Notable U.S. Cities and Regions List
A roster of American cities including Albuquerque Bemidji Boston Chicago Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth Fairbanks Helena Honolu y Kansas City Lacrosse Los Angeles Madison Mason City Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Phoenix Rapid City Rochester Salt Lake City San Diego Seattle St Louis Washington Winnipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Bemidji
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
Fairbanks
Helena Honotu'y
Kansas City
Lacrosse
Los Angeles
Madison
Mason City
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Phoenix
Rapid City
Rochester
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Seattle
St. Louis
Washington Winnipes
Controversy Over Fortas Appointment Grows Vocally
Washington AP reports a rising vocal divide over President Johnsons nomination of Abe Fortas for chief justice. Senator Miller accuses Fortas of eroding community standards since 1965 while Judiciary Committee members demand viewing a controversial obscenity film before voting. Republicans criticize Ramsey Clarks remarks on partisanship and civil rights, with Brooke demanding an apology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Abe Fortas
Senate
Jack Miller
A-Iown
Fortas
High Court
Earl Warren
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Clark
James B. Pearson
John Sherman Coopler
R-Ky
Brooke
Sparta board awards contracts for school building project
Sparta Wisconsin board of education awarded contracts for a 40 by 60 foot steel building at Sparta High School and for general construction totaling about 19 016. Heating and ventilating bids were held for review with Elden suppliers. final costs rise to 11 873 for monolithic paneling and related work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Sparta High School
Board of Education
Leon Supply Co
Reisinger Heating, Inc
Spar
John Wall
Bert
Anderson
Herbert Selbredein
George Shiroda
Fanning Electric
Leon
Asst
James Munro
Munro
Death notices for Terpstra and Traister remain listed
Peter G. Terpstra aged 73 of 1220 Avon Street died Friday July 26 in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending with Nelson Funeral Home. Frank Traister aged 80 of 606 Copeland Avenue died Friday July 26 in Oak Forest Sanatorium Onalaska. Funeral arrangements are pending with Nelson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter G. Terpstra
Avon St
Nelson Funeral Home
Frank Traister
Copeland Ave
Oak Forest
Onalaska
Woman Collapses and Dies at Auditorium in La Crosse
A La Crosse woman, 51 year old Lucille Mitterreiter of 626 North 15th Place, collapsed Friday night during the Stars of Lawrence Welk show at the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. She was taken to Lutheran Hospital by police ambulance and pronounced dead on arrival. Funeral services were announced by Sletten McKee Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Mary E. Sawyer
Lucille Mitterreiter
15Th Place
Mitterreiter
Lutheran Hospital
Sletten-McKee Funeral Home
Marriage Licenses Recorded in La Crosse Area
Richard W. Myers of 1114 S 5th Ave and Marie C. Moore of 1200 S 9th St plan marriage on August 17 in La Crosse. Jerry Loverink of Minneapolis and Carol L. Owen of Minneapolis wed on August 3 in La Crosse. Dennis E. Sprain of R2 Bangor and Ann L. Piper of R1 Rockland to be married August 10 in Town of Leon Monroe County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Myers
S. 5Th Ave
Marie C. Moore
S. 9Th St
la Crosse
Jerry Loverink
Minneapolis
Carol L. Owen
Dennis E. Sprain
Bangor
Ann L. Piper
Rockland
Town of Leon
Monroe County
De Soto Man Johnnie Brown Jr. Dies at 62
Johnnie Brown Jr. 62, formerly of De Soto, died Saturday in Rockford Illinois. Services were held at Arneson Olson Funeral Home in De Soto with burial in Indian Cemetery. He was born March 28 1906 near Warrens in Monroe County and is survived by one son Lionel Cloud of Baraboo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE Soto
Wis
Johnnie Brown Jr
Rockford, Ill
Arneson-Olson
Mr. Brown
Warrens
Monroe County
John Brown
Lionel Cloud
Baraboo
Mabel
Minn
Albert J. Halsey
Hesper
Seattle
Wash
Acacia Memorial Park
Elihu Halsey
Anna Peterson
Maxine Learned
Everett
Desnard
Kasilef
Alaska
Myra Halsey
Black River Falls
Adolph Larvick
Jackson County
Western Dairyland Council
Office of Economic Opportunity Program
Madison Hospital
Evangelical Lutheran
T. A. Rykken
Riverside Cemetery
Langlois-Galston
Larvick
Sparta
James
Sheboygan
Erwin Wirth
Madison
Helmer Johnson
Osseo
Ole Engevold
Mauston
Lester Tomter
Ervin Ewas
Milwaukee
Brezhnev and the Czechoslovak crisis risk adventurism
An AP analysis questions whether Brezhnev can halt Czech liberalization without risking ultimate defeat for the Kremlin. The piece contrasts Khrushchev and Brezhnev, notes Prague’s resolve to continue reform, and weighs the dangers of either backing down or using force within the Warsaw Pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Nikita S. ‘Khrushchev
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Central Committee
Brezhnev
Dubcek
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Red China
China
Czechoslovn
Romania
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Red Camp
Prague
Obituary notices from Mabel and nearby Wisconsin towns
Notices report multiple obituaries across Mabel Minnesota La Farge Black River Falls and Galesville Wisconsin with details on names ages birthplaces service dates locations of services and survivors. Included are Albert J Halsey Leon Ford Adolph Larvick Gertrude Wagner and relatives with burial sites and church contexts.
