Monarchy Still Stands Duke Of Windsor Abdicated 30 Years Ago
London remembers King Edward VIII who abdicated for Wallis Simpson on December 11 1936. The Windsors exile persists with Edward 72 and Wallis 70 living mostly outside Paris as Elizabeth II presides in Britain. The abdication sparked a heated political clash but the monarchy endured.
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Granville J. Watts
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State Youth Changes Story On Being Shot
Vilas County Sheriff said 17 year old Jerry Kaminsky of Eagle River admitted he shot himself accidentally after previously telling of being wounded by an unidentified man.
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Wis
Vilas County
John Scott
Jerry Kaminsky
Freeman resigns as publicity chief for Phoenix Planned Parenthood
Phillip K. Freeman resigns as publicity chairman in Phoenix citing his job as director of customer relations for a diaper service requires more time.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Phillip K. Freeman
Planned Parenthood
Phoenix
Truce Efforts Discussed As War Pause Extends
Discussion centers on a potential extended cease fire from Dec 24 to Feb 12 amid Christmas and Tet truce plans. U S officials consider a bombing pause without North Vietnamese reciprocity and warn such pauses favor the Communists who are losing ground. Also notes Wade House Inn history in rural Sheboygan County.
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Vatican
Saigon
Rusk
U.S
North Viet Nam
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La Crosse Tribune masthead and service notes
The La Crosse Tribune publishes daily and Sunday editions from La Crosse Wisconsin. It lists staff roles and advertising contacts and outlines home delivery and mail subscription rates with regional area details.
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la Crosse Tribune
4Th and Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Onalaska
la Crescent
1400 Signatures Back Direct School Election Drive
About 1,400 signatures have been gathered by the La Crosse Citizens Education Committee and volunteers on petitions for direct election of board of education members. Dr Sigurd B Gundersen Jr said this is roughly half the required total.
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Board of Education
Sigurd B. Gundersen Jr
Young GOP Supports Veto of SDS Charter
La Crosse State University Young Republicans endorse President Samuel G. Gates veto of a charter for the Students for a Democratic Society on campus. The group says campus organization rights are a privilege earned, not a guaranteed right, and SDS has not shown itself worthy.
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la Crosse
White Mountain National Forest Features and Facilities
The White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire contains 100 miles of Forest Service roads 1000 miles of foot trails 11 picnic areas 16 camping areas 47 lakes and ponds and 650 miles of fishable streams across its vast expanse.
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Forest Service
White Mountain National Forest
New Hampshire
Petition Circulation for April Referendum Underway
Local petition drive continues with signatures being collected since November 17. Circulators may leave petitions at Community Camera 506 Main St and pick up additional sheets to gather more signatures this month.
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Main St
Gundersen
Jack Ruby Cancer Diagnosis Reported in Dallas
Parkland Hospital officials said Jack Ruby 55, the Oswald killer, has cancer with the tumor site undetermined. A lymph node biopsy was done under local anesthesia after Ruby was treated for pneumonia and fluid buildup in the chest, with studies planned to locate the tumor.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Jim Maxwell
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Bill Decker
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Phil Burleson
Governors weigh 1968 GOP convention and Romney stop coalition
The 1968 GOP governors split over nominating votes with no pledges, signaling wait and see among 25 future state leaders. Reagan denounced a presidential bid while hinting at future possibilities. A stop Romney coalition emerges as Rockefeller and Scranton weigh cohesiveness among moderates amid party infighting. An executive committee was named including Love, Chafee, Reagan, Kirk, and Babcock.
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Rhodes
Romney
Son
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Rockefeller
John A. Love
Colorado
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Erec Claude Kirk Jr
Florida
Tim M. Babcock
Montana
Weekend Rain and Mountain Snow Plague Pacific Regions
Rain is forecast Sunday along the Central and Northern Pacific Coast. Snow and flurries are expected in the Rockies and Northern Plateau, the Upper Great Lakes, and the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, according to UPI telephoto briefing.
