Proxmire Names 21 Contractors Misusing Government Property
Sen. William Proxmire cites 21 defense contractors as examples of a broader GAO inquiry into government owned equipment misuse. He says the firms illustrate hundreds of millions in losses and that similar issues likely exist across about 5,500 defense contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Proxmire
General Accounting Office
GAO
Nomic
FMC Corp
Northern Ordnan Division
Minneapolis
Mumps Vaccine Granted License
The Public Health Service licensed what officials call the first clearly effective mumps vaccine. Dr. Bruce Dull said it provides 95-100 percent immunity for at least one year, with potential lifelong protection. Merck Sharp & Dohme developed it in five years for use in children near puberty and older, Awaiting further data for lifelong immunity. It uses a live weakened virus from an embryo chicken culture.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Bruce Dull
Communicable Disease Center
Atlanta
Associated Press
Dull
Merck, Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories
West Point
William H. Stewart
U.S
Stewart
National Institutes of Health
Division of Biologic Standards
Advisory Committee On
Peace probes widen as channels for Hanoi contact open
Western peacemakers seek paths to Hanoi linked through Phnom Penh and major powers in the International Control Commissions. U S officials note scattered past channels through Romania Hungary Burma Egypt and Algeria while current contact remains slow during the Hanoi probe. Rusk cautions that any Hanoi shift must be weighed for its broader meaning to U S strategy.
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Hanoi
Bowles
Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
International
Romania
Hungary
Burma
Egypt
Algeria
Paris
Mai Wan Bo
U.S
Washington
State Department
Rusk
United States
Weather snapshot for La Crosse and Midwest regions
Clear and much colder in La Crosse tonight and Saturday with subzero lows. Wisconsin and Minnesota expect continued cold with flurries and very cold nights, while Iowa foresees partly cloudy skies and a chance of light snow early next week.
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Lacrosse and Vicinity
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Trempealeau County Receives $18,000 for Crystal Lake Park
Sen. Gaylord Nelson announced nearly $50,000 in federal land and water conservation grants for Wisconsin outdoor recreation. Trempealeau County gets $18,000 for Crystal Lake County Park near Strum on land donated by the village, with a required county match.
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Whitehall
Wis
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Trempealeau County
Crystal Lake
Strum
Head of Pinkerton Security Firm Killed in Plane Crash
S. E. Pinkerton, president of Pinkerton Security Inc., was killed in a light plane crash near Talladega Alabama. His wife Faye and her mother Ethel W. Bertrand, both from Michigan, also died. Pinkerton was a Detroit native.
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Talladega
Ala
S.E. Pinkerton
Pinkerton Security Inc
Michigan
Pinkerton
Faye
Ethel W. Bertrand
Highland Park
Mich
Detroit
Friday and Saturday Local High School and College Basketball Radio Highlights
Radio schedules list Friday broadcasts at 7 50 p m for Bangor versus Onalaska and La Crosse Central against Chippewa Falls on WKTY WCOW F M 7 45 p m carries Viroqua versus Sparta. Saturday features 3 15 p m Wisconsin versus Michigan and 7 50 p m La Crosse State University versus Stevens Point along with La Crosse Aquinas against Eau Claire Regis and WCOW 3 p m Wisconsin versus Michigan.
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WKBH
Bangor
Onalaska
WKTY
la Crosse Central
Chippewa Falls
Wcow-Fm
Viroqua
Sparta
Wisconsin
Michigan
la Crosse State University
Stevens Point
Births in Silver Springs Maryland Grant Andrew Meyer
Jan 4 at 2707 Plyers Mill Road Silver Springs Maryland a son Grant Andrew to Dr and Mrs Glenn A Meyer Shirley Swanson formerly of La Crosse. All La Crosse ice skating rinks open. Friday city rink hours 3 30 to 5 and 6 30 to 9 p m. Lagoon open 3 30 to 9 30 p m. Saturday Sunday city rinks 12 30 to 5 and 6 30 to 9 p m Lagoon 2 to 9 30 p m.
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Silver Springs
Grant Andrew
Glenn A. Meyer
Plyers Mill Road
Shirley Swanson
la Crosse
Mayo Clinic performs double kidney transplant from dead donor
Mayo Clinic surgeons transplanted both kidneys from a dead Austin man, Clarence Chihak, into two women at Methodist Hospital Rochester. Recipients, one in her early 20s and another in her late 30s, were reported in satisfactory condition. donor identity was not released.
