Harriman urges recognition of South Vietnam in Paris talks
In the 14th Paris session Harriman told North Vietnamese negotiators that progress toward peace requires recognizing South Vietnam's government. He cited renewed Viet Cong violence around Saigon and planned to press Hanoi on four points including self determination for South Vietnam. U.S. officials question any real change from Hanoi and monitor the Alliance of National Democratic and Peace Forces as a possible front for the Viet Cong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
South Vietnam
Harriman
Johnson
Honolulu
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Saigon
National Liberation Front
Washington
U.S
Thuy
North
Vietnamese Foreign Ministry
Hanoi
South Vietnam National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Alliance of
National
Democratic
Peace Forces of
Vietnam
Liberation Front
Tomah Youth On Probation For Break-Ins
Asa L. Bald win, 18, of Tomah, placed on two years probation by Monroe County Judge James W. Rice after pleading guilty to four break-ins. He received two concurrent two year terms in the Green Bay Reformatory and two 30 day county jail terms retroactive to June 2. Richland Center men fined for delinquency charges. other hearings set. Sparta officers injured in arrest scuffle.
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Sparta
Wis
Asa L. Baldwin
Tomah
State Department of Health and Social Services
Monroe
James W. Rice
Green Bay Reformatory
Jerry Lee Boak
Dallas Lisney
Richland Center
Cecil Waege
Theodore Gebczyk
Rice
Atty
Lawrence Clark
Gebczyk
James Sullivan
Sparta Motors
Sullivan
Allen C. Jones
Lynn Sanders
Senior Citizens Set 3 Activities at La Crosse Center
The La Crosse Senior Citizens Center lists events for seniors including a Euchre tournament with lunch at 1 30 p m on Thursday a bakery tour at 12 50 p m Friday meet at Erickson's Bakery 320 5th Ave S Potluck picnic at 12 30 p m Saturday at Myrick Park main shelter house followed by horse shoe pitching and table games
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Gillette St
Erickson’s Bakery
5Th Ave. S
Myrick Park
Fire destroys Gale Trailer Court shed in Wisconsin
A 40 by 80-foot storage and repair building at Hoff Trailer Court on STH 35 near Galesville was destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon. A tractor, repair equipment and power tools were also burned. A nearby trailer was scorched. Damage estimate unavailable and cause unknown. Galesville Fire Department fought the blaze and prevented spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
City police join three day criminal justice institute
Chicago officers including Chief Ronald C. Wold and Det. Lt. Ray Lichtie help lead 140 law enforcement officials from across the nation as they begin a three day institute at Kent College. The program focuses on improving criminal justice practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea Crosse
Kent College
Chicago
Ronald C. Wold
Ray Lichtie
Radio Highlights Slated for Wednesday Sports
WKTY at 7:15 p.m. features time trials from North La Crosse Speedway followed by WKBH at 7:45 p.m. broadcasting the Minnesota Twins versus the California Angels baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WKTY
North la Crosse Speedway
WKBH
Minnesota Twins
California Angels
Proceedings Set For Three Bankrupts in La Crosse
A creditors meeting for three La Crosse men declared bankrupt is set for 9:30 a m Thursday in the post office court room. Debtors are David L Brown David D Church and Lloyd Joseph Larson. Creditors may attend to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt authorize sale of estate property and transact other business. Objections to discharge must be filed by October 25 1968 and claims by January 25 1969 with referee Leonard Bessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Post Office
David L. Brown
Copeland Ave
David D. Church
Charles St
Lloyd Joseph Larson
West Ave
Leonard Bessman
Motorcyclist Injured In Crash With City Truck
A motorcyclist, Richard Downing 22 of 306% Main St., was injured around 2 p.m. Tuesday when his bike collided with a city truck on Norplex Drive near the Niedbalski Bridge and treated at Grandview Hospital for leg and back injuries before release. The truck driver was Virgil Olson 36 of 2207 S 17th St. Earlier, William Strong 21 of 1927 Adams St. sustained a left arm injury in a three car crash at 9th Street and South Avenue involving Walter Vanderlac Sr. 62 of West St. Paul Minn and Howard Kappauf 43 of La Crescent Minn.
