Johnson McNamara discuss arms budget at Texas ranch
President Johnson summoned Defense Secretary McNamara to his Texas ranch to outline major defense decisions. The talks covered the defense budget likely to reach 70 billion dollars and plans for possible Vietnam and anti ballistic missile spending. Also discussed were Latin American affairs with Lincoln Gordon and Sol Linowitz ahead of a Western Hemisphere summit. A Lima Peru site date for the summit remained uncertain.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Texas
McNamara
United States
Lincoln Gordon
Inter- American Affairs
Sol Linowitz
Organization of American States
Alliance For Progress
Lima
Peru
Sympathy Strikes Call In Three States For Hoffa Support
Members of Joint Council 40 covering western Pennsylvania northern West Virginia and western Maryland walked out at 4 30 am in sympathy with Teamsters president James R Hoffa. The strike spread to Erie New Castle Pittsburgh and Wheeling with no picketing reported. Officials ended the action after Washington orders.
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Pittsburgh
Teamsters Union Council
Trucking Association
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Bud Minegar
Erie
Joint Council 40
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Minegar
Washington
Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association
Hoffa
U.S. Supreme Court
New Castle
Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Salvatora
Lightning Bopress, Inc
Detroit
Ruby Faces Trials Amidst Cancer Fight
Jack Ruby, 55, suffered a troubled stomach from cancer drugs while hospitalized at Parkland. He remains in serious condition after being admitted December 9, two days after the Kennedy assassination and Oswald slaying. A new trial for Ruby's Oswald murder case could proceed if he recovers.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Warren Commission
Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Kennedy
Radio Highlights and Local Sports Night Schedule
WLCX-7 p m La Crosse Civic Choir concert airs at seven. WKTY seven fifty p m features La Crescent versus Mabel basketball in a nearby matchup.
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WLCX
la Crosse
WKTY
la Crescent
Mabel
River Readings and Tide Details for La Crosse
Flood stage at La Crosse reads 246 with a 0.1 decline in the 24 hour change. Sunrise is 7 36 p.m. and sunset 4 30 p.m. First Quarter Moon. Historical extremes noted with record highs and lows on December 20. Degree days totals shown.
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LA Crosse
Weather Digest for Lacrosse Region and Midwest
Occasional light snow and flurries move through Lacrosse area tonight and Wednesday with southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to north northeast 10 to 20 mph. Lows around 30 with highs in the mid 30s. Wisconsin expects light snow in west and north tonight and Wednesday. Minnesota reports flurries and light snow in north and central tonight into Wednesday with brief freezing rain in the central area. Iowa shows variable cloudiness and little temperature change through Wednesday.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Sparta Driver Gets 30 Days In Jail And Fines
Raymond C. Schendel 23 was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in county jail after being convicted on four traffic charges including driving after revocation and unsafe driving. The sentence is mandatory for a second conviction on a state warrant. He also faced charges for improper license plates and an unregistered vehicle. The incident occurred on Highway 16 near the Monroe County line.
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Sparta
la Crosse
Leonard F. Roraff
Raymond C. Schendel
Schendel
Gerald L. Johnson
Monroe County
French Reds Leftists Form Common Front
The French Communist party and the leftist federation of non Communist groups agreed to form a common front for the national elections next March. The pact, announced after a 10 hour negotiation, links Francois Mitterand with the Socialist party and Radical Socialists seeking a revived prewar Popular Front.
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Paris
French Communist Party
Federaton
Francois Mitterand
Mitterrand
Charles de Gaulle
Socialist Party
Radical Socialists
Waldeck Rochet
Communist Party
Popular Front
Twin Cities Nurses Vote On New Offer
In St Paul Minnesota nurses at 21 Twin Cities hospitals vote on a wage proposal similar to a rejected plan. The offer creates a six member commission to study salaries for two year and three year nursing graduates. About half of the 3,000 nurses have submitted resignations effective after Christmas.
