Braves Trade Eddie Mathews to Houston in Season-Changing Deal
Atlanta sends captain Eddie Mathews and Arnold Umbach plus a third player to the Astros in exchange for Dave Nicholson and Bob Bruce. Mathews, 35, ranks seventh all time with 494 homers and had a late-season resurgence after coaching change. Umbach posted a 3.07 ERA in 1966 before being sent to Richmond. Nicholson hit .246 with 10 homers for Houston. Bruce was 3-13 with a 5.33 ERA.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta Braves
Eddie Mathews
Houston Astros
Braves
Mathews
Houston
Arnold Umbach
Astro
Dave Nicholson
Bob Bruce
Willie Mays
San Francisco
Mickey Mantle
New York
Billy Hitchcock
Bobby Bragan
Umbach
Richmond
Nicholson
Bruce
New Year Eve Nears Worldwide as Times Square Ball Drops
New York prepares for the annual Times Square ball descent at 11:59 p.m. as crowds gather. Mayor Lindsay will display his New Year message in lights while cities from Rome to Glasgow host festive scenes and publicans cut prices amid Scotland's bubbly celebration.
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New York
Allied Chemical
Times Square
Rome
Glasgow
Scotland
John V. Lindsay
Broadway
Coast Guard Air Rescue Aids Georgia Lib Ship In Heavy Seas
A four engine C130 aircraft relayed radio messages from the Georgia to the rescue coordination center and prepared to drop 25 man life rafts if needed. The 10,000 ton Liberian freighter struggled in rough seas with hatch covers torn off and lifeboats damaged while en route from Vizag India to Philadelphia with iron ore. Five crewmen were rescued from the Petrel and the Cotswold’s small boat evacuated three women and two men.
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Georgia
Rescue Coordination Center
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Asopos Shipping Co
Monrovia
Oro Ferro, Inc
New York
Vizar
India
Philadelphia
Petrel
Coast Guard Air
Elizabeth City
N.C
U.S. Considers Supersonic Airliner Amid Concorde Rivalry
Jet officials have no definite date for a decision on the supersonic airliner. Johnson says the project is top executive branch and Congress considers it. France and Britain press ahead with Concorde at 1400 mph. The American version may lag by two to three years but aims to be larger and about 400 mph faster.
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Johnson
Executive Branch
Congress
France
Britain
Five Rescued From Sinking Yawl After 15 Hour Harrowing Sea
New York dispatch reports Coast Guard cutter Tamaroa towed a battered 70-foot yawl after five men were plucked from the Petrel in heavy Atlantic seas. Five others stayed aboard to aid the vessel until help arrived.
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New York
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Threat To Woman Puts Youth In Jail
A La Crosse youth was jailed after threatening a city woman and forcing her to drive him in her car. The assailant carried an opened pocket knife in the parking lot at Sports Bowl Lanes and fled when the woman stopped. Police later found him near the Mississippi River bridge. he claimed the knife was a comb handle.
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la Crosse
Sports Bowl Lanes
Copeland Ave
3Rd
Mississippi River Bridge
Winona Court Orders Open Planning Commission Sessions
Atty. Gen. Robert Mattson ruled that all Winona City Planning Commission meetings must be open to the public including executive sessions. The opinion was requested by Winona City Attorney G. M. Robertson Jr. and cites state law requiring openness of public body meetings unless laws allow closures.
Cardinal Spellman Arrives in Okinawa for U S Servicemen Visit
Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York arrived in Naha Okinawa from Manila for a three day visit with U S servicemen.
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Naha
Okinawa
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Formosa
U.S
Secrecy Labeled Corsair Bomber Lifts to Public View
The Navy has removed the confidential tag from the A7 Corsair II, a light jet bomber intended for limited war use in Vietnam. Production moves toward 1,600 aircraft by both services in five years at about $1.5 billion, with Walleye guided missiles. The craft features a large belly dive brake and 340 mile combat radius, aiming for pinpoint strikes and air dominance.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Vietnam
Air Force
Pentagon
State trims road funding and reevaluates 1967 program
Bakke announced a $38.2 million cut with a $13 million retroactive reduction to curb spending already advanced by the federal government. The reevaluation of interstate state and urban road plans for 1967 will take one to two weeks and may slow Milwaukee area projects including the Milwau kee County expressway and several U S routes and bridges.
