Mass transit walkout cripples Chicago in strike
A wildcat transit strike by CTA workers halted most buses and subway service in Chicago for hours and stranded thousands. The walkout began Tuesday with 900 buses idle, widespread delays on rail lines, and riders forced into cars or car pools as Mayor Daley urged restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Amalgamated Transport Union
Transit Authority
Rapid Transit
Evanston
Gemini Capsule On View At University Park
A Gemini space capsule similar to the one used by Edward H. White will be exhibited at La Crosse State University in Cowley Hall parking lot as part of a NASA space science workshop July 8 to 12. The event features a spacemobile display, public lecture by Duane Lea, and an activity where teacher students will build a model rocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. White
la Crosse State University
Cowley Hall of Science
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Ralph L. Phillips
Cowley Hall
Duane Lea
NASA Spacemobile
Memorial Field
Helliesen Brye Named Democratic Delegates for National Convention
Mrs. Jean Helliesen of Madison and David Brye of Coon Valley were chosen as delegates to the Democratic national convention in Chicago starting August 26. Alternates include Mrs. Metta Parsons and Robert Junghans. other 3rd District representatives are Steven Steinglass and Arlan Burke. Helliesen also will represent Wisconsin on the permanent arrangements committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Helliesen
S. 17Th St
David Brye
Coon Valley
Chicago
Madison
Metta Parsons
Main St
Robert Junghans
Trempealeau
Steven Steinglass
Platteville
Arlan Burke
Mondovi
Helliesen
Wisconsin
Warrens Couples to Wed in July Weddings
George Christiansen and Hazel Rose both of Warrens plan marriage July 3 in Warrens. John N. Nyer of Belvidere Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Mellen of Cashton wed July 13 in Readstown. David H. Swift of Morris Minnesota and Susan Nan Rector of Tomah wed July 6 in Tomah. Charles J. Mueller of West Allis and Barbara Johanson of Tomah R1 wed July 20 in Tomah. Donnie L. Burns of Greensboro North Carolina and Valerie Jean Erickson of Sparta wed July 6 in Sparta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Christiansen
Hazel Rose
Warrens
John N. Nyer
Belvidere
Elizabeth Ann Mellen
Cashton
Readstown
David H. Swift
Morris
Minn
Susan Nan Rector
Tomah
Charles J. Mueller
West Allis
Barbara Johanson
Donnie L. Burns
Greensboro
N.C
Valerie Jean Erickson
R. 3
Sparta
Safe Driving Course Planned At Coleman Tech
A four week defensive driving course sponsored by the Zonta Club of La Crosse runs 7 30 to 9 30 p m Mondays starting July 15 in Room 131 at Coleman Technical Institute. Robert Peterson leads the class as part of the national program for traffic accident prevention. Each graduate earns a National Safety Council certificate. Register by July 10 with a $4 fee to the Zonta Defensive Driving Course at Coleman Technical Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zonta Club of
la Crosse
Coleman Technical Institute
Robert Peterson
Coleman
National Safety Council
Zonta
6Th and
Vine Sts
Geneva Convention rules cited on prisoner exchanges and Red Cross rights
The 1949 Geneva Convention on war prisoners provides for exchanging lists of captives and Red Cross inspection. It also requires regular mail service and protection from public exploitation. Hanoi has ignored the convention and paraded captured American fliers before crowds.
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International Red Cross
Hanoi
Bloodmobile Visit Schedules For La Crosse Area
The Badger Regional Blood Mobile will tour La Crosse Monday through Friday, July 12. It will split between St Francis School of Nursing and the Trane Co. appointments via Red Cross office. Monday and Tuesday 1 to 6 PM at the nursing auditorium. Wednesday to Friday 9 AM to 2 PM Friday at Trane with limited public access.
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Badger
la Crosse
St. Francis School of Nursing
Trane Co
School of Nursing
Red Cross
Spraying Route Planned Along Market to Zeisler Streets
A spraying operation is scheduled Wednesday evening from Market Street to Zeisler Street, spanning the area between the east and west city limits.
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Zeisler
Westmoreland’s Vietnam Command and Rise of Abrams
The piece recalls General Westmoreland taking command in Vietnam in July 1964 with 16 500 U S troops and the expansion to over 510 000. It notes his goal of clear victory, Abrams succeeding him as commander, and Westmoreland’s West Point background and rapid rise from World War II through Korea to major general at 42.
