Rules In U S Meat Bill Too Strict Senate Feels
MADISON AP The Wisconsin State Senate aimed for final passage of a resolution criticizing the federal meat inspection law. Sen. Fred Risser objected to wording and a new draft was promised. The measure urged the President to curb enforcement to protect small slaughterhouses from closure. The Assembly already approved it.
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U.S
Senate
Madison
State Senate
Fred Risser
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jerris Leonard
Bayside
Henry Dorman
D-Racine
Assembly
Solon Seeks Return Of Welfare Aid
Madison Assemblyman John Radcliffe fights rising welfare costs in Trempealeau and Jackson counties totaling 32416 and 46025 per biennium. He argues federal Medicare aid was not received to offset these chargebacks and urges state action to prevent higher property taxes under the governor's budget.
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Madison
John Radcliffe
Trempealeau-Jackson
Trempealeau
Jackson
Radcliffe
Senate
Trempealeau County
Friday Radio Highlights Basketball and Football Lineup
WKBH at 7 50 p m Logan meets Eau Claire North. WKTY at 7 50 p m Central faces Menomonie. WCOW FM 7 45 p m Sparta battles Sauk Prairie. Aquinas vs Stevens Point Pacelli. WKTY 3 p m Green Bay Packers meet Los Angeles Rams. WCOW 1 15 p m Wisconsin plays Southern Methodist.
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WKBH
Logan
Eau Claire North
WKTY
Central
Menomonie
Wcow-Fm
Sparta
Sauk Prairie
Aquinas
Stevens Point Pacelli
Green Bay Packers
Los Angeles Rams
WCOW
Wisconsin
Southern Methodist
Post Office Opens Saturday Hours For Christmas Rush
Public service windows will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the United States Post Office. Post master Harold C. Ristow says the extra hours aim to relieve Christmas mailing pressure. No Sunday schedule will be maintained this weekend. The North Side station closes at noon Saturday.
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United States Post Office
Harold C. Ristow
Ristow
North Side
Rockland Man Shoots Self Accidentally
A Rockland man Duane Rasmussen age 20 reported shooting himself while unloading his car trunk. He was treated for a shoulder flesh wound at Lutheran Hospital and released. The rifle, a 22 caliber, lay on a raincoat in the trunk and discharged when he moved the coat. Sheriff James McHugh investigated.
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Rockland
la Crosse County
Rasmussen
Assembly Approves Crop Damage Bill in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Assembly passed 95 to 1 a bill to compensate farmers for crop damage caused by wild geese and ducks. Sponsored by Assemblyman Elmer Nitschke the measure would pay up to 1500 dollars per farmer. Farmers in the Horizon game refuge area faced substantial damage from migrating birds this fall.
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Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Elmer Nitschke
Beaver Dam
Senate
State Conservation Department
Horizon Game Refuge
Reds No Longer Safe In S Vietnam Admiral Says
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia AP The commander in chief of U S forces in the Pacific Adm U S Grant Sharp said Communist troops can no longer feel safe in much of South Vietnam though they retain a dangerous capability for terrorism and guerrilla warfare He noted allied forces are making progress and enemy casualties have risen about 50 percent this year over 1966
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
U.S
Pacific
South Vietnam
Adm
Grant Sharp
Sharp
Housewives in U S Save Trading Stamps Survey Says
A survey by the Home Testing Institute and National Family Opinion Inc. finds more than 90 percent of housewives in the United States save trading stamps. The study highlights widespread use of loyalty rewards among households across the nation.
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United States
Home Testing Institute
National Family Opinion Inc
Artists Have Paintings On Display In La Crosse Show
Two members of the La Crosse Society of Arts and Crafts exhibit original paintings this month in the Batavian Bank and Commerce Building. Henry Errickson of Cashton, 80, began oil painting five years ago after retiring from business and works daily. Herb Hultgren of Winona, a junior high art teacher with an M A in art from the University of Minnesota, had his work Northshore Cascade selected from more than 1,400 entries for the 1968 Northwestern Bell Telephone calendar. Both exhibits run through New Year’s Day.
