Philadelphia Man Arrested for Threats to Johnson and Scranton
Leonard Fairorth 26, a health department investigator, was indicted on 27 federal counts for threatening the President and Governor Scranton and mailing obscene letters. He allegedly sent threats to Luci Johnson and Frances Knight and to Vietnam supporters, with other obscene correspondences. He graduated Muhlenberg College and has worked for the Health Department since 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Johnson
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Luci
Joe D. Jamieson
FBI
Man
Leonard Fairorth
The
Health Department
Fairorth
Jamieson
Department of Justice
Falforth
Scranton
Frances Knight
U.S. Passport Office
State Department
United States
Viet Nam
Faiforth
Muhlenburg College
Allentown
Philadelphia Department of Health
Hillview hires Lindgren for Hillview Home vacancy
Hillview trustees approve Lindgren as replacement for Revk after state personnel bureau salary guidance. Lindgren, with seven years in Kenosha County and background as a Boy Scout administrator and Army medical corps, is chosen by a 32 to 2 vote. The board also boosts hospital chief Yeskie’s room and board to 100 dollars monthly, a move tied to retirement benefits costs, despite objections over a three cent an hour raise denial for Hillview staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bureau of Personnel
Klos
Kenosha County
Lindgren
Army Medical Corps
Guenther
Gerald Best
Wilbert Ipsen
Leonard Yeskie
Yeskie
Bess
Hillview
Carl Bruhnke
Harold Evjen
Ipsen
Arthur McBain
David Zluticky
State Man Drowns On Camping Trip
A Janesville man Raymond Dalee age 40 drowned while wading with his family in the Wisconsin River near Tower Hill State Park. Authorities say he slipped from a sandbar into deep water and his body was recovered about two hours later. The family was camping at the park with four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARENA
Janesville
Wisconsin
Tower Hill State Park
Iowa
Raymond Dalee
Dalee
Hog and cattle bids from Winona and St Paul markets
Swift & Company in Winona Minnesota reports hog quotations to noon with higher bidding across weights. Cattle prices steady with Hi-Choice and Prime at 25.25 and 24.00-25.00, veal market closed Friday. St Paul livestock prices show steady to firm slaughter steer and heifer bids, cows and bulls slow but steady, with various weight classes listed. Chicago produce prices include butter and eggs with wholesale price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
Usda Cattie
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago potatoes and grain prices from AP report
USDA potato shipments show totals and regional values with Minnesota red potatoes at 2.85 and Nebraska round reds at 25. Grain prices list Wheat No 2 hard 1.97, No 2 red 1.9134, Corn No 2 yellow 1.53, No 3 1.50, No 4 1.46, No 5 1.44, Oats No 2 white 77.4, Soybeans No 1 white 77.4, No 1 yellow 3.82, and Soybean oil 14.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Potatoes
Chicago
USDA
U.S
Minnesota
Nebraska
Chicago Grain
RCA
First Bank
Republic Steel
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Rexall Drugs
Gateway Trans
Royal Dutch
Giddings & Lew
Sears Roebuck Godfrey Co
Sinclair Oil
Hamilton Mfg
Sperry Rand
Lincoln Nat. Life
Standard Oil
Calif
McQuay, Inc
Ind
Nekoosa Edn
N.J
Rockwell Mfg
Swift
Royal Dutch NY
Texaco
Rustcraft
Tidewater Oil
Swank, Inc
Trane Co
Wallace Business
U.S. Rubber
Warner Elec
U.S. Steel
la Crosse
Norplex Corp
Pyroil Co., Inc
Tausche Bonds Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard Std
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Australian Troops Win Big Battle Against Viet Cong Near Saigon
Australian and South Vietnamese forces clashed with the Viet Cong in a four hour engagement near Saigon in monsoon rain, killing 193 Viet Cong and prompting larger Allied artillery and air support. U.S. and allied pilots carried out multiple missions across North and South Viet Nam, including a MIG shootdown 25 miles north of Hanoi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Quang Tri
Long An
Tay Ninh
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Marine
North Viet Nam
Aaron J. Bowman
Madras
Ore
U.S
Guam
Zone C
Long
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
6Th Battalion
Binh Ba
Fluoridation Meeting Draws 28 Attendees in West Salem
Twenty eight persons attended an educational meeting sponsored by the Citizens Committee Against Fluoridation in West Salem. The event kicked off a series planned for nearby communities. Attendees viewed a film The Film of Your Life narrated by Dr. J Forman, which the committee says shows fluoride's deadly effects on living cells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Committee Against
Schaller
La Crosse County approves sale of sanatorium land to connect to Onalaska
The La Crosse County Board votes to sell a half acre strip of the Oak Forest Sanatorium grounds to Leonard Pralle for 750 dollars. The sale enables access to his property via 11th Avenue as I 90 will block other routes. The Onalaska Common Council approval ends remaining objections to the tie in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Oak Forest
