Convention Deadline Near as Chicago Sees Union Strike
Chicago faces potential disruption to the Democratic National Convention as an Illinois Bell strike by the IBEW, with officials including Mayor Daley and News reports noting possible relocation if talks fail. AT&T and government figures press for resolution to protect installation and coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Electrical Workers Union
Democratic Party
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Chicago Sun-Times
Illinois Bell
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Joseph D. Keenan
IBEW
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Sun-Times
Keenan
Systems Council T4
National Committee
International Amphitheatre
The
Chicago Tribune
LBJ
the Tribune
W. Willard Wirtz
Gordon Freeman
Richard J. Daley
American Telephone& Telegraph Co
At&t
New York
Daley
John M. Bailey
O’brien
State Dept disputes Young Pueblo claim
Senator Stephen M. Young forecast U S release of the Pueblo prisoners by August with an apology and indemnity. The State Department rejected his details saying they have no source for his information. North Korea demands an apology for spying and seized the ship January 23 with 82 surviving crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Dept
Young's Pueblo
Washington
State Department
United States
Stephen M. Young
Dohio
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Pueblo
Robert J. McCloskey
Sen. Y Oung
Department
Young
North Korea
Amn Nk
Panmunjom
J C Penney Denies Usury Violation in Wisconsin
Madison AP J C Penney Co denies violation of state usury law and files circuit court action to test the law. The firm faces a suit by Attorney General Bronson La Follette alleging a 14.2 percent monthly charge violates a 12 percent annual limit. Penney’s counterclaims say the 14.2 percent is a service charge and no small loan license is needed. Case before Judge W L Jackman. date pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General's Office
W. L. Jackman
Two Men Arrested on Dope Charge in Racine County
Federal narcotics agents and Racine police arrested two men south of Racine after trailing them from Laredo Texas. Authorities confiscated 50 to 60 pounds of marijuana in the Wednesday raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Laredo
Tex
Racine County
Post Office freezes routes extension amid Saturday mail continuity
Washington AP report states Saturday mail will continue while a temporary freeze blocks extending delivery routes. The halt affects routes to new subdivisions or large apartments needing more carriers and facilities. House Speaker McCormack seeks possible postal exemption from federal cutbacks amid tax law changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
John W. McCormack
Post Office Department
itHnhoeys
asWan
Ways and Means
Water Dept Impostor Tries to Collect Sample in North Side
A middle aged man posing as a city water department official visited Clarence and N. Merrell at 1827 Loomis St asking for a water sample and promising a pickup later. City officials denied any sample collection, and police describe the impersonator as about 50s, 5 feet 5 inches, stocky and neatly dressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side
City Water Department
Clarence Merrell
Loomis St
Farm broadcaster William MacDonald dies in Lincoln
William E. MacDonald 63 farm service director for station KFOR in Lincoln and a 42 year veteran of radio broadcasting died Thursday. He was a longtime figure in Nebraska farming coverage and public service programming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
William E. MacDonald
KFOR
Lincoln
Bombers Hit Viet Cong Infiltration Corridor Near Cambodian Border
Vietnam reports eight engine bombers hit Phuoc Long Province 90 miles northeast of Saigon and the Seven Mountains area 125 miles southwest near the Cambodian border. The Viet Cong infiltration route has long been a target. heavy U S bombing on North Vietnam's southern panhandle has reduced regional traffic in recent days.
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Seven Mountains
Saigon
North Vietnam
Panhandle
South Vietnam
U.S
Traffic Signals At Ward Losey Part Of Package
The La Crosse Common Council authorized nearly 25000 for traffic signal upgrades including Ward Avenue Losey Boulevard and related work. The Board of Public Works will seek bids in August to install signals at Ward Losey West and South Avenues and place conduit for the master control transfer to the new city hall.
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Losey Boulevard
Ward Avenue
la Crosse
8Th
Main Streets
Losey
Chase
Weston
Industrial Site Annexed and Plat Of Another Approved
La Crosse Common Council approved annexing a 40 acre tract in the Couleesites Addition east of Oak Street and authorized planning to plat the Airport Industrial Park west of the airport. The park plan totals about $820000, revised by City Planning Director Ronald Bracegirdle with a new layout from the engineering firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Candeub, Fleissig and Associates
Ronald G. Bracegirdle
California Women Win Powder Puff Derby Championship
Two California women pilots Margaret Mead of Goleta and Billie Herrin of Santa Barbara won the Powder Puff Derby over 2500 miles. They exceeded their Bellanca handicap by 13.53 mph to secure first place, ahead of Sophia Payton and Pauline Mallory. Gini Richardson and Marian Banks finished third, Fran Berra placed fourth.
