Lottery Draft Bid Faces New Push In Congress
President Johnson’s push for a lottery draft was defeated this year by Congress and an executive order. The 1965 draft extension bars a lottery without new acts, as officials say the administration will press the plan again next year. The Fair and Impartial Random system faced critics while debates over age calls and deferments for students and graduates shape the coming session.
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Robert A. Hunt Washington
Congress
Johnson
Texas
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
90Th Congress
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Morris
Iocal
Heroism Noted Aboard Plane Which Crashed
Reports from Hong Kong harbor detail a Thai crew member and several survivors who saved children including an 8 month old after a plane crashed. Survivors describe how a hero gasp escaped the wreck through a hole to reach the infants and guides them to safety. Many passengers died and families mourn the victims while authorities investigate the crash.
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Hong Kong
Teresa Louise Hentges
la Crosse
Napa
Calif
Yountville
Thai Airways crash survivors and missing in flight tragedy
Fifty six of the eighty aboard survived while twenty one were killed and three missing. Among the passengers were fifty eight Americans including sixteen unaccounted for. Sacramento State College tour group had thirty four members with seven unaccounted for. Purser Boonyavanich recalled saving a Japanese baby and helping others to life rafts. Helen Latham of Sacramento and Msako Fujinaga of Tokyo were aboard the raft.
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Sacramento
Calif
Helen Latham
Msako Fujinaga
Tokyo
Abe Swed Dies After Failed Wisconsin Governor Bid
Abe L. Swed 58 died of a heart attack at his Bayside home. Democratic fundraiser and 1966 governor candidate, he placed fourth in the primary behind Lucey Carley and Frinzi. Survived by widow Jeanette, daughter Mrs Jordan Lewis and two grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at Goodman Benman funeral home at 1 p.m.
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George
Martha C.) Stellick
Minneapolis
la Crescent, Minn
la Crosse
Frank Hottinger
Roland G
Bloomington
Glenn C
Caledonia
Arthur
Lorraine) Tofte
Dixon, Ill
Hattie Marquardt
St. Joseph Mich
First Evangelical
Milwaukee
Abe L. Swed
Bayside
Swed
Jeanette
Wisconsin
Democratic Party
Gev Patrick Lucey
David Carley
Dominic Frinzi
Lucey
Poland
United States
Swed Shoe Company
Jordan Lewis
Menomonee Falls
Goodman-Bensman Funeral Home
Viet Vets Civil Service Points Expanded in Wisconsin
Gov Knowles signed a veterans bill extending civil service exam bonus points to men who served in Vietnam. The measure eases Grand Army Home admission near Waupaca and requires seized liquor go to veterans hospitals. An income tax exemption for military pay abroad was removed in the Assembly.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Vietnam
Grand Army
King
Waupaca
Wisconsin
Kitchen grease fire damages cupboards at Nasser Markos home
A grease fire in the kitchen at 1226 S 27th St. caused extensive smoke damage and damaged cupboards. The incident occurred at 7 13 p m on June 30. No injuries reported. Firefighters contained the blaze quickly.
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Nasser Markos
S. 27Th St
Six satellites launched to boost U.S. military space comms
Air Force launched a Titan 3 rocket from Cape Kennedy at 8 15 a m CDT sending six satellites into initial orbit about 100 miles up. The plan includes releasing satellites into distinct orbits to create a near equatorial necklace around the earth. The mission aims to provide tactical comms for soldiers and earth color photography capabilities.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Air Force
America
Defense Department
Cape Kennedy
Flight Control
Deadline Set For Melon-Eating Contest Entrants
The watermelon eating contest for children tied to the Fourth of July weekend has a new entry deadline of July 3 at 3 p.m. Entrants aged 5 to 12 must submit at La Crosse American Legion Post. The event at Houska Park on July 4 runs 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Winners are based on seeds recovered, with prizes in four age brackets.