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Rochester, Minn
Mayo Clinic
Methodist Hospital
Rochester
Clarence Chihak
Austin
Minn
Chihak
Mayo
George Hallenbeck
Johnson
Grade School Annex OK'd At Trempealeau
Trempealeau Wis The Board of Education of Trempealeau Joint School District 1 accepted bids totaling 73879.88 to add three classrooms and two storage rooms to the elementary school. Electors voted 96 to 62 to authorize the project and transfer 9000 from the general to the building fund. Bids were from P Earl Schwab Winona 46300 Winona Plumbing Co heating and ventilation 14840 Kramer and Toye Winona plumbing 2878 Wallys Electric Arcadia 5680 Architect fees 4181.88.
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Trempealeau
Wis
Board of Education of
P. Earl Schwab
Winona
Winona Plumbing Co
Kramer and Toye
Wally
Electrc Service
Arcadia
Records County Jan. 5 and court judgments La Crosse
Jan 5 4 34 am Mrs Frank Werner R 1 to Lutheran Hospital Jan 4 3 06 pm Rose Lee County Hospital to St Francis Hospital Jan 4 1 pm Lester Cramer from St Francis Hospital to Mulder Nursing Home La Crosse County Court Lawrence G Carlston 59 of 3168 S 25th St disorderly conduct May 27 30 Judgment for John Flynn against Wayne Klimek 296 Judgment for Minnesota Mutual Fire and Casualty Co against Roger Graham and Steven Olson 108 65 Judgment for Everett J Hoch against Arnold G Strand 278 50 Judgments for Public Finance Corp of Winona Minn against Roger Rieck Alma 366 69 Willard and Margaret Chamberlin 1646 Caroline St 309 52 Henry M and Lois Koenig Cochrane 511 17 Judgment for Credit Bureau of La Crosse against Sever Amundrud 81712 Grove St 8 05
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence G. Carlston
S. 25Th St
John Flynn
Lynne Tower
Wayne Klimek
N. 11Th St
Minnesota Mutual Fire and Casualty Co
Minneapolis
Roger Graham
Rose St
Steven Olson
Holmen
Everett J. Hoch
Arnold G
Heart Transplant Views From Barnard on Donor Hearts
The surgeon notes no difference between Blaiberg and Washkansky grafts, cites donor heart size, and foresees future heart banks including animal hearts. Primates favored but size limits and scarcity noted. pig heart proposed as most suitable. Barnard envisions baboon constraints and possible use of pig hearts.
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Blaiberg
Washkansky
Barnard
Open House for Mr and Mrs Harvey Bullen 65th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Harvey Bullen celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday January 6 at the 4-Corners Night Club. Minnie Dayton and Harvey Bullen wed in 1903 at Cataract, and have resided in their current home throughout their married life.
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Harvey Bullen
Minnie Dayton
Cataract
Stock Quotations From Marshall Co National And Local Lists
Inter dealer quotations as of 9:00 a.m. cover CW Transport Dial Finance Fabri Tek First Bank La Crosse Cooler La Crosse Telphone Pyroil Co Boston Fund Chem Fund Eaton & Howard Bal Fidelity Fund Manhattan Fd Mass Inv Tr Mass Inv Gr Nat Investors Puritan Fund Wisconsin Fund Eberstadt Fd and other funds with bid and ask ranges. Prices exclude retail markup and commission.
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la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Telphone
Pyroil Co., Inc
Mutual Funds Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard St
Chief Burning Wood Announces Indian Power Bid in New Hampshire
Chief Burning Wood of the American Indian party announced his candidacy for the March 12 New Hampshire presidential primary on an Indian Power platform. He criticized white land use and urged handing the land back to Indigenous people.
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Indian Power
Atlantic City
N.J
Burning Wood
American Indian Party
New Hampshire
U S Forces Lose Planes as Hanoi Haiphong Raids Continue
U S forces report the loss of an F105 Thunderchief and an F8 Crusader with two more planes downed in the latest air offensive. Hanoi claims 13 American planes shot down since Wednesday while U S headquarters notes 135 missions against North Vietnam.
