Christmas Observances Across America Highlight Hope and Aid
Americans celebrated Christmas with trees, carols, and family gatherings. Salvation Army served 1000 turkey dinners in New York while Bowery derelicts attended a party to appeal to Cardinal McIntyre. Police arrested five after demonstrators attacked a church door. Mississippi Bishop Brunini urged church leaders to join in fighting racial hatred. In Los Angeles Mexican communities supported a grape boycott while St Basil's hosted a Christmas Mass. At Tucker Prison Farm inmates funded gifts for children in dire need. A Honolulu family awaited a Navy engineman’s R and R leave after a flight delay in Cam Ranh Bay.
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Associated Press
New York
Salvation Army
Bowery
Don Edeen
Los Angeles
California
St. Basil's Roman Catholic Church
Brunini
Mississippi
Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Whitewater students face Jan. 5 hearings over incident
In Walworth County Courthouse Elkhorn 10 Negro students suspended from Whitewater State University will begin disciplinary hearings January 5. Eugene McPhee director of the state universities system has appointed former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice J Ward Rector to preside.
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Whitewater
Walworth County
Elkhorn
Whitewater State University
Eugene McPhee
State Universities System
Wisconsin Supreme Court
J. Ward Rector
Viet War Truce Violations Reignite Fighting in Vietnam
Viet Cong ended a three day Christmas truce and resumed combat. Allied commands reported 111 truce violations with 100 enemy killed and 11 captured. U S and South Vietnamese forces suffered 12 KIA, 25 Vietnamese and 3 Americans wounded, and 2 missing. B52 and fighter bombers resumed attacks as helicopter gunships supported ground troops. Total American battlefield deaths surpassed 40,000 for the war era by year end.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnamese
South Vietnam
Giftlift controversy and prisoner gifts plan in Vietnam
The report covers Perot accusing North Vietnamese of blocking prisoner of war inspections and planning to send gifts via the Soviet postal system. Perot cites a meeting with Vu Tien and hints at another plan to persuade Hanoi, noting possible initial setbacks and a potential weeks-long Southeast Asia stay. Additional local death and hospital transfer notices are listed with names and times.
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Perot
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Gun Deaths Of 6 Filipinos Probed
Six Filipinos were gunned down on Christmas night near Clark Air Base. Three occupants rode in a stolen new car from a U.S. Air Force captain, with three others in a Jeep taxi behind. Police suspect private security officers involved and launched an inquiry into links between the victims and assailants.
South St Paul Livestock Market Report
USDA cattle 1,000 head estimated calves 200 no market report or trading. Hogs 1,500 head active, 25 to 50 cents higher, broad demand. Prices listed for various weights. sows limited, steady. feeder pigs insufficient to set quotations. boars up about 50 cents.
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South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Coin Shortage Hits Half Dollar Value Debate at Mint
The article notes half dollars hold less than face value at about 1.75 per ounce, requiring a price rise to surpass 25 cents. It discusses mint production aims, hoarding, and a potential shift to non silver halves if Congress approves. It mentions the Philadelphia Mint's plan to reach 16 million coins daily by 1970 and the suspension of a rolling coin method in favor of faster stamping presses.
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Cahoon
Treasury
Congress
Senate
New Philadelphia
Rossides
Insurance Official Dies In Madison
Funeral services will be held in Madison for Roman M. Vetter 75 past president of the Wisconsin Association of Life Underwriters. He died Thursday in a Madison hospital. Vetter helped organize the General Casualty Co. of Madison and ran an insurance agency there since 1936. The state underwriters group named him man of the year in 1965.
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Madison
Roman M. Vetter
Wisconsin Association of Life Underwriters
Vetter
General Casualty Co
State Underwriters’ Group
Weekend Radio Highlights Sports Matchups Prepped
Friday at 7 50 p m WKTY features Logan against Aquinas and 7 15 p m WCOW Sparta covers the Milwaukee Classic Wisconsin versus Utah. Saturday at 1 p m WKTY carries the Vikings versus the Rams in a NFL clash.
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WKTY
Logan
Aquinas
Wcow-Fm
Sparta
Wisconsin
Utah
Stock Quotation Roundup Noon Prices and Funds
Interdealer noon quotes list dozens of stocks with percent changes and prices alongside mutual funds. Notable movers include Allied Stores Alcoa American Airlines Ford General Electric General Motors Kodak and Exxon, with various bid and asked price ranges and fund holdings from Boston Fidelity Mass and Wisconsin funds.
