Youth Dies After Fall From Scaffold in La Crosse
A 16-year-old La Crosse youth died from head and chest injuries after a scaffold collapsed at the Trane Co. window cleaning project. Daniel John Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean J. Hall Jr., was working with two others when the 20-foot scaffold gave way. Brother and sister survivors, funeral plans set at Temple Baptist Church with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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la Crosse
David Stings
la Crosse St
Tranc der Co
Pommel Creek Road
Daniel John Hall
Dean J. Hall Jr
Prospect St
Trane Co
Innner Court
Hall
Logan High School
Temple Baptist ‘Church
Charles Mellring
Oak Grove Cemetery
Man seeks 800000 from Monroe County
A lawsuit filed in Monroe County Circuit Court seeks 800000 in damages for unlawful incarceration. Lawrence Marines claims the Monroe County Hospital and county are liable for past confinement dating from 1932 to 1967, with details of transfers between facilities and a 1933 insanity finding.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Eleanor Austin
Lawrence Marmes
Monroe County Hospital
Marmes
Steven Abbott
Langlade Farmers Cooperative Co
Langlade County
James W. Rice
Marines
Langlade
Waupun State Prison
Board of Control of the Lunacy Commission
Central State Hospital For the
Waupun
Monroe
Indonesian Troops Nab Reds in Jakarta Raids
Indonesian security forces report 23 communists captured and a large weapons cache seized in a month of raids in Jakarta. Police and troops foiled a plan to assassinate political leaders, four leaders of a pro Communist group arrested, with killings reported in Central and East Java.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Armed Forces
Central
East Java
Clark Renews Plea For Gun Registration
Atty General Ramsey Clark renews support for federal gun registration amid House setback. Senate inquiry hears Thurmond press for national registry to aid law enforcement. House Rules Committee pledges oppose linking registration to a ban on interstate sales. Celler seeks rule. President Johnson calls to extend pistol controls to rifles and shotguns. Republicans McCulloch and others oppose registration. some Rules members favor a sales ban but oppose registration.
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Washington
Ramsey Clark
House
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate
Johnson
Thurmond
Clark
House Rules Committee
Celler
Judiciary Committee
Congress
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
McCulloch
Rules Committee
Viet Cong claim flag raised at Khe Sanh airstrip
Hanoi radio quoted by the Viet Cong national liberation radio says forces reached Khe Sanh and raised their flag on the airstrip and nearby hills. Marines identified the attackers as North Vietnamese rather than South Vietnamese Viet Cong.
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Singapore
Hanoi
Khe Sanh
U.S
National Liberation Forces
National Liberation Radio
City Plan Commission Defers Projects in 1969 Bond Review
The City Plan Commission met to discuss possible 1969 bond issues, cutting several proposed capital improvements, deferring others, and revising cost estimates downward. Donald W. Affolter notes the commission examined alternatives as the city weighs bond timing and scope.
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City Plan Commission
Lang Drive
Swift Creek
Green Island
Lutheran Hospital
Sherman Stellpflug
10Th
Cass
la Crosse
State
Jackson
South Avenue
Warren Loveland
Finance Committee
South Side
Tonet
Troops Clash At Two Flash Points North and Saigon
A series of clashes around Saigon and in the northwest near Khe Sanh marked intensified fighting. Marines reported 89 enemy killed in the northwest two-day battle, amid broader actions including attacks near Saigon and the demilitarized zone. American forces suffered casualties while air and river units targeted enemy positions along the Dong Nai River and Phuoc Long Province.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Ave
Diers
101St Airborne Division
U.S. 9Th Division
Dong Nai River
Nha Be
Mekong Delta
Phuoc Long
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Air Force
Charles W. Mosley
Lawrence
Kan
Don M. Hallenbeck
Mosley
North
Hallenbeck
Scott Air Base
Illinois
Western Wisconsin Tech names new district, Richardson hired
The Western Wisconsin Technical Institute adopts the new title and hires Charles Richardson as permanent district director on a three year, $20 000 annual contract with standard fringe benefits. The board also designates Friday for ground breaking on a new addition and moves funds and duties to the new district.
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Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Coleman Technical Institute
The
la Crosse Vocational School
Wisconsin
State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education
Coleman
Charles Richardson
Rich
Ardson
Richardson
Roy Kumm
la Crosse School
Eau Claire School
John B. Coleman
Pine Street
la Crosse
Tomah
Sparta
Vocational School
Batavian National Bank
Wille enters race for Democratic governor nomination
Floyd L. Wille a 47 year old civil engineer announced as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Floyd L. Wille
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Sonny’s Window & Floor Cleaners
Bank Drive
Trane
Thomas Chapman
Charles Sr
Dickinson Caledonia Street Chapel
Nancy Jean
Jodie Jill
Dean J
Dee Jay
Dean J. Hall Sr
Tribune
Daniel J. Hall
Man
By Donald W. Affolter
la Crosse Tribune
George Esper
Loveland
la Crosse Street
Ronald G. Bracegirdle
Wisconsin Highway Commission
la Crosse River
King
7Th
West Avenue
Losey
Campbell Road
Coleman Tech
New Western
Wisconsin Tech
Jerome R. Rosso
Eugene I. Lehrmann
Dale Tessmer
Louis Youngman
4Th
Cass Streets
la Crosse County
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