Gifts and Grants Accepted for UW by Regents
Milwaukee AP report notes over 1.5 million in gifts and grants to the University of Wisconsin. The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation gave 250,000 for Elvehjem Art Center prints and drawings, plus 100,000 previously for other projects. American Cocoa Research Institute contributed 117,390 to entomology work. Johnson Foundation provided 30,000 for a high school senior continuing education initiative. A 150,000 request to equip a Mari nette extension center was approved, pending state body consent.
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Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc
Madison
Elvehjem Art Center
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
American Cocoa Research Institute
Department of
Johnson Foundation of
Racine
Oswald Told Wife He Shot At Walker
Washington AP report says Lee Harvey Oswald boasted to wife Marina that he fired at former Maj. Gen Edwin A Walker in Dallas last spring. Investigators review her statement as FBI and Justice Department decline comment.
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Washington
Lee Harvey Oswald
Edwin A. Walker
Dallas
Marina Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Walker
Justice Department
FBI
Chicago Sun-Times
Washington Evening Star
The
Sun-Times
Kennedy
Divorce granted in La Crosse circuit court
Mary Weigel Erickson 22 of 405 N 8th St is divorced from William M. Erickson 24 of 112 N 10th St on cruel and inhuman treatment. Custody of two minor children awarded to the mother. Judgments against Frank Thompson 367.87 Harold Lobe 408.95 and Martha Willger 219.43.
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Mary (Weigel) Erickson
N. 8Th St
William M. Erickson
N. 10Th St
la Crosse
Credit Bureau of la
Obituary notices add detail to local deaths
Deaths include August Goerish 89 of La Crescent Street and Eugene L. Kimpel 50 of Milwaukee with survivors and services. August Goerish sister Anna Pratt omitted from survivor list. Kimpel WWII veteran widow Agnes Ott and two sons listed. burial in Catholic Cemetery with rites by Msgr. Kundinger. Also Mrs William Schomber g 79 of West Salem died in a La Crosse hospital. multiple children and grandchildren named. services at St John s Lutheran Barre Mills.
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Eugene L. Kimpel
N. Woodruff Ave
Milwaukee
Agnes Ott
la Crosse
Thomas
Richard
Paul
Harry
Encino
Calif
Ralph
Waukesha
Schumacher Funeral Home
Joseph Kundinger
Winnebago Street
Kimpel
William
Alvina) Schomberg
Hamilton St
West Salem
Henry
Maria Schaefer Horstman
Barre
Bernie
R. 1
Elmer
Bangor
Willard
Wil
David Kuske
Jostad Funeral Home
Johnson Continues Presentation to Slain Predecessor’s Recipients
Johnson extended the presentation to the group, delivering remarks in place of the slain predecessor. Of the total 31 chosen for “dedicated to the highest standards of human achievement,” 27 attended. a widow received the award for her husband. One member has died, one is ill, and another is abroad.
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Johnson
Alma Dairy Among 10 To Leave Federation
The president of the Federated Dairy Cooperative said 10 of 23 members will withdraw by December 31, all in Wisconsin. The Pure Milk Association filed notice canceling PMA contracts as protest against past year operations. The move follows disputes over a “superpool” price, with Chicago area dairies seeking larger shares for carrying year round.
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Chicago
Federated Dairy Cooperative
Wisconsin
Avery Vose
FCC
Pure Milk Association
PMA
FDC
Vose
Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative
Union Center
Lake To Lake
Manitowoc
Central Wisconsin Cooperative
Westfield
Outagamie Cooperative Creamery
Black Creek
Columbus Milk Producers Co Operative
Antigo
Alma Dairy Products
Alma
Alto Cooperative Creamery
Alto
Barron ‘Cooperative Creamery
Barron
The
Soviet urges China to settle differences privately
Moscow reports the Soviet Communist party calls Red China to halt open polemics and resolve Soviet Chinese quarrels in private talks. Pravda editorial says intra-Communist differences are serious but not irreparable, and should not be dramatized.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party Today
Red China
Pravda
Thas
Communist Movement
Santa loses gasoline at shopping center siphoned from car
In KAUKAUNA AP report Santa Claus at the Valley Fair shopping center spent eight hours listening to children's wishes. He discovered someone had siphoned 20 gallons of gasoline from his car in the parking lot.
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Kaukauna
Santa Claus
Valley Fair
Joseph Schuh
Livestock Prices and Slaughter Cattle Report Summary
Livestock market notes from Milwaukee and Chicago markets. Hogs steady to higher with late shipments discounted for fat hogs. Cattle and calves show Thursday gains for good to choice steers and heifers, with cows and bulls mostly steady. Local receipts include cattle, calves, hogs and sheep. South St. Paul reports mixed slaughter cattle and steady hogs.
