Hughes Wins Another Round In ABC Battle
Howard Hughes has won another ruling in his bid to buy 43 percent of ABC stock. The U.S. Court of Appeals refused to enjoin the sale of two million shares, upholding a district court decision. The FCC has yet to decide legality. hearings will determine if the purchase complies with rules on control and station ownership.
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New York
Howard Hughes
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
ABC
Hughes
Hughes Tool Co
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Births Across La Crosse Area With Hospital Listings
An ornately detailed births notice lists multiple newborns in La Crosse area hospitals. It includes birth dates from July 12 to July 16, with parents’ names and street addresses, plus an entry from Berlin Germany noting a son named David to S Sgt and Mrs Richard J Mitby at a U S Army Hospital.
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Lacrosse Grandview Hospital
Ralph Cox
Main St
Onalaska
Betty Horn
Lutheran Hospital
Richard D. Harnwell
Cheryl M. Krajewski
St. Francis Hospital
James Markos
Elm Drive
Mary Lou Wettstein
Harlan Nelsestuen
R. 1
Ettrick
Helen Johnson
Lester Beckman
Houston
Minn
Leora Smith
Michael Chase
Trempealeau
Patricia Mahutga
David Bush
Walrath St
Sparta
Alice Knoll
Ellis Stetzer
George St
Judy Knudson
Robert Berry
Holmen
Sherry Back
James Marcou
Island St
Mary Haffner
Robert Guthrie
Rockland
Margery Prince
Michael Haase
Boulder
Colo
Frances Feakes
Orville Molling
S. 4Th St
Patricia Fritsch
Melvin Korish
Liberty St
Margaret Fisher
Gerald Sjolander
4Th Ave. S
Kathleen Merrell
Allis Chalmers Sales Dip in First Half 1968
Allis Chalmers Mfg Co reports six month 1968 sales at 415.71 million dollars, down about five percent from 1967. Earnings drop from 7.6 million to 4.6 million, or 81 cents to 45 cents per share, with 11 cents per share linked to depreciation policy change.
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Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
Conventions Face Widening Long Lines Strike Threat
AT&T warned of a potential strike by 24 000 long lines installers from the Communications Workers of America threatening TV and radio facilities and teletype services. Illinois Bell strike impact risks moving the Democratic convention to Miami Beach while Florida Democrats raise 600 000 for the event.
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H. L. Schwartz
Washington
Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Ami Beach
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Communications Workers of America
At&t
New York
Bell System
Miami Beach
George Smathers
D-Fla
John Bailey
Florida
South Florida
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Tillinois Bell
Re-Evaluation Protested By Taxpayer Unit
In St Joseph Michigan the Taxpayers Association led by Matthew Schumacher seeks a state AG investigation of the county property re valuation conducted by the James R Laird Corp of Appleton Wisconsin. The group charges lack of licensing and uneven appraisals plus a suit against Laird and county official Trippe.
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St, Joseph, Mich
St. Joseph
State Attorney General’s Office
Matthew Schumacher
White Pigeon
St. Joseph's
Laird Corp
Henry V. Trippe
Laird
Michigan
Pauline Detzler
Corporations
Michigan Treasury Department
State Tax Commission
Wisconsin
Taxpayers Association
Schumacher
Victor Bucknell
Vicksburg
St. Joseph County
Taxpayers Group
Jet With Flat Tire Makes Safe Landing
A North Central DC-9 jetliner departing Stevens Point Wisconsin for Green Bay blew an outer tire on the right main gear. The pilot landed safely in Minneapolis taxing to a terminal. passengers were discharged. The tire failure occurred as the plane left Stevens Point and the craft was diverted to the airline’s headquarters city.
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Minneapolis
Stevens Point
Wis
Green Bay
North Central
Showboat veteran Captain William Menke dies in St Louis
Captain William Menke age 88 longtime showboat performer on the Mississippi River boats has died Monday in St Louis. He spent nearly 70 years entertaining on river stages and was known as a veteran of the showboat era.
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ST. Louis
William “Bill” Menke
Reagan Plans Swing Through South To Blunt Wallace Gains
Reagan launches a southern swing July 22 26 to blunt George Wallace growing poll strength as a GOP rival while Rockefeller polls for a likely convention winning candidate and Nixon seeks nomination momentum with supportive efforts in the final weeks before the convention.
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Reagan
Wallace
Associated Press
California
Ronald Reagan
South
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Sacramento
Miami Beach
Texas
Arkansas
Virginia
North Carolina
Harris
Louis Harris
Washington Post
Gallup
New York
Nelson A.rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Colorado
John A. Love
Indianapolis
Love
Nixon
Food Flights Aid Biafra Starvation Effort Faces Risks
A small fleet of aging Lockheed propliners, owned by Henry Wharton, has delivered over 300 tons of food and medicine to Biafra since March. Officials warn 200 tons daily are needed as Nigerian authorities threaten to shoot down unauthorized relief planes, while aid groups seek permitted routes via federal territory.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Henry Wharton
U.S
Miami
Fla
Nigeria
Zurich
Switzerland
Biafra
Wharton
Caritas Organization
Diakonisches
Lufthansa
Lagos
Seaway Strike Cuts Milwaukee Port Revenue
Milwaukee suffered about 500000 in lost payroll and port revenue from a 24 day St Lawrence Seaway walkout. Harbor trade was 77 percent ahead of 1967 before the strike ended and 20 ships diverted to other ports with over 26000 tons redirected.
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Milwaukee
St. Lawrence Seaway
Harry C. Brockel
Superior
Brockel
Elks Name Knight for 100th Anniversary Convention
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks named Melville J. Jun ion of Green Bay Wisconsin as its grand esteemed leading knight during a convention marking the fraternal group’s 100th anniversary.
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I Elks
Knight New York
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Melville J. Junion
Green Bay
Wis
New York Bingo Programs Run Losses for State
New York State reports legalized bingo yielded 27.8 million in grants to licensed organizations while the state agency overseeing bingo operations spent about 455 thousand in license revenues, nearly 100 thousand more than its costs.
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New York
New York State
State
Man Honors Wife With Billboard Tribute in El Paso
Nathan Goldman of El Paso created a billboard recognizing wife Estelle who earned a University of Texas at El Paso degree after eight years of intermittent study due to illness and family care. He quipped she will punch him in the nose. the sign reads her future plans jokingly.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mediare
Estelle
el Paso Herald Post
Nathan Goldman
University of Texas At
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Allis-Chalmers
Carters
Illinois Bell
Bell
IBEW
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
David Mazzarella
Bliss
Press—Bliss
Farrell
Randall-Graw CO
Monitor St
la Crosse, Wis
Ing Transactions
State Bank OF
RIC
Fourth & Main Sts
N.Y
Moses
Spurgeon
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