Rusk Denies CIA Directs U S Foreign Policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate Preparedness subcommittee the CIA has not directed U S foreign policy despite inquiries by Sen Margaret Chase Smith R Laine The hearing touched on defense treaties and U S overextension with Viet Nam deployments and ongoing NATO issues as Congress weighs costs and possible tax increases.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Dean Rusk
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Senate Preparedness
Rusk
U.S. Defense
Margaret Chase Smith
Rlaine
National Security Council
United States
Particu
Waukegan Mayor Vows No Concession to Rioters
Waukegan Illinois mayor Robert Sabonjian pledges no negotiation with troublemakers as curfew controls a riot hit South Side. Police report 56 curfew arrests, 35 block area sealed, items seized include pistols knives and pipes amid fire bomb attack on a car injuring a family. Sworn to uphold order, Sabonjian plans welfare suspensions for rioters and will meet Negro ministers while denouncing NAACP leadership.
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Dan McNulty
Waukegan, Ill
Waukegan
South Side
Robert Sabonjian
Sabonjian
Walter Riley
Riley
Escaped prisoners flee Shakopee and Stillwater facilities
The Associated Press reports a rash of escapes with four women from Shakopee Women's Reformatory and two men from Stillwater State Prison. Shakopee escapees bound house mother Mildred Womacka, 45, as a hostage and left her unharmed in Minneapolis. Names of the four escapees include Beverly Clara Sokol 20 Linda Jane Bemben 18 Joann Lorrette Heskett 24 and Jean Koch Endorfer 23, all of Minneapolis. One Stillwater escapee, Frank Shields 33, with a three year term for unauthorized vehicle use, fled from the Stillwater Prison farm along with Patrick F. Scott 28 who was on burglary charges.
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Shakopee
Stillwater State Prison
Mildred Womacka
Minneapolis
Jean Kochendorfer
Frank Shields
Stillwater
Patrick F. Scott
Scott
Thirteen Notified Of Induction In Army Draft
Thirteen registrants with Local Board 33 of the Selective Service System began receiving notices of induction into the Army. They are to leave September 14. Inductees’ ages range from 19 1/2 to 23 years. After induction in Minneapolis each will serve two years. Seventy four men will go to Minneapolis September 12 for armed forces examinations.
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Selective Service System
Army
Minneapolis
Onalaska Teen Inhaled Silo Gas Hospitalized
Police report Onalaska on August 29 at 7:12 p.m. Dennis Hauser, 15, of R 2 Onalaska inhaled silo gas. He was taken to La Crosse Hospital and listed in very good condition Saturday.
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Dennis
Russell questions House callup plan for Reservists
Sen. Richard B. Russell criticizes a House Armed Services Committee bill to authorize President Johnson to call about 190000 Reservists to active duty and 110000 others not yet trained. He calls it a pale substitute for broader needs while the House argues over scope and timing.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Richard B. Russell
House
Johnson
Russell
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Yanks Sentenced In Hungary For Defacing Posters
Two Van Nuys brothers, Michael 23 and John 25 Savko, were sentenced in Budapest to three months in prison for defacing a poster labeling the United States murderers in Vietnam. Michael was convicted of attempting to instigate sedition while his brother was an accomplice. They will serve one more month, with time already served counted toward the sentence.
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Budapest
van Nuys
Calif
United States
Viet Nam
Michael Savko
John
Michael
Pittsburgh
Savkos
Yugoslavia
US S. Air Force
Brush fire and water issue report at city locations
A brush fire was reported at 28th and Green Bay Streets on Aug 29 at 3 13 p m. Earlier at 12 30 p m water in a drain hole in the boiler room of Yanzer Sanitarium 221 North 7th Street was noted with no damage.
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Yanzer Sanitarium
7Th St
28Th
Green Bay
Fellows Appointed to Three Year Term on St Francis Advisory Board
Samuel F. Fellows, president of the Wm. Doerflinger Co., was named to a three year term on the St. Francis Hospital advisory board. A Brown University and Northwestern University graduate, he served five years in the Army Medical Corps and leads the Rotary Club of La Crosse. He sits on the chamber of commerce board, Batavian National Bank board, and La Crosse Citizens Planning Corp.
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Samuel F. Fellows
St. Francis Hospital
Fellows
Wm. Doerflinger Co
Brown University
Northwestern University
Army Medical Corps
Rotary Club
The
Chamber of Commerce
Batavian National Bank
la Crosse Citizens Planning Corporation
Wisconsin Cranberry Crop Forecast Sets Record High
Wisconsin's 1966 cranberry crop is forecast at 477000 barrels, a record and about 3 percent above the 1961 peak. The larger yield stems from more acres and higher per acre output, with the five cranberry states forecast to reach 1,557,800 barrels, 20 percent above the five year average.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Washington
Oregon
Minneapolis Man Wounded in Apartment Shooting
Minneapolis resident Nor bert Smith, 29, was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in his apartment late Monday night. Homicide detectives questioned a woman in her early 20s as neighbors reported six shots and a woman seen running down an alley near the scene.
