Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department seeks 25.5 million
The Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department asked Gov Knowles for 25.5 million to cover operations for the next two years. The sum, 18 percent above current funding, would come from the highway fund. The request includes 6.8 million for State Highway Patrol and needs for more inspectors, record keeping, and driver licensing consolidation in Milwaukee area.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
State Highway Patrol
Racine
Kenosha
Hudson
Tomah
de Pere
Milwaukee
State Office
Scramble Ahead Among LBJ Aides As Moyers Quits
Moyers resigns as White House press secretary to take over Newsday. His departure shifts power among aides W. Marvin Watson Joseph Califano Jr. Walt Rostow and Robert Kintner move toward top status. George Christian named Moyers successor as press secretary.
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Moyers
Bill Moyers
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
George Christian
UPI
LBJ
Frank Cormier
Washington
Bill D. Moyers
W. Marvin Watson
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Walt W. Rostow
Robert E. Kintner
National Broadcasting Co
Watson
Califano
Kintner
Rostow
Births Newswire: Area Hospitals Report New Babies
Birth announcements list multiple newborns across Wisconsin and California. Daughters born at St. Francis Hospital in La Crosse and Mercy Hospital in Janesville, with parents Curtis Brendemihl Jean Schultz Renee Hanson Ruth Ann Strange Roxanne Tande Anna Lynn and others. Names include Kara Jenine Phillip Mathew Anna Lynn Roxanne Shanna and Shanna’s parents from Ft Lewis and Tokyo connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis D. Brendemihl
Pine St
Virginia Lingerhouse
Paul D. Sullivan
S. 13Th Plac
Jean Schultz
Dale L. Indahl
la Crosse
Renee S. Hanson
Richard F. Schultz
Spring Grove
Minn
Judith A. Thomas
Ex Teacher Playing Santa Dies On Job
Fred T. Holland 66 retired elementary teacher died after collapsing while playing Santa at a department store. He had taken the seasonal job to be with children and passed away Wednesday night before reaching a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Fred T. Holland
Holland
Santa Claus
Minnesotans Urged To Get License Tags
Secretary of State Joseph L. Donovan urges Minnesota vehicle owners to buy auto license tags by January 10 to avoid penalties. Less than a quarter of about two million owners have purchased 1967 tags. Next year tags will be small adhesive stickers placed on the upper left corner of plates. owners are advised to buy at deputy registrars’ offices where available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Joseph L. Donovan
Ex Gov Goodland’s Widow Dies At 78
Mrs. Madge R. Goodland 78 widow of former Gov Walter S Goodland died Tuesday at St Josephs Hospital Milwaukee of a heart ailment. Gov Goodland served 1944 to 1948 and died in March 1948. They married in 1933 and resided in Milwaukee Racine home. Funeral Friday 10 a.m. at St Johns Cathedral with burial in Calvary Cemetery.
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Milwaukee
Madge R. Goodland
Walter S. Goodland
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Goodland
Burns Town Surplus Figures Corrected In Tribune Notice
La Crosse Tribune reports Burns Town tax levy cut last year using 20 000 of surplus instead of 23 000 leaving a 3 000 balance. Town Chairman W L Christopherson says the surplus was 38 969 50 then and about 36 000 now. Estimated 24 444 to county for 1966 road work leaves net about 21 500.
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la Crosse Tribune
Burns
W. L. Christopherson
Christopherson
Radio Highlights Thursday Prime Time Listings
Radio schedule notes Vox Pop on WLCX at 7 p.m. and Vietnam Update on WKTY at 8 30 p.m. The brief broadcast lineup outlines evening programming for listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLCX
WKTY
Vietnam
Stock Quotations From The Marshall Co
Inter dealer prices as of 9:00 a.m. from the National Association of Securities Dealers. Lists include La Crosse Cooler and La Crosse Tele and several mutual funds with bid and ask ranges. Pricing notes indicate marks for markup and commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Wis
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Pyroil Co., Inc
Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard Std
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Nati. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Chronic Injury May Put Hornung Out Of Pro Ball
Veteran Green Bay Packers halfback Paul Hornung faces possible retirement if his chronic neck injury persists. He described a pinched nerve causing left arm atrophy and limited game appearances since October. Hornung plans to decide after the season ends, awaiting improvement before any final choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornung
Chicago
Paul Hornung
Green Bay Packers
Chicago Tribune
The
Tribune
Palo Alto
Calif
Packers
Los Angeles
the Tribune
Chicago Bears
Associated Press
Two Die On Same Stretch Of Highway
Two fatal crashes occurred on the same stretch of U.S. 41 141 in Brown County. Miss Mary Elliott 22 rural Pulaski died in a head on crash with a semi driven by Glenn Johnson 42 Carney Mich escaped injury. Earlier August Pautz 71 died after a collision while turning into his home driveway six miles north of Green Bay.
