Senate Passes Air Pollution Bill In Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Senate approved the air pollution control bill 28 to 4 while debating a proposed department of local affairs and development. The measure would empower the Department of Resource Development to regulate emissions and waste facilities, with enforcement by counties and state rules, and would create an urban affairs office in Milwaukee. The bill now moves back to the Assembly after four Senate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Department of
Milwaukee
Department of Resource Development
Assembly
Knowles
Milwakee
Department of Local Affairs and Development
Winona Livestock Market Update
Swift and Co at Winona Minnesota reports hog deliveries due by noon. Hog market up 25 cents with various weights and grades listed. Cattle market steady with Hi Choice Prime at 25.25 and Utility cows 16.00 to 18.75. Veal market closed Friday.
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Winona Livestock Swift & Co
Winona
Minn
Hoa
South St. Paul Livestock Prices Mixed as Cattle and Hogs Rally
In South St. Paul Minnesota USDA reports cattle and hog markets with steer and heifer prices mostly steady to higher while hogs trend steady to strong and feeder pigs steady. Notable quotes include 1104 lb slaughter steers at 26.25 and 195-245 lb barrows at 23.00 with other classes in the 17.75 to 32.00 range. Chicago grain prices also listed for No. 2 corn and soybeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Chicago Potatoes and Butter Prices Steady Amid Slow Demand
USDA reports U S potato shipments at 632 with 40 rivals on track 15 and new supplies moderate. Market remains dull as demand stays slow and old-supply quotes are insufficient. Chicago Mercantile Exchange shows butter at 93 score AA 646 and 92 A 66 with other grades, eggs grade A whites 27 mixed 2614 mediums 21 standards 232.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
U.S
Chicago Produce
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Mideast Crisis Behind Diplomatic Efforts and Refugee Rise
Amid talks with President de Gaulle and plans for a meeting with Harold Wilson, the United States urges Security Council leadership in the Middle East while refusing to back a Soviet push for a General Assembly session. Refugees reach about 200,000 as Syrians flee toward Lebanon and Jordan, with Syria offering aid and Israel expanding military spending to hold new territories. Libya requests U.S. base withdrawals, targeting Wheelus Air Base as Libyan Premier Maziq pushes for an early U.S. exit.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Middle East
Red Cross
Beirut
Lebanon
Jordan
Syria
Jordan River
Israel
Libya
Britain
Cairo
United States
Wheelus
Husain Maziq
Africa
Europe
Military Air Transport Service
Bank Worker Receives Electric Shock at First National Bank
Karen Dworshek a 23 year old bank employee suffered an electric shock about 4 25 p m Thursday while servicing a proof machine in the bank basement. She was reported in satisfactory condition and improving at St Francis Hospital Friday. High humidity in the bank was blamed for carrying the current.
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First National Bank
Karen Dworshek
St. James St
St. Francis Hospital
Weather snapshot from a historic June day
Sunrise Saturday :22 a.m. Sunset Saturday 8:49 p.m. Record highs and lows listed for June 16 1913 and June 15 1947. Degree days totals compare to last year and normal values.
Uncertain Five Day Temperature Trend Across Midwest
Forecasts show below normal temperatures for five days from Saturday to the following Wednesday with cooler weekend and a warm spell early next week. Precipitation near half an inch is expected Friday night into Saturday across Wisconsin and Minnesota, with thunderstorms possible in Iowa and showers in the northwest.
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la Crosse
Ye-inch
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Stock quotations from National Association of Securities Dealers
The table lists inter dealer quotations as of about 9 00 p m with price ranges for Central Wis Mtr and other firms. It also shows bids and asks for Wisconsin regional stocks and mutual funds including Boston Fund Chem Fund Fidelity Fund and Mass Inv Trust with ranges and notes on markup and commissions.
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National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Wis
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Telephone
Pyroll Co., Inc
Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Ba
Eaton & Howard Std
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Long Defends Dodd Over Censure Delay in Senate
Sen. Russell Long backed Sen. Thomas Dodd amid a postponement of a censure vote. Long disputed the ethics panel’s double-billing charge, citing a 1961 Philadelphia trip related to an investigation of ball bearing shipments to Russia as legitimate government business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russell B. Long
Thomas J. Dodd
Senate
Connecticut
Long
Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Philadelphia
Russia
Ethics Committee
Settlement House Director Retires After 34 Years
In New York Helen Hall retires after 34 years as director of the Henry Street Settlement. Friends planned a Plaza Hotel dinner as a surprise but she learned of it. She banned speeches saying they would be boring and embarrassing to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Hall
Henry Street
Plaza Hotel
Employee Fined For Theft From Motel
A La Crosse college student, Dennis Liebscher, 21, pleaded guilty in County Court to stealing 99 dollars from the Ivy Motel. Judge Leonard F. Roraff ordered a total payment of 55 dollars in fines and costs after the confession that 450 dollars was taken and hidden. The charge was a misdemeanor because the amount stolen was under 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse College
Leonard F. Roraff
Dennis Liebscher
Vine St
Three Lakes
Ivy
6Th
Vine Sts
Randolph
Liebscher
Ray Lichtie
Joseph
Jerome Blaschke
Storm Strikes Oshkosh With Wind and Flood Damage
Storm winds and a tornado alert hit Oshkosh and the Fox River Valley. County crews cleared mud and debris, with Highway 162 hit hardest. Lightning caused damage to several homes, a hotel sprinkler, a church pole, water in basements, and overwhelmed storm sewers and pumping stations as rivers and ditches overflowed.