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Minneapolis
Norbert Smith
Ten Escapees Retaken as One Flees Milwaukees South Side
Ten prisoners escaped from the Milwaukee County House of Corrections Monday and were captured by day’s end. Six were found within two hours, four more were cornered in Milwaukee, but Hattin Whitfield, 34, fled again, prompting a citywide search. The group ranged from 19 to 34 and escaped by forcing doors in a dormitory.
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Milwaukee (Ap
Milwaukee County House of Corrections
Milwaukee
Hattin Whitfield
Coat stolen from James Willenssen’s car in La Crosse
James Willenssen of 2154 Winnebago Street told La Crosse police Monday that a $55 gray and green sport coat was stolen from his unlocked car.
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James Willenssen
Winnebago St
la Crosse
De Gaulle Says Viet Nam War Could Bring World Misfortune
President Charles de Gaulle arrived in Cambodia and warned the Viet Nam conflict could lead the world to misfortune. He planned to stress independence and neutrality for Indochina with no foreign troops, as Cambodian leaders cited plots to disrupt his visit and security was tightened around Angkor.
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Senate
Guadeloupe
Caribbean
Norodom Sihanouk
de Gaulle
Sihanouk
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Charles de Gaulle
Viet Nam
Djibouti
Thuis
Angkor
Thailand
Djibou
Siem Reap
Free Cambodia
Span
Urren
Samailand
France
Africa
Laos
Indochina
New Caledonia
End Of Track Spells Capture For Convicts
Two escaped convicts hijacked a Southern Pacific train from Kelvin Arizona with a 5 man crew and held hostages for about two hours. A 70 man posse and a prison guard plane tracked them as they rode about 35 miles before surrendering near Hayden after a tense standoff. McCallister and Schiffauer were serving burglary and forgery sentences respectively.
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Florence, Ariz
Southern Pacific
Butterfield
Edward Schiffauer
William Henry McCallister
Kelvin
Mel Hardy
McCallister
McGowan
Arizona Highway Patrol
Florence
Schiffauer
Hardy
M. A. Ward
Bobby Teddy
K.E. Allen
Hayden
Coy de Arman
Commodity price report from Winona and South St Paul markets
Hog and cattle prices steady to lower with detailed bids for hogs from 24.00 to 24.25 for butchers, cattle values down 25 to 50 points across grades, veal steady with top prices near 35.00, plus USDA Chicago grain and produce quotes and live poultry bids.
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Swift & Company
Winona
Minn
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
U.S
Viet Nam War Developments Across Fronts and Diplomacy
Guerrilla clashes along the shore resume as a minesweeper and patrol boats exchange fire. Heavy currents loosened the Bat on Rouge Victory. salvage to Vung Tau for repairs. Air strikes hit 21 oil storage sites in North Viet Nam. U S aircrews report 300 plus huts and fortifications destroyed. 113 Communists killed in Allegheny swept rice lands near Da Nang. U S and South Vietnamese casualties moderate. China condemns U S actions and invites guerrillas to rise. Hanoi and Beijing sign aid pacts while Japan notes Ho Chi Minh's stance for a long war unless U S withdraws.
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Baton Rouge
South Viet Nam
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
da Nang
Red China
U.S
Soviet Union
India
Japan
United
Radio
Hanoi
Peking
Tokyo
Ho Chi Minh
United States
Kanejiro Tate
Viet Nam
Tinkerer Age 5 Dismantles Gas Meter
A five year old La Crosse boy Michael Mattie at 1361 S 26th St dismantled part of a gas meter around 6 p.m. Monday. Firefighters shut off the gas and Northern States Power Co repaired the meter Tuesday morning. His mother Mrs Bernard Mattie said the meter was outside the house, so no gas entered the home.
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la Crosse
Michael Mattie
S. 26Th St
Northern States Power Co
Bernard Mattie
Cathedral School to Host Open House Thursday Evening
An open house at Cathedral School will run from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Parents may meet teachers and review materials received under provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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Cathedral School
Guard Sought for 8th and Cass Crossing in La Crosse
La Crosse police traffic bureau seeks a crossing guard at 8th and Cass Streets. All other guard positions are filled. The job pays 1.50 dollars per hour for a four hour daily shift.
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la Crosse
8Th
Cass Streets
LBJ Warns Legion of Crises Ahead
President Johnson warned at an American Legion event that the United States may face explosive crises requiring global cooperation to erase poverty spiritual blight and curbs on liberty that fuel violence He urged imagination compassion and courage while noting U S aid in Asia should align with nations wishes The AVC protested segregated Legion policy and urged Civil Rights Act investigations citing parade racial makeups
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Asia
American Veterans Committee
Legion
AVC
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
William J. Driver
Driver
American Legion
Ben Neufeld
Frank E. G Weil
District of Columbia
Onsrud Heads Order of Arrow Officers at Camp Decorah
Harlan Onsrud of Troop 4 La Crosse was elected chief of the Gopher La Crosse chapter of the Order of the Arrow at Sunday elections. Dennis Chadwick and John Mewaldt, both from La Crosse, were chosen as vice chief and secretary respectively. The Braves of Decorah held its annual powwow last weekend and inducted a list of new members from multiple troops including Caledonia, La Crosse, Whitehall, Brice Prairie, Elroy, Hixton, Necedah, Sparta, Taylor, Viroqua, and Westby.