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Associated Press
Brown County
Mary Elliott
Pulaski
U.S
Industrialist Leonard E. Smith Dies in Appleton Home
Leonard E. Smith 83 a noted industrialist and civic leader in Appleton and the Wisconsin Rapids area died at his Appleton home. He began as a 1907 timekeeper at Nekosha Edwards Paper Co later becoming manufacturing manager before retiring in 1937. He then led Consolidated Paper's Interlake Division in Appleton and served as Nekoosa’s first mayor. Burial is planned in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Appleton
Leonard E. Smith
Wisconsin Rapids
Smith
Nekoosa Edwards Paper Co
Consolidated Paper
Interlake
Nekoosa
Nobel Director To Talk At Nobel Conference
Nobel Foundation executive director Nils K. Stahle will speak on The Nobel Foundation at Work at the Nobel Conference closing banquet at Gustavus Adolphus College in St Peter Minnesota. The January event January 11 12 will feature six international authorities lecturing on The Human Mind.
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ST. Peter, Minn
Nils K. Stahle
Nobel Foundation
Gustavus Adolphus College
Hog and Cattle Prices Move Steady Across Twin Markets
Winona Minnesota hog and cattle quotations show steady margins at Winona Station with hogs 200 to 220 pounds at 19.75 to 20.25 and top cuts at 32 for choicest hogs. South St Paul market reports brisk activity on reduced supplies with steers 23.00 and heifers 22.00, cows 15.00, and calves 21.00 to 23.00 including high choice and prime ranges.
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Top Choice
Bowers
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Cattie
U.S
Chicago Produce and Grain Prices Steady in Market Update
AP report shows butter steady with wholesale prices largely unchanged across grades A whites mixed, EGOs steady to firm, and key crops including Wheat No 2 hard at 1.81, No 2 red 1.813, Corn No 2 yellow 1.41, Oats No 2 heavy white 77-78, Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.00 and 10.70 for other grade.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Optical Firms and Officials Fined 126000 in Antitrust Case
Milwaukee AP report: American Optical Co and Bausch and Lomb fined 126000 total in federal court for criminal antitrust violations. Executives Victor D. Kniss and Alton K. Marsters fined 12500 and 8500 respectively. Judge Gignoux cited serious charges of price fixing and monopolistic conduct. A Milwaukee grand jury indicted the firms in 1961.
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Milwaukee
Edward T. Gignoux
Portland
American Optical Co
Southbridge
Mass
Victor D. Kniss
Bausch and Lamb
Rochester
N.Y
Board Seeks Expanded Aid For Children Through Age 21
The State Welfare Board asked the Legislature to require aid to dependent children in school until age 21. Counties may already extend payments after 18 if students attend high school college or vocational school. The board aims for a uniform system to qualify for federal funds and also seeks ADC payments for one year after a move out of state.
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Madison
State Welfare Board
Supper Club Robbed Near Minneapolis
Two men inside the Chalet Supper Club in Crystal near Minneapolis held up the staff at about 1 20 a m and fled with between 7000 and 10000 in checks and cash. They were unmasked but wore hats pulled low. they forced the night manager Joyce Peck and bartender Robert Fecarotto to unlock the safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Crystal
Joyce Peck
Robert Fecarotto
Painter Squeezes by Parked Car to Mark No Parking Wall
Verne Lindsay, a Utah State Capitol painter, was assigned to paint a "no parking" wall in a tunnel. He struggled to complete the job as a car was parked blocking space, forcing him to squeeze between the wall and the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Verne Lindsay
Utah State Capitol
Dormitory assaults shock NC State as student found gagged
Kenneth Wayne Glasgow 18 was found tied and gagged in Becton Dormitory while a fellow student Raymond P. Mc Cauley 19 lay dead earlier in the week. Police questioned eight residents amid uncertainty over a possible prank or a linked death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina State University
Kenneth Wayne Glasgow
Halifax
Raymond P. McCauley
Charlotte
McCauley
Glasgow
Becton
U S forces report heavy casualties in Vietnam four engagements
American and South Vietnamese forces report rising casualties as B52 strikes hit infiltration routes in the DMZ. The U S strength grows to 368000 with the arrival of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade. Viet Cong losses fall while enemy casualties and captures are tallied week by week. Premier Ky maintains resolve against terror operations.
