FBI burglaries at embassies tied to JFK and later administrations
Former FBI officials say the bureau conducted burglaries to steal intelligence from inside foreign embassies during the Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson eras. Reports say fewer than 10 per year, lasting 15 to 20 years and stopping in 1966, with White House denials and mentions of related political tensions.
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Washington
FBI
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
White House
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
San Clemente
Calif
Ellsberg
Attys
Ramsey Clark
Nicholas Katzenbach
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Clark
Department
J. Edgar Hoover
New York City
Black Panthers
Weathermen
Daniel Ellsberg
Deaths in Wisconsin area claim several residents
Tri State death notices report Donald King 49 of La Farge died August 23 after a heart attack while foreman at Wisconsin Tobacco Co. in Viroqua. Francis Duane 89 of Wilton died August 23 in Sparta. Reginald Campbell 61 of Sparta died August 22 in La Crosse hospital. Lynn Howerton 48 of Durand died August 23 in a local hospital. Services set for each with locations, burial plans, and survivor lists including spouses children and siblings.
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Donald Kirking
LA Farge
Wis
Donald King
la Farge U
Viroqua Hospital
Wisconsin Tobacco Co
Viroqua
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Cashton
Robert Platt
Johnson
Grace
David Ofsted
Minn
Dan
Judy Wainwright
Monroe
Gladys Winchell
Clifford
LeRoy
Milwaukee
Lynn Howerton
Durand
Lynn
Mavis) Howerton
Goodrich
Sheldon
Koolmo
Minneapolis
Virgil Koolmo
Fridley
Deaths in West Salem and Other Area News
Mrs. Alex Storandt 80 of West Salem dies in a nursing home. Services at Burr Oak Lutheran Church. burial in church cemetery. Mrs. Georgina Johnson 81 of Stokke Tower dies in Elgin hospital. funeral arrangements to be announced. Onalaska man Eric W. Bisping to be arraigned in La Crosse Circuit Court for burglary at Trane Co. office. Olin B. Moon 58 of Oswego NL dies in Milwaukee after falling 110 feet while performing water tower maintenance.
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Alex Storandt
Alex
Julia) Storandt
West Salem
Ray
Doris) Vick
West Salen
Lester A. Storandt
Mindoro
Elsie) Pittenger
la Crosse
Earl
Ruth) Knudson
Burr Oak Lutheran Church
Marcus Albrecht
Jostad Funeral Home
Georgina Johnson
Stokke Tower
S. 6Th St
Elgin
Ill
Schumacher Funeral Home
Onalaska
Trane Co
Leonard Roraff
Asst. Dist. Atty
Michael Mulroy
Eric W. Bisping
S. Oak Ave
Bisping
Milwaukee
Olin B. Moon
Oswego, NL
Tomah Man Challenges Boat Rule In Wisconsin
Le Roy Jacobson of Tomah pleaded innocent to operating a motorboat in the Valley Corporation Reservoir in violation of a Town of Scott ordinance. The case questions whether the flowage is navigable and legally postable to ban boats. Judge James W. Rice set briefs and response deadlines. no trial testimony was taken.
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Sparta
Wis
le Roy Jacobson
Tomah
Valley Corporation
Town of Scott
Atty
Michael McAlpine
Jacobsen
Francis W. Murphy
Portage
Jacobson
Monroe County
James W. Rice
Rice
McAlpine
Murphy
Scott
Former Milwaukee County Sheriff Dies at 63
Edwin T. Purtell, 63, former Milwaukee County sheriff, died at his home of a heart attack. Elected in 1966, he served one two year term. Purtell joined the department as a deputy in 1934 and became inspector in 1959, retiring in 1969.
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Milwaukee
Edwin T. Purtell
Milwaukee County
Purtell
Milwaukee Sheriff's Department
Talks On Country Club Lease Set For Thursday
The Common Council committee will meet at 7 p.m. in City Hall to discuss the La Crosse Country Club lease with Alderman Joseph Addis presiding and public comment allowed. A follow up council meeting at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers will reconvene the lease discussion chaired by Mayor W Peter Gilbertson.