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Milwaukee
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Bologna
Car Plunges Through Ice Drowns Driver in Wisconsin Crashes
Three people die in separate Wisconsin crashes raising the 1963 highway toll to 821. Kenneth Sturzl, 20, of Crandon, drowns when his car sinks in Lake Venus after leaving Highway 8 near Monico. Mrs. Robert H. Kohn, about 70, of Tomahawk area, dies in a two car collision on Highway 51 near Tomahawk. Edmund Kleinow, 60, of Sheboygan, killed when his semi collides with a train in Wauwatosa.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Kenneth Sturzl
Crandon
Lake Venus
Highway 8
Monico
Frank Sturz
Forest County
Robert H. Kohn
Tomahawk
Lincoln County
Edmund Kleinow
Sheboygan
Milwaukee
Wauwatosa
Exploding Grenade Wounds Eight In Saigon Crowd
Eight Vietnamese, including a woman and child, were slightly wounded when a grenade exploded in a crowd at an outdoor movie in Saigon. Two unnamed Communist agents reportedly fled on a motorcycle after tossing the device.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Births reported across multiple cities and dates
Dec 3 a daughter to Mr and Mrs James A Rasmussen sen Sparta. Dec 4 a son to Mr and Mrs Francis M Coleman Sparta. Dec 5 a daughter Polly Ann Weiss Seattle Northgate Medical Center. Dec 5 a son James Ronald Violette Reese AFB Hospital Lubbock. Dec 5 a son David Violette Portage Divine Savior Hospital. Dec 6 a son Kerry Sean Leberman Seattle Swedish Hospital. Names include Shir ley J Synner Karen J Kirking Yong Soo Shin Joyce Abbott Kay Donald son Barbara Ristow.
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James A. Rasmussen
E. Montgomery St
Sparta
Shirley J. Synner
Ronald von Ruden
N. Court St
Karen J. Kirking
Francis M. Coleman
Walrath St
Yong Soo Shin
Northgate Medical Center
Polly Ann
James R. Weiss
N.E
Reese Afb Hospital
James Ronald
Ronald Violette
Barbara Ristow
la Crosse
Portage, Wis
Divine Savior Hospital
David
Noel Violette
W. Pleasant St
Portage
Joyce Abbott
Seattle
Wash
Kerry Sean
Terry Leberman
Sand Point Way
Kay Donaldson
Parking Ramp Plans Backed by Utility Study
Wilbur Smith and Associates told La Crosse Parking Utility 1964 income should cover operations and debt payments. They noted a $3,300 drop after 221 spaces were removed for courthouse land and urged meter installations and ramp repairs. The Board of Public Works accepted the report and approved Erickson Field pool plans.
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On Parking
la Crosse
Wilbur Smith and Associates
la Crosse County
Badger
4Th
6Th
Pine
Board of Public Works
Erickson
Lewis Wins Commutation of Sentence
Gov. Reynolds commuted Malcolm D. Lewis's six years of consecutive sentences to one year for abandonment and issuing worthless checks. Lewis, 39, of De Pere, has shown good conduct in prison and was deemed parole eligible. Reynolds also reduced John M. Flick’s prison term from one year to six months for forgery. He denied 18 clemency applications.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Malcolm D. Lewis
de Pere
Lewis
Division of Corrections
Reynolds
State Welfare Department
John M. Flick
Flick
Tomah Man Elected Director of NFO
Ed Graf of Tomah Wisconsin was elected to the National Farmers Organization board at the convention joining seven other new directors. Ronald Waters of Elk Mound and Robert Manke of Arlington Wisconsin were re elected to the board.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ed Graf
Tomah
Wis
Ronald Waters
Elk Mound
Robert Manke
Arlington
Colonalto Improves Colonic Nerve Stimulation For Constipation
Tense nerves block bowel impulses causing constipation. Coronalp tablets use a colonic nerve stimulant with bulking action to relieve constipation overnight. Introductory size 43s advertise CoLonatoo as clinically proved.
Johnson Calls for Just Patient U.S. Foreign Policy
President Johnson meets top advisers to discuss defense budgets and NATO, stressing a strong yet fiscally prudent U.S. stance. He outlines a patient approach while seeking balance of power gains and tighter cooperation with the Soviet Union through the State Department.
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Washington
Johnson
Atlantic Alliance
Pierre Salinger
White House
Salinger
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Secretary of Defense
William Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
State Department
McGeorge Bundy
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Welfare
Anthony J. Celebrezze
National Security Council
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Department
State GOP Plans 100 Fund Dinner in Milwaukee
The Wisconsin GOP announces a $100-a-plate fund dinner in Milwaukee on Jan. 29 with closed circuit speeches by national figures. Wilbur Renk of Sun Prairie, a potential U.S. Senate candidate, is invited to meet the executive committee. Talbot Peterson expects Renk to seek the party endorsement against Sen. William Proxmire in 1964.
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Madison
Republican Party
Milwaukee
Wilbur Renk
Sun Prairie
U.S. Senate
Talbot Peterson
GOP
Renk
William Proxmire
Peterson
Philip G. Kuehn
Orangutan Faces Extinction At Human Hands
A rare red-haired orangutan native to Borneo and Sumatra is described as facing extinction due to human activity and habitat loss.