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Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Lang Son
Ha ‘Noi
Paris
Red China
Vietnam
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Saigon
25Th Division
Onalaska Man Struck By Truck In Rural Road Collision
Lloyd Peasley 41 of Onalaska was hit while walking on Thomas Road Town of Onalaska at 6 40 a m. He was transported to Lutheran Hospital with leg injuries and possible head and chest injuries. Driver John Hinitt 29 said he swerved to avoid him then struck Peasley and left the road.
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Onalaska
la Crosse
Lloyd Peasley
R. 1
Lutheran Hospital
Peasley
Thomas Road
McCarthy Groups Spread Across Ohio in 20 Districts
Democratic for McCarthy organizers operate in 20 of Ohio’s 24 districts, the Columbus Evening Dispatch reports. The group aims to nominate Sen. Eugene McCarthy for president and to build networks in the remaining four districts while seeking 48 delegates and 48 alternates pledged to McCarthy at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
McCarthy
Columbus Evening Dispatch
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Dispatch
Oklahoma GOP official dies after cerebral hemorrhage
John Tyler, 50, Republican National Committeeman from Oklahoma, died Thursday at his Bartlesville home after a cerebral hemorrhage. Tyler had served two terms as national committeeman and was state GOP chairman from 1958 to 1960.
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Tulsa
Okla
John, Tyler
Oklahoma
Bartlesville
Tyler
Ballet Troupe to Open Community Concert Series
Ruth Page's International Ballet presents two new works in the Community Concert program at 8:15 p.m. Monday in Coleman Technical Institute auditorium. Carmina Burana features a chorus and soloists with stereo tape accompaniment, while Bolero 68 will be performed with a large orchestra. A Divertissement and a pas de deux from Le Corsaire are also on the bill with guest artists Anna Marie and David Holmes.
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Ruth Page
International Ballet
Coleman Technical Institute
Carmina Burana
Miss Page
Carl Orff
Maurice Ravel
le Corsaire
Drigo
Petipa
Anna Marie
David Holmes
Community Concert Association
Daley Backs Kerner for 1968 Re Election
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley endorsed Governor Otto Kerner for a third term calling him a good dedicated leader who has improved Illinois imports and exports. He framed the meeting as the opening kickoff for the 1968 Democratic campaign in Illinois and pledged support for the state party.
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Chicago
Kerner
Richard J. Daley
Cook County Central Committee
Daley
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Judge Dismisses Car Sale Suit In Wisconsin Case
A La Crosse man loses damages claim after a county court rules the purchase of a wrecked Mustang from Max's Auto Wrecking Co. was an arm's length transaction and no seller misrepresentation was relied upon. Judge Leonard F. Roraff dismissed Harold D. Stinson Jr.'s suit seeking lost profits from the 1967 sale.
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la Crosse
Harold D. Stinson Jr
S. 21St St
Max’s Auto Wrecking Co
N. 3Rd St
Leonard F. Roraff
Stinson
Roraff
Youth Held For Murder To Get Test
Whitehall 18 year old Doug Fellenz was committed to Central State Hospital at Waupun for a 60 day mental observation to determine competence to stand trial in the murder and robbery of Harry Melby. Aaron Kotarz, 22, also Whitehall, is held without bond on first degree murder and robbery charges. Melby, 77, was found Sept. 22 strangled and beaten in a field near Osseo along U.S. Highway 53.
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Whitehall
Wis
Douglas Fellenz
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Fellenz
Aaron Kotarz
Trempealeau County
Harry Melby
Melby
U.S. Highway 53
Osseo
Deaths John J. Darling of Marshalltown
John J. Darling 608 East State Street Marshalltown Iowa formerly of La Crosse died in his home Thursday January 4 Survivors include his widow Kathleen one son David and one daughter Bonnie his parents Mr and Mrs John L Darling of La Crosse and two sisters Helen Darling and Dorothy Reid both of La Crosse Services will be Monday at 8 30 a m in Schumacher Funeral Home and at 9 a m in Cathedral of St Joseph the Workman Rt Rev Msgr John Paul officiating Burial in Catholic Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Rosary at 7 30
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John J. Darling
East State St
Marshalltown
Iowa
la Crosse
Kathleen
David
Bonnie
John L. Darling
Helen Darling
Harold
Dorothy) Reid
Schumacher
Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman
John Paul
Snowbound Regions See Road Closures Across States
Blowing and drifting snow blanketed the Upper Peninsula and much of New York State, causing several secondary roads to close. An elevated highway and bridge in Buffalo were shut for four hours overnight due to slick pavements. Schools and daily activities operated with delays in the zero-block Northern region while motor clubs logged numerous trouble calls from Milwaukee and Minneapolis St Paul throughout Thursday.