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Harlan Onsrud
Troop 4
la Crosse
Gopher la Crosse
Order of the Arrow
Camp Decorah
Dennis Chadwick
John Mewaldt
Braves of
Robert Hefte
William Hefte
Caledonia
Minn
Richard Buswell
Steve Kellicut
Mark Felker
Steve Kearns
Ralph Rasmuson Sr
Ralph Rasmuson Jr
Whitehall
James St. Jacque
Brice Prairie
Jamie Cleaver
Elroy
Lee Bergerson
Hixton
Harold Hanson
Eugene Wall
Lynn Stivers
Necedah
Bob Lawer
Sparta
Alfred Amundson
Taylor
Mark Lee
Viroqua
Cary Gillingham
Westby
Causeway Sewer Hearing Set for Wednesday
The Common Council Highways Committee will hold a public hearing at 7 30 p m on original assessments for sanitary sewer on the Causeway. Assessments run about 7 10 a foot for a 42 500 project with a state ordered completion by November 1 1967. At the August objection day only two objectors appeared the Gloriette Corp owner of the Super Valu building and the Burlington Railroad.
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Common Council Highways Committee
Wisconsin Board of Health
Gloriette Corp
Super Valu
Burlington Railroad
Multiple hospitalizations listed for August
On August 29 at 6 50 p m Herman Riel 70 of 611 S 3rd St was taken to St Francis Hospital for illness. At 10 25 p m Peter Chase 75 of 615 N 16th St was taken to Lutheran Hospital for illness. At 2 37 a m Mary Ziel ke 27 of 2901 S 26th St was taken to St Francis Hospital for illness.
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Herman Riel
S. 3Rd St
St. Francis Hospital
Peter Chase
N. 16Th St
Lutheran Hospital
A.m
Mary Zielke
S. 26Th St
Stock Quotations from Marshall Co Central Wis and Wisconsin Fund
National quotations as of 9 a.m. show inter dealer bid and ask ranges for stocks and mutual funds. Listings include Norplex Corp Pyroil Co La Crosse items Eaton & Howard Fidelity Mass. Inv funds and Wisconsin Fund not available.
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Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Wis
First Bank
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Norplex Corp
Pyroil Co., Inc
Tausche
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard Std
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Two Dead in Minnesota Highway Crashes Prompt Toll Update
A Bloomington child and an elderly Cloquet man die from accidents raising Minnesota toll to 560 for 1966. Henry Hautala 81 of Cloquet died from injuries after a collision near Carlton. Shawn Miller 7 of Bloomington killed crossing near his home by Karen Lumsden 25 Bloomington. Several other teens and adults die or are injured in linked crashes across St Paul Maplewood and Minneapolis.
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Associated Press
Bloomington
Minn
Cloquet
Minnesota
Henry Hautala
Duluth
Carlton
Hautala
Larry Oraskovich
Weather Outlook for Lacrosse and Vicinity
Chance of thundershowers Wednesday with a low near 65 and highs around the mid 80s. Wisconsin sees southern thunderstorms with a warm trend, Minnesota notes scattered storms and warmer highs, while Iowa forecasts storms mainly in the north with sunrise at 6 27 and sunset at 7 43. Moon is full.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Pentagon
White House
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
California
NAACP
Onalaska
Loke
L. Mendel Rivers
D.S.C
Rivers
Yanks
Hungary
Fire Department
By David Mason
Winona Livestock
Chicago Grain
Chicago
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la Crosse Cribune
RFD
LBJ
Weil
Onsrud
Causeway
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
Amer. Tel, & Tel
Burlington
Chrysler Consolidated Foods
DuPon Eastman Kodak
Epko Shoe
Ford
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Great Northern Ry
Gulf Oil
Heileman Brewing
Illinois Central Ind
International Harvester
Inter. Tel. & Tel
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Jones & Laughlin
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Lockheed
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Monsanto Chemical
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Northern Pacific
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Pepsico
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Rexall Drug
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Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
N.J
Swift
Texaco
Tidewater Oil
Trane Co
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Gateway Trans
Giddings & Len
Godfrey Co
Hamilton
Lincoln Natl
Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell
Royal Dutch NY
Rustcraft Swank, Inc
Wallace Business
Warner Elec
Western Power
Power & L
C.P
T.W
Dakota
T.W Az
T.W Az Lansing (C.P
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
Dodge
Galesville
W. Salem
Root
Houston
Thor Fii Winona
la Crosse Tribune
WT. Burgess
Sanford Goltz
Bidgith
Cass Sts
Lee Enterprises, Inc
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