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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1965
Page
2
About 700 workers at Swift and Co meat packing plant begin returning to work after a short strike tied to a company union dispute. UPWA Local 176 president says 80 percent of attending union members voted to return. all are expected back by Friday.
Today marks notable events from 1902 Danbury hatters suit verdict to 1964 integration milestones in Mississippi. Other entries include 1898 first professional football game, 1914 Tannenberg battle, 1942 Rommel Egyptian offensive, 1965 Forrestal ship trial issues, and 1960s OAS Cuba policy stance.
Hurricane Betsy remained nearly stationary about 900 miles east of Florida. Weather officials consider seeding with silver iodide to disrupt the storm, with Project Storm fury researchers en route to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico to decide on the attempt.
Governor Knowles signed Wisconsin 1965 waterfowl season amid criticism of federal limits. The 40 day season opens Oct 9 with bag limits of four daily and eight possession, four mallards and pintails one and two, two wood ducks and two canvasbacks. He praised the bonus scaup rule allowing two and four bluebills after Nov 1.
A Dakota Minnesota couple pleaded guilty in La Crosse County Court to writing checks without funds. Robert Phillips and wife Clarene were fined and ordered to restitution for no account checks. Phillips faces prior Winona conviction and probation. both cases continued to dates for restitution.
James Roosevelt warned at a Saint John dinner that the Middle East could become more dangerous than Southeast Asia if regional problems are not solved. He urged peace and understanding to set an example for the world as the new U N delegate to the Economic and Social Council.
Former U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon was received Monday by Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei Formosa. Nixon, on a business swing through Asia, leaves Tuesday for Hong Kong.
Sen. William Proxmire chairing a joint economic subcommittee praised the administrations adoption of a new official settlements method for reporting balance of payments statistics. The official settlements definition is expected to show a less favorable balance this year than the liquidity concept, though in most years it will show a more favorable balance.
SAC B52 bombers from Guam hit two Viet Cong concentrations in South Vietnam in raids on Quang Tin Province and Zone D Bien Hoa Province. The operations marked the 15th and 16th B52 strikes, with prior weekend targets again hit. Casualties and outpost actions were reported as government forces engaged Viet Cong units in Dai Lac and Quang Ngai areas.
Dr. Martin Luther King proposed a presidential tour of northern Negro ghettos to ease anger after riots. He said such a tour could release alienation and frustration and noted public support for President Johnson despite recent unrest. He spoke as he left a New York hotel before flying to Atlanta.
Kathleen Kennedy fourteen year old daughter of Senator Robert F Kennedy is in satisfactory condition at Cape Cod Hospital after a horse named Attorney General fell on her. Her brother Joseph twelve is recovering at home with chest injuries from a boom strike while sailing to Cape Cod. Robert Kennedy Jr eleven has a leg wound requiring stitches from a garage roof fall. The Kennedy children are among twenty three cousins vacationing at the Kennedy compound as summer activities continue.
A West St. Paul youth was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 20 days suspended for cross burning and window smashing at a civil rights worker’s home. Peter LaChappele, 19, may work days and serve nights at Hastings jail. Two 23-year-olds pled guilty to disorderly conduct. a 22-year-old pleads not guilty and will be tried Friday.
A 21 year old Russian sailor named Juri Riaboc from the Soviet training ship Sadov jumped ship in Gibraltar and seeks political asylum in Britain, according to the Home Office.
President Johnson signs bill giving Wisconsin equal jurisdiction with the federal government over portions of Camp McCoy Wisconsin. The measure resolves traffic control issues on Highways 16 21 and 1 90 crossing the reservation. Where concurrent jurisdiction exists military police handle military cases and state authorities act for civilians and personnel.
The destroyer DuPont returned to Norfolk bearing a recovered Titan 2 booster section from Gemini 5. The device includes an electrical package believed to hold valuable flight data and marks the first recovery of a booster with its instrument package. It will be sent to Martin Co. in Baltimore for study.
Houston AP reports that a future manned Moon mission will travel far less than Gemini 5. Astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr circled Earth eight days covering 3,338,200 miles, while the Moon trip 240,000 miles away will take a similar overall time due to gravity pulling the craft back.
Swift & Company Winona reports buying hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays with no market Fridays. Hog prices down 25, cattle steady, veal steady to 26, and various weight brackets listed. South St. Paul and Chicago markets show cattle, hog, poultry, and grain figures with price ranges and comparisons.
Federal mediators and AMC negotiators pushed ahead with a new round of talks in Kenosha as the nine day strike by workers continued. Company official George Cullen called the mood very discouraged as talks stretched past midnight and resumed at 9 a.m. with no official comment from either side.