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Norplex Drive
Niedbalski Bridge
Richard Downing
Waukesha
Main St
Grandview Hospital
Virgil Olson
S. 17Th St
William Strong
Adams St
9Th Street
South Avenue
Strong
Walter Vanderlac Sr
West St. Paul
Minn
Howard Kappauf
la Crescent
Kandy Karnival Planned at Trane Park Thursday
Trane Park hosts its annual Kandy Karnival from 1 to 5 p.m. on Thursday. City children will run booths including ring toss fortune teller and fish pond and all youngsters in the city may participate.
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Trane Park
Weather and regional forecast for La Crosse area
Variable cloudiness and a cooler night near 60 in La Crosse and vicinity. Thursday will see near 80s in the region with fair north and partly cloudy south in Wisconsin. Minnesota and Iowa trends show showers, thunderstorms, and light temperature changes through Thursday with a 5 day outlook near normal.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
Hijack escape ends with jetliner landing in Algiers
The jet continued from Page 1 and brought the plane down safely in Algiers. Passengers were frightened, but crew members reassured non Israeli travelers that hijackers targeted only Israelis. They were held at the airport building until midday, then separated by group and later given meals, a city tour, and a Paris flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page 1
Algiers
Young Gaiz
Israel
Paris
Watermelon Party and Water Fights At La Crosse Playgrounds
La Crosse playgrounds hosted a pair of events over two days. Powell Park welcomed about 25 children to a watermel on party, Erickson Playground staged a 30-child scavenger hunt with 50 items, and Trane plus Myrick Playgrounds held a joint water fight using the wading pool for ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Powell Park
Erickson Playground
Trane
Myrick
Boy Tries Break-In At Hatfield Museum
A juvenile boy was caught about 1 15 a.m. Sunday trying to break into the Thunderbird Museum at Hatfield. Dale Olson, who runs the nearby store and roller rink, heard the commotion and detained the youth. He appeared in County Court Monday on charges of breaking and entering and for damage to fixtures and a door. He will be returned to court later.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Thunderbird Museum
Hatfield
Richard Miles
Dale Olson
Miles
Burglary Strikes Holmen Rod and Gun Club
La Crosse County deputies report the new Holmen Rod and Gun Club on Briggs Road was broken into Monday night. Four cases of beer were stolen after a shutter was removed. the old club building also had a broken window with part of a beer case taken.
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la Crosse
Johnson urges governors on guns and crime policy
LBJ praises long public service and leadership in tying Washington to states. He urges governors to tackle jobs slums education and health at the state level and warns federal policing of streets should not occur. He seeks congressional action to shield the public from guns in criminal hands and notes a proposed resolution for stronger state gun laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
States
Johnson
Toll climbs as Wisconsin toll hits new high after three highway deaths
Three highway crashes raise Wisconsin 1968 traffic toll to 625, up from 542 last year. John A. Weber, 28, of Aniwa, drowned after his car left County Trunk Y near Hatley and overturned in the Plover River. Alvan H. Hamann, 66, of Watertown, killed in a collision four miles west of Watertown. Mrs. Jacob Lerner, 60, of Milwaukee, fatally injured in a Milwaukee intersection crash.
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Wisconsin
John A. Weber
Aniwa
Hatley
Plover River
Weber
Alvan H. Hamann
Watertown
Jacob Lerner
Milwaukee
Kickapoo Voters Approve Higher School Budget
In Viola Wisconsin the Kickapoo Area School District voters approved a 1968-69 budget of 633239 dollars, up from 615746 dollars. The mill rate stayed near the prior year. Henry Cunningham Duane Kanable and Phil McNamer were reelected to the school board with Cunningham defeating Gordon Glick and McNamer defeating George Mullendere. Kanable ran unopposed.
