Wisconsin weekend toll climbs as 12 dead in crashes
The AP reports twelve people died in Wisconsin highway crashes over the weekend, bringing 1966 toll to 378. Notable fatalities include Estella R. Johnson 70 of Waterloo Iowa en route to Milwaukee with her daughter. Allen Edge 19 of Lancaster. and three more from Milwaukee in a West Bend crash. A brutal Onalaska murder ends a three day pool dedication, with Kenneth Comeau sought for the decapitation of Jonalynn Jewell 15.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Estella R. Johnson
Waterloo
Iowa
Monroe
Donna J. Murray
Murray
Allen Edge
Lancaster
Madison
West Bend
Edwin Schultz
Charles
Henry Lewering
Union Grove
Washington County
Schultz
Lewering
la Crosse Tripune
Onalaska
Wis
Kenneth Clayton Comeau
4Th Ave. N
Jonalynn Jewell
Eugene A. Toepel
Sheriff's Department
French Island
Comeau
Black
Main St
Margaret
Peg) Jewell
Richard Jewell
Sparta
At Least 100 Feared Dead in Bombay Train Crash
A Bombay suburban rail collision during the 7 am rush hour left at least 100 feared dead and about 120 injured as two trains jammed with commuters collided near Matunga Station. Rescue teams fought to free trapped passengers from twisted coaches.
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Bombay
India
Matunga Station
Victoria Station
Victoria
Thana Junction
Central Terminal
Tal
Matunga
Houston Grad Of 1966 Dies In Car Crash
Robert John Bremseth 17 of Houston died when his car skidded on wet pavement and plunged into a ditch on Highway 76 south of Houston. Four classmates were treated for cuts and bruises. The group, all 1966 Houston High School graduates, had been riding county roads during a heavy rainstorm.
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Floyd W. Moon Jr
Campbellsport
Fond du Lac
Adrian
Ethel E. Weger
Madison
Dane County
Houston
Minn
Robert John Bremseth
Highway 76
Here
Richard Schnaufer
Douglas Poppe
Bruce Carrier
Thomas Sweet
Bremseth
Caledonia
Schnaufer
Houston High School
Yucatan
Thomas Runningen
Preston
Allen Bremseth
Rail unions favor merger plan amid shrinking industry
Leaders of three railroad unions announce they will seek member approval to merge into a single union under a 1963 compulsory arbitration bill. The plan involves ORC&B, BLF&E, and SUNA with about 90 000 union members and faces authoritative review before implementation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ion
Congress
Gilbert
Senate
Reader Interview Project to Survey La Crosse Tribune Fans
The La Crosse Tribune will interview over 1 000 regular readers this week to gauge reader interests. A 40 person crew will conduct interviews using area probability sampling with a 1 in 15 home selection chance. Dr. Charles L. Allen of Oklahoma State University will direct the study with interviews starting at 9 30 a m on Wednesday at the Ivy Motel in La Crosse.
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W. T. Burgess
The
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Tribune
Charles L. Allen
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Okla
Allen
Wisconsin
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
University of Illinois
Ivy Motel
6Th and Vine Sts
Missing La Crosse Teens Sought by Police
Two 14 and 15 year old girls, Sharon Kohlwey and Vicky Strong, have been missing from their homes since Thursday June 9 in La Crosse. Police say the pair were likely together and request information from the public.
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la Crosse
Sharon Ann Kohlwey
Harvey St
Vicky Strong
N. 9Th St
Youth Killed By Train At Pewaukee Crossing
A 17 year old from Hartland died after attempting to cross the Wisconsin Avenue crossing in Pewaukee while the guard gate was down and signals operated. A companion was uninjured.
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Pewaukee Crossing
Pewaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Wisconsin Avenue
Waukesha County
George Jungbluth
Hartland
Wisconsin communities register for governor's conference
Officials from 54 Wisconsin communities have registered for a Friday conference on federal aid available to communities. The event will teach local officials how to access national aid through state agencies with executives from 13 state departments scheduled to speak.
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Madison
Wisconsin
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William Boma Jr
Gary Kiefner
Associated Press
John H. Schieser
Manawa
Waupaca
Beloit
Kathleen A. Kruser
James
Holmlund
Richard
Ricky
Jerry Ringdahl
St. Francis Hospital
John Stafslien
la Crosse County
Paul
Pip) Wuest
Kenneth C. Comeau
Jonalynn
Sheriff Department
Sheriff's Deputies
Lend
Onalaska Spillway
Hanner
Highway 53
Pep’s
2Nd Ave. S
Jewel Tea Co
Black River
Bill Boma Sr
Boma
Wuest
Jewell
Michael Watunga
Randolph
Tribune News
WKBT
Charles Rick
Minnesota
Illinois
First Lutheran Church
Paul A. Roe
Woodlawn
Fossum
Jonalynn Adele Jewell
Pvt
Andrew Peter Jewell
Fort Rucker
Ala
Richard Evarist Jewell
Melita Jewell
Arthur Jewell
Melvina
Thelma Anderson
A. A. Stats
Austin, Minn
Janalynn Jewell
Central Railway
Madras
Calcutta
New Delhi
Sion
Indian Navy
Jean Bremseth
Steven
Jan
Mary
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church
Richard Lee
Stone Church
the Hill Funeral Home
George H. Harris
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen
Orc&b
H.E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Blf&e
Neil P. Speirs
Switchmen’s Union of North America
SUNA
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
United States
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
BLE
BLFIE
BRT
Cedar Rapids
Rutgers
Northwestern University
Oklahoma State
Harry Larsson
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