Dream Comes True as Inland Plans $20 Million Mine
Jackson County rejoices after Gov Knowles signs Bill 84S enabling Inland Steel to proceed with a $20 million iron ore mine and taconite concentration plant east of Black River Falls. County officials and business leaders hail the project as a major economic boon for Jackson County and Western Wisconsin, with officials noting tax benefits and long-term employment opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County
Warren Knowles
Inland Steel Corp
Thomas Mills
Wisconsin
Virginia Emerson
Marshall Graff
Raymond Woestman
State Conservation Department
Inland Co
Richard Miles
Tom Best
Melrose Chronicle
Oswald Johnson
Dan Pizzini
Desegregation ruling may reshape Northern schools
Washington judge Wright held that racial and economic separation harms all students and ordered busing and faculty integration. The decision defines segregation by income as well as race and targets Washington’s track system, potentially guiding northern cities’ desegregation efforts and signaling a new legal path against de facto segregation.
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Washington
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court
J. Shelly Wright
Wright
Supreme Court
Governors weigh 1968 prospects amid White House ties
Democrats in St. Louis hold a one day caucus with about 20 governors as Johnson faces questions about his 1968 ticket. White House denials surface as governors express unity and focus on Johnson as a major asset amid post 1966 losses. On the Republican side, governors urge flexibility and no pre commitment to a candidate ahead of the convention with Reagan courting support and Romney faces a divided field.
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ST. Louis
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
George Christian
White House
Jackson
Wyo
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Hearnes
Utah
Calvin Rampton
Rampton
Romney
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Omaha
West Yellowstone
Mont
Reagan
Purple Heart Vet 16-Year-Old Back In High School
Leonard Smith Jr. at 16 won a Purple Heart as a paratrooper in Vietnam. After recovery and discovery of his age, he returned to high school in Charlotte to finish his education and plans for college. He joined to defend against communism and reflects on his Army service.
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Purple Heart
Charlotte
N.C
Leonard Smith Jr
Vietnam
Leonard
101St Airborne Division
Kosygin and De Gaulle Hold Second Middle East Talks
Soviet Premier Kosygin and President de Gaulle met at the Elysee for a second private session likely focusing on the Middle East. Both leaders reiterated Israel as the aggressor in the June war, following Kosygin’s discussions in Glassboro with Johnson.
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Paris
Alexei N. Kosygin
Charles de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
Middle East
Israel
Valerian Zorin
de Gaulle
Kosygin
Orly
N.J
France
Glassboro
Johnson
Two Iowans Fined for Drunk Driving
In Waukon Charles J. Sommers was fined 300 dollars and had his license suspended 60 days after appearing before Judge G. B. Richter for a November 6 1966 drunk driving case. Also in Waukon John E. Malone pleaded guilty to drunk driving with a 300 dollar fine and license suspension. Leo M. Thornton of Postville was fined 100 dollars and costs for operating a car with a suspended license.
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Waukon
Widow Receives Pen After Signing Bus Bill
Gov. Knowles signed a 4.1 million dollar school bus program into law and presented the pen to Adrian Manders' widow. Manders, Milwaukee Democrat, died hours before a 32 0 Senate endorsement. she was the chief author of the related constitutional amendment. The law requires districts to bus parochial pupils within the district this fall and then up to five miles beyond starting September 1968, with districts optional to extend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manders
Milwaukee
Unpaid Gasoline Bill Lands 2 In Jail
Loren Miller Jr and Robert E Weber both 18 from Chicago pleaded guilty in Sparta Wisconsin to stealing a $4.55 gasoline bill at Clark Texaco in Tomah and were sentenced to 10 days in Monroe County jail Judge Rice offered a five day cut if the bill is paid A 17 year old juvenile was with them and a car stolen in Chicago was used Police alerted and apprehended them near Black River Falls They face return to Chicago after serving jail time
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Sparta
Wis
Loren Miller Jr
Robert E. Weber
Chicago
Clark
Texaco
Tomah
Monroe County
James W. Rice
Miller
Weber
Black River Falls
Three file for Viroqua School Board seats
VIROQUA Wisconsin three candidates have filed papers for spots on the Viroqua Board of Education. The annual meeting and election are set for Monday July 24. Filing deadline is Wednesday July 5.
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Viroqua
Wis
Viroqua Board of Education
Henry Hendrickson
Jack Deters
Peter Pedretti
Miss Wisconsin to Join Miss America in Vietnam Tour
Miss Wisconsin of 1965 Shar on Singstock of Oshkosh will join Miss America Jane Jayroe of Oklahoma and four other beauty queens on a August trip to Vietnam to entertain American troops.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Wisconsin
Sharon Singstock
Oshkosh
Vietnam
Jane Jayroe
Oklahoma
Wisconsin primary bill stalls in state legislature
Wisconsin's plan to expand the presidential primary stalls as the Senate and Assembly adjourn without a fixed return date. The 11 member committee would list all recognized candidates on the ballot, with a no vote option debated, potentially affecting Johnsons' support and the 1968 Republican race.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State
Senate
Assembly
Johnson
Onalaskan Injured By Firecracker
An Onalaskan man was injured when three youths threw a firecracker into the car he rode in. James Shuda, 114 9th Ave S, Onalaska, told police he was with Ronald Olson as they passed Rose and St Andrew Streets. The firecracker exploded in Shuda's hand causing a torn and burned hand.
