Nixon Confident Primary Wins Lead to Nomination
Nixon asserts his primary wins will secure the Republican presidential nomination despite polls favoring Rockefeller. He cites polls of about 3,000 nationally and says delegates may ignore them while McCarthy parallels his own momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Springfield
N.J
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
Reagan
Sacramento
Seven Deaths Added To Minnesota Highway Toll
The Minnesota highway toll rose to 445 with two early today crashes including a car train crash. Victims include Lucille Knoll 37 Silver Lake Darwin Seaman 52 Cosmos Donna Redinius 18 Worthington Richard Lenners 21 Minneola and Elmer Konradi 34 Marshall. Earlier deaths from June 26 30 and July 2 were added as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Minnesota
Lucille Knoll
Silver Lake
Minn
St. Louis Park
St. Bonifacius
Cosmos
Darwin Seaman
Great Northern
Litchfield
Seaman
Worthington
Donna Redinius
James Murray
Selby
S.D
Lake Okabena
Murray
Richard W. Lenners
Minneola
Gust Muzetras
Minneapolis
Muzetras
Hopkins
Darren E. Hermanson
Clarkfield
Highway 59
Lyon County
Arlene Hawke
Howard Lake
Leonard Worms
St. Paul
Probation Ordered in Exposure Case In Wisconsin
A La Crosse man, Victor M. Vander Hyde, 29, pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and battery involving a young woman. He was placed on two years probation with psychiatric treatment under Judge Leonard F. Roraff after a presentence report by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Victor M. Vander Hyde
S. 29Th St
Vander Hyde
Leonard F. Roraff
Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services
Police Ambulance Reports for July 8 Incidents
Police and ambulance reports note two July 8 transfers. Joseph Bloe, 21, of 519 N 8th St, sustained an injured leg playing softball and was taken to St Francis Hospital from West Avenue and La Crosse Street. Mary Ann Lowery, 4, of 803 S 5th St, was ill and transported by squad to Lutheran Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bloehorn
N. 8Th St
St. Francis Hospital
West Avenue
la Crosse Street
Mary Ann Lowery
S. 5Th St
Lutheran Hospital
Radio Highlights Tuesday broadcast line up
WLCX 7 p.m Vox Pop with LCU students discuss what a university should be. WKBH 7 p.m all star baseball from the Houston Astrodome. WCOW Sparta 7 p.m Sparta versus West Salem. 9 p.m Onalaska versus Chaseburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLCX
LCU
WKBH
Houston Astrodome
Wcow-Fm
Sparta
West Salem
Onalaska
Chaseburg
Woman fires at hospital intern after pregnancy claim
Police charge 30 year old Sang Rose Wu with attempted murder after she fired a .32 revolver at intern Dr Anthony Tripodi at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Tripodi survived surgery for bullets to abdomen and shoulder. Wu, who had just given birth to a seven pound boy, was subdued by Dr John Schonblum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Sang Rose Wu
Anthony Tripodi
Hamilton
Ont
Tripodi
John Schonblum
Schonblum
Lost Mercury Outboard from Lake Onalaska Recovered by Sheriff
A black 1967 or 1968 Mercury 20 horsepower outboard was turned in to the La Crosse County Sheriff Department by Joe Wakeen Jr. of Onalaska, a Buds Marina employee. He said two unidentified boys found it while swimming near the French Island spillway on the west side of the island and handed it over Saturday. The owner can claim it by presenting the motor's serial number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Onalaska
la Crosse County
Joe Wakeen Jr
12Th Ave
Onalaska
Bud’s Marina
Wakeen
French Island
Correction on mosquito fogger insecticide base in county spray
County Parks Superintendent Clarence Schmidt says county spray used in parks and on contract basis for other areas is water based not oil based as earlier stated. The La Crosse Sunday Tribune corrected the report about city and county use of insecticide bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Sunday Tribune
Clarence Schmidt
God Must Take Over, Group Told at Milwaukee Assembly
George M. Couch of the Watch Tower Society told 25,040 Jehovah’s Witnesses delegates in Milwaukee that God must soon assume rule of the earth to end human misrule. He warned mankind’s history spans about 6,000 years under despotisms and imperfect democracies, and that Christendom and pagan rule must yield to divine governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Couch
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York
District Assembly of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Milwaukee
Christendom
Couch
Earth
Paradise of
Eden
Three FILE For State Assembly In La Crosse County
Incumbent Republican Norbert Nutterman and Democrat Virgil Roberts filed in the 2nd District while Democrat Donald Meldinger, La Crosse 18th Ward alderman, filed in the 1st District. Filing closed at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Primary elections set for Sept. 10 and the general election for Nov. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Esther O'Domke
Wisconsin Assembly
Norbert Nutterman
Virgil Roberts
Donald Medlinger
Aliderman
Wisconsin Soldiers Among KIA in Vietnam
The Army lists two Wisconsin servicemen among those killed in action in Vietnam. Chief Warrant Officer Daniel C. Schuster of West Allis and Sergeant Alfred J. Holtz Jr. of Milwaukee are identified as the fallen personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wisconsin
Army
Vietnam
CWO
Daniel C. Schuster
