Mail Rate To Rise With Stamps Shortage In La Crosse
Postage rate increases take effect Sunday but La Crosse and Winona post offices report no new higher priced stamps yet. Supplies of 5 cent and 8 cent air stamps are available, while 1 cent stamps are scarce. Rates rise for surface postcards, first class weights, air mail, and third class items, with some parcels eligible for reduced rates and faster transit.
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George R. Spika
la Crosse
Tribune
Winona Post Office
Lester W. Koblitz
Bnt
Spika
Air Postal
Air Parcel Post
Louis Schlaver
Weekend Weather Outlook for Midwest States
Wisconsin forecasts show partly cloudy skies with light snow in the south and east Saturday night, then partly cloudy and very cold Sunday. Minnesota expects fair to partly cloudy skies and very cold conditions, slightly warmer Sunday. Iowa calls for partly cloudy skies with light snow in the east Saturday night, followed by a mostly fair and continued cold Sunday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Flood Stage Update From La Crosse Station
Unclear flood report notes stage changes over 24 hours at La Crosse stations with weather conditions and precipitation estimates. Additional details appear fragmented but indicate rising stage and monitoring by local meteorology office.
Deaths in Wisconsin and Minnesota listed in Tri-State
Obituary notices for multiple individuals across Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois including Miss Mary C Chlup 71 of Hillsboro Wis Rose Sebranek 91 of Hillsboro Wis Mitchell A Wing 65 of Lynxville Wis and others. Reports note ages birthplaces death dates January 5 4 or 1 and services details with Pichas Funeral Home Mt Vernon Nadle Cemetery and local churches.
Sparta teachers seek higher raises in board counteroffer
Sparta Wis Board of Education offered 812 a year raise to 125 teachers in a counter proposal to the welfare committee of the Sparta Local of the Wisconsin Education Association. The panel requested 1000 across the board but gave no decision yet. Negotiations continue with a Jan 10 session planned.
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la Cresse Tribune
Sparta
Wis
Board of Education
Sparta Area
Wisconsin Education Association
Alton Ask
George Thompson
Welfare Committee
Cation
Obituary notices from Wisconsin towns list Johnson and Phillips deaths
Obituaries report Mrs Alma Johnson of Black River Falls age 66 died January 5 with services set at Evangelical Lutheran Church. Ronald Phillips age 26 of De Soto died January 5 with memorial at Red Mound Church and burial at Walnut Mound Cemetery. Both notices include survivors and funeral details.
Time Of Sunday Service Changed At First Congregational
The Communion service and reception of new members will be at 9 30 a m Sunday at First Congregational Church Losey Blvd and Main St The 9 30 time is a change from the previous schedule The 11 a m service continues Rev Melvin L Frank will deliver a sermon on Attend to Your Ministry.
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First Congregational Church
Losey Blvd
Main St
Melvin L. Frank
Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps Seek Local Support
The Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps requests financial backing from city businesses and individuals for the 1968 season. Officials say progress and a full travel schedule depend on additional local support as the group has performed nationwide and consistently placed high in regional and national contests.
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Blue Stars
United States
Four La Crosse Men Elected By Meat Cutters Local 444
Four La Crosse men were elected to posts in the Retail Meat Cutters and Allied Food Workers Union Local 444 AFL CIO. The winners include Robert Brown as guard Myron Purdy as guide and Everett Olson with John Rusin elected to the executive board. Local 444 is based in Madison and represents 1,000 members in 33 Wisconsin cities.