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Onalaskan
James Shuda
9Th Ave. S
Onalaska
la Crosse
Ronald Olson
Green St. Onalaska
Rose and
St. Andrew Streets
Shuda
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Thomson Backs Monroe County Flood Control Project
Congressman Vernon Thomson testified before the House Agriculture Committee in Washington in support of Tri Creek Watershed flood control and recreational project for Monroe County. It would create a large lake north of Norwalk, protect 1700 acres, reduce flood losses totaling over 540000 since 1955, and yield annual recreational and flood-damage savings of about 21000 to 48000. Monroe County has funded its share and construction could start soon if approved. Preliminary surveys are done.
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Washington, D.C
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
House Agriculture Committee
Tri-Creek
Monroe County
Norwalk
Thomson
Washington
Camper and trailer overturn injures five on vacation
Five vacation bound persons were injured when a camper and trailer with boat overturned 12 miles north of Tomah on Highway 12 at 5 23 p m Friday. Drivers and occupants from Logansport Indiana Buffalo Grove Indiana Mt Prospect Illinois reported injuries and were taken to Tomah Memorial Hospital. Damage to the camper and boat was estimated at $2000.
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Tomah
Wis
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Donald D. McClaek
John J. McClacb
Robert Herman
Logansport
Ind
Larry Stawser
Buffalo Grove
William E. Temple
Mt. Prospect
Ill
Stawser
Temple
Monroe County
Rodney Gudbaur
Albert Sperger
Janitor Pleads Guilty To Stealing $10,000
In Portland Maine AP report Janitor T Ferris Sullivan age 73 pleaded guilty to stealing 10000 dollars from the ladies rest room at North National Bank in Presque Isle Officials said the money was misplaced while being readied for shipment to a branch office He was released on bail pending a probation investigation after he said he found a burlap sack with the money while cleaning The judge dismissed the claim as proper banking practice.
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Portland, Maine
North National Bank
Presque Isle
T. Ferris Sullivan
U.S. Dist
Edward T. Gignoux
Gignoux
Black Muslim Draft Dodger To Be Jailed
Sylvester Nelloms a 22 year old Black Muslim from Atlanta was sentenced to three years in federal prison for draft refusal. Judge Sidney O Smith allowed an appeals bond of 1000 dollars. Nelloms testified that Black Muslims gain nothing by fighting for the United States and that Muslims do not participate in war especially the Vietnam War.
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Atlanta, Ga
Sylvester Nelloms
Atlanta
U.S. Dist
Sidney 0. Smith
Nelloms
United States
Vietnam
Woman Dies Of Burns In Milwaukee Fire
Mrs. Mary Moore, 73, died Friday from burns after her clothing caught fire while she filled cigarette lighters at her home. Firemen reported lighter fluid spilled on her clothing ignited when she lit a lighter.
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Milwaukee
Mary Moore
Births Log Reports New June Arrivals Citywide
June 20 to June 30 birth notices list two boys and six girls born to families in La Crosse area and surrounding towns. Parents include Lindblom Kintzel Juen and Dieter with locations at Grandview Hospital St Francis Hospital. Names include Judith Jenson Candace Thompson and Joan Iverson among other newborns.
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Carl A. Lindblom
N. 24Th St
Marilyn Gillen
Kenneth L. Kintzel
Sunset
Jean Swenka
Grandview Hospital
Donald Juen
la Crosse
Julie Hirschlinger
Eugene Young
Loomis St
Candace Thompson
Robert Hansen
Hanson St
Joan Iverson
Terry Houlihan
Avon St
Patricia Zander
David Flottmeyer
Caledonia St
Jean Ann Pedretti
Robert Klapper
Winneshiek
Sandra Bruehl
James Novak
Badger St
Carol Piekart
Devoine Meiners
la Crescent
Minn
Barbara Hagen
Waukon Youth Hurt In Motorbike Crash
A Waukon boy, Fred Meierkord, 16, son of Dr. and Mrs. John Meierkord, sustained severe facial cuts in a motorbike auto crash Tuesday night at the Eighth Avenue and Second Street NW intersection in Tomah. He was taken to a local hospital. The bike was operated by Larry Anderson, 16.
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Waukon
Iowa
Fred Meierkord
John Meierkord
Eighth Avenue
Second Street
Tomah
Meierkord
Larry Anderson
Hearing final account and various probate notices in La Crosse
Wisconsin court notices announce hearing July 7 1967 on the estate of Agnes Hanson Holmen heirs and inheritance tax. Other items include alteration of Kramer Industrial Addition plots to La Crosse with three week publication, administration for Perry Freeman Holmen estate with creditor claims due September 21 1967, and notices for Ann M. Riese heirship proofs due September 26 1967. Also liquor license application for Richard Skaff at 948 Jackson St and publishing dates June 30 July 1 2 1967.
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County Court
Agnes Hanson
Holmen
la Crosse County
County of la Crosse
City of
la Crosse
Lucille M. Scherdin
Hale, Skemp
Hanson, Schnurrer & Skemp
State Bank Bidg
Wis
Kramer
State of Wisconsin
Hubert J. Schleiter
Steele, Smyth, Kios & Flynn
Lynne Tower
Main St
Perry Freeman
Eugene A. Toepel
Bosshard
Sunder & Doyle
Hoeschler Building
Ann M. Riese
Alex B. Cameron
Caledonia Street
Richard P. Skaff
South 19Th Street
Jackson Street
Shirley A. Tomalka
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Perry Hull
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William Kunstler
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