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Oshkosh
Fox River Valley
William Mader
Department
la Crosse
Stoddard Hotel
Howard Crow
Miller St
Richard Anthony
S. 6Th St
Spell’s Inc
Main St
5Th Avenue
Market Street
City Park Department
Kane Street
Grandad Bluff
Bliss Road
Crown Point Subdivision
Hillview Golf Course
Board Accepts Bid For Hospital Repairs
La Crosse County Board approved a contract to repair roofs on the hospital complex. The low bid came from Victor Zahn of La Crosse at 3470 dollars, ahead of John Ledgar Inc at 5184 and Standard Roofing and Sheet Metal at 3995.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County Hospital
Victor Zahn
la Crosse
John Ledgar Inc
LaCrosse
Case Involving Traffic Deaths Is Continued
The La Crosse County Court case against Eastman man Roger Schulter 23 for providing beer leading to five deaths in a crash was continued 10 days due to his medical condition. State charges allege Schulter gave beer to Peter Cavadini 17 Bangor and let him drive Schulter’s car, causing the fatal collision on County Highway B in Medary Town. Cavadini and three other Bangor teens aged 17 and a 27 year old man died. Schulter and five passengers were injured. Schulter needed surgery for internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Eastman
John Woodmansee
Roger Schulter
Asst. Dist. Atty
Seth Stoltz
Schulter
Peter Cavadini
Bangor
Schuster
Cavadini
Medary
La Crosse County Board Okays New Welfare Staff and Deputy
The La Crosse County Board approved three additional welfare department workers and one extra deputy sheriff on Thursday. The welfare staff will include two caseworkers and a supervisor funded mainly by federal and state sources, while the deputy's salary draws on already appropriated funds with no net county cost. The board also authorized Corporation Counsel Ray Sundet to hire an unpaid assistant from his firm to assist during peak workloads.
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Welfare Department
la Crosse
Finance Committee
Jerome Klos
Permitting Corporation
Ray Sundet
Sundet
Milwaukee livestock market closes steady to weak
The Milwaukee auction reported cattle steady to weak with steers 23.00 to 25.50, heifers 21.00 to 24.50, cows 17.00 to 20.00, and bulls 23.50 to 25.00. Calves sold 24.00 to 36.00, hogs steady with weights 14.50 to 23.00, and sheep and lambs down 50 cents to 1 dollar with spring lambs 25.00 to 27.00.
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Milwaukee
Gunships Help South Viets Beat Off Guerrilla Attack
In Phu Yen Province an isolated South Vietnamese outpost repelled a two hour assault by about 500 guerrillas. Air strikes and flare ships aided the defense. The attack left 36 Communist dead and 30 weapons captured. six guerrillas were taken prisoner.
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George McArthur
Saigon
Phu Yen
Long Tuong
Sour note in Irish papers on Mrs Kennedy visit
Irish papers praised Mrs Kennedy while Cork Examiner criticized overdone security. Locals complained of parking restrictions around Woodstown House as Mrs Kennedy and children Caroline and John arrive for a month long holiday. Thursday half holiday in Waterford and Woodstown.
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Woodstown
Ireland
John F. Kennedy
Emerald Isle
Cork Examiner
Waterford
Hoffa Denied Sick. Spokesman Flags Routine Medical Records
Washington AP report says prison spokesman denies James R. Hoffa is ill. Hoffa requests sentence suspension or reduction claiming internal bleeding diabetes and a hernia. He began an eight year term for jury tampering in Lewisburg Pennsylvania March 7 and has not frequented the prison hospital or morning sick call more than other inmates.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Bureau of Prisons
Hoffa
Federal
Lewisburg
Radio Highlights and Baseball Broadcast Schedule
Friday at 7 p.m. Vox Pop on WLCX and 6:15 p.m. WKBH preview Twins Indians game. Saturday at 4:45 p.m. WKBH carries Twins Indians baseball.
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WLCX
WKBH
Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians
Twins
Indians
458 Americans Listed As Possible N Viet Captives
Washington AP says the Johnson administration lists 458 Americans as possible POWs in North Vietnam. The update shows 158 known prisoners and 30 suspected captives, with 354 listed last Feb 8 as likely pilots captured in the Vietnam air war started Feb 1965.