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la Crosse
Retail Meat Cutters and Allied Food Workers Union
Local 444
AFL- Clc
Robert Brown
Myron Purdy
Everett Olson
John Rusin
Madison
Wisconsin
Deaths Paul P. Anthony 73 in Wisconsin home
Paul P. Anthony 73 of 424 Copeland Ave died suddenly in his home Friday January 5. Survived by three sisters Mrs. David McKinney La Crosse Mrs Anna Stowers Milwaukee and Mrs Harry Pfaff Rockland. Services Monday 10 a.m. Schumacher Funeral Home and 10:30 a.m. St James Catholic Church. Burial Catholic Cemetery. Rosary Sunday 7:30 p.m. with visits 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Mitchell A. Wing
Lynxville
St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church
Dickson Ridge
Lake Thornburg
Rosary
Wing
Gladys Sutton
Amelia Monick
Tomah
Clifton
Sparta
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Indian Creek
Dennis Kempf
Oak Grove
Ninneman Funeral Home
Edward Gruen
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. E. Schulz
Nineneman Funeral
Ella
Vera von Haden
Bertha Mitchell
Baraboo
Laurita Pingel
Edward Jr
Wilton
Adolph Gruen
Madison
Albert
Herb
Art
Minnie Burkhalter
Augusta Pahl
Vernon Center
Minn
Paul P. Anthony
Copeland Ave
David
Barbara) McKinney
la Crosse
Anna Stowers
Milwaukee
Harry
Louise) Pfaff
Rockland
Schumacher Funeral Home
St. James Catholic Church
Robert Hansen
Winnebago Street
Obituary correction for Rudolph Rebhan dies in La Crosse paper
Corrected obituary notes surviving sister Mrs Edward Richmond was misnamed Mrs David Richmond. John C Carson 61 of Dresbach Minn died Friday Jan 5 in local hospital born Nov 23 1906 in Dresbach he worked as rear foreman for Minnesota State Highway Department a member of Morning Star Lodge 29 and Eastern Star Chapter 71 La Crescent and D and D Club. Survived by wife Barbara Ozman Diane Solberg Alice Strickland eight grandchildren and other relatives burial Monday at Christ Episcopal Dresbach with Dickinson Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Viroqua
Wis
I. B
Ingvald) Larson
la Crosse
Beier Funeral Chapel
James Bjorge
Larson
Norway
Northern Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Co
General Cigar Co
Alma
Clifford
Chris
Zion, Ill
Harold
Ray
Beverly) Jackson
West Mansfield
Ohio
John
Delores) Wilshire
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Kenneth
Lois) Olson
Westby
George
Hazel) Mills
Darlene Davis
Tillie Berg
DE Soto
Ronald Phillips
Red Mound Methodist Church
Earl Kammerud
Walnut Mound Cemetery
Arneson-Olson
Mr. Phillips
Virgil Phillips
Sterling
Judith Davitt
Korea
Germany
Racine
Tri-State Screw Products Co
Ronald
Gerald
Warren Sawinski
Anna Phillips
Cleveland Ames
John C. Carson
Dresbach
Minn
Minnesota State Highway Department
Morning Star Lodge
A.F
A.M
Eastern Star Chapter
la Crescent
D and D ‘Club
Myrtle
Robert
Barbara) Ozman
Eugene
Diane) Solberg
Winona
Quinton
Alice) Strickland
Hebert
Henry
James
Costa Mesa
Calif
Marjorie Rapp
Harris C. Mooney
Douglas E. Culver
Christ Episcopal Church
Dickinson Funeral Home
Wisconsin urged to double new doctors within decade
Governor's 20 member task force on medical education calls for expanding programs at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin and for a new UW Milwaukee medical school to boost annual physician output from about 211 to 420 by 1977. The report notes shortages in nurses and paramedical staff and cites Wisconsin lagging the Midwest and nation, with over 200 physicians leaving the state in 11 years.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Midwest
Marquette University
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Warren P. Knowles
Florida Home Sees Scarlet Ibis Added to Local Wildlife
The scarlet ibis, native to northern and eastern South America, has found a Florida home. Data notes cover perishables shipments within 150 miles of La Crosse, with minimum temperatures guiding protection policies. Record highs and lows date to January 6 1933 and 1912 respectively, with solar data listing sunrise and sunset.
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South America
Florida
la Crosse
U.S. Demands Israel Pay $3.3 Million for Liberty Casualties
The United States asked Israel to compensate the families of 34 Navy men killed when Israeli planes and torpedo boats attacked and damaged the U S S Liberty in the Mediterranean. Israeli jets conducted six strafing runs over the vessel, then another attack followed minutes later.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Mediterranean
U.S.S
Liberty
Draft protests and indictments swirl around Johnson era unrest
The article notes Spock and Raskin criticizing President Johnson as draft protests grow, with indictments pending and officials downplaying a nationwide crackdown. It covers Spock's activist shift, the Institute for Policy Studies, and related anti draft actions including sit ins and legal responses.
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Institute For Policy Studies
Raskin
Spock
U.S
National Committee For
Washington
New York
Justice Department
Department
Humphrey urges larger aid as Africa tour continues
U.S. aid chief says annual foreign aid of 2.3 billion should be doubled or tripled to meet world duties. Speaking at the Addis Ababa UN Economic Commission for Africa, he noted his nine nation trip includes Somalia Kenya and Tunisia with three more countries to visit. He criticized Rhodesia's illegal regime and warned such reactionary action cannot succeed in Southern Africa.
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U.S
Addis Ababa
U.N. Economic Commission For Africa
Somalia
Kenya
Tunisia
Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia
Southern Africa
Minnesota Gop celebrates anniversary dinner for Governor LeVander
About 500 guests at the Minnesota Republican party anniversary dinner in Minneapolis paid 7.50 each for a night of dancing and dining. Gov. Harold LeVander urged cooperation with state governments while praising the legislature but did not mention the 3 percent sales tax vetoed by him. He forecast a GOP path to the 1968 presidential victory but warned it will not be automatic.