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Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
Alcoa
American Airlines
American Motors
American Tel. & Tel
Anchor
Atlantic Richfield
Burlington Ind
Central Tel, & Tel
Chrysler
Continental Can
Ibn Pont Corp
Petevan Kodak
Ford
Kunarel Dynamics
General Electric
General Instruments
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodyear Tire
Great Northern Ry
LC Cooler Co
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard
Eberstadt Fund
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv
Natl
Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Deaths Ellsworth C. Harkness 56 of Dickinson
Ellsworth C. Harkness, 56, of 1917 4th St. Dickinson, died Wednesday evening in a local hospital. Born February 1, 1913 in South Dakota, he was a truck driver for Gateway Transportation Co and a World War II veteran. Survived by widow Eleanor and two sisters Ruth Hill and Bernice Himes. Funeral Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Rev. Schumann officiating, burial in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park. Visitation Friday after 4 p.m. and Saturday from 1:30 p.m. until service.
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Bernice) Himes
Mabel
Minn
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
William Schumann
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
Dickinson Jackson Street
Madeline
Julius
Mary) Zander
James
Bette) Werth
Dennis
Patricia) Kline
la Crosse
Kathy
Margaret
Mike
John
Arthur
Phyllis) Hagen
Vernelle Pederson
Harold
Katheen) Whelan
Milwaukee
Stewart
Marie) Casey
Eau Claire
Albert
Ardys) Gunderson
Ettrick
Adolph
Margie) Sonsalla
Holmen
Vilas
William Crogan
Ralph
Crogan
la Crosse Cooler Co
Holy Name Society
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Bishop Schwebach General Assembly
Knights Fof Columbus
Land of the Refrigeration Engineers Society
Blaschke Funeral Home
St. Thomas More Church
E. J. Thome
Gate of Heaven
Knights of Columbus
Obituary notices recount Holmen, La Crosse deaths
August Paulson 74 of Holmen died December 25 in a La Crosse hospital. World War I veteran, survived by widow Olga Hanson and several children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Military services at Holmen Lutheran Church and burial Green Mound Cemetery. المرح.
Heavy Snowfall Marks Wisconsin Winter of 1968 69
Wisconsin faced a record December snowfall averaging 28 inches, fueling a very snowy winter across central and northern areas. January added more snow, while February and March remained light, helping stabilize soil moisture and preventing severe flooding. Temperatures stayed near normal, with a late fall frost and a mixed growing season moisture pattern across the state.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Budget cuts trim defense workforce and funding outlook
Pent aroused officials say about 1 million fewer Americans will be involved in defense as cuts hit military, civilian, and defense-industry jobs. The Nixon plan targets a 73 to 150 thousand civilian drop, 300 thousand defense contracts shrink, and possible base closures as a 73 to 75 billion dollar budget year begins.
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Washington
Pentagon
Nixon
Armed Services
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
Defense Department
Young Americans join Castro in sugar cane cutting brigade
Fidel Castro joined 200 young Americans in cutting sugar cane in Havana on Christmas Day. The Venceremos Brigade, including Students for a Democratic Society and Black Panthers members, arrived three weeks ago to help reach a target of 10 million tons for the sugar crop. Castro said 1,030,000 tons were produced so far and forecast 9 million by May 30 and 10 million by July 15.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
Havana Radio
Venceremos Brigade
Cuba
Castro
Venceremos
Students For A Democratic Society
Black Panthers
Manager Of Co-Op Dies At Shawano
George W. Rupple, 67, of Shawano, longtime general manager of the Consolidated Badger co operative, died Thursday in Shawano hospital of a heart attack. He had served with national and local farm groups, including roles as director of the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture Cooperatives, the Midland Co operative Dairy Association, and the Federated Dairy Cooperatives.
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Shawano (Ap
George W. Rupple
Shawano
Consolidated ‘Badger Co-Operative
Shawano Hospital
Rupple
Co-Operative
Wisconsin Council of Agriculture Co-operatives
Midland Co-operative Dairy Association
Federated Dairy Co-operatives
Nude Sleeper Hides As Fire Breaks Out
Milwaukee firefighters responded to a West Side apartment fire and found Robert Hansen hiding in the attic after fleeing his unit naked. Firemen retrieved clothing for him from the damaged apartment, and the man sought safety indoors rather than outside.
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Milwaukee
Robert Hansen
Hansen
La Crosse Tribune Publication Details
La Crosse Tribune published afternoons and Sunday mornings from 4th and Cass Street La Crosse Wisconsin 54601. It is a division of Lee Enterprises Inc and affiliated with Associated Press. AP exclusive rights to local news and dispatches. Second class postage paid at La Crosse with specific rates for single copy and carrier delivery.
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la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Decade billionaire seeks permission for Hanoi flight after denial
A decade billionaire said he would keep trying to obtain permission for a flight to Hanoi after being denied. He plans to stay in Laos to pursue an alternate plan. In the Netherlands a royal birth occurred as Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven welcomed their second child, a son, praised by Queen Juliana in her Christmas message as a sound little baby.
