Cleanup Pickup Bill for Green Island Homes
Legislation to require Modern Cleanup Service to collect garbage at Green Island Homes is sent to committee. Alderman Donald Medinger of the 18th Ward proposes a $275 appropriation from the contingent fund to cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Island Homes
Donald Medinger
18Th Ward
Drive Carefully Message From Seattle Auto Wrecking Firm
A Seattle automobile wrecking firm posts a sign urging caution with the message Drive carefully We are overstocked The exhibit reflects a dealer coping with surplus inventory and public awareness of safety.
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Seattle
Lightning path described as curved and branching tree limbs
Contrary to common belief lightning travels as curves and branches rather than down a straight line. It twists and meanders like tree limbs, not a sequence of sharp downward angles.
Twins Meet Indians In Sunday Radio Baseball
Minnesota Twins face the Cleveland Indians in a Sunday radio broadcast at 1 25 p m on WKBH 1 Mr game action and timing noted for listeners.
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WKBH
Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians
UW Regents Approve 13 Million Madison Complex
The University of Wisconsin regents approved a 13 million dollar complex to house history art and music departments and the Elvehjem Art Center on the south part of the lower Madison campus. Final plans for a Marinette center building and an 18 story language building were also approved along with preliminary plans for a 7.3 million chemistry building. Gifts and grants totaling 6.4 million were accepted including a 300 thousand dollar Carnegie grant for a faculty exchange with three southern universities.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Board of
Regents
Wisconsin Center
Marinette
Carnegie Corp
New York City
Judgments Listed Against Numerous Local Defendants
La Crosse area court records show multiple judgments against individuals and businesses including Midwest Restaurant Equipment Co and Murray Latimer, totaling over 1 000 dollars in several cases. Other entries cover car and property related judgments, plus miscellaneous fees. Fire and police notices follow with local incidents and service calls.
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Wilson A. Gibson
First Federal
Midwest Restaurant Equipment Co
Caledonia St
Stephen Pedretti
S. Oak Ave
Onalaska
Raphael Schaller
Thomas A. Flynn
Houston, Minn
Ronald H. Shepardson
R. 1
Bangor
Sway & Sway Co
Los Angeles
Murray M. Latimer
People’s Market
Cameron Ave
Thorp Finance Co
Main
William Erickson
N. 10Th St
la Crescent Concrete Products Co
la Crescent
Andrew Noel
la Crosse St
Dale Secrist
Helen Turnbull
S. 5Th Ave
Karl S. Schultz
S. 28Th St
Richard L. Tucker
Holiday Inn
John H. Nelson
Hyde Ave
Fountain Brewery
Fountain City
Ella Moore
Onalaska Ave
Royal Culpitt
West Salem
Robert P
Shirley A. Wavra
S. 27Th St
Charles A. Price
Stoddard Hotel
Wisconsin Crescent Jewelers
Main St
John Lamber
Norman Olson
Caroline St
Huber
Surrender Anniversary Observed In Japan State Memorial
Japan marked the 19th anniversary of its WWII surrender with a solemn memorial at Yasukuni shrine attended by Emperor Hirohito and Premier Ikeda. The ceremony was kept non-religious to avoid political controversy under Japan’s constitutional limits.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hirohito
Hayato Ikeda
Yasukuni Shrine
ASC Township Committees Are Elected in La Crosse County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committees were elected by mail ballots in La Crosse County. The list names Bangor, Barre, Burns, Campbell Medary, Farmington, Greenfield, Hamilton, Holland, Onalaska, and Washington with their local chairs and members. The county convention to elect the county committee will be held August 18 at the 3055 Federal Building in La Crosse at 10 a.m. Delegates and alternates are designated by local committee leadership.
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la Crosse County
Theodore Piske
Bangor
Harold Manke
J. L. Hesselberg
Elton Heinze
Ervin Hanson
F. J. Schroeder
Barre
Harvey Nuttelman
Oscar Schilling
Gordon Miller
Hilbert Berg
Bernie Nehls
Burns
Harvey Piske
Ben Garves
Howard A. Stark
Carl Becker
Lester Bowen
Campbell
Medary
Orville S. Johnson
Edward Oertel
Paul Linse
Otto Swennes
Urban Keil
Farmington
William Ross
Walter Gilbert
Holland
Leo Waldenberger
LaVern Kleinsmith
Donald Trocinski
Arnold Paulson
Byron Evenson
Onalaska
Conrad Hanson
Donald Pertzsch
Joe Knutson
Robert Gramm l
Carl Pedretti
Washington
LeRoy Leis
Emil M. Brye
Two Local Women Die. Rites Set in La Crosse Area
Mrs. Alice M. Lyden aged 93 of 2017 Market St dies at home Friday Aug 14 born March 23 1871 in rural La Crosse. Survived by daughter Ruth Tolzman two sons Donald J and Paul F sister Anna Hoefle six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Services Monday 2 p.m. Sletten McKee Funeral Home burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 7–9 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Alfred Fruechtl 74 of 1532 Farnam St dies in local hospital Aug 15 survived by husband two sons Alfred A Jr Edward J daughter Margaret Kelsey I eight grandchildren brother Frank Rauscher. Services Monday 10:30 a.m. Schumacher Funeral Home and 11 a.m. Holy Trinity Church. Burial Catholic Cemetery. Rosary 7:30 p.m. at Winnebago Street Chapel. Fruechtl was member of St Ann's Altar Society.
