McNamara: Soviet ICBMs Likely More Than Estimated
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara says U.S. intelligence underestimated how many ocean-spanning missiles the Soviet Union will have by mid-1968. He notes U.S. estimates of deployed Soviet missiles are accurate and that the nation still leads in ICBMs. He cites plans to accelerate Poseidon submarine missiles and Minuteman III deployment.
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Bob Horton Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Soviet Union
Soviets
Moscow
McNamara
President Johnson
Texas
United States
Pearl Harbor lessons echoed in 1941 to today
Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze recalled Pearl Harbor’s 1941 attack as a guide for current policy. He urged deterrence with strategic and tactical forces ready for action, and stressed readiness to enforce international agreements by force if needed. The remarks came during a Punchbowl ceremony honoring survivors and the fallen.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
United States
Southeast Asia
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Nitze
Asia
Japan
Pacific
Punchbowl Crater
Elevated Train Derailment Kills One In Chicago
A rain drenched Chicago scene saw two cars break away from an eight car elevated train near the Indiana Avenue station at 41st Street. The rear car fell 25 feet to the ground, crushed like a paper sack, killing one and injuring 25. The next to last car toppled, crushing an empty automobile beneath its steel nose.
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Chicago
Indiana Avenue
41St Street
Area Teachers Attend Reading Conference at La Crosse State
About 150 teachers and reading specialists attended a linguistics and reading conference Tuesday afternoon at La Crosse State University. Justin M. Fishbein of Science Research Associates spoke on the Basic Reading Series and Comprehensive Reading Series programs. SRA co sponsored the event with La Crosse State and Cooperative Educational Service Agency 11. Attendees came from eastern Minnesota and the La Crosse area.
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la Crosse
Police arrest four youths in Christmas bulb thefts
Two 15 year old girls and two 13 year old boys were picked up Tuesday for stealing Christmas tree bulbs. The girls admitted thefts on S 19th Street while the boys admitted stealing bulbs from five residences and were turned over to Juvenile Court processing.
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S. 19Th Street
la Crosse
Fire damages logs at Rocket Transportation site in La Crosse
In La Crosse on December 6 a fire damaged logs burning in the Rocket Transportation Co. yard and caused minor damage to Julius W. Zander’s property at 1102 Charles Street. Also on December 6 a man was locked out at 2303 Denton Street and another at 777 North 23rd Street. Richard Vacca, 21, of 114 North 9th Street, was injured with a right leg injury while at the Physical Education Building of La Crosse State University and was taken to St. Francis Hospital.
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Charles Street
Rocket Transportation Co
Minneapolis
Julius W. Zander
Charles St
Denton St
N. 23Rd St
la Crosse State University
Richard Vacca
N. 9Th St
St. Francis Hospital
River Readings Stations Flood Stage Update
River readings show flood stage data from La Crosse with 24 hour change figures and precipitation notes. Stations report 24 hour trend and forecast implications for nearby areas.
Births Report From Wisconsin Hospitals Listings
Newborns announced across Lutheran Hospital Memorial Hospital Vernon Memorial Hospital and St Marys Hospital along with Stillwater Minnesota infant entries. Named families include Schlicht Muskogen Rog ness Jensen Jorgensen Campbell Borntrager Stalsberg Nelson Hutchison Johnson Kapke Ames Struss and others with birthdates from November 28 to December 5.
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Ivan Hutchison
Ontario
Dorothy Lottie Manley
Arthur Johnson
Theresa Hazel Michalski
Madison
Wis
Chiropractors To Speak On Fluoridation Meeting
E. J. Wollschlaeger and Howard Barge, La Crosse chiropractors, will discuss fluoridation at 7 30 p m Wednesday before a study committee of the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce. The session is not open to the public and transcripts of two earlier meetings will be distributed. Four more hearings at 7 30 p m will be held on Dec 15 Jan 9 Jan 17 and Jan 25 with final transcripts reviewed before the committee’s report.
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E. J. Wollschlaeger
Howard Barge
la Crosse
Greater
Boy Scout Leaders To Hold December Roundtable
Adult leaders will stage their December roundtable at Trinity Lutheran Church 1010 Sill St Thursday at 7 30 p m. Topics include Cub Scout pine wood derby handicraft projects and Boy Scout activities. Winter and summer camping first aid training Explorer posts will discuss program ideas and problems.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Sill St
Knife-Wielding Youth Threatens Boy at Street Corner
Police said a 14 or 15 year old youth attacked a seven year old boy near East Avenue and Jackson Street during noon on Tuesday. The assailant slashed the boy’s shoes with a jackknife but the child was not hurt. The event occurred as the boy was walking home from Hogan School. The youth was described as a medium build male with a white streak in dark hair. The boy’s name was not released.
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Hogan School
East Avenue
Jackson Street
Radio Highlights Wednesday’s Schedule
WLCX at 7 p.m. features John Schnepp public relations man for the McCoy Job Corps Center as guest. WKTY airs Aquinas versus Campion basketball at 7 50 p.m. WKBH carries an 8 p.m. basketball game.
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WLCX
John Schnepp
McCoy Job Corps Center
WKTY
Aquinas
Campion
WKBH
Capitol paintings slashed by man with open scissors
A man injured four paintings in the Capitol House wing using open scissors before arrest. The most valuable was a 20 by 30 foot depiction of the signing of the Constitution by Howard Chandler Christy, dated 1940 and valued at $30,000.
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Washington
Capitol
George Palakian
Paterson
N.J
J. M. Powell
Palakian
Howard Chandler Christy
U.S. and Viet Cong engagements noted in Vietnam
U S air forces report losses of six planes to MIGs since July while claiming 26 Red jets downed and possibly two more. South Viet Nam sees B52 strikes near Kontum and naval shelling near Dong Hoi amid ongoing air and ground actions. Healdsburg sweep by 3rd Brigade ends north of Saigon with 21 Viet Cong killed in three engagements.