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199Th Light Infantry
U.S
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Entertainer's Induction Into Army Is Delayed
Los Angeles AP Jerry Lewis son Gary, a rock bandleader earning 250000 yearly, awaited word on becoming an 80 dollar month Army private. He reported Tuesday with a physician letter. An Army spokesman said induction delayed for new evidence and a new exam ordered to verify it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jerry Lewis
Gary
State Pilot Survives Lake Michigan Crash
A Wisconsin pilot, Robert B. Tromblee, 37, of Mequon, Wis., survived a Lake Michigan crash near Muskegon and was rescued about 30 minutes after the light plane went down. He was reported in satisfactory condition at a Muskegon hospital after radioing for help. His wife said he was flying to New York to have his plane painted.
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Muskegon, Mich
Wisconsin
Muskegon
Lake Michigan
Robert B. Trombiee
Mequon
Wis
Tromblee
New York
Weather and regional forecast notes
Weather overview for Lacrosse and vicinity includes variable clouds and light winds with upper 20s tonight and near 40 Friday. Wisconsin mostly cloudy with possible snow flurries northern areas and a colder north Friday. Minnesota variable clouds with light snow or freezing drizzle in extreme northeast, rest milder. Iowa cloudy and colder tonight and Friday with Shippers Forecast north at 15 and 20 elsewhere. Sunrise Friday 7 33 a m Sunset 4 26 p m First Quarter Moon Dec 19 and historic degree day totals listed.
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Republic Steel
First Bank
Rexall Drugs
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Allied Stores
Royal Dutch
Gateway Trans
Allis-Chalmers
Sears Roebuck
Giddings & L
American Can
Sinclair Oil
Godfrey Co
American Motors
Sperry Rand
Hamilton Mfg
Amer. Tel
Tel
Standard Oils
Calif
Anaconda
Standard Oil
Ind
Lincoln Nati
Life
Inc
Anchor Coupling
N.J
McQuay, Nekoosa Edn
Burtington
Swift
Rockwell
Chemetron
Texaco
Royal Dutch NY
Chrysler
Tidewater Oi
Rust Craft
Consolidated Foods
Trane Co
Swank, Inc
DuPont
U.S
Wallace Business
Eastman Kodak
U.S. Steel
Warner Elec
Epko Shoe
Universal Ou
Western Power
Ethyl
Westinghouse Elec
Wis. Power & L
Ford
White Motors
General Aniline
Woolworth
Electric
Zenith
Genera
General Motors
Dow Jones
General Telephone Industrials
Great Northern Ry
Helleman Brewing
Ilinois Central
International Harvest
Inter. Tel
Interstate Power
Johnson Service
Jones & Laughlin
Koehring
Kresge Lockheed
Minn. Mining
Mobi! Oli
Montgomery Ward
Monsanito Chemical
Northern Pacific
Northern States
North
Bancorp
Olin Mathieson
Pepsico
RCA
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Franco Seeks New Spanish Government Reforms After Victory
The Franco regime outlines plans to amend Spain's organic laws to prepare for succession and future governance. Key points include separation of heads of state and government to begin early January, a plan for a king or regent, and expanding elective membership in the Cortes and the Council of the Realm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Market
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Franco
Spain
Cortes
Council of the Realm
Man Defends Self Against Theft Charge
In St Paul U S District Court Kendall Light faced theft charges for allegedly taking 100000 worth of choice meats. He testified he is part owner of Brainerd and Detroit Lakes radio stations and has done sales and promotion for Twin Cities stations. FBI agent Lais confirmed asking Light about a possible involvement with a girl via George Broshears. Broshears, 35, a former Armour & Co supervisor, pleaded guilty to related charges.