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Bakke
Drawing Board
U.S. 141
Milwaukee
Sheboygan
U.S. 41
Butte Des Morts
Oshkosh
U.S. 51
Stevens Point
U.S. 12
Lake Geneva
U.S. 53
Falls
God Named Theme of This Week’s Christian Science Lesson
This week’s sermon focuses on God as judge lawgiver and king. The golden text quotes Isaiah proclaiming the Lord will save us, guiding church readings across Christian Science congregations Sunday.
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Isaiah
Saturn 5 second stage passes key captive test
Data analyzed from a six minute firing shows the Saturn 5 second stage may be ready for installation in the three stage rocket. Dr. Eberhard Rees hailed the test as a step toward Apollo goals of a moon landing this decade despite past failures.
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Bay ST. Louis
Miss
Eberhard F. M. Rees
Huntsville Space Flight Center
America
Cape Kennedy
Three Hurt As Auto Crash Near Shelby Town
Three persons sustained minor injuries in a La Crosse County traffic crash Friday. Barbara A. Hill 21 Floyd C. Hill 16 and Daniel D. Hill 21 were treated for shock and cuts after their car collided with a second vehicle driven by Richard D. Thompson 30. Thompson refused medical aid saying he had fallen asleep at the wheel. the crash occurred about 2 30 p m on Highway 35 south of its intersection with Highway 14.
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la Crosse County
Barbara A. Hill
Trempealeau
Floyd C. Hill
Viroqua
St. Francis Hospital
Daniel D. Hill
Richard D. Thompson
R. 1
Stoddard
Shelby
Thompson
Radio Highlights Aloha Bowl Week Football Lineup
Radio schedule lists WKBH 11:45 a.m. AFL championship Kansas against Buffalo. Monday features Sugar Bowl Alabama versus Nebraska at 12:45 p.m. Rose Bowl Purdue versus USC at 3:45 p.m. Orange Bowl Florida versus Georgia Tech at 6:45 p.m.
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Kansas
Buffalo
Alabama
Nebraska
Purdue
USC
Florida
Georgia Tech
Tito Frees Milovan Djilas After Eight Years In Prison
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP President Tito grants amnesty and releases Milovan Djilas a former vice president and noted critic after more than eight years of confinement for disclosing state secrets. Djilas once Tito's heir apparent faced four convictions since 1955 amid dissent over Yugoslav democracy.
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Boris Boskovic
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Milovan Dijilas
Djilas
Milovan Djilas
Joseph Stalin
Europe
United States
Knowles lays out 1967 Wisconsin education and finance agenda
Knowles outlines goals across water pollution bonds, vocational and higher education planning, traffic safety, air quality, ORAP funding, and an open presidential primary. He cites taxes and financing as the central challenge facing the 1967 legislature and vows to seek full facts before proposing tax changes.
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Knowles
Coordinating Committee
Department of Local Affairs
Wisconsin
Death Continued from Paget Trane Co in La Crosse
Death notice for Arnold Beach, formerly of La Crosse, now in Dakota area since age 18. Survived by widow Jacqueline of La Crescent and five children Ronald, Ricky, Richard, Rob in, three sisters, and his mother and stepfather. Army veteran of World War II with overseas service in Japan. Services pending at Nelson Funeral Home in La Crosse.
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Ronald
Navy
Norfolk
Ricky
Richard
Robin
Jacqueline
la Crescent
John C. Beach
Dakota
Julius
Jean) Henderson
Kellogg, Minn
Donald
Kay) Wilson
Minn
Keith Wohlert
Beach
Japan
Nelson Funeral Home
la Crosse
Underfed Fibber Named World's Champion Liar
A Colorado Springs resident Earl Fox was crowned the world’s champion liar by the Burlington Liars Club for 1966. Honorable mentions went to Roy Potts Christchurch New Zealand Everard Flyrage Annandale Minnesota Stephen Woolstenhulme Victor Idaho and W R Anderson Evanston Illinois for notably tall tales.
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Burlington
Colorado
Earl Fox
Colorado Springs
Uo Roy Potts
Christchurch
New Zealand
Everard Flyrage
Annandale
Minn
Stephen Wool
Wisconsin Lawyer Frank Boesel Dies at 90 in Milwaukee
AP reports Frank Tilden Boesel, a leading Wisconsin attorney for fifty years, died Thursday from complications after a hip fracture on December 13. He was 90.
