North Vietnamese Regiments Move Closer To Saigon
Four North Vietnamese regiments approach within 60 miles of Saigon as total regulars in South Vietnam reach about 20 000, with Viet Cong strength around 234 000. Infiltration pace rises toward 4 500 monthly, while central highland regiments travel via roads and air from Cambodia.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Tay Ninh
Binh Long
Long Khanh
U.S
Central Highlands
Cambodia
Pleiku
Vietnamese Highland Corps
325Th
Kontum City
Highlands
Mekong
Delta
Gemini 6/7 Rendezvous Efforts Put to Test
Space officials push for a successful rendezvous as Gemini 6 and 7 race to launch with crews Schirra and Stafford aiming to catch Borman and Lovell within hours. Kraft notes three pivotal factors weather, equipment checkout, and launch readiness while Albert cites pad damage from Gemini 7 as a gamble. Crews plan around-the-clock checks over a nine day window with nose to nose initial configurations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space Agency
Christopher Kraft
Kraft
Air Force
Jack Albert
Titan 2
Schirra
Stafford
Borman
Lovell
Johnson says nation can take heart from Klansmen conviction
President Johnson voiced optimism after three Ku Klux Klan members were convicted in Montgomery on conspiracy charges in the death of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo. King praised the verdicts but urged federal civil rights legislation to ensure equal protection. the case followed the Selma to Montgomery march.
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Dudley Lehew
Montgomery
Ala
Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr
King
U.S
Joseph Laitin
South
Klan
Anniston
Katzenbach
Alabama
Atty
Richmond Flowers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Teamsters Union
Anthony Liuzzo
VA's J. P. Cullen to Retire from Milwaukee VA Office
John P. Cullen, 65, longtime Milwaukee VA regional office manager with 42 years federal service, will retire December 30. He will be succeeded by Michael L. Halloran, 55, current assistant manager in San Francisco, who has a War and VA background including Air Force service and roles in London, Washington, and other offices. The Milwaukee office formerly employed about 1,800 people and now around 200, serving roughly 440,000 veterans and dependents with rehabilitation and pension benefits.
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Milwaukee
John P. Cullen
The
Veterans Administration
Michael L. Halloran
University of Wisconsin
San Francisco
Halloran
Thomas Halloran
Coon Valley
la Crosse
Soldiers Grove
Prairie du Chien
Air Force
Foreign Claims Commission
London
England
Air Force Reserve
VA River
Colo
Salt Lake
City
Utah
Kansas City
Washington, D.C
Uni
Cullen
Midwest
Chicago
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Ann Landers and her busy correspondence in 1950s La Crosse Trib
The La Crosse Tribune features Ann Landers and her letter answering operation. Miss Landers and 11 secretaries handle about 25 000 letters monthly separating unsigned notes from signed ones and replying to those with self addressed envelopes.
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Miss Landers
la Crosse Tribune
Ann Landers
Weather highs and lows by city list
Last night low and yesterday high values listed for Bemidji Bismarck Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Duluth Fairbanks Fort Worth Honolulu Helena Kansas City La Crosse Los Angeles Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Phoenix Rapid City Rochester Salt Lake City San Diego Seattle St. Louis Washington Winnipeg. City by city temperature readings include a mix of negative and positive values with several missing or uncertain figures.
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Bemidj
Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Honolulu
Helena
Kansas City
LA Crosse
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Phoenix
Rapid City
Rochester
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Seattle
St. Louis
Washington
Winnipeg
Stout Picked to Run Rice Lake Campus
A five member state college board panel selected Stout to operate the Rice Lake two year campus opening next fall. The regents board will consider the recommendation at its December 14 meeting. Other universities Eau Claire River Falls Superior sought control of the Rice Lake branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout
Rice Lake
Board of Regents
Eugene McPhee
State Universities
Eau Claire
River Falls
Superior State Universities
State University
Richland Center
Platteville
Eugene W. Murphy
la Crosse
To Filch or Not to Filch Dear Ann Landers
Dear Ann Landers weighs in on a reader who admits stealing from a stingy husband. The columnist declares the act rotten and advises that a wife is entitled to marital income, while warning that revenge through theft harms dignity. The page also notes marital strain among newlyweds and urges seeking counseling rather than theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Ann
Gered
Hamamatkar
Father Jailed Son Placed On Probation
Orlo A. Hemstock 52 of St. Louis Park was sentenced in Hennepin County District Court to five years in prison for burglaries involving his son Brian 18 and another youth 18. Police recovered 2700 in stolen goods from Hemstock's home and car. Judge Kane said Hemstock recruited children for the burglaries. Brian Hemstock received one year probation. Richard Peterson 18 had sentencing stayed one year. Another Hemstock son Neil 24 faces a separate narcotics forging case.
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Minneapolis
Orlo A. Hemstock
St. Louis Park
Hennepin County
Hemstock
Stanley D. Kane
Brian
Burglary Foiled at Berg's Drug Store
A North Side burglary attempt at Berg's Drug Store was spotted by a passing squad car near the Rose and Clinton Street intersection just after 3 a.m. Two suspects fled on seeing the patrol, another car escaped down the alley. The rear door had been pried open in an apparent break-in attempt.
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North Side
Rose and
Clinton Street
Berg
Berg’s
Coin Club to Meet in La Crosse Tuesday
The La Crosse Coin Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Northern States Power Building at 1500 Green Bay Street.