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Viola
Wis
Kickapoo Area
Henry Cunningham
Duane Kanable
Phil McNamer
Cunningham
Gordon Glick
McNamer
George Mullendere
Kanable
City alters hair rule to gender neutral bathing caps
NORTH LAS VEGAS AP A city ordinance restricting long haired individuals to wear bathing caps was amended this week to apply to persons with long hair rather than girls. The change broadens the ordinance beyond females and targets all long haired residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Prowlers Reported At Hylandale Academy Near Rockland
The La Crosse County Sheriff received a complaint about prowlers at Hylandale Academy near Rockland. Stanley Maulsby reported three people moving with flashlights between 10:30 p.m. Monday and 3 a.m. Tuesday, and someone opened a car hood at dawn. Maulsby fired three shots into the air but said he did not frighten them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Employees Vote on Union at La Crosse Plant
About 130 workers at Machine Products Co in La Crosse will vote Thursday on a proposal to join the United Auto Workers, according to a union spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machine Products Co
la Crosse
United Auto Workers
Attorneys Back Cudahy Madison
A Wisconsin committee of attorneys backs Richard Cudahy for attorney general. Roland B. Day of Madison and Francis R. Croak of Milwaukee head the group, per a Cudahy spokesman. Cudahy formerly chaired the Democratic Party in the state.
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Cudahy
Madison
Wisconsin
Richard Cudahy
Roland B. Day
Francis R. Croak
Milwaukee
Democratic Party
Demo vice chairman Margar et Price dies in Washington
Margar et Price 55 vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee since 1960 died Tuesday. She had been a committee member since 1952 and lived in Washington, D C with her husband Hickman Price Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DEMO
NEW York
Margaret Price
Democratic National Committee
Price
Committee
Washington, D.C
Hickman Price Jr
Bowling gear stolen from car at Municipal Ramp
Steven Niedfeldt of Canto Minnesota reported to La Crosse police that his bowling ball bag and shoes were stolen from his car at the Municipal Ramp. The items were valued at 50 dollars. The note about Texas trees appears unrelated to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Niedfeldt
Canto Minn
la Crosse
Thoughtful Thief Steals Mail in Sparta Wisconsin
Douglas Richardson reports a mailbox theft in Sparta. the thief took the mail and placed it in a neighbor's box. The incident was logged with Monroe County Sheriff Dewey Reinstra on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Douglas Richardson
Monroe County
Dewey
Ohio riot shootings fire flare near Hough area
Snipers fired from a location on Lakeview Road near 125th Street as police manned by armored units tried to reach the wounded. Three officers and three civilians were killed, with guards mobilized to quell the violence following earlier deadly unrest.
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Lakeview Road
125Th Street
Hough
Brye Praises Nelson Hearings On Farm Corporate Takeover
Democratic state senate candidate David Brye lauded Sen Gaylord Nelson for hearings in Eau Claire by the Senate Small Business Monopoly Sub committee. He said testimony shows corporate takeover threatens the family farm and small towns and urged state and federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brye
Senate
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
Eau Claire
Brye
America
Local Hospital Transfers Noted This Week
July 23 10 55 a.m. Cora Buck Meyer Bangor to St Francis Hospital for illness. July 24 10 a.m. Darwin O Meary from Lutheran Hospital to Hillview Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Buckmeyer
Bangor
St. Francis Hospital
Darwin O’meary
Lutheran Hospital
Hillview Home
Allied Troops Battle Reds Close To Saigon
Allied forces fought Viet Cong and North Vietnamese near Saigon and uncovered large weapons caches. In Long An Province south of Saigon and near Da Nang, clashes, decoy tactics, and bombardments left US casualties, while Australian and New Zealand troops pressed bunker networks east of Saigon. Readouts report multiple weapon caches found by South Vietnamese troops and heavy firefights involving Americal and 9th Infantry divisions with both sides suffering losses.
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George Esper
Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
9Th Infantry
U.S
Long An
New Zealand
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Americal
Hoi An
Melrose
Melrose Methomen
Tri State Deaths Report Two Local Obituaries
Melrose and Viola list obituaries for Clara Olson 59 of Melrose and Julius Harlan 77 of Viola. Olson’s survivors include daughter Ruth Ann Peterson and siblings. services at Bells Coulee Lutheran Church with student pastor Alfred Andersson. Harlan, WWI veteran, leaves wife Blanche and four children. services at Viola United Methodist Church with military rites.
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Melrose
Wis
Clara Olson
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Ole Peterson
Orville Olson
Milton
Ruth Ann) Peterson
Milwaukee
Ella Peterson
Black River Falls
Leslie Hart
Winona and South St. Paul Livestock Markets Report
Winona Minnesota hogs and cattle prices move with hogs 25 cents lower for 200-230 pound meat type hogs and steady cattle and veal markets. South St. Paul Illinois market notes fully steady to mixed, hogs 25 lower early, cattle steady, various weight classes and prices listed for slaughter steers heifers cows bulls and calves. Chicago mercantile exchanges report butter and cheese prices unchanged with live poultry price ranges.
