Amendments Make Medicare More Flexible
The 1967 Social Security amendments improve Medicare by allowing direct patient payments on itemized bills even if unpaid, adding a lifetime reserve of 60 inpatient days, and enabling monthly installments for durable medical equipment purchases over $50. The changes include $20 coinsurance per reserve day and coverage for home equipment rentals converted to installment payments.
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Robert J. Leggett
la Crosse
Social Security Office
Leggett
Hartford Attorney Joins Free-For-All For Attorney General
Hartford attorney William H. Dieterich III, 33, entered the Republican race for attorney general joining other GOP contenders including Robert W. Warren Howard Boyle and Louis Ceci as Bronson La Follette runs for governor. The Democratic field includes Richard D. Cudahy Paul L. Kelly Jay Schwartz and Roman Blenski. Dieterich has offices in Hartford and Milwaukee and is a Vanderbilt and Wisconsin Law graduate.
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Milwaukee
William H. Dieterich III
Hartford
Bronson C. la Follette
Dieterich
Supreme Court
Robert W. Warren
Green Bay
Atty
Howard Boyle
Beaver Dam
Louis Ceci
Cedarburg
Flashers Stolen From City Construction Site
Richard Wilkinson of Northern States Power Co. reports three $35 flasher units stolen from a construction project at 9th and Adams Streets. Vernon Herried reports a bowling ball and case valued at $20 stolen from his car Sunday night.
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Richard Wilkinson
Northern States Power Co
la Crosse
9Th
Adams Streets
Vernon Herried
Redfield St
Cottage Break-In Reported at Irish Coulee Cottage
Mrs. William Boma of 608 North 22nd Street told La Crosse County Sheriff deputies that burglars entered the Boma family cottage on County Highway 1 in Irish Coulee Town of Bangor. A $50 picnic table was reported missing.
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William Boma
22Nd St
la Crosse County
Boma
Irish Coulee
Bangor
Radio Highlights and City Ambulance Reports
Radio highlights list broadcasts for Tuesday and Wednesday with baseball games Twins vs Indians and Cubs vs Phillies, plus Coast Guard figures on boating safety. A sequence of July 1 ambulance and hospital transfers notes multiple residents, ages 21 to 67, ill or injured, including a baby, to St Francis and Lutheran hospitals.
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WKBH
Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians
WLCX
Vox Popan Broihier
Crosse
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Charles Dunn
The
Coast Guard
WKTY
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phillies
Wwla - FM
Meet the Newsmaker
Weather summary for Lacrosse region Tuesday to Wednesday
Fair and cool Tuesday night with diminishing winds and a low near 50. Fair and warmer Wednesday with a high in the low 80s and a five percent chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday. Also notes fair and mild Thursday with broad regional variations and sunrise sunset times.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Film Festival Entry Deadline Extended in La Crosse
The Coulee Region Festival of Arts Creative Film Festival extends entry deadline to July 5 from July 2. Amateur and professional filmmakers may enter documentary entertainment fantasy and old time divisions. Entry blanks are available at the Main Library. Films shown July 6 at 10 a.m. in the La Crosse Public Library audio-visual room with judges Dr Willard Riddles Karl Friedline William Jordan Mrs Roger Parson and Mrs Leo Murphy.
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Coulee ‘Region
City Man Training At Boy Scout Ranch
CIMARRON New Mexico George H Spencer of 3900 Cliffside Drive joins a volunteer training program at Philmont Scout Ranch and Explorer Base. He attends the national activities conference run by the National Council Boy Scouts of America as director of St Francis Hospital social work and district camping and activity commissioner for the Gateway Area Council. Mrs Spencer and the couple’s three sons Daryl Dale and Scott accompany him at the camp.