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Borneo
Sumatra
Power plant loan approved for United Power Association
A $39,230,000 Rural Electrification Administration loan funds a lignite power plant near Stanton North Carolina. The project expands a Basin Electric Power Cooperative installation and shares use with United Power Association and 376 miles of transmission lines through North Dakota and Minnesota. United serves 14 REA financed distribution cooperatives with about 94 000 consumer members.
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Washington
United Power Association
Elk River
Minn
Stanton N.C
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Bismarck
N.D
Rural Electrification Administration
United
Rural Cooperative Power Association
Rural Cooperative Power
United and Basin
Stanton
North Dakota
Minnesota
United Power
Rural Cooperative Power Association of
Northern Minnesota Power Association of Virginia
Northern States Power Co
Otter Tail Power Co
Minnesota Power & Light Co
Minnesota Rea
Voltaire
Grand Forks
Devils Lake
Waupaca Authorized To Raise Water Rates
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission approved a rate hike for Waupaca city water of 17 425 dollars per year. The last increase was in 1954 and the panel ruled current charges inadequate. Also scheduled a January 6 hearing on a General Telephone Wisconsin proposal to raise Reedsburg exchange rates. The commission denied a water diversion permit for Richard Scheckler of Kenosha.
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Madison
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Waupaca
General Telephone Company of Wisconsin
Reedsburg
Sauk County
Richard Scheckler
Route 4
Kenosha
Pike River
Carthage College
Kenosha Country Club
River Readings Show Minor Change at Lacrosse Station
Mississippi River forecast indicates little change for today with the Lacrosse station at flood stage near 1248. 24 hour readings show a slight shift in stage and flood risk remains a concern for nearby areas.
Weather record for lacrosse and region forecast
Cloudy with light rain possible in Wisconsin Saturday and mixed precip in extreme north. Minnesota sees scattered snow changing to snow by Saturday. Iowa warmer tonight but colder Saturday with showers possible. Five day forecast shows 3-5 degrees below normal. sunrise 7 35 am sunset 4 27 pm. Degree days total 1218. Record highs and lows noted from 1939 and 1862. Shippers forecast calls for north east and west south trends.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Goldwater says reassessing while Nixon rumors swirl in NH
Goldwater indicates a major reassessment of his position as Nixon’s possible entry into the New Hampshire primary circulates. Rockefeller suspends campaign activity, and Cotton delays Goldwater support until the Arizona senator clarifies his plans. Goldwater praises President Johnson and remains noncommittal about his own candidacy.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Kennedy
Arizona
Granite State
Nixon
Washington Star
Rockefeller
Norris Cotton
Johnson
Gas Blast Wrecks Hopkins Water Reservoir
An explosion likely from a gas buildup damaged an underground reservoir near the Minneapolis Honeywell Ordnance plant in Hopkins. Eleven workers were hospitalized, four released by noon, with two in serious or critical condition. Names and ages of the injured are listed. the site was being remodeled by Lovering Construction Co. to add to the plant.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Honeywell Ordnance Plant
Hopkins
Methodist Hospital
St. Louis Park
John Bergs
Kenneth Anderson
Gunnar Ulstad
James G. Christianson
Roy Huspek
St. Paul
Orlin Groupman
Plato
Minn
Oscar Andreson
Bloomington
James Ballantyne
Brooklyn Center
Clarence Scherer
Maplewood
Christianson
Bergs
Vernon Schoening
Robert E. Richardson
Thompson Trial Background Shown By Jury Questioning
Thompson continued testimony on his background with jurors asked to compare it to his own professional and financial success. Friends described the Thompson children as part of a warm, happy family, and Segell said only a monster could commit the crime.
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Derson
Thompson
Thompsons
Segell
Shotgun Discharge Kills Antigo Man
Herbert Below, 66, Antigo, died when a shotgun pulled from a duffle bag discharged and struck his chest. The incident occurred while he was unpacking hunting and fishing gear moved from a cottage earlier in the day. The death was ruled accidental.
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Antigo
Herbert Below
Four Armed Robberies Reported In Minnesota
A spurt of crime activity continued in Minnesota with at least four armed robberies reported this morning. A group of three or four armed men robbed a Richfield supermarket, opening a safe while staff were restrained and a manager forced to assist. Two white suspects robbed a north Minneapolis Super Valu at about the same time. A pair took $533 from the Tally Ho café south of Zumbrota, detaining two patrons and two customers. Police hunt a well organized gang linked to a northside fur store theft, and a young gunman robbed Swanson's Bar in St Paul for about $2,000.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Richfield
Minneapolis
Zumbrota
Swanson
St. Paul
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Curtiss Wright
Spartans Ind
McQuay Inc
DuPont
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Western Air Lines
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Swank, Inc
General Telephone
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Swift & Company
Winona
Minnesota-North Dakota
Red River Valley
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Milwaukee
South ST. Paul Livestock
St. Mary’s Hospital
Seattle, Wash
Tomah Man
NFO
NATO
Paris
NATO Council
Cee Ad Moen
R. H. Lovold, Inc. Plumbing & Heating
S. 3Rd St
Shippers
DIAL
Mike
LaCrosse Sts
Barry
Pie
Rose and
Clinton Sts
State Bank
PDEL
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