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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1965
Page
2
At Minneapolis North High School 54 students signed a petition opposing a public school Christmas tree display. Protesters say it offends minority groups while supporters claim it reflects holiday spirit. administrators will review with faculty and student councils.
US officials said Rusk and McNamara pressed for broader NATO duties beyond Europe while noting China as a major potential threat alongside the Soviet Union. Belgian and Norwegian officials offered varied views as Rusk planned briefings in Madrid with Franco about NATO and Vietnam.
In Buhl Minnesota Mrs Bertha Oja 53 a Britt resident was accidentally crushed to death when her husband Arnold Oja backing up in his driveway ran over her The incident occurred at the Oja residence authorities said the husband did not know she was behind the plow He works for the Town of Great Scott and kept the plow at home.
Joan Martin Douglas, 25, filed for divorce from Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in Yakima Washington Superior Court. She accuses him of cruel treatment and indignities after a May to September marriage that began in 1963. The suit requests $500 monthly for eight months then $400 monthly thereafter and restoration of her maiden name. He is 67 with two prior marriages and children from his first wife.
Twenty seven year old James E Wilkinson of Colorado Springs Colorado formerly of La Crosse was bound over for trial in La Crosse County Circuit Court on a breaking and entering charge. The hearing in front of County Judge Leonard Roraff followed his arrest for the August 29 break in at Soell's Drugstore 1120 Gillette Street. A narcotics possession charge was dismissed for insufficient evidence. Wilkinson underwent a 90 day mental and physical examination at Central State Hospital Waupun and was later found not guilty at the time. Unable to post 1000 bond he remains in the county jail.
Philadelphia Mint workers will receive three days off over Christmas as the coin shortage eases after a period of 24 seven operations. A Treasury spokesman said the 766 employees will have Christmas Eve to Christmas Day off, their first holiday in two years.
Notifications of death in action of U S servicemen in Viet Nam rose by 64 in the week ended last Monday night, bringing the total since Jan 1 1961 to 1 496. The Defense Department reported 367 more wounded for a new total of 6 863.
In Milwaukee County Court, Judge John E. Krueger fined 51 defendants for 232 violations of the overnight parking ordinance. The city requires a $4 monthly permit to park on streets from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m., and the court case followed a state supreme court ruling upholding the ordinance.
Maxwell Wieby, 61, of 2304 Coulee Dr., suffers cuts and bruises to head and face after a fall from a cottage walkway in Dresbach Minn and is taken to La Crosse Lutheran Hospital. Blanche Indahl, from St. Francis Hospital, is moved to Mulder Nursing Home in West Salem.
Lyle Tenold, in his second year as superintendent, was dismissed by the Eastern Allamakee Community School Dist. board Tuesday night. William Gesell will serve as interim principal, and the discharge takes effect immediately. Leonard Wiegrefe declined to comment. Tenold is married with three children and could not be reached for remark.
Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 completed a record breaking nose to nose rendezvous above the western Pacific at 1 26 p m achieving an eight orbit shift to match speed. The pair stayed within six feet during a five hour 26 minute close pursuit as they tested formation flying for future lunar missions.
The Trane Company announced a quarterly dividend of 20 cents per share on common stock. The payment date is February 1 for stockholders of record January 14. In 1965 Trane has declared total dividends of 65 cents, compared with 52.5 cents in 1964 and 50 cents in 1963, adjusted for a October 1964 100 percent stock distribution.
Norbert Summers 49 of 61942 S 5th Ave sustained a cut over his right eye when the car he rode in struck a parked vehicle on Rose Street north of Monitor Street around 5 p.m. Wednesday. Summers was taken by police to St. Francis Hospital. Passenger Jesse P. Fults 55 of 224 State St was in the car that struck the parked car owned by John Buschmann 206 Rose St.
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Stock quotations from SHEARSON HAMMILL CO. show many listed firms with prices and ranges. Commodities, mutual funds, and bonds are included with interdealer bid and ask levels, last prices, and volume reported. The data notes state national quotations are compiled from interdealer prices as of 9 a.m. and reflect approximate marks after market changes. Full details cover Royal Dutch, Texaco, U.S. Steel, Westinghouse, Union Tank Car, Fidelity Fund, and numerous fund and commodity entries.
Swift & Company in Winona Minnesota lists cattle hog and veal quotes with price ranges and declines. Hog prices down 25 to 50 cents while cattle steer and heifer values drop 25 to 50 cents and cows up 25 cents. Veal remains steady with top prices around 28 dollars for choice grades.
