Public Works Appropriation Bill Okayed
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 4.326 billion public works bill covering Defense civil functions Atomic Energy Commission TVA Seaway Development Reclamation Bureau and Interior power agencies. It is 46.5 million below Johnson’s request and 79.5 million below last year’s level. If the Senate approves, annual House appropriations would total 82 billion for the year starting July 1. The Senate has yet to act on these measures while Civil Rights debates continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Reclamation Bureau
Power Agencies
Interior Department
Johnson
House
Senate
Rossiter’s Path to Priesthood and Education Leadership
Fr. Rossiter, pastor of St. Matthew’s Wausau, was born in La Crosse and pursued education across several schools. He completed seminary training at Loras College and Catholic University, earning a master’s in education in 1947, and was ordained June 7, 1947, by Bishop Tread. He taught, served as assistant, and rose to principal roles at multiple Wisconsin high schools and parishes, later leading Catholic education efforts nationally.
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Paget McGarty
St. Mathew’s
Wausau
Acolytes
Catholic
la Crosse
Fr. Rossiter
St. Mary’s
Aquinas High School
la Crosse State College
Loras College
Dubuque
Iowa
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
Graduate School of
Father Rossiter
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
John P. Treacy
St. Anthony’s Church
Athens
St. Patrick’s High School
Regis
Eau Claire
St. Patrick’s Parish
Mauston
Madonna High School
Columbus High School
Marshfield
Burglary reports include Pengra Brothers break in
Burglars entered Pengra Brothers Inc at 500 S 3rd St between 5 40 p m Wednesday and 7 10 a m Thursday with no items missing police said In a separate case Francis Jones of 521 S 16th St reported a mounted transistor radio stolen from his car in the garage between 10 p m Wednesday and 8 a m Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pengra Brothers, Inc
S. 3Rd St
Francis Jones
S. 16Th St
County Court Dockets From La Crosse County Wisconsin
Daily Records from La Crosse list numerous county and municipal court dispositions including jail sentences probation for Hogan Brabant Rommel and others on charges of bodily harm disorderly conduct speeding improper passing and driving with various penalties. Several cases note fines ranging from 5 to 60 dollars and dates for upcoming trials or hearings.
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Dennis A. Hogan
Winneshiek Road
Carol Hogan
Hogan
James R. Brabant
George St
Brabant
Duane Rommel
Mindoro
Jean Rommel
Rommel
Floyd Reardon
S. 20Th St
James M. Rumsey
de Soto
Joseph N. Aylsworth
Avon St
Helmer Steien
Taylor
Edward A. Haase
Bangor
Anne M. Hammes
East Ave
Roy G. Kramer
Winona
Ronald A. Guanello
Mississippi St
La Crosse Police Transfer Report
Emma Gautsch of 279 North Shore Drive was transported to Lutheran Hospital from La Crosse at 7:58 p.m. on June 11.
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Emma Gautsch
North Shore Drive
Lutheran Hospital
Burlington and Baraboo Men Die in Separate Crashes
Two Wisconsin men died in separate late Wednesday crashes. Robert Martin, 36, of rural Burlington, died in a two car collision on Highway 50 west of Kenosha. David D. Moon, 48, of rural Baraboo, died after his vehicle struck a median and culvert on Highway 12 south of Baraboo. The 1964 state highway toll reached 395.
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Tne Associated Press
Wisconsin
Robert Martin
Burlington
Kenosha
David D. Moon
Baraboo
Highway 12
Skeeter Schedule Spraying Planned Thursday Night
The spraying route covers the area from the north end of the South Side to the south city limits between Losey Boulevard and the east city limits.