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ST. Paul
Twin Cities
Twin City Hospital Association
Minnesota Nurses Association
Ellsworth Youth Shot While Hunting Fox
Walter Steven Klein 17 of Ellsworth was killed while fox hunting three miles southwest of Ellsworth. Pierce County Undersheriff Roy Simonson and coroner Dr. F B Klaas ruled the death accidental as Klein hunted alone and the rifle discharged crossing a fence. His mother reported he had not returned home and friends helped locate the body the next day.
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Ellsworth
Wis
Walter Steven Klein
Here
Pierce County
Roy Simonson
F. B. Klaas
Simonson
Oliver Klein
State University trims faculty pay hike for 1967 69
Madison AP reported the Wisconsin State University system proposed reducing its two year faculty salary increase from 7.5 percent to 7.2 percent per year, cutting about 250 000 from the original 6.4 million allocation. The plan accompanies a 217 million overall budget request with state funds and student fees.
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Madison
State University System
Warren P. Knowles
Robert DeZonia
State Regent
Coordinating Committee For Higher Education
CCHE
DeZonia
Wisconsin State University
Illinois
Indiana
Eugene R. McPhee
State Universities’ Board of Regents
University of Wisconsin
Public Welfare Department
Financial quotes from National Association of Securities Dealers
The document lists inter-dealer prices as of 9:00 a.m for various companies including Giddings & Lewis, Lincoln Nat Life, Rockwell Mfg, Royal Dutch NY, and Wis. Power. It also shows local bids and asks refined to reflect approximate markups and includes funds such as Fidelity Fund Manhattan Fund Mass Inv Tr Puritan Fund and Wisconsin Fund.
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Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Wis
First Bank Ltd
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Gateway Trans
Giddings & Lewis
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Lincoln Nat. Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch NY
Rust Craft
Swank, Inc
Wallace Business
Warner Elec
Western Power
Wis. Power & L
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Pyroil Co., Inc
Sta Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv
National Invest
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Bal. Eaton & Howard Stir
Nuclear test Project Greeley reportedly stronger than prior blasts
An AEC spokesman described Project Greeley as a more powerful and longer lasting blast than any previously felt in Las Vegas. The device type was not disclosed for the 4,040 foot mesa shaft, with some reports alleging a thermonuclear hydrogen bomb.
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AEC
Las Vegas
Project Greeley
Mesa
100 Families Lose Homes in Saigon Fire
A Saigon blaze destroyed a block of tin shanties and cement homes near downtown, driving over 100 families into the street. Six or more people were burned, with fire crews hindered by narrow access and walls. Two dozen American soldiers helped with a bucket brigade until pumpers arrived. A boy reported the fire started from a cooking fire that exploded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Kosygin Arrives in Ankara for First Turkish Visit
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin arrived in Ankara for Turkey’s first meeting with a Soviet leader. He received a polite but cool welcome with only about six Soviet flags at the snow covered airport.
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Ankara
Turkey
Alexei N. Kosygin
North Atlantic Alliance
Hogs and Cattle Prices From Twin Cities Markets
Wisconsin Minnesota hog and cattle quotes show steady to mixed moves across hogs cattle and calves. South St Paul and Winona stations report steely prices with feeders and vealers in demand while poultry prices mix for White Rock fryers and turkeys.
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Winona Livestockwift & Co
Winona
Minn
Bowers
Hicago Poultry Chicago
USDA
South ST. Paul
Mother Is Acquitted Of Killing Daughter
FAIRMONT Minn AP A District Court jury acquitted Ellen Miller 23 of aggravated assault and third degree murder in the death of her 18 month old daughter Theresa Ann last spring. The seven men five women deliberated nearly four hours with Ellen Miller and husband Jimmie testifying. University of Minnesota pathologist Dr Albert P Fisher testified for the state. Theresa Ann died March 7 at University Hospitals from brain concussion and massive hemorrhage.