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Great Lakes
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Birth During Emergency Landing On Jet Flight In Billings
A La Crosse woman Marilyn Beranek gave birth to a son named Todd Alan six minutes after a jet airliner landed in Billings Montana. Her 2-year-old son Mark remained onboard to be met by grandparents in Portland. The father Bruce Beranek was jailed in La Crosse under the Huber Act for three months for failure to support his family.
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West Coast
An & Pound
Billings
Mont
Marilyn Beranek
Bruce Beranek
Avon St
la Crosse County
Catholic Girls Return Christ Child With Stolen Nativity
Two Catholic sisters Marilyn and Mary Jane, ages 10 and 8, gave their baby doll to replace a Christ child stolen from Trinity Lutheran church in Swissvale near Pittsburgh. The pastor, Rev. George W. Nickelsburg, accepted the gift and placed a sign stating the baby was stolen.
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Delmar Strutt
Swissvale
Marilyn
Mary Jane
Trinity Lutheran Church
George W.E. Nickelsburg
Nickelsburg
Prairie Youth Held After Pointing Gun At Sheriff
Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin 18 year old Terry Clark surrendered after pointing a pistol at Sheriff Ray Childs in a relative’s home. Deputies and police arrested him on a warrant from November 3 charging failing to stop for an emergency vehicle and license issues. Clark on parole from Green Bay Reformatory remains jailed with additional charges pending.
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Wis
Terry Clark
Andy Hobanks
Clark
William O'Neil
Ray Childs
Childs
Green Bay Reformatory
Jaycee Yule Lighting Contest Entries Due December 17
La Crosse Jaycees sponsor annual Christmas lighting contest with a December 17 entry deadline. Judging runs December 19 to 21. lights must be on all three nights. Prizes are 15, 10, and 5 dollars. Contact Thomas Pace at 784-8465 for details.
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la Crosse
Thomas Pace
Four LCU students attend Madison public service conference
Four La Crosse State University students Larry Pfaff Pat Rash Robert Seaquist all La Crosse and Jennifer Yeskie Melrose attended a public service conference at the University of Wisconsin Saturday. Speakers included Gov Warren Knowles and national GOP leader Ray Bliss along with state chairman Ody Fish and Rep elect William Steiger of Oshkosh and Rep Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois.
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Public Service
University of Wisconsin
Larry Pfaff
Pat Rash
Robert Seaquist
la Crosse
Jennifer Yeskie
Melrose
Republican National Committee
GOP
Warren P. Knowles
Ray C. Bliss
Ody J. Fish
William A. Steiger
Oshkosh
Donald Rumsfeld
Classified Ads Invite Christmas Shoppers For Gift Items
Local classifieds invite shoppers to browse gift items now available. Call 782 8040 for details on specials and selections mentioned in the ad.
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Dial
Hoover Wiretap Debate Sees Kennedy and Evans Clash
Senator Kennedy challenged J Edgar Hoover over wiretap practices calling for Feb 17 letter from Evans a matter of record. Evans, ex FBI liaison to the attorney general, cited a 1961 memorandum noting wiretap approvals were routed to Kennedy then attorney general designate. He said prior attorneys general allowed microphone use without explicit approval.
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Hoover
Courtney Evans
Gross
Evans
FBI
Attorney
Washington
Inquest Scheduled Into Man's Death
Crawford County coroner Dr. Robert Love orders an inquest into Herbert Knutson 49 of Gays Mills who died December 8 in a hospital after injuries from December 1 when brought unconscious from Seneca. The inquest set for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the courthouse. autopsy results will be released at the inquest.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
Robert Love
Herbert Knutson
Gays Mills
Knutson
Seneca
Ancient name of the Black Sea before modern times
In antiquity the body of water later called the Black Sea was known as the Euxine Sea. This term appears in historical texts and maps reflecting early maritime geography. The name Euxine persisted in classical geography and Hellenic sources.
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Black Sea
Euxine Sea
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