Two Teens Wounded in Chicago Gang Conflict
Sixteen Black youths, including Floyd Cummings and John Collins, have been shot in a week of gang violence on Chicago’s South Side following a truce pledge by rival leaders. Police allege Englewood Disciples plotted the latest attacks while a separate firemen assault case led to gun possession charges.
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Chicago
South Side
Floyd Cummings
John Collins
O.W. Wilson
Englewood Disciples
William Cannon
Cannon
del Vikings
West Side
Nick Dorenzo
Englewood
Dorenzo
Robert J. Quinn
John J. Hoellen
Quinn
Garland Davis
Davis
Thelma Edmundson
Virgil Poole
Independence Marine Wounded in South Vietnam
Independence Wisconsin reports Lance Cpl. William Holama in good condition after being wounded in South Vietnam the day prior. Holama, of G Company 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, is recovering at 85th Army Evacuation Hospital. his parents were notified by Sgt. W. H. L. Henson.
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Independence
Wis
South Viet Nam
William Holama
Ralph Holama
R. 2
W. H. L. Henson
la Crosse Marine
Holama
Henson
85Th Army
G Company
7Th Marines
1St Marine Division
la Crosse
Winona
Arcadia
Galesville
Monroe County Fair Stock Champs Named
TOMAH Wis Pat Dwyer 17 from Kendall won the champion male Holstein with a junior bull calf At the Monroe County Fair. Greg Bett hauser 11 from Tunnel Lights H Club showed the Holstein queen. Janelle Nichols 17 from Sparta showed the top Guernsey female and is part of a large Nichols family showing 22 head of registered Guernseys with siblings Paul Jay Barbara. Dozens of blue ribbons were awarded across Holstein and Guernsey classes to competitors from Kendall Sparta Tomah Wilton Norwalk and Cashton.
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Tomah
Wis
Pat Dwyer
Robert Dwyer
Kendall
Monroe
Greg Betthauser
Allen Betthauser
Tunnel Lights +H Club
Greg
Guernsey
Janelle Nichols
Floyd Nichols
Sparta
Janelle
Nichols Herd
Paul
Jay
Brian
Barbara
Dale Woodliff
Joanne Woodliff
Barbara Weiner
Duane Denter
Wilton
Darrell Meyer
Jerry Nauman
Norwalk
Wayne Wells
Dan McGarvey
Mike Betthauser
Merle Brooks
David Falkner
James Marx
Ervin Ziegler
Leonard Herricks
Cashton
Owen Schumacher
Jim Marx
Anita Cleven
Ruth Lewison
DeWell Clay
David
Miss Nichols
Dan Jacobs
Jacobs
Jay Nichols
Bill Steinhoff
Pat Jenkins
Jim Brandau
Brian Nichols
Shirley Pettis
Linda Pettis
Barbara Nichols
Gail Schwarz
Sharon Leak
Sharon Warsaw
Marilyn Schroeder
Judy Steinhoff
Joanne Warsaw
Darrell Pingel
Monroe County
Tunnel City
Alice Gorkowski
Miami News and Miami Herald strike printing and ad deal
The Miami News will print and circulate the morning Herald while keeping editorial independence. The News will publish six afternoon editions weekly and drop Sunday papers. The move shifts printing, circulation, and ads to the Herald building within 30 days. News daily circulation is 120,000 versus Herald 340,000. Knight newspapers own both papers.
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Miami, Fla
Miami News
Miami Herald
the Herald
News
James M. Cox Jr
the News
Morning Herald
Cox
Bill Baggs
The
Ed Pierce
Herald
Southeast
Knight Newspaper
Charlotte
N.C
Detroit
Mich
Ohio
Tallahessee, Fla
Horses Pull for Cash and Glory at Monroe County Fair
At Tomah Wisconsin the Monroe County Fair featured a horse pulling contest with heavyweight winner Marshall Grass of Blair and lightweight champion Morris Barkley of Seymour. Other top finishers included Russell Larson and Allen Grass, Dale Thompson and Myron Reiland among others. Sunday offers tractor pulls and more horse showing and novelty events.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
Marshall Grass
Blair
Morris Barkley
Seymour
Russell Larson
Denmark
Allen Grass
Dale Thompson
Peterson, Minn
Marvin Starks
de Forest
Myron Reiland
Hortonville
Darwin Starks
Phillip Mattes
Thorp
Chuck Schauf
Chetek
Bud Ward
Waterloo
Bill Rosenthal
Elmwood
Lloyd Soppa
Arcadia
Bob Ferris
Ontario
Tim Kearney
Hill Point
Reiland
Ed Liddane
Tomah Saddle Club
Parole Violation Sentences Nordberg to Up to Two Years
Peter D. Nordberg a 23 year old Minneapolis man was sentenced in La Crosse County Court after violating probation from narcotics offenses. He received up to two years in a Green Bay Reformatory on the concealed weapon and narcotics counts, with all sentences to run concurrently.
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Minneapolis
la Crosse County
Green Bay
Leonard F. Roraff
Nordberg
State Welfare Department
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Roraff
Minnesota Wisconsin weeklies form Interstate Publications
Four Minnesota and two Wisconsin weekly newspapers combine to form Interstate Publications based in Plainview. The group includes Lake City Graphic Wa basha Herald Spring Valley Tribune Plainview News Durand Courier-Wedge and Mondovi News-Herald. Prohibitive costs drive joint ownership, with a new high speed offset press capable of 12 000 papers per hour.
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Plainview, Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Plainview
Lake City Graphic
Wabasha Herald
Spring Valley Tribune
Plainview News
Durand Courier-Wedge
Mondovi News-Herald
Interstate Publications
Reading Mass girl loses fiancé in Viet Nam war
Diane Croce 22 and her brother Robert 20 died in separate Viet Nam incidents a month apart. Her fiancé George Cottrill 20, a Navy corpsman, was buried in Chillicothe Ohio after he was killed serving with a Marine unit. Diane recalls wedding plans stalled by service. Robert was a high school pole vault record holder, vaulting 12 feet 6 1 2 inches. Diane works on an assembly line in Wakefield.
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Reading
Mass
Viet Nam
Diane Croce
Robert
Diane
Navy
George Cottrill
Chillicothe
Ohio
Massachusetts
Palmer Elec
Local Couples Plan Aug 20 Marriages in Wisconsin
James L. Scott of La Crosse and Beverly J. Remus of La Crosse to marry Aug 20 in Ettrick. Lester Alberthal Jr of Comfort Texas and Karen Bakkum of La Crosse to wed Aug 20 in La Crosse.
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James L. Scott
N. 24Th St
Beverly J. Remus
Badger St
Ettrick
Lester Alberthal Jr
Comfort, Tex
Karen Bakkum
King St
la Crosse
Woman Breaks Hip in Hillsboro Fall
Hillsboro Wisconsin Mrs Tom Hamilton a senior resident is hospitalized at St Josephs Memorial with a hip fracture after a fall from bed. She had previously suffered a stroke.
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Hillsboro, Wis
Tom Hamilton
Hillsboro
St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital
Nigerian Army Units Revolt Fails in Lagos Event
Nigerian Army units failed to overthrow Maj. Gen. Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi's government. Curfews and military tribunals were imposed in Ibadan Abeokuta and Ibeja provinces as rebel actions were contained. London reports say the Lagos airport was seized but control was restored and unity talks continued.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Ibadan
Abeokuta
Ibeja
London
Commonwealth Relations Office
Aguiyi-Ironsi
Francis Cumming-Bruce
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