Blackstone Rangers repudiate violence and pledge new discipline
Chicago leaders of the Blackstone Rangers announce they will turn in weapons and pursue nonviolent, constructive activities. A truce with the East Side Disciples is reported, and the group vows accountability to the Black community while facing federal probe into gang activities and large OEO funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Blackstone Rangers
Bailiwick
Rangers
Herman Holmes
Woodlawn
Senate Permanent Investigations
Office of Economic Opportunity
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Holmes
East Side Disciples
Disciples
Chuck Curry
Youth Action
South Side
Jeff Dort
Washington
Senate
Strike Hint Dropped By Steel Union
Pittsburgh AP report on United Steelworkers leaders signaling tough bargaining with three weeks to August 1 contract expiry. Abel warns of potential nationwide strike while urging strong rank and file backing. union seeks wage and benefits package amid company opposition. Average steelworker pay cited with fringe benefits pushing it higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Abel
Policeman Rescues Boy From Fountain Lake
Albert Lea Minnesota AP off-duty policeman Morris Haskins rescued 4 year old Ricky Reynolds from Fountain Lake. The boy fell from a bridge while fishing, was given mouth to mouth resuscitation until firemen arrived, and was later sent home after a medical check at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea, Minn
Fountain Lake
Albert Lea
Ricky Reynolds
Morris Haskins
Haskins
George Reynolds
Albert Lea Hospital
Ricky
City Ambulance Visits With Multiple Hospital Offloads
On July 10, several ambulance runs reported from City. John Learner, 80, transported to St Francis Hospital with a knee injury. Minnie Helwich, 73, to Lutheran Hospital for a sore back. Carl Hagen, 72, from Gannett Hotel to Lutheran Hospital with an illness. Grace McKenz ie, 73, to Grandview Hospital after a fall caused an injured hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Learner
Mesa Grande Place
St. Francis Hospital
Minnie Helwich
S. 10Th St
Lutheran Hospital
Carl Hagen
Gannett Hotel
Huddle Inn Tavern
Grace McKenzie
Winneshiek Road
Grandview Hospital
Marriages Filed For La Crosse Area Couples
The list shows Glenn W. Jurgens and Rosemarie D. Follmar to wed August 3 in La Crosse. Charles L. Cooper and Jo Ann M. Sobkowiak plan marriage August 10 in La Crosse. Arthur R. Dahms III and Kathryn F. Gay set August 3 in Town of Greenfield. Gerald D. Powers and Mary M. Bahr to marry July 20 in Town of Greenfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn W. Jurgens
Evergreen
Rosemarie D. Follmar
Barlow St
la Crosse
Charles L. Cooper
Onalaska
Jo Ann M. Sobkowiak
Hood St
Arthur R. Dahms III
Menomonee Falls
Kathryn F. Gay
Greenfield
Gerald D. Powers
Adams St
Mary M. Bahr
Prospect St
Greenield
Britain to hand over major part of Singapore base
Britain will relinquish 130 acres of its Singapore naval base by year end keeping the docks and storages area, with Singapore allowed to convert the facilities commercially. The move part of East of Suez reductions to free forces for NATO and reinforce Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Gavshon
London
Britain
Singapore
Suez
Europe
Hong Kong
Red China
Vietnam War Update Signals New Major Offensive
Senior U.S. officers warn North Vietnamese troops are regrouping and reinforcing for a third major offensive of the year aimed at Saigon and the DMZ area. B52 bombers hit buildup zones, and MIG-21s downed a U S fighter as they increase deployments in North Vietnam from China to replace losses. Lt. Roy Cash Jr. and Lt. Joseph E. Kain Jr. earned their first air victory in a tail-chase against four MIGs west of Vinh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
United States
Navy
Roy Cash Jr
Memphis
Tenn
J.g
Joseph E. Kain Jr
Havertown
Cash
Kain
Vinh
North Vietna
Milwaukee Welfare Cost Up Twenty Five Million
Milwaukee County officials confronted a welfare budget of 106 million dollars, an increase of 25 million from the current year. Board members voiced shock and called for belt tightening while noting the rise in aid to dependent children and caseloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
County Welfare Board
Willis A. Erasmus
Rudolph Pohl
Pad Welfare Department
Joseph E. Baldwin
Radio highlights and sports schedule for Thursday and Friday
On Thursday WKBH at 7 45 p m airs Twins versus Tigers baseball. WLCX at 7 p m features Vox Pop with Dr Maurice O Graff of La Crosse State University discussing growth. WCOW FM at 7 p m covers the Western Wisconsin District Baseball Tournament at Memorial Park Sparta. Friday adds Interstate Fair broadcasts and related segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WKBH
