Ohio Turnpike Crash Fatal To Racine Woman
A crash on the Ohio Turnpike near Swanton killed Luella Miller 59 of Racine Wisconsin. Her husband Henry and daughter Lois 20 were among five injured. Miller suffered serious injuries and burns after the car burned when its gasoline tank exploded.
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Racine
Swanton
Ohio
Wisconsin
Here
Turnpike Patrol
Luella Miller
Wis
Henry
Miller
Lois
Toledo Hospital
Johnson presses home rule and policy clarity during address
Johnson urged Washington DC home rule with a mayor and city council elected by residents. He defended labor stability, cautioned on Viet Nam costs, and supported Section 14B repeal while backing nationwide unity behind troops. He noted plans for a Los Angeles task force and praised Ambassador Bunker in the Dominican Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Johnson
Washington
District of Columbia
Viet Nam
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Malaysia
Los Angeles
Ramsey Clark
Justice Department
Dominican Republic
Ellsworth Bunker
Priest Among 3 Injured In Plane Crash
A Roman Catholic priest and two Hayward men were critically injured when their light plane nosed into the ground on landing near Brainerd Minnesota. Rev. Tobias Lochtefeld 43 pastor of St Josephs Hayward and student pilot was listed in critical condition along with W S Feeney 60 plane owner and Harold Jewell 58 auto dealer. The crash occurred as the plane veered left possibly due to a gust of wind during approach about 75 yards from the runway. Jewell was en route for a resort trip with Feeney and Father Lochtefeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Riedl, Jr
Brainerd
Jewell
Feeney
Lochtefeld
Driver Bravely Quells Fire to Shut Off Gas Valves
Sauk Rapids Minnesota AP reports a gasoline transport driver R. W. Zerull braved flames Monday evening to shut off gasoline valves at the Citgo bulk plant. A trailer and warehouse were damaged, about 50 thousand dollars, but six 20,000 gallon tanks and thousands of gallons in the truck did not ignite. Zerull escaped injury, aided by firefighting foam.
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Sauk Rapids
Minn
Citgo Bulk Petroleum
R. W
Bill) Zerull
St. Paul
Zerull
S. J. Kowitz
Marshall Sworn As Solicitor General
Washington AP report notes Thurgood Marshall becoming the first Black solicitor general of the United States. President Johnson and Justice Black praised him as a skilled lawyer and predicted he will be a great solicitor. Marshall left the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to take the post, serving as chief advocate before the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Thurgood Marshall
United States
Johnson
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
White House
Marshall
U.S. Court of Appeals
2Nd Circuit
Mme Chiangs Formosa Visit And Purpose
Mme Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the Nationalist Chinese leader, says Formosan Chinese civilians remain patient in their noncombatant role because they have a purpose to liberate the mainland. She made her first U.S. mainland visit in six years and hinted at hoping to meet President Johnson, though not invited to the White House.
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San Francisco
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Formosa
Mme. Chiang
United States
Honolulu
Johnson
White House
WPS Corp to Cut Natural Gas Rates for Customers
Wisconsin Public Service Corp will pass two rate reductions to natural gas customers. A $222,200 one time refund will appear on December bills, and a $36,400 per year permanent rate cut becomes effective with residential meter reads starting Aug. 30.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Public Service Corp
Lx Allamakee Official Dies in La Crosse
Leon Henderson 61 former Allamakee County treasurer died Aug 24 in a La Crosse hospital after a week there. Born Sept 30 1903 in Monona he served as treasurer from 1945 to 1961 then worked as an examiner for the state auditor. He married Iva Stafford in 1929 and lived in Waukon with two sons Brooke and Stanley. Services set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at St Pauls Methodist Church Waukon with burial in Oakland Cemetery.
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Waukon
Iowa
Leon Henderson
Allamakee County
la Crosse
Henderson
State Auditor’s Office
Monona
Clarence Henderson
Iva Stafford
Oelwein
Waukon Democrat
Masonic Lodge
Brooke
Billings Mont
Stanley
Laramie
Wyo
Lester
Marlin
Wilbert Weithorn
Linford Benthein
Frances Inglehardt
Harvey Landt
Luana
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Jack DeLong
Oakland Cemetery
Martin’s Funeral
Negro astronauts advance in Houston Gemini flight
The Gemini 5 crew Cooper and Conrad press toward a record as they orbit Earth, eye the USS Lake Champlain recovery ship, and cope with radar and temperature issues while pursuing docking with an Agena target.
