Views From The Rights Conference End Of Washington Meeting
Delegates at the White House civil rights conference voiced hopes and uncertainties about the multibillion dollar recommendations. Roy Wilkins urged patience while Asbury Howard spoke of renewed confidence after hearing leaders including the President and Thurgood Marshall. The event was seen as a Johnson administration show with delegates rejecting proposals to tie Vietnam to race issues and maintaining a cheerful, social mood amid businesslike proceedings.
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Washington
White House
Philip Randolph
Thurgood Marshall
Johnson proposes blanket Social Security increase
President Johnson urged a across the board rise in Social Security benefits for all current and future beneficiaries. He directed Welfare Secretary Gardner to craft a plan for the next Congress and pledged high priority for the measure. Johnson spoke to National Council of Senior Citizens in Washington and announced plans to mobilize leaders for Medicare to start July 1 with 200 doctors and hospital administrators invited to help launch the program.
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Washington
Johnson
John Gardner
Congress
White House
National Council of Senior Citizens
Powder Plant Blast Kills Five in Ohio
An explosion at the Austin Powder Co plant near McArthur Ohio killed five workers. A wooden jelly mix building housing TNT ingredients was struck, demolishing one building behind a hill. The blast occurred at 7 45 a m EST and security was tightened around the facility.
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Mcarthur
Ohio
Harold Steel
Company
Steele
River Readings Chicago Grain Prices
AP cattle River readings list Chicago grain bids with Wheat No 2 hard 1.71, No 2 red 1.692, Corn No 2 1.27 4-304, No 3 yellow 1.27, No 4 yellow 1.25, Oats No 2 heavy white 73 4, Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.20 9, No 3 yellow 3.15.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Stock Quotations by Shearson Hammill Co
National quotations from NASD reflect representative inter-dealer prices as of 9 a.m. Prices exclude retail markup or commissions. Listed here are bids and asked prices for various stocks funds and bonds including Clark Oil Norplex Pyroil La Crosse Cooler and several mutual funds with their current ranges or intervals.
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Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Clark Oil & Ref
Central
Wis
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Norplex Corp
Pyroil Co. Inc
Tausche Bonds
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal. F
Eaton & Howard Std. F. NA Fidelity F
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv
Mass
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Livestock Markets Report From Winona and Chicago Prices
Hog quotes at Winona Station show hogs 25 cents lower with 190 to 220 lb totals at 24.25, sows 19.25-20.00. Cattle trade steady with hi choice 24.50-25.00, choice 23.50-24.50, utilities 17.25-18.75, cows strong. Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter prices firm. hogs in South St. Paul show steady to mixed trades with good vealers 27.00-30.00 and feeders 22.50-23.50. Potatoes and other farm commodities listed with current quotes.
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CHICAGO PRODUCE + CHICAGO
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
U.S
Faulty water heater triggers police and ambulance call
Records show a June 2 11 48 p m call to Kenneth Minor residence 1002 Liberty St for a faulty water heater. June 3 6 28 am Henry Schmidt 53 of 122 S 10th St was taken to Lutheran Hospital for illness.
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Kenneth Minor
Liberty St
Henry ‘Schmidt
S. 10Th St
Lutheran
Bishop orders removal of antisemitic prayer lines in Alpine rite
In St. Gallen Switzerland the Roman Catholic bishop ordered the elimination of derogatory references to Jews from a sunset prayer tradition long chanted by Alpine herdsmen. Meddling phrases dating to medieval times asking protection against false Jews were deleted.
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ST. Gall
Switzerland
Former President of Waukon Bank Dies
Christian Megorden 79 longtime Waukon resident and former president of Waukon State Bank dies. Services at St John’s Lutheran Church with burial at Oakland Cemetery. survived by wife Gretchen, son Dr William Megorden, five grandchildren, brother Reverend Kenneth Megorden, sister Mrs M A Sorenson.
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Waukon
Iowa
Christian
Chris) Megorden
Waukon State Bank
St. John’s Lutheran Church
David Waaler
Oakland Cemetery
Martin
Des Moines
Gretchen Grimm
William Megorden
Mt. Pleasant
Kenneth Megorden
Moorhead
Minn
M. A. Sorenson
Rockford, Ill
Indian Ambassador To Speak In City
A summer session forum at La Crosse State University on June 17 features Braj Jumar Nehru India's ambassador to the United States. The event is part of a World Affairs fairs series in the city.