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Milwaukee
Frank Tilden Boesel
Wisconsin
Harry L. Golden Remains Critically Ill in Charlotte
AP reports Harry L. Golden author editor and lecturer showed slight signs of improvement but remains in critical condition today as doctors monitor his status at a Charlotte hospital.
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Charlotte, N.C
Harry L. Golden
Long illness claims Mrs. Melvin Sandbeck of Waukon
Mrs. Melvin H. Sandbeck 82 of Waukon died Friday December 30 after a long illness. Martin's Funeral Home is in charge with services tentatively set Monday January 2. She was born March 13 1884 in Winneshiek County daughter of Olaus and unnamed Scholl and married Melvin Sandbeck December 6 1911. Surviving: six daughters C A Seiple Long Beach California Clifford Smorstad Eldo Kramme and Alfred Kramme and Anna Sandbeck all of Waukon two sons Phillip and Hartvig of Waukon 18 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The report continues with other obituaries from Chaseburg Viroqua Coon Valley New Albin Hixton and surrounding towns.
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Waukon
Iowa
Melvin H. Sandbeck
Martin
Sandbeck
Clara Scholl
Olaus Scholl
Winneshiek County
Melvin Sandbeck
Union Prairie Township
C. A. Seiple
Long Beach
Calif
Clifford Smorstad
Alfred Kramme
Decorah
Eldo Kramme
Robert Keibitz
Anna Sandbeck
Phillip
Hartvig
Chaseburg
Wis
Herman E. Schlicht
Beeen
St. Peter's Evangelical
Mr. Schlicht
David Schlicht
Alvina Bray
Herbert
Dorothy) Helke
la Crosse
Joseph
Alice) Berra
Carl
Janice) Philips
de Soto
Viroqua
Amy Louise Hanson
Hans N. Hanson
Spencer
Hanson
Minneapolis
Immanuel Lutheran Church
David Jacobson
Jacobson-Vance Funeral Home
Cherokee
Betty Hoburn
Harold
Charles
Des Moines
Olga Benson
Einar Strandin
Norman
North Branch
Minn
Herter's early life and rise in 1947 political scene
Born in Paris in 1895 to artist parents Albert and Adele Herter, Charles Herter grew up with European affairs. He led a 1947 House committee on Western European economic needs amid the postwar rehabilitation program. He backed Eisenhower for president, won Massachusetts governor in 1950, and later supported Nixon in 1956, delivering a pivotal nomination speech at the San Francisco convention.
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St. John's Episcopal Church
Herter
Paris
Albert
Adele Herter
Congress
Europe
White House
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Paul A. Dever
L Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Harold E. Stassen
San Francisco
Nixon
Weather Outlook For Wisconsin Minnesota And Ohio
Considerable cloudiness persists in Wisconsin with minor temperature change and a chance of scattered snow. Minnesota shows variable clouds with snow possible in the north and colder conditions Saturday night into Sunday. East Ohio and La Crosse area report mostly cloudy skies with light winds and minimal shifts. record highs and degree days are listed for the period.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
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la Crosse Tribune
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Yawl
Winona
Spellman
BEM Price
Paye
Saturn
Dijilas
Aleksander Rankovic
Communist Party
Rankovic
West
Montenegro
The
University of
Paget
Carroll Reed
Onalaska
Nancy
Onalaska High School
la Crosse Municipal
Viking Aviation
Tribune Photo
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Herman Schlicht
Mrs
Amy Hanson
Roald Neprud
Coon Valley
Los Angeles
Upper Coon Valley
New York City
Hans
Heidi
Germany
Ignatius Imhoff
New Albin
Julia
Wilbur
Ruth) Mark
Leonard
Phyllis) Leiderscheit
James
Robert
Lawrence
Edward
Corpus Christi
Tex
Vincent
Cedar Falls
Josephine Kenny
Christine
Madison
Urban Imhoff
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Edgar Kolfenbach
Burke Funeral
Lansing
Mrs. Lawrence
Hixton
Lawrence van Gorden
Woodruff
Hixton Presbyterian Church
Calvin Carey
Trinity Rest Cemetery
Jensen Funeral Home
van Gorden
Lulu Pratt
Independence
West Allis
Mercer
Thelma Thatcher
Mildred Thompson
Vera Delamater
Clarence
Clad) Pratt
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