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Losey Boulevard
Smylie Sees Forward GOP Platform Endorsed by Barry Goldwater
Idaho Governor Smylie predicted that Republican governors will craft a forward looking policy platform that Goldwater will accept as the GOP nominee. He noted the Governors Conference failed to produce a moderate rival and that Nixon and Romney discussed chances against Goldwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Barry Goldwater
Smylie
Goldwater
George Romney
Michigan
Boy, 17, Built Shanty With Stolen Lumber
A 17 year old La Crosse boy admitted building a boathouse with stolen lumber. Police found about 25 fishing rods inside. He confessed to stealing three 20 foot timbers, another 12 by 12, and 12 four by fours from local sites, plus a telephone pole. The boat house loot included kerosene lanterns and tackle. Juvenile court action will follow.
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la Crosse
Pettibone Boat Club
Milwaukee Railroad
Lieder Lumber Co
Clarence Pinker
S. 29Th St
Tuberculin Testing Clinic Scheduled in Onalaska
A chest X ray and tuberculin testing clinic sponsored by the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday for La Crosse residents at Oak Forest Sanatorium in Onalaska. The La Crosse City Health Department says the clinic targets those with known tuberculosis in their families. Appointments are by calling 25493. the last clinic was two years ago, a department spokesman said.
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Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
la Crosse
Oak Forest Sanatorium
Onalaska
la Crosse City
Stocks and Bonds Prices and Commodities Report June 11 1964
A dense list of stock quotations across multiple firms including American Can American Motors General Motors General Electric RCA and Sinclair Oil with percentages and prices. commodities such as wheat corn soybeans eggs and July contracts noted. mutual funds and bonds also listed with bid ranges and volume figures.
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Phillips
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
Ind
Columbia Gas
Consolid
NS Studebaker TM
Curtiss Wrightie Sunray
Dupont Vy Swift
Eastman Kodak
Texaco
Financial Fed
Trane Co
NS Ford
Union Oil
Fruehaus Trailer
U.S. Rubber
Gamble Skog
U.S. Steel
General Dynamics
Western Air Lines
General Electric
Westinghouse Elec
General Motors
White Motors
General Telephone
Zenith
Great Northern Ry
Boston Capital
Greyhound
First
National Gulf Oil
City Bank
Illinois Central Ind
Law Cooler
Ind Harvester
Epko Shoe
Interstate Power
Wallace Press
Jones & Laughlin
Lockheed
Dow Jones
Magnavox
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Northern Pacific
Northwest Banc
Olin Mathieson
Pepsi-Cola
Civil rights debate nears end as cloture invoked
Debate on the civil rights bill accelerates toward passage with a cloture vote setting a 100-hour limit on debate. Senators Humphrey and Kuchel expect passage by midweek, amid clashes over amendments including Gore’s bid to strip the federal funds provision.
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Grant Sawyer
Nevada
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Edward T. Breathitt
Kentucky
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Congress
Senate
Long
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Dixie
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Humphrey
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Russell
O'Tenn
Viroqua OKs Rental Terms On Bulldozer
The Viroqua Common Council approved a $500 a month three month bulldozer rental from Nagle Hart Co for use at the new landfill. If the city buys the machine for $11,500 the rental will apply to the purchase price.
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Viroqua
Wis
Nagle- Hart Co
Arnold Bolstad
Harold Hall
Everett Chapman
Flood Fences Off Towns as Air Drops Aid Montana Regions
Floods from heavy rains and rapid snowmelt isolate small towns in northwestern and west central Montana. U S Air Force C123 transports and other planes airlift thousands of pounds of food and medical supplies to flood battered areas. Choteau becomes islanded with residents evacuated only partly possible. Heart Butte clinic uses radio guidance from a physician. Red Cross runs 11 shelters housing over 4 000 refugees.
