Cats Pay Tribute At Armstrong Funeral
Louis Armstrong died in his Queens home at 71 after years of heart and organ illness. Honorary pallbearers include Ellington Crosby Fitzgerald Basie Sinatra Carson and Nixon praised Armstrong as an American art form and global icon. Moon Landrieu called New Orleans losing one of its own.
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France Withholds NATO Integrated System Move
President Georges Pompidou rejected joining the NATO Integrated Communications System while keeping France in the alliance and promising compatibility with NATO networks. De Rose's May 26 letter to the North Atlantic Council notes France will upgrade its own system and may join NICS later.
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Turkey
Investment Firm Head Sentenced In Fraud Case
James J. White president of James J. White Investment Corp was sentenced in U S District Court to three years in prison for defrauding six brokerage firms of 750000 using a mail fraud scheme He placed large stock orders then refused delivery causing losses to the brokers and causing Chicago banks to suffer 25 to 35 million in total liabilities Assistant U S attorney Sam Skinner said Judge Richard B Austin presided at the sentencing.
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Youth Rally Set Here Saturday And Sunday
A three team gospel crusade will hold a youth rally in La Crosse over Saturday and Sunday. Coleman Auditorium at Western Wisconsin Technical Institute hosts the 7 30 p m event Saturday and Bethel Lutheran on Loomis and Livingston Streets hosts Sunday. The La Crosse Area Lutheran Evangelistic Movement sponsors the open programs with music and talks. Also in the issue the first wartime rationed item is noted as automobile tires with sales halted in December 1941.
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Wisconsin Cheese Label Proposal Prompts Marketing Debate
Lawmakers consider a bill to stamp Made in Wisconsin on all state produced cheese including cottage and process varieties while barring foreign content. Rural representatives view labeling as a promotion tool to boost the state’s famed dairy product.
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Rites Slated For Houston Crash Victim
Dale Husman 14 of rural Houston died July 5 in a Marshfield hospital from injuries suffered July 3 in a two car crash near Mondovi. His father Kenneth Husman is in serious condition in Marshfield. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Looney Valley Lutheran Church with burial in Silver Creek Cemetery.
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Kenneth Husman
Marshfield
Looney Valley Lutheran Church
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Rose
Noninflationary Settlement Urged In Steel Talks
Labor and management negotiators in the steel industry opened contract talks amid pressure from President Nixon for a constructive, noninflationary settlement ahead of an August 1 deadline. I W Abel and Heath Larry declined comment after a private meeting with the President, as speculation grows of a potential strike.
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I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers
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U.S. Steel Corp
White House
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Legislative Council Official Found Dead in Wisconsin
Earl Sachse longtime executive secretary of the Wisconsin Legislative Council was found dead in his Madison apartment at 62. An autopsy cited a heart attack on Friday after he returned from an Imperial Shrine convention in Miami Beach Florida.
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Madison
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Earl Sachse
Wisconsin Legislative Council
Dane County
Clyde Chamberlain Jr
Sachse
Miami’ Beach
Fla
Plains Erosion Damage Surges But Trails 1954-55 Peak
Washington AP reports erosion damage in the Great Plains rose this year, totaling 4.76 million acres for seven months through May 31, well below the 1954-55 record of over 15 million acres. Most loss was crop, with Texas at 2.77 million wind swept acres and Colorado at 276,000 acres.
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Great Plains
Agriculture Department
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Colorado
Burglars Break In Centennial Bar on South Sixth Street
Detectives say little new in the case of a Monday morning break-in at the Centennial Bar 1304 S 6th St. Burglar(s) obtained about $7.50 in beer two liquor bottles and possibly cigarettes. Entry was gained by breaking a window and unbolting the door then breaking backup chain locks.
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