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Savannah, Ga
California
Margaret Mead
Goleta
Calif
Billie Herrin
Santa Barbara
Sophia M. Payton
Indianapolis
Ind
Pauline Mallory
Miami
Fla
Gini S. Richardson
Yakimi
Wash
Marian Banks
San Diego
Fran Berra
Low Beach
Heirs Seek $10,000 From City Over Fatal Fall
Heirs of Raymond L. Fitch a 74 year old North Hollywood California man filed for 10 000 against La Crosse city after Fitch died May 20 from injuries from a May 7 fall near the Airport Terminal Building Heirs argue the step was obscured and submitted the claim to the city liability insurer via the Common Council committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Hollywood
Calif
la Crosse
Raymond L. Fitch
Mao Opponents Seize Wuchow City in China Fighting
Radio Moscow and Japanese broadcasts report Mao foes have seized Wuchow a city of over 200000 near the Canton border after heavy combat in which hundreds died. The broadcasts say about 3000 Mao supporters were arrested and more than 2000 buildings burned in the clashes across southern China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Radio Moscow
Mao Tse-tung
Wuchaw
Canton
China
Communist Party
Red Guard
Mao
Wuchow
Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Anti Fluoridation Unit Adopts Name
The La Crosse Citizens Committee Against Fluoridation announced that a subcommittee adopted a permanent name at a July 9 meeting, becoming the La Crosse Action Committee for Freedom and Safe Water. The spokesman said the change signals broader future activities and aims for a positive image. The group criticized public health agencies, calling the current era one of complete chemical irresponsibility and blaming them for an unhealthful environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Citizens Committee Against Fluoridation
la Crosse Action Committee For Freedom and Safe Water
City fogging to affect areas near Green Bay Street
City crews plan fogging Friday night from the south city limit to Green Bay Street between east and west city limits. Saturday night fogging will cover from Green Bay to Market Streets between the east and west city limits.
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Green Bay Street
Green Bay
Market Streets
Lindsay Sees Rockefeller Drive Gaining
Milwaukee crowd hears John Lindsay campaign for Nelson Rockefeller as he visits Wisconsin on a Midwest swing. He says delegates can be moved by momentum and cites 1940 Willkie precedent while urging an open Republican convention and backing Rockefeller.
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Milwaukee
New York
John Lindsay
Midwest
Nelson Rockefeller
Wendell Willkie
James Rhodes
Ohio
Nixon
Lindsay
John
Rocky
Garfield Park
Rockefeller
Wisconsin traffic toll rises with new deaths in 1968
An Oshkosh pedestrian Edward O. Novitzke 58 dies after being struck by two cars near Oshkosh. Calvin H. Gard 18 of Edg(?)mund dies when his motorcycle skids on Highway 18 near Ridgeway. Morton H. Fields 79 of rural Cazenovia killed in two car crash. Two others, Joseph K. Andre 23 of Grand Rapids Mich and Robert D. Moe 32 of Dousman, die in a two car crash near Dousman. Hog cattle and produce markets and prices included in the page.
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Iowa County
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Edward 0. Novitzke
Calvin H. Gard
Edmund
Highway 18
Ridgeway
Gard
Morton H. Fields
Cazenovia
Richland County
Dousman
Joseph K. Andre
Grand Rapids
Mich
Robert D. Moe
Defense Department backs nuclear nonproliferation treaty
Defense Secretary Paul Nitze and General Earle Wheeler told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the treaty is an important step toward new security forms. They said it does not compromise U S defense needs and hailed prospects for future U S Soviet disarmament talks. President Johnson seeks quick ratification as Secretary of State Rusk testified the treaty is needed to curb nuclear spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Gulick Washington
Defense Department
Defense
Paul Nitze
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Nitze
Soviet Union
Rourke Hickenlooper
Lown
Wheeler
U.S
Local Hospital Admissions And Fire Calls From La Crosse
Records show several emergency transports on July 11 and 12 with multiple patients admitted for illnesses to St Francis Hospital and Lutheran Hospital. Fire crews reported a motor fire at a La Crosse home and ballast smoking at a yard spotlight with no damage, plus a correction about a motorcycle accident driver identified as Thomas Erickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trane, Co
Harold Kenyon
S. 27Th St
Lutheran Hospital
Ward Ave
Antony Pederson
Redfield St
St. Francis Hospital
Donald Copeland
S. 7Th St
Joseph Killeman
John Coughlin
Main St
Baseball night slate and campus lecture on growth
Friday highlights include Twins versus Tigers at 7:45 p.m. on WKBH and Cubs versus Mets at 7 p.m. on WKTY. WLCX airs a Vox Pop University series with Dr. Donovan Riley discussing projected university growth. Saturday covers Cubs vs Mets at 1:10 p.m. and a 7 p.m. Interstate Fair, plus regional WIAA baseball at WCOW Sparta with Bangor and La Farge games and matchups Onalaska versus West Salem at 3 p.m.
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WKBH
Twins
Detroit Tigers
WLCX
Donovan Riley
WKTY
Chicago Cubs
Mets
Cubs
WCOW
Sparta
Bangor
la Farge
Onalaska
West Salem
Fair highlights and weekend livestock events announced
Friday features include junior fair dairy cattle judging open class swine favorite foods review and 4 H projects with Doc Evans and his Dixieland group performing. The junior fair live stock sale starts at 8 p m with bids invited from area businesses. Saturday adds open-class dairy cattle judging tractor contest at 10 a m and 4 H dress revue at 1 30 p m in the exhibit building. Motorcycle racing and a horse pulling contest occur in the grandstand later. Sunday begins with draft horse judging at 1 30 p m.