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Cimarron
N.M
George H. Spencer
Cliffside Drive
Philmont Scout Ranch
Explorer Base
National Council, Boy Scouts of America
Spencer
St. Francis Hospital
Gopher-La Crosse
Gateway Area Council
Daryl
Dale
Scott
Kenosha OKs limited open housing ordinance
The Kenosha City Council rejected a proposed blanket open housing ordinance and approved a weaker measure exempting owner occupied dwellings of four units or less. The UAW and local groups submitted petitions with over 5,000 signatures urging the blanket rule, but the council moved ahead with the weaker version without a formal vote on the full proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
United Auto Workers Union
Cardinal Brennan Dies Aged 74 In Rome Curia Chief
Francis Cardinal Brennan longtime head of the Vatican Sacraments Congregation and first American to serve on the Sacred Roman Rota died at 74 in Philadelphia after visiting Misericordia Hospital He rose from Pennsylvania altar boy to the Vatican’s highest post held by an American with a career in canon law and church governance.
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Philadelphia
Francis Cardinal Brennan
Pennsylvania
Vatican
Cardinal Brennan
Rome
Roman Curia
Congregation of ‘Sacrement
Misericordia Hospital
Shenandoah
James
Margaret Brennan
Sacred Rota
Vatican Court of Appeal
Tribunal
Paul VI
Msgr
Brennan
College of Cardinals
Paul
Curia
Congregation of the Sacraments
Northwest Orient jet hijacked to Havana after Key West incident
A Northwest Orient Airlines jet originated in Minneapolis with stops in Chicago and Miami and was hijacked to Havana after a prior incident in Key West. Passengers were held briefly as authorities sought nonstop Miami clearance before redirecting to Havana. The Southeast Airlines plane also faced a hijack earlier, with its Cuban born pilot jailed and passengers unharmed.
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Simonson
Washington
State Department
Cuba
Miami International Airport
Northwest Orient Airlines
Minneapolis
Richard Conrad
Kenneth Warras
Nancy Lee Stevenson
Barbara Schlosser
Margarite
Schmidt
Miss Burt
Northwest
Havana
Southeast Airlines
Key West
Chicago
Miami
Paul Boatman
Federal Aviation Administration
Boatman
George Prellezo
Southeast
Fidel Castro
Prellezo
Local Politicians and Radio Manager Involved in 1st Assembly Bid
Knutson of Iowa junior college and Coe College in Cedar Rapids moved to La Crosse in 1948 as WLCX general manager and joined WKTY in 1954. La Crosse Alderman Gerald Greider filed for the 1st District Assembly seat now held by Republican D. Russell Wartinbee. Two Republicans, Sheriff James McHugh and District Attorney Burleigh Randolph, also filed nomination papers with County Clerk Esther Domke.
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Page 1
Iowa
Junior College
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
la Crosse
Wlcx Radio
WKTY
Gerald Greider
Greider
D. Russell Wartinbee
James McHugh
Burleigh Randolph
Esther Domke
Drunk Is Release Faces Similar Charge in County Jail
A La Crosse man identified as Joseph E. Anderson aged 53 was released from jail Monday morning to obtain legal counsel for a habitual drunkard charge. He was rearrested Monday night on a drunkenness charge after being released Saturday following a prior drunkenness sentence. County Judge Leonard F. Roraff deferred the case to the next Monday for attorney consultation and he was released without bond.
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la Crosse
Joseph E. Anderson
YMCA
Anderson
Leonard F. Roraff
Extradition Waived by Minnesota Man in Wisconsin Court
Roger L. Feller 30 Dakota waived extradition in La Crosse County Court to face burglary charges in Minnesota. He is accused of breaking into the home of Albert Cordes in Money Creek Town Houston County on June 29.
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Minnesota
la Crosse
Roger L. Feller
Dakota
Feller
Albert Cordes
Houston County
Money Creek
Transport Eyes Move Between Iowa Hospitals
A July 1 transfer details eyes willed to an eye bank in Iowa City from Lutheran Hospital to the Vernon County line for relay to Iowa. Earlier that day at 6 45 p.m. Mrs Albert Richele of Bangor was taken to St Francis Hospital for illness.