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la Crosse Society of Arts and Crafts
Batavian Bank and Commerce
Henry Errickson
Cashton
Commerce Building
Herb Hultgren
Winona
Minn
Batavian Bank
Northshore Cascade
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Hultgren
University of Minnesota
Clerk Union Signs Pact With Railroads
Cincinnati AP report says C L Dennis president of the Brotherhood of Railway Airline and Steamship Clerks announced a master merger agreement to protect about 16 000 employees in service of four Western railroads Great Northern Northern Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Spokane Portland and Seattle. The merger was approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Cincinnati
C. L. Dennis
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Western Railroads
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brotherhood
Wedgewood Area Gets Curb Service
Approximately 23 mail patrons in Wedgewood Valley East Shelby will receive curb line box delivery starting Monday. Acting Postmaster Harold C. Ristow said the service extends beyond a base cluster and requires boxes be erected before the carrier arrives. Names and addresses must be placed on the facing side of each box.
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Wedgewood Valley
Shelby
Harold C. ‘Ristow
Ristow
Doctor Tietz Certified Diplomate in Gynecology
Dr. C. A. Tietz of Virginia Minnesota and former La Crosse physician is now a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Herman Tietz of 2034 Wood Street and is joined by his wife and three children. He practices at the Lenont Peterson Clinic in Virginia.
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C. A. Tietz
Virginia
Minn
la Crosse
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Herman Tietz
Wood St
Tietz
Lenont-Peterson Clinic
Stock Quotations and Market Averages From National Dealers
National Association of Securities Dealers quotes show inter dealer prices at about 9:00 a.m. with major index readings: Dow Jones average 891.99 down 0.23, NYSE Composite 53.16 up 0.09, and declines in several sectors. Commodities include Dec Wheat 1.46, Feb Soybeans 2.66, Dec Eggs 17.50, Dec Corn 1.15. Firm bids and asks listed for numerous securities, mutual funds, and local equities with price ranges and spreads.
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Rexall Drug
Ryder Systems
Scott Paper
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Sperry Rand Él
Standard Oil
Calif
N.J
Standard Oj, Inc
Swift
Texaco
Trane Co
U.S. Steel
Universal
Westinghouse Electric
White Motors
Woolworths
DOW Jones
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Telephone
Pyroil Co., Inc
Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv
National Inv
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Thor Kjome Dies at 48 in Spring Grove
Thor Kjome 48 of Spring Grove died Dec 6 at home after a yearlong illness. He led Mansfield Industries and later Argus Co from 1947 to 1963. A WWII veteran and former American Legion commander, he served on the Tweeten Memorial Hospital board and Trinity Lutheran Church council. He is survived by Ruth, two sons Norman and Donald, one grandchild, and brother Theron. Funeral services Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call Saturday and Sunday at Engell-Roble Funeral Home and at the church after 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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Spring Grove
Minn
N. Thor Kjome
Nels O. Krome
Ruth Solum
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
American Legion
Tweeten Memorial Hospital Board of
Trinity Lutheran Church Council
Norman
Donald
Theron
la Crosse
Insubordination grounds in Otepka case emerge
AP reports a secret State Department hearing officer’s finding of insubordination by Otto F. Otepka former chief security evaluator for giving three documents to Congress. Dragon’s secret report sent to Dean Rusk who has five working days to act. Otepka faced discharge over disclosures to the Senate internal security subcommittee about laxity in the Security Division.
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Minneapolis
Rusk
State Department
Otepka
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Department
Wausau Woman Dies In Fire In Wausau Home
WAUSAU AP A Wausau woman died late Thursday as fire swept her home while her husband and four sons escaped. The body of Gretta Burne, 40, was found in a bathroom adjoining her bedroom. Cause of the blaze undetermined. Knox Burno valued damage at about 100000, including a gun collection worth 50000 to 75000. The Burno children ranged from nine to fifteen years old.
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Wausau
Gretta Burne
Knox Burno
Burno
End of AFDC Work Rule Maintains State Aid Parity
Conference panel rejects Senate relief for mothers with preschool children and keeps House AFDC work requirement. It also caps federal aid by state roll size as of January 1968 and replaces drug price listing with guaranteed access to reasonably priced Medicaid drugs. Senate drug amendment and low cost drug list were dropped.
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Sen
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb wedding cost set at sixty two thousand eight hundred fifty
New York AP reports Lynda Bird Johnson and Marine Capt. Charles S. Robb will spend about 62850 for their wedding and honeymoon with major expenses including 10000 for the trousseau and 10000 for flowers. Champagne bills reach 5000. The piece notes White House access allowed cost cutting compared with Luci Johnson’s 75000 ceremony 16 months earlier.
