GOP Moderates Favored by Senators Ahead of 1968
Senators Javits and Kuchel expressed confidence moderates will gain influence after the November elections. They cited a shift away from CRO warnings that conservatives would dominate the 1968 GOP convention and noted moderate support in states like New York Michigan Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Kentucky. Eisenhower’s era was cited as a model for a moderates-led outcome. Eisenhower met with GOP candidates in Gettysburg with attendees including Baker Griffin and Bartlett.
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Washington
GOP
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Thomas H. Kuchel
Rcalif
Council of Republican Organizations
CRO
Barry Goldwater
Javits
New York
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Eisenhower
Kuchel
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Howard W. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Robert P. Griffin
Dewey Bartlett
Oklahoma
Sweet Briar College to Admit First Negro Student
Sweet Briar College in Virginia will admit its first Black student, Marshalyn Yeargin of Greenville South Carolina, after a federal court restraining order. The 720 student school previously pledged to educate white girls by will terms. Yeargin, a junior, studied two years at Bennett College and plans biology.
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Sweet Briar
Sweet Briar College
Marshalyn Yeargin
Greenville
S.C
Bennett College
Greensboro
N.C
Indiana
Fletcher Williams
Sweet Briar Plantation
Amherst County
State Soldier Killed In Napalm Attack
Schofield residents Mr and Mrs Ben Kostroski were notified their son Army Pfc Marvin Kostroski 19 was among Americans killed in South Vietnam when napalm fell short during an air attack. He enlisted January 6 and arrived in Vietnam about a month ago.
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Schofield
Ben Kostroski
Army Pfe
Marvin Kostroski
Viet Nam
Marriage Licenses in Wisconsin City Notices
Sparta couples Carl W. Loff Nancy Rae Gatzke and Gerald L. Edgerton Virginia D. Henry to wed in Tomah Onalaska La Crosse also lists Mat Oliver Pedretti Flottmeyer and other pairs with planned Sept 2 3 9 or 10 weddings in towns including La Crosse Onalaska Bangor and Tomah.
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Carl W. Loff
Nancy Rae Gatzke
Tomah
Gerald L. Edgerton
Virginia D. Henry
Lacrosse Paul E. Methum
Janesville
Diane J. Klos
Jackson St
la Crosse
Phillip H. Page
Prospect St
Kathleen A. Buchholtz
Sill St
Onalaska
Bernard Lengrehr
Sparta
Angeline Buckley
22Nd St
Richard C. Matt
Market St
Radio Highlights Wednesday Evening Schedule
WLCX at 7 p.m. Vox on WKTY at 7 20 p.m. stock car time trials and races. WKBH at 7 55 p.m. features baseball with the Minnesota Twins versus the Boston Red Sox.
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WLCX
Vox
WKBH
Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox
Protests Continue as Wisconsin Pickets Face Advice
The page 1 probe and proposed limits on picketing were sent to council lawyers by Wisconsin Atty. Gen. Bronson La Follette. Father Groppi rejected the guidance, arguing it infringes constitutional rights. The council did not officially reject the guidelines, raising the risk of a court order to curb demonstrations. Gov. Knowles called out the National Guard as protests drew more hostile crowds. D. D. Billings of the Eagles questioned whether the all white constitution would be changed.
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Wisconsin
Bronson la Follette
Groppi
Warren P. Knowles
National Guard
D. D. Billings
The
Eagles
National Organization
Nuns from 40 to 85 Tied to Diplomats Protest School Closure
Catholic sources say 40 to 85 nuns from Canada France Greece Italy Ireland Poland Scotland and Switzerland were expelled. Bishop James E Walsh 74 Cumberland Md the only non Chinese Catholic official in China was in Shanghai prison hospital seven years into a 20 year sentence for espionage. Sacred Heart Academy had operated as a school for foreign diplomats in Beijing diplomats from many nations protested the attack and closure.