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Ray Moonan
Lais
Light
Lars
Brainerd
Detroit Lakes
Twin Cities
Canada Threatened With Airport Strike
Ottawa AP reports a nationwide walkout of airport traffic controllers set for December 20. The CATCA, led by K D Lyon of Winnipeg, says 578 members voted to strike to press for higher pay after 26 months of failed talks with the government.
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Ottawa
Canada
K.D. Lyon
Winnipeg
Canada Air Traffic Control Association
Fire incidents and damages logged in La Crosse area
In La Crosse several incidents are recorded including car fires with steaming radiators on State Street and at 6th and Cass Streets causing extensive motor, hood and tire damage. Additional entries note a false sprinkler alarm at La Crosse Garment Co and a Christmas display shorted out with minor damage. A car fire on St Paul Street between Caledonia and Avon Streets and an oil burner flood at 906 5th Ave are documented.
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State Street
6Th
Cass Streets
Myron Waldon
la Crescent
5Th Avenue
Main Street
St. Paul Street
Caledonia
Avon Streets
Larry Elsen
William Powell
5Th Ave
Hospital Transfer After Illness
Ronald Moran, 72, of 1649 Travis Street, ill, transported to St Francis Hospital on December 14 at 5 14 p m for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Moran
Travis St
St. Francis Hospital
Death Penalty Demanded In Coppolino Trial
In Freehold New Jersey the trial of Dr Carl Coppolino for the 1963 death of Col William Farber moved to a jury of 10 men and two women with prosecutors urging the death penalty. Defense contends Farber widow Marjorie manipulated the case while Coppolino testified he only treated a heart attack. If acquitted he faces extradition to Florida on a 1965 murder charge.
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Freehold
N.J
Carl Coppolino
U.S. Army
William E. Farber
Coppolino
Vincent Keuper
F. Lee Bailey
Farber
Marjorie
Cappolino
Marjorie Farber
Middletown Township
Elvin R. Simmill
Florida
Carmela
Sarasota
Fla
Marriage Licenses Issued in Black River Falls Area
Verland Casper and Carol Doud both of Black River Falls plan to marry December 17. Jay Buckley and Barbara Sue Lea of Alma Center are to wed December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Verland Casper
Carol Doud
Jay Buckley
Barbara Sue Lea
Alma Center
Local Holiday Events and Salon Offers Around Town
Hollywood Beauty Salon at 729 Division promotes permanent styling and wigs. Aletta's Hat Shop at 5th and Market offers hats as Christmas gifts. KC Club hosts a semi formal Saturday 9 pm to 1 am. Children’s Christmas party Sunday 2 pm to 4 pm. Zonta Club holds Christmas cookie sale at 108 Fifth Ave North on Saturday December 17 with advance orders at 783-2227.
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Hollywood
Aletta’s
KC Club
All Knights Welcome
Zonta Club
Fifth Ave. North
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Newsday
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson
State Department
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
Bundy
John F. Kennedy
Texas
Thomas J. Krause
Genoa
Sheila Hastings
Edwin Conrad
Brownsville
Castella J. Stolfuss
Ralph M. Young
S. 8Th St
Ruth Ann Strange
Black River Falls, Wis
Kara Jenine
Ronald Stone
Blair
Marilyn Small
Phillip Mathew
Buddy C. Miles
Hixton
Linda Johnson
Anna Lynn
Edward Nemec
Sue Reber
Roxanne
Kenneth Tande
Esther Walters
Brookfield, Wis
Glen Smith
Brookfield
Joan Sexe
Janesville, Wis
Mercy Hospital
Harry Kubiak III
Racine St
Janesville
Elaine Pedretti
Onalaska
Kubiak
San Bernardino
Clinton Solberg
Carol Olson
Westby
Solberg
Rockland
FT. Lewis, Wash
Madigan Army Hospital
Dennis Hemingway
Ft. Lewis
Carol Kreuzer
Tokyo
Japan
Shanna
A. J.C
William Hughey
Hughey
Cashton
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Nobel
Winona Livestock
Swift & Co
Winona, Minn
Highway
Winona
South ST. Paul Livestock
Chicago Grain
Verna Felton
North Hollywood
Board
Bartley Childers
James Robert Dean
Hardy Berry
University News Bureau
Fire Department
Superior Court
Keuper
Bailey
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