Strike Postponed as Wisconsin Electric Negotiations Continue
Milwaukee AP report says a strike against Wisconsin Electric Power Co. due to begin at 12:01 this morning was delayed after Local 317 of the Operating Engineers Union sought another bargaining session. About 630,000 customers depend on the utility across southeastern and east central Wisconsin and parts of Upper Michigan.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
Operating Engineers Union
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
County Plans Two Storage Substations for Snowplows
La Crosse County will purchase two properties to serve as highway department substations in Mindoro and St. Joseph. Mindoro site covers three quarters of an acre with a 26 by 50 foot concrete block building costing 8500 dollars from Irvin Manske. St Joseph site half an acre hosts a 32 by 48 foot metal quonset hut bought for 6000 dollars from St Joseph Implement Co.
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la Crosse County
Mindoro
St. Joseph
Highway Department
Irvin Manske
St. Joseph Implement Co
Holmen
Marriage Licenses Listed For La Crosse Area
Corrections note several upcoming marriages in Wisconsin including Larry J. Pitzner and Marilyn E. Montgomery to wed December 17 in West Bend Marilyn L. Ames and Jim D. Hetzer to wed December 24 in La Crosse Alan F. Robinson and Dianne F. Glick to wed December 26 in La Crosse Thomas R. McGuire and Lorinda R. Coxlater to wed December 25 in La Crosse Duane G. Kidd and Sandra L. Lau to wed December 23 in La Crosse
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Larry J. Pitzner
S. 22Nd Drive
Marilyn E. Montgomery
West Bend
Jim D. Hetzer
Blue Island
Mary L. Ames
Rose St
la Crosse
Alan F. Robinson
R. J
Readstown
Dianne F. Glick
Glenhaven Drive
Thomas R. McGuire
Onalaska Court
Lorinda R. Coxlater
Wood St
Duane G. Kidd
Sandra L. Lau
Onalaska Ave
Condition Of Ruby Is Unchanged In Dallas Medical Bulletin
Doctors said Jack Ruby's condition remains stable and essentially unchanged as chemotherapy for cancer continues into day two. They reported no cure possible and that surgery or radiation would not help at this stage. Ruby rests, reads, and watches television as lawyers plan potential bail and trial steps.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
William M. Kunstler
New York
Weston Chooses Site For Major Atom Smasher Power Plant
The selection of a location near O'Hare field for the 200-BEV accelerator drew rivals from 45 states and involved Argonne National Laboratory and Commonwealth Edison facilities. Critics call it a giant, costly project with potential advances in energy, medicine, and weather control while Sen. Douglas’s office announced the decision shortly before the AEC released the news.
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Argonne National Laboratory
AEC
Commonwealth Edison Co
O'Hare Field
Alaska
Hawaii
Delaware
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Craig Hosmer
Calif
Joint
Senate House Atomic Committee
Cherokee Strip
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Thieves Return Nativity Figure In Christmas Spirit
In Provo Utah thieves returned a statue of Joseph from a Nativity scene with an apologetic note a box of chocolates and a Christmas card. The note blamed curiosity for the theft and said they would have placed the statue back atop a local mortuary but their ladder was stolen.
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Provo, Utah
Joseph
10 Year Old Boy Ends Two Week Bus Riding Spree
Milwaukee report says Terry Berrigan spent two weeks riding city buses with minimal schooling before police retrieved him in stocking feet. His mother had hidden his shoes to curb the trips and noted the habit began after his father gave him a weekly Saturday bus pass. He even showed a 25 cent piece from an officer and planned to ride home.
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Milwaukee
Terry Berrigan
Carol Berrigan
Terry
Wisconsin Conserve Water Programs Merge Proposed
A Kellett task force approves a one year transition to merge Wisconsin conservation and water pollution control into a new Department of Natural Resources effective July 1 1968. The plan proceeds to the 1967 Legislature after hearings and adds other major mergers in social services transportation and commerce.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Kellett
Department of Natural Resources
Menasha
William R. Kellett
Legislaure
Social Services
Transportation and Commerce
Conservation Commission and Resource Development Board
Department of Local Affairs
Highway Commission
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Departments of Welfare and Health
Boy Lance Cummings Dies After Early Santa Visit
Five year old Lance Cummings died in his sleep of stomach cancer at Chester County Hospital. He had received a Christmas party at home with a Santa visit before his death. His father thanked well wishers as donations totaling 5000 dollars were placed in the Lance Cummings Trust.
