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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1966

Page

2

World Youth Corps launches overseas anti communism effort

A pro Joint Chiefs of Staff group led by Vice President Nixon adviser launches a two month overseas program. Dozens of young volunteers will work with student groups to counter communist influence in Asia and the Pacific region including Viet Nam Formosa Japan Australia India and the Philippines. Meanwhile Sen Philip Hart warns packaging may inflate food costs and mislead shoppers. Attorney General Lynch asks Supreme Court to allow California to ban home pay television citing free speech concerns. Korean minister Kim Sung Eun to tour US defense sites next month. Interior Dept and API study gasoline emissions. Rep Clevenger seeks use of interstate funds to retire bonds for highway construction. Dirksen opposes housing provision of civil rights bill.

Sade Organization Experiece Viet Nam Formosa Japan Australia India Philippines Adm Arthur W. Radford U.S Kim Sung Eun United States Interior Department American Petroleum Institute Raymond F. Clevenger D-Mich Congress

Space duo set to test long space walks in Atlantic end

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and U S astronaut Edward White II plan a three day orbital mission using the ATDA adapter and rendezvous techniques to evaluate man in space. They aim to dock with the target, conduct space walks, and monitor Surveyor 1 while the mission ends with a splashdown 345 miles east of Cape Kennedy.

Alexei Leo U.S Edward H. White II Cernan ATDA Stafford Atlantic Ocean Cape Kennedy Safford Air Force Navy Agena Western Pacific Neil A. Armstrong David R. Scott Lunar Earth

Drivers Ignoring Counseling Face License Loss

The Wisconsin State Motor Vehicle Department began canceling licenses of drivers who did not attend counseling sessions. John W. Thompson announced first surrender orders as interviews increased under new traffic safety laws. A survey of two million records found 1700 drivers at risk from faulty driving ability or attitude.

Madison John W. Thompson Thompson

Voting Machine Veto Overridden In Milwaukee

Milwaukee voters will use conventional voting machines in the fall after the common council overrode Mayor Henry Maier's veto. Fourteen aldermen opposed the mayor, rejecting his preference for punch card devices amid legality concerns. Attorney General Bronson La Follette welcomed the decision, noting a major problem disappeared. If the veto stood, a court test of the state machine law could follow.

Milwaukee Henry Maier Maier Bronson la Follette

Gas Easement Negotiated for City Pipeline Route

A $15 000 payment for a natural gas line easement on city property was approved by the City Plan Commission and Grounds and Building Committee. Northern Natural Gas Co. plans to extend its main from the marsh through city marshland and the forestry lab site to the Country Club golf course, serving Coon Valley Viola Viroqua Cashton Westby and La Farge. The easement goes to the full Council next week.

John K. Flanagan City Plan Commission Common Council Northern Natural Gas Co Omaha Neb Forestry Experimental Laboratory Country Club Coon Valley Viola Viroqua Cashton Westby la Farge

Five Head Start Grants Approved In Wisconsin State

The Office of Economic Opportunity announced 299 summer head start grants totaling 14,927,603 dollars. Wisconsin recipients include Green Bay Voluntary Commission on Human Rights 10,212 for 45 children Unity Schools Menomonie 13,291 for 54 Our Lady of Guadalupe House Westfield 8,478 for 45 Unified School Dist 1 Racine County 59,574 for 360 Bruce Public Schools 10,439 for 45.