Minnesota Twins
Detroit Tigers
WLCX
Vox Pop
Maurice 0. Graff
la Crosse State University
Wcow-Fm
Wisconsin
Memorial Park
Sparta
Two Patrolmen Wounded in Bronx Gunbattle
In New York on Tuesday night two off duty city policemen were wounded in a gunbattle on the Cross Bronx Expressway after a car mishap. Probationary patrolman Nicole J. Danisi 24 was critically wounded with a head wound and patrolman John Dalton 41 was seriously wounded in the chest. Detective Frederick Gibson 28 of the Bureau of Special Services fired back. All three were in civilian clothes driving their own cars when trouble began around 10 15 p m. Gibson ordered Dalton to drop his weapon and then fired. Dalton shot Danisi and Gibson returned fire. All officers were carrying service revolvers off duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cross- Bronx
Nicole J. Danisi
John Dalton
Jacobi Hospital
Frederick Gibson
Bureau of Special Services
Dalton
East
Bronx
Danisi
Gibson
Catholics Nominated To Church Council
In Uppsala Sweden the World Council of Churches moves toward including Roman Catholics in the Faith and Order Commission marking a historic step toward Christian unity. Nine Roman Catholics are nominated with Vatican assent already given and a foregone affirmative vote anticipated. Roman Catholic observers join the assembly as nonvoting participants for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uppsala
Sweden
General Assembly
World Council of Churches
Faith and Order Commission
Council
Vatican
Former Milwaukee School Chief Dies
Harold S. Vincent 67 longtime Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent and 1950 to 1967 leader died Wednesday at Central DuPage Hospital He had entered the hospital during a Fourth of July weekend family reunion in Wheaton Vincent a Republican candidate for the Wisconsin Assembly sought the 15th District seat Survivors include his widow Frances and two sons Dwight and Burton plus five grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Ill
Harold S. Vincent
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Central DuPage Hospital
Vincent
Wheaton
Wisconsin Assembly
Frances
Dwight
Detroit
Burton
Chicago
Policeman Rescues Five From Burning Milwaukee Apartment
Milwaukee AP report says Patrolman LeRoy Waszak saved two men two women and a child who leaped from a second floor window of a burning apartment. Waszak pulled a leg tendon but was released from hospital after treatment. He and a partner were chasing a car when they spotted the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
LeRoy Waszak
Richland Center Rodeo Opens With GOP Tie
Three Nixon family members and David Eisenhower appear in Richland Center for the Wisconsin High School Rodeo parade and dedication of a 52 foot covered bridge. Eisenhower is engaged to Julie Nixon. Rep. George Bush misses scheduled address as rodeo runs through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Center
Wisconsin
Julie
Trisha Nixon
David Eisenhower
Young Eisenhower
Julie Nixon
Richland Center Jaycees
George Bush
R-Tex
Indian Skeleton Found During Sewer Dig On French Island
Workers for Pendleton Plumbing uncovered what appeared to be an Indian skeleton about four feet underground at 1910 Lakeshore Drive. Sheriff McHugh and Deputy Lisota examined the site and noted an old grave with a carved stone pipe bowl. Bones to be sent to the state crime laboratory for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Island
Pendleton Plumbing
Eldon Burkhardt
Lakeshore Drive
Tim Pendleton
S. West Ave
James McHugh
Theodore Lisota
McHugh
State Crime Laboratory
Negro Named Army General in Historic Promotion
President Johnson elevated Col. Frederic E. Davison to temporary brigadier general making him the second Negro general in U.S. Army history and the only one on active duty. Davison, 50, serves as deputy commanding officer of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam, while the first Negro general was Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Sr., now retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederic E. Davison
U.S. Army
Johnson
Davison
199Th Light Infantry
Vietnam
Benjamin O. Davis Sr
Seven Hurt in Wisconsin Two-Car Collision East of Sparta
SPARTA Wis Seven persons sustained minor injuries in a two car crash on Highway 16 east of Sparta. Wilbur Metz 36 Round Lake Ill turning left into a driveway was struck by Otis Jennings 32 Camp Douglas. The Jennings car skidded 120 feet before impact. Metz wife Shirley 34 and children Laurie 10 Mary 8 William 7 Michael 2 were hospitalized at St Mary's Hospital and released except Mrs Metz. Jennings also treated and released.
