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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1965
Page
1
About 1,000 demonstrators hurled rocks and smeared the U S Embassy with ink during a protest against U S air raids on North Vietnam. Moscow police offered little restraint while emb assy guards and off duty Marines guarded the gates.
Vietnamese defenses bristled as a Hawk antiaircraft battery was set up at Da Nang air base and border alert tightened. U S Air Force F105s raided Laos while Viet Namese and American aircraft targeted North Viet Nam. Casualties rose near Pleiku as Viet Cong attacks continued with several helicopters shot down and 9 Americans funeralized.
Washington AP Congress waits for fresh Viet Nam reports before any probe. Johnson meets Democratic leaders at the White House and Bundy briefs lawmakers behind closed doors. A GOP briefing outlines strike policy while Mansfield cautions against rushing inquiries amid international tension. Rep Lindsay urges de escalation to avoid wider war.
Rep Ancher Nelsen says the Justice Department asked the FBI to probe charges that Rural Electrification Administration employees were solicited for political contributions illegally. He says the investigation could have prevented millions taken from federal workers under political pressure.
Kyodo News Service, citing sources close to the Japanese Defense Agency, reports about 1,400 U.S. Marines training at Mt Fuji left Japan early today for Okinawa. The Marines had arrived from Okinawa in late January and were to train in Japan until late February under a program filed with the Defense Agency by American authorities.
La Crosse Fire Fighters Local 27 asks the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board to conduct a fact finding study of union city council negotiations. The union cites refusal to negotiate fringe benefits and outlines requests including a shorter work week, clothing allowance, and hospital and surgical insurance participation.
Peking editors threaten heavy rebuffs and insist debts must be repaid as U S and South Vietnam air raids on North Viet Nam prompt warnings. Soviet papers back aid to North Viet Nam while Kosygin pledges assistance. mass demonstrations in Peking protest raids.
In Washington the House approved 241 to 165 to limit the President from selling surplus food to Egypt. Five Wisconsin Democrats joined the majority: Kastenmeier Race Reuss Stalbaum and Zablocki. Wisconsin Republicans Byrnes Davis Laird O Konski and Thomson sided with the minority.
ST. PAUL AP Gov Karl Rolvaag confirms Ray Lappegaard as Minnesota corrections commissioner replacing Will Turnbladh who has led the department since 1959. No start date set and Turnbladh may remain in a reduced role with rehabilitation background. The transition will occur at a mutually agreed date.
Democratic leaders say President Johnson is pleased as the House abandons the bid to halt surplus food shipments to the United Arab Republic. The Senate will follow the executive view, ending the ban as both chambers push for a quick, cooperative session. The move ends efforts to block about 37 million of 431.8 million in aid over three years.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 663, a DC7B bound for Richmond, crashed into the Atlantic about 14 miles from Kennedy Airport minutes after takeoff. Eighty four aboard. initial searches recovered several bodies and debris as investigators probe cause. Coast Guard and Navy divers join 60 crash investigators amid no immediate clues and normal weather conditions reported.
Coast Guard lookout Dale D. Bishop heard an explosion and saw flames at sea near a Pan American flight. A fishing boat recovered a plane seat with a body believed trapped, but the body slipped back into the water as it was hoisted aboard. Charred clothing and brochures floated nearby.
Buffalo Valley Inc. plans a 1600 to 2000 acre development between Cochrane and Alma featuring golf skiing camping and more. A $589 500 FHA loan requires 1000 25 memberships and 1000 75 family memberships with operation expected by summer 1966. The project aims to raise 250 000 extra and begin tree clearing and ski run work as the first steps.
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