Holiday Inn To Be Built Near Sparta Interchange
The Senate sent to President Johnson a 21 billion highway program bill for six years adding 1,500 interstate miles. It authorizes 12.3 billion new interstate funds and uses about 9 billion of old funds, extending completion to 1974 and affecting A-B-C road programs nationwide.
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Sparta
Washington, D.C
Senate
Johnson
Jennings Randolph
DW. Va
Congress
Transportation Department
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Casey the gorilla seeks a mate by moving to Omaha
Casey a 450 pound gorilla at Como Park Zoo in St Paul faces transport hurdles to join two potential female gorillas at Henry Canary Zoo in Omaha. Proposals include jet transport without a cage if a veterinarian approves tranquilization for the 10 hour flight.
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Casey
St. Paul’s Zoo
Como Park Zoo
St. Paul
John Fletcher
Zoo
University of Minnesota Veterinary Clinic
Omaha
Fletcher
Undersheriff Backs Stop and Frisk Firearm Debate
Area lawmen gave mixed views on Wisconsin adopting a stop and frisk law at a state hearing. La Crosse County Undersheriff Richard Baker urged enforcement, while others noted limited police testimony. The session focused mainly on gun control with 27 witnesses testifying.
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la Crosse Tribune
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Assembly Committee On State Affairs
Richard Baker
la Crosse County
Lewison
la Crosse
U.S. Supreme Court
James Klauser
Legislative Committee
Burleigh Randolph
Randolph
Ronald Wold
Bronson la Follette
New York
Racial Violence Erupts In Gary Seattle Peoria
Across Gary Indiana Seattle Washington and Peoria Illinois, rioting and shootings marred the night. Police reported six officers wounded in Peoria and multiple injuries in Seattle while Gary police returned fire silencing snipers and detaining 64 suspects. A curfew was reimposed by Mayor Hatcher as violence spread from a housing project to nearby streets.
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Gary
Seattle
Peoria
Associated Press
Ill
Wash
Ind
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Black Panther Party
Notone
Central District
Richard G. Hatcher
Ettrick Woman Dies Of Injuries In Crash
Mrs. Alice Onsrud, 69, of Ettrick died in a Eau Claire hospital from injuries suffered in a July 22 crash near Brackett south of Eau Claire. Her husband Orrin was killed in the same accident. Survived by three sons, two daughters, a stepmother, and 13 grandchildren. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. in West Salem Presbyterian Church. Burial in Hamilton Cemetery. Jostad Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Ettrick
Alice Onsrud
Brackett
Onsrud
Orrin
Hale
Jennie York
Beloit
Charles
Gerald
Kenosha
Ralph
West Salem
Grant
Bernice) Leibl
North Highland
Calif
Donald
Alice) Holt
Wautoma
West Salem Presbyterian Church
Hamilton Cemetery
Jostad Funeral Home
La Follette backs shipping resolution for Great Lakes cargo
Madison Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson C La Follette endorsed a Great Lakes Commission backed resolution urging the Defense Department to boost overseas defense cargo shipments starting from Great Lakes ports via the St Lawrence Seaway. He argued direct shipping reduces costs and praised the plan.
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Madison
Bronson C. la Follette
Defense Department
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Walkout Proposal Shocks Police Leaders In Shreveport
Police leaders nationally propose a two day walk out to protest perceived lack of support in handling racial violence. Fraternal Order of Police President John Herrington says a September conference will consider the plan with delegates from New York Detroit Philadelphia and other cities. A seminar to set the walkout date will follow at the national board meeting in St Louis August 18 to 20.
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Shreveport
John Herrington
Philadelphia
Order of Police
Herrington
New York
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Detroit Police Association
Cleveland
Fraternal Order of Police National Boards
St.Louis
Boston
Detroit
Birmingham
Ala
Gary
Ind
18 Cent Offer May Head Off Steel Strike
Pittsburgh AP United Steelworkers Union held out to the last moment before action on a contract offer reportedly 78 cents. Negotiators work on language as a 600 local presidents group gains power to ratify or strike. The package includes a 45 cent wage rise over three years and a five percent bonus for non incentive pay workers. Pensions rise to 6.50 a month per year of service for 30 years.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Anthony Tomko
McKeesport
Basic Steel Industry Conference
See Steel
Hoeschler Plans Holiday Inn Complex at Sparta Interchange
Holiday Inn and Country Kitchen complex proposed at the I 90 interchange north east of Sparta. James Hoeschler says engineering and site planning will start soon with opening tied to the La Crosse Tomah I 90 section in fall 1969. Includes hotel restaurant oil station and shops. He holds a protected franchise within 60 miles of La Crosse.
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Sparta
James
Jake) Hoeschler
la Crosse
Hoeschler
Tomah
Sparta-Tomah
Eisenhower Calls for Clear Vietnam Stand in Platform
Former President Eisenhower urged both parties to warn North Vietnam that the United States will not accept a camouflaged surrender in Southeast Asia. His message, delivered to GOP platform writers via a bipartisan group, stressed no pullout or massive escalation and influenced the convention debate on Vietnam policy.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Vietnam
America
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
Chicago
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Platform Committee
Hanoi
United States
Citzens Committee For Peace With Freedom
Vietnam
Hugh Scott
Pennsylva
Evanston Council Rejects Liquor Sales Proposal
Evanston Illinois with 82000 residents voted to keep the city dry as the public works committee reported most citizens opposed allowing liquor sales. City attorney Jack Siegal said the measure was rejected by the City Council after review. The town borders Chicago on the north side and the Howard Street dividing line affects taverns and liquor stores across the Chicago side.
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Evanston, Ill
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Jack Siegal
Public Works Committee
Evanston
Chicago
Czech Soviet Talks Run Deepening Secrecy In Prague
In Prague secrecy surrounds the second day of talks between Soviet leaders and the Czechoslovak presidium as Moscow presses for full floor access for all delegates. Reports say Soviet movement in Poland and a meeting between Gen Samuel Kodaj and Soviet staff officers highlight tense maneuvering ahead of possible extensions beyond Wednesday.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Warsaw
Poland
Cierna
Prace
Samuel Kodaj
Streeno
Cienna
Alexander Dubcek
Ludvik Svoboda
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Dubcek
Kodaj
Mikhail Suslov
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