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Hanoi
North Vietnam
Laos
Netherlands
Margriet
Pieter van Vollenhoven
Juliana
Food Spending Averages $512 Each Person
The U S Department of Agriculture projects 1969 food spending at about $512 per person, totaling roughly $104 billion. The average family unit spends $1,683 yearly, while singles spend about $812 per person and multi person families about $495 per person.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Stroke victim dies in Fort Atkinson fire
Fort Atkinson AP report says Earl Farnsworth, 65, an invalid left incapacitated by a stroke, died from asphyxiation after a house fire. Found inside the burned Fort Atkinson home, he was alone when flames apparently started in the kitchen. A neighbor saw the blaze but could not enter due to heavy smoke.
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Fort Atkinson
Earl Farnsworth
Tarr Not Considered As Draft Director
Washington AP Assistant Secretary Curtis Tarr is not under active consideration to head the Selective Service system. White House officials say Tarr, former Lawrence University president, would prefer to stay in his Defense Department post.
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Washington (Ap
Air Force
Curtis Tarr
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
White House
Tarr
Lawrence University
Appleton, Wis
Ae Defense Department
Victim of Apartment Blaze Is Identified
Milwaukee police identified Joyce Morgan 41 as the woman who died from smoke inhalation in a West Side rooming house and apartment blaze. Five firemen were slightly injured fighting the two alarm fire that caused about 20000 dollars in damage. Earlier, Ronald Kulwicki 26 died in a separate South Side fire.
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Milwaukee
West Side
Joyce Morgan
Ronald Kulwicki
Arts urged to use business methods by Chase Bank
John Cunniff reports Chase Manhattan Bank calls for applying business strategies to the performing arts to widen audiences and boost box office. The bank suggests weekend performances and first-time customer inducements, noting deficits rise faster than revenues in orchestras and that self-sustainability remains unlikely but foundations and government support are growing.
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New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
McKinsey & Co
Inno
U.S. Food Use Little Above 1968
The 1969 total utilization of farm food commodities is only slightly above 1968 and grows slower than population. Gains come mainly from crop foods such as fruit, grains, and soybeans, while livestock use remains steady. Production shows little change from 1968, with 1970 seen to rise modestly and imports and exports likely higher.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Stone Lake couple killed in Illinois collision near Crystal Lake
Elias Harpe 65 and his wife Anne 40 both of Stone Lake Wisconsin died Thursday when a car driven by Gerald O Kock 46 of Lake Zurich skidded into their auto on Illinois 176 east of Crystal Lake. Kock was critically injured and hospitalized at McHenry Hospital.
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Stone Lake
Illinois
Crystal Lake, Ill
Elias Harpe
Anne
Wis
Crystal Lake
Gerald 0. Kock
Lake Zurich
Harpe
Kock
McHenry Hospital
Retired Industrialist Larson Dies From Gun Wound
WAUKESHA AP Retired industrialist Lee E. Larson 64 died Thursday night four days after a gunshot wound apparently while cleaning an automatic pistol. A native of Waukesha he built two major firms Lee Larson Co a national leader in small roadside sign advertising sold for 2 million in 1949 and Great Lakes Homes Inc acquired in 1953 later becoming a large prefab home builder before bankruptcy in 1966.
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Waukesha
Lee E. Larson
Larson
Lee Larson & Co
Great Lakes Homes, Inc
Sheboygan Falls
Former Commissioner Of Banking Is Dead
Herbert F. Ibach 80 former Wisconsin banking commission chairman died Wednesday in a Madison hospital Funeral services set for Monday in Madison A native of Alma Ibach began his banking career there He was appointed to the banking commission in 1934 by Gov Schmedeman reappointed by Govs La Follette and Heil He resigned in 1940 to become Wisconsin representative for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held the post until 1954 later served four years as an assistant vice president of Marshall and Ilsley Bank in Milwaukee
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Madison
Wisconsin Banking Commission
Herbert F. Ibach
Ibach
Alma
Banking Commission
Albert Schmedeman
Philip la Follette
Julius Heil
Wisconsin
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Marshall & Ilsley Bank
Milwaukee
Sirhan Sirhan Spends Christmas on San Quentin Death Row
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, Kennedy assassin, marked Christmas Day on San Quentin Death Row with reading, television, and a fried chicken dinner topped by cake. He had no visitors, according to the officer of the day.
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San Quentin
Calif
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Hearing dates set on building code revisions
Public hear ings will be held in Milwaukee Madison and Fond du Lac early next year on proposed revisions in the state building code. The first session will be held in Milwaukee Jan. 26 followed by Madison Feb. 5 and Fond du Lac Feb. 9.
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Madison
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Milwaukee
Fond du Lac
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Emma) Romskog
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Jostad Funeral Home
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Barlow St
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Avis) Campbell
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