Civil War Cannons Roar Again At Camp McCoy Open House
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin the Loomis Battery from Michigan and the 10th Wisconsin Volunteers staged a Civil War cannon duel during the open house. Vernon Thomson arranged the event and awarded plaques with trophy replicas. Civilians from Whitehall Eau Claire and other communities manned 10 man teams firing 12 pound loads amid 30 pound Parrot rifles and modern tank guns for contrast.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Loomis
Michigan
Wisconsin Volunteers
Vernon Thomson
R Richland Center
Wisconsin
Whitehall
Eau Claire
Robert Parker Parrot
West Point
Cold Springs
N.Y
Eau Claire Company
Bernard Paulson
Clear Lake
Gene
127Th Infantry
Wisconsin National Guard
10Th Wisconsin Artillery
162 Armor
105Th Cavalry
Manston
1St Brigade Band
Milwaukee
32Nd Engineers
la Crosse
Richard Crecelius
Ties With Kremlin May Bother Tito
AP special correspondent William L. Ryan traces Tito’s uneasy stance as Yugoslavia opens to the West. He notes Tito’s aging leadership, concern over post-retirement direction, and the evolving open society despite purges and tensions within the Communist Party. Milwaukee Zoo seeks a stronger steam locomotive after breakdowns.
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William L. Ryan
Joseph Stalin
International Communism
West Berlin
Yugoslavia
United States
U.S
Tito
Moscow
West
League of Communists
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Zoo
Watergate Funds Tied to White House Project
The Finance Committee to Re Elect the President says funds raised last June for a White House project were used to aid Watergate defendants. Herbert Kalmbach collected 210000 dollars, including 75000 from Maurice Stans, with 30000 from Philippine citizens, raising foreign donor concerns and potential federal law violations. Ehrlichman reportedly asked Kalmbach to raise the money.
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Washington
White House
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Kalmbach
Finance Committee
Maurice Stans
Watergate
Finance
Committee Today
General Accounting Office
John D. Ehrlichman
Washington Star-News
House “Plumbers
Ehrlichman
Daniel Ellsberg
David Young
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Egil “‘Bud’’ Krogh
Krogh
Los Angeles
Watergate Grand Jury
Young
John W. Dean III
Dean
Southern Firm Shows Interest in La Crosse Garment Co
An undisclosed southern garment manufacturer may acquire La Crosse Garment Co as its receiver foresees saving jobs. Meetings with prospective buyers continue, with plans to repay creditors and potential city revenue bonds for a new plant.
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South
la Crosse Garment Co
la Crosse
W. Peter Gilbertson
Gilbertson
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Southern Company
la Crosse Garment. Firm
Ficials
Federal Referee
Federal District Court
Madison
Southern
la Crosse Garment
Brandt Escapes Injury In Helicopter Mishap
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt narrowly avoided a crash at Masada when a gust tipped his Israeli military helicopter toward a cliff. Brandt was unhurt, though several officials were slightly injured. the incident followed a breakfast meeting with Moshe Dayan as they discussed Palestinian refugees and a broader European Mediterranean policy.
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Jerusalem
Willy Brandt
Dead Sea
Brandt
Paul Frank
Bonn
Eliashir Ben-Horin
Masada
Massada
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
Mideast
Middle East
Split Court Upholds Ruling On Clean Air
The 4 to 4 split leaves in place a lower court order barring any substantial degradation of clean air. Environmentalists achieved a major victory by upholding limits against significant deterioration in regions with already clean air.
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Split
Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
D.C
Lewis F. Powell Jr
High Court
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Ruckelshaus
EPA
Weather outlook shows mixed skies and cooler air ahead
Partly cloudy and cooler with a slight chance of showers Monday night and Tuesday. Lows around 60 Monday night, highs near 80 Tuesday. Light northerly winds and a 20 percent precipitation chance. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and a bit cooler with mid-50s lows.
Tribune Pages Highlight Travel, Science and Style Bits
Grant Blum recounts a 16 day Colorado vacation overcoming temptations to trim pounds. Kenneth G Brown covers University of Wisconsin La Crosse River Studies sampling the Mississippi nine foot navigation channel. John P Roche columns ponder missing cotton shirts and underwear amid summer heat.
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Tribune
Grant Blum
Colorado
Kenneth G. Brown
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Biology Department
Nine Foot
Mississippi River
Hijackers flee with 400000 from Nepal Airlines hijack
Three Nepalese gunmen hijacked a Royal Nepal Airlines Otter aircraft in southeastern Nepal and forced it across the border into India. They stole about three million rupees from the Nepalese state bank on board and escaped into the Himalayan foothills near Forbesganj with the ransom while no one aboard was injured. The incident prompts a major manhunt concentrating in Uttar Pradesh Bihar and West Bengal.
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New Delhi
India
Royal Nepal Airlines
Himalayan
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Nepal
West Bengal
Biratnager
Katmandu
Forbesganj
K. B. Malla
Ies
Indian Subcontinent
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Nora Magelee
la Crosse Tribune
Bernard
Gene Paulson
Kremlin
Ence
Stalin
Romania
Cominform
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Zoo
Whitehouse
InGarment Co
Georgia
USDA
China
Agriculture Department
Mainland China
Warren E. Burger
Women’s News
Ann Landers
CS Io Iccd
Ceeus Cone TV Log
John P. Roche
Roche
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