Marine Capt May Quit Swim Down Mississippi
Marine Capt Alan Jones facing open sores and a swollen leg edged toward stopping his 700 mile Mississippi River swim begun May 24 in Minneapolis with companion Wayne Thompson of Portland. Doctors at Dubuque advised abandoning water for weeks as Jones weighs continuing amid river pollution and suspected poison ivy infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Jones
Wayne Thompson
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Clinton
Iowa
Mississippi River
Portland
Ore
Jones
Dubuque
LeMars
Vietnam
Quantico
St. Louis Jones
Migrant Labor Bill Faces Opposition at Hearing
Wisconsin lawmakers heard strong objections to a proposed migratory labor bill. Agribusiness leaders argued it duplicatest existing rules adds costly bureaucracy and singles out agriculture. Critics urged withholding action until compromise talks for a June 15 special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
Agribusiness
Senate
Assembly
Monroe Swan
Milwaukee
Migratory Labor Committee
Swan
Lucey
Arnold Sveon
Krier Preserving Co
Sveon
Migratory Labor Council
County board chairman opposes office move plan
Two county committees table a proposal for 30 days to swap the Court house office space of the chairman and the personnel department. William L. Bush says the board chairman’s office should remain public and accessible, citing frequent public visits and potential traffic issues if moved to the first floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Property and Parks Group
Finance and Personnel Committee
William L. Bush
City Woman Receives Medical Degree at Northwestern
Therese Marie Hickey daughter of Dr and Mrs Aloysius Hickey 1811 Sunset Drive will earn the doctor of medicine degree from Northwestern University Medical School Chicago on June 12 She will begin a pathology residency at Stanford University Palo Alto Calif July 1 Kenneth Guthrie personnel director favors moving the department next to the county clerk to ease records access Supervisor Wilbert Ipsen prefers a full courthouse study before action The Parks and Property Committee delays annexation of about 100 acres of Lakeview while Fourth graders at Hogan School display a Bicentennial stitchery now hanging in the auditorium Supervisor Leonard Yeskie supports annexation for better services and potential future sale to a developer Final Lakeview Hospital auction set for Saturday June 12 with inspections June 11 and security changes noted Goose Island Park damage from a May 22 mini rock concert discussed and organizers agree to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Therese Marie Hickey
Aloysius Hickey
Sunset Drive
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago
Acquinas High School
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Kenneth Guthrie
Wilbert Ipsen
15Th Dist
Ernest Kowal
Dist
Lakeview Hospital
Kowal
Goose Island Park
Drought Data Show Minnesota Faces Severe 100-Year Dry Spell
Minnesota faces its worst drought in a century with April and May rainfall 4 inches below normal across much of the state. Authorities warn of a hot, dry summer and seek a federal drought assessment team as losses climb, with 600 million dollars in farm damages and 35 to 40 percent of hay affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Richard Nolan
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Earl Butz
Butz
Houston
Southwest Agricultural Experiment Station
Lamberton
Redwood County
Jon Wefald
Wisconsin Subdues National Maternal Death Rate
Wisconsin reports the nation’s lowest maternal mortality through 1948 analyses by a physician committee. Efforts include school education on reproduction, pooled state data with others, and improved hospital blood supplies. From 1953 to 1974 deaths dropped from 66 to nine annually, or 7.5 to one per ten thousand live births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Medical Society
Medical Society
Thomas A. Leonard
Committee On
Leonard
Dale Hunsaker
State Division of Health
Bi centennial alumni banquet and local notices
The Bangor Women's Civic Club hosts a Bi centennial alumni banquet at Bangor High School gym from 6 30 to 8 30 p m on Saturday July 3 by reservation only. Reservations due by May 31 via Mrs Delores Olson or Mrs Rosella Gikling. Faith and First Lutheran Sunday Schools hold a joint picnic at West Franklin School June 13 with 10 30 a m outdoor service, noon potluck, and afternoon program. Western Wisconsin Technical Homemakers picnic June 11 at Myrick Park shelter. bring own table service. St Johns Catholic Church Wilton hosts dinner and bazaar at parish hall Sunday starting 11 30 a m with games and refreshments. Bridge club top scorers listed with Alfred Knorr and Robert Whiteway at 66, Mark Hines and James DeBoer close behind, Carter and Pat Luke third with 612. The Gold Broken Wing award goes to Warrant Officer 1 Bruce D Miner, son of the late Duane S Miner and Mrs Rena Miner, grandson of Sidney B Miner, for recovering an Army aircraft in flight. Miner, a former paratrooper, served under presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor Women’s Civic Club
Bangor High School
Delores Olson
Rosella Gikling
Faith Lutheran
First Lutheran
North Beaver Creek
Ettrick
West Franklin
Western Wisconsin
Myrick Park
St. John’s
Wilton
Alfred Knorr
Robert Whiteway
la Crosse
Army Aviation
Bruce D. Miner
Duane S. Miner
Rena Miner
Raleigh
N.C
Sidney B. Miner
Charles St
Miner
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eem
LaCrosse
Cribune
May
Mississippi
By David Treadwell
E.C. Leach Jr
Leach Farms Inc
Committee On Migratory Labor
Carl Otte
D-Sheboygan
Subcommittee
Agen
Sveen
Jack Campnell
Wisconsin Muck Farmers Association
Lem
Mahlon Kirk
Muck Farmers Association
Dennis Zeleski
Lake Mills
Grandview
Hillview
Oak Forest
Parks and Property Committee
West Salem
Lakeview
Hogan School
U.S. States
Debi Dannhoff
Market St
Leonard Yeskie
28Th Dist
Yeskie
Bush
Congressional
U.S
Meonard
AMD
Central High School
Hubert J. Schleiter
Schleiter
Bangor
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