13 Die When Ousted Patron Burns Tavern
Chicago police charged 26 year old Robert Lassiter with 13 counts of murder after a West Side tavern fire killed seven men and six women and injured 22. Witnesses say Lassiter argued with a waiter, then set a gasoline trail and ignited it. The front entrance burned closed, rear exit was locked, trapping many occupants at the Seeley Club on West Madison Street.
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Chicago
Robert Lee Lassiter
West Side
Lassiter
Seeley Club
West Madison Street
Eddie Gaston
Gaston
Howard Freeman
Freeman
Willie Daniels
Elp
Robert Holderby
Fire Department
Green Bay Sister and Brother Die of Heart Attacks
An elderly Green Bay man and his sister died of apparent heart attacks within hours of each other. Miss Myra B. Davidson aged 77 was found dead Saturday in her home as authorities prepared to inform her of her brother Arthur Davidson aged 85 who died in Chicago on Friday night.
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Green Bay (Ap
Green Bay
Myra B. Davidson
Arthur
Chicago
Stock Quotations December 13 1965 Highlights
National quotes from Royal Dutch to Woolworth list market prices as of about 9 am inter-dealer. Major names include American Can Sears Roebuck General Electric General Motors Westinghouse and U S Steel with volumes around 2.27 million shares and commodity quotes for wheat soybeans corn and wool.
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Royal Dutch
Sears Roebuck
Allis-Chalmers
Socony
American Can
Sperry Rand
American Motors
Standard Oil
Calif
Ind
Amer. Tel
Tel
N.J
Anaconda
Studebaker
Swift
Texaco
Chrysler
Trane Co
Celanese
Union Tank Car
Consolidated Foods
United Airlines
Deere
U.S. Rubber
DuPont
U.S. Steel
Eastman Kodak
Westinghouse
Elec
Epko Shoe
White Motors
Ford
Woolworth
General Aniline
Zenith
General Dynamics
Dow Jones
General Electric
Industrial
General Motors
General Telephone
Grand Union
Great Northern Ry
Gulf Oil
Heileman
Mlinois Central Ind
International Harvest
Jones & Laughlin
Marshall CO. Koehring Co
Kresge
Lockheed 67
Association of Securities Mini. Mining
Dealers, Inc
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Northern Pacific
A.m
Mar- Northern States
Northwest Banc
Olin Mathieson
Pepsi-Cola
Phillips Pete
Central Tele
RCA
Clark Oi
Republic Steel
First Bank
Rexall Drug
Fabri
Elks Club Door Refusal Sparks Police Charge
Dickinson North Dakota police officer Ray Polensky was denied entry to the Elks Club on Saturday night while checking for violations. The club manager's wife, Mrs Rehnold Herman, allegedly slammed the door amid his claim of entry rights. She was later told she would be charged with resisting a policeman and disorderly conduct.
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Dickinson
N.D
Dickinson Elks Club
Ray Polensky
Rehnold Herman
Polensky
Eight Peace Corps trainees missing after rugged hike in New Mexico
In Manzano New Mexico an extensive search continued for eight Peace Corps trainees eight students in nine weeks of UNM training vanished during a 30 mile hike from Belen to Manzano. About 40 people searched while two other groups arrived on schedule and one crossed back. Names listed include Mike Mitchell Tom Jacobs Bruce McCracken Linda West Jane Whitmore Judy Johnson Sue Selbin and Bill Pastreich all in their early twenties.
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Manzano, N.M
Peace Corps
Manzano Mountains
New Mexico
Manzano
Belen
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
University S
Mike Mitchell
the Bronx
New York City
Tom Jacobs
Columbus
Ohio
Bruce McCracken
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Linda West
Hurst
Tex
Jane Whitmore
Manhasset
N.Y
Judy Johnson
Pleasantville
Sue Selbin
St. Paul
Minn
Bill Pastreich
Police Investigate Death Of Minn Man Run Over By Train
Authorities probe the death of Nick M. Becker a 79 year old from Richmond Minnesota who was struck by a Milwaukee freight train Sunday night northwest of Des Moines Investigators said Becker was en route to visit his daughter in Council Bluffs Iowa The engineer Homer Johnson from Perry Iowa reported seeing the man between the rails but could not stop the train.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Nick M. Becker
Richmond
Police Ambulance Calls and Hospital Transports
Police and ambulance reports list events in La Crosse area. Mrs Ella Hegge aged 80 was taken to St Francis Hospital at 6 27 p m December 12 for illness. Cynthia Lehrke aged 15 was removed to La Crosse Lutheran Hospital after an illness at Mary E Sawyer Auditorium on December 11 at 9 28 p m The 19 year old Sandra Strittmaier was driven to La Crosse Lutheran Hospital in a squad car after a cut knee at home on December 12 at 2 26 a m.
