Oil Slick Spreads Along Mississippi
Upper Mississippi Refuge manager Eric Lawson says a large diesel spill from a barge leak is moving slowly southward but should not reach La Crosse. He cites 40,000 to 200,000 gallons figures, warns wildlife harm in areas from Alma to Winona, with birds absent and marshes at risk.
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Mississippi
Alma
la Crosse
Federal Fish and Wildlife
Eric Lawson
Upper Mississippi
Winona
Lawson
Weaver Marshes
Dave Hammes
Seven Schlitz pickets arrested as Milwaukee brewery strike spreads
Milwaukee strike action escalates as seven pickets are arrested after attempting to block a Milwaukee Road freight train bound for Schlitz warehouse. About 150 pickets gathered. police outnumbered 3 to 1. Union says 4,000 workers involved across Schlitz Blatz Gettelman Miller and Pabst plants.
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Milwaukee (Ap
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee
United Brewery Workers
Afl-Cio
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co
Schlitz
Blatz
Gettelman
Miller
Pabst
Army Engineers Deployed to Fight Mississippi Oil Slick
The Army Corps of Engineers ordered a survey team and vacuum trucks to combat a 25 mile oil film along the Mississippi near Alma Wisconsin. Officials reduced the spill estimate to about 40 000 gallons with removal harder in still waters as rain aided dispersion. Conservationists lament wildlife impact as the slick spread toward Winona and entered bayous.
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Alma
Wis
Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Richard J. Hesse
St. Paul
Hesse
Minnesota
Wisconsin
James Everson
Mississippi
Wing Dam
Winona
Minn
Chester Forkum
Face rebuilt for 13 year old Deborah Fox at Johns Hopkins
Deborah Fox of Tennessee underwent a 13 hour operation by six surgeons at Johns Hopkins to reshape her skull and move her eyes inward, rebuilding her nose. The 13 year old, who has an IQ around 120, spoke of poetry and expected to resume schooling this fall as further surgeries are planned to aid her appearance and function.
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Marvin Beard
Baltimore, Md
Deborah Fox
Deborah
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Edward Fox
Chattanooga
Milton Edgerton
Baltimore
Lindsay Loses and Marchi Wins in New York Mayor Nomination
In New York, John V. Lindsay concedes the Republican mayoral primary to John J. Marchi and announces plans to form an independent urban party while remaining a Republican. Marchi vows a hard line against Lindsay and gains will from Liberal and conservative voters alike.
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John J. Marchi
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Liberal Party
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Marchi
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jacob K. Javits
Charles E. Goodell
Fioravante Perrotta
Sanford Garelik
Rioting Breaks Out At Kansas State Penitentiary
In Lansing Kansas rioting erupted at the Kansas State Penitentiary following a shakedown and disturbed sleep. Warden Sherman Crouse said order was restored by 10 30 a m tear gas was used to quell the disturbance, windows were broken in two cellhouses fires set one inmate was wounded no hostages were taken and about 100 patrolmen surrounded the prison under Col Robert Woodson.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Sherman Crouse
Kansas Highway
Robert Woodson
House Approves Near Full Surtax Extension in Anti-Inflation Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee backed Nixon’s anti inflation package keeping the 10 percent income surtax through December 30 with a six month half rate for early 1970. The panel also backed repeal of the investment tax credit and tax relief for low income families, setting up a House vote next week amid expected opposition.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
House Ways and Means Committee
LaCrosse Tribune Circulation Department Acknowledgment
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LaCrosse Tribune
Law and Order Mayor Wins Re Election in Jersey City
Mayor Thomas J. Whelan won re election in Jersey City in a run off over former mayor Thomas Gangemi. Final unofficial tally showed Whelan 50234 votes to 33831. Whelan ran on a law and order platform while Gangemi cited economic deterioration. Gangemi had been mayor in 1961 and resigned in 1963 after it was revealed he was not naturalized at birth.
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Perrotta
Lindsay
Robert F. Wagner
Marchi
Staten Island
Wagner
Mario A. Procaccino
New York
Jersey City
N.J
Thomas J. Whelan
Law and Order
New Jerseys
Thomas Gangemi
Whelan
Gangemi
United States
Bombers Mark Fourth Vietnam War Anniversary in Saigon
US B52s marked four years of conflict as North Vietnamese forces stepped up assaults near Laos and Cambodia. In two clashes near Khe Sanh and War Zone C, American bases faced sapper and rocket attacks, with troops repelling the assaults and reporting American casualties on both fronts.
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George Esper
Saigon
Laos
Cambodia
U.S
5Th Mechanized Infantry
Khe Sanh
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Vietnam
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Mary Rosa
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Hale Boggs
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Charles A. Vanik
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