Navy Orders More Shrike Air Missiles
The Navy awarded contracts totaling 6.1 million dollars for Shrike anti radar missiles to Sperry Rand of Bristol Tennessee and Texas Instruments of Dallas. The move comes as demand in Vietnam exceeds supply and follows a 4.4 million plus 1.7 million package. A replacement missile and the HOGS system are under development with higher range and map matching guidance.
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Washington
Navy
Vietnam
Sperry Rand Corp
Bristol, Tenn
Texas Instruments, Inc
Dallas
Tex
Pentagon
Bethany Home Certified Under Medicare
Bethany Lutheran Home at 1315 Cass St has been certified as an extended care center under the new Medicare program to begin Jan 1. The facility will operate 60 beds and must contract with a hospital for physician and medical services. Other area_ hospitals approved or applying include Lutheran, St Francis, Hillview, La Crosse Hospital, and St Josephs Nursing Home. Grandview did not apply.
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Bethany Lutheran Home
Cass St
Bethany
Lutheran
St. Francis
Hillview Home
la Crosse Hospital
St. Joseph’s Nursing Home
Grandview
Wisconsin State Board of Health
Social Security Administration
Japan studies radioactivity of Chinese A test
Japan detected fallout from China’s fifth nuclear test across the country. Government officials said radiation levels in collected particles were lower than during the May Peking test. Scientists require further analysis to understand the test’s nature, with experts speculating hydrogen bomb elements may be involved.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
Peking
90-Year-Old Cellist Honored On Birthday in Puerto Rico
Pablo Casals, aged 90, received tributes at a birthday concert in La Fortaleza attended by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. Isaac Stern and Eugene Istomin surprised him with Casals’s own violin sonata, leading Casals to embrace them as he listened closely to the performance.
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Casals
Pablo Casals
San Juan
P. R
Maria Rodrigo
Puerto Rico
Conservatory of Music
UPI
Louis Uchitelle
P.R
la Fortaleza
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Johnson
Franco Spain
Humphrey
Isaac Stern
Eugene Istomin
Stern
Prades
Bach
Istomin
Skyrockers mark 1929 New Year fireworks tradition on Grandad Bluff
The Skyrockers plan their annual New Year fireworks display atop Grandad Bluff signaling midnight since 1929. Chief William Bonadurer leads a 12 member group with a $1000 budget and weeks of planning. Eight to ten volunteers prep the show with donations welcomed from businesses and individuals.
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William Bonadurer
Grandad Bluff
Bonadurer
Coulee
Rohrer
Everett Woehrmann
Thomas Klein
Robert Kennedy
Norman Longfellow
R. E. Nietsch
Ray Ping
James Conway
Robert Waller
Carl Schneider
Runge Sletten
Joseph Rohrer
Skyrockers
Vine
King
Cabinet Quits In Argentina Crisis Deepens
President Juan Carlos Ongania faced a major crisis as four civilian ministers and 15 undersecretaries resigned amid cabinet rifts over social and economic policy. The ministers were Enrique Martinez Paz interior Jorge Nestor Salimei economy Roberto J Petracca social welfare and Nicanor Costa Mendez foreign affairs. Observers expect Salimei and Martinez Paz to depart while Costa Mendez and Petracca may be reinstated as Ongania prepares a yearly address.
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Buenos Aires
Arg
Juan Carlos Ongania
Ongania
Enrique Martinez Paz
Jorge Nestor Salimei
Roberto J. Petracca
Nicanor Costa Mendez
Salimei
Martinez Paz
Costa Mendez
Petracca
UAW Lead in Major 1967 Labor Talks Signals Wages Rise
The Labor Department cites about 7 million workers in major 1967 wage negotiations across aviation, auto, textile, and related industries. Hoffa's Teamsters open talks next month with a demand near 7 percent, setting tone for the year while cost of living escalator pressures grow.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Labor Department
Hoffa
Teamsters
Presentence Probe Ordered for Minnesota Robbery Suspect
John J. Ring aged 35 of Minneapolis faces a presentence investigation after pleading guilty to aggravated assault and aggravated robbery for a November 17 incident at a Rochester tavern. A 22 caliber shooting left Robert Schwab critically injured and his wife facially paralyzed. $1300 taken was recovered. Judge Donald Franke ordered review of the preliminary hearing transcript to aid Ring in forming an opinion on his plea and to prepare for possible appeals surrounding guilty-plea issues.