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Eye Bank
Iowa City
Lutheran Hospital
Vernon County
Iowa
Albert Richele
Bangor
St. Francis Hospital
B52 raids devastate North Vietnam as U S planes strike DMZ area
U S Air Force B52 bombers conducted heavy saturation raids over southern North Vietnam and the DMZ with over four million pounds of explosives. Nine missions hit inside North Vietnam and six targeted the northern DMZ, aiming at storage caves bunkers and artillery sites to curb enemy fire and halt material flow to South Vietnam.
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George Esper Saigon
Air Force
North Vietnam
America
Okinawa
Thailand
Guam
South Vietnam
North Viet-nam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Dong Ha
Cua Viet
3Rd Marine Division
Panhandle
Khe Sanh
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Lineman Survives 7000 Volt Jolt In Rural Wisconsin
Jeff Crawford a 23 year old St Paul power line worker survived a 7000 volt jolt while installing a line in Dutch Creek Valley along Highway 162 between Bangor and Middle Ridge. He was knocked back 15 to 20 feet, unconscious for 10 to 15 minutes, then transported to St Francis Hospital. He recovered and was released before noon.
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St. Paul
Milton Upland
Crawford
St. Francis Hospital
Cyclist Daniel Miller Found Dead After Disappearance
The body of 21 year old Daniel J. Miller of New Berlin was found beside a Waukesha County road near Dousman after he disappeared Saturday. Authorities said his motorcycle likely plunged into a ditch while returning home from a party. The Wisconsin traffic death toll reached 531 for the year.
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Associated Press
Waukesha County
Wisconsin
Daniel J. Miller
New Berlin
Dousman
Miller
Richard Maney Dies at 76 Former Press Agent for My Fair Lady
Norwalk, Conn. writer and press agent Richard Maney, 76, who represented the musical My Fair Lady and numerous stage figures over 22 years, died Sunday night.
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Norwalk
Conn
Richard Maney
Car Fire Damages Hood Wiring and Carburetor in La Crosse
Fire reported in a car owned by John Roesler of Coon Valley on the 600 block of South 3rd Street. Hood wiring and carburetor damaged. incident logged at 2 33 p.m. on July 1.
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S. 3Rd Street
John Roesler
Coon Valley
Hood
Beer Cure for Biting Sow Sparks Farm Tale
Melbourne farmer Harold Sudholz fed his Large White sow beer to curb her habit of biting and killing newborn piglets. He mixed bran with beer and allowed the sow to sleep off the binge, while the piglets fed safely. The method reportedly saved the litter and kept the sow calm.
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Melbourne
Australia
Harold Sudholz
Sudholz
Horsham
Wives of Governors Tour Wisconsin Mansion
Visiting governors wives praised the refurbished Wisconsin governor’s residence as lovely and perfectly gorgeous during a Madison tour. They compared it with their own homes at a Midwest Governors Conference luncheon, noting Wisconsin’s mansion newly remodeled at over 500000 dollars with significant private funding.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Harold ‘LeVander
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Delegates Yet to Be Chosen Ahead of Conventions
Nixon is in Miami Beach on August 5 as fewer than 100 of the 1 333 Republican delegates are left to pick. AP tabulates Humphrey leading McCarthy 640 to 401 for the Democratic side with Chicago set to begin August 26 where 1 312 votes are needed to win. The Democratic pool includes 514 uncommitted and 771 other fence riders, notably 151 in California 103 in Illinois and 9942 in New York with many Kennedy allies still undecided. Democrats remain about 300 seats short of the 2 662 convention total.