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Alice M. Lyden
Market St
la Crosse
Edgan
Ruth) Tolzman
Lamira
Wis
Donald J
Paul F
Mequon
Anna Hoefle
Sletten-McKee
Deane Irish
Oak Grove Cemetery
Alfred
Vicki) Fruechtl
Farnam St
Alfred A. Jr
Chicago
Ill
Edward J
St. Paul, Minn
Mark
Margaret) Kelsey I
Fruecht
St. Ann’s Altar Society of ‘Holy Trinity
Opening Day at Wisconsin State Fair Crowned Grand Champion Steer
Kathy Griswold of Livingston, 17, won the grand champion steer award at the Wisconsin State Fair for her 975 pound Hereford Mr. T. She also claimed the champion pair of steers with another Hereford entry, beating her brother Patrick's Angus team. The event opened with Willard Masterson calling it a normal opening day and a crowd of 43,399 by 10 p.m.
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Milwaukee
Mr. T
Kathy Griswold
Livingston
Kathy
Angus
Patrick
Willard Masterson
Dane
Columbia
Iowa
Grand
Hereford
Waukesha
Ozaukee
Pat Jacobsen
Burlington
Dean Nelson
Brooklyn
Jacobsen
Sauk
Walworth
Green
Guernsey
Douglas Schuth
Jefferson
Schuth
Sidney Watson
Edgerton
Richard Hineman
la Valle
Jefferson County
Trempealeau
la Crosse
Dunn
Rock
Monroe
Outagamie
Young Musicians Shine In Coulee Region Concert
A workshop concert in the Crystal Room highlights 71 performers across vocal, string, piano, and brass ensembles. Notable numbers include Mozart and Beethoven works, with student progress praised, and a late evening of humorous skits closing the festival. Annexation petition from La Verne Seiler moves to committee.
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Jane Johnson
Mozart
Mary Javenkovsky
Handel
Fred Midelfort
Nina
Pergolesi
Karen Kleinke
Debussy
David Rachman
Rachmaninoff
Crystal Room
Rich Young
Nick Chardes
Sara Bisson
Dick Loken
George Italiano
Petel
James Fudge
David Rubelard
Karen Haley
Carolyn Olson
Linda Schambaugh
James Smit
Coulee
Three Killed In 2 Separate Accidents Wisconsin Toll Rises
The Associated Press reports three deaths in two crashes in Wisconsin. A car and North Western freight train collided at Highway 26 Rosendale killing John Teetz and two companions. A head on crash on a Kenosha overpass killed Roger Anderson and James Hazen with Mildred Hazen. Frank Backhaus died after being struck by a tractor in Sheboygan County.
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Fond du Lac
Kenosha County
North Western
Rosendale
John R. Teetz
Telesforo S. Alvarado
Uvaldo
Tex
Scott Miller
Kenosha
Roger Anderson
James J. Hazen
Mildred
Hazens
Frank Backhaus
Plymouth
Sheboygan
Backhaus
FCC extends completion date for WWLA La Crosse FM
The FCC grants an extension to January 27 for WWLA the new 50 000 watt FM station at 193.3 megacycles in La Crosse Wisconsin The station will cover over 19 000 square miles and serve more than 44 million people with stereo broadcasts Target date for first broadcast is December 15 per station manager William E Bruring
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Communications Commission
WWLA
la Crosse
William E. Bruring
Bruring
Students to Meet at National Student Association Congress
More than 1200 student leaders gather at the University of Minnesota for the National Student Association Congress. Carl T. Rowan, director of the United States Information Agency, will address the 12 day event on August 24. Delegates come from 375 college and university student governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
National Student Association Congress
Carl T. Rowan
United States Information Agency
Congress
Federal workers pay increased at Army sites in Wisconsin
Sen William Proxmire announced a revised pay schedule for civilian employees at Army installations in La Crosse and Sparta areas. The plan raises average pay about five cents per hour, effective after Aug 25 1964, with Camp McCoy as the major site employing 338 workers.
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Washington
D. C
William Proxmire
Dwis
la Crosse
Sparta
Camp McCoy
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Quillin
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WKTY
LBJ
UW Regents
Conrad A. Elveh
Jem
University
Presi
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Credit Bureau of la Crosse
Claude Sumner
Pepin
Jennie Betz
Ferry St
Jean Anderson
Kane St
West Avenue
Main Street
Kenneth Evenson
Loomis Sr
Viroqua
L. G. DeWitt, Inc
Pompano Beach
Fla
James M. Fish
East Moline
Robert G. Frederick
Barbara R. Koller
Stanley E. Kuzmiar
Gays Mills
City
J. C. Penney
Betty Anderson
Winnebago St
St. Francis Hospital
Joan Baumgartner
S. 23Rd St
Grandview Hospital
Carl Schaeffer
Hillview
Shelby
Delmar Harris
World News
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Hugo Paul
Oriani Hills
Paul
Berlin
U.S
Ities
James Connor
Glenside
State Department
Reds
West Berlin
Connor
Holy Cross College
Europe
London
Charles Wilson
Scotland Yard
Birmingham
Wilson Prison
Wilson
London Daily Mail
J. R. Williams
Williams
First National Bank
Hollywood Theater
Priscilla Freisinger
S. 20Th St
Betty Bowman
Ruth Bowman
Mary Jo Stellpflug
S. 31St St
Tribune
Hoto
ASC
John Lyden
Robert Lang
Rock County
James
Phyllis Kitzman
Yorkshire
Paul Veam
Westby
Hampshire
Tom Grenawalt
Beloit
la Crosse State University
Stod
Dard
Tower Music
Betty Johnson
Mary Pendleton
Rae Pottratz
Pam Ranger
Carmen Conklin
Richard Hervig
la Verne
S. Seiler
Seiler Lane
The
Associated Press
FCC
Wisconsins Large Pene’ Store Boys
National
Dickinson
International Association of Funeral Service Firms
Association
Morticians
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