Famed Willard Hotel Closes After Century in Washington
The Willard Hotel on 14th and Pennsylvanian Avenue, a Washington landmark since 1850, closes after more than a century. Owners 1401 Realty Corp and Howill Corp cite financial woes and urban renewal pressure, shedding 200 workers and evicting 150 guests. Notable past guests include Franklin Pierce Walt Whitman Mark Twain Carl Sandburg and Julia Ward Howe who coined The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Warren G. Harding
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Willard Brothers
New England
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Walt Whitman
Mark Twain
Victor Herbert
John Philip Sousa
Carl Sandberg
Julia Ward Howe
Bull Run
John Brown
More Money Allotted For Kickapoo Project
Washington reports Senate Appropriations Committee approves a $4.7 billion public works bill with Wisconsin adjustments. It raises Eau Galle River and Green Bay Harbor funds and increases Kenosha Harbor and La Farge Reservoir Kickapoo River land acquisition to specific revised totals, while sharing Mississippi River improvements at $69.61 million.
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New Administrator Named At St Francis Hospital
Sister Mary Gregory Hanson of Idaho is named administrator of St Francis Hospital and will assume the post on Monday July 22 succeeding Sister M Francita who served since 1966. Hanson, member of the Hospital Sisters, was born in Rigby Idaho and educated there and at Viterbo College.
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St. Francis Hospital
M. Francita
Mary Gregory
Province of Hospital Sisters
St. Paul
Rigby
Rigby High School
St. Rose Convent
St. Francis School of Nursing
School of Anesthesia
Viterbo College
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Hillsboro
University of Minnesota
Robert Packer
Area Man Is Sentenced In Slaying Of Kin
VIROQUA Wisconsin Grantson Nelson 61 was sentenced in Vernon County Circuit Court to up to 25 years in the state prison for the shotgun death of his brother Guy 54 at their rural Liberty farm. Judge Lincoln Neprud ordered the term after Nelson pleaded guilty to homicide by intoxicated use of firearms. Dist Att Larry Sieger prosecuted the case and Lester Skundiberg represented Nelson. The brothers, both employed by Columbian Pin Co of Viola, lived alone on the Liberty farm where Guy was killed and Grantson was arrested March 16.
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Liberty
Vernon County
Lincoln Neprud
Nelson
Larry Sieger
Lester Skundiberg
Westby
Columbian Pin Co
Viola
De Pere Man Struck by Freight Train Killed
Alan A. Smits 27 of rural Kaukauna was killed Monday evening when a northbound North Western freight train struck him as he sat along railroad tracks about 300 yards from the De Pere depot.
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Alan A. Smits
Kaukauna
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Heileman sued by three of its distributors
The report notes Heileman beer maker faces lawsuits from three distributors. It also covers Soviet and Warsaw Pact pressure over Czechoslovakia as troops delay withdrawal and leaders from Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, and the Soviet Union meet in Warsaw.
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Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
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Bulgaria
Hungary
East Germany
Poland
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
la Crosse
US Moscow flight inaugurates commercial air service
A Pan American VIP flight from New York landed in Moscow to cap the first east west jet service after lengthy negotiations. An Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 arrived in New York on schedule but delayed by congestion. The first Pan Am regular flight landed in New York after an 11 hour 25 minute trip with a Copenhagen stop. The Moscow to New York leg began amid heavy air traffic delays and sets the tone for ongoing cooperation.
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Pan
American World Airways
New York
Pan American
Copenhagen
Charles E. Bohlen
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
John F. Kennedy
Pan Am
Heileman Brewing Sued Over Antitrust Violations
Three distributors Levi Chapiensky Bangor Leonard F Killian Black River Falls Milner Homstad Viroqua sue G Heileman Brewing Co of La Crosse in federal court for about 2 million dollars claiming violations of Wisconsin law and the federal antitrust acts.
2000 word Czechoslovakia letter sparks East Bloc crisis
A Prague written indictment by Ludvik Vaculik and 70 signatories condemns Communist rule since 1948 and calls for democratization. Brezhnev warns hardliners amid a European-wide tension as reform efforts threaten Soviet influenced regimes. The 2000 words targets workers farmers and professionals, urging resignations of misusing officials and humane reform. The piece shapes expectations across Czechoslovakia and neighboring states.
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Czechoslovakia
Mlada Fronta
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Ludvik Vaculik
Ground war escalates south of Saigon with heavy Viet Cong losses
The AP reports 192 Viet Cong killed as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces press near Saigon and in the Mekong Delta. A senior officer warns of Viet Cong plans to attack Saigon despite withdrawals, with Da Nang Hue as likely targets. In a dawn battle 16 miles south of Saigon, the 9th Division, supported by bombers, artillery, and helicopters, claims 76 enemy killed and 12 weapons captured while suffering seven Americans dead and 21 wounded.
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Hue
U.S. 9Th Division
Mekong
Phu Vinh
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