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Ing
Miami Beach
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Chicago
California
Robert F. Kennedy
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
New York
Kennedy
Boys' Club of La Crosse Launches Operation Boy Power
The Boys' Club of La Crosse starts Operation Boy Power to connect area youths with daytime odd jobs for pay. Prospective employers call program director Robert Swanson with job details, drawing from a pool of youths aged 12 to 18. The program complies with Wisconsin child labor rules allowing work at private homes for those over 12.
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Boys’ Club of
la Crosse
Boy Power
Boys’ Club
Robert Swanson
Wisconsin
Vehicle Inspectors Schedule Random County Inspections
State inspection teams will conduct random vehicle inspections in La Crosse County on Tuesday Wednesday and Friday. Inspectors will work in the Holmen and Onalaska areas Tuesday and Wednesday, then in La Crosse on Friday.
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la Crosse
Holmen
Onalaska
Hog and cattle market update from Swift and Winona station
Hog market steady with quotes for 200-300 lb hogs at 21.25 and 15s 230 lb. Cattle prices steady across Hi-Choice Prime 26.00, Choice 24.25 25.50, plus veal and slaughter categories. South St. Paul reports cattle 4,500 head and hogs 8,000 with varied weights and prices. Chicago poultry and produce quotes listed alongside stock and futures figures.
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Swift & Company
Winona
Mini
Highway
Hi-Choice & Prime
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Gas leak at Pope AFB prompts mass evacuation
More than 1,000 families were allowed to return after chlorine gas from a Pope Air Force Base water plant drifted through three trailer courts. Six people were treated for inhalation, including a 45 year old man and a 19 year old woman. The spill occurred during cylinder changes. Authorities evacuated residents door to door and warned them to keep doors and windows closed until declared safe.
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Pope Air Force Base
In.c
W. H. McKeithan
Cumberland County
Sheriff's Department
Pope
Ft. Bragg
Youth Fined Additional $105 On Traffic Count
West Salem youth Michael C. Harter 20 of 108 S Leonard Sr faced further penalties in La Crosse County Court after attempting to forfeit a $100 bond on a reckless driving charge. The June 24 Bangor accident caused damage to two filling stations and a railroad crossing barrier. Hart er pleaded guilty earlier. the judge overruled the forfeiture and increased the fine to $200 plus $5 costs.
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Y West Salem
la Crosse
Michael C. Harter
S. Leonard Sr
Bangor
Harter
Leonard F. Roraff
Dorms Near Capacity as State University System Reopens
The Wisconsin State University system reports most campuses have dorm space rented for September. River Falls shows substantial vacancies due to ongoing construction, while Eau Claire, Whitewater women’s housing, and Stout are fully leased. Limited housing remains at other campuses.
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Madison
State Universities
River Falls State
River Falls
Eau Claire State
Whitewater
Stout State
Marriage Licenses In La Crosse
Kenneth R. Campbell of Minneapolis and Helen H. Morrison of 1208 S 22nd Drive are to be married July 6 in La Crosse. Gregory R. Kabat of Route 2 and Victoria E. Sherry of Dresbach Minnesota are to be married July 6 in
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Kenneth R. Campbell
Minneapolis
Helen H. Morrison
22Nd Drive
la Crosse
Gregory R. Kabat
Victoria E. Sherry
Dresbach
Minn
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N. 21St St
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Avon St
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Mississippi St
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Koblitz’ Standard Service
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Grove St
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Kansas
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Springfield
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Lincoln
Warren FE. Hearnes
Missouri
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Louie B. Nunn
Kentucky
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Frankfort
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Henry Maier
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Beloit
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Texaco
Trane Co
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Fabri-Tek, Inc
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Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Howell Instruments
Lincoln Nat. Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell
Power & L
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Pyroil Co., Inc
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Eaton & Howard Bal
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Jim Walter Corp
Jones & Laughlin
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Pepsico
Rexall Drug
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CW Transport
Dial Central Tel. Util
Richard Daw
Womack General Hospital
Walter McDougald
Dunn, N.C
Mary A. Thompson
Fayetteville, N.C
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