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Page
Houston
Mission Control
Pete
Conrad
Cooper
Atlantic Ocean
Lake Champlain
Conservation Dept. Reorganization Urged
A Madison task force of businessmen urged a structural reorganization of the Wisconsin Conservation Department to improve service, raise efficiency, and save $212,000. It favors developing owned land in northern Wisconsin before buying more in the south and notes tourism growth due to improved northern access. The Agriculture Department was praised as well run. The group recommends higher feed license fees and a routine review of all licensing testing and inspecting services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Tation
Hal C. Kuehl
Milwaukee
Agriculture Department
Smaller Cranberry Crop Is Forecast
Washington AP reports a forecast for this year’s cranberry crop at 1,296,000 barrels, down 4 percent from last year but 1 percent above the 1959 63 average. Massachusetts New Jersey Wisconsin predict declines while Washington Oregon show gains. state figures show New Jersey 141,000 barrels versus 153,000 last year, Massachusetts 630,000 versus 660,000, Wisconsin 400,000 versus 430,000, Washington 85,000 versus 67,000, and Oregon 40,000 versus 34,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Oregon
Nixon to Visit Viet Nam on Far East Trip
Richard M. Nixon plans a visit to Saigon during a business trip to the Far East. He urged stepped up bombing against North Viet Nam and is due to depart for Tokyo today.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Viet Nam
Far East
Nixon
North Viet Nam
Saigon
Tokyo
Admiral Sharp on 12 day Far East tour
Adm. U S Grant Sharp Jr the Pacific commander began a 12 day tour of military installations in Formosa Hong Kong Okinawa Japan and South Korea He will visit these locations to observe Allied forces and operations during the trip
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Honolulu
U.S. Grant Sharp Jr
U.S. Pacific
Far East
Formosa
Hong Kong
Okinawa
Japan
South Korea
Minn Solons To Tour Kansas Institutions
Three Minnesota House Appropriations Committee members will tour four Topeka area institutions next week. Reps. Gary Flakne Verne Long and Clinton Hall said one visit will be the Topeka Boys Industrial School to study potential improvements at Red Wing State Training School.
Street light fire and tipped flare incidents reported
In La Crosse on August 24 a light pole and street wires burned on the 1500 block of N Salem Road. Later the same day a flare was tipped between 5th and 6th Streets at King and Cass Streets.
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N. Salem Road
5Th
6Th
King and
Cass Streets
U.S. Delegation To U.N. Is Reshuffled
President Johnson reshuffled the U.N. delegation in New York dropping three ambassadorial rank aides. Charles W. Yost remains in place as No 2 under Arthur J. Goldberg while Francis T. Plimpton Marietta Tree and Franklin H. Williams were removed. Plimpton plans to return to his New York law practice after a vacation. Tree is a close Stevenson associate with no public next steps disclosed.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.S
Johnson
Charles W.yost
Arthur J. Goldberg
Francis T. Plimpton
Marietta Tree
Franklin H. Will
Liams
Plimpton
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York
Viet Nam War Casualties and Vietnam Incident Notes
The report covers a shift in U S diplomatic posts in Saigon with a change from Ambassador Lodge to General Taylor and Taylor's resignation. It notes a Viet Cong mortar attack on Bien Hoa air base near Saigon, asserting a stalemate with U S losses and air strikes continuing against Viet Cong targets. 59 Americans killed in action last week, with four missing or captured.
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Saigon
Lodge
South Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taylor
Viet Cong
Bien Hoa
van Tuong
Hanoi
Nhan Dan
U.S
Ruth Baker Pratt, First Woman NY Congresswoman, Dies
Ruth Baker Pratt a Republican and the first woman to represent New York in Congress died at her Glen Cove home. She would have turned 88 on Wednesday and served in the House from 1929 to 1933. Pratt also led the Women's National Republican Club and was a former Republican National Committee woman.
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Glen Cove
N.Y
Ruth Baker Pratt
New York
Dayton Co Explores Buying Emery Bird & Thayer Stores
Dayton Co seeks to acquire the Emery Bird Thayer chain in Kansas City Missouri. A spokesman said the possible purchase would be Dayton's first venture outside Minnesota since the Soux Falls South Dakota stores in 1954.
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Minneapolis
Dayton Co
Emery, Bird & Thayer
Kansas City
Dayton
Minnesota
Mantle’s
Soux Falls
M.D
Swift & Company Market Quotes From Winona Minnesota
Market shows hogs 25 lower with top buyers at 23.50 to 24.00 for 200 to 230 lb hogs and sows at 21.00 to 21.50. Cattle steady with varying grades from 14 to 25.50, veal steady with top choice at 28.00. Plus USDA updates for South St. Paul cattle and hogs, Chicago produce, grain, potatoes, and poultry.