Washington Office of Economic Opportunity Wisconsin Green Bay Unified School Dist. 1 Racine County Racine Bruce Public Schools

Immunization Clinic Sign-Up Thursday Ahead of Friday Session

The La Crosse County nurse's office urges unregistered parents to sign up Thursday for a Friday immunization clinic. The clinic serves out of county residents up to high school age who cannot afford the service. Inoculations run from 8 30 a m to about 10 a m for diphtheria polio small pox tetanus and whooping cough.

la Crosse County

Marriages Planned in La Crosse Area This June

A list of couples from La Crosse and surrounding towns planning weddings in June includes Byron L. Ostrong and Kristin J. Mikelson to wed June 4, Roger A. Arenz and Sharon M. Joern June 4, Harold O. Hefti and Cheryl D. Krause June 6, Steven G. Thompson and Carol A. Meyers June 4, Edward A. Kenetchy and Mary J. Melde June 4, Douglas E. Pride and Kathryn S. Ristow June 11, Sidney Herberg and Margery Jane Bickelhaupt June 18 in Sparta, Charles L. Strozewski and Marianne Mistle June 4 in River Falls, Dennis A. Carlson and Mary Ann Zietlow June 18 in Norwalk, Ernest A. LaLiberte and Helen E. Rockwell have not set a date.

Byron L. Ostrong Westron St Kristin J. Mikelson Cliffwood Lane la Crosse Roger A. Arenz King St Sharon M. Joern S. 7Th St Harold O. Hefti Strong Ave Cheryl D. Krause S. 20Th St Sidney Herberg Sparta Margery Jane Bickelhaupt St. Paul Minn Charles L. Strozewski Lincoln Marianne Mistele Tomah River Falls Dennis A. Carlson Mary Ann Zietlow Chicago Ill Norwalk Ernest A. LaLiberte Camp McCoy Helen E. Rockwell

Drafted Male Nurses Have Different Plans for Families

Kings Park, N.Y. two lifelong friends, Calvin Cunningham and James Girvan, both 34, face induction for military service. Cunningham will leave his wife and three children. Girvan plans to rent out their house and move with five children. Both anticipate eight weeks of orientation at an Army medical center in Texas before commissioning.

Kings Park N.Y Long Island Calvin M. Cunningham James J. Girvan Cunningham Selective Service System Girvan Army Medical Center Texas

Indonesia Malaysia move to end long running dispute

Indonesia and Malaysia agreed to end the 1963 dispute sparked by Sukarno and pursue diplomatic relations. After three days of talks between Malaysia's Deputy PM Tunku Abdul Razak and Indonesia's Foreign Minister Adam Malik, both sides moved to normalize ties amid past tensions over the Malaysian federation.

Bangkok Thailand Indonesia Malaysia Sukarno Malaysian Federation Malaya Singapore Borneo Sarawak North Borneo Sabah Tunku Abdul Razak Adam Malik Malik

Kindergarten To Be Dropped In Waukegan Illinois

Waukegan grade schools will discontinue kindergarten in all 17 elementary schools and charge textbook rentals starting in the 1966-67 school year. The board cites a current year deficit over $200,000 and a potential $500,000 shortfall next year without retrenchment.

Waukegan, Ili Waukegan Graham

May Building Permits Report Residential and Commercial Totals

Building activity includes Jess Ondell's $98,000 apartment at 402 N 8th St and 18 new homes valued at $265,800 plus a $28,500 duplex. Home remodeling permits total $49,200. May totals show single family homes $265,800 and mixed projects $126,985, commercial $149,850, industrial $6,000,250, and public construction $2,308,927.

Jess Ondell N. 8Th St

Wisconsin Toll Rises to 325 After Wood County Bicycle Death

The 1966 state highway toll climbs to 325 with the death of 9 year old Valentine Chesmore of Nekosa after his bicycle was struck by a car on Wood County Trunk near his home. The year-ago toll was 341.

Wisconsin Wood County Valentine Chesmore Nekoosa

Chicago grain price snapshot November markets

Wheat No 2 hard around 1.70 percent up and No 2 red near 1.70 percent. Corn No 2 yellow around 1.29 percent and No 2 yellow 1.23. Oats show heavy wilt at 74 percent. Soybeans No 1 yellow up about 3.17 percent.