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Paris
Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Paul D. Harkins
U. S
Creighton W. Abrams
Spartanburg
S.C
West Point
North Africa
Sicily
France
Germany
Korea
Two youths held for throwing three firebombs near Summit School
Two La Crosse County youths aged 13 and 14 admitted making three firebombs from pop bottles gasoline and wicks. One bomb exploded at 1 a.m. Monday and two more at about 8 30 p.m. the same day causing minor smoke damage to the outside of Summit School. They were referred to juvenile authorities and placed in parental custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Sheriff Department
Summit School
French Island
Burglar Strikes Cottage Cafe At 515 Main St
La Crosse police report theft at the Cottage Cafe overnight stealing $2 in change and $2 in cookies. Entry was gained via a rear window. Also, a porch door screen was damaged at Levi Dahlby’s home but not entered.
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Main St
la Crosse
Levi Dahlby
Winnebago
Man Kills Woman and Wounds Three in Central Park
A man shot a woman to death at a Central Park comfort station then wounded an elderly man and two policemen before being killed by officers wearing bulletproof vests. Tear gas flushed him from trees near the Metropolitan Museum of Art as he fled toward 85th Street and Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Arthur Deutch
McLoughlin
85Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Jacqueline Kennedy
Hyannis
Port
Mass
Angel Angeloff
Manhat
Charles Bach
Lenox Hill Hospital
Philip Sheridan
Sayville
N.Y
James Hubbard
Bronx
Margaret Lacy
Jennifer Lononn
Comfort Station
Five Die In Minnesota Road Mishaps In 1968 Toll
The Minnesota traffic death toll reached 428 with five more fatalities from separate crashes. Victims include a Hopkins man, a rural Benson boy, a western Minnesota woman, and two Ponemah Red Lake area residents. Fatal crashes occurred near Ponemah Redby, near Wadena on Highway 71, and on Highway 55 in Hamel.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Hopkins
Benson
Po‘nemah Area
Dallas Johnson
Ponemah
Bemidji
Johnson
Redby
Red Lake Indian Reservation
Gene Carter F
Wadena
State Highway Patrol
Kyle Franklin Morse
Highway 55
Hamel
Robbinsdale
Morse
Jack Gulke
Jacobson
Michael Benson
Glenwood Hospital
Gulke
Benson Hospital
Passengers Recall Turbulent Maiden Flight of DC8 Jet
Pilots say the new DC8 made a cautious maiden voyage from McChord Air Force Base to Misawa with two non lethal rounds fired causing initial worry. Passengers described calm, sang and cheered during refueling before landing at the Iturup strip. Douglas Aircraft confirms no secret equipment aboard.
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Page
Pfe
Dan Bu‘garsky
Crivitz
Wis
Misawa
Tokyo
Kruises
Bugarsky
Iturup
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Douglas Aircraft
Dean Rusk
Anatole Dobrynin
Washington
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Chicago Produce Prices and Grades Report
Chicago markets list butter pricing with scores AA through C and related car lot grades, including 93 score AA 64 and 92 A 66, plus 90 B 64a and 89 C 601a. Also notes varieties Es9strade A whites 32, mediums 28, standards 25 percent checks 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eee Exchange
Speeding driver forced off road by police squad
Eugene Bacon, 19, of Onalaska faced a reckless driving charge after a high speed chase that reached 110 mph on Oak Street and 80 mph on Kane and St. James, with Patrolmen Grimek and Abraham pursuing. Bacon’s car was impounded and a squad car sustained $272 in damage during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Bacon
R. 2
Onalaska
la Crosse Municipal Court
Rudolph Grimek
Caledonia Street
St. Cloud Street
Kane Street
St. James Street
George Street
Oak Street
Highway 157
Grimek
Highway 16
Michael Abraham
Abraham
Miss Oktoberfest to Attend Aquatennial Events
Fran Noyce Miss Oktoberfest will join 21 other Upper Midwest queens for Northern Seas68 festivities during the Minneapolis Aquatennial. The La Crosse State University student from Oregon Wisconsin will attend luncheons tours parades dinners and public appearances starting July 19 including TV appearance a mayoral reception with Arthur Naftalin a legislative lunch and a Grande Day parade.
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Fran Noyce
Upper Midwest
Minneapolis
Miss Noyce
la Crosse State University
Oregon
Wis
Marilyn Kay Brahmsteadt
Record Low July 4 Weather Across Wisconsin
Several Wisconsin cities including La Crosse posted record low temperatures for July 3 with La Crosse Airport Weather Bureau reporting 49 degrees, beating the 1924 low of 50. Madison dipped to 42, breaking the 1945 record of 49, while Stevens Point logged 40. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, possible brief showers in the northeast, and warmer conditions statewide.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Madison
Stevens Point
Weather Bureau
Needles
Palm Springs
California
Kincheloe Afb
Mich
Kinross
Radio Highlights for Week of July Fourth Pageant Coverage
WLCX schedules include Wednesday broadcast of American Legion Queen Pageant. Thursday coverage features July Fourth events with a boat race at 10 am, a parade at 3 pm, and 7 pm patriotic music and readings by the late John Hancock.
