Desegregation Protest in Cajun Country Evangeline Private School
In Ville Platte Louisiana hundreds of white students attend classes in make shift sites including a nightclub and a converted cattle auction barn as Evangeline Academy leads a protest against federal court desegregation orders. The academy reports 2400 students and $400000 raised. plans 1000000 expansion and a 2000 opening. Public schools lose pupils but deny financial impact. superintendent Nat Manuel says private schools are not a fatal threat. Plauche states no black students are enrolled and denies blood tests, while admitting possible untested possibilities.
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Kent
Nat Manuel
State Department of Education
Manuel
Three to Face Charges in Sparta Assault Case
Sparta witnesses a preliminary hearing set for December 18 for Michael Suhr, Richard Libke, and Dennis Fowler all of Sparta, charged with causing bodily harm to two Camp McCoy soldiers, taking $30 from Michael Morgan, and stealing Morgan’s car after the Dec 9 incident in Town of Sparta. Also tied to cases, Gerald Gaede faces a Jan 16 hearing for killing a hound, and local fines were issued to Frank and Gerald Bauer for deer violations.}}
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Sparta
Wis
Michael Suhr
Richard Libke
Dennis Fowler
Monroe County
James W. Rice
Camp McCoy
Michael Morgan
Fred Laurie
Morgan
Suhr
Libke
Jackson County
Fowler
Gerald Gaede
Orvis Henry
la Fayette
Gaede
Nixon Christmas cards go to forty thousand friends
President and Mrs. Nixon mailed red bordered holiday cards from the White House with a gold seal and embossed White House view. The note extends best wishes for a joyous Christmas and a happy New Year to about 40 000 people described as friends, with 50 volunteer Republican ladies mailing them after over a month of prep in the executive office building.
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Washington
Warrens Man Apprehended In N. Mexico
SPARTA Wis Arthur Meinecke 25 of Warrens, failed to appear for a Monroe County Court hearing on driving after revocation July 14 1969. He was arrested in New Mexico as a fugitive and parole violator and returned to jail by state officer Darryl Meenk. Meinecke had prior sentences for fleeing an officer damaging a squad car and a third charge of a felony leading to a suspended sentence and probation. His probation was revoked and he will be committed to Green Bay Reformatory.
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Frank Bauer
Milwaukee
Gerald J. Bauer
New Berlin
Trempealeau County
New Lyme
Monroe County
Roger M. Groetsch
Stoddard
Rice
Vivian H. Maxwell
de Soto
Donald Sennes
Onalaska
Gary Erickson
Sparta
Betty M. Garber
Oscar Moldenhauer
Tomah
Wis
Arthur Meinecke
Warrens
Monroe
New Mexico
Darryl Meenk
Meinecke
James W. Rice
Green Bay Reformatory
Meenk
Green Bay
Woman dies of burns after home fire in August
Mrs. Bernice Wall, 50, of Minneapolis, died early today at General Hospital from extensive burns suffered when her clothing ignited in a house fire last August 2. The accident occurred at her residence and she had been hospitalized since the incident.
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Minneapolis
Bernice Wall
General Hospital
Deaths in Holmen and area prompt notices
Obituaries and death notices list Frank Stasiak 59 of Holmen who died at Farmers Cooperative West Salem. Hilma Hagestad 65 of Mt. Vernon Ill. killed in auto crash near Vandalia. Bertha Sullivan 85 of Black River Falls area died after long illness in La Crosse hospital. Also John B Penchi 70 of Genoa died at home. Burial and service details, survivors, and funeral arrangements included.
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Frank Stasiak
Holmen
Farmers Cooperative
West Salem
Mr. Stasiak
Poland
Lillian Engans
Gordon J
Larry
Nola) Jostad
Mindoro
Halfway Creek Lutheran Church
N. A. Berntson
Halfway Creek Cemetery
Jostad
Hilma Hagestad
Conger St
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Vandalia
Hagestad
Westby
la Crosse
Ettrick
North Beaver Creek
Rev
K. M. Urberg
Fossum Funeral Home
Bertha Sullivan
31St St
Langlois-Galston Funeral Home
Black River Falls
Sullivan
Jack
Roy
Mary) Carlson
Eugene F. l
Sheffield
Iowa
Girouard
Altoona
Virgil
Lamboc
Calif
Odear Grears
Marguerite Strand
Alice Girouard
St. Paul
Minn
Alva Tucker
Viola Hills
Largo
Fla
Arthur Girouard
Tomah
John B. Penchi
R. 1
Genoa
Anthony C
Joseph A
Agnes Gianoli
Bernard
Lena) Domke Sr
Angeline Gilardi
Milwaukee
M. Carolina
F.S.P.A
Genoa de Soto American Legion
River Readings Station Flood Stage Update
La Crosse station reports flood stage readings with a 24 hour status change showing stage at 12 and a 44 reading today. The update notes river readings and potential impacts for nearby areas.
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Albuquerque
Bemidji
Bismarck
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Internat
Falls
Kansas
LA Crosse
Los Angeles
Madison
Mason City
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Portland
Ore
Phoenix
Rapid City
Rochester, Minn
San Diego
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Chane
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West Coast
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Melvin Plauche
The
Evangeline Academy
Plauche
Academy
N. Mexico
Aan Display Service
South Ave
Garland
Dupont Orlon
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