Chicago Grain Chicago Phillips Pet RCA Rexall Republic Steel Royal Dutch Sears Roebuck Sinclair Oil Socony Sperry Rand Calif Ind Swift Texaco Trane Cove United Airlines U.S. Rail U.S. Steel Westinghouse Eloc White Motors Woolworth Zenith Dow Jones

Archbishop Outlines Role For Priests In Urban Milwaukee

Archbishop William E. Cousins urged Milwaukee priests to help with urban migration. He called for parish committees to welcome Black and Spanish-speaking families moving into inner-city neighborhoods and to address issues like white flight, deterioration, overcrowding, absentee ownership, and poverty.

Milwaukee William E. Cousins Council On Urban Life Cousins

Saigon unrest escalates after monk attack sparks protests

Crowds organized by Buddhist youth leader Minh clash with authorities in Saigon. A Jeep is torched after the incident, banners accuse Americans and General Ky, and two U S soldiers are chased from the Buddhist Institute. A plainclothes Vietnamese officer is assaulted near the Allied Military Assistance Command.

Minh Saigon Thich Thien Minh Allied Military Assistance Command

Conclave Debated Rules Before Conference Opens

Conclave members clashed as Daniel Floyd McKissick accused the event of rigging and sought opening day rule changes to allow votes on recommendations. Joseph Rauh warned of embarrassing disruption if voting was blocked, while chairman Ben Heineman feared format shifts could trigger parliamentary chaos.

Floyd B. McKissick Congress of Racial Equality Washington

New Hours Listed For Driving Tests

Officials report new exam hours at the district State Office Building from 7 45 a m to 4 30 p m on Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays. no test will start after 3 45 p m.

Area Students Graduate From Universities

Several La Crosse area students are among spring graduates from three institutions. River Falls State University lists Loren K. Bryhn Terence E. Hess and Thomas H. Ladwig as earning B S degrees. Ripon College graduates Thomas Wulling with a bachelor of arts. Harriet P. Labus earned a B S in home economics at the University of Vermont Burlington Vt.

la Crosse Area River Falls State University Loren K. Bryhn Milford Bryhn Stoddard Terrence E. Hess Irene Hess R. 1 Thomas H. Ladwig O. A. Ladwig S. 14Th St Ripon College Thomas Wulling Emerson F. Wulling Harriet P. Labus Ebners Coulee University of Vermont Burlington, Vt

Hearing set on airline service between Escanaba and Detroit

A CAB examiner tentatively fixed September 27 for a hearing on North Central Airlines proposed service on the Escanaba Mich to Detroit route. The case questions whether renewal of authority should be full or partial and if year round nonstop Traverse City to Detroit service should be required. North Central now offers seasonal nonstop service and has been allowed to suspend service at Escanaba.

Washington Civil Aeronautics Board Escanaba Mich Detroit Edward T. Stodola North Central Airlines Traverse City North Central

Winona Girl Among 2 Reported Missing

Police in Owatonna Rochester and Winona search for two girls missing since Thursday from the Owatonna State School Sharon Andreoff 16 Minneapolis and Evelyn Gierek 17 Winona. Boys say they drove them to the city outskirts after learning they planned to go to Rochester. school superintendent notes the pair had run away together at least twice before.

Owatonna

Shopping hints from LBJ adviser Esther Peterson

Esther Peterson advises housewives to shop efficiently to curb rising food costs. An AP survey finds weekly grocery prices up about seven percent year over year. Peterson urges weekend shopping, using ads, planning menus, avoiding impulse buys, buying in quantity, shopping alone, testing products, and choosing lower priced brands. She notes store brands are often cheaper and substitutions can cut costs.

Washington Esther Peterson Associated Press Peterson

Assembly votes split on state employee bargaining and tax exemption

In a divided session Milwaukee Democrat Albert Tadych broke ranks to join Republicans against a bill allowing state employees to bargain with the government over schedules vacations and working conditions. Madison Republican Robert Uehling supported the measure. The Senate con curred 89 4. The chamber also backed waiving the 3 percent state sales tax on coin operated laundry and cleaning machines by a 23 7 vote, estimating a $214000 biennial revenue loss. It created a Wisconsin Council of Natural Beauty with a $15300 budget and defeated a bill to recruit workers for strikes. The plumbing bill to allow restricted license installers for water softeners was passed and sent to the Assembly.

