Stock Market Hits Its Lowest Level In Years
The Dow industrials fell 7.99 points to 783.68 marking its lowest close since October 1966, with the 60-stock average at 267.7 its low since August 1963. Analysts cite tight money, Vietnam war worries, and yearend tax losses as reasons for the decline. Trading volume was light at 9.99 million shares. Charles Stratton, known as Gen Tom Thumb, grew from 25 inches to 40 inches tall later in life.
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New York
Associated Press
Ted Bukowski
E. F. Hutton & Co
Nixon
Charles Stratton
Gen
Tom Thumb
Deaths listed for Kemp and others in La Crosse area
Obituary notices report John A. Kemp 83 of 909 Vine St dying in a local hospital Monday. Services at Schuchmacher Funeral Home then St. James Catholic Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery. Also noted are Henry Schuelke 81. Mrs. Frank Bell Rucinski 62. Dr. Ralph Spears 49. Sister M Mechtild Buchheit 93. Mrs. Arthur Jensen 68. Mrs. Bessie Mason 76 with funeral plans or pending arrangements in La Crosse and nearby communities.
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John A. Kemp
Vine St
Schumacher Funeral Home
St. James Catholic Church
Robert Hansen
Winnebago Street
Robert
Dakota
Minn
LeRoy
Harold
la Crosse
Lucille Cramblit
Eau Claire
Eleanore Breidel
William Meyers
Susan Schams
Kemp
Agnes
Henry Schuelke
State St
Sletten-McKee-Hanson Funeral Home
Frank
Marjorie) Bell Rucinski
van Buren
Poplar Bluff
St. Francis School of Nursing
Rucinski
Frank Rucinski
Mary
D. E
Ralph G. Spears
Canoga Park
Calif
Conoga Park
Central High School
Northwestern University
Evanston
Pat
Lynn
Michael
William
James
Ruth) McKenzie
Louis
Bonnie) Lautz
Stanley
Doris) Reaves
Independence
Appleton
M. Mechtild
Anna’ Buchheit
St. Joseph Ridge
Marathon
Mechald
Villa St. Joseph
Urban Buchheit
St. James
Teresa Buchheit
Holy Trinity
Joan Hageman
West Point
Iowa
St. Rose Convent Chapel
Othmar Missler
Fred
Louisa) Starch
R. 1
Coon Valley
Edwin C
Earl H
Madison
Reuben W
Paul
Marilyn) Pertzsch
Alfred Bartsch
Walter Bartsch
Walter
Emma) Wuensch
Bernard
Anna) Strittmaier
Elfrieda
Clarence
Louis Bartsch
Fiood
Woman Lawyer Given College Board Post
Mrs. M. D. McVay Minneapolis attorney was named to the state Junior College Board by Gov. LeVander. She replaces James P. Shannon, who is now a VP at St. John's College in Santa Fe. McVay has been active in AAUW efforts to promote junior colleges in Minnesota and is a 1938 University of Minnesota graduate.
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Minnesota
North High School
Minneapolis
Kennard
la Crosse
University of
Ole
Clara) Hendrickson
East Ave. S
Nixon Braces For Woman's Query By Dillon Graham
WASHINGTON AP Sarah McClendon, the veteran Washington reporter, questioned President Nixon at a news conference about intimidation and harassment of Pentagon personnel and the firing of A Ernest Fitzgerald over cost overruns. Nixon replied with a guarded, at times humorous response as McClendon pressed for action. She has long challenged presidents from Eisenhower to Kennedy, delivering pointed questions as a representative for several Texas papers.
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Dillon Graham
Washington
Sarah McClendon
United States
Nixon
Sarah
Pentagon
Barry Shillito
Edward Sheridan
McClendon
A.ernest Fitzgerald
Robert Moot
Miss McClendon
Defense
Kennedy says Newsweek story on father was cruel
Senator Edward Kennedy denounces Newsweek coverage of Joseph P. Kennedy's death as unnecessarily cruel. In a Dec 15 letter, he rebuts claims that his brother Joe Jr. was reckless in WWII, defends his father's character, and praises his grandfather's generosity and humor.
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Kennedy
New York
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Newsweek
Joseph P. Kennedy
National Affairs
Joe Jr
Rosemary
Local minister to officiate burial at Trinity Reformed Church cemetery
Funeral home visitors may call Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. The Rev Sheldon Warner will officiate at the burial in Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ Cemetery. Burial details follow this service.
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Neral Home
Sheldon Warner
Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ
Weather update for La Crosse and Midwest regions
Occasional light snow tonight and Wednesday with light southwest winds across La Crosse area. Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa forecast mostly cloudy with scattered snow and minimal temperature change. sunrise and sunset times listed. Shippers forecast projects perishables shipments within 150 miles of La Crosse with minimum temperatures 18 to 22 degrees.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
Five Magazine Salesmen Fined In County Court
Five Milwaukee magazine salesmen were fined 53 dollars each in La Crosse County Court for soliciting without permits at Coulee Park Estates in Onalaska. They were held overnight after not posting bonds, and pled innocence before changing to guilty as a New York company official said the firm would pay the fines.
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Milwaukee Magazine
la Crosse
Coulee Park Estates
Onalaska
Leonard F. Roraff
New York
Asst. Dist. Atty
Merwin Mellor
Craig M. Peck
Hollis W. Riley
Ralph L. Wiese Jr
Jean Halley
Edward L. Baylis
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Arthur
Lulah) Jensen
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Wilson St
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Madeline) Amundson
Irving, Tex
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Shirley) Fields
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Betty Jane) Hass
Marlin
Nub
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Eleanor) Meyer
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Wonder Lake
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