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Fairmont
Minn
Ellen Miller
Theresa Ann
Miller
Ceylon
Maine
Jimmie
Albert P. Fisher
University of Minnesota
University Hospitals
Two Girls Killed in Dump While Searching for Dolls
In Shelbyville Tennessee Gov. Frank G Clement posts a 5000 reward for the killer of Deborah Ray nine and Phyllis Seibers eight found murdered at a city dump after being left there by Ricky Ray twelve. Sheriff B H Sanders says an arrest may come tonight.
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Shelbyville, Tenn
Frank G. Clement
Nashville
Clement
B. H. Sanders
Deborah Lynn Ray
Phyllis Lousette Seibers
William Farrar Jr
Phyllis
W. E
Bud) Hopton
Tennessee Bureau of Criminal Identification
Ricky Ray
Deborah
Soviet Court Deliberates on Bear Statue Theft Case
Three Soviet art experts testified that the 18 inch statue Wortham admitted taking from a Leningrad hotel is a valuable national treasure worth about 300 rubles. Prosecutor seeks seizure of Wortham’s property and discusses charges tied to illegal currency exchanges by Wortham and Gilmour. The judge questioned whether Gilmour’s diary shows who actually changed the money.
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Nish
Gilmour
Wortham
Leningrad
Alexander Borodankov
Soviet Union
Siberia
Borodankov
United States
Nikolai Lieberich
Alexander II
Lieberich
Anna I. Iskova
Chicago market updates on potatoes butter grain and soybeans
AP wire report from Chicago shows USDA data for potato shipments and Idaho red round reds price. Chicago Mercantile Exchange quotes for butter quality grades and car values. Grain prices list No 2 hard wheat No 2 red corn No 2 yellow oats No 2 heavy white soybeans No 1 yellow and related oils.
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Chicago
USDA
U.S
Idaho
Minnesota
Chicago Grain
Washington roundup reports on mail delays and futures
Postmaster General Lawrence O Brien says Christmas mail is getting through with minor delays and hints at possible rate increases next year. Durable goods orders fell 3.1 percent in November while FAA cites a Doomsday Flight drama as triggering eight hoax calls.
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Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
O'Brien
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
National Broadcasting Co
Detroit
New York
Los Angeles
Waco
Tex
Chicago
Christmas Shows and Army Faith Leaders in Vietnam War News
Bob Hope and his troupe perform for U S troops in the central highlands then again for airmen in Thailand as Christmas approaches. Billy Graham arrives in Saigon to lead services for servicemen, saying many Americans feel frustrated about the war. Cardinal Spellman plans holiday services in Vietnam, while Australia expands its Vietnam force from 4500 to about 6000 troops under Prime Minister Holt.
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Bob Hope
Thailand
South Vietnam
Hope
Central Highlands
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Billy Graham
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Harold Holt
Australia
Canberra
Tax collections double to 29.4 billion in six years
A congression al study reports state tax receipts rising to 29.4 billion dollars over six years, while the Census Bureau notes twelve percent of U S households own a color television set.
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U.S
Census Bureau
Fraternity Walks For Charity Reaches Pittsburgh
Forty Kappa Delta Rho brothers from Indiana University of Pennsylvania completed a 65 mile two day march to Pittsburgh to raise funds for the Hospital for Crippled Children. They turned over 1513 dollars collected from motorists to Children's Hospital and returning students described extreme fatigue after the trek.
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Pittsburgh
Children’s Hospital
Carol Chambers
Hospital For Crippled Children
Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Georgia Crash Fatal To Wisconsin Man
A head on collision late Monday on U S 341 five miles south of Fort Valley Georgia killed Wisconsin resident William A Maxcy 38 and Fort Valley Georgia native William M Murray Sr 65. Maxcy s wife Orlene and daughters Kathy 13 and Donna 11 were injured and hospitalized in Macon. The story notes the first elephant was imported into the United States in 1779.
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Fort Valley
Wisconsin
Georgia
State Patrol
William M. Murray Sr
William A. Maxcy
Sun Prairie
Wis
U.S
Maxcy
Orlene
Kathy
Donna
Macon
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