Hoover in New York Seriously Ill at 88
Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, is seriously ill in his Waldorf Towers suite, anemia from bleeding in the GI tract, doctors say no immediate hospital transfer. He had a major colorectal tumor operation last August and gallbladder removal in 1958, with his sons and Truman commenting on his condition.
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Herbert Hoover
Waldorf Towers
Hoover
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
L. Gordon Cooper
Kennedy
Herbert
Allan
Harry S. Truman
Washington
Drowning Deaths Hit Wisconsin and Indiana Lakes
A man and wife from South Range Wisconsin and their seven children face tragedy after drowning on Island Lake near Danbury Wisconsin. Their overturned boat was found and the wife’s body recovered. the husband remains missing. In a separate accident at Lake Dells St Croix State Park Indiana airman Ronald Carey drowned while swimming toward a raft with two companions. he was stationed at Osceola radar base.
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Island Lake
Danbury
Wisconsin
Indiana
Lake Dells
St Croix State Park
Leroy C. Frost
Jean
South Range
Wis
Frost
Duluth
Osceola
Kennedy Defends Hiring Record at Demonstration
March coverage shows Attorney General Kennedy defending Justice’s hiring bias claim amid protests. He boasts of 60 Negro lawyers, says no one will be hired solely for race, and urges Negro attendees to join volunteer programs aiding Washington families, children, and students.
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Justice
Kennedy
Washington
Four Lives Lost In Wisconsin Traffic Mishaps
Four people were killed in Wisconsin traffic crashes over the weekend, raising the year’s toll to 325 with four more fatalities reported. Victims include Wayne Storck 20 of Ashland Patsy Ann Kreisinger 19 Beloit Vernon Nowak injure and others in Milwaukee Kenosha and Appleton incidents.
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Associated Press
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Wayne Storck
Ashland
Highway 13
Storck
Harry Randall
Kenosha
Lake Delton
Patsy Ann Kreisinger
Beloit
Highway 15
Vernon Nowak
Appleton
Tigerton
Shawano County
Hugo Free
Milwaukee
Donald Wiedemeyer
Allenton
Slinger
Washington County
Hartford
Police and court notes from La Crosse area records
Records show a fainting incident at McDonalds Drive In and a car fire in La Crosse. Several judgments involve Dairy Herd Improvement Co op, Welcome Wagon International, and others for monetary amounts ranging from 17.95 to 503 dollars, plus arrests for drunkenness and furnishing beer to minors.
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Dairy Herd Improvement Co-op
West Salem
Harold Hagen
Bangor
Welcome Wagon International
Memphis
Tenn
Victor Ahlstrom
Shorewood Drive
Andrew P. Anderson
Anderson’s
Cities Service
Rose St
Lyle Wing
Avon St
Credit Bureau of la Crosse
Franckson Boat Dock Inc
Sperbeck Dr
G. P. Derickson Co
Minneapolis
John Alland and Sons
S. Losey Blvd
la Crosse Trailer Corp
Robert Page
S. 3Rd Ave
Onalaska
John Niedfeldt
Fred Arttus
Gohres St
Henry A. Wehrenberg
Winnebago St
Manitowoc Dairy Princess Named Miss Bieberitz Crowned
Betty Bieberitz an 18 year old Valders High School student was chosen Manitowoc County Dairy Princess and will be crowned Alice in Dairyland at a banquet. Sylvia Lee the 1962 Alice attended along with 22 regional Alice winners and a downtown parade was planned for the event leaders and officials noted. Senator William Proxmire will speak at the banquet tonight.
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Betty Bieberitz
Valders High School
Manitowoc County Dairy Princess
Miss Bieberitz
Jane Cohan
Reedsville
Sylvia Lee
Colfax
Alice
Births reported from St Francis and Grandview hospitals
A list of newborns announced from St Francis and Grandview hospitals with names such as Kay Ellen Friske, Paul Christopher Chess, Jean Marie Probus, and Laure Lynn Ostlie. Parents, addresses, and birth dates mostly June 5 to June 14 are listed for families in Winona, Hokah, La Crescent, Black River Falls, Hixton, Humbird, Melrose, Blair, Taylor, and Whitehall.
