Stock Market Suffers Biggest Loss Of Year
The New York stock market fell sharply as forecasts of 1969 recession and tax cuts weighed on sentiment. The Dow dropped 25.45 to 888.47 after a week of heavy turnover, with 54.9 million shares traded on the NYSE and notable declines in Occidental Petroleum and American Telephone.
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Associated Press
New York
Dow
New York [Stock Exchange
Occidental Petroleum
American Telephone
Death notices announce Lightfoot Goeldner Kopplen
Death notices list Donald W. Lightfoot 43 of Omaha an Illness death in La Crosse after weeks of illness He was born in Duluth 1924 lived in Winona Navy veteran 1942 46 surviving mother sister and brother Funeral services Wednesday Winona burial Woodlawn Other notices honor Mabel L Goeldner 73 La Crosse Grandmother of the Year 1961 memorial services Wednesday 2 p.m. Dickinson Caledonia Street Chapel followed by Oak Grove burial Anna Kopplen 78 Chaseburg died in local hospital July 27 services Tuesday at St Peters Lutheran Chaseburg burial in church cemetery survivors include siblings and nieces
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Donald W. Lightfoot
Omaha
Neb
la Crosse
Mr. Lightfoot
Duluth
Minn
Winona
Winona High School
Burlington Railroad
Thomas Lightfoot
Thomas W. Lightfoot
San Bernardino
Calif
Robert Hemming
Fawcett Funeral Home
Jerry Benjamin
Woodlawn
Mabel L. Goeldner
Gund
Patience Hyde Lodge
Roland
Arlene) Page
Onalaska
Robert
Ruth) Stings
Richard
Leola) Fahrer
Alma
Ronald
Leonard Christenson
Hutchinson
Kan
Dickinson Caledonia Street Chapel
Daniel Vinge
Oak Grove Cemetery
Anna Kopplen
S. 8Th St
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Chaseburg
Elmer Zehms
Schumacher Funeral Home
William Kopplin
Stoddard
Martha ‘Kromke
Ella Manske
Teamsters Strike Fox Valley Suppliers Over Contract
Teamsters Local 563, based in Appleton, began a strike against the Fox Valley Construction Material Suppliers Association over a new contract. Some 200 members seek a $1.50 per hour wage increase over three years plus fringe benefits as mediation collapsed after the existing contract expired May 1, affecting northern Fox River Valley construction including municipal paving projects.
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Appleton
Teamsters Local 563
Fox Valley Construction Material Suppliers Association
Fox River Valley
Trio of Wisconsin obituaries share long lives and military service
Prairie du Chien Mrs. Josephine Hagene 79 dies after long illness with funeral Tuesday at St. Gabriel Church and burial in Calvary Cemetery. Davenport survivors include two daughters and four grandchildren. Hillsboro Mrs. Regina Mislivecek 77 dies at home with funeral Tuesday at First Congregational Church and Mount Vernon Cemetery burial. Hillsboro carpenter Fred Tesik 79 dies. services Wednesday at Picha Funeral Home with Mount Vernon Cemetery burial. Sparta Mrs. William Kellar with service at Robert Page Funeral Home. Leon Cemetery burial. Millston Cress Younker 68 WWI veteran dies. military rites planned at Millston Union.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Josephine L. Hagene
St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church
Eugene Zimmerman
Calvary Cemetery
Ottoson and Garrity
Picha
Hillsboro
Charles Anderson
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Tesik
Dilly
American Legion
Anna Kouba
Edwin Benish
Harold Kennedy
Coon Valley
Frank
Victorville
Calif
Ernest
Amery
Millston
Cress Younker
Bellmond
Iowa
Younker
Tomah Veterans Administration Hospital
Camp McCoy
Sylvia
John Nash
Cleveland
Ohio
Ronald Kaiser
Toledo
Cress Younker Jr
Keosauqua
Lloyd Sidwell
Bettendorf
P. C. Palencia
Canada
Emil
Arkansas
James and
Holmes
Indianaola
Charles
Cleo
Donald
Milton
Millston Union
Some Don't Consider Middle Age A Goal
HAL BOYLE argues middle age should be embraced not hidden. He notes people avoid aging by pretending, yet bragging about past glories can define a life’s meaning and identity beyond youth.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Las
Dor
La Crosse County Ordinance on Disorderly Conduct and Vagrancy
La Crosse County Board of Supervisors enacts penalties for disorderly conduct drunkenness and public intoxication and vagrancy. The ordinance outlines fines up to 100 dollars and up to 60 days in jail, with sections on resisting officers and impersonating peace officers. Also included is an ancillary probate order notice for Walter B. Gesell's estate with dates for filing claims and hearings in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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LA Crosse County Board OF Supervisors
la Crosse
la Crosse County
County of
Obituary Notices From Spring Grove and Black River Falls
SPRING GROVE MINN Asle Johan Halverson 61 died Monday after a year long illness in a Spring Grove hospital. Rev Rolf G Hanson officiated Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Engell Roble Funeral Home and the church. He is survived by two brothers and one sister. Burial details for Rollie Bolden noted as omitions. correction mentions Thaine Boldon as a brother.
