U.S. Reserve Divisions Short of Major Equipment
U S reserve divisions and brigades lack nearly one fifth of their major equipment as of now. The Army says most gaps will be filled by June 30 and notes that fewer than 1.2 percent of items are below first line quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Reserve
Washington
USS
Defense Department
Army
Gades
Serves
Continental
United States
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
O Brien Pushes Single Class Postal Service
Postmaster General Lawrence F. O Brien announced the Post Office will fold air mail into all first class letters at a six cent rate and create a single class priority service. He cited a nationwide airlift network reaching 500 cities and rapid delivery statistics while noting a ten cent airmail stamp remains valid until Congress acts in 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Lawrence F. O’brien
O'Brien
O’brien
Post Office
Congress
Ten GM plants in four states face union strike
The United Auto Workers warned ten General Motors plants in Michigan Ohio Indiana and New York could strike next Tuesday or Wednesday unless local issues are resolved. GM says 42 of 134 regular units plus 12 of 34 parts warehouses have reached local settlements. National contracts with GM Ford and Chrysler are settled. Local talks at GM and some Chrysler and AMC plants continue amid a news blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
New York
United Auto Workers
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
UAW
AMC
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kenosha
Wis
Milwaukee
NFO Plans Nationwide Withholding Amid Market Tension
The National Farmers Organization outlines a staged all commodity withholding aimed at pressuring prices. Members in 30 states are urged to stop selling grain and seal eligible grain for commodity credit loans as part of a long holding action tied to the slogan No price no production. The group cites past boycotts against livestock and milk, with prior clashes and a Justice Department action that was dropped after an agreement for advance government briefings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NFO
Militant
Justice Department
NF ° O
NFC
Staley
Agriculture Department
Stevens Point students reject campus military recruitment ban
Stevens Point State University students voted 430 to 260 to reject a proposed ban on military services recruitment on campus. The move followed a Student Senate protest of Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey's draft policy statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Point
Stevens Point State University
Selective Service
Lewis Hershey
Wisconsin Driving License Fees See Increases
John R. Hammond of the state DMV said Wisconsin’s new fee schedule raises first time licenses to 5 dollars from 2.50, learning permits to 2 from 1.50, and duplicates to 2 from 1.50. Renewals jump to 4 from 2 starting February 1, road test remains 2, with other fee hikes for bus drivers and others. The La Crosse office will be open Wednesdays through Fridays 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
John R. Hammond
Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles
Hammond
la Crosse
Rural Brownsville Man Dies In Crash
A one car crash on Highway 26 near the Iowa line killed Donald J. Tully 47 of Brownsville. He was alone in the vehicle. In Minneapolis, Madge Hansen 65 died after being struck by a car driven by a 17 year old crossing a south Minneapolis street. Herman Owens 61 died after being struck on Armour Avenue near the Armour meat packing plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Donald Joseph Tully
Brownsville
Iowa Line
Highway Patrol
Twin Cities
Madge A. Hansen
Minneapolis
South St. Paul
Herman J. Owens
William G. Paladichuk
Owens
Armour Avenue
Armour Meat Packing Plant
Water system grant approved for Mole Lake Indians
The Chippewa at the Mole Lake Reservation in Wisconsin Forest County receive a federal grant of 24387 dollars to improve their water supply. Christiansen Supply Co. of Ashby, Minnesota won the contract for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mole Lake
Wisconsin
Forest County
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Christiansen Supply Co
Ashby, Minn
Severe storm blasts West to Dakotas and Carolinas
A major snow and ice system stretched from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes, with blizzards in Idaho and Utah. Winds 50 to 70 mph whipped snow in the Red River Valley near the North Dakota Minnesota border. North Carolina shut schools and many businesses as ice damaged power lines and knocked out electricity along the coast from South Carolina to New Jersey. Temperatures stayed above zero in some areas while bitter cold followed in Montana and surrounding states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Country
Wyoming
Dakotas
Pacific Northwest
Great Lakes
Red River
North Dakota-Minnesota
Carolinas
Virginia
North Carolina
Raleigh
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Carolina
New Jersey
Idaho
Utah
Montana
Radio Highlights THURSDAY Items From WCOW and Marquette
Radio schedule notes a Wisconsin basketball segment on WCOW FM in Sparta and a feature on Mines and the Department of Interior tied to Marquette events dated May 16, 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau
Wcow -Fm
Sparta
Wisconsin
Department of the Interi- Marquette
Stanford man Kasperak shows signs after transplant
Mike Kasperak, nearly dead after receiving a new heart, wrote his wife I love you as doctors report the transplanted heart beating normally and improving. They caution that rejection remains a major risk for the fourth human heart transplant recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Ferne
New York
Louis Block
Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Probers Question Malice in Otepka Firing Case
Senate subcommittee charges that Otto Otepka faced demotion for objecting to leftist candidates. The report notes earlier issues before his 1963 reprimand for giving classified material to J. G. Sourwine and questions whether malice or departmental purge drove the action. The State Department and secretary Dean Rusk issued no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