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Canada
France
Greece
Italy
Ireland
Poland
Scotland
Switzerland
James E. Walsh
Cumberland
China
Shanghai
Sacred Heart Academy
Peking
Jaycees Hold Annual Old Timer Picnic
The 7th annual Jaycee old timer's picnic was held Tuesday night in the Myrick Park shelterhouse with about 50 attendees. After dinner, the old timers and present Jaycees discussed Jaycee projects.
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Myrick Park
Blood delivery to St. Marys Hospital and injury report
An Aug 31 incident details a blood delivery for St. Marys Hospital in Sparta routed to Monroe County Highway Police at the La Crosse Monroe County line on Highway 16. It also notes Mrs Mary Coon 93 of 1810 Bainbridge St injured hip in a fall at La Crosse Luther an Hospital.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Sparta
Monroe
la Crosse
Monroe County
Mary Coon
Bainbridge St
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Boat house break in on French Lake nets $85 loss
Tom Muetze of 1811 Caroline Street reported to the La Crosse County Sheriff Department that a 12 horsepower Sea King outboard motor and a tackle box were stolen from his boat house on French Lake, the total value $85.
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Tom Muetze
Caroline Sr
la Crosse County
French Lake
Rockefeller Mixes Up Sexes During NYC Campaign
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, campaigning in Greenwich Village, mistook a man for a woman and said madam. He apologized after the crowd laughed. The incident occurred before a beatnik-influenced audience with men sporting shoulder-length hair.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York City
Greenwich Village
Rockefeller
Crosse Tribune August 31 1966 edition
Newspaper page note from the Crosse Tribune dated Wednesday August 31 1966 with delivery on September 1. Indicates the issue release timing and routing details for readers served via rural free delivery.
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Crosse Tribune
RFD
LARC Officers to Attend Regional Leadership Training
La Crosse County association for retarded children officers and committee chairmen will attend the West Central region leadership training conference in Wisconsin Rapids on September 10. The Wisconsin Association for Retarded Children sponsors six conferences for 65 member associations. The public is invited, with sessions on leadership planning religious programming government affairs and membership campaigns. A luncheon is free but reservations are required. Contact Jule Kish or the LARC office to RSVP.
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la Crosse County
la Crosse Arc
Jule Kish
Green Bay St
LARC
Pearl St
Weather Outlook For City After Cold Front
Last night saw a cold low as the area cools behind a front. Today’s high is expected modestly above normal with sunshine returning and a light breeze. Tonight clear skies give way to another chilly low with frost possible in outlying areas.
Fewer Hired Hands Despite Better Pay
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture reports 233000 hired farm workers, a 12 percent drop in a year, while summer wages rise to record highs. July 1 figures show house provided at 249 per month, with board 184. day labor without board 10.50 and with board 8.80.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
VFW Offers Free Viet Nam Memberships for Active Servicemembers
The Thomas Rooney Post 1530 VFW announces free memberships for men now serving in Viet Nam, not veterans. Eligibility extends to those who have earned the Viet Nam expeditionary medal.
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VFW
Viet Nam
Thomas Rooney
Fort Atkinson Boy Killed In Bicycle Accident
Steven Michels an 11 year old boy from Fort Atkinson was killed when struck by a car while riding a bicycle near a park in Fort Atkinson Jefferson County Wisconsin. The 1966 highway toll reached 692 compared with 638 at the same time last year.
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Associated Press
Jefferson County
Wisconsin
Steven Michels
Fort Atkinson
Soviets Ban Warren Report Distribution in Moscow
The Soviet government ordered the US Embassy to stop distributing the Russian text of the Warren Commission report on Kennedy's assassination. Moscow called the report slanderous and improper, objecting to Oswald references. The embassy protested, but Moscow showed little chance of reversal.
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Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Union
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren
Oswald
Kennedy
Texas
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Fire damages wiring in Gary Houlihan car
On August 31 at 6 52 a m a fire in a car on the 200 block of North 3rd Street caused wiring damage and is being investigated for a possible ignition source involving Gary Houlihan.