Onalaska
Leonard Pralle
Pralle
11Th Avenue
Charles Guenther
32Nd Dist
Businessmen Donate To La Crosse YMCA-YWCA Fund
The La Crosse Business Men's Club gave $150 to the joint building fund for a new YMCA-YWCA structure. The campaign raised citywide donations as part of the drive, with a golf stag planned for Tuesday September 20 at Maple Grove Country Club followed by a business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Defense savings claims under fire by House panel
A House Armed Services subcommittee sharply questioned Defense Department cost cutting rumors. Auditors trimmed claimed 1965 savings from 5.3 billion to 429.3 million, challenging items from 176 tanks swaps to zipper trousers and surplus missiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Harold H. Rubin
Rubin
Department
House Armed Services Committee
Subcommittee For Special Investigations
Porter Hardy Jr
D-Va
Congress
Subcommittee
Navy
Hardy
Army
Army Auditing Agency
Department of Defense
Texans Debate Draft Changes and Lottery Opposition
Tex readers weigh draft options with opinions from Daniel Reiher who opposes universal service and favors changing quotas. Dick Torphy supports a lottery while Paslay questions nonmilitary paths and who serves. Other students discuss Peace Corps and Viet Nam aid as alternatives amid calls for a sustained military role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Torphy
University of Denver
Paslay
Peace Corps
Ruben Nreviso
East Los Angeles College
South Viet Nam
Donald Tilman Hamrick
Winston-Salem
N.C
University of North Carolina
Switzerland
Migrant marchers arrive in city amid warm show of support
Fifteen migrant workers entered Madison late Thursday and were driven to a park potluck attended by about 50 supporters before returning to De Forest for the night. They spoke of low piecework wages as they paused near sight of the capitol and exchanged greetings with local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Forest
Florentino Sanchez Sr
Capitol
University of Wisconsin
Salas
Airlines
Paynette
Madison
Heavy Rain Raises Fecal Pollution in Mississippi River
C T Trevallee city health sanitarian reports large increases in fecal bacteria from heavy rains. North Riverside Park runoff from Causeway storm sewers caused excessive counts. Logan Street lift station mixed sewage and storm water raising levels downstream. Beaches posted unsafe. downstream Isle La Plume and other sites show varying high counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
C. T. Trevallee
Riverside Park
Trevallee
la Crosse
Causeway
Logan Street
Black River
North Side
Isle la Plume
Wisconsin
Green Island
Minnesota
Coney Island
Old Town Show Opens Saturday Arts Fair Opens Weekend
Artists and antique dealers gather along Front Street for the Old Town Art Fair as part of the 1966 Coulee Region Arts Festival. The event runs Saturday and Sunday with pastels, prints, watercolors, oils and pottery for sale, plus sketching of area buildings and flea market attractions in the old Gateway Grocery building. local musical groups Folk Waves and the Exceptions perform periodically throughout the two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Old Town
Coulee Region
Old Gateway Grocery Building
IGA
Main
Senate approves record peacetime defense budget
The Senate passed a 58 billion dollar peacetime Defense Department budget through June 30, 1967, adding two provisions authorizing selective reserves calls for Viet Nam and barring funds for the F111B Navy project. The package includes new items like a nuclear powered missile frigate and stands 426 million under the House total, with conference to resolve differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Defense Department
Johnson
Viet Nam
Navy
TFC
House
Arts Workshops Recital Friday at Coulee Region Festival
The Coulee Region Festival ends with an 8 p.m. recital in the First Congregational Church community room. Public attendance is invited and performances include brass quintet and string ensembles featuring listed musicians across several groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulee
First Congregational Church
Brass
David Oliver
Robert Emery
James Wehrenberg
Roland Johnson
Linda Anderson
David Newberry
William Neff
Mary Roggensack
Terrill Arnst
Karen Druliner
Beckie Hanlin
Judy Tate
Eileen Steinhoff
Ann Horst
Janice Becker
Donald Krause
Sara Bissen
Donna Garber
Cynthia Kuecker
Richard Schlicht
James Forer
Dolores Holy
Cindy Howe
Karen Kolbo
Molly Sordahl
Ann Magnum
Leslie Hammond
Pickers Sought For Apple Crop In Wisconsin
The La Crosse office of the Wisconsin State Employment Service reports strong demand for apple pickers in Galesville and La Crescent as the harvest begins and runs through early October. Peak employment is reached by Sept. 10 with a 30 percent crop increase expected. Full and part time jobs are available. applicants should register at the La Crosse Office, 508 Fifth Ave South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Galesville
