Caudle Pardoned by Johnson Ends Tax Conspiracy Fallout
T Lamar Caudle a former Truman Justice official who served six months in a tax conspiracy case has been pardoned by President Johnson. The pardon wipes out a $2,500 fine and restores his right to practice before federal courts. Caudle voiced relief in North Carolina saying he bears no bitterness and recalls being fired by Truman.
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Washington
T. Lamar Caudle
Harry S. Truman
Johnson
Caudle
Federal Correctional Institution
Justice Department
Tax Division
White House
Wadesboro
N.C
Harry Truman
Truman
Eisenhower
Matthew J. Connelly
St. Louis
Sherman Adams
Herbert Brownell
Adams
Brownell
Connelly
Irving Sachs
Harry Schwimmer
Sachs
Schwimmer
Today in History Highlights and Events for1965
The Aug 2 overview notes key historical moments with Lincoln Douglas debates opening in Ottawa 1858, the Charter Oak tree incident 1856, the 1621 Virginia voyage, Gabby Street catching a ball from the Washington Monument, and WWI plus Cold War era milestones. It also lists recent anniversaries including Geneva nuclear exhibits and OAS talks on Cuba, plus FTC cigarette warning delay.
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Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Ottawa
Ill
Senate
Douglas
Lincoln
Charter Oak
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Britain
London
Virginia
Charles
Gabby) Street
Washington Monument
Somme
Navy
Kiska
Aleutians
Geneva
Organization of American States
San Jose
Costa Rica
Cuba
Federal Trade Commission
Hardie Reappointed Western Wisconsin U S Marshal
President Johnson announced the four year reappointment of Keith Hardie of Madison Wisconsin as U S Marshal for the Western District of Wisconsin He is a former Democratic assemblyman from Franklin town Jackson County
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Washington
Johnson
Keith Hardie
Madison
Wis
U.S
Wisconsin
Hardie
Franklin
Jackson County
House Plans Include Ours State Farm Offices Bloomington
A notice notes that plans include our plans for State Farm Home Offices located in Bloomington with focus on housing layout and insurance facilities.
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State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Regents OK Plans for 3 Projects At Wausau And Madison
The University of Wisconsin board of regents approves preliminary plans for three projects at Wausau and final plans for two Madison building programs. They authorize 2.2 million for a Wausau center complex, 13 million for the History Music Art Building at Madison, and 3.8 million for a gym addition. Deans are named for several centers and the Hill Farms improvements total 329 thousand.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Wausau
Regents
University Center At
Elvehjem
Murray Deutsch
University Extension
Milwaukee
Waukesha Center
Charles E. Miller
Janesville
Robert E. Najem
Menasha
Martin Loeb
University
School of Social Work
Tthe University
Hill Farms
University Farm
Arlington
Ashland, Hancock, Lancaster and
Marshfield
Pilot Killed In Plane Crash At Janesville
A rent ed single engine airplane crashed in a soybean field near Janesville killing the pilot Robert Carruthers 33 of Minneapolis a former executive. The crash cause was undetermined and no witnesses reported. The craft had flown from Cleveland to Minneapolis and was rented from Flying Cloud Airport in Hopkins Minnesota.
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Janesville
Rock County
Here
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Carruthers
Sapp
Flying Cloud
Hopkins
Iowa State Fair Opens With Guard Presence
The Iowa State Fair opened peacefully with about 500 National Guardsmen and 350 peace officers after rumors of disorder. Gov. Harold Hughes mobilized troops Thursday night. Des Moines Police Chief Vear Douglas said trouble now appears unlikely as troops remained on site.
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Des Moines. Iowa
Harold Hughes
National Guard
Des Moines
Vear Douglas
Johnson appoints Harvard and UW men to federal posts
President Johnson approved James Vorenberg a Harvard law professor as executive director of the Federal Crime Commission and Ralph K. Huitt a University of Wisconsin professor as assistant secretary of Welfare for Legislation.
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Washington
Johnson
James Vorenberg
Harvard Law
Federal Crime Commission
Ralph K. Huitt
University of Wisconsin
Ohio pipeline blast kills girl and injures eight
A natural gas pipeline explosion near Van Wert Ohio as an eastbound Erie and Lackawanna freight train passed killed nine year old Nancy Anna May Rigdon and left eight others hurt. Fire spread across 100 acres of trees and crops as four fire departments battled flames, with reports of a distant fireball seen up to 40 miles away.