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E. Mark St
Winona
Minn
Ella
Barnewitz
Gary L. Wakefield
Ferry St
Dawn P. Gilbert
Paul J. von Arx
Hokah
Bett A. Grohman
Harold
Samuel Friske
Prospect St
Mary Welda
Lloyd Vix Jr
Houston, Minn
June Allan
Laure Lynn
Donald Ostlie
Melrose
Gloria de Colon
Jean Marie
Thomas Probus
Blair
Virginia Emerson
Penni Ann
Allen Gaede
Black River Falls
Rebecca Radke
Paul Christopher
Edward Chess
Elizabeth Ay
Rail strike dispute centers on firemen rule changes
President Kennedy calls a rail strike intolerable as firemen rules emerge as the key issue in a broad dispute over modernizing work rules. unions say current rules ensure safety. 200,000 on track staff across five unions face job eliminations under commissions and emergency board plans, with attrition and possible challenges tied to safety.
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Kennedy
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America and
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Independent Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Order of Railway Conductors
Council Accepts Bids and Contracts for Public Works
The Common Council accepted 69791 in bids and awarded 109183 in contracts on Thursday. The board of public works recommended four equipment bids, two of which were not the lowest, and the council debated whether to follow the standard lowest bid rule for the motor patrol grader.
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Common Council
Board of Public Works
Allis Chalmers
Milo G. Knutson
la Crosse
Allis-Chalmers
Drott Tractor Co., Inc
Miller, Bradford & Risberg, Inc
Bykovsky in Space Flight Marks Soviet Lead in Orbit
The article reports on cosmonaut Bykovsky's spaceflight and the Soviet Union extending its lead in manned orbital missions while NASA ends Project Mercury. It notes Khrushchev's reaction, Tass coverage, orbit details, and the cosmonaut's remarks. It also lists related bids and contracts for city infrastructure and equipment.
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Bykovsky
Soviet Union
United States
West
U.S
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Moscow
India as a Republic within the British Commonwealth
The note states that India is a republic within the British Commonwealth and lists its political divisions as sixteen states and six territories.
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India
Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Weather Summary Tonight and Sunday
Partly cloudy portions for Wisconsin with a chance of showers in the northeast. Minnesota sees increasing clouds and rain in the south tonight with warmer east areas and Sunday for the north partly cloudy and south cloudy with occasional rain extreme south. Iowa expects cloudy conditions with showers tonight and Sunday and cooler in the extreme west.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Readings at La Crosse Stations
Flood stage report lists river readings in La Crosse with 24 hour change and precipitation 46.3 inches, sunrise and sunset times on Sunday, degree days total 7654 up from last year 7752, normal 7567.
New flavor crisp pressure fried chicken at the Dodge House
Locals flock to the Dodge House on Lang Drive near the new viaduct for flavor crisp pressure fried chicken. Open daily from 8 to 11 with Sunday hours 11 to 7 and carryouts anytime. Telephone 29252. For photo finishing drop films at Universal Photo Service on 514 State Street with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
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Lang Drive
Universal Photo Service
State Street
Area Shipping Group May Be Reorganized
Seventy area farmers met at the Sparta Auction Market to discuss reorganizing the Area Equity Shipping Association into the Equity Coulee Region Marketing Cooperative. The plan envisions nine director areas with a regional advisory committee and phased bylaw adoption meetings starting June 27 in Sparta, with aims to improve live stock procurement and marketing across multiple towns.
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Sparta
Wis
Area Equity Shipping Association
Russell Hyam
Peter May
Equity Livestock Sales Association
Equity Coulee Region Marketing Cooperative
Tomah
Wilton
Kendall
Ontario
Cashton
Westby
Coon Valley
West Salem
Bangor
Equity Livestock Shipping Association
Shipping Association
Bangor Girl Crowned La Crosse County 4 H Queen
Ann Hemker of the Big Creek 4H Club was crowned La Crosse County H queen in Bangor Wisconsin. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hemker. Queen Ann was crowned by Christine Knutson last year’s county Queen. As queen she will attend 4 H events throughout the year. She was one of seven candidates.