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Minneapolis
Harold LeVander
National Democratic Administration
Minnesota Republican Party
LeVander
GOP
Bear May Be Biggest In Minnesota History
The Minnesota Conservation Department reports a black bear shot near Roseau may set a state weight record. The dressed weight was 471 pounds, roughly 78 percent of live weight for an estimated 600 pounds. The previous live-weight record was 585 pounds, shot near Moose Lake last November.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Conservation Department
Roseau
Moose Lake
Quote cites Laird on Rockefeller and Nixon 1968 race
Rep. Melvin Laird argues that Rockefeller's reluctance to run in 1964 helped Goldwater win the nomination and that his hesitation to enter the 1968 race could propel Dick Nixon to the nomination.
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Associated Press
Rockefeller
Sen. Goldwater
Dick Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
House Republican Conference
Police Ambulance Records County and City
Police and ambulance logs show multiple calls on January 5 and 6. Incidents include hospital transfers for injuries illnesses and falls from addresses in Onalaska West Salem Bangor and beyond plus a broken ankle from Gerry's Service Center in La Crosse. Fire department responses include a chimney issue at Bichrome Bulb Co and a false box alarm at 7th and Adams. A child was reported locked in a bathroom at the Robert Dunn residence.
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Bichrome Bulb Co
S. 3Rd St
7Th and Adams
Robert Dunn
State St
Patchable Heart Thread Could Mend Damaged Hearts
Scientists at Gulton Industries in Metuchen New Jersey report a thread made from polycrystalline piezoelectric material that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy. Described by president Leslie K Gulton the thread can be woven into cloth and may help create an artificial heart and repair damaged hearts.
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Los Angeles
New Jersey
Leslie K. Gulton
Gulton Industries, Inc
Metuchen
N.J
Galton
Newsmen
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Frank A. Brodbeck
Wisconsin Finance Corp
N. 8Rd St
Brodbeck
Wisconsin Finance
Marshfield
Rosey
Sunet Prec
Mary Chlup
Hillsboro
Mary C. Chlup
Richland Center
Picha
Mt. Vernon
Benjamine Drown
Anton Chlap
Frank Verbsky
James Heidenreich
Joseph Chlup
Wonewoc
Tony
Mrs
Rose Sebranek
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Mt. Tabor
Nadle
Mitchell Wing
William Doering
Caledonia
William
Bernice) Doering
Rushford
Immanuel Lutheran Church
K. Roger Johnson
Mount Hope Cemetery
Hokah
Potter- Haugen Funeral Home
Carl Braa
Fillmore County
Emma Braa
Olin Thompson
Hosah
Ters
Lucille Hillman
Mildred Lockart
Franklin, Ind
Gordon Novotny
Frank
Elmer von Haden
Mauston
van Buren
Ewers
van Buren Ewers
Jacobson-Vance Funeral
Lee Holmes
Madeline Frazier
Jean Jacobson
Soldiers Grove
Russell Sherwood
Lincoln, Ill
Albert Ewers
Franklin
I. B. Larson
Norah Twesme
Ettrick
Grandview
Blair
First Lutheran
North Beaver Creek
K. M. Arberg
Church
Fossum Funeral Home
Twesme
Norah Johnson
Jackson County
Edward Twesme
Lloyd
Lakes Coulee
Russell
Watertown
Sparta Teachers Union
By Nora Magelee
Thompson
Supt
George Shiroda
Ask
Shiroda
Myrtle) Syverson
Edward
Luella) Anderson
Irvin
Gladys) Toppen
Gale
Jack
Elaine) Mittlestadt
Lawrence
Kans
Minnie Anderson
Black River Falls
Herbert Johnson
Portland
Ore
James Johnson
James C. Johnson
Evangelical Lutheran Church
T. A. Rykken
Riverside Cemetery
Torgerson
James A. Johnson
James Siefert
Helmer, Clarence and
Albert Johnson
Taylor and Palmer
Fargo
N.D
Rudolph J. Rebhan
Hildegard) Richmond
David Richmond
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Israel
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R-Ill
Secretary of Defense
McNamara
Panama
House
Institute For Defense Analysis
Marine Corps
Findley
General Accounting Office
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Ft. Bliss
Tex
Army Training Center
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Kane St
St. Francis Hospital
Susan Black
Onalaska
Lutheran Hospital
Sever Severson
West Salem
Harvey Pfaff
Bangor
Peter Wendeling
S. 24Th St
Gerry’s Service Center
la Crosse St
Ernest Heinke
Market St
Dora Wright
St. Louis
Burlington Depot
John Hancock
Wall St
Irene Halstead
Prospect St
William B. Heiser
Johnson St
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