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New York
Lynda Bird Johnson
Charles S. Robb
Women’s Wear Daily
Lynda Bird
Trousseau
Robbs and Johnsons
University of Cincinnati Plans to Buy Growth Stocks
The University of Cincinnati will shift from high grade bonds to growth stocks to expand potential returns. Finance committee chair Philip Meyers said $400,000 placed at straight interest funds a professor’s salary, while UC’s $35 million endowment yields about $1 million annually toward a $58.5 million operating budget.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Philip M. Meyers
Meyers
Committee Endorses Educational TV Bill for Wisconsin Areas
The Assembly State Affairs Committee voted 9 to 2 to back a bill enabling four Wisconsin regions to obtain educational television facilities. Planned stations would serve Wausau La Crosse Eau Claire and Fox Valley, with translator boosters in Ashland and Platteville. Financing to be joint federal state under the Educational Television Facilities Act.
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Madison
Assembly State Affairs Committee
Wisconsin
Wausau
la Crosse
Eau Claire
Fox Valley
Ashland
Platteville
Bill To Halt State Building Is Signed
Madison AP report states a bill halting construction of new state facilities pending a joint state city study. It would create a planning committee to develop long range plans for offices. Assembly approved the bill 97 to 0 before sending it to Gov Knowles.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Assembly
Florida Company Buys Chicago Paper Firm
Jim Walter Corp announces agreement to purchase all Marquette Paper Corp stock in Chicago. Marquette is a printer papers wholesaler serving the Chicago and Milwaukee area with annual sales over 40 million dollars.
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Tampa, Fla
Jim Walter Corp
Marquette Paper Corp
Chicago
Marquette
Chicago Milwaukee
Major Industry Iceland Earns Over Nine-Tenths From Fishing
Iceland relies on the fishing sector for more than 90 percent of its earnings, highlighting the nation's heavy dependence on marine resources and export markets.
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Iceland
McNamara Defends Napalm Protests At Dow
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara says protesters at Dow Chemical recruiting are misdirecting their fire. He notes napalm sales are under half a percent of Dow's total and that napalm is a military necessity for specific Viet Cong warfare. McNamara contrasts protests with Dow’s right to discuss employment with students and cites care to protect civilians.
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Midland
Mich
Robert McNamara
Dow Chemical Co
McNamara
Herbert D. Doan
Dow
Defense Department
Vietnam
Ger. Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Manpower Called Key To Plains Industry
SIOUX FALLS S D AP Adequate manpower is the main thing that is lacking in Great Plains industrial development Ira Kaye director of the Rural Services Division of the Office of Economic Opportunity said of a seminar Thursday Kaye is one of several federal and regional officials participating in the meeting to discuss development of the great plains states The essential ingredient to development Kaye said is new industry The Great Plains area he said can offer all the resources needed for many industries vast land water and low cost power but sufficient man power is lacking Kaye cited the vast migration of youth from the area as a major cause of the manpower lack Kaye called for action to provide a reasonable solution to out migration.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Great Plains
Ira Kaye
Office of Economic Opportunity
Kaye
Lake Geneva Man Shot To Death In New Munster
Kenosha County authorities planned to seek a warrant in the fatal porch shooting of George L. Smith 44 of Lake Geneva. A woman, mother of six, was present as Smith was struck by a shotgun slug at a New Munster home around 7 p.m. He died. a local employee of American Motors Corp. was being held in jail. The woman fled to a tavern to call police.
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Kenosha (Ap
Kenosha
New Munster
Ed Warre
George L. Smith
Lake Geneva
American Motors Corp
Smith
Police Start Drive On Parking Violators
Madison police launched a drive to collect about 56 000 unpaid traffic tickets totaling 211 000 dollars. Most fines date from the last two years as the city budget allows 30 000 dollars to hire off duty officers to serve warrants and seize funds. Police Chief Wilbur Emery cites manpower shortages hampering normal policing and warrant service.
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Madison
Madison Police Department
Wilbur Emery
Services Held For Former Solon Miller at Kilkenny
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Henry F. Miller 87 a retired farmer and former legislator He lived with a son on a farm near Kilkenny and died Sunday in a Fairmont hospital Miller represented LeSueur County in the 1921 1939 and 1941 regular sessions and the 1937 special session of the Minnesota Legislature Survivors include three sons and two daughters
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Kilkenny
Minn
Henry F. Miller
Miller
Fairbanlt
LeSueur
Minnesota
Lilian Evans Tibbs Madame Evanti, first Negro opera star dies
Washington mourns the death of Lilian Evans Tibbs 77 known as Madame Evanti a pioneering coloratura soprano who likely was the first Negro to sing grand opera professionally in the United States She died after a long illness her debut occurred in Nice in 1925 and she rose to fame across Europe and America.