State Department
Otto Otepka
Otepka
J. G. Sourwine
Subcommittee
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Department
Rail Stockholders To Vote On Merger In St Paul Meetings
Great Northern and Northern Pacific stockholders will attend March 14 meetings in St Paul to approve an Interstate Commerce Commission order approving a merger. Record dates determine voting eligibility for each company, with the ICC approval previously announced and involving related lines Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Spokane Portland and Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
St. Paul
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific
ICC
Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Roy Reuther Dies in Detroit at 58
Roy Reuther a longtime organizer for the United Auto Workers and brother of UAW President Walter P. Reuther died Wednesday likely from a heart attack. He was 58 and active in labor affairs in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Reuther
Detroit
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Milwaueestock market reports mixed in brisk regional dairy prices
Milwaukee livestock prices show cattle steady to weak with Holstein steers and cows easing, calves and hogs mixed while Winona and South St Paul markets quote firmer hogs and steady cattle. Wheat and soy prices advance on Chicago grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Swift & Company
Winona
Minn
Hi-Choice & Prime
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Burlington Fireman Pay Debate Shapes ICC Ruling
DuSell outlined minimum pay for a La Crosse to Savanna run, claiming 412 hours of train time merit 64.70 dollars plus fringe benefits with three days pay for a little over four hours work. He noted engineers on same scale and said the system cuts passenger train costs. hearings continue with a possible ICC decision by February 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuSell
Burlington
la Crosse
Savanna
Clerman
ICC
Inquest Ordered In Milwaukee Negro Death
Milwaukee County medical examiner Dr. Helen C. Young ordered an inquest into the December 30 death of Lee Wilson, shot by Patrolman Chester Mehring after firing on officers. District Attorney Hugh R. O Connell had deemed the shooting justifiable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Helen C. Young
Lee Wilson
Young
Hugh R. O'Connell
O'Connell
O’connell
Wilson
Chester Mehring
Brain Transplant Questioned by Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize winning researcher Sir John Eccles called the idea of transplanting a human brain absurd at the Nobel Conference in St. Peter Minnesota. He argued a brain transplant would be impossible and warned the focus should be on aiding nervous system diseases rather than replacing brains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Charles A. Hufnagel
Georgetown University
Stanford Medical Center
Kasperak
ST. Peter, Minn
John Eccles
Eccles
Gustavus Adolphus College
Vietnam War Reports Sharp Fighting Near Saigon
Guerrillas attacked Bong Son police headquarters and a militia post while U S units of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade found 14 enemy dead on a distant battlefield. Casualties were heavy for the Americans with 27 killed and six wounded. An F5 jet crash near Bien Hoa killed ten civilians and the pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bong Son
Saigon
U.S. 196Th Light Infantry Brigade
U.S
North Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Ma Sna
Elderly Man Dies In Minnesota Fire
Rudolph Beaswald, 70, died in a small Rogers Minnesota house fire discovered around 3 30 this morning. Beaswald lived alone. authorities found his body seated in a chair. Fire officials cited a heat stove as a likely heat source but could not determine the cause immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers, Minn
Rogers
Hennepin
Minneapolis
Rudolph Beaswald
Beaswald
Weather Summary for Lacrosse and Nearby Regions
Snow possible tonight and Friday with light southeast winds shifting to northwest. Temperatures in the mid 20s. Wisconsin sees snow in north and central areas with possible freezing rain in the south. Minnesota is windy with scattered snow flurries and a cold trend. Iowa mostly cloudy with chances of snow freezing rain or sleet tonight. Sunrise Friday 7 38 a m Sunset 4 49 p m Full moon January 15. Record highs and lows noted for January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Readings Stations Flood Stage Report
La Crosse area flood stage readings show 24 hour changes with stage at 2.45 feet and precursors for rising water. Data tracks river readings across stations with status today’s 24 hour shift and flood progression guidance.
Whitewater Approves New Jail After Inspection
Whitewater’s new jail in the public safety building has been approved for use after a second inspection. State jail inspector Vern Verhulst, Madison architect Nathaniel Sample, and City Manager Ronald DeMaagh signed off following heating and ventilating upgrades. One prisoner has stayed there. others are in Walworth County Jail in Elkhorn.
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Whitewater
Public Safety
Vern Verhulst
Verhulst
Madison
Nathaniel Sample
Ronald DeMaagh
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
DeMaagh
Walworth County
Elkhorn
La Crosse Woman Active in Civic and Cultural Groups
Mrs. Doherty played a leading role in Catholic and community life in La Crosse. She helped organize the Wisconsin Council of Catholic Women around 1917 and later became state president. She joined the La Crosse Music Study Club circa 1915, served as club president, and became an honorary member. In the 1930s she helped found the Community Concert Association of La Crosse, and after a long organ career at Blessed Sacrament Church she remained active in Democratic Party affairs and numerous local groups.