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Bangor
Wis
Ann Hemker
Big Creek
la Crosse County
William Hemker
Ann
Christine Knutson
Miss Hemker
Two La Crosse Residents Injured In Auto Mishap
Two La Crosse County residents suffered injuries Friday evening when the car they rode in ran a stop sign and plunged off a county road. James R. Wang 27 sustained a head injury and a cut jaw Everett J. Dayton 18 had deep head and jaw cuts Driver Robert E. Roberts 21 told police he failed to see the stop sign and was driving west on County Highway S toward a T intersection around 11 15 p m They were taken to St Francis Hospital for treatment.
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la Crosse County
St. Francis Hospital
James R. Wang
N. 5Th Ave
Onalaska
Everett J. Dayton
Sumner St
Robert E. Roberts
St. Paul St
City Council Approves Davy Engineering for Well Plans
The La Crosse Common Council approved Davy Engineering Co to prepare plans for a well at 7th and King Streets over the engineer's preferred Jerry Donohue Eng Co. The vote 12 to 7 favored local firm Davy, despite City Engineer Scheibler's recommendation.
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Davy Engineering Co
la Crosse
7Th and King Streets
Robert Scheibler
Jerry Donohue
Davy Engineering
Davy
Groves
Scheible
Donahue
Sparta Elders Refer Zoning Change Plea
Sparta Wisconsin special session shifts zoning change request to planning commission for W H Oliver who plans a Country Kitchen restaurant near Home Oil south of Highway 16 across from Dairy Queen. The report covers airport land appraisal, financing, and a trailer-court license fee hike proposal.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Common Council
Planning Commission
la Crosse
W. H. Oliver
Home Oil Co
Dairy Queen
Ralph Osborne
Robert Anderson
Eau Claire
Angelo
Mourning march planned after Evers funeral amid tensions
Evers supporters secured a permit for a silent mourning march from the Negro Masonic Temple to Collins Funeral Home after services in Jackson Mississippi. Police feared eruptions as racial tensions mount. A 19 year old white youth was shot nearby. Martin H. McGee was wounded in the shoulder. FBI and police awaited full findings on the Evers killer as desegregation demonstrations persist.
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Pierce
Negro Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple
Martin H. McGee
Jackson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Collins Funeral Home
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Richard O. Gerow
Deep South
FBI
U.S. Supreme Court
Elroy Pool Set to Open Sunday With Recreation Programs
Elroy Wisconsin pool opens at 1 p m Sunday June 16 with Tom Green as lifeguard and Jim Garvin in charge of the bathhouse. Summer program begins Monday with 9 30 a m registration in the park run by John Schieffer offering Little League golf archery and Pony League.
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Elroy
Wis
Tom Green
Jim Garvin
John Schieffer
Green
Wlaa Insurance
Engan Selmer Married in 1953 in Spring Grove
Crash Engan of Selmer married Joan Trehus on November 25 1953. They are survived by three children Sharon Selmer Jr and Barbara Ann plus their parents Mr and Mrs Palmer Engan two brothers Ernest and Maynard and two sisters Mrs Sop hus Steen and Mrs Verdayne Tollefsrud all of Spring Grove.
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Selmer
Joan Trehus
Sharon, Selmer Jr
Barbara Ann
Palmer Engan
Ernest
Maynard
Sophus Steen
Verdayne Tollefsrud
Spring Grove
La Crosse Band Plans Sunday Concerts in Sparta and Tomah
The La Crosse Concert Band presents concerts Sunday at the Monroe County Home Sparta at 2 30 p m and at the Tomah Veterans Hospital at 6 30 p m. The events showcase the ensemble’s regional program.
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la Crosse
Monroe County
Sparta
Tomah Veteran’s Hospital
Tomah
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