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West Chester, Pa
Lance Cummings
Chester County Hospital
Walter Cummings
Downingtown
Santa Claus
Lance
Athens
Greece
Norway
Radio Highlights Friday to Saturday Christmas Sports Schedule
Radio listings preview Friday at 7 p m Christmas concert from Man Lay Garden Sunday at 9 a m Christmas on the Rhine WCOW F M at 7 45 p m basketball Royall versus Sparta 9 30 p m Wisconsin versus Fordham Saturday WCOW F M 7 15 or 9 15 p m Wisconsin at Milwaukee basketball classic WKBH 8 p m Chippewa Falls McDonell versus Aquinas
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WLCX
Wcow-Fm
Royall
Sparta
Wisconsin
Fordham
Milwaukee
WKBH
Chippewa Falls McDonell
Aquinas
Boma Honored At Friendship Dinner In La Crosse
About 80 attended the stag affair for William S. Boma undersheriff of La Crosse County honored for 30 years in law enforcement. Speakers praised his character and service as a former city police officer and sheriff. Boma and his wife received gifts as organizers reported over 200 tickets sold.
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la Crosse County
William S. Boma
Boma
Rotarians Host Christmas Party for Emerson Orthopedic Students
Rotarians held their annual Christmas party at Hotel Stoddard for Emerson School orthopedic department students and staff. Emerson Principal James Adamson thanked Rotary and introduced the staff. Paul Marsch, representing Santa, distributed gifts as the program ended with a color cartoon of Peter And The Wolf. Three Rotarians from Onalaska Paul Skogen Edwin Burr and Edgar Ness attended.
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Orthopedic Department
Emerson School
Stoddard
James Adamson
Emerson
Rotary
Paul Marsch
Santa Claus
Peter and the Wolf
Rotarians
Onalaska
Paul Skogen
Edwin Burr
Edgar Ness
Hearing Scheduled On Murder Charge
A preliminary hearing is set for Tuesday for Dennis Gene Nelson, 19, of Roseville Minnesota, on a first degree murder charge in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Dennis Gene Nelson
Roseville Minn
Heating Conversion by 1968 Faces No Problem, Expert Says
Engineer A H Kaulfuss testified at a Public Service Commission hearing that city heat customers should complete conversions by August 1968 as Northern States Power Co moves to drop the utility. NSP hopes to abandon east of 7th Street by 1967 and west by 1968, offering 60 cents per square foot plus other costs.
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Northern States Power Co
Public Service Commission
NSP
A. H. Kaulfuss
Carl Schubert and Associates
Donald Scheitzach
William J. Sauer
Wisconsin highway bids include interstate work in Milwaukee Eau Claire
Wisconsin State Highway Commission received apparent low bids totaling 6.6 million for road projects including interstate work in Milwaukee and Eau Claire counties. Ed Kramer and Sons Co. bid 1,766,591 for I 94 east end inter change steel. L G Arnold Co. bid 1,389,788 for Eau Claire base and concrete surfacing. James Cape and Sons Co. bid 901,479 for Glendale Racine area work. A Menominee River bridge project gains 247,242 low bid by L G Arnold.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Eau Claire
State Highway Commission
Commission
N. 5Th
Ed Kramer and Sons Co
Plain
Foster
Osseo
U.S. 53
L. G. Arnold Co
Fof Eau Claire
W. Good Hope Rd
N. Green Bay Rd
U.S. 141
Glendale
River Hills
James Cape and Sons Co
Racine
Menominee River
McAlister
Marinette County
Wallace
Mich
Power Needs Studied for County Institutions
A study will determine emergency power needs for Oak Forest Sanatorium Hillview Home and County Hospital. County budget funds seek generators with Fuchs and Associates to prepare plans and bid timing aimed for late January or February.