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Winona
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Choice
Wife Accused in Trying To Kill Husband
Mrs. Marjorie Campbell 46, of Warrens area appeared in Jackson County Court to face attempted murder charges in the July 17 shooting of her husband George E. Campbell 47. He was found by a passerby with a shotgun wound to the leg and received treatment at Tomah Memorial Hospital then Madison Veterans Hospital. The next hearing is set for July 31 with bond at 5000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Marjorie Campbell
Warrens
Jackson County
George E. Campbell
Campbell
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Madison
Gary Scholesstein
Buffalo County
Robert Radcliffe
Jack Longly
Dan Pizzini
Radcliff
Richard Miles
County Trunk O
Homestead Club
Milwaukee
Miles
Attorney Enters Plea To Drunk Driving Charges
Milwaukee attorney Robert E. Sutton pleaded innocent in circuit court to drunken driving in an appeal of an earlier county conviction. Found guilty June 19 and fined 157 dollars. Judge Norris Maloney set October 24 for a hearing on motions to dismiss. Sutton is a former Milwaukee County assistant district attorney and former assistant attorney general. He now practices law privately in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Robert E. Sutton
Milwaukee
Sutton
Norris Maloney
Milwaukee County
West Salem Man Pleads Guilty to Reckless Firearm Use
Charles E. Simmons, 23, of 359 Van Ness St West Salem pleaded guilty in La Crosse County Court to reckless use of firearms. He was fined 107 dollars and his gun was ordered confiscated after police found shots fired at his home shortly after 2 am Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Salem
la Crosse County
Charles E. Simmons
van Ness St
Simmons
Notable Medical Transport Calls On July 23
On July 23 at 7 50 p m Joseph Powers 68 of 1642 Avon St was rushed to Lutheran Hospital for illness. At 8 42 p m Ella Te vis 79 of Stoffel Court went to St Francis Hospital for illness. At 10 03 p m Jerry Sanderson 33 of 126 N 3rd St injured back in fall and taken to Lutheran Hospital. At 10 05 p m Judy Jones 22 of 333 N 8th St was taken to St Francis Hospital for illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Powers
Avon St
Lutheran
Longtime Waukon resident Edward G. Kruger dies at 76
Edward G. Kruger, 76, formerly of Waukon, died Monday in Cedar Rapids where he had lived since 1966. A memorial service was held in Cedar Rapids, with services and burial planned in Waukon. He was born September 17, 1891, in Waukon and married Mary Kugel in 1913. He leaves a widow, a daughter, two sons, two sisters and three brothers.
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Viola
Wis
Julius Harlan
Sparta
Viola United Methodist Church
Frank Thompson
Walnut Mound Cemetery
Retreat
Viola American Legion
Henthorne
Mr. Harlan
Rising Sun
Blanche Watters
France
Germany
Richard
Viroqua
Jack
Rose Harlan
Madison
Raymond Fortun
Clarence
Soldiers Grove
Tollie Simonson
Peter Peterson
Esther Finley
Waukon
Iowa
Edward G. Kruger
Cedar Rapids
Martin Brothers
Oakland Cemetery
Mr. Kruger
Conrad Kruger
Mary Kugel
Kruger
John’ Fields
Vernon
Leo
Iowa City
Thomas Ludeking
Edward Helming
Paul
Arthur
Henry
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la Crosse Tribune
By John M. Hightower
Gale Trailer Court
Institute
C.P
Nee
Dakota
T.W. Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Trempeareau
Root
Houston
le Crosse
Jet
Hatfield Museum
The
Associated Press
Kickapoo
Texas
Cliff DeVoll
John Lenz
Shell Lake
Don Skwierowski
West Allis
Dresbach Dam
Pettibone Park
Tribune
James A. Rhodes
Cincinnati
Ohio
Leroy Jones
Louis Golonka
Willard Wolf
James Chapman
James Haynes
Cleveland
Clifford Miller
Twinsburg
Huron Road Hospital
Nelson
Mrs
Julius Hatlan
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Winona, Minn
Highway
Mercantile Exchange
Ichicago Poultry Chicago
Ir Ad
Man
Edward Kruger
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