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la Crosse American Legion Post
Dre Éimble Roverts
Houska Park
la Crosse
Raids Hit Rail Lines and Ports in Vietnam Offensive
Returning pilots described 500 pound bombs setting fuel dumps ablaze and a smoke plume visible for miles as bombers conducted 115 strike missions Friday. U S jets heavily targeted Hanoi to the Red Chinese frontier and the Red River rail corridor north of Haiphong, with missiles and strafing destroying rail cars and trains.
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Hanoi
U.S
Red River
Haiphong
Air Force Thunderchief
Quiet Girl Talk Ad Promotes Viterbo College
Time Magazine runs a full page ad for Viterbo College noting non Catholic students and its emphasis on femininity and cooperation with men. The copy features a photo of a young woman and invites letters to Sister M Justine, the college president, for more quiet girl talk.
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Viterbo College
Time
M@gazine
Viterbo
Berkeley
M. Justine
Minnesota Names Malcolm C Moos University President
Dr Malcolm C Moos 51 a Ford Foundation official and former political science professor was named University of Minnesota president He is the first native and graduate of the university to hold the post replacing C Meredith Wilson who resigns to join Stanford Moos will earn 42000 dollars annually and occupy the presidential home in St Paul He has authored or coauthored ten books and has a background in Republican affairs He will lead a 150 million dollar annual budget and oversee four campuses three cities and about 44000 students
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Minneapolis, Minn
Malcolm C. Moos
Ford Foundation
Office of Government and Law
University of Minnesota
Moos
Minnesota
C. Meredith Wilson
Center For Advanced Study In the Behavioral Sciences
Stanford
Calif
University Board of Regents
St. Paul
University of California
University of Alabama
University of Wyoming
Johns Hopkins University
LCU Receives Grant for Public Lectures and Concerts
La Crosse University will use a $2,000 grant from the S and H Foundation for the 1967-68 lectures and concerts series. The program features four talks on The Responsibilities of the United States as a Great Power with diverse viewpoints. Lectures are open to the public at no charge. Beloit College also receives funds for a separate symposium.
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S & H Foundation
la Crosse ‘State University
Wisconsin
United States
Truman D. Hayes
Sperry and Hutchinson Co
Beloit College
Business World
Liberal Arts College
Melvina Woman Still Unconscious in Hospital
Reports from Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse say Mrs. Sturdevant of Melvina, 42, remains unconscious after a June 16 accident. Her husband Curtis Sturdevant was discharged Friday. Michael Rezin, 16, of Tomah, improves after two leg fractures and a fractured arm from a motorcycle crash.
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Alma Dahle
8Th St
Spring Grove
Minn
Oscar
James
Bernice) Hemphill
Phoenix
Ariz
Milford
Alta) Simonson
Lone Rock
William
Joyce) Thompson
Milwaukee
Carsten
la Crosse
Arthur
Odella) Hollnagel
Carlton C. Qualey
Northfield
Our Saviors Lutheran
Roland Schwandt
Dickinson Jackson Street
Chhurch
Lutheran Hospital
Sturdevant
Melvina
Curtis Sturdevant
Michael Rezin
Tomah
Two Boys Hospitalized After County Cycle Crash
A motorcycle went off County Highway MM in Shelby Town Friday around 7:30 p.m. Michael Roesler 17 of Coon Valley and his passenger Mark Roesler 9 of La Crosse were taken to St Francis Hospital. Mark suffered a severe head cut and knee ankle injuries. Michael had a severe cut on his right leg after the back end skidded under the guard rails.
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la Crosse
Michael Roesler
Coon Valley
Mark Roesler
St. Francis Hospital
Shelby
Mark
Michael
Record Deficit Seen as New Fiscal Year Opens
The United States begins its new fiscal year amid projections of a peacetime deficit possibly exceeding 20 billion dollars. Secretary Henry Fowler cites 13.6 to over 20 billion in red ink, with 1967 ending at about 11 billion and Vietnam costs driving the surge.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Johnson
Congress
Vietnam
Minneapolis Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Twin Cities
A fierce storm caused widespread damage in Minneapolis and St. Paul including ground floor windows blown out at a bank building site on 6th Street and Marquette, a restaurant’s windows shattered, toppled trees blocking streets, and power outages affecting about 150,000 in Minneapolis and 80,000 in St. Paul. Two light planes damaged at Willmar airport, tornado funnel sightings reported in Stearns and Kandiyohi counties.