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U.S. Air Force
Heart Butte
Choteau
Associated Press
D. P. Fabrick
Johnson
The
Red Cross
Weather record for lacrosse region and neighboring states
Occasional showers and thunderstorms through tonight and Friday with warmer temperatures. Wisconsin reports variable cloudiness and warmer conditions with scattered thunderstorms. Minnesota and Iowa expect scattered showers and thunderstorms, some heavy, tonight into Friday. temperatures rise, with cooler western Iowa Friday.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin Senators Split on Civil Rights Bill Amendment
Wisconsin's two Democratic senators voted opposite ways on a civil rights bill amendment. Senator William Proxmire supported passage while Senator Gaylord Nelson opposed, with the measure barring double jeopardy for acts tied to federal criminal law violations and criminal contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wisconsin
Senate
William Proxmire
Gaylord Nelson
Blind eighth grader defies odds with active life in Braintree
Joanie Hyland a 13 year old blind seventh grader at Braintree Junior High enjoys biking climbing trees and playing ball despite blindness. She walks to school alone with a friend and learned to ride on Braintree streets. She treats blindness as no handicap and recalls climbing onto a roof to see what it looked like.
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Braintree
Mass
Joanie Hyland
Joanie
Braintree Junior High School
Bishop Ward Urges Methodists to Heed Gospel Call
Bishop Ward urged renewed responsiveness within the Methodist Church citing his Southeast Asia trip and contrasts between Asia and America. He warned dullness could threaten life, urged unity and listening in pews, and noted declines in church school enrollments and worship. The 110th conference closes with ordination at St Luke's Methodist Church.
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Jesus
Christ
Bishop Ward
Southeast Asia
United States
General Conference of Methodists
Methodist Church
Women’s Society
John F. Wreford
South Africa
First Methodist Church
Chippewa Falls
H. Clifford Northcott
Madison
Pittsburgh
Wesley Methodist Church
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Drowning Incidents Reported Near Delavan and Somerset
Faas ton Illinois man drowned when a boat overturned on Delavan Lake as three companions swam to shore. Dragging operations started the following morning. In Wisconsin Sally Halverson aged 18 months drowned after falling into the Apple River northeast of Somerset while playing with siblings. Her brother was rescued from four feet of water. The Halverson family had just moved to a Somerset summer home.
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Page ‘Ton
Ill
Delavan Lake
Delavan
Dixon
Sally Halverson
Norman Halverson
Bayport
Minn
Apple River
Somerset
St. Croix County
Halversons
River readings and political debate cap off week
Weather readings for Winona and La Crosse show 5.5 and 4.7 feet respectively with Friday sunrise at 5 22 and sunset at 8 48. A legislative debate follows as Republicans and Democrats split on a foreign aid authorization heading to the Senate for possible approval.
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Mississippi
Winona
la Crosse
Five Area Youths Enlist In Marines
Five Tri State Area youths enlist in the Marine Corps for four years each and head to San Diego for basic training. Thomas Entwistle of Black River Falls, Robert Schleich of Hokah, Richard Hodge of La Crescent join under the aviation program. George Lee of Lansing and Donald Peters of Lansing enlisted through the buddy program.
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Tri-State
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Marine Recruiting
la Crosse
Thomas J. Entwistle
Blaine Entwistle
Black River Falls
Robert O. Schleich
Omer C. Schleich
Hokah
Richard F. Hodge
Joseph J. Hodge
la Crescent
George H. Lee
George R. Lee
Donald J. Peters
Clem Peters
Lansing
Wauwatosa Youth Killed by Truck
John W. Hartman an 18 year old summer worker for the community forestry department was killed in a trucking accident at the city dump. He fell from a dump truck and was crushed under the rear wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wauwatosa
John W. Hartman
Communnity Forestry Department
Hartman
Martin Luther King Jailed in Florida Sit-In
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed in St. Augustine Florida after refusing to leave the front steps of a motel restaurant during a sit in. The incident underscores ongoing civil rights protests in the area.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Martin Luther King Jr
Proxmire Attacks AID Inflation and Profits
Senator William Proxmire criticizes the Agency for International Development for paying inflated prices to boost profits for affiliated companies. He notes AID's past oil purchases at posted prices higher than world prices and urges a rule to buy at the lowest possible prices, contrasting with the Defense Department’s competitive pricing.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Agency For International Development (Aid
Aid
Proxmire
David E. Bell
Ithe Defense Department
Scranton Plays Waiting Game Ahead of Nomination Drive
After a Gettysburg meeting with Eisenhower Scranton moved to widen his candidacy reach. Reports say Eisenhower urged him not to join a stop-Goldwater movement. Scranton pledged availability but declined to actively seek the nomination, leaving Schweiker optimistic about a five week window before the convention.
