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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1966
Page
1
India’s prime minister confirms a gift of 200000 tons of wheat from the Soviet Union to drought struck regions. Kosygin letters the "outright gift" with transshipment costs borne by the USSR. Gandhi’s spokesman says the aid arrives free and relief is welcome.
Gov Knowles challenged University of Wisconsin officials during a six hour hearing over a 1967 69 budget request. He demanded why a 15 million computer system was agreed to without state authorization and questioned a 4.5 million for instruction as vague. He pressed the university on 300 000 for an atomic lab site and noted possible reliance on gifts and federal grants for operating costs.
A tractor trailer spilled ten tons of wet sand onto a school bus carrying thirty children near Windsor Ontario. Eight children died and thirteen were injured while rescuers freed victims for nearly two hours. The truck driver was charged with dangerous driving. The bus driver survived but plans to quit.
A six car Great Northern train struck a car at a St. Joseph crossing killing five Paynesville residents. The victims were James and Mary Roeser 23 Michel Mary 4 months Raymond Roeser 50 and Michael Roeser 12. The No. 11 Red River bound for Fargo delay lasted about 142 hours. The crossing had no flashing lights. Other fatalities included Richard Steuck 37 crushed by granite and John Wiranen 84 fatally injured by a car near Cloquet.
Roland J. Steinle Sr. age 70, former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and 1936 Republican lieutenant governor candidate, died after a heart attack at his Shorewood home. Born Milwaukee March 21, 1896, he served as Milwaukee County judge, Milwaukee Circuit Court judge, joined the state Supreme Court in 1954, ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1958 and taught at Marquette University for 26 years.
Justice Steinle, who presided over the 1949 La Crosse trial of Arnold C. Larson for the murder of Dr. James McLoone, died leaving a widow and three children. Services are planned Friday morning at St. Robert's Catholic Church in Shorewood.
U S B52 bombers struck Viet Cong bunkers in War Zone C near Saigon before dawn and North Vietnamese troops in the DMZ in the afternoon. Navy jets shot down two enemy planes near the Gulf of Tonkin. North Korean pilots reportedly training in North Vietnam. Australia to boost force to 6300. Giap vows continued fight. US casualties and troop totals update. See VIETNAM, Page 2.
Harper & Row will settle the Kennedy book dispute with Mrs. John F. Kennedy along lines of the Look agreement. Deletions concern personal passages, enabling Look to serialise The Death of a President starting Jan 10, with Harper & Row planning a book release next April.
The deaths of a Douglas County welfare worker and a Madison boy pushed Wisconsin highway toll to 1 080 for the year with nine days left. Margaret Wood 61 of Superior was killed in a two car crash at State Highway 2 and a county trunk road east of Superior. David M Cohn 13 of Madison was killed when his bicycle collided with a car on Madison's West Side.
In New Brighton Minnesota a six year old boy Bruce A Smith son of Mr and Mrs Orval Smith died after choking on Christmas candy while playing at a friend's home. A nearby policeman responded to the distress call and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. The Smiths also have an eight year old son Joel.
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