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U.S
United States
South
Viet Nam
Air
Kontum
Highlands
7Th Fleet
Ingersoll
Keppler
Dong Hoi
Admiral Kimmel Says Roosevelt and Marshall Orchestrated Pearl Harbor Cover
The former commander claims Roosevelt, Marshall and others in Washington planned the entry into war and kept silent on Japanese fleet movements to Pearl Harbor. He alleges he was scapegoated and predicts books will reveal the deeper “rotten mess.”
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United States
Kimmel
President Roosevelt
George Marshall
Washington
FDR
Pearl Harbor
Marshall
Patrolman in Training Ferguson Joins La Crosse Police
Patrolman in training Patrick Ferguson, 23, of 935 Market Street, works through recruit training with the La Crosse Police Department. Former Railway Express Agency employee, he has been on days since December 1 and will transition to third shift in about two weeks.
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Patrick Ferguson
Market St
la Crosse
Police Wound s Man In Baraboo Cafe Break-In
A 23 year old man Randall Marchese of McHenry Illinois was shot by officers inside Herman's Restaurant Baraboo after breaking a window in a lavatory during a burglary. He was wounded by three shots and listed in satisfactory condition at St. Clare's Hospital Baraboo. No money was taken and he may stay several days in hospital. The restaurant has seen two burglaries in five years and Baraboo businesses have faced recent break-ins.
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Baraboo
Sauk County
Mike Spencer
Randall Marchese
McHenry
Herman’s
St. Clare’s Hospital
Spencer
Berkeley Professor Dies After Heart Attack
Dr. Peter H. Odegard aged 65, professor and former Reed College president, died in Berkeley. He joined the University of California as chair of Political Science in 1948 and served until 1956 when he left that post.
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Oakland
Calif
Peter H. Odegard
University of California
Berkeley
Odegard
Reed College
Portland
Ore
Staley Hails Bargaining Gains At National Farmers Meet
More than 10 000 farmers gathered in Milwaukee for the National Farmers Organization convention led by NFC president Oren Lee Staley. He cited progress in bargaining for meat and grain and urged action on milk prices, illustrating rising costs and holding actions as farmers seek price relief.
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John M. Zielinski
Milwaukee
National Farmers Organization
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Rea. Mo
Staley
NFO
Erhart Pfingsten
Stock quotations from The Marshall Co data as of 9:00 am
National and local quotations list inter dealer prices and bids for funds and securities as of 9:00 am. Items include La Crosse Cooler Pyroil Boston Fidelity Manhattan Mass funds and Wisconsin fund with bid and ask ranges. Central Wisconsin market lines note daily variability and markup adjustments.
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Marshall Co
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Wis
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Pyroil Co., Inc
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Std
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
National Invest
Puriten Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Weather Lower Midwest Sees Snow Rain and Cold Ahead
A five day outlook covers La Crosse and vicinity with warmer trend and rain through the night. North and east winds 10 to 15 mph shift to north Thursday with mid 30s tonight. Minnesota faces heavy snow warnings central and north with hazardous driving. Iowa sees snow and freezing rain in extreme north. temperatures to run 4 to 6 below normal Thursday through Monday. Forecast calls for about 0.25 to 0.5 inches of precipitation in snow or rain Thursday into early Friday and again next week. colder early next week. A note on an evaporating apple tree states it can emit about 100 gallons of water on hot days.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
Echoes of War Recall Moment of Shock Across City
Residents recount where they were when war was declared, from a Madison library staffer to a La Crosse broker, describing disbelief, tears at a field house ceremony, and the nationwide shift as football faded from memory.
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Minneapolis
Harold Bruning
Tribune
Madison
Thurow
la Crosse Public Library
University of Wisconsin
Field House
Roosevelt
Con
Rochester
Art Luxenberg
N. 3Rd St
Death of Westby Legion member and civic leader
Westby resident dies leaving widow Gwenith Linrud and one grandchild. Survived by his daughter and parents. preceded by a sister. Services at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with burial in Lansing Iowa. Masonic rites Thursday and military rites at the church. Memorials to Crippled Children’s Hospital Minneapolis.
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Westby
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Walter Larson
J. O. Paulsrud
Rubicon
Lansing
Iowa
Anderson Chapel
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Minneapolis
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Red River Valley
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Clarence L. Schlicht
Kane St
Patricia Ann Meyer
Black River Falls
Kevin Philip
Phillip Muskogen
Alice Beck
Sheryl Lynn
Vernon Rogness
LaVon Carson
David Wayne
Daniel Jensen
Warrens
Lillian Murphy
Tomah
Wis. Memorial Hospital
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Fred Regelin
Kendall
Marjorie Barnhurst
Diane Marie
Roger Protz
Williams St
Shirley Jackson
Walter Baritsky
Necedah
Melody Clarke
Clinton Richard
Carolyn Lillian
Charles Jorgensen
Marshfield
Lillian Johnson
Viroqua
St. Mary’s Hospital
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Charles E. Kapke
Laurie M. Schneider
West Salem
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Robert Ames
Janis Hanson
Melrose
Stillwater
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Herbert Struss
Joanne Ram ‘Stad
Spring Grove
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
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Selective Service
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Civil Aeronautics Board
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Peace Corps
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UPI
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Tidewater Oil
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Elec
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Jones Industrials
First Bank Std. Inc
Fabri-Ter
Gateway Trans
Giddings & Lew
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mig
Lincoln Natl
Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch N.Y
Rust Craft
Swenk
Mars
Emil Sikorski
Lienlokken
Martin
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Chicago Cardinals
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Leon Pron
Rosy
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