Minnesota Seeks To Ease Waiting For Mentally Retarded
Frances Coakley, supervisor for mentally deficient in Minnesota Welfare, aims to cut a 693 person waiting list and ease crowding. She notes 6,519 under state care, highlights funding increases from 36,000 to 155,000, and stresses prevention, community services, and early diagnosis.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Frances Coakley
State Health Board
Miss Coakley
Minnesota
Department of Public Welfare
Karl Rolvaag
City Zoning Bill Passed By Senate
MADISON AP The Wisconsin Senate completed action on a bill to let cities and villages zone land beyond their corporate limits. Second and third class cities would control land up to three miles out. villages up to 142 miles. The measure, backed by the League of Municipalities, would curb auto junk yards and similar enterprises. The six member committee would be split between town and city or village representatives. The bill passed 18 to 9. Another Assembly bill provides 30 cents per acre payments to towns for land added to state preserves, about $200,000 yearly. Sen Carl Thompson lost a bid to revise unfair trade practices to conform with federal law. Senate actions end weekly sessions. House set to reconvene Tuesday morning.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
John W. Reynolds
League of Municipalities
Assembly
Carl Thompson
D-Stoughton
Wisconsin
Senate
House
Bank Robbery Attempt Ends With Escape In Richland Minnesota
A would-be bandit fled after a bank president frightened him during a daylight robbery at the State Bank of New Richland Minnesota. The gunman demanded cash, left about 4700 in the till, and escaped in a car as bank staff pursued. Described as slender, 5 10, with reddish blonde hair, he wore work clothes, a dark shirt, sunglasses and a straw hat.
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New Richland
Minn
State Bank of
Harry Anderson
George
Hovig
Anderson
Gary Hatle
Hatle
Minnesota
Waseca
Rail Panel Work Plans Drawn Up
President Kennedy’s blue ribbon rail panel outlined a busy week aimed at paving a path to legislation to avert a nationwide rail strike. The six member group led by Wirtz will focus on fact finding to support a July 22 congressional recommendation while negotiations continue with carriers and unions.
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Washington
Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
Wirtz
Two Michigan Fliers Escape Injury In Ellsworth Jet Crash
RAPID CITY South Dakota AP Two Michigan aviators Capt Raymond Medina and Lt Victor Colon escaped harm when their T33 jet trainer from Kincheloe AFB collapsed landing gear and crashed igniting on approach at Ellsworth Air Force Base witnesses reported both flyers from the 507th Fighter Squadron Air Defense Command.
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Rapid City
S.D
Michigan
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Raymond Medina
Victor Colon
507Th
Kincheloe Afb
Air Defense Command
Red Chinese withdraw from Ladakh border post
New Delhi announces that Chinese forces withdrew from a military post in Northwest Ladakh four miles inside the 1959 line of actual control. Indian protests followed last month as the area marked the high tide of prior Chinese advances amid the Himalayan border dispute.
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New Delhi
Ladakh
India
Social Security Official Talks To Rotarians
Stephen Leszcynski manager of the La Crosse District Social Security Office spoke at the Rotary Club meeting at Hotel Stoddard. He cited that in the six county district about 1.6 million dollars is paid monthly to 26 000 beneficiaries and in La Crosse County 556 000 dollars goes to 8 000 persons. He outlined recent changes in social security taxes requirements and benefits.
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Stephen Leszcynski
la Crosse District
Social Security
Rotary Club
Stoddard
Harold Kraus
Leszcynski
la Crosse
Marvin Schirmacher
Edgar Schroeder
James Lomas
Fennimore
Veteran Milwaukee Reporter Samuel Benyas Dies at 61
Samuel A. Benyas, a veteran Milwaukee journalist, died after a heart attack while playing bridge. The 61 year old reporter retired in 1962 after 39 years with The Milwaukee Journal and about two years with The Milwaukee Sentinel. He was a Appleton High School graduate and a native of Negaunee Michigan. He is survived by his widow.
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Milwaukee
Samuel A. Benyas
Benyas
The
Milwaukee Journal
Milwaukee Sentinel
Appleton High School
Appleton Post
University of Wisconsin
Sentinel
Negaunee
Mich
Negro Soldiers Allegedly Refused Service At Shelby Tavern
Mrs. Eleanore Held operator of Shorty’s Beer Stube in Shelby denied that two Negro soldiers were refused service Thursday night. She said they were served from 11:30 p.m. with white soldiers. She asked the group to leave when trouble brewed. James Lasley, a soldier from Camp McCoy, asked if service was refused and said he would sign a complaint. Dist Atty Flynn could not be reached to confirm any signed complaint.