Racine police sought an unidentified assailant after a fatal stabbing at Happy Medium Club Sunday night. Guadelupe Elizonda 23 and Richard Nalacara 27 both of Racine were involved in a fight. Nalacara was hospitalized with stab wounds.
The Wisconsin GOP state executive committee chose Milwaukee as the site for the 1966 convention and set May date. The committee also scheduled its next session for late September in Green Bay.
Thousands of longshoremen in Atlantic and Gulf ports streamed back to work after a 75 day walkout by three deck officers unions. President Johnson announced a settlement, with ratification expected for four year agreements by the International Organization of Masters Mates and Pilots and the American Radio Association.
A proposed unemployment coverage for farm workers would barely affect food prices, said Nathan M. Koffsky of the Agriculture Department. He noted labor costs would rise about 0.2 percent of total farm expenses and that roughly 2 percent of farms, employing about 700,000 workers, would be affected. The tax to fund payments would start after December 31, 1966.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warned of a large Negro march to dramatize the District of Columbia home rule issue. He spoke on Face the Nation after a Senate pass of a self rule bill. House discharge petition stalled.
The body of 84 year old Charles Bowen was found in a lagoon in front of County General Hospital Sunday. Bowen had lived at the Milwaukee County Infirmary for over a year and was presumed to have drowned.
In Grafton North Dakota Willis Puppe and his wife care for 11 nieces and nephews after the deaths of Marvin and Mary Harlow. The Harlows were guardians and the youths range from 1 to 13 years old. With nine Harlows and two Puppes heading to school today the home feels crowded and plans depend on future custody decisions by District Judge Glenn K Swanson.
Gov. William Scranton backs Ray Bliss in inviting splinter groups to join under the Republican National Committee tent for the 1966 elections. Bliss seeks to unify diverse groups while Goldwater and Romney argue for limits on outside party factions.
Four people died on rain glazed Wisconsin roads Monday as the 1965 traffic toll rose to 632. Russell Koch, 45, of Plymouth, died in a two car head on crash on Highway 57 north of Saukville. Louie Neuburg, 67, of Hubertus, died in a second head on collision near Richfield at Highway 41. Rickey E. Zube, 20, of Sheboygan, and Donald J. Mullen, 19, of Appleton, also perished in separate accidents earlier the same day.
President Johnson asked Dr. Howard Rusk of New York to undertake a mission in Viet Nam to strengthen and expand private agency work for the Vietnamese people. Johnson cited Rusk as the best qualified due to his experience organizing the American-Korean Foundation at NYU.
Workmen patched Milwaukee Road tracks in Red Wing Minnesota after a collision between the Hiawatha passenger train and a switch engine. Twenty five people were shaken up and one porter from Chicago remained hospitalized, Stafford Whitney, 64. Traffic shifted to switching tracks during repairs.
La Crosse police investigate the weekend theft of office equipment from Gun dersen Clinic basement. Stolen items include a green Remington typewriter valued at 254.12, a gray Remington typewriter at 254.12, and a tan Grundig Stenorette dictating machine at 244.49. No forced entry. This marks multiple past losses from the clinic over two years.
In Anniston Alabama police say Thad Christian a 54 year old Negro father of seven was killed by a shotgun blast. Sheriff Roy Snead reports white man Robert E Haynes aged 41 has been charged with murder after an incident near a creek where the men were fishing. The shooting happened Saturday night about 300 yards from Haynes home eight miles northeast of Anniston.
A 4 year old Amarillo Texas boy died from burns after a trailer fire at the Minnesota State fairgrounds. Danny Weadbrook son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Weadbrook was burned when a blanket touched an electric heater in the trailer. Four other children in the trailer were not hurt.
Answers to a word puzzle list. The clues cover maritime terms hills blemishes streams and other short words with varied meanings.
Governor Knowles signed a package of 18 laws including a 10 million dollar per year plan to raise retirement benefits for 37,000 teachers and 151,000 other state and municipal employees. The package also raises non resident archer license fees, creates a resident license for over 18, imposes a gross receipts tax on Wisconsin ticket sales, and boosts salaries for the Wisconsin Supreme Court chief clerk and law clerks.
St Paul AP report states the state cannot legally lease land to a school district for a school site. Atty Gen Robert Mattson issued the ruling after Independent School District No. 701 transferred land to the state for a junior college site and sought to lease part to the district.
The Inter-American Development Bank joins a Dutch group to finance a 16 million dollar industrial complex for synthetic yarns and fibers at Girardota Colombia. The bank provides 5.5 million to Enka a private firm formed by Colombian interests and Algemene Kunstzijde Unie of Arnhem Netherlands.
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