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Kwno
Winona
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Murder Trial Ordered For Four Youths
Four youths bound over to Circuit Court on charges of first degree murder and armed robbery in the July 1 service station holdup near Madison. Defendants are John Burt 20 Thom as Burt 19 Wirthel Popplewell 18 and Moir Reed Plaster 19 all held without bond. Leroy Erdahl 20 of Stoughton was shot fatally. All were arrested July 4 in Martinsville Virginia.
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Madison
Dane County
William Bunezli
John Burt
Thomas
Loretta
Wis
Wirthel Popplewell
Cincinnati
Ohio
Moir Reed Plaster
Martinsville
Leroy Erdahl
Stoughton
Wisconsin Egg Production Dips In July Records Low Output
Wisconsin farm flocks produced 129 million eggs in July the lowest for the month since 1932 while national output rose to a new high 5.411 billion eggs in July. There were 6.803 million producing chickens in Wisconsin with an average yield of 1 891 eggs per 100 layers and a 3 percent decline in the number of layers from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
State Statistical Reporting Service
Compromise Awaited On AEC Fund Measure
Washington AP notes a compromise is awaited on a $4.3 billion fund for the Atomic Energy Commission and public works after Senate and House versions differ by about $85.95 million. The Senate bill totals $4,327,589,000, with most funds for the AEC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
House
Navy nurse corps admits male member
George M. Silver becomes Ensign Silver the first male member of the Navy Nurse Corps joining about 2 000 female nurses. His wife Sally and their son Greg will attend the swearing in at Boston where the Navy notes the new program expands the corps to include men.
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Boston
George M. Silver
Silver
U.S. Navy Nurse Corps
Sally
Gregory
Rehoboth
Mass
The
Navy
Four Dead as Kentucky Du Pont Plant Explodes
A series of 23 blasts at the Du Pont synthetic rubber plant near Louisville caused fierce flames, shattering windows in Indiana and prompting evacuations within a three mile radius. Four people were believed dead and at least 18 injured as acetylene gas fueled the neoprene process fire.
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Louisville
du Pont
Ohio River
Indiana
DuPont
Dudley Brown
Civil Defense Office
New Albany
Ind
H. P. Eaton
Bulky Soldier Faces Malingering Charge
Ft Benning Ga AP An additional charge is filed against Pfc Winster Belton a Negro soldier who staged a hunger strike to avoid Viet Nam duty He also faced a prior charge for disobeying a direct order to eat Belton is in the Ft Benning stockade awaiting a decision and has civil counsel A court martial type remains undecided He began fasting Aug 11 ending the hunger strike eight days later
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FT. Benning, Ga
Viet Nam
William J. McNally
Pfc
Winster Belton
Milwaukee
Ft. Benning Stockade
McNally
Belton
Fire destroys Groves Construction tool warehouse
Fire wrecks Groves Construction Co tool warehouse in Duluth causing about 18000 dollars in damage. Explosions from chemicals inside the building followed the blaze on Tuesday night.
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Duluth, Minn
Groves Construction Co
Stock Quotations for August 25 1965 in Neon format
Stock quotations listing closing percentages for firms such as Allis Chalmers American Can American Motors American Smelting Anaconda Anchor Coupling Bucyrus Erie Chrysler Celanese Consolidated Foods Deere DuPont Kodak Ford General Aniline General Dynamics General Electric General Motors General Telephone Grand Union Gulf Oil Helleman Brewery Illinois Central International Harvester Interstate Power Jones Laughlin Koehring Kresge Lockheed Minn Mining Montgomery Ward Monsanto Northern Pacific Northern States North Banc NS Olin Mathieson Pepsi Cola Phillips Petroleum RCA Royal Dutch Sears Roebuck Rexall Drug Republic Steel Rexall Drug and others with varying percentage figures for Aug 25 1965.
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Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
American Smelting
Amer. Tel. & Tel
Bucyrus Erie
Chrysler
Consolidated Foods
Deere
DuPont
Kodak
Ford
General Aniline
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Grand Union
Market Quotes From The New York Stock Exchange Echo Record Trading
Daily price table lists Sinclair Oil, Texaco, U S Steel and Dow Jones Averages with sector and utility movers. National quotations reflect inter dealer prices as of 9 am with bids and asks, including mutual funds and regional listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Commission Central
Clark Oil
Epko Shoes
First Bank
Ex-Governor Marland Hospitalized While Taxi Driver in Rochester
Former West Virginia governor William C Marland 48 engaged diagnostic surgery in Rochester Minnesota hospital. He expects to be released in two or three days and to return to work at a West Virginia race track.