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Common Council
City Hall
la Crosse
Addis
Man Guilty On Reduced Disorderly Conduct Charge
West Salem man Thomas J. Selbrede 23 of 538 N Youlon St was found guilty in La Crosse County Court of a reduced charge of disorderly conduct after a plea bargain with Assistant District Attorney Mark Lukoff. He originally faced charges of striking County Traffic Patrolman Larry Norris during a traffic accident investigation in Hamilton Town. The judge ordered a $109 fine and Selbrede entered a no defense plea to the reduced count.
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Larry Norris
Norris
Hamilton
Wheat Rally Ends Near Day's Peak On CBOT Trades
Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade surged after dipping to the limit down early, rebounding toward midday and finishing slightly higher for September at around 5.09. Corn and oats fell, soybeans and soybean meal recovered from a sharp drop with September soybeans near 7.40.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Controls Proposed On Cough Sprays
The FDA ordered drug companies to list products with trichloroethane and considered strict new limits on inhalation uses after 21 deaths. About 300,000 cans of six cough sprays were recalled in July following a five year old Ohio girl's death. Companies have 30 days to submit product lists and comment on the safety declaration.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Ohio
Radio making comeback as US uses more radios than TVs
Radio sales surged in 1972 with 42 million sets shipped, more than twice TV sales and about 20 percent higher than 1971. Offshore production declined to about 3 percent US share, with GE and Panasonic leading brands amid rising portable and FM capable sets.
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Milton Moskowitz
Electronic Industries Association
United States
U.S
Far East
RCA
Zenith
Westinghouse Motorola
Arvin
Emerson
General Elec
Singapore
Hong Kong
Panasonic
Sony
Sanyo
Toshiba
Hitachi
Sharpe
Jersey City
Chronicle Publishing Co
Car Crash Injures Sparta Man Near Leon
Otto J. Schauf, 68, of R. 1 Sparta, suffered facial cuts and a possible back injury when his car ran off STH 27 south of Leon, struck a sign and bank after crossing lanes. He was hospitalized at St. Marys in Sparta.
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Sparta
Wis
Otto J. Schauf
R. 1
Leon
St. Mary’s Hospital
Schauf
Cattle and Hog Markets Sluggish at St Paul Livestock
Cattle receipts 2,300 with slow trades. Slaughter steers near 50 lower, heifers steady. High choice loads at 53.50 for 1,171 lb steers, and 52.00 for 1,022 lb heifers. Hogs 5,500 with sows 4.00-5.00 lower and boars 48.00-50.00. Sheep 700 with lambs 35.00-36.00 and ewes 14.00-17.00. feeder lambs 35.00-36.00.
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South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
U.S
Choice
Ancy
Ceck
Milwaukee Livestock Market Mixed Results and Friday Receipts
Milwaukee livestock market closed mixed with cattle steady to higher on good to choice steers and heifers, Holstein and standard cattle lower ranges, calves steady, hogs down 2 to 3.5, lambs steady. Friday receipts projected at 150 cattle 25 calves 100 hogs no sheep and horses. MILWAUKEE AP report shows market activity and regional pricing data.
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Milwaukee
Potato market prices at shipping points nationwide
USDA reports major potato markets with Texas round reds selling around 5.00 to 5.50 per hundredweight, Washington Norgolds 5.50 to 6.00, and Idaho Norgolds mostly 6.50. Market activity observed on a Wednesday.
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Chicago
USDA
U.S
Hereford
Texas Round Reds
Washington Norgolds
Idaho Norgolds
Midwest egg price report shows mixed wholesale changes
Chicago based AP report notes Thursday wholesale egg prices were largely steady or lower with extra large at 78 cents, large 75, mediums 68, pullets 57, standards 68, and checks 58.
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Chicago
Midwest
Grain market quotes for wheat corn and soybeans
Chicago AP reports grain prices for Thursday with Wheat No 2 soft red at 4.88 per bushel and No 2 hard red at 4.78. Corn No 2 yellow at 2.69. Oats No 2 extra pale white at 1.24. Soybeans No 1 yellow and No 2 yellow corn quoted 2.79 on Wednesday.
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Chicago
Wisconsin cheddar cheese market report
Wisconsin market today shows firm demand and good supplies. Barrel styles bring 71 to 74 cents per pound, blocks 75 to 78, single daisies 84 to 86, midgets 79.5 to 85.2, longhorns 82 to 86.6 cents per pound.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
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