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Sparta
Wis
Wilbur Metz
Round Lake
Otis Jennigs
Camp Douglas
Jennings
Metz
Shirley
Laurie
Mary
William
Michael
St. Mary’s Hospital
Stock Quotations From Bank and Regional Listings
The page lists First Bank Stock at 54-54 2/*, Gateway Trans 182-1914, Godfrey Co 24-24 1/4, Gyrodyne 15 5/6-16, Howell Instruments 11-12, Lincoln Nat Life 68 12-69 14, McQuay Inc 34-35, Nekoosa Ed 27 94-28 4, Rockwell Mfg 28 12-29, Royal Dutch NY 82-83, Wallace Bus 29-30, Warner Elec Br 22 2-23, Werner Trans 17, Central Tel Util 26-27 4, Wis Pwr & Lite 24 14-24 4. Regional bids show L C Cooler 83 4-93 4, L C Telephone Co 25 1/2, Pyroll Co Inc 11-12. Mutual Funds include Boston Fund 9.24-10.10, Chemical Fund 20.27-22.16, Eaton & Howard 12.17-13.22, tk 17.79-19.33, Eberstadt F 14.99-16.39, Fidelity F 20.42-22.08, Manhattan F 11.69-12.78, Mass Inv Tr 17.59-19.22, Mass Inv Gr 13.28-14.51, National Inves 03.130, Bal Puritan Fund 12.03-13.01, Wis Fund 84 8-92 7.
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First Bank
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Howell Instruments
Lincoln Nat Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Ed
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch N.Y
Wallace Bus
Warner Elec. Br
Werner Trans
Central Tel. Util
Wis, Pwr, & Lite
C Cooler Co
C Telephone Co
Pyroll Co., Inc
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard
Eberstadt F
Fidelity F
Manhattan F
Mass. Inv
Mass Inv
National Inves
Bal, Eaton & Howard Puritan Fund
Wis. Fund
Rexall Drug
Ryder Systems
Scott Paper
Allied Stores
Sears Roebuck
Allis Chalmers
Sinclair Oil
American
Sperry Randle
American Motors
Standard Oil
Calif
Amer
Tel & Tel
Standard Oil N.J
Anaconda
Standard Oil Ind
Anchor Coupling
Swift
Burlington
Texaco
Chrysler
Trane Co
Consolidated Foods
U.S. Steel
U It
Universal Oil
Eastman Kodak
Westinghouse E
White Motors
Epko Shoe
Woolworths
Ethyl
Dow Jones
Ford Industrials
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodrich
Great Northern Ry
Gulf i
Helleman
Inter
Harvester
Marshall Coo
Chemical
Kresge Koehring
Ers. Inc
Minn
Sentative Mobil Oj
Monsanto Chemical “Sr
Mort. Guar
Northern Pacific
Northern States
Po. Ve Mission
Olin Mathieson
Mac W Transport
Pepsico
Dial Finance
RCA
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Gun Control Faces Setbacks as Vote Looms in Congress
Senate backers of tougher gun controls face delays and setbacks as the Judiciary Committee trims licensing rules and a mail order ban, while House action is postponed. Leader talk centers on bypassing committee to reach the floor, with rights groups massing mail campaigns ahead of August adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary
Johnson
Supreme Court
Joseph D. Tydings
Dmd
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Tydings
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Emergency Committee For
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
John H. Glenn
Judiciary Committee
Youth apprehended for disorderly conduct on Main Street
A 19-year-old La Crosse youth was arrested early Thursday carrying women’s clothing on Main Street and charged with disorderly conduct. Police seek county court referral to a guidance clinic for treatment. Public market listings for livestock and produce accompany the report, noting prices and market activity in Winona and South St. Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Main Street
Guidance Clinic
Reagan Alerted Ready To Enter 1968 Nomination Bid
The Boston Herald Traveler reports Ronald Reagan planned a July 21 national TV reveal as a Republican presidential contender. Reagan’s director Lyn Nofziger denied the bid and noted air time bought for a film of an Indianapolis speech.