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Minnesota Federal Loan Association
6Th Street
Marquette
Minneapolis
Lakeside
Weather Bureau
Bloomington
Metropolitan Stadium
Twins
Lake Street
Twin Cities
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Northern States Power Co
Mounds View
NSP
Sioux Falls
S.C
Minnesota
Mankato
Faribault
Winona
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Litchfield
St. Cloud
Willmar
Ortonville
Olivia
Stearns
Kandiyohi
Deaths in Wisconsin and Iowa Community
Mrs. Walter Draeger 64 of Whitehall died in Enid Oklahoma after a brief illness. Lyle E Skaar 63 of Hixton died after a long illness. Mrs. Andrew Ofsdahl 97 of Ettrick died in a Whitehall hospital. Mrs. Milton McCraacken 78 of Marquette died in Prairie du Chien hospital. Riley J Watson 85 of Sparta died in a local hospital. Emma Paul 77 of Eitzen died in a La Crosse hospital. Funeral arrangements include church services and burials in multiple local cemeteries.
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Whitehall
Wis
Walter Draeger
Enid
Okla
Marie Elstad
Melvin Elstad
la Crosse State University
Stevens Point State
Draeger
Ettrick
Gerald
Marlene Ann) Venne
Edward
Ridgewood
N.J
American Lutheran Church
Marshall
Andrew Ofsdahl
Whitehall Hospital
Waukon
Iowa
Milton McCrAacken
Marquette
Prairie du Chien
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Leonard Root
Martin
McCraacken
Franklin
Allamakee County
Wayne
Eitzen
Minn
Emma Paul
la Crosse
Emma Deters
Bernhard Deters
Frank Paul
Milton
Harold
Glenn
Minneapolis
Leo
Herbert
William
Caledonia
Ewald
Carl
Verdi
St. Luke’s United Church of Christ
Mel Graupmann
Church
Potter-Haugen
Wisconsin Soldiers Die In Vietnam Nam
The Defense Department lists two Wisconsin service members as dead from the Vietnam War. Army Spec. 4 Dean D. Crane of Neshkoro is reported dead from hostile causes, and Army Platoon Sergeant George T. Murray of Milwaukee is listed dead from non hostile causes.
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Washington
Defense Department
Vietnam
Wisconsin
Department
Army
Dean D. Crane
iNeshkoro
George T. Murray
Milwaukee
June Weather Review Records Wettest Since 1873
Meteorologist Carl Peterson notes June averaged 60.5 degrees, 0.3 below normal, with 9.33 inches of rain, the third wettest since 1873. Sixty storms and hail on June 8 and 15, 16, eight thunderstorm days, 13.94 inches in a 24 hour period on June 15 and 16, and 26 rainy days amid cool mornings.
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Carl Peterson
la Crosse Municipal
Mao Backers Claim President Overthrown
Tokyo AP report says Mao supporters claim Liu Shao-chi has been exposed and overthrown in the cultural revolution. The Red Flag journal, issued on the party’s 46th anniversary, identifies Liu as top official pursuing the capitalist road.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Liu Shao-chi
Red China
Red Flag
Chinese Communist Party
Peking
New China
Liu
Mao
Weather summary for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Partly cloudy and cooler Saturday night across Wisconsin and Iowa with a chance of showers on Sunday in Wisconsin and southeast Iowa. Minnesota shows variable cloudiness with cooler conditions Saturday night and Sunday and possible scattered showers. Sunrise and sunset times for Sunday are 5 27 a m and 8 51 p m with historical record highs and lows noted for July 1 1931 400 and July 1 1948 44 and degree days totals around 7547.
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Minnesota
Iowa
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Dorothy) Boyle
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Esther) Helstad
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Riley J. Watson
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