Fire officials halted the body search for Fred Spagl 58 of 710 Vine St as the effort yielded no results. Police traced the area to Isle La Plume bridge with bandage evidence and noted Spagl’s car was found near Houska Park on December 6, near the Mississippi River side.
Milwaukee AP report states two gunmen robbed Kohl's Food Store on the Northwest Side early today. They forced manager Leland Hintermeyer to open two safes after waiting in the parking lot, and an unsuspecting delivery man was forced to lie on the floor during the heist.
MADISON AP The State Board of Public Welfare announced the appointment of 23 persons to a citizens alcoholism advisory committee. Its first meeting will be in January. Appointees include Roy Kumm of La Crosse and Joseph Reese of Marinette among others from Milwaukee Racine Madison and other cities.
WAUKESHA AP A $100 000 damage suit was filed in circuit court by Mrs Ilse C Weber 54 wife of Dr Milton Weber founder and conductor of the Waukesha Symphony Orchestra against a former violinist. The suit resembles alienation of affection and names Mrs Paula M Taylor of Milwaukee as defendant. Taylor's husband John J 46 was granted an uncontested divorce on his complaint of cruel and inhuman treatment. During the trial Taylor testified she bore a child in 1963 fathered by someone else. paternity was not determined in the divorce decree.
Francis R. Croak age 36 a former Milwaukee assistant district attorney was appointed special prosecutor today to handle cases arising from the Kenosha John Doe investigation by the attorney general's office.
On December 15 and 16 a series of medical transport events were recorded. Mrs Elmer Haugen 65 from Belleview Estates was cut on the leg and taken to Lutheran Hospital. Walter Munson 18 from Gays Mills was taken to St Francis Hospital for illness. Mrs Bonnie Sorensen 34 of 727 Avon Street was taken to St Francis Hospital after an overdose of sleeping pills.
In Viroqua Wisconsin a Circuit Court jury ruled Kenneth Hutson former WKBT television farm director and Viroqua High School vocational agriculture teacher not guilty of negligence in a 1962 power saw accident. The plaintiff Clare Neidfeldt was found 100 percent negligent after a two hour deliberation.
A two-vehicle collision on U.S. 66A near Lewis College north of Joliet kills three students John Naughton Patrick Malloy and Thomas Mikusch all aged 19 or 20. James McCann 43 of Joliet is hospitalized in fair condition.
Floyd H. Guttormsen of Kenosha was appointed by Gov. Knowles to serve as Kenosha County judge effective Jan. 3. He will replace Harold M. Bode, as judges in branch 2 of the Kenosha Circuit Court. Guttormsen, 48, a Marquette Law School graduate and the county public administrator, was chosen from five candidates.
Postmaster General Lawrence F. O Brien urged immediate mailing of Christmas cards and parcels. He warned delays could cause post Christmas arrivals and noted reports that the public waits too long to mail gifts and greetings.
The Coast Guard said a plane was down about 500 miles south of St. John’s Newfoundland. Rescue efforts are coordinated at the Halifax Rescue Center in Nova Scotia. The aircraft is not identified and no other details are available.
Wisconsin Democrats chair Louis Hanson says egos of party officials backing losers hurt primaries. He points to 1964 Reynolds Frinzi and 1954 Proxmire Doyle contests as examples where intra party battles strengthened the party. Frinzi and David Carley seek gubernatorial nomination, Lucey also expected to run.
The notices report newborns across Grandview St Francis Milwaukee and Kenmore hospitals. Parents include Pierce Pischke Hayes Rohrer Johnson Miller Dobson Mickelson Arthur Buros Garske Heller and others with birth dates December 8 to 15 and listed addresses and sometimes maiden names or witnesses.
Mrs Harold Howard, 57, of Sioux City Iowa, died after a crash near Willmar as her husband drove, while farm machinery truck driver Walter J Toupal, 43, Kadoka SD, was uninjured. George Hanson, 75, of Minneapolis, died from injuries after being struck crossing a street, raising Minnesota traffic fatalities to 796 for the year.
In Kenosha, a mass employment interview for 2,400 American Motors Corp workers facing layoff on January 17 will run December 21 and 22. Representatives from 14 Midwest companies will interview the workers. Kenosha also received a $155,000 grant for a 20 week training program to help 80 unemployed or underemployed men become general machine operators, aiding some AMC workers slated for layoff. AMC has suspended production from December 23 to January 17 and will not recall the 2,400 production employees.
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