West Allis
Alfred J. Holtz Jr
Milwaukee
Manzanola Town Marshal Resigns After Two Years
Manzanola Colorado Bill Midkiff resigns as town marshal after nearly two years stating the long hours and poor pay were not worth the effort. A reporter quotes him noting his dissatisfaction with the job conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manzanola
Colo
Bill Midkiff
Man rescued from salt tank in critical condition
Gerald Gullickson a 35 year old worker at Jolivet Inc. was buried by salt in a storage tank at 910 S Front St during a rescue attempt. Firemen lowered a firefighter into the 19 foot tank to pull him free and he was given first aid and oxygen within ten minutes. He remained unconscious and in the Lutheran Hospital ICU Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Lutheran Hospital
Gerald Gullickson
Avon St
Jolivette Inc
Richard Lyons
R. J. Onalaska
Dale Seibold
Loomis St
Gullickson
Orris Olson
S. 28Rd St
Richard Knoll
Knoll
City planners weigh street spending amid university needs and arterial plans
City planners questioned spending 233000 for a street not desired as an arterial arguing it would compete with Main Street. Alderman Storck favored State Street for La Crosse State University, with 60000 set to resurf ace from West Avenue to Campbell Road in 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Curtis F. Storck
14Th Ward
State Street
la Crosse State University
West Avenue
Campbell Road
Loveland
6Th Street
State
Cass
Civic Center
Swift Creek
Green Island
Lutheran Hospital
Shelby Road
South Avenue
Harry Schroeder
8Th Street
Arrowhead Village
Drug Charge Dropped in Winona Man Case
Marijuana possession charges against Richard A. Lane of Winona were dismissed in La Crosse County Court after he agreed to cooperate with authorities in identifying the source. Judge Leonard F. Roraff granted the dismissal at the district attorney's request. the marijuana found was described as minute and of poor quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
la Crosse
Richard A. Lane
Leonard F. Roraff
Lano
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Nine Wisconsin State U Teachers Win $500 Awards
The Wisconsin State Universities board of regents announced nine faculty members received $500 distinguished teacher awards for 1968. Awards are funded annually by the Johnson Foundation Racine and the Eugene W. Murphy Foundation La Crosse. Recipients include Vera Moss WSU River Falls Oliver Andrews Stevens Point Evelyn Rimel Stout Egal Feldman Superior Raymond E Light Whitewater Edward Blackerby Eau Claire Don Wille La Crosse Roberta Neisson Oshkosh and Thomas Lundeen Platteville.
Australian gunman surrenders after seven day holdout
Wally Mellish a 22 year old former mental patient and car thief surrendered after a seven day siege in Sydney in which he held his bride Beryl Muddle and their 11 week old son Leslie hostage. He pledged to join Australian forces in Vietnam as a condition of surrender. Police recovered two rifles a shotgun and grenades from the home. The bride and child appeared unharmed and were escorted to safety as authorities praised the peaceful end to the standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Wally Mellish
Vietnam
Mellish
Ingleburn
Beryl Muddle
Leslie
Clyde Paton
Long Bay
Miss Muddle
Allan
New South Wales
Robin Askin
End To Strike Of Electricians Is Predicted
CHICAGO AP Mayor Daley says he is confident the electricians strike threatening to move the convention from Chicago can be resolved soon after meeting with Robert Nickey of Systems Council T-4 IBEW The union walked out May 8 delaying communications gear at the International Amphitheatre ahead of the August 26 convention A settlement could allow setup within 30 days Nickey and Illinois Bell president James W Cook indicated progress but cautious notes remained about timing Telecommunication and picket line concerns loom as wage demands widen the dispute and shift possibilities remain uncertain
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Rogers Morton
Nixon
New Jersey
McCarthy
Kennedy
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Harris
Humphrey
Electrical Workers
Robert A. Nickey
Systems Council
T-4
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
International Amphitheatre
Daley
United States
James W. Cook
Illinois Bell
Nickey
Bell
Boy Drowns in Lake During Visit to Bourbonnais
Dale Hawley ten of Bourbonnais Illinois drowned Monday night in a municipal lake while swimming with an visiting friend. Authorities recovered the body at Lions Beach about two hours after he was reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Janesville
Dale Hawley
Bourbonnais
Lions Beach
Charge Reduced in Morals Case in Wisconsin Court
Dale Olson, 18, of 138 Usher Street was fined 300 dollars and 7 dollars costs after a La Crosse County Court reduced a charge to contributing to the delinquency of a minor by furnishing the girl with alcohol. The June 29 arrests at a French Island home stem from a case involving a 15 year old girl and other youths await further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Leonard F. Roraff
Dale
Olson
Usher St
French Island
Woman Injured When Car Overturns in Wisconsin
West Salem resident Joyce M. Hemker, 36, required neck injury treatment after her car overturned on County Highway B in Hamilton town. She told County Traffic Patrolman Lee Wolf she braked to avoid a small animal, causing the skid. Hemker was taken by ambulance to West Salem Clinic around 1 45 p.m.