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Upper Peninsula
New York State
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Youth To Appear On Dope Charge In La Crosse Court
A La Crosse youth Jan K. Henry 20 of 1104 S 6th St will appear before Judge Lincoln Neprud in La Crosse Circuit Court Monday to answer a marijuana possession charge. The motion day calendar opens at 9 30 a m with this case as the sole criminal item amid 10 civil matters including three divorces.
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la Crosse
Lincoln Neprud
Jan K. Henry
S. 6Th St
Carl F. Schnick
Tragic Fargo Fire Kills Couple and Two Sons
In Fargo North Dakota a couple and their two sons died when their home burned early today. An eight year old daughter was saved by her father and hospitalized with burns, while other relatives were sedated for injuries. Firefighters battled the blaze in bitter cold as neighbors tried to aid.
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Steven
Bruce
Evelyn
Cathy
Dean Bienisa
Dean Jr
Fargo
Kraft
Bienisa
Jenkins
West Fargo
State Youth Drowns As Car Plunges In Creek
A Bloomer motorist, Donald D. Pritchard, 30, died when his car slid on a snow slick, went through a guard rail and overturned into Duncan Creek. James Waver, a Bloomer youth, tried to rescue him but couldn't open the doors. The highway toll for 1968 rose to 10 with a separate Ellsworth veterinarian, Dr. Raymond Jones, 52, killed in a two vehicle crash near Ellsworth.
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Associated Press
Bloomer
Ellsworth
Donald D. Pritchard
Chippewa
Louis Reetz
Pritchard
Martell Road
Pierce County
Herbert Bennett
River Falls
St. John’s Hospital
Red Wing
Minn
Defiant Woodcutter Ends Fight With U S. Defiant Woodcutter Ends Fight With U S
Virgil Gray at Round Mountain California halted a federal power line project for two months. With U S marshals ready to move in his family of nine faced eviction. His son Ronald mediated a compromise citing education and land terms as possible conditions for submission.
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Round Mountain
Calif
Virgil Gray
U.S
Gray
Bonneville Dam
Columbia River
California
San Francis Co
Jane
Ronald
Hamblin
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Holley Carburetor Co
Warren, Mich
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Texas
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Tex
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Ark
Blades Manufacturing Co
Rector
Wyman-Gordon Co
North Grafton
Mass
Raytheon Co
Missiles Systems
Andover
Sikorsky Aircraft Division
United Aircraft Corp
Stratford
Conn
Beech Aircraft Corp
Wichita
Kan
Sperry Gyroscope Co
Great Neck
N.Y
Boeing Co
Aerospace Group
Seattle
Wash
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Wright Aeronautical Division
Wood- Ridge
TRW, Inc
Cleveland
Rohr Corp
Chula Vista
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Torrance
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Heintz
Philadelphia
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Halethorpe
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Bendix Aerospace
South Bend
Ind
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Sacramento
Continental Aviation and Engineering Corp
Toldeo
Shippers
Tremple County
Pinkerton Security Firm
Winona Livestock Swift & Company
Winona, Minn
Highway
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Chicago Grain
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
Tremple
Frank Werner
Rose Lee
County Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Lester Cramer
Mulder
County Court
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Trane Co
U.S. Steel
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Eloc
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Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Howell Instrum
Lincoln Nail Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch NY
Rust Craft
Wallace Bus
Warner Elec
Werner Trans
Western Power
Wis. Power & L
GOP
Gov
Kotlarz
A. L. Twesme
John C. Quinn
Galesville
Dist
William Mattka
Trieste
Italy
Carlo Cirillo Divinri
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of
Austria
N.D
Rodney Hamblin
San Francisco
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