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N. 3Rd Street
Gary Houlihan
Livestock Exhibitors Triumph at Minnesota State Fair
Three Tri-State exhibitors won top breed titles in open class judging at the Minnesota State Fair Tuesday. Roy Jacobs and Sons of Sparta claimed the grand champion Guernsey bull, Wallace Pfaff of Melrose took grand and senior champion Brown Swiss bull, and Gust and Merle Kiehne of Lanesboro earned grand and senior champion junior yearling Hampshire boar.
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Tri-State
Roy Jacobs
Woman Beaten by Patient From La Crosse Hospital
A 54 year old La Crosse woman Eloise Standiford was assaulted Tuesday by a female hospital patient from the La Crosse County Hospital at West Salem. Standiford sought treatment at St Francis Hospital and was later released. Police say the assailant, a 45 year old patient, was identified at the County Jail and returned to the hospital.
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la Crosse
la Crosse County Hospital
West Salem
Eloise Standiford
West Ave. N
U S Planes Sink Torpedo Boats in Gulf of Tonkin
U S Navy planes destroyed one and damaged another North Vietnamese torpedo boat in the Gulf of Tonkin as air activity intensified. US crews also damaged SAM sites near Haiphong and Hai Phong area while a lull persisted in South Vietnam as Sept 11 assembly elections approached.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Vinh
Haiphong
Constellation
River readings and VC terror attacks near Saigon reported
Government rangers and militiamen conducted river readings southwest of Saigon with multiple battalions. Vietnamese headquarters reported a series of terror attacks by Viet Cong guerrillas on Tuesday.
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Saigon
Airman Peterson Assigned to Amarillo AFB for Fuel Training
Airman Eu gene C. Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Peterson of Onalaska, will train at Amarillo AFB Texas as a fuel specialist. A 1964 Holmen High School graduate, he recently finished basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and earned an A A S from Coleman Technical Institute. He is married to Linda Haefner of Onalaska.
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San Antonio
Eugene C. Peterson
Chester A. Peterson
Onalaska
Amarillo Afb
Tex
Holmen High School
Lackland Afb
Coleman Technical Institute
Linda Haefner
Vandal damage noted at Longfellow School door
Principal Donald Kinney told La Crosse police Tuesday evening that vandals broke glass blocks near a rear door, with losses estimated between six and one hundred dollars. The item also includes market quotations for hogs, cattle, livestock and financial instruments from regional dealers.
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Longfellow School
Donald Kinney
la Crosse
Thefts Reported In Local Boat Club And Porch
David Stegner reported a theft from his car at the Pettibone Boat Club with a broken right door window and five dollars stolen. Mrs A E Strandberg said a wicker chair and table worth fifteen dollars and a twenty five dollar mattress were stolen from her front porch.
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David Stegner
R. 1
la Crosse
Pettibone Boat Club
A. E. Strandberg
N. 10Th St
Stock Market Rallies Early As Dow Advances 8 Points
The Dow up 8.24 to 783.96 at 10:30 a.m. led gains in color televisions electronics airlines and aerospace shares. Analysts warned the rally is technical amid unchanged fundamentals as investors faced tight money higher rates and external concerns.
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New York
Wall Street
Marty Gordon
Bache & Co
Robert Johnson
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
Viet Nam
Harry S. Truman
Johnson
Associated Press
Woman Injured In Auto Crash
Mrs Beverly Lofgren 36 of 1421 Farnam Street sustained a head bump and knee bruise in a two car crash about 9 50 p m Tuesday at Losey Boulevard and State Street She rode with her husband James 36 in his car which collided with a vehicle driven by Donald Feldkamp 24 of 2127 State Street Feldkamp was turning left from Losey onto State and Lofgren was traveling south on Losey She was taken by police ambulance to St Francis Hospital where she was treated and released.