Milwaukee Albert Tadych Madison Robert Uehling Assembly Senate Wisconsin Council of Natural Beauty Department of Resource Development

Peter Knutson completes flight training at North Central Airlines

Peter O. Knutson son of Mr and Mrs Milo G Knutson 2217 King St recently completed flight training school at North Central Airlines Minneapolis Minnesota He will be based in Detroit Michigan Knutson his wife Janet and their daughter Heidi will live in the Detroit area.

Peter O. Knutson Milo G. Knutson King St North Central Airlines Minneapolis Minn Detroit Mich Knutson Janet Heidi

Local rummage sales listed with dates and items

Several rummage sale notices list boys and adults clothing, toys, and household items. Locations include 1246 So 22nd Drive and 630 West Ave South with dates Thursday through Saturday and sales at addresses like 1820 Sunset Drive and 2014 Birch St. New and used goods span clothing, furniture, a Treadle sewing machine, race car set, and assorted misc items.

St. John's Reformed Church West Ave Sunset Drive Birch St Redfield

Former Hotel Resort Official Dead At 79

Howard L. Ashworth 79, retired executive secretary of the Wisconsin Hotel Motel and Resort Association, died Memorial Day in a Milwaukee hospital. He served the state industry for 40 years, earlier worked as a reporter for the Daily News and the Herald in Dayton and The Milwaukee Journal, and was a past president of the Milwaukee Press Club. Funeral services will be Thursday.

Milwaukee Howard L. Ashworth Wisconsin Hotel, Motel and Resort Association Ashworth Daily News the Herald Dayton Ohio Milwaukee Journal Milwaukee Press Club

Milwaukee cattle and hog markets mixed with steady calves

Milwaukee livestock market closed steady for cattle with two price bands for steers and heifers and steady calves. hogs rose 1 to 2 dollars with light weight and heavy categories showing gains. sheep and lambs also steady with wide price ranges across grades.

Milwaukee

Boathouse Break-ins Reported Along Black River

Police investigated two thefts from boathouses along the Black River near Clinton Street bridge. Mrs. Clem Steffes said water skis were taken from the family boat house, while Charles Chase reported a Zebco rod and reel valued at 40 dollars and a tackle box stolen from his boathouse.

la Crosse Clem Steffes la Crescent Black River Clinton Street Charles Chase Cass St

Potatoes Movement Mixed Across States In Trade Note

USDA report shows 76 arrivals in Chicago on a track of 286 with total U S shipments 475. New supplies liberal while demand is moderate. prices dip slightly. California long whites fetch 3.25 to 3.75, round reds 4.00, Arizona round reds 3.50. Idaho russets quoted at 4.60 with utilities 2.75 to 3.00. Old supplies light and demand good. market firm.

Chicago USDA U.S California Arizona Idaho Idaho Utilities

Weather La Crosse and Vicinity Extended Forecast

Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with southeast winds 8 15 mph. Chance of showers and higher temperatures Thursday and Friday. Temperatures rise to the lower 80s Thursday and into the 80s through the five day period with scattered showers Friday through Monday.

Lacrosse Wisconsin Minnesota la Crosse

Stock quotations from Marshall Co and regional listings

National quotations reflect inter-dealer prices around 9 am with bids and asks shown. Local and regional quotes include LC Cooler Co, Norplex Corp, Pyroil Co, Tausche Bonds, and various funds with bid ranges and ranges for asked prices.

Marshall Co National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc Clark Oil & Res LC Cooler Co VialOe LC Telephone Co Norplex Corp Pyroil Co., Inc Tausche Bonds Boston Fund Chemical Fund Eaton & Howard Bal Eaton & Howard Std Fidelity Fund Manhattan Fund National Invest Puritan Fund Wisconsin Fund

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