Stennis Shot in Holdup Leaves Senator in Serious Condition
Sen. John C. Stennis was shot twice in front of his Washington home during an ordinary street robbery. Doctors at Walter Reed report his condition as very serious with a guarded prognosis after 612 hours of surgery for wounds to the lower rib cage and left thigh. Two teens, about 16 to 17, are sought.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
Senate
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Maj
Frank Garland
Garland
Henry M. Jackson
Armed Services Committee
Walter Reed
Jackson
George Keane
National Guard
Capitol
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
FBI
Ziegler
Congress
William P. Rogers
Elliot L. Richardson
Mississippi
William Waller
John Hampton Stennis
Samuel Syme
Winston-Salem
N.C
de Kalb
Miss
Board Committee Tackles Reapportionment Again
La Crosse County Board special committee begins work on reapportioning supervisor districts by population. Chairman Robert Carroll notes need to determine total county population and its distribution to craft a plan acceptable to Federal Judge James Doyle who ordered a plan by July 1 or one imposed for 1974 elections.
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la Crosse County
James Doyle
Robert Carroll
Martin Serstad
Doyle
Carroll
la Crosse
Doyle Files For County Judge Post
La Crosse lawyer Patrick R. Doyle filed nomination papers for County Court Branch 2 against incumbent Judge Leonard Roraff. The April 3 election will have two candidates and no primary. Doyle, 40, is a Portage native and UW graduate. he has practiced in La Crosse since 1959 and held local bar and PTA positions. He and his wife Audrey reside at 712 State St with their daughter.
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la Crosse
Patrick R. Doyle
County Court Branch
Doyle
Leonard Roraff
Roraff
Portage
Portage High School
University of Wisconsin
Audrey
Rock Springs
State St
Four Women Stranded on Open Drawbridge in Florida
Four elderly Canadian tourists aged 74 to 78 became stranded 35 feet above Boca Ciega Bay when a borrowed car wedged on the edge of an open Treasure Island drawbridge. Bridge tender Clayton Gignac watched as the car tilted, and the group passed about an hour trapped as the span stayed raised.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Clayton Gignac
Madeleine Dow
Norah Bennett
Margaret Strype
Olive M. Bomb
Boca Ciega Bay
Weather outlook shows clouds and warmth midweek
Mostly cloudy and warmer Wednesday night and Thursday with a chance of light rain Wednesday night and rain likely Thursday. Low near 33, high near 45, southeast winds 8 to 18 mph. Precipitation chances 40 percent Wednesday night and 70 percent Thursday. Partly cloudy and mild Friday with a low near 25 and a high near 40.
Bonds to Be Cut Bracelet Symbol of POW Return
An Illinois woman wears a bracelet bearing Col. Gordon A. Larson's name rank and capture date, a bond between sympathizers and American POWs ending as prisoners return home. The piece appears in Page 8.
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Illinois
la Crosse
Col
Gordon A. Larson
Ping Nominated for Housing Authority Post
Ray E. Ping of 2605 Schubert Place, a retired bakery executive, was nominated by Mayor W. Peter Gilbertson to the La Crosse Housing Authority. If approved by the Common Council, he will replace Harry Huber who died Jan. 2. The term runs until June 1975. Ping has long served in local business and civic life, including leadership roles at Erickson Bakeries Inc. until his 1972 retirement.
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Ray E. Ping
Schubert Place
la Crosse
W. Peter Gilbertson
la Crosse and
U S Soviet Space Flight Named For July 1975 Launch
Commander Thomas Stafford leads the first joint U S Soviet mission with Donald Slayton and Vance Brand. Slayton, Wis native and head of flight crew operations, overcomes medical hold to fly. Mission slated for July 15 1975 with Soyuz and Apollo docking and cross visits aboard both craft.
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U.S
Donald Slayton
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
The
Space Agency
United States
Stafford
Soviet Union
Earth
Star City
Soviet Space Center
Moscow
Slayton
Astronaut Corps
Brand
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Maj. Garland
Sen
County Bar Association
Washburn
Parent-Teacher Association
Council of Parent
Corp
Ray Sundet
Sundet
Eau Claire County
Census Bureau
Wilbert Ipsen
Dist
George Jolivette
Board P. 2
Gignac
See
Black River Falls Junior High School
Wisconsin
Cee
Ann Landers
Gardner
Ping
Council
Paul Recer
AP Aerospace Winter
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