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Eleanore Held
Shorty
Highway
Shelby
James H. Lasley
Camp McCoy
Injured Kansas Man Transferred To Great Lakes
CWO Harold E. Klempnauer 41 Kansas City Kan was transferred from St Marys Hospital to the Naval Hospital at Great Lakes Ill after a serious accident at Angelo on STH 21. He suffered a possible skull fracture and intracranial hemorrhaging with facial lacerations. Captain Bernard Heim 34 Leavenworth Kan was killed when his car hit a bridge abutment. Captain John E. Braum 41 Ottawa Kan and 2nd Lt Jaydee F. Stinson 26 Lawrence Kan were moved to Camp McCoy Hospital with injuries including a broken jaw and contusions. The men were part of the 137th Infantry Kansas National Guard advance party due for two weeks of summer training.
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Sparta
Wis
CWO
Harold E. Klempnauer
Kansas City
Kan
Angelo
St. Mary's Hospital
Naval Hospital At
Great Lakes
Ill
Klempnauer
Bernard Heim
Leavenworth
Sparta Hospital
Camp McCoy Hospital
John E. Braum
Ottawa
Jaydee F. Stinson
Lawrence
137Th Infantry
Kansas National Guard
Civil rights clash over Kennedy plan rages in Congress
Sen. Hart would walk with Martin Luther King and Sen. Magnuson said the issue is the need for civil rights legislation not who protests. Barnett assails civil rights moves while southern lawmakers warn of violence. Governors Rosellini Rockefeller push for united votes and civil rights emphasis at Miami Beach meeting. Kennedy frames civil rights and tax cut as twin priorities.
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Central Committee
The
Communist Party
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Martin Luther King
Warren G. Magnuson
D Wash
Robert F. Kennedy
Magnuson
Congress
Elks Club
John Birch Society
House
Judiciary
Albert Watson
D-S.c
Joe D. Waggonner
D-La
Albert D. Rosellini
Washington
Miami Beach
Rosellini
Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
William W. Barron
West Virginia
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
John W. Reynolds
Wisconsin
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Bari ritual prompts old ox killing in Sudan custom
The Bari people of Sudan reportedly require a man to kill his favorite ox when it ages. The report notes the practice as a cultural custom while mentioning related testimony about aviation evaluation terms and a witness stand return slated for Monday.
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Sudan
Ann Landers Q A Dear Ann Landers Columns
A collage of reader questions and Ann Landers replies from 1963 covers time management household debates lighting advice consumer complaints and letters about dealing with postmasters. The column delivers practical blunt guidance on daily life issues and personal dilemmas.
River Readings Show Flood Stage At La Crosse Station
Station reports flood stage reading at La Crosse with 24 hour change noted. Prec 1249, 0.1 rise.
Weather Record Lacrosse and Vicinity Summary
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a slight cooling tonight and warming Sunday afternoon. Lows near 60 tonight, highs in the 80s Sunday. Monday expected partly cloudy and mild with morning near 60. Wisconsin facing showers and thundershowers mainly east and south tonight, Sunday showers then partly cloudy east. Minnesota partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, cooler tonight, little change Sunday. Iowa partly cloudy tonight with fair Sunday, cooler northwest and warmer east Sunday. Sunrise Sunday 5 35 a.m. Sunset 8 46 p.m. Degree days to date 0 total 1 last year 0 normal 12.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
County Board Delays Budget and Levy Action in Caledonia
Houston County commissioners postponed adoption of the year budget and setting of tax levies until Monday. A proposed nine ton Elm Street roadway through La Crescent was discussed but no action taken as the road program is planned on a five year basis. Tax collections through June remain about 62 percent, matching last year, with second half real estate taxes due November 1. A 3:30 p.m. Monday meeting will address joint operation of a Winona mental health center with welfare board and county officials.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County Board
William Mishler
la Crescent
Elm Street
Commissioners and Welfare Board
Winona
Domenget divorce granted after cruel and inhuman treatment
Melvin J Domenget 31 of 803 S 19th St divorces Natalie Peterson Domenget 29 of same address on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Married March 2 1952 in La Crosse. Custody of four minor children awarded to the father by agreement, mother to care for children during the father's working hours.
