Reporter Talks Gunmen Into Surrender In Chicago Cash Exchange
In Chicago two armed men held three women hostage for over four hours at a South Side currency exchange before surrendering after negotiations led by reporter Russ Ewing and Augustus A Savage. Police recovered nearly $10,000 and charged Shelton 41 and Carver 50 with armed robbery and related counts.
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Chicago
Russ Ewing
South Side
Ewing
James Shelton
Sidney Carver
Bers
Shelton
Carver
Beverly West
Trevaughn Cheek
Wmaq-Tv
Augustus A. Savage
Cat limit proposed in La Crosse council panel
The Judiciary and Administration Committee tentatively approves an ordinance restricting households to two cats aged three months and older and prohibiting cats from roaming. A rummage sale sign measure lacks a recommendation after a tied vote. both ordinances await full Council action next week.
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Shortie T
Biggy T. Hessel
la Crosse
City council approves rummage sale limits and airport shop
La Crosse council backs rules on rummage sales limiting to one per year and three days, signs on premises, and home occupation signs. They also approve Boland newsstand lease at the airport and a Sidewheeler liquor license, set police force at 81, and adopt handicapped parking plate rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Storck
Dennis Kaufmann
Helen Kelly
James F. Shoger
John C. Schubert
Gene A. Strittmaier
Boulevd
Losey Boulevard
Myron
Marilyn Boland
la Crosse Municipal Airport
Riverside Park
Paul D. Sayther
la Crosse Queen
la Crosse
Robert Loeffler
Ray Lichtie
Loeffler
Viroqua Council Rejects Bids For Off Sale Liquor
The Viroqua Common Council denied all four Class A liquor license applications seeking city off sale operations. Public sentiment against off sale influenced the vote while one alderman dissented seeking a stated reason. The meeting also covered tax data, annexation talks, HUD grant plans, and a youth coffeehouse site dispute.
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Viroqua Council
Viroqua
Wis
Ed Gorman
Gary Krause
Michael Allen Rockweiler
Ralph Johnson
Ross Abbey
Gorman
Dick Sullivan
Robert Starr
James McGuire
Plan Board
Clark Johnson
Johnson
Chester Lee
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Vernon
Union Solicitations for Vaudeville Shows Draw Fire
A New York fund raising group aids a union drive to finance three vaudeville shows in June in Madison Oshkosh and Wausau. Tickets cost 3 50 and big ads run in yearbook programs. Seven named stars including Georgie Jessel and Donald O Connor are billed. Civilian callers pose as union reps sparking public concern.
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New York
Jansen
Madison
Oshkosh
Wausau
Georgie Jessel
Donald O'Connor
General Union
Patrol
Judge Orders Sheriff to Seize School Records in Iowa Case
In Allamakee County Iowa Judge Peter Van Metre extended a temporary injunction against Soldiers of Jesus Christ Inc Peniel School and Kenneth Sortedahl directing the sheriff to hold school records until further court orders. Sortedahl is back in Spring Valley Wisconsin with the 17 remaining students and has left Dorchester Iowa where the school previously operated. Allamakee officials had seized the records and warned Sortedahl or associates may face court papers if located in Iowa.
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Waukon
Iowa
Soldiers of Jesus Christ, Inc
Peniel School
Kenneth Sortedahl
Allamakee
Peter van Metre
James A. Mellick
Sortedahl
Spring Valley
Wis
Skyway
Dorchester
Campion High School
Prairie du Chien
Peniel
Allamakee County
Suspect May Return To Hospital In Wisconsin Case
Walter Waldo Stacy 39 of Black River Falls faces recommitment to Central State Hospital for an ax murder of his father Jesse Stacy in February 1965. Stacy had been released conditionally after court found him mentally ill but was charged with violating terms of release and is held after a court revocation. A Dec 28 hearing is scheduled to decide on further detention.
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Black River Falls
Wrs
Walter
Waldo
Stacy
Central State Hospital
Waupun
St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse
Lowell Schoengarth
Jesse Stacy
Mississippi River Human Services Center
MRMHC
Carol Larson
Jackson County Dist
Atty
Thomas Lister
Schoengarth
Stoddard PTO Plans Christmas Bazaar at Elementary School
The Stoddard Parent Teacher Organization will hold a Christmas bazaar Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Stoddard Elementary School. Games prizes food handicrafts a raffle fish pond bake sale and Santa Claus visit. a free nursery will be provided for small children.
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Stoddard
Wis
Santa Claus
Film Showings at Main Library Evening
Films The Vatican and The Violin Maker scheduled for 7 30 p m in the Main Library auditorium. The event offers two screenings in one night with no additional details provided.
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Vatican
Violin Maker
Welfare audit warns of procedures inviting cheating
Milwaukee County Welfare Department audit finds weak controls on computer produced grant checks and states the county lacks agreement with the state on reimbursable welfare costs. The report warns potential losses of millions annually through negligence and fraud and a task force seeks answers within a month from welfare officials.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Welfare Department
Harout Sanasarian
Explosion Destroys Officers Club at Rhein-Main Base
An explosion and ensuing fire destroyed the Officers Club at Rhein-Main U S Air Force Base during lunch hour. Three injured and investigations consider possible bombing though no prior bomb threat. Fire engines from the base and Frankfurt airport battled the blaze. the building is a total loss.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
Rhein-Main
U.S. Air Force Base
Air Force
Merger turns bring Riverfront move and campus debate
The Unified Board weighs a Market Street site for the new Riverfront agency delaying five years of changes. Medary School critics cite rail tracks and trucks as hazards while Birnbaum pushes a formal appeals process and service standards. The infant program continues under state funding as talks proceed.
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Unified Board
Medary Board
Birnbaum
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Market Street
Zei
Med
Medary
Medary School Board
Riverfront
State Division of Mental Hygiene
Medary School
Stoffel Hall
15Th and
King Streets
Fred Hebert
Flurries Forecast for Great Lakes and Plains Regions
Weather outlook shows snow flurries in the Great Lakes and northern Plains with southern Florida near showers. Cold conditions dominate much of the country with Wisconsin and Minnesota experiencing bitter cold and possible snow squalls near Lake Superior. Mississippi River traffic notes two tow boats upriver and one downriver with 17 barges as Dresbach Lock reports flow at 6,400 cfs.
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Great Lakes
Great Plains
Florida
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Eppatty
Owa
T.W
Lansing
McGregor
Guttenberg
Black
Galesville
NC LaCrosse
West Salem
WC Root
Houston
Winona
la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Dresbach Lock & Dam
Mississippi River
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LaCrosse Tribune
Tribune
N. Ird St
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LA Crosse County
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St. Joseph's Ridge
South Shelby
Newburg
Shelby
Doerflinger’s
Board of Appeals
Hollywood Family Theatre
Hollywood
Channel 9
Westgate
Stoddard Pto
Coulee Region
The
U.S. Highway 16
Town of
2Nd and Market Streets
Nation — Im Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerc
Tri-State
Oresbach
Dakota
C.P
Oo Reeda
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