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WLCX
American Legion
John Hancock
Army enlistments spread across La Crosse area
Twenty one local youths enlist in the Army with one re enlistment Spec 4 C Charles A Steerman of La Crescent. Officer candidate school is pursued by Thomas W Lucas Gene R Hagerman R J Holmen and Jerome J Kohn. Army Security Agency joiners include Vern L Christianson and Thomas A Fellows. Local enlistees include Bill G Koch Darrell Subera John W Wateski Leonard Severson Timothy M Davis Gerald L Retz Hate and Jerry M Lydon. Additional recruits hail from La Crescent Holmen Galesville Prairie du Chien Richland Center Viroqua Rushford Decorah Iowa.
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la Crosse
Area
Charles A. Steerman
Cedar St
la Crescent
Minn
Thomas W. Lucas
Susan A. Lucas
West Salem
Gene R. Hagerman
S. A. Hagerman
R. J. Holmen
Jerome J. Kohn
Onalaska High School
Army Security Agency
Vern L. Christianson
Luella M. Christianson
Tomah
Thomas A. Fellows
Anoka
Bill G. Koch
Grant A. Koch
Mississippi St
Darrell W. Subera
Martin L. Subera
John W. Wateski
Jerome W. Wateski
S. 6Th St
Leonard O. Severson
Orval T. Severson
Timothy M. Davis
Melvin C. Davis
8Th St
Gerald L. Retz- Hate
Jerry M. Lydon
Michael J. Mason
2Nd St. S
Alfred W. Obgartel
Samuel Obgartel
Gary E. Seago
Lawrence T. Seago
R. 2
Galesville
Jeffrey B. Hutchins
Bruce J. Hutchins
Paririe du Chien
Carl J. Mayfield
Earl M. Mayfield
Richland Center
Terry L. Thorson
George Thorson
Viroqua
Richard D. Tollackson
Harold Tollackson
Keith E. Hovland
Bertram B. Hovland
Rushford
John R. Yarwood
Gertrude M. Yarwood
Decorah
Iowa
Persistent Drinkers Banned From Two Bangor Taverns
A Bangor group was ordered out of Pool Hall Tavern after a disturbance at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday. Deputies found a man throwing fire crackers outside. Later at Nelson's Tavern detectives found cut telephone wires outside and the same crowd inside. No one admitted wrongdoing.
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Bangor
la Crosse County
Boy, 9, Bruised When Hit By Car
Two injuries reported in separate Tuesday accidents. Richard La Fleur, 9, of 2123 S. 29th St., bruised legs and back of head after being struck by Frieda Kelly, 62, of R. 2, on Losey Boulevard near State Road. Treated at St Francis Hospital. Frederick Staggemeier, 28, New Albin, cut on head when his car hit a parked vehicle on 10th Street south of Vine. owner Myr Turner, 920 Vine St. treated at Lutheran Hospital.
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Richard la Fleur
S. 29Th St
Frieda Kelly
Losey Boulevard
State Road
St. Francis Hospital
Frederick Staggemeier
New Albin
Man Back In Court Still Without Lawyer
A La Crosse man released to seek a lawyer was picked up drunk Monday night and appeared in County Court Wednesday without counsel. Joseph E. Anderson, YMCA, was held on $200 bond by Judge Leonard F. Roraff and ordered jailed. Trial set for July 5.
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la Crosse
Joseph E. Anderson
YMCA
Leonard F. Roraff
Anderson
Purse Stolen From Car and Light Transformers Missing
Mrs. Fredrick Nuttelman reports an $8 purse stolen from her car north of the Sports Bowl Tuesday evening. Donald Lamke reports eight of ten fluorescent light transformers stolen from his truck, valued at $6.
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Fredrick Nuttelman
R. 2
la Crosse
Donald Lamke
S. 25Th St
Henderson Heads AP Bureau At Milwaukee
Dion Henderson named chief of Associated Press bureau operations in Wisconsin by Wes Gallagher. Henderson, 46, replaces Austin Bealmear who moves to Kansas City after 50 years with AP. Bealmear, a WWII veteran, began in 1936 and became Milwaukee bureau chief in 1955.