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Ralph Koelemay
Brookside Cemetery
Langlois-Galston
Black River Falls
Spring Grove
Minn
Asle Johan Halverson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Rolf G. Hanson
Engell-Roble Funeral
Harold
Minneapolis
John Blegen
Forseths welcome daughter at La Crosse Lutheran
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph H Forseth of 1008 Badger Street on July 26 at La Crosse Lutheran Hospital. Mother and child are reported in good health with proud family and friends.
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Ralph H. Forseth
Badger St
Bette Disrud
Federal Judge Sworn In As Nation's Youngest
Walter L. Nixon Jr. was sworn in as U.S. District Court judge in Biloxi Mississippi at age 39 the youngest federal jurist. Chief Judge William Cox administered the oath and Nixon will start work Monday in the Jackson courthouse with a docket of 41 cases.
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Biloxi, Miss
Walter L. Nixon Jr
U.S. District Court
William Cox
Biloxi
Nixon
U.S
Jackson
Fire Department Report La Crosse July 27
Fire crews respond to a blaze at Geral dine Bruggeman residence 514 N 10th St mat tresses burned in garage ignited by children with matches. Police ambulance reports two separate medical responses on July 27 including Robin L Helgeson 4 from 2302 George St to Grandview Hospital illness and Mike Rae injured water skiing from Buds Marina to St Francis Hospital.
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Geraldine Bruggeman
10Th St
Robin L. Helgeson
George St
Grandview Hospital
Mike Rae
S. 31St St
Bud’s Marina
St. Francis Hospital
Mondale calls out critics in Minneapolis speech
Senator Walter Mondale assailed unloving critics he says drive self righteousness and false certainty. Speaking at a Histadrut dinner in Minneapolis he urged ending mutual recrimination and cited civil rights, consumer issues, job training, and auto safety standards as signs America can solve its problems.
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Minneapolis
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
U.S
Mondale
Histadrut
Donald Barberla
Augie Ratner
Cochairman
Hubert Humphrey
Public hearing on La Crosse County zoning amendment
Notice of a public hearing in La Crosse Wisconsin on August 5 1968 at 7 30 PM in the Supervisors Room to re zone land from Residential A to Commercial B including legal description in Section 37 Township 17 North Range 7 West and related estate matters with probate proceedings for Ruth Currie Arth D Peterson John Couper and others at the La Crosse County Court House and Zoning Office.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Board of Review
LA Crosse County
Roy Schumacher
Court House
Richard D. Nagle
City of
County of la Crosse
State of
Lucille M. Scherdin
Hale
Hale, Skemp, Hanson
S.E
la Crosse Coun Court
Arth. D. Peterson
Arthur C. Peterson
Eugene A. Toepel
Weigel & Furan
Rivoli Bidg
Wis
State of Wisconsin
John Couper
Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Sehnurrer & Skemp
Tribune
la Crosse County Court
Anna C. Weigel
Men & McArdle
State Bank Bidg
Washington
North Range
Wisonsin
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Mingo Comet
Mingo
By ED Morse
Donald Lightfoot
Teamsters
P. G. Terpstra
Terpstra Fuels, Inc
Ideal Ready Mix Concrete Co
Lang Drive
Josephine Hagene
Regena Mislivecek
First Congregational Church
Benjamine Brown
Mislivecek
Regena Roberts
Stark
Vernon County
George Roberts
Joseph Mislivecek
Greenwood
Glennie Adams
Wanda Roberts
la Farge
Floyd Roberts
Guy
Montrose
Colo
Fred Tesik
Tomah
William Kellar
Sparta
Marshfield
Effie Pomeroy
Robert Page
Lloyd Center
Leon Cemetery
Kellar
Eastern Star
Roger
Chicago
Sally Petters
Ft. Sill
Okla
Tom Pomeroy
Jack
Detroit
Mich
Herbert
Lakewood
Bess Hale
Weather Outlook
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Albuquerque
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Des Moines
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Helena
Kansas City
Lacrosse
Los Angeles
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Ore
Phoenix
Rapid City
Rochester
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
St. Louis
Gulf and Plateau
mid-Atlantic
Tennessee
Jare
Shirley Temple
Damascus
Bobby Jones
Greta Garbo
al Jolson
Mighty. Sullivan
America
Elinor Glyn
Gene Ayers Porter
John Fox Jr
Ed Guest
Boyle
Walter B. Gesell
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Lillian M. Gesell
Oklahoma County
State of Oklahoma
Kla M. Scherdin
Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Schnurrer & Skemp
Asle Halverson
Rollie Bolden
The
Sunday Tribune
Ida Peterson
Rolland
Elmhurst, Ill
Thaine Boldon
Phaine
Campbell
Campbell Hall
Fred Lehmeier
Campbell Clerk
Fire Department
Sen. Mondale
Shirley A
la Crosse Court
Frank J. Vach
Johns, Pappas, Flaherty & Harman
North la Crosse
F&am
M. J. Callaway
W. M
Fosssum Funeral Homes
Bangor
Ettrick
Paradise
Bilskemper
FLAIR
Soell’s
Gillette
Arenz
Northern Investment
Rose Wilson Auction
Caledonia Street
Montgomery Ward
Kenmore
Russell Schroeder
Marv. Miller
Northern Investment Co
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