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la Crosse Coin Club
Northern States Power Building
Green Bay St
Mother wins encounter with Army over son's induction
Norma Riedel of Denver won a brief clash with the Army when draftees were halted from induction centers between December 22 and 27. Her son Robert Schnabel, 19, had been slated for induction December 23, and she expressed relief and gratitude after telegrams to President Johnson and the 5th Army Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Norma Riedel
Army
River Readings Show Flood Stage in Van Prec LA
Flood stage readings and shipper forecasts for rivers at van Prec LA indicate river levels today with 24 hour stage changes. Forecasts call for north and west flow around 20 and east and south around 25 with readings at Crosse 2 with Shippers' forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Prec
LA Crosse
Credit Card Mailings Tied to Bordello Ring in Chicago
FBI says a prostitution operation mailed credit cards to lure out-of-town customers from an address at 521 W. Dicks St. Chicago. Three men on the executive board were indicted for conspiring and using the mails to run an illegal enterprise. Eileen Curry named as co conspirator but not indicted. Indicted: Frank C. Tornabone Samuel David Elia Robert Smith and Thomas Rizzo.
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Chicago
FBI
Eileen
Bunny) Curry
W. Dicks St
Eileen Curry
Frank C. Tornabone
Elmwood Park
Ill
Samuel David Elia
Schiller Park
Robert Smith
Lansing
Hammond
Ind
Thomas Rizzo
Weather outlook and temperature records across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Wisconsin forecast shows partly cloudy conditions Saturday night and Sunday with wind and warmer Sunday. Minnesota expects cloudy skies with scattered light rain or snow mainly north and colder Sunday. Iowa sees clear to partly cloudy skies with mild Sunday. Sunrise Sunday 7 23 a m Sunset Sunday 4 28 pm. Record highs and lows listed for December 4 1961 and 1950 with degree days totals and normals.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Bar Association nominates officers for Wisconsin
The State Bar of Wisconsin nominating committee selected two southern Wisconsin attorneys Frank Hamilton of Dodgeville and Carroll Heft of Racine as candidates for president elect. Wisconsin’s 5,500 attorneys will pick one to serve as bar president for a one year term starting June 1967. Other nominees include secretary John Swietlik and Reuben Peterson Jr. of Milwaukee treasurer Richard Brazeaus of Wisconsin Rapids and Robert Gee of Superior. Theron Pray of Ashland seeks a new three year term on the State Judicial Council.
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John Swietlik
Reuben Peterson Jr
Milwaukee
Richard Brazeau
Wisconsin Rapids
Robert Gee
Superior
State Judicial Council
Theron Pray
Ashland
American students debate with U S delegation in India
A La Crosse student joins 13 U S exchange students in a heated exchange with visiting lawmakers in New Delhi as they protest Vietnam policy. Rep Zablocki and others pressure the group to learn the facts and question their loyalty while the demonstrators defend their views.
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New Delhi
India
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
la Crosse
Clement Zablocki
Peace Corps
Army
Harris B. McDowell Jr
D-Del
Fred Barbash
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Barbash
Paul Mansheim
Wis
Gary Oswald
Madison
Barry Popkin
Superior
City Ward Affected by Redistricting Approval Move
City leaders advance a reapportionment plan moving the 19th Ward to the South Side and adjusting ward populations to 2080 to 2570, with 16 aldermen South Side and five North Side. The plan faces possible legal challenge if not enacted and would raise costs for registration changes. The judiciary also backs permanent 2 a.m. tavern hours during daylight time.
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Common Council
Frank Kaufmann
Kaufmann
Peter Groves
13Th Ward
Judiciary
Bernard F. Maney
16Th Ward
Shirley Tomalka
Curtis Storck
14Th Ward
John K. Flanagan
Flanagan
John Murphy
Maney
Raymond Keller
2Nd Ward
State Man Named Science Director
Washington AP The National Science Foundation created a Division of Environmental Sciences and appointed Dr. T. O. Jones to head it. A Wisconsin native, Jones has led the Antarctic program since 1961 and will keep directing the Office of Antarctic Programs as it joins the new division. He remains special assistant for Antarctic affairs to Dr. Haworth. Jones, 57, came to NSF from Haverford College in 1956.
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Washington
National Science Foundation
Environmental Sciences
Wisconsin
Iborn
T. O. Jones
Foundation
Jones
Office of Antarctic Programs
Leland J. Haworth
Oshkosh
Wis
Science Foundation
Haverford College
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil Gives $5 900 To Colleges
The Wisconsin Foundation of Independent Colleges Inc. received an unrestricted gift of 5900 dollars from the Standard Oil Foundation for its 18 member colleges. The grant is Wisconsin's share of 100000 dollars donated in 1965 to support state and regional associations of independent colleges nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Foundation of Independent Colleges Inc
Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation
Wisconsin
Standard Oil Foundation
Independent Colleges
Local brief notes from La Crosse district
On December 3 at 11 50 a m a short in an electric stove was reported at Thomas Kohlwey’s residence 2836 Harvey Street. At 4 30 p m a water softener leak was reported at John Byers residence 1307 South East Avenue. John Young 18 Blair theft of goods valued at 1 47 was sentenced to 30 days in County Jail. sentence suspended and probation for one year. William E Hardy 61 Gannet Hotel check forgery continued to December 8. failed to post 1 000 bond and is held in County Jail.
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Gannet
Hardy
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