City Man Dies In Truck Crash In La Crosse
La Crosse resident Raymond V. Pfafflin 64 died in hospital after a pickup struck a parked car on Bainbridge Street near Washburn Street. Pfafflin owned Pfafflin's Electric City and was a former Boy Scout leader. He is survived by Leone wife and three children. Funeral plans set for Monday at Sletten-McKee Funeral Home. Memorials to Wesley Methodist Church.
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la Crosse
Raymond V. Pfafflin
S. 11Th St
Pfafflin
Bainbridge Street
Washburn Street
St. Francis Hospital
Lutheran Hospital
Electric City
Leone
Henry
Mary) Patch
la Habra
Calif
James
Ithaca
N.Y
William
Sletten-McKee
Edwin Sheppard
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
Wesley Methodist Church
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Irene Hallas
Waukegan
Ill
Milwaukee County
Hallas
Joseph
Broadcasters Reject Restrictive News Media Guidelines
The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association rejects proposed guidelines as too restrictive. It calls for preserving absolute freedom for electronic media to report crime while ensuring accurate fair reporting and a fair trial for the accused.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
National Association of Broadcasters
Douglas A. Anello
Wisconsin
Four Minnesota Teens Die In Two Accidents
The Associated Press reports four teens dead in two unrelated Minnesota crashes. Three teens near Silver Bay died in a U S Highway 61 rollover. car occupants included Kim Gilbertson Mer lem Lind and Gary Meidman. Sharon Cropsey was killed in a pedestrian truck collision in Maplewood St Paul suburb.
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Duluth
St. Paul
Minnesota
U.S. Highway 61
Baptism River
Silver Bay
Minn
Kim Gilbertson
Schroeder
Merlin Lind
Harbors
Gary Meidman
Highway Patrol
Larry Carlisle
St. Mary’s Hospital
Carlisle
Debbie Allard
Marsha Allard
Marsha
Debbie
Sharon Cropsey
Maplewood
Most State Drivers Pass Probation Test
Madison AP reports the Motor Vehicle Division says nearly all drivers two years into probation qualified for regular licenses. Of 3,851 two year probation holders, 123 failed to qualify, continuing a further two year probation with double points after a first violation. About 181000 probationary licenses were issued in 1966 and 1967.
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Madison
Pettibone Beach Closed Over High Bacteria Count
Pettibone Park on La Crosse's South Side will close Saturday through Monday due to a high coliform bacteria count. Park Director Eugene Fry acted on a strong health department recommendation from Chief Sanitarian Alton Schroeder. A test Monday will decide if reopening by Tuesday or Wednesday is possible.
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South Side
Pettibone Park
la Crosse Park
Eugene Fry
Alton Schroeder
City Health Department
Fry
Estimated 20 000 Attend La Crosse Interstate Fair
Attendance at the La Crosse Interstate Fair rose with an estimated 20 000 to 25 000 on Friday. Rain earlier forced indoor cattle judging, but outdoor events resumed after noon. The Doc Evans Dixie land Concert drew a good crowd and the junior livestock sale featured record prices.
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la Crosse
Fair
Doc Evans
Mosquitoes Active But Less Than In '67
Madison AP report from the State Department of Agriculture notes mosquitoes remain plentiful though not as bad as last year. The weekly insect survey also cites high numbers of black flies potato leafhoppers bed legged grasshoppers and corn pests such as aphids borers and rootworms.
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Madison
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Nixon Daughters Visit Richland Center Rodeo and Bridge Dedication
Nixon daughters Julie and Trisha visited Richland Center Wisconsin for a rodeo parade and a bridge dedication. They rode in a parade, attended a reception at the Read home, and unveiled a donated covered bridge over Brush Creek. The sisters, aging 20 and 22, are linked to presidential campaigns and engagements.
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Nixon
Julie
Trisha
Richland Center
Nora Magelee
la Crosse Tribune
Wis
Richard M. Nixon
Wisconsin
Secret Service
New York
Pennsylvania
David Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reading
Eisenhower
Julie Nixon
United States
Charles Read
Read
Pepperidge Farm
Gordon Roseliep
Darlington
Morey Collins
Record-smashing price for La Crosse junior fair barrow
The grand champion 195-pound Hamp shire barrow shown by 12-year-old Douglas Schomberg sold for a record 1.45 per pound to G Heileman Brewing Co. The event at the La Crosse Interstate Fair drew a large crowd with many new bidders. Other top animals included a 830-pound Hereford steer at 96 cents and a 945-pound Angus at 61 cents.
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la Crosse Tribune
Douglas Schomberg
la Crosse
la Crosse County
G. Heileman Brewing Co
John Sleik
Farmers Union Central Exove
Chester White
Mickey Gilster
West Salem
Curly’s
Chevrolet
R. W. Wehrenberg
Steven Gabrielson
R. J, Holmen
Federal Savings & Loan Association of
Lakeview Foodliner
Farmers Cooperative Shipping and Supply
Holmen Locker
Bank of Holmen
Farmers Union Central Exchange
Paul and
Darrell Linse
Moon Photo Service
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
Northern Investment Co
Holmen Feed and Supply
Stanley Peterson
Coulee Farm Supply
Equity Cooperative
Heileman’s
Raymond Brothers
Onalaska
Donald Dickinson
Mindoro Livestock Sales
Production Credit Association
Sacia Iga
Holmen
Union State Bank of West Salem
Greater la Crosse
Peterson
Russell Schroeder
Alvin Miller
Alvin Hemker
Marvin Miller
Jack Ebert
Northern Investment
Fred Kramer
First Federal Savings & Loan Association of
la Crosse Interstate Fair
Tribune
Bloodmobile Exceeds Quota In La Crosse Week
The Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 847 pints, 87 above the 760 pint quota. Trane Co employees contributed 179 187 and 192 pints across three days while St Francis Hospital School of Nursing drew 129 pints on Monday and 160 on Tuesday.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
la Crosse
Trane Co. Employes
St. Francis Hospital School
Bombers report 105 enemy killed in Vietnam toll
In Chau Doc Province the U S Air Force said B52 raids killed 105 enemy soldiers over two days as Saigon braces for a possible major attack by six enemy divisions. Intelligence notes 1 000 infiltrators inside the capital as forces surround Saigon ahead of a potential strike before Friday.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
America
Chau Doc
Seven Mountain
Vietnam
Clark M. Clifford
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Harry Blons
Ed Tolk
Bill Peer
Gary Glassbrenner
Waureka
Highway 133
Boscobel
Grant County
Theodore Sweers
Wau- See
Anello
American Bar Association
Advisory Committee On
The
Pettibone Beach
Barrow
John C. Ellenbecker
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