Toll of Wisconsin traffic deaths reaches 691 in 1966
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin’s 1966 highway death toll rose to 691 with a fatal La Crosse County crash. Weekend deaths included Ronald Stauber 19 Milwaukee in a motorcycle collision near Pewaukee, Joseph Ringelstetter 48 Spring Green in a Highway 14 crash, Wayne Holmes 31 Neenah in a semi collision, Clarence Harmon 57 Goodhue Minn in a fiery pickup crash, Ralph Voegels 37 Albany and Marvin Marty 30 Monticello in a head on crash, Darrell Siewert 27 Red Wing injured in a highway crash, Franklin Lemke 22 Cedarburg fatally struck on Wausation Road, and Norbert Nelson 37 Chilton in ongoing investigation.
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Wisconsin Fatal Crashes Claim Several Lives Across Counties
A series of weekend crashes killed multiple people. Ton was killed when his car left Highway 45 north of Fond du Lac. A one year old died from injuries after a tricycle accident in Janesville. Alvin Tally and Daniel Dach died in a head on collision near Viroqua. Gladys Hanis and Norma Dunn perished in Germantown after a car collision with a truck. Algie Woolhiser died in a two car crash south of Melrose.
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Galesville Man Dies In Crash On Highway 53
A rural Galesville man Henry J. Sesvold, 55, was killed when his car was struck by an oncoming light truck on Highway 53 in the Town of Holland near Green Mound Cemetery. The truck driver Frederick E. Witcraft, 38, was hospitalized with chest injuries after swerving to avoid another car. A third car fled the scene. Sesvold is La Crosse County’s fifth traffic fatality in 1966.
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Three Die In Headon Crash In Minnesota Suburb
Eight more names were added to Minnesota’s highway death toll over the weekend raising the 1966 total to 555. A head on crash in a St. Paul suburb killed three youths including Julie Ann Hornick 14, and left several others injured.
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Red Guard Demonstrations at Soviet Embassy in Peking
Thousands of Chinese Red Guards gathered before the Soviet Embassy in Beijing shouting antirevisionist slogans while remaining orderly despite official warnings. The protest, part of a broader purge, included street name changes to propagate Maoist thought and spanned across Tibet’s Lhasa as authorities push cultural revolution measures.
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U S Planes Sink Two North Vietnamese Torpedo Boats
U S planes engaged four North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin, sinking two and damaging two others. In South Viet Nam the Viet Cong failed twice to block the main Saigon sea channel. A mine damaged a U S minesweeper but caused no casualties.
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Farm Laborers In California To Vote On Union
Delano California AP labor experts call the vote a crucial point in organizing American farm workers. Di Giorgio Corp workers near San Joaquin Valley and San Diego cast ballots to choose representation between the Teamsters Union and the AFL-CIO. Both groups seek 80 000 workers and use fiestas and gatherings to win support.
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Knowles Seeks Hearings Over Wauwatosa Protests
Gov. Warren P. Knowles urged public hearings on the racial dispute in Wauwatosa to head off another night of demonstrations. Judge Robert Cannon returned from Columbus as Rev. James Groppi met with leaders and a meeting with the judge was planned. 2,000 whites watched nightly pickets with guards nearby.
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Humphrey Son Marries Donna Erickson in St Olaf Ceremony
Robert Humphrey, 22, son of Vice President Hubert Humphrey, wed Donna Erickson, 21, at St Olaf Catholic Church in Minneapolis. The couple, honeymooning at an undisclosed location, joked about their travel directions as reporters pressed for details.
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Cheerful Surface Masks Deep Tension in Wauwatosa Demonstrations
Curious onlookers line Wisconsin Avenue as ten nights of protests unfold near Milwaukee. Guardsmen patrol while residents watch, popcorn in hand, noting a southern crowd tone and fears of looming violence amid civil rights demonstrations.
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