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Melvin J. Domenget
S. 19Th St
Natalie
Peterson) Domenget
la Crosse
Milford Miller pleads innocent in illegal auto transfer case
Milford L. Miller of 2040 S. 30th St. pleads innocent to illegal transfer of an automobile, trial set for 9 a.m. July 30 with no bond. Lawrence Dolney, unnamed age and address, faces continued hearing at 9 a.m. July 15 for failure to provide support for four minor children. he failed to post a $750 bond and was remanded to County Jail.
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Milford L. Miller
S. 30Th St
Lawrence Dolney
Transport Moves Between Addresses and Hospitals Noted
On July 11 at 5 19 p m a patient 60 year old Dr David Daley left 1601 Wood St bound for Grandview Hospital due to illness A second entry shows July 12 at 9 p m Ronald R Roberts 26 of 232 South St transported to Lutheran Hospital with an injured left knee from Trane Plant 4
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Caledonia St
David Daley
Wood St
Grandview Hospital
Trane Plant
Ronald R. Roberts
Sotith St
Lutheran Hospital
Fires and a water-damage incident reported in La Crosse
On July 11 and 12, multiple incidents are logged around La Crosse including marsh and grass fires near Gorder Road Oak Grove Cemetery and Highway 53, a resuscitation at 703 Pine Street, and water damage from a faulty sprinkler at Gateway Grocery 106 S Front Street. Firefighting units respond to several scenes and the Burlington Railroad tracks near Monitor Street are noted for old ties and logs.
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Gorder Road
Oak Grove Cemetery
Highway 53
George St
Pine St
Clem Burke
Burlington Railroad
Monitor Street
Gateway Grocery
S. Front St
Legion Seeks Beer Permit For Conclave
GALESVILLE Wisconsin Legion spokesmen asked the Common Council to permit a beer tent during the 10th District Legion convention on September 28 and 29. The council took the request under advisement.
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Legion
Galesville
Wis
American Legion
Common Council
Dist. Legion
Council refers Curling Club lease expansion proposal
Aldermen referred the La Crosse Curling Club expansion matter to committee after filing. The club seeks a longer lease or favorable arrangement on city land at East Avenue and Badger Street, with plans to extend the Interstate Fair Association building lease and possibly purchase the city land. appraisals were requested.
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la Crosse Curling Club
City
Interstate Fair Association
Curling Club
East Avenue
Badger Street
The
Fair Association
Hearings On Wisconsin Minimum Wage Rules Set
The Wisconsin Industrial Commission will hold a public hearing Monday to consider proposed changes in minimum wage regulations for women and minors. The hearing is at 10 a.m. in the La Crosse office of the Wisconsin State Employment Service, 508 Ave. S.
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Eeeelseeee
County of la Crosse
Gloria J. Williams
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
la Crosse
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Farm Progress Days Preview Draws Press and Officials
About 100 representatives from press radio and television plus agricultural officials attended a luncheon and preview tour in Viroqua Wisconsin for Farm Progress Days July 26 28. Sites visited included Vernon County fairgrounds home and hospital farm with weed plots and antique equipment gear and a Timber Coulee soil detention structures and a Snowflake Ski Club display at Snowflake.
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Viroqua
Wis
Farm Progress Days
Viroqua Country Club
Vernon County Fairgrounds
Willard Wirth
Vernon County
Orrin Berge
University of Wisconsin Extension Agronomist
David Holcolmb
United States
Tri-State
Harold Munson
Westby
Munson
Timber Coulee
Coon Valley
Snowflake Ski Club
Wirth
Leif Mikkelson
Beckwith Defense Fund Expands Amid Donations
Greenwood Mississippi AP reports Byron de la Beckwith murder case defense fund grows as donations arrive from across the country. Attorney Hute McLean Sr. notes most gifts are small, 10 to 25 dollars, but he declined to estimate total funds.
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Greenwood, Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Hute McLean Sr
Alderman Johnson Pushes Opposition to Vehicle Tax
Alderman Robert Johnson of the 21st Ward asks the Common Council to oppose pending state legislation that would establish a 2 percent excise tax on motor vehicles based on depreciated value. The issue is referred to the council’s special legislation committee for action.
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Robert Johnson
Common Council
Council
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George Meany
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Stuart Saunders
Norfolk & Western Railway
Joseph Block
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
George M. Harrison
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Luther H. Hodges
Michigan Fliers Unhurt Inc
D. Crash
Marvin L. Shirmacher
la Crosse Rotary Club
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N. Losey Blvd
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Carlyle Ellefson
Wayne Wendorf
Bernard Riddle
Randall Swanson
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
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Beaver Creek Addition
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