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Washington
Lillian Evans Tibbs
United States
Madame Evanti
Nice
Second Price Hike On Cars Is Expected
DETROIT AP Higher costs for steel and labor push automakers toward a second price boost for 1968 models. Ford and Chrysler ratified new UAW contracts lifting labor costs about a dollar per man hour over three years. Cold rolled carbon steel prices rose by about 5 a ton, following U S Steel, with no immediate comment from auto firms.
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Detroit
Ford
Chrysler
United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAW
U.S. Steel
First In Film Series Slated At Caledonia
Caledonia Minnesota hosts the Knights of Columbus first in a five part film series in St Marys Auditorium. The 8 p m December 10 program shows three shorts Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge Language Of Faces and Stringbean followed by a discussion on how directors convey human life value. Open to public with no charge. Students register. children require parental accompaniment.
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Caledonia
Minn
St. Mary’s
Knights of Columbus
Owl Creek Bridge
Funeral Rites Held For Green Bay Bishop
Funeral services for Bishop Stanislaus V. Bona of the Green Bay diocese were held at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral with burial in Allouez Cemetery. Bona, 79, died Friday, one day before the 23rd anniversary of his appointment. Attendees included John Cardinal Cody, seven bishops, 25 monsignors, and hundreds of priests and nuns. Nine bishops unable to attend due to fog preventing air travel.
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Green Bay
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
Stanislaus V. Bona
Allouez
Bona
John Cardinal Cody
Chicago
F. W. Freking
la Crosse
Weather Summary for La Crosse and Vicinity
Cloudy with little temperature change through Saturday and a chance of snow. Tonight low around 30, Saturday high in the upper 30s with measurable precipitation possible at 20 percent tonight and 40 percent Saturday. Minnesota and Iowa show a mix of clearing, cloudiness, and chances of snow or drizzle, with a general trend toward colder conditions by weekend end. La Crosse normal highs 31 and lows 15.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
Dr Sheppard Volunteers For Peace Corps
Washington AP The Peace Corps said Samuel H Sheppard Cleveland osteopath who served 10 years in prison but was acquitted of second degree murder has volunteered for Peace Corps duty. The corps will process his application in about eight weeks and may train him if his skills fit needs. His acquittal restored civil rights. His first wife Marilyn was killed July 4 1954.
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Washington
Peace Corps
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cleveland Osteopath
Corps
Sheppard
U.S. Supreme Court
Marilyn
Ariane
United States
Germany
Driver Hurt When Pickup Hits House in La Crosse
Lawrence J. Rice, 65, of 362 Mormon Coulee Road, was reported in satisfactory condition in Lutheran Hospital ICU after his pickup left the road and struck the house of William Kammel at 377 Mormon Coulee Road. Police noted torn lawn bricks broken and foundation damage as Rice suffered facial cuts and chest bruises.
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la Crosse
Lutheran Hospital
Lawrence J. Rice
Mormon Coulee Road
William Kammel
Rice
Mild Weather May Keep Seaway Open
MONTREAL AP This was the closing day for the Montreal Toronto section of the St. Lawrence Seaway but mild weather is expected to keep it open for a few more days. The authority notes Dec 6 as the official closing day, yet the section will stay open day by day based on weather. Ocean-going vessels remain in the system, sailing downstream toward home ports as numbers dwindle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Montreal-Toronto
St. Lawrence
River Readings Highlight Flood and Temperature Stats
River readings show flood stage at 24-hr level with LaCrosse station reporting 40.034 inches, 27 degree days this period, and mean Thursday temperature at 38 degrees, 14 above normal. Weekend sunrise is 7 27 AM and sunset 4 27 PM. Shipper forecast predicts winds from various directions between 15 and 25 degrees for Saturday.
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Lacrosse
Shipper
Boeing official dies in Seattle at 61
Robert J. Helberg longtime Boeing Space Division assistant manager and Lunar Orbiter program director died of a heart attack Wednesday night. Helberg joined Boeing in 1935 and led the moon photographing project that helped the firm’s space work reach new heights.
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Seattle
Robert J. Helberg
Boeing Co
Space
Helberg
Boeing
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