Record Turnout At Hokah Fun Date Draws 2500
Hokah Minn saw about 2500 attendees over a weekend for Fun Date. Events included pool activity dunking tank rides kid games and a band concert by Houston High School under Jack du Rocher. Sunday featured canoe races on Root River Mound Prairie to Hokah Bridge with multiple prize winners listed.
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Hokah
Minn
Root River Mound Prairies
Hokah Bridge
Jerry Cibhanowski
Richard Thurn
Winona
Ken Tschumper
Frances Thicke
la Crescent
Gary
Mike Frauenkron
Houston
Rick Lange
Ray Lange
Debbie Fra
Births in Illinois and Massachusetts Names
Birth notices from Carpentersville Illinois and Quincy Massachusetts report daughters and sons born on June 8 to the Waldow and Schultz families. Parent names and prior city connections are noted. The third item states Wednesday was named for Woden, a Norse god also known as Odin.
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Woden
Odin
Watergate details surface in ongoing disclosures
The narrative centers on Watergate with claims that President Nixon knew of a coverup and a 1971 dairy industry contribution intended to influence milk price supports. Charles Colson discusses Mitchell's role, while Sen Weicker accuses Nixon of withholding details. The piece cites Hoover's 1970 surprise push for campus informers.
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John Dean
Adam
Newsweek
Dean
Nixon
Charles W. Colson
New York Times
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Colson
Mitchell
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Senate
Wnew-Tv
New York
Weicker
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Whitehall Man John Vosseteig Dead at 82
John Vosseteig of Whitehall Wisconsin died at age 82 on Monday June 11 in a Whitehall nursing home where he had lived since 1971. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pigeon Falls Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev Gordon Trygstad officiating and burial in the church cemetery. Visitation at the Johnson Funeral Home in Whitehall is Tuesday 2–5 and 7–9 p.m. and Wednesday until noon, with further church visitation before the service. He was born March 18, 1891 in Pigeon Falls to Jens and his wife and was a retired farmer. He was unmarried and is survived by a brother Theodore of Milwaukee.
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Whitehall
Wis
John Vosseteig
Pigeon Falls Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gordon Trygstad
Johnson Funeral Home
Pigeon Falls
Jens Vosseteig
Theodore
Milwaukee
Minnesota Riders Die As Camper Truck Tragedy Strikes
The Associated Press reports six people died in Minnesota road incidents over the weekend, keeping the 1973 state traffic toll at 333. The week ended with another fatal crash involving a cyclist struck by a camper truck.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Arson Suspected At Horstal Lumber Fire Prairie du Chien
Fire damaged Horstal Lumber Co in Prairie du Chien with estimated losses between 60 000 and 70 000 dollars. No injuries reported. Fire Chief said arson probe will begin Monday after a 2 30 a m call for a car fire nearby and a smell of smoke at the lumber yard.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Horstal Lumber Co
Ray Burgess
Lumber Company
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Open houses draw about 1200 for Dairy Month tours
About 1200 people attended La Crosse County June Dairy Month open houses at four stops including three farms and a cheese factory despite 90 plus temperatures. Attendance peaked at the cheese factory with others visiting Norbert Nuttelman farm Clarence Meyers farm and LeRoy Juen farm as guests arrived from 2 to 3 p.m. Ice cream cheese and milk donated by local businesses were served.
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la Crosse County
Julius Manske
Onalaska County
County Farm Bureau
Norbert Nuttelman
Barre Mills
Clarence Meyers
Newburg Corners
LeRoy Juen
la Crosse
Dennis Martin
Martin
Meyers
Juen Farm
Manske
Brandt backs Israel peace path amid talks with Meir
German Chancellor Willy Brandt told Prime Minister Golda Meir the Middle East policy favors peace and direct talks. He said Germany will defend Israel’s right to exist and secure borders while improving ties with Arab states, declining a joint communique after meetings.
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France
Brandt
Germany
Israel
Mideast
Middle East
Golda Meir
Labor Party
Meir
Wisconsin Minnesota Weather Outlook
Wisconsin and Minnesota forecast: cooler temperatures with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms. Central and southern Wisconsin see a Monday night shower risk, Tuesday stays partly cloudy and cooler. Minnesota northern areas fair to partly cloudy, southern areas with slight shower chances Monday night and Tuesday. Central and southern regions turn colder. OVA shows scattered showers, cooler conditions through Tuesday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ova
USDA Reports China Buying Grain From U.S. Crops
The Agriculture Department says Mainland China has apparently bought about 2.5 million tons of wheat and 1 million tons of corn from 1973 U.S. crops. It announced that China also offered to buy sizeable quantities of wheat and feed grain from other origins, including the United States.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mainland China
United States
China
Miller To Expand Milwaukee Brewery
Miller Brewing Co a Philip Morris unit announces a 25 million dollar capex expansion plan for its Milwaukee operation raising capacity from 6 5 million to 9 million barrels annually. An initial 4 million Milwaukee shipping center is under construction with the program also affecting Texas and California operations.
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Milwaukee
Miller Brewing Co
Philip Morris Inc
Miller
Texas
California
Tribune ad rates and delivery price noted
The Tribune lists pricing details for city carrier delivery at 1.60 dollars every two weeks and offers to provide advertising rates and calculations.
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the Tribune
S. 4Th St
la Crosse
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