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Beverly Lofgren
Farnam St
Losey Boulevard
State Street
James
Donald Feldkamp
State St
Feldkamp
Losey
State
Lofgren
Thursday Deadline for Queen Contest
The Miss Oktoberfest Miss La Crosse contest deadline is Thursday. La Crosse Jaycees sponsor the event and report 12 entrants. All area single girls ages 17 to 26 may enter. Contact William Graf at 2912 Brookshire Place during day or evening. Winners receive scholarships and clothes. first four runners up get cash prizes.
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The
la Crosse Jaycees
William Graf
Brookshire
Sheboygan Seaman Among Seven Killed in Viet Nam Sink
Raymond C. Barrett of Sheboygan Wis was among seven men killed August 3 when the Baton Rouge Victory civilian ship was sunk by a Viet Cong mine in the Saigon River. The incident marked the first U S civilian vessel sunk in the Vietnam conflict.
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San Francisco
Calif
Sheboygan
Wis
Raymond C. Barrett
Baton Rouge
Saigon
Viet Nam
Maritime Administration
U.S
Oil Painting Returned After About 25 Years
An original Frederic Remington oil titled Mexican Cavalry Moving has been returned to the 1st Armored Division at Ft. Riley Kansas after about 25 years in storage at the Nelson Gallery in Kansas City Missouri.
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FT. Riley, Kan
Frederic Remington
1St Armored Division
Nelson Gallery
Kansas City
Ft. Riley
Walk Away From Jail Raises 90 Day Sentence
Lester L. Lyon of Onalaska and New York Mills was sentenced to 90 days by a Jackson Minnesota court on a check charge after walking away from La Crosse County Jail on May 4 while serving a 90 day term for drunkenness. He will be returned to La Crosse to complete his sentence.
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la Crosse County
Lester L. Lyon
Onalaska
New York Mills
Jackson, Minn
Lyon
Paul
Pip) Wuest
la Crosse
Frat Founder Horton Dies at 70 in Easton
Frank B. Horton, 70, founder of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, who shaped its Boy Scout ideals to perpetuate American service among college men and develop Scout leaders, died Sunday in Easton, Pennsylvania.
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Dies Easton, Pa
Frank B. Horton
Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity
Boy Scouts of
State Woman Drowns In Fishing Accident
Marjorie Galvin 39 formerly of Rhinelander drowned Tuesday while fishing from a boat at Pine Lake near Shawano. Her body was found by a fisherman. she had lived in a lake cottage for about a year.
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Shawano
Marjorie Galvin
Rhinelander
Pine Lake
Shawano County
Weather Outlook For La Crosse And Vicinity
Continued fair warm and humid conditions with a small chance of showers Thursday. Southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Lows mid 60s tonight, highs 85 to 90 Thursday. Wisconsin southeast fair with a thunderstorm risk in the northwest. Minnesota scattered showers tonight and Thursday. cooler in the northwest tonight. Sunrise 6 28 a m Thursday sunset 7 41 p m Full Moon. Five day temps about 4 below normal with 2 inches of precipitation expected. Warmer by weekend.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
la Crosse
Pilot Rick Adams Survives Two Shootdowns in Viet Nam
Lt. (j.g.) Rick Adams, 25, of Edina, Minnesota, survived two separate shootdowns over North Viet Nam. He bailed out Oct. 5 during a Soviet-made SAM strike and again July 12 during raids on Hanoi Haiphong oil depots. Rescued each time, he later received the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. Now stationed at Pensacola to advise recruits on Viet Nam expectations.
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U S
Haiphong
U.S
North Viet Nam
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Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
South Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
USS
Minneapolis
Minn
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J.g
Robert F
Rick) Adams
Allan W. Adams
Edina
Gulf of Tonkin
Adams
Navy
Hanoi-Haiphong
Pensacola
Fla., Naval Base
Viet Nam
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