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van Wert
Ohio
Here
Nancy Anna May Rigdon
U.S. 30
Birth rate declines in June as births drop below 1964 figures
The Public Health Service reports June births estimated at 310,000 versus 331,000 a year earlier, a rate of 19.4 per 1000. For the year to June 30, 3.908 million births, down from 4.081 million in 1964, signaling a likely first yearly total under 4 million since 1953.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Elderly Wabasha Couple Robbed In Home
In Reads Landing Minnesota two young men used a door ruse to enter the home of Ben and Clara Dreese both in their seventies. They tied up the couple and looted about 2000 dollars cash and 4000 dollars in valuables before fleeing. Dreese freed himself at 6 a.m. and notified a neighbor to call police.
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Wabasha, Minn
Ben Dreese
Clara
Reads Landing
Dreese
Atomic World Series Brought to Wisconsin High Schools
Wisconsin high schools will host a science demonstration lecture titled This Atomic World. Presented by the Atomic Energy Commission and sponsored by the Department of Public Instruction the program aims to show peaceful uses of atomic energy and boost science teaching interest.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Atomic Energy Commssion
Death notices for Eyler Marson and Niles from La Crosse area
Three obituaries note the sudden deaths of Carl H. Eyler 54 Hokah Minn Aug 20 and Reuben C. Marson 61 Caledonia St. La Crosse Aug 20 with extensive survivors and funeral details. John Niles 56 South St. Paul and former La Crosse resident died Aug 16 with burial already held. survivors listed.
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Carl H. Eyler
Hokah
Minn
Mildred
Linda Elaine
Leah Irene
Arthur
Elaine) Frydenlund
Prairie du Chien
Norman
Leah) Schulze
la Crosse
Gerald
Irene) Welch
Glen
South Side
Blaschke Funeral Home
David Roberts
Prospect Hill Cemetery
la Crescent
Reuben C. Marson
Caledonia St
Elmwood
Nettie
Thomas
Beverly) Cooper
California
Walter
Audrey) Gilbertson
Raymond
Yvonne) Johnson
Neil
Janet) Kleinschmidt
Ashland
Mass
Virginia Ronning
St. Paul
Ronald
Claudia) Niemeyer
Leonard
Roland LaDue
Leslie LaDue
Minneapolis
Edna
St. John’s Catholic Church
Robert Connolly
Hellwig-Morris
John
Jack) Niles
South St. Paul
Albert Lea
Niles
Central High School
la Crosse State University
Margery
Royall School District To Decide Site
Royall School District will hold an adjourned meeting at Kendall Elementary School at 8 30 p m Monday August 23 to elect a site for a new Kendall area elementary school costing up to 300 000 Two proposed sites are Donald Braund and William Thompson properties.
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Kendall
Wis
Royall
Elroy-Kendall-Wilton
Donald Braund
William Thompson
Puerto Rico Becomes Self Governing Commonwealth
Puerto Rico achieved self governing commonwealth status under the U.S. flag on July 25, 1952, marking a key change in its political relationship with the United States.
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Puerto Rico
U.S
Accidents Raise Wisconsin Toll to 598 in 1965
Wisconsin’s highway fatality toll for 1965 rose to 598 today after four deaths in separate crashes. Victims were Bernard Miller 27 of Waukesha Jerome Kramar 24 of Crandon Ralph Seidel 20 of Bloomer and Kenneth A Crego 47 of Milwaukee. Miller died when his car left County Trunk F and struck a tree west of Waukesha. Kramar died in Rhinelander hospital from injuries after a crash near Crandon. Seidel was killed when his car hit a bridge abutment on County Trunk in Chippewa County. Crego died in a Waukesha hospital from injuries in a head on collision east of Waukesha.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Bernard Miller
Waukesha
Jerome Kramar
Crandon
Ralph Seidel
Bloomer
Kenneth A. Crego
Milwaukee
Miller
Kramar
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rhinelander
Forest County
Seidel
Chippewa County
Drego
Nine La Crosse Girls Run Annual Mental Handicap Carnival
Nine 14 year old girls from Logan High School organized a neighborhood carnival at Badger playground to raise 35 dollars for the city mentally handicapped. The event featured games contests and a refreshment stand with prizes donated by neighbors. It marked their third annual effort following last year’s 34 dollars and highlighted by top prizes a baseball bat and a three foot doll.
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la Crosse
Badger Playground
Logan High School
Patty Blackman
Kane
Kathy Bogie
Loomis
Jane Entringer
Barbara Kirch
Prospect St
Nancy Linhart
Onalaska Ave
Patty Richards
Logan St
Debbie Shrader
Gillette St
Janie Swanson
Wood St
Patty Astley
George St
Baseball Radio Highlights for Braves Pirates Game
Sunday listings show WKTY at 1 p.m. with Braves versus Pittsburgh, plus WCOW at 12 50 p.m. also airing baseball.