Companion Killed in Minn. Wilderness Plane Crash
Wisconsin man Jerry Roalstad survived six days after a pontoon aircraft crash north of Fort Frances Ontario near Harris Lake. He used bread, lake water, a raincoat, and mosquito repellent to endure while his passenger Walter Albers died. Roalstad, 45, of Kiester, Minnesota, suffered rib and pelvic fractures. Albers worked for Gopher Shooting Supply Co. in Waseca and left a widow Norma with five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Jerry Roalstad
Kiester
Walter Albers
Fort Frances
Ont
Harris Lake
Roalstad
Albers
Gopher Shooting Supply Co
Waseca
Norma
David
Patricia
Brenda
Paul
John
Monroe County Fair Horse Show Slated
TOMAH Wis The Monroe County Fair horse show will be at 9 a m Sunday correcting the time listed in the fair book There are three tractor pulling classes starting at 1 15 p m Sunday with 150 prize money in each class The final entertainment features Sunday include wrestling matches with professional men as women performers at 8 p m followed by a fireworks display
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
Records County Court Judgment Against Gage and Others
Court records show W. T. Grant Co. judgment against Robert Gage for 330.62 dollars. The list also includes multiple judgments by Credit Bureau of La Crosse against various individuals for small sums, plus several traffic and conduct cases with dates and fines. Police, ambulance, and fire reports note daily incidents including arrests, drunk driving, and alarms in La Crosse County and city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Grant Co
S. 5Th Ave
Robert Gage
Sumner St
Credit Bureau’ of
la Crosse
Badger Heating
Manston
William P. Trisler
Jackson, St
Alvia Price
Caledonia St
Kenneth Larson
S. Losey Blvd
Dwight Ross
Norman Volden
Viroqua
Volden
Casemere Shay
de Soto
Mich
George G. Gianaris
Chicago
Christopher J. Bruno
New York City
Sanford Hall
Jeffrey P. Maier
Charles St
Roger L. Wemitte
S. 33Rd St
Verginia L. McLain
Mindoro
John S. Culp
S. 3Rd Ave
Onalaska
Timothy J. Anderson
Winona
Illinois Man Killed In I-94 Crash
August R De Vinck 72 of Moline Illinois died in a Jackson County traffic crash on I 94 twenty miles north of Black River Falls. He was a passenger in a car driven by Alphonsus Roedlans 76 of Miami Lakes Florida. The driver lost control the car slid and rolled onto its top. De Vinck died from a skull fracture. Roedlans survived with lacerations and was hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
R. de Vinck
Moline
Ill
Jackson County
de Vinck
Alphonsus Roeclans
Miami Lake
Fla
Robert Krohn
Richard Miles
Arnold Sudrinck
Carl Skolas
Roedlans
Black River Falls Memorial Hospital
Births in Sparta and West Salem Area Families
July 25 reports eight newborns and one birth on July 24 at St. Francis and St. Marys Hospitals. Daughters to Vaughn Holmen Luetke Ward Johnson Green Melvina. sons to Zitzner Hoch. Names include Kimberly Jeanne Julie Beth Tammin Sue Mark Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly Jeanne
Michael Vaughn
West Salem
Kathleen Clumpner
Fred Zitzner
Holmen
Darlene Mikshowsky
Julie Beth
David Luetke
Onalaska
Norma Panning
Tammin Sue
Robert Ward
Denton St
Barbara Kuehl
Andrew F. Hoch
S. 31St St
Jacqueline Hafner
St. Francis Hospital
Eugene W. Johnson
Church Drive
Florence M. Hach
Sparta
Wis
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mark Thomas
Thomas H. Green
Melvina
Sharon Running
Cashton Man Heads Agency 11 School Unit
James Homstad of Cashton was elected chairman of Cooperative Educational Service Agency 11 at a county courthouse meeting. Osborne Moe of Black River Falls was chosen vice chairman and R. B. Tremain will serve as secretary. The agency covers La Crosse Vernon Jackson Trempealeau and Monroe counties. Other members include Bernard Hundt Bangor Orvis Olson Mindoro Lloyd Steinmetz La Farge Richard Sweeney Hillsboro and Carl Nordhagen Whitehall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Homstad
Cashton
Cooperative Educational Service
Agency 11
Osborne Moe
Black River Falls
R. B. Tremain
Agency
la Crosse
Vernon
Jackson
Trempealeau
Monroe
Bernard Hundt
Bangor
Orvis Olson
Mindoro
Lloyd Steinmet
Changes in Sparta business firms and sites