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Page
Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cleveland
Eisenhower
Scranton
CBS
Face the Nation
Infant Dies From Respiratory Illness In La Crosse
A two month old La Crosse boy Michael Pataska died of an upper respiratory infection on the way to St Francis Hospital. Firefighters and police ambulance provided oxygen. Autopsy by County Coroner Dr. Michael Watunga attributed death to acute laryngotracheobronchitis.
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la Crosse
St. Francis Hospital
Michael Pataska
John Pataska
St. Paul St
Mrs Hart Suffered Injuries in Fall at Home
Mrs James Hart aged 87 of 1027 Rose Street sustained head and hand injuries in a fall at noon Thursday. She was transported by police ambulance to St Francis Hospital for treatment.
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James Hart
Rose St
St. Francis Hospital
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Denton St
William D. Morrison
S. Losey Blvd
Phillip M. Groathousen
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Avilla
Beulah M. Jacobson
Mormon Coulee Road
David M. Seymour
S. 22Nd St
Garland W. Hostetter
Waukegan
Delmore J. Vanderploeg
West Salem
Larry D. Noyes
Tomah
Robert D. Stephan
6Th Ave
Michael A. Birnbaum
S. 6Th St
Irvin R. Rush
Sparta
Aldin M. Dwyer
Stoddard
Rodney L. Ross
Milwaukee
Dennis L. Roberts
Racine
Albert W Perman
Macon
John E. Davis
Hiles
Merle L. Peterson
Cudahy
Clarence J. Whelan
Duluth
Grand Rapids
Mich
Beryl L. Jones
Bryan
Darrell I. Otto
Oak Creek
John A. Peterson
Donald J. Schallerer
Chicago
Ronald R. Enos
Bloomington
Duane K. Percival
Franklin Park
Fred C. Jacobs
Charles H. Schelbre
Michael J. Horkain
Gray
Thomas J. Burke
Cecil H. Herman
Bradley W. Nierengarten
St. Cloud
Roy J. Fisher
Cumberland
Robert Thompson
Alonzo H. Williams
Norwalk
Jerry R. Ballard
Camp McCoy
Bert A. Brookens
Janesville
Dale W. Wolff
Sweeney Bros. Inc
Spring Valley
Keane’s
Crown Cork and Steel Co
Joseph Paremski
Caroline St
Jerome Jorstad
William F. Jean
Rhode Island
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
la Crosse County
Sparta, Wis
Gerald Miller
H. D. Corden
Robert J. Sobotta
Bloomer
Fred Beckler
Eli Howe Jr
Wilbur Filter
Virgil Cheshewalla
Paukuska Okla
LeRoy Pfaff
Fire Department
Reuben Trane
S. 15Th St
15Th
Cass Streets
2Nd
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Northern Plastics Co
Highway 53
George Street
Edward Wittenberg
22Nd St
Northern States Power Company
Burlington, Baraboo
South ST. Paul Livestock
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Skeeter Schedule
Barry
By Jack Bell
Richard M. Nixon
Gov. Neilson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
London
Romney
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Aileen, Inc
Central
Clark
Godfrey Co
Hamilton
Heileman
Koehring Co
la X Rubber
la X Tele
Marine Cap
McQuay, Inc
Guar. Ins
Nekoosa Edw
North, Plastics
Pyroil Co
Rap Industries
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch
Swank, Inc
Warner Elec
Western Power
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Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard
Bal. Fund
Eaton & Howard Std. Fund
Swift & Company
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Viroqua OK
K Aid
Louisiana
C.P
T.W
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Dam
Prairie du Chien
Tremleau
Dodge
Black
Gales
Root
Houston
Marines
Martin L. King
WLCX
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