Kennedy Accepts Invitation to Worthington Turkey Days
Senator Robert F. Kennedy has accepted an invitation to attend Worthington Minnesota Turkey Days on September 17. The visit may include participation in the Turkey Days parade and a cornerstone ceremony at Worthington Junior College as campaigns surge toward the September 13 primary.
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Associated Press
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
John F. Kennedy
Mondale
Worthington Vis
New York
Worthington Junior College
Skeeter Schedule Spraying Hit City Parks and Outlying Areas
Monday night's spraying will be in city parks and all outlying areas. The plan targets mosquitoes in urban and surrounding regions to curb disease risk and improve public health.
Highway Workers Seek 25 Cent Pay Increase
La Crosse County Highway Department employees request a 25 cent per hour raise plus working condition changes. A hearing is set for 8 p.m. Monday with Local 227, various county committees, and attorney Ray Sunder in the courthouse committee room. The group discussed 10 proposals from about 70 to 75 highway workers. park department staff also filed five items seeking wage boosts.
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Ray Sunder
Park Department
County Park
How They Were Named Limeys From Lime Fueled Sailor Lore
In the 1700s British ships carried crates of limes to prevent scurvy and sailors who did so earned the nickname limeys. The term stuck as a long standing naval epithet.
Carley Reveals Personal Assets in Governor Bid
Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls disclose finances as Carley states net worth 24600 and 82000 assets with 29000 in stock. He vows to place stock in regulated firms if elected. Lucey and Frinzi promise similar disclosures. Abe Swed opposes making finances campaign issues while criticizing Knowles highway patrol proposal as political maneuver.
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Associated Press
David Carley
Carley
Dominic Frinzi
Patrick J. Lucey
Abe Swed
Swed
Warren P. Knowles
State
Highway Patrol
Knowles
Encephalitis Death Toll In Korea Rises
In Seoul the Health Ministry reported 54 deaths from encephalitis in a single day raising the total to 310. Totals show 1,386 cases since early this month across South Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Model Shown of 6 Story City Hall For La Crosse
Architect Harry Schroeder unveils a preliminary six story La Crosse City Hall model with wings for police and health departments. A $2.8 million bond issue is eyed for a November referendum while a site at 4th and Badger is planned and council committees review names and budget details.
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Civic Center
Common Council
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Badger Streets
City Hall
Warren Loveland
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Badger
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4Th and
Health Department
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Council Chambers
Earthquake Shakes Matsushiro Japan Injuring Several
Two strong quakes and aftershocks struck Matsushiro central Japan over the past day injuring at least seven people. The town, with about 23,000 residents, has logged nearly half a million quakes since August 3, 1965.
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Tokyo
Matsushiro
Japan
Tools Stolen From Police Report in La Crosse
Alvin Hansen of 1549 Liberty Street reported to La Crosse police that tools worth 96 dollars were stolen from his station wagon after a vent window was broken. Missing items include an electric saw 60 dollars a 3 eighths inch drill 27 dollars and a hand brace 9 dollars.
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Alvin Hansen
Liberty St
la Crosse
Fanny Sill Observes Her 104th Birthday
Fanny Edgar Sill, born in 1862 in La Crosse, observed her 104th birthday while bedridden after a recent stroke. A longtime civic volunteer, she helped found what became the La Crosse Home for Children, and kept up with news despite limited eyesight and hearing. Her father, civil engineer William R. Sill, helped build the Milwaukee Road line in the region.
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Fanny Edgar Sill
Miss Sill
la Crosse
Lutheran Hospital
Gaylord Nelson
Alexander Wiley
William R. Sill
Milwaukee Road
Mississippi Valley
State St
Fanny Sill
10Th St
Sill
15 More Passengers Leave Polish Cruiser
The Polish cruise ship Batory docked in Copenhagen with 580 Poles and 205 Czechs on a vacation cruise. When she sailed Saturday night, 14 Poles and a Czech remained ashore seeking political asylum, police said Sunday.
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Denmark
Batory
Births Lacrosse Grandview and Lutheran Hospitals
Aug 26 a son to Mr and Mrs LeRoy Hougom Onalaska Charlotte Hanson Aug 27 a son to Mr and Mrs Jerry Larson R 1 Chaseburg Barbara Nagle Aug 27 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Edwin Mortenson 912 Badger St Ruth E Ison Gerald Grosskopf 1813 Liberty St Shirley Barker
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LeRoy Hougom
Onalaska
Charlotte Hanson
Jerry Larson
R. 1
Chaseburg
Barbara Nagle
Edwin Mortenson
Badger St
Ruth E. Ison
Gerald Grosskopf
Liberty St
Shirley Barker
Tax Complaint Of WKBH Withdrawn
A complaint by WKBH Inc. to the La Crosse Board of Review over a $75 800 personal property assessment was withdrawn Monday. The board will notify Upper Mississippi Cruises Inc. that its personal property should be taxed under an interstate commerce tariff rather than personal property taxes.
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Ron Ping
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