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New York
Dion Henderson
Milwaukee
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Wes Gallagher
News Cooperative
Henderson
Austin Bealmear
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Cassel
Minn
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Daily News
Crawford County
Press
Lake Mills
Leader
Bealmear
Frank G. Gorrie
The
Oklahoma City
Blackwell
United States
New York Sports Department
Cuban exile linked to hijack and Velazquez arrival in Florida
Federal investigators traced a hijacker to Mario Velazquez who arrived in Florida last July and received an alien ID in Chicago on July 7, 1967. The Miami Herald and Chicago Tribune report diverging details as FBI checked the Mont Clare Hotel where he lived, with the man described as despondent and homesick.
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Chicago Tribune
Mario Velazquez
Florida
Chicago
FBI
Tribune
Velazquez
Mont Clare
Uptown
Miami Herald
the Herald
Oriente
Cuba
United States
Joseph Ramey
London
Minneapolis
Miami
Jose Marti
Havana
State Department
Youth Pleads Innocent in Motorcycle Theft Case
Kenneth R. Kile, 20, of 606 N. 9th St., pleaded innocent in County Court on Wednesday to a motorcycle theft charge. A preliminary hearing date will be set later. the bike was valued at 350 to 400 dollars and stolen from Roland Bogart of Onalaska on June 25.
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la Crosse
Kenneth R. Kile
N. 9Th St
Fof
Roland Bogart
Onalaska
Gun Control Hearing Set for July 29 at LCU
Assemblyman Norbert Nuttelman of West Salem announced the first of seven public hearings on gun control will be held at 10 a.m. July 29 at La Crosse State University. The study aims to gather facts and opinions for the 1969 legislative session and does not imply endorsement of gun legislation. Nuttelman opposes gun registration but says restrictions on sales may be valid and invites citizens to testify.
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Norbert Nuttelman
West Salem
la Crosse State University
Nuttelman
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Scouts at Camp De Corah Gather for Week of Merit Badges
About 120 area Boy Scouts and leaders from nine troops attend Camp De Corah for a week of recreation merit badge work and camp craft training. Units include 78 Whitehall 107 Viroqua 5 La Crosse 39 La Crosse 43 Pigeon Falls 46 Bangor 97 Necedah 73 Warrens and 64 Arcadia.
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Camp Decorah
Whitehall
Viroqua
la Crosse
Pigeon Falls
Bangor
Necedah
Warrens
Arcadia
Police Ambulance Report From Lawrence Street Incident
Police ambulance responded at 9:50 a.m. on July 2 to Lawrence Street for 55 year old Lawrence Stencel of 919 Pine St. with illness. patient transported to Lutheran Hospital from East Avenue and Pine Street. Also includes USDA live poultry and cattle market price listings from Winona and St Paul, Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Stencel
Pine St
East Avenue
Pine Street
Lutheran Hospital
Winona
Stock quotations from The Marshall Co
National Association of Securities Dealers figures show inter dealer prices as of 9 00 a m for CW Transport 252 to 272. Markets fluctuate during the day and prices exclude retail markups commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall CO. National
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
CW Transport
Also Mentioned on This Page
la Crosse Tribune
James Hill
Division 241
Hill
CTA
White
Spaceman
Virgil Grissom
Roger Chaffee
Coleman Tech
Skeeter Schedule
Jennifer
Salvadore Fiorenza
Fiorenza
Mercury
Boy
Lcu
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Winona, Mini
Highway 61 West
Ichicago Poultry Chicago
USDA
South ST. Paul Livestock
South ST. Paul, Minn
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
Amer
Tel & Tel
Anaconda
Anchor Coupling
Burli Me
Consolidated Foods
Eastman Kodak
EEM
General Aniline
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodrich
Great Northern Ry
Gulf Il
Helleman Brewing
Inter
Harvester
Inter, Tel & Tel
Interstate Power
Jim Walter Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Kawecki Chemical
Koehring
iKresge
Mobi
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Guar
Ins
Northern Pacific
Northern States
Northwest Bancorp
Olin Mathieson
Pepsico
RCA
Rexall Drug
Central
Ryder Systems
Dial Finance
Scott Paper
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Sears Roebuck
First Bank
Sinclair Oil
Sperry Rand
Gateway Trans
Calif
Gyrodyne Godfrey Co
Standard Oil
Howell Instrum
Ind
Lincoln Nat. Life
Texaco
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
U.S. Steel Rockwell
Universal Oil
Royal Dutch NY
Wallace Bus
White Motors
Westinghouse
Elec
NS Warner
Woolworth
Werner Trans
Wis, Power
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Pyroll Co., Inc
Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eberstad Fd
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fd
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
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