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Rochester, Minn
William C. Marland
West Virginia
Chicago
Rochester
Associated Press
Marland
Methodist Hospital
Sunshine Satellite Launch Termed Failure By NASA
CAPE KENNEDY FL. AP A Sunshine Satellite launched to study the sun failed to reach its intended 350 mile high orbit due to trouble with the rocket's third stage. OSO3 carried nine experiments to continue solar investigations begun by two earlier OSO satellites.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
OSO3
Orbiting Solar Observatory
OSO
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Black River Man Faces Homicide Charge Date Set
Max P. Funmaker, 29, of Black River Falls, charged with homicide in the July 18 traffic death of Capt. Douglas S. Burke of Sioux City Iowa. He will appear Sept. 10 before Monroe County Judge James W. Rice with attorney Ralph Lund. Conviction carries up to $2,500 fine or five years in prison or both. Burke died in a car crash on Interstate 90-94 near Tomah while two Air National Guard members were stationed at a summer training site. A coroner's jury found Funmaker guilty of gross negligence in the fatal accident.
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Sparta
Wis
Max P. Funmaker
Black River Falls
Douglas S. Burke
Sioux City
Iowa
Monroe County
James W. Rice
Dist
Donald L. Goodman
Funmaker
Ralph Lund
Burke
Tomah
Maj
John Hines
Yolk Field
Air National Guard
Death of Duluth man under investigation
Officials planned autopsy and x rays on the body of an elderly man found more than five miles from home in Duluth Minnesota. Christian Anderson Sr. may have been aided by foul play after vanishing August 4. He used an artificial leg and cane. the cane and a shoe were found along a road a mile from the body. The body was found Tuesday by five girls on horseback. Coroner Dr Cyril M Smith said many questions remain and it is unlikely he walked there alone. His son Christian Anderson Jr led searches with volunteers and officers after returning from Salt Lake City Utah.
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Duluth
Cyril M. Smith
St. Louis
Anderson
Christian Anderson Jr
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rev Hartke Wins St Genesius Award in Rome
The Rev Gil Bert Hartke named 1965 St Genesius Award winner for performing arts in Rome. Appointed by President Johnson to the National Council of the Arts, Hartke has chaired the speech and drama department at the Catholic University of America since 1937.
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Rome
Gilbert V. Hartke
Johnson
National Council of the Arts
St. Genesius
Santa Susanna Guild
Father Hartke
Catholic University of America
Sparta Couples Plan September 4 Marriages
Marriage licenses list several couples from Sparta and surrounding towns planning ceremonies on September 4 in Sparta and nearby Tomah Cashton and Jefferson areas. Names include Jerome L. Berendes with Gail M. Welcher Gail M Welcher of Sparta. Frederick Erdman with Janice Kay Christopherson. Lester L. Hoag with Judith Ann Mangene. Robert B. Looner with Kay M. Einer. David D. Johnson with Betty Jane Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome L. Berendes
Gail M. Welcher
Sparta
Frederick Erdman
Janice Kay Christopherson
Town of Sparta
Lester L. Hoag
Oakdale
Judith Ann Mangene
Tomah
Robert B. Looner
Mayfield
Kay M. Einer
Jefferson
Cashton
Pioneers and Indians Puzzle and Dictionary Clues
A crossword style list presents clues and answers including names like Carson and Iroquoian chiefs, and terms for animals plants and locations. The compiled entries span geography language and legal terms with several Indian tribes and historical references.
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James E. Long
Bettsville
Norman P. Meis
Lomira
Robert Steele
Route 1
Slinger
Ove
WPS Corp
Allamakee
Bermuda
Icolor
America
Armed Forces
Outer Space
Atlantic
Valery Bykovsky
Agena
Conservation Dept
Richard Nixon
Kansas
Fire Department
Swift & Company
Winona, Minn. Highway
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain
Chicago Poultry Chicago
AEC
Navy Nurse Corps
Kentucky
New York Stock Exchange
Shearson, Hammill & CO
Sinclair Oil
Socony
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
Calif
N.J
Studebaker
Swift
Texaco
Trane Co
United Airlines
U.S. Rubber
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse Electric
White Motors
Woolworth
Zenith
Dow Jones
Marshall CO
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Lincoln Nati. Life
Marine Capital
McQuay, Inc
Mortgage Guar
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch NY
Swank, Inc
Wallace Business
Warner Elec
Western Power
Wis. Power & L
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Norplex Corp
Pyroll Co., Inc
Tausche Bonds
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal. F
Eaton & Howard Stk
Fidelity Fund
Incorp. Invest
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
National Invest
One William St
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Rochester Hospital
U.S. Senate
James Edwards
Waterford Park
Chester
W. Va
Sunshine
NASA
Black River
Rev. Hartke
St. Genesius Award
Pioneers
Smith
Animal Park
Arid
Lhasa
Seth
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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