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S. 31St St
Ella Hegge
St. Francis Hospital
Mary E. Sawyer
Cynthia E. Lehrke
S. 14Th St
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Harlan
Sandra) Strittmaier
S. 4Th St
Livestock Market Quotations From SwiftWinona and South St Paul
Swift & Company in Winona Minnesota lists hogs down 25 cents with top buyers 190 to 230 pounds at 26.00, cattle steady with prime to utility ranges, veal steady with top choice 28.00, and notes on arrival pricing. South St Paul US market reports higher hogs and steers, with cows and bulls steady to strong, plus Chicago grain and produce price levels and wholesale egg and poultry figures.
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Swift & Company
Winona
Minn
West
Kwno
Cattl
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Republican Friction Over Extremist Groups Spurs Debate
The GOP faces criticism for allowing the influence of extremist groups such as the Communist movement the Ku Klux Klan and the John Birch Society to tarnish the party. Smylie serves on the committee while Scott does not. Goldwater avoids disowning Birch Society members who back his campaign but denounces its leader Robert Welch who disparaged Eisenhower as a Communist tool.
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Page
Communists
Ku Klux Klan
John Birch Society
Smylie
Scott
Goldwater
The
Birch Society
Robert Welch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Man Unconscious 9 Years After Injury
Kenneth Reiken, 27, has lived unconscious in a Rochester nursing home for nine years after a head injury on November 4, 1956 when a car crash near Wykoff Minnesota. His widowed mother, Mrs. William Reiken, moved to Rochester to stay near him. Doctors say he may never regain consciousness.
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Rochester
Minn
Kenneth Reiken
Reiken
Wykoff
William Reiken
Kenneth
Plane Lands On Road Hits Truck Near Nashville
A single engine plane forced to land on Interstate 40 east of Nashville collided with a truck. Pilot Larry Roberge and the truck driver were uninjured, police said.
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Nashville, Tenn
Interstate 40
Nashville
Larry Roberge
Firefighter and Officer Hurt In Fire Scene Incident
Fire department first pipe man James Sciborski and city police officer William Black, both 37, were injured during firefighting at the Polka Dot Tire Discount Store. Sciborski was released after being run over by a truck. Black was briefly hospitalized after a car struck him while directing traffic. Authorities investigate the fire at 209 State Street and note tires damaged in the blaze.
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Fire Department
James Sciborski
William Black
Liberty St
Sciborski
St. Francis Hospital
State St
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
4Th
State Streets
Black
Lyle E. Ray
Winona St
Fred Genz
State Street
Genz
5Th Avenue
Cass Street
William J. Gianoli
Adams St
Cass
Paul R. Rud
New Brighton
Minn
Rud
Gregory T. Stellrecht
Galesville
Laux Hall
la Crosse State University
Stellrecht
4Th and
State
Weather Wreaks Havoc Across Regions From Storms
A sweeping storm disrupted communications and travel across multiple states. Four dead and 19 injured in a Pensacola area bus crash as a Greyhound careens off a wet highway. Air Canada jet skids at O’Hare. 71 aboard reassigned. A fogbound pilot dies in a White Plains crash. North Dakota and Minnesota report heavy ice damage to telephone lines. 20 000 wire breaks and 520 workers deployed. Baltimore harbor traffic halted. inland roads slick with freezing rain and sleet. Snow blankets Nevada Utah and Albany with 22 inches in parts of New York. Intermittent rain hits California while Tennessee sees 25 inches of snow but mild southern temperatures.
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Greyhound
New Orleans
Pensacola
Fla
Air Canada
O’hare International
Chicago
Toronto
Ont
White ‘Plains
N.Y
North Dakota
Minnesota
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
South Dakota
Fargo
N.D
Friendship International
Baltimore
New York State
Albany
Tennessee
Nevada
Utah
Ely
Nev
Los Angeles
Marines Press On In Vietnam After Saturation Bombing
U S Marines pushed forward near Saigon and Go Cong as raids continued. Reports say 122 Communists killed earlier, with Viet Cong body counts and weapons caches found. scattered clashes yielded over hundred Viet Cong deaths and several captures. A grenade attack on Gia Dinh police station injured two officers.
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Guam
U.S
Walt
Saigon
U. S
Mekong River
Gia Dinh
Tan Huong
Melee at Lake Street theater draws 30 patrolmen
In Minneapolis a Sunday theater melee drew some 15 squad cars and 30 officers after an off duty employee halted two youths in a scuffle. Patrons jeered and rock throwing followed. Theater closed and officers cleared teens. Outside, two store windows were broken and a car headlight smashed. an 18 year old was taken into custody.