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WKTY
Braves
Pittsburgh
WCOW
Borg Promises Recognition Fight For Servicemen
Andy Borg the new commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars vows to press for better veteran recognition. He criticizes government moves to cut veterans benefits and pledges to oppose closings of Veterans Administration facilities.
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Chicago
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Andy Borg
Superior
Wis
Gemini Rendezvous Maneuver Aims for 20 Foot Proximity
Cooper as command pilot planned a complex sequence to back 52 miles from the satellite and then chase it across the sky using radar, a computer, and jet thrusters to reach within 20 feet on the fourth orbit and circle the satellite.
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Chariot
Cooper
Library of Congress Stands as World’s Largest Archive
The Library of Congress is described as the world’s largest library by building size and collection. It houses millions of books prints manuscripts and documents available for study and reference.
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Library of Congress
Death verdict cites gross negligence in Tomah crash
A Monroe County coroner jury ruled Captain Douglas S. Burke of Sioux City Iowa died from gross negligence by Max P. Funmaker of Black River Falls in a July auto crash five miles east of Tomah Funmaker faces negligent homicide charges while James C Greendeer of Wyeville is charged with reckless driving and awaits trial Burke was returning from a golf outing with Maj John Hines when their car was rear ended by Funmaker s vehicle Witnesses described cars racing and bumping before the fatal collision Officials testified on car positions and the impact that threw Burke from the car as his belt failed
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Tomah
Wis
Douglas S. Burke
Sioux City
Iowa
Max P. Funmaker
Black River Falls
Dist
Donald L. Goodman
Sparta
Funmaker
Monroe County
James W. Rice
James C. Greendeer
Wyeville
Robert Brody
Watertown
Duluth
Greendeer
Brody
Burke
Maj
John Hines
Hines
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Capt
Volk Field
Camp Douglas
Air National Guard of Iowa
Hiawatha
Maj. Hines
Sterling Standiford
Clarence Strembha
Hines, Funmaker
E. 0. Lukasek
Atty. Goodman
Don Harris
Martin Noth
William Fieting
Israel Cooper
Howard Giesler
Wade Gilbert
Police Ambulance and Court Actions for La Crosse Area
Police ambulance calls report Mrs Emma Kramer 74 to Grandview Hospital Aug 20 and Shirley Forsberg 28 to St Francis Hospital Aug 21 for illness. Fire department notes two tipped flares, false sprinkler alarm, and gasoline ignition at Raymond Amundson residence. County Court records list gasoline theft convictions, a drinking and underage driving case continued to Sept 8, plus multiple judgments and a drunkenness condition for Clarence Schlicht.
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Emma Kramer
Caledonia St
Grandview Hospital
Trane
George and St. Andrew Sts
Shirley Forsberg
N. 4Th St
la Crescent
St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse
9Th and
Winnebago
Terry R. Larson
S. 10Th St
David C. Merell
YMCA
Jerome N. Meyer
Market St
County
W. P. Johann
S. Losey Blvd
Roland Bakken
Stoddard
Credit Bureau of la
Newbury Bldg
Aloysius F. Bautch
Independence
Robert C. Bates
George St
Jack Buchel
Green Island
Schlicht
Alcoholics Anonymous
Minnesota Man Dies In Motorbike Crash
Michael Dickson 21 of Proctor was fatally injured when his motorbike hit a turning pickup in Duluth. He died in hospital half an hour later as Minnesota’s 1965 traffic fatalities reached 473, below last year’s 511.
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Duluth
Minn
Michael Dickson
Proctor
Dickson
Minnesota
Trio of Teens Nabbed in Battery Theft Ring
Suspects aged 16 from La Crosse North Side and French Island were arrested after attempting to sell 15 stolen car batteries at Alter Co. Police say the trio stole batteries from the Alter yard early Friday and another youth aided the theft. Juvenile authorities will handle the cases.
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French Island
Crosse County
William S. Boma
Alter Co
Bainbridge St
Bernard J. Mickschl
Alter
Boma
Sheriff's Office
Alter Yard
la Crosse
Weather Record Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Weather Summary
Cloudy conditions with showers and thundershowers in Wisconsin south Saturday night. North stays partly cloudy while south remains cloudy with rain likely ending Sunday. Minnesota partly cloudy through Sunday with cooler spots. Iowa sees considerable cloudiness with possible heavy rain in the southeast Saturday night and scattered showers south Sunday. Sunrise 6 17 AM Sunset 7 58 PM. Record high low values listed for Aug 21 1955 and 1921 with degree days totals.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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