In Sparta Wisconsin several business changes occurred. Garland Jackson and wife take over Montgomery Ward Agency continuing catalog store. Robert Miller buys George and Mae's Bait Shop and moves it to Mobil Service Station both on Wisconsin Street. Harold Quandahl buys 128 N Water St and prepares showrooms for Quandahl and Associates Cabinet Sales. Oesenbach moves garage to Van Kuren site and Bob's Furniture Mart relocates to 131 N Water St. Jackson's Drugstore opens new building at Water and Oak. Stump opens Sparta branch of Tomah Rehabilitation Center on N Water Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Garland Jackson
Montgomery Ward Agency
Robert Miller
Montgomery Ward
George and Mae
Wisconsin Street
Mobil
Harold Quandahl
N. Water St
Jerry Foss
Quandahl and Associates
Quandahl
Robert Lawton
Railroad Yards
Grant Oesenbach
van Kuren
Bob’s Furniture Mart
Robert L. Teal
Tomah
Lakeland Egg
U.S. Highway 16
Oesenbach
Earl van Buren
Jackson’s Drugstore
Water and
Oak Streets
Robert Stump
Tomah Rehabilitation Center
Lamont Hanson
N. Water Street
Negro Milwaukee fire and police appointee faces age hurdle
Louis L. Miller Jr. is Milwaukee's only Negro member on the Fire and Police Commission and the youngest at 28. He says his appointment creates a diplomatic problem given the board's average age of 67. He plans to work diplomatically and focus on job opportunities to address civic issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee (Ap
Louis L. Miller Jr
Milwaukee
Fire and Police Commission
Miller
Post Office Department
Youths Pay Fines For Viola Theft In Wisconsin
Two 18 year old Minneapolis youths Timothy Thies and George Stimpson were convicted in Richland County Court over gasoline theft at a Viola service station. They faced theft and possession of fermented malt beverages charges and chose fines of 150 dollars or 40 days in jail, then paid and were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Center
Wis
Minneapolis
Richland County
Timothy Thies
George J. Stimpson
Larry Wyman
Wisconsin counties face sharp depopulation by 1990
University of Wisconsin sociologist Prof. D G Marshall predicts eight northern counties will lose about 25 percent of their population by 1990 with Forest County possibly dropping 43 percent. Counties like Burnett Washburn Rusk Sawyer Bayfield Iron and Price also decline while southeast counties such as Waukesha may grow dramatically and Milwaukee remains largest. total state population projected near 6 6 million in 1990 up from 4 million in 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Marshall
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Tomah Pastor Injured In Madison Area Car Crash
Earl W. Habhegger 18 of Tomah sustained a leg fracture and other injuries when his car left the road and struck a tree on North Superior Avenue at noon Friday in Tomah. He was taken to Tomah Memorial Hospital and later transferred to a La Crosse hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Earl W. Habhegger
N. Superior Avenue
Habhegger
Tomah Memorial Hospital
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Southern Plains
Northern Plains
Great Lakes Region
Weather Outlook
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Becal
John Chadwick
Atty. Gen
Ramsey Clark
Sena
State Street
LA Crosse’s
MAIN
Grandad Bluff
Miltie
Sparta Board
Ebner Construction Co
General Construction
Pizza Villa
DIAL
Hwy
U.S
By William L. Ryan
Albert Halsey
Imrs
Leon Ford
LA Farge
United Methodist Church
George Gould
Bear Creek
Johnson Funeral
Aurora
Charles
Max
Beloit
Palmer Hanson
John Krichkow
S. Beloit
Jerry Balencia
Calif
Adolph Larwick
Gertrude Wagner
Galesville
Smith’s Mortuary
Evergreen Cemetery
Centerville
Wesley Schirmer
Wagner
Vivian Barnes
Rockford
Lloyd Wright
Howard Wright
Lawrence Wright
Woodland Hills
Vilas Cram
Rainy Lake Airways
Roal‘stad
Borderline Sidjing and Roofing Co
Monroe County Fair
Osca
Mulder
Grandview Hospital
Henry Dingeldine
Hillview Home
Martha A Kessler
A & B Wilderness Outfitters Co
Rose St
Illinois
Cashton Man Heads
Tad
Spartan
Gordon Laxton
Lincoln Neprud
Dist
Donald L. Goodman
Milford Knight
John Conant
Sth 21
U.S. 12
Laxton
Necedah
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