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Page 1
Doc Evans
Dixieland Group
Boating Accidents Claim Two Lives in Wisconsin
Two men died in separate boating accidents on Thursday in Wisconsin. George Kiley, 70, of Milwaukee perished when his boat capsized on Lake Auburn near Campbellsport. bystanders and a vacationing firefighter attempted revival but failed. Arno C. Bessereich, 68, of Kewaunee drowned after his boat overturned on East Alaska Lake near Kewaunee while fishing.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
George Kiley
Milwaukee
Lake Auburn
Campbellsport
Riley
Kewaunee
Arno C. Bessereich
Alaska Lake
St Paul Boy Dies After Bicycle Truck Crash
A nine year old boy, Donald Holum, died in a St Paul hospital from injuries sustained when his bicycle collided with a truck. The accident occurred in St Paul, adding to Minnesota’s 1968 highway toll which rose to 455 from 499 a year earlier.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minnesota
Donald Holum
Oklahoma Broadcasters Leader Frank Lane Dies at 63
Frank S. Lane executive secretary of the Oklahoma Broadcasters Association died after a long illness. Lane, 63, served as general manager of KRMG in Tulsa from 1953 to 1962 and previously managed stations in Tennessee and Florida.
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Tulsa
Okla
Frank S. Lane
The
Oklahoma Broadcasters Association
Lane
KRMG
Tennessee
Florida
Two Montana men plead guilty in La Crosse burglary case
Dennis N. Schultz age 23 of Kalispell and Charles R. Johnson age 22 of Cut Bank pleaded guilty to charges in La Crosse County Court. They await sentencing on August 2 with possible earlier hearings as reports are completed. Schultz aided a motel clerk with a switchblade while Johnson burglarized a service station and alerted by a hotel room slip.
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Montana
la Crosse
Lincoln Neprud
Leonard F. Roraff
Neprud
Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services
Dennis N. Schultz
Kalispell
Charles R. Johnson
Cutbank
Asst. Dist
Merwin Mellor
Schultz
S. 4Th St
Dorothy Butler
Wood St
Johnson
William Schmidt
1702 South Ave
City To Hire Accountant For Gas Rate Study
The Common Council approved hiring an accountant to assess a proposed rate increase from Northern States Power Co. The auditor will cost 1000 dollars and determine if the spike is ungry to La Crosse gas users. City Atty John K Flanagan noted Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls already pay higher rates.
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Northern States Power Co
Common Council
NSP
la Crosse
Hudson City
John K. Flanagan
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls
Market Quotes From National Dealers Assoc and Local Firms
Quotations from the National Association of Securities Dealers and regional sources as of 9:00 a.m. list Rexall Drug Ryder Systems Scott Paper Sears Roebuck Sinclair Oil Sperry Rand Standard Oil California New Jersey and other majors with varied gains and losses. Commodities include July Wheat Soybeans and Corn with notable percentage changes and a volume of 4 080 000. Local bids and asks cover La Crosse Cooler Pyroll Co and mutual funds from Boston Fidelity Mass and Wis. funds with spread ranges and markup adjustments.
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Rexall Drug
Ryder Systems
Scott Paper
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
Calif
N.J
Ind
Swift
Texaco
Trane Co
U.S. Steel
Universal Oil
Westinghouse Eloc
White Motors
Woolworth
Dow Jones
Marshall Co. National
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
CW Transport
Dial Finance
Fabri-Tek, Inc
First Bank
Gateway
Godfrey Co
Howell Instrum
Lincoln Nat. Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch NY
Wallace Business
Warner Elec
Werner Trans
Wis. Power & L
la Crosse
Tele
Pyroll Co
Mutual
Boston Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard
Eberstadt
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wis. Fund
Also Mentioned on This Page
la Crosse Tribune
By Gary Greenbaum
Wren
Bailey
Joseph O’brien
Bell
Jere
J. C. Penney Co
Mr. Winona
C.P
T.W
Dakota
LA Crossard
Dam
Post Office
Water Inspector
Vietnam
Phuoc Long Province
Ward, Losey
Moscow
Skeeter Schedule
Rockefeller Drive
Richard M. Nixon
Madison
St. Louis
Winona Livestock
Winona
Minn
Highway 61
Mercantile Exchange
South ST. Paul Livestock
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Texas
Cash Grain
Ferryville
Prairie du Chien
Crawford County
Luther League
Sugar Creek
Barbara Herreid
Defense Dept
Norman Kuderer
Cashton
Thomas Erickson
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
Amer. Tel. & Tel
Anaconda
Burlington
Chrysler
Consolidated Foods
Eastman Kodak
Ford
General Aniline
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodrich
Great “Northern Ry
Gulf
Johan Brewing
International Harvester
Inter. Tel. & el
Interstate Power
Jim Walter Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Kawecki Chemical Koehring
Kresge
Minn, Mining
Mil
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Northern Pacific
Northern States
Northwest Bancorp
Olin Mathieson
RC Epsico
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