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West Salem
la Crosse
Joyce M. Hemker
N. Leonard St
Hamilton
Lee Wolf
Livestock Prices and Activity From South St. Paul Auction
USDA cattle and hogs sale reports from South St. Paul Minnesota with details on slaughter steer and heifer prices, cow and bull ranges, feeder prices, and hogs including barrows gilts sows and feeder pigs. Prices show mixed changes with some classes up to 50 cents higher and others steady to lower amid limited feeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Winona Livestock Market Reports Steady Hogs and Cattle
Winona Minnesota station quotes the hog market as steady with prices for Butchers Meat Type 200-240 pounds at 21s per hundred. Cattle and veal also steady with Hi-Choice Prime at 26.50, Good to Good 23.00-24.50, and Veal Top Choice 37.01. Also lists Chicago poultry prices and mercantile exchange figures for butter and grains.
Stocks and Commodities Quoted at Noon July 9 1968
National and local market quotations list Allied Stores to Woolworth stock prices and Dow Jones Averages with volumes, followed by July 1968 commodity values for wheat soybeans corn and related notes. Inter-dealer and local bids appear for multiple firms and funds.
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Allied Stores
Allis-Chailmers
American Can
American Motors
Amer. Tel. & Tel. Sie
Anaconda
Anchor Coupling
Burlington
Chrysler
Consolidated Foods
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
Electronic Specialty
Epko Shoe
Ford
General
Pepsico
RCA
Rexall
Ryder Systems
Scott Paper
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oi
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
Ind
Swift
Texaco
Trane Co
U.S. Steel
Universal Oil
Westinghouse Electric
White Motors
Woolworth
Dow Jones
Man’s 35 year confinement questioned in county case
The complaint alleges Marmes was confined without due process. A May 6 1957 mental hearing by Monroe County Court found him insane. He says no attorney or witnesses were allowed. Officials face malpractice claims for lack of psychiatric services. He earned over 10000 through odd jobs at the hospital and now works custodially for St. John’s Parish in Portage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmes
Monroe County
Spencer Beebe
Jack Brown
Leo Billerbeck
St. John’s Episcopal Parish
Sparta
Abbott
Monroe County Hospital
Three Wisconsin motorists killed in separate 1968 crashes
Three motorists died in separate accidents as Wisconsin's highway death toll rose to 562. Walter Frahm, 27, Appleton, died in a one car crash on Highway 10 near Appleton. Lorraine Callies, 36, Markesan, died after a collision with a truck near Beaver Dam. Violet Bauch, 80, Brookfield, died after her car struck a median divider in Brookfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Walter R. Frahm
Appleton
Frahm
Lorraine
Transfers for Illness Move Patients to Hospitals
Mary Szewczuk cczyk at Mulder Nursing Home moves to Lutheran Hospital for illness on July 8 at 9:15 a.m. Mrs David Holter from Onalaska Route 2 transfers to St Francis Hospital for illness at 9 p.m. on July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Szewcczyk
Mulder Nursing Home
Lutheran Hospital
David Holter
Onalaska
St. Francis Hospital
Restrictions on Location of Clubs Passed by La Crosse Council
La Crosse Common Council Committee of the Whole approved restrictions to confine private clubs fraternities sororities and lodges to commercial or local business districts housing non conforming clubs in residential areas. The 11 to 9 vote prompts Thursday council action with possible amendments or rewrite. Aldermen debated university impact and prudent planning as six bonded fraternities or sororities at the university were noted and a referral vote failed 10 to 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Gerald A. Greider
Six Republicans File Nominations for Wisconsin State Offices
MADISON AP six leading Republican candidates for statewide posts including Gov Warren Knowles filed nomination papers with Secretary of State Robert Zimmerman Lt Gov Jack Olson State Treasurer Harold Clemens Knowles Zimmerman Sen Jerris Leonard Bayside seeking US Senate and Sen Robert Warren Green Bay seeking attorney general Warren faces intra party opposition from William H Deiterich All six displayed their party endorsement at the ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Robert Zimmerman
Jack Olson
Harold Clemens
Knowles
Zimmerman
Jerris Leonard
Bayside
U.S. Senate
Robert Warren
Green Bay
Warren
William H. Deiterich
Also Mentioned on This Page
la Crosse Tribune
San Francisco
New York
Ments
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Massachusetts
Wallace
O. B. Simmonds
St. Michael’s Hospital
God
Assembly
Norman T. Allan
Police
New South Wales Police Association
Chicago Poultry
Mercantile Exchange
Cash Grain
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
CW Transport
Dial Finance
Fabri-Tek, Inc
First Bank
Gateway
Godfrey Co
Howell Instrum
Lincoln Natl
Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa
Rockwell
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Pyroll Co., Inc
Boston Fund
Eaton& How
Mass. Inv
Nati. Invest
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Monroe
The
University
John C. Schubert
Council Judiciary Committee
Schubert
RED Cross Blood Program
St. Francis School of Nursing
Trane
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