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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1966
Page
1
Marshfield high school bans Beatle style haircuts for students this fall citing disruption concerns. Superintendent Donald K. Dean warns students may face suspension or expulsion for shaggy hair in class, as board debates appearance policy amid a teen musician involved.
A tentative three year contract estimated at 90 million dollars would end the 59 day strike by 35,400 machinists and affect 5 major airlines United Eastern National Northwest and Trans World. The agreement includes a cost of living wage escalator and higher wages plus benefits.
President Johnson and Gen William Westmoreland at the LBJ Ranch say victory over the Communists in Vietnam is impossible. Westmoreland notes troops may increase before year’s end while Johnson warns against quick victory but vows no quit.
The weekend toll on Wisconsin roads includes seven killed in a Grant County two car wreck on US 61 near Potosi and Dickeyville. Victims include Vincent Pennekamp 16 and the Fondell family from Dubuque Iowa plus several injured or deceased in surrounding accidents statewide.
Thirteen weekend deaths raise Minnesota toll to 498. A car jumped a traffic divider on U.S. 52 near Miracle Mile, colliding with an oncoming auto and killing Mrs. Doris Marie Lentz and three others from Las Vegas, Bad Axe, and Leakesville. Lentz’s children were injured.
About 3,000 screaming teenagers surged to the stage at Cleveland Municipal Stadium forcing a half hour halt as the Beatles fled to a trailer set behind the diamond. Police and a DJ urged fans back to seats while stadium officials reported damage to the Indians infield from the crush.
Visitors at Milwaukee County Zoo puzzled by a Canada goose born June 2 that follows workers and keeps near flamingos. The gosling now stands on one leg like a flamingo and has snubbed ducks and other geese.
Police faced curses and projectiles as hundreds of whites protested civil rights marches in Chicago. Twenty one arrests and at least sixteen injuries occurred across three parades and a Marquette Park riot, with police restraint helping keep the crowd in check.
A government advisory panel says oral contraceptives may continue with expanded studies of risks. It notes rare but serious side effects, cites no data provingunsafe, and urges labeling warnings and removal of length-of-use limits while expanding research.
U S air cavalry and Air Force planes engaged North Vietnamese forces in the Ia Drang Valley with heavy ground fire and rockets while rain and jungle hindered maneuvers. A rocket helicopter was shot down with four crewmen killed and two other choppers damaged as U S casualties were light. North Vietnamese losses not disclosed. About 300 South Korean troops led a 17 000 man force expected next month and a 3 800 man U S infantry brigade was sent to jungle posts as tensions rose.
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