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Washington
Johnson Administration
U.S
Pentagon
Associated Press
Hanoi
North Dakota Fines Two Truck Firms for Violations
The North Dakota public service commission fined two truck companies a total of 2500 dollars for rule violations. Maas Transport Inc. of Williston was penalized 500 dollars and Indianhead Truck Line, Inc. of St. Paul Minnesota was penalized 2000 dollars.
River readings show flood stage rise at La Crosse stations
River readings at La Crosse report flood stage at 128.4 feet with a 24 hour change of 1.27 feet and a 3.36 foot 24 hour stage today indicating escalating waters and potential impacts downstream.
Knowles Calls Safety Bill Emasculated by Assembly Panel
Gov Knowles blasted an Assembly Highways Committee action that trimmed his highway safety package by removing the minimum 21 year drinking age and the implied consent test. He urged citizens to pressure lawmakers, warned the substitute “emasculates” the program, and said he would decide after seeing final legislation. He criticized rival Assemblyman Anderson for not engaging and noted opposition from special interests.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Assembly Committee
Assembly Highways Committee
Knowles
Assembly
Senate
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Racine
G. K. Anderson
R-Waupaca
Harold Froehlich
R-Appleton i
Pepper Amendment Ends Compulsory Mediation Provision
A pivotal vote revised the administration bill by removing a section that would require compulsory settlement if two parties failed to reach agreement within 90 days. Representative Claude Pepper of Florida led the amendment, which passed 189 to 105.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude D. Pepper
D-Fla
Tornado Hits Galesville Farms and Cemetery
A tornado touched down near Galesville about 3 a.m. ripping the barn roof and downing trees on the Douglas Sacia farm, then struck Pine Cliff Cemetery and damaged the Harvey Jostad barn. Power was knocked out across the town from 3 to 8 30 a.m. and the full losses were not estimated.
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Galesville
Wis
Douglas Sacia
Pine Cliff Cemetery
Harvey Jostad
Rotary Hears About Airline Progress and Plant Tours
John Groth of North Central Airlines spoke at the Rotary Club meeting in Hotel Stoddard. He outlined the airline history and current progress including Convair prop jets and a DC9 fanjet planned for La Crosse after runway extensions. Paul Schaffhausen announced next week’s plant tours of Hoerner Waldorf Paper Products and Continental Can. Guests Carlos Abraham and Ron Blair attended.
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John Groth
North Central Airlines, Inc
Rotary Club
Stoddard
Groth
la Crosse
Paul Schaffhausen
Hoerner Waldorf Paper Products Co
Continental Can Co
Carlos Abraham
Ron Blair
Beloit
Smoke-Heat Hood Could Save Passengers in Crashes
FAA proposes polyimide film hood to protect passengers from smoke and heat after crashes. Invented by E B McFadden at the Civil Aeromedical Institute in Oklahoma City, the hood folds and stores behind seats and was shown to industry leaders, with no timetable for airline use.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
E.B. McFadden
FAA
Civil Aeromedical Institute
Oklahoma City
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la Crosse Tribune
James R. Polk
Jerris Leonard
Bayside
Fred A. Risser
Clifford Krueger
R-Merrill
Gordon Roseleip
Darlington
Reuben LaFave
R-Oconto
Roseleip
LaFave
Chicago Grain
Mideast
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
First Bank Ltd
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Lincoln Natl. Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell
RCA
Rexal
Drug
Allied Stores
Ryder Systems
Allis-Chalmers
Scott Paper
American Can
Sears Roebuck
American Motors
Sinclair Oil
Amer
Tel & Tel
Sperry Rand
Calif
Ind
Burti
Ferane
Swift
Consolidated Foods
Texaco
DuPont
Trane Co Sa
Eastman Kodak
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse Electric
White Motors
Ford
Woolworth
Dow Jones
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodrichs
Great Northern
Grumman Aircraft
Gulf Oil
Heilemann Brewing
Inter Harvester
Boss
Inter Tel & Tel
Interstate Power Ar
the Marshall Co
Jim Walter
Jones & Laughiin
Koehring
Kresge
Minn. Mining
Mobil Os
Tgomery Ward
Mensento Chemical
Mortgase Guerins
Northern Pacific
Northern States
North Bancorp
Olin-Mathieson BE
Settlement House
Isle la Plume
Milwaukee Livestock
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Oregon
Chu Lai
Duc Pho
Quang Ngai
Quang Tin
Demilitarized Zone
5Th Marine Regiment
da Nang
North Dakota
Twister
Gale
Power Kayoed
Rotary
Chief Many Horns
Bohemian Hall
Ith and
Tyler Sts
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