la Crescent
WSES
5Th Ave. S
Wisconsin bans Nassau firm sales for registration failure
The State Department of Securities reports it has banned sales in Wisconsin by Compressed Air Corp. Ltd. of Nassau Bahamas due to failure to register. The action targets the Nassau based company and blocks its offerings in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Madison
State Department of Securities
Wisconsin
Nassau
Compressed Air Corp. Ltd
N.P. Bahamas
Witnesses face row as antiwar hearings continue
The hearing room erupted when spectators booed retired Brig. Gen. James D. Hittle and shouted murderer at him. Six protesters were dragged out as the committee pressed on with its probe into anti Viet Nam activity and possible curbs on dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Marine Corps
Viet Nam
James D. Hittle
Hittle
National Security For
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
U.S
Arthur A. Kinoy
Stanley Nadel
Ann Arbor
Mich
Anatole Ben Anton
Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Walter D. Teague III
Allen M. Krebs
New York
Kinoy
Pool
Teague
Krebs
Rutgers University
District of Columbia Court of General Sessions
Howard H. Greene
Satellite photo aid leads to arrest in Canada bank heist
Federal agents nabbed Georges LeMay 41 and his wife Lise 29 in Las Vegas at the Golden Nugget after a nationwide manhunt for conspiracy to bribe and interstate flight. LeMay, long sought for July 1961 Montreal Bank of Nova Scotia burglary, evaded capture after escaping Dade County jail in 1965. They carried about 10000 in mixed currency. The incident followed a publicity push via the Early Bird satellite. Both suspects were unarmed and surrendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Georges LeMay
Montreal
FBI
Golden Nuggett Casino
LeMay
Dean Elson
Dade County
Miami
J. Edgar Hoover
Lise
Bird
Canada
Bank of Nova Scotia
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Motorcycle fatalities raise Wisconsin toll in 1966
Wisconsin’s highway death toll reached 644 for 1966 with two motorcycle fatalities reported. George R. Smith, 28, of La Mesa California, died when his bike left the road near Bailey’s Harbor in Door County. Thomas Garthwait, 17, of Fort Atkinson, died from injuries after a collision on a Fort Atkinson street. William J. Mears, 43, of rural Hillpoint was killed when his car left State Highway 23 and hit a tree south of Plain in Sauk County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
George R. Smith
la Mesa
Calif
Bailey’s Harbor
Door County
Thomas Garthwait
Fort Atkinson
Edward Garthwait
William J. Mears
Hillpoint
Plain
Sauk County
Stock Quotations From The Marshall Co
National quotations are from the National Association of Securities Dealers and reflect inter-dealer prices as of about 9 a.m. Markets change during the day. Prices exclude retail markup, markdown or commissions. Central Wis. Mtr. 1712 1812.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Wis
Quake In Eastern Turkey Kills 34 Injures 65
An earthquake of intense magnitude hit four Turkish provinces Erzerum Mush Tatvan and Bitlis killing 34 people and injuring 65. A hospital and police station were razed as the Red Crescent rushed medical supplies and tents to the affected region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Turkey
Erzerum
Mush
Tatvan
Bitlis
Milliyet
Russia
Tass
Moscow
Red Crescent
Red Cross
Man Suffers Cuts When Hit By Car
A 62 year old La Crosse man Edward Lau suffered cuts to the head and left leg after being struck by a car at 4th and Division Streets. He was treated at St. Francis Hospital after the incident involving driver John Gremore of Prairie du Chien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
4Th
Division Streets
Edward Lau
S. 4Th St
St. Francis Hospital
Lau
John Gremore
10Th St
Prairie du Chien
Alvera Ostreng
Stoddard
Oscar Grossell
Brownsville
Minn
West Avenue
Travis Street
Lutheran Hospital
Kansas minister injured in La Crosse ladder fall
The Rev. H. J. Sterling, 66, of Stafford Kansas, was in good condition at St. Francis Hospital Friday after injuring his back and hip in a fall from a ladder at Wilbur Sterling’s home in Wedgewood Valley the night before. County traffic police reported the incident occurred about 5:10 p.m. and he was transported from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
la Crosse
H. J. Sterling
Stafford
Kans
St. Francis Hospital
Wilbur Sterling
Wedgewood Valley
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LBJ
Ing
Revk
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Winona, Minn. Highway
New Zealand
Andres Sampago
Yew K. Low
America
Marcher
Lise LeMay
Associated Press
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Marshall CO
Aus
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
Amer. Tel. & Tel
Anchor Coupling
Burlington
Chrysler
E Consolidated Foods
DuPont Eastman Kodak
Ford
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Great Northern Ry
Gulf Oil
Northern States
P. Northwest Bancorp
Olin Mathieson
Pepsico
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