State Office Seekers Talk Pensions Wages
Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls discuss pensions and salaries with calls for reform and equality. Frinzi urges simplification of statutes and outlawing losing pension contributions upon job changes. Olson cites prosperity and inflation under Knowles. Swed proposes a use fee levy on non residents. Schreiber accuses administration of whitewashing pollution.
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Dominic H. Frinzi
Wisconsin
Frinzi
Milwaukee
Jack B. Olson
Manitowoc
Warren P. Knowles
Olson
Abe L. Swed
Swed
Martin J. Schreiber
Knowles
Blair Area Youth Hurt In Car Mishap
Blair Wis Randy Woodhull 16 son of Mr and Mrs Allen Moen of Ettrick was injured in a car crash about 7 15 p m Thursday in Reynolds Coulee and hospitalized in Whitehall Tri County Hospital with head and back injuries A back head laceration required 45 stitches He crawled from the wreckage and a passerby summoned aid He said he lost control swerving to avoid a cat as the car overturned landing on its top
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Wis
Randy Woodhull
Allen Moen
Ettrick
Reynolds Coulee
Tri-County
Whitehall
Woodhull
Lincoln Junior High to Adopt Closed Noon Hour
Lincoln Junior High School will implement a closed noon hour this year as approved by a 5 3 vote of the Board of Education in May. Students may bring a bag lunch or eat the hot lunch, with no dismissal for home or outside meals. Lincoln is the first La Crosse public school to trial the policy.
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Lincoln Junior High
Carl H. Matthusen
Lincoln
la Crosse
Board of Education
Parliament to Meet Monday Over Nationwide Rail Strike
Canada faces a near trainless weekend as Parliament plans a special session Monday to address a rail strike that 118 000 workers on eight lines sparked. Unions seek 30 percent wage gains, while industries warn of layoffs and price hikes.
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Ottawa
U. S
International Nickel Co. of Canada Ltd
Canada
Canada Rail Wage Talks Reach Impasse Amid Transport Strain
Labor Minister John R. Nicholson said wage talks stalled by railways' financial bind while fringe benefits eased. In five months, transport shifted as 70,000 daily Canadian riders used buses and planes. U.S. trains mostly stopped at the border and buses served Canadian destinations.
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John R. Nicholson
U.S
Canada
Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Weather Summary Sure to Warm Weekend
Wisconsin reports fair and warm tonight with Sunday partly cloudy and warm and a chance of showers in the Northwest. Minnesota notes fair and partly cloudy with locally warmer conditions and widely scattered thundershowers mainly in the north, then cooler in the Northwest. Iowa trends generally fair tonight cooler Sunday with a chance of showers central and western areas and cooler in the northwest. Sunrise Sunday 6 23 a m Sunset 7 48 p m Record highs and lows listed for Aug 27 1953 and 1915 with degree days and averages included.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Corporate Art and Science Exhibits Draw Tourists Nationwide
Businesses create public exhibits to build goodwill and promote products. Firms like S C Johnson and Borg Warner stage touring art and science shows, theaters, and design centers in cities such as Racine Chicago and New York, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors and boosting public relations and sales.
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Racine
Wis
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Washington
Borg Warner
Science Hall
Chicago
Design Center
National Design Center
Times Square
Allied Chemical
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America
Governor faces critique of highway safety plan amid election
Lucey blasts the governor for publicity stunts in a harsh assessment of a 12 point highway safety program. He argues the plan addresses fake causes of highway slaughter and emphasizes a tougher approach ahead of the September 13 primary.
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Viroqua Man fatally injured on road crew job
Selmer Sordahl 44 of Viroqua was struck by a dragline bucket while culvert work on CTH W near Hillsboro Wisconsin. An employee of Vernon County Highway Department he died about three hours later at a local hospital leaving eight children. His body was taken to Jacobson Vance Funeral Home in Viroqua.
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Selmer Sordahl
Viroqua
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Sordahl
Vernon County Highway Department
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Grenade Powder Burns Boys in Wisconsin
In Tomah Wisconsin two brothers Robert 11 and Tommy 8 sons of Mr and Mrs Lamont Clark were burned while playing with powder from a phosphorus grenade found north of Tunnel City They removed about two teaspoons of powder and ignited it Both boys were treated at Tomah Memorial Hospital with burns to hands arms and face The incident follows reports the grenade was used by Camp McCoy trainees in the area.
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Tommy
Lamont Clark
Tarr Valley
Tunnel City
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Clark
Camp McCoy
Western Demos Back Humphrey Over Kennedy Ticket
Western Democratic leaders say they oppose dropping Vice President Humphrey for Robert Kennedy. Delegates from eight states see no sentiment for a Johnson Kennedy switch and cite Humphrey’s popularity and good will as reasons to keep the incumbent vice president on the 1968 ticket.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Humphrey
New York
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Frank Keller
Washington
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Montana
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U.S
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New Mexico
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California
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Oregon
Arnold Olsen
Bobby Kennedy
Texas
Great River Road Stamp To Be Issued
Representatives from eight Wisconsin counties met in La Crosse to promote first day covers for a Great River Road commemorative stamp designed by Larry Clementson of Lancaster. The stamp, issued October 21, will have ceremonies in Baton Rouge and Gov Knowles plans a proclamation to boost use of the stamp in Wisconsin.
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la Crosse
Lancaster
Wis
Larry B. Clementson
Cap’t
Baton Rouge
Clementson
Alvin Druger
The
Parkway Commission
Warren Knowles
Wisconsin
Blair Man Wins Sparta Horse Pulling Contest
In Sparta Wisconsin a 4600 pound Percheron team owned by Marshall Grass of Blair won the 3300 weight class and pulled 27 feet six inches setting an all time state record. Maurice Barclay of Seymour won the light weight division with a 3180 pound team pulling 22 feet five inches as about 75 rodeo performers from across the country participate in two Royal Cowboys Association rodeo performances at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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Sparta
Wis
Marshall Grass
Blair
Memorial Park
Monroe
Maurice Barclay
Seymour
Royal Cowboys’ Association
Grand jury busy with bank robbery and tax cases
A federal grand jury indicted ex Bank of Cannon Falls official Lawrence Drager on false bookkeeping and a $30,000 shortage. Separately, John Baugh Edward Giles and Cleo Summers face two counts of conspiracy and one of robbery for the Big Lake Citizens State Bank holdup. Additional indictments include David Timo for the St. Paul hold up and other tax and counterfeiting charges involving Morris Passon, Bud Grover and others.
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Big Lake
St. Paul
First National Bank of
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John Baugh
Edward Giles
Cleo Summers
Little Rock
Ark
Citizens State Bank
Baugh
Giles
James Zaccardy
Wayne Carlson
Federal Reserve
Morris H. Passon
Duluth
Fred M. Waldman
Royal
Bud) Grover
Chicago
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