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Rochester, Minn
John J. Ring
Minneapolis
Rochester
Ring
Robert Schwab
Schwab
Donald Franke
Minnesota Supreme Courts
Franke
Eisenhower Escorts Nixon To Deb Ball
Julie Nixon 17, daughter of former Vice President Richard Nixon, debuts at the 12th International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf Astoria. Her escort is David Eisenhower, grandson of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The event raises funds for the Kidney Foundation of New York.
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Julie
Eisenhower-Nixon
David Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Julie Nixon
Richard Nixon
Waldorf Astoria
New York
United States
Waldorf-Astoria
Smith College
Richard M. Nixon
Randy Paar
Jack Paar
Beatrice Joyce
Duchess of Debs
Kidney Foundation of
State job situation bright says Knowles
Governor Warren P. Knowles told dedication ceremonies for a Brodhead plant that Wisconsin's employment rose 2.7 percent above 1965 and unemployment fell 6.1 percent. He cited 1966 growth and noted a skilled labor shortage, promising intensified vocational education to boost future expansion and predicting 1967 gains.
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Wisconsin
New Year’s Day Printing Schedule for The La Crosse Tribune
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish on New Year’s Day. The paper returns Monday January 2 as a morning edition. Switchboard for missed papers 8 to 10 a.m. Monday. State desk staffed New Year’s Eve 6 to 9:30 p.m. City desk 6 p.m. to midnight New Year’s Day. Saturday edition prints on regular hours. switchboard open until 5 p.m. New Year’s Eve.
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la Crosse Tribune
the Tribune
State Desk
City Desk
Tribune
UAW blasts AFL-CIO in open policy clash
The United Auto Workers accuse the AFL-CIO of complacency and clinging to the status quo in a public letter signed by Walter Reuther and other top officers. The rift centers on basic aims and diverging views within the merged labor movement.
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Detroit
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Federation
AFL
The
CIO
Walter Reuther
Emil Mazey
Leonard Woodcock
Pat Greathouse
George Meany
Reuther
Free Labor Movement
Eight Japanese Fishermen Missing After Trawler Capsizes
Nagoya Japan eight fishermen are missing after their 35 ton fishing trawler capsized in the Pacific twelve miles off the central Honshu coast Japanese maritime authorities said today no survivors have been reported and bad weather hampered search efforts
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Nagoya
Japan
Pacific
Honshu
Three Strikes And Out For Mrs Powell In Pollard Probe
Washington AP The congressional investigating committee rounds on Mrs Adam Clayton Powell as she refuses a third appearance. Chairman Wayne Hays says she will be fired and possibly cited for contempt of Congress. Powell, tied to payroll and travel expense scrutiny, did not travel from Puerto Rico.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Congressional Investigating Committee
Wayne L. Hays
Dohio
Congressional
Powell
Puerto Rico
Hays
Subcommittee
San Juan
Congress
Harlem
New York
Americans From Cuba Reunite Across U S After Escape
The first Americans of Cuban descent allowed to leave Cuba arrived in New Orleans and headed to Miami New York Chicago San Francisco and other cities for family reunions. They expressed hope for more evacuations while fearing for remaining relatives as State Department negotiates via Mexico.
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John S. Lang
New Orleans
Cuba
Merida
Mexico
U.S. State Department
United States
Immigration and Customs
Miami
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Leo Gomez
State Department
Lewis E. Sigur
Everett Chisholm
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