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la Crosse State University
Braj Jumar Nehru
India
United States
Government buys butter to lift milk prices for school meals
Washington AP reports the government will purchase butter for the national school lunch program to support dairy prices. Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman says the move aims to keep dairy supplies adequate, despite 25 percent lower butter output and depleted government stocks.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Gemini 9 Aboard Set for High Stakes Rendezvous
Gemini 9, commanded by Stafford with Cernan aboard, blasts from Pad 19 to chase a target satellite in a planned two hour 30 minute orbital pursuit. The mission tests rendezvous maneuvers ahead of lunar return profiles as the crew awaits docking status and shroud separation.
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Earth
Apollo Space
Moon
Edward H. White II
Cernan
Gemini
Titan
Stafford
Roger
Western Pacific
Space Union
Agena
Apollo
Air Force
Pad 19
Tom
Gene
Donald K. Slayton
James A. _— Jr
Edwin E. Aldring
Cape
U.S
James A. McDivitt
We. Ae
Space Twins
ATDA
Pacific Ocean
North American Air Defense Command
Atlas
Johnson Presses State Role In Auto Safety Standards
President Johnson urged governors to maintain strict national auto safety standards while preserving state responsibility for enforcement. The Wyoming governor said the aim is to balance federal setting of new car rules with state control of used cars licensing and safer highways as they meet at the White House to coordinate safety policy.
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Johnson
White House
Commerce Department
Clifford P. Hansen
Wyoming
Atlas
ATDA
Cernan
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Stafford
Lunar
Earth
Hansen
Defense Department Draft Aug call far larger than prior months
The August draft call could reach 32 600 men more than double June and 5100 above July with all inductees going to the Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force not seeking men The January call of 38280 included 8900 for Marines and reflected the year’s highest draft total The Pentagon linked the rise to Viet Nam needs and projected losses and training capacity
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Washington Roundup highlights and oddities of the week
The piece notes a Pentagon beautification effort with gladioli planted for Mrs Lyndon B Johnson that backfired when two Army photographers trampled the flower bed. It also reports May sales gains for Series E and H savings bonds, raised to 4.15 percent, plus various remarks on defense and intelligence issues and a brief historical note on early printing inks in Asia.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
Secretary of Defense
Thomas Morris
Pentagon
America
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Army
Treasury Department
Robert S. McNamara
London Times
United States
Europe
Weather La Crosse and Vicinity Forecast Details
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers tonight. Showers likely Saturday with 30 percent to 60 percent precipitation chances. Temperatures near 60 tonight, high around 80 Saturday, cooler on Sunday with upper 40s low. Extended forecast shows two inchish showers Saturday and Wednesday and five day temps about two degrees below normal.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ova
la Crosse
South Viet Nam seeks UN observers for Sept. 11 vote
South Viet Nam requests United Nations observers for the September 11 constitutional convention elections. President Johnson endorses the move, and the U.S. ambassador says Washington fully supports the request. At the UN, diplomats doubt Thant can dispatch observers without Security Council approval and warn of possible vetoes by the Soviet Union or France.
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United Nations
South Viet Nam
U.N
New York
U Thant
Johnson
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United States
Thant
Security Council
Soviet Union
France
NSP Confident Plant Won't Pollute Air
Northern States Power officials told state and federal authorities they are confident the 66 million Oak Park Heights plant on the St. Croix River will not pollute air. An 800 foot stack will release coal smoke high enough to avoid harm. A nine station monitoring system will track air conditions. Wisconsin had sought a delay but lost a Supreme Court bid.
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Minnesota
Robert Mattson
la Follette
Wisconsin
S. Smith Griswold
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Universities Fund Faculty Pay After Tax Revenue Shortfall
Senators debate a student fee plan to cover 600000 and use the remaining 800000 from unfilled faculty positions. Hollander cites constituent letters about UW sit ins on draft policy. Roseleip condemns raises for anyone possibly connected to communism. The bill advances from House 20 to 8 and moves to Gov Knowles for signing.
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Hollander
University of Wisconsin
Gordon Roseleip
Darlington
Roseleip
Communist Party
Senate
McParland
House
Warren P. Knowles
Judge faults Justice Dept for Giancana release
U S District Court Chief Judge William J Campbell says the Justice Department erred by not indicting Momo Giancana after immunity and testimony orders. Campbell jailed Giancana for civil contempt when he refused to testify before a grand jury probing organized crime. Giancana was freed after the grand jury term expired, prompting questions about prosecution strategy and potential resignations.
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Chicago
William J. Campbell
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
Momo Salvatore
Sam) Giancana
Campbell
Giancana
Organized
U.S
Hanrahan
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Swift
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Texaco
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