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la Crosse County
Oak Forest
Hillview Home
Charles Guenther
32Nd Dist
Frank J. Fuchs and
Fuchs
Guenther
State Industrial Commission
HUD Grants Planning Loans for Wisconsin Low Rent Homes
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a $20,000 loan to Manitowoc for planning 100 low rent homes and a $4,500 loan to Reedsville for planning 30 such units.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Manitowoc
Wis
Reedsville
Trial continues in Coppolino case with hypnotic influence claims
Florida authorities charge Carmine Coppolino with killing his wife Carmela in 1963 using anesthesia as her sister watched in a trance. Mrs Farber testified she became Coppolino s love slave and tried to inject her husband. Bailey portrayed Farber as vengeful. defense cites heart attack. Indictments in New Jersey and Florida. Monmouth County prosecutor to try Coppolino first.
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Coppolinos
Carmela Coppolino
Florida
Coppolino
Middletown
N.J
Marjorie
Board Sets Up Beauty Council in La Crosse County
The County Board approved a 16 member Natural Beauty Council led by five agricultural committee members John Thomas Robert Frederick George Pryhn Idius Fon stad and Leo Kihm plus County Park Superintendent Clarence Schmidt and County Highway Commissioner Orval Smith. Nine additional members include Mrs Norbert Nuttelman Jon Zoerb Jr Mrs Rose Ruedy Bangor Mrs Marvin Miller Mrs Robert Rhyme West Salem Mrs L E Jewett West Salem Mrs John Mooney 3121 Glendale Ave Mrs Ed Skert Rockland and Mrs Harry Tracey Min doro. The council will advise the board on natural beauty issues and coordinate with state and national bodies.
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la Crosse County
Jon Zoerb Jr
Floral Lane
Rose Ruedy
Bangor
Marvin Miller
West Salem
Robert Rhyme
L. E. Jewett
John Mooney
Glendale Ave
Ed Skert
Rockland
Harry Tracey
Mindoro
Soldiers Begin Trips Home For Christmas
Ft Benning Georgia gears up for a large Christmas leave operation as 13 000 troops depart by car bus air and rail to homes across the United States Alaska Canada Guatemala and Ohio Florida Alabama and Georgia lead destinations while one soldier travels to Alaska and back in 12 days Lt Col Edward J Kelly Jr oversaw the planning with transport agencies and post ticket offices set up to handle the mass exodus from the Army post
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FT. Benning
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Edward J. Kelly Jr
Army
Atlanta
Columbus
Col. Kelly
Teamsters Obey Hoffa and Return to Work
In Detroit 1200 Teamsters obeyed James R. Hoffa ordering a return to work after a 24 hour walkout over a Supreme Court ruling upholding Hoffa’s 1964 jury tampering conviction. Hoffa flew from Chicago to urge workers to end the strike affecting about 70,000 members nationwide.
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Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Detroit
Hoffa
Frank Fitzsimmons
UPI
Detroit Teamsters
U.S. Supreme Court
James R. Hoffa
Michigan
Jimmy #hoffa
Chicago
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville
Nude Body Of Girl Found In Apartment In Boston
The nude body of Elizabeth Orrill, 23, a social worker from Ohio, was found in a Back Bay apartment shared with a roommate. Police say she was beaten to death hours after a night out at the Playboy Club. Orrill and Barbara Kish, 22, also of Bedford Ohio, had spent the evening together before parting ways.
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Boston
Ohio
Elizabeth Orrill
Back Bay
Orrill
Barbara Kish
Bedford
Park Square
Kent State University
Miss Kish
Reading
Miss Orrill
University plans high energy lab at 240 acre MURA site growth
The 240 acre MURA plant near Stoughton and Madison will become a physical science lab for the university. Argonne has funded sub-contract work but will end financial support on July 1. The lab aims to give the physics department a high energy facility and continue atomic research at a limited scale.
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MURA
Argonne
The
University
Stoughton
Madison
Weather forecast for Wisconsin Minnesota and OCR notes
Partly cloudy in Wisconsin through Saturday with little temperature change Friday night and colder in the north on Saturday. Minnesota sees variable conditions Friday night and Saturday with scattered light snow or freezing rain in the extreme northeast. Clear to partly cloudy skies for Friday night into Saturday with a modest warming trend, sunrise around 7 and sunset later. Extended five day temperatures expected near normal with little to no precipitation. mild through Sunday then colder after the weekend.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Seturcey Froush
le Crosse
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