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Doherty
Community Concert Association of
la Crosse
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Democratic Party
la Crosse County
Wisconsin Democratic Central Committee
Ibsen Club
Laird Sees Viet Peace Talks Likely in 1968
Stevens Point AP report quotes Rep. Melvin Laird suggesting negotiations to end Vietnam would begin in 1968. He cautions the talks may raise American hopes but not guarantee a settlement and declines to guess a specific date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Point
Melvin Laird
R-Wis
Vietnam
Laird
House Republican Conference
Assistant Attorney General J. Russel Wedlake Dies at 62
J Russel Wedlake aged 62 longtime Wisconsin deputy attorney general died Tuesday in a Madison hospital. He served 37 years on the staff under 10 attorneys general, specializing in pensions and the Wisconsin Investment Fund. Funeral services planned in Madison Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
J. Russel Wedlake
Wedlake
Wisconsin Investment Fund
Slayings At St Louis State School Hospital Shock City
Three male patients were found strangled in a Donnelly Hall dormitory at the St Louis State School and Hospital. Authorities say the deaths were premeditated and four other patients are being questioned. Victims are Allen Jackson 24 Henry Miller 22 both of St Louis and Gary Earl Boenker 22 of St Charles. All longtime patients. The hospital opened 1924 and houses about 800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Malone
ST. Louis
St. Louis State School and Hospital
F. J
Pete) Vasel
Cecil M. Baker
Allen Jackson
Henry Miller
Gary Earl Boenker
St. Charles
Donnelly Hall
Bellefontaine
Baker
Re-Election Bid Filed For 11th District Supervisor
Incumbent Charles J. Fredrickson filed with County Clerk Esther Domke for another term representing La Crosse city in 11th district. A veteran board member since 1957 he sits on law enforcement and claims and insurance committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
11Th Dist
Charles J. Fredrickson
Esther Domke
Fredrickson
City of
la Crosse
Rose Hass
Farwell St
Topless Dancer Fined In Two Rivers Court
Two Rivers ap news reports Karen Elizabeth Stacy 22 known as Stacy Adams was fined 100 for performing in a lewd and obscene manner. She was arrested November 23 at a local night club after complaints from women patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TWO Rivers
Karen Elizabeth Stacy
Bert Larkin
Stacy
Stacy Adams
Washington, D.C
Green Bay
Wisconsin 73-Pound Turkey Wins National Title
Wisconsin wins the National Turkey Federation heaviest turkey contest in St Louis. Gov. Warren P Knowles was notified. The 73 pound tom was owned by Jerome Foods Inc of Barron, which also owned last year’s 75 pound winner. Missouri took second with a 50 pound entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
U.S
Two La Crosse Youths Fined In Shoplifting Case
Two youths Bradley Shannon and Richard Ellis were fined $54 each in La Crosse Municipal Court for disorderly conduct after shoplifting $2.26 in merchandise from National Foods at 5th Ave and Cass St Tuesday evening. They faced a 21 day jail term but aimed to raise the money Thursday morning before Municipal Judge Leonard Chojnacki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
National Foods
5Th Ave
Cass St
Bradley Shannon
Richard Ellis
Main St
Leonard Chojnacki
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Associated Press
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Colo
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Ft. Bragg
N.C
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Camp Lejeune
Camp Pendleton
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Mediterranean
Caribbean
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Maine
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Penn
Windsor Locks
Conn
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R.I
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Central Park
New Heart
Probers
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
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Scott Paper
Allied Stores
Sears Roebuck
Allis-Chalmers
Sinclair Oil
American Can
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
Amer Tel & Te
N.J
Anaconda
Ind
Anchor Coupling
Swift
Texaco
Trane Co
Consolidated Foods
U.S. Steel
DuPont
Goodrich
Asso- Koehring
Kresge
Minn, Miningers, Inc
Mobil Oil
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Northern States
Com- Northwest Bancorp
Mission Olin-Mathieson
CW Transport
Pepsico
Dial Finance
RCA
Fabri-Tek, Inc
First Rexall Drug Bank Ltd
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Howell Instrum
Lincoln Nat. Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch NY
Rust Craft
Wallace Business
Warner Elec
Werner Trans
Western Power
Wis. Power & L
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Pyroil Co., Inc
Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard Std
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Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Nati, Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Eberstadt Eo Et
Milwaukee Livestock
Winona Livestock
Chicago
Chicago Produce
Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain
U.S. Merchant Marine
Maritime Commission, U.S. Department of Commerce
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