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Minneapolis
Lake Street
British Author Maugham Near Death In Coma
British author W. Somerset Maugham lay in a coma in a Nice hospital and doctors said he had less than 24 hours to live after a stroke at Cap Ferrat. The 91 year old writer remained unconscious as three physicians reported his condition was stationary with no hopeful change.
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Nice
France
W. Somerset Maugham
Cap Ferrat
Georges Rosanoff
Maugham
Alan F. Searle
England
Canterbury
John Hope
Searle
London
Lambeth
Lady Frederick
Mauston Child Undergoes Open Heart Surgery
Mauston 4 year old Steven Gullickson son of Gordon and Mrs Gullickson underwent open heart surgery at University Hospital Madison. The six hour operation corrected a defective heart. He is recovering and expected home for Christmas. Blood donors from the community supported him through the bloodmobile. His Holmen origins noted.
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Mauston
Wis
Steven Gullickson
Gordon Gullickson
University Hospital
Madison
Steven
Holmen
Weather Record for Lacrosse and Vicinity
Occasional light snow expected to end tonight with a low in the mid 20s. Tuesday highs in the mid 30s with a chance of snow. northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Five day forecast for Western Wisconsin shows 4 to 8 degrees above normal temperatures, with light precipitation likely Tuesday or Wednesday and possible snow Friday or Saturday.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
Rusk Meets Pompidou Before NATO Ministers Session
Secretary of State Dean Rusk met French Premier Georges Pompidou on the eve of NATO defense talks in Paris to discuss integrated nuclear force plans and France’s role. The visit followed arrivals of U S and British ministers amid debate over Germany, Berlin, and Moscow’s disarmament signals.
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Tom Ochiltree
PARIS
Dean Rusk
Georges Pompidou
Atlantic Alliance
France
Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Pompidou
Maurice Couve de Murville
Charles de Peace Conference
Integral Gaulle
NATO
Michael Stewart
Britain
London
Foreign Office
Defense
Denise Healey
Stewart
U. S
Robert S. McNamara
West Germany
Moscow
West Berlin
China
West Gers
Indians Debate VISTA Aid and Indian Affairs Controversy
At Bad River and Red Cliff the VISTA program sparks conflict as tribal leaders and a priest defend aiding Native youths while critics accuse workers of bias. A panel at an Ashland church intensified the dispute, highlighting living conditions on the Red Cliff reservation and the controversy surrounding local school involvement.
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Bad River
Herchenbach
VISTA
Williamson
Jane Enright
College of New Rochelle
John DeGraft
University of California
Dick Townsend
University of Colorado
Ashland
Red Cliff
Study Ways To Speed Up Mental Health Programs
About 300 national state and local leaders met in Chicago to discuss accelerating community mental health program implementation. The two day conference, requested by 1965 governors, is co sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Council of State Governments.
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Chicago
National Institute of Mental Health
Council of State
Congress
Pollution Meeting Set for January 4
Washington reports the Department of Health Education and Welfare will hold a January 4 meeting in Chicago to review a pollution abatement program for lower Lake Michigan and the Calumet River. The session follows a March action by federal and state agencies and the Metropolitan Sanitary District to form a technical panel on water quality criteria. The panel will consider recommendations and craft a time schedule to reduce pollution.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Calumet River
Illinois
Indiana
Metropolitan Sanitary District of
Collision in Fog Kills Three in Illinois Crash
In dense fog and rain a three car collision on Ill. 2 south of Rockford killed Lawrence A. Opsahl 28 Betsy Goodwin 26 both Rockford and Vernon Gentry 21 rural Egan. Three others injured.
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Rockford, Ill
Rockford
Lawrence A. Opsahl
Betsy Goodwin
Vernon Gentry
Egan
Gemini 6 7 mission near miss and false signal shutdown
Inspectors blamed a two inch plug dislodged from the launch vehicle base for a false signal that shut down Gemini 6 engines. The crew avoided ejection and minor damage occurred while fuel was drained for a second attempt. Schirra praised for composure and no one hurt.
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Schirra
Wally
Mission Control
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la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Norplex Corp
Pyroil Co., Inc
Eaton & Howard Stk. F
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Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Invest
William St
Puritan Fund
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Minn. Man
Casa B
Alprtlaire
Cary
9Th & Vine
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Chicago
Chicago Grain
Idaho
Oregon
Viet Nam
United States
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National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
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Liberation Front
Red China
Peking
People’ S Daily
Felix Greene
Judy
Father Hellstein
Henry Bresette
CAP
Bayfield
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Daley
Gemini
Main Street
Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Omaha, Nebraska
Nebraska
Onl
New
B. C. Ziegler and Company
Robert C. Meyer, Res
Mayer-Lotz Bldg
Wauson
West Bend
Omaha
Senee
Ila Crosse
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