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Associated Press
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Boston Herald Traveler
James Mahoney
Lyn Nofziger
Nofziger
Indianapolis
iHe
Herald Traveler
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Former City Editor of 3 Papers Dies
RACINE AP Lloyd B. Wash Cain, 72, former city editor of three Wisconsin papers, died Tuesday in San Luis Obispo, California. He led Rhinelander Daily News and Merrill Daily Herald in the 1920s and became Racine Journal Times city editor in 1935. Funeral services set for Saturday in Rhinelander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine (Ap
Lloyd B
Wash” Cain
Wisconsin
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Cain
Disabled American Veterans
Rhinelander Daily News
Merrill Daily Herald
Racine Journal-Times
Rhinelander
Vernon D. A. Named Madison
James R. Schipper a Viroqua attorney was named Vernon County district attorney effective Sept 1 by Gov Warren P Knowles succeeding Larry Sieger who leaves to become Vernon County judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
James R. Schipper
Viroqua
Vernon County
Warren P. Knowles
Schipper
Larry Sieger
Grain quotes from Chicago market report
Chicago AP grain prices list Wheat No 2 hard 1.3734. No 2 soft red 1.30 percent. Corn No 2 yellow 1.132 to 1.14. No 3 yellow 1.1214. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 68 1 slight 4. Soybean oil 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Grain
Chicago
Audubon Club Hosts Talk and Field Trip Near La Crosse
John Pegers of Clear Air Clear Water Inc. will speak at 7 30 p m Monday in the La Crosse Gun Club at Myrick Park about the federal survey of the Upper Mississippi and its tributaries the nuclear plant impact on birds and environment He also leads a Sunday July 21 field trip to the Coulee Experimental Forest east of Barre Mills meeting point at 1 30 p m at the forest entrance sign on County Trunk II for a ridge top trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pegers
Hopkins, Minn
Clear Air, Clear Water Inc
la Crosse Audubon Society
la Crosse Gun Club
Myrick Park
Pegers
Mississippi River
Coulee Experimental Forest
Barre Mills
St. Joseph Ridge
Death at Cemetery Observance and Local Fatal Wrecks
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at the Lake Thornburg Funeral Home for a deceased woman. Surviving are her parents two sisters Linda and Marleen at home and grandmother Mrs. Rose Mayne of Dubuque. In other state traffic deaths Robert D. Moe 32 of Dousman died in a two car crash in Waukesha County while Jeffery Hanson 13 of rural Greenleaf died after being struck when he jumped from a wagon pulled by a tractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake-Thornburg
Linda
Marleen
Rose Mayne
Dubuque
Robert D. Moe
Dousman
Waukesha County
Jeffery Hanson
James Hanson
Greenleaf
Thefts Of Parachute and Tubing Reported In La Crosse
The La Crosse police were informed of a 125 parachute and 222 dollars worth of copper tubing stolen. Bernie Buchner reported copper tubing taken from a truck overnight. Jerry Briggs reported a parachute and case stolen from his car between 8 p.m. Tuesday and 1 a.m. Wednesday near the Stone House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Bernie Buchner
Sumner St
Jerry Briggs
Wood St
Stone House
R. 2
Weather outlook for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Wisconsin shows partly cloudy skies with thundershowers likely in the north and west, cooler conditions Friday. Minnesota predicts partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday with scattered showers and thunderstorms, warmer south Thursday night and cooler north Friday. Iowa forecasts clear to partly cloudy Thursday night with possible showers in the northwest, warmer east and central. Friday partly cloudy with potential thundershowers. 0 degree days, total 6, last year 24, normal 10. Sunrise 5 34 a.m. Sunset 8 48 p.m. Record highs and lows listed for July 11 in 1936 and 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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la Crosse Tribune
By Doug Bailey
Far East
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
Malta
Alliance
NATO
Church Council
Richland Center Rodeo
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Winona
Min
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Mercantile Exchange
Lam
John F. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Texas
Wwe
Rockefeller
George C. Wallace
Louisville
Nashville
Hubert H. Humphrey
Israel
Middle East
Humphrey
Los Angeles
Eugene J. McCarthy
Soviet Union
McCarthy
Wallace
Alabama
Massachusetts
Vernon D.A
Audubon Club
C.P
Dam
Dakota
Lacrosse
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
Dod
Galesville
West Salem
Root
Houston
Sat. Sun
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