Four La Crosse Boys End 80 Mile Trek Home
Four tired La Crosse boys ages 12 to 15 completed an nearly 80 mile hike returning home Friday noon. They left Sunday morning with sleeping bags and money for food headed to Rising Sun farm in Grant County to visit Ricky Viner’s grandmother.
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la Crosse
David and
Michael Stout
S. 10Th St
Ricky Viner
Steven Powell
Green Bay St
Cleveland Farm
Rising Sun
Grant County
Viner
New Law Promises Major Changes on Women Employment
Washington AP reports a new federal civil rights law bans job discrimination based on sex and other factors. Experts warn it could erase certain state protections and concessions like rest breaks and maternity leave while expanding opportunities in trades for women.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Asst
Norbert A. Schlei
Justice Department
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
States
District of Columbia
Donald Slaiman
Afl-Cio Civil Rights Department
Slaiman
Six Die In Wisconsin Traffic Toll Rises
Six persons died in three northern Wisconsin crashes Friday night and today. The toll for 1965 reaches 393, down from 437 a year earlier. Victims include Ronald R. White, an airman from Marquette Michigan, in a Coleman collision near U S 141. Virginia Jenson of Barron in a separate crash. an unnamed truck driver in Barron County. two Minnesota men near Tomahawk. and William Mountford of rural Portage who died from injuries after a crash two nights earlier.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Ronald R. White
K. N. Sawyer Air Force Base
Marquette
Mich
Coleman
U.S. 141
Marinette County
Joseph Vick
Gage’s Lake
Ill
Marinette
Rupert
Highway 53
Chetek
Barron County
Virginia Jenson
Barron
Rice Lake
Minnesota
Tomahawk
Lincoln County
William Mountfor
Portage
Eugene
Local Girl to Attend Girls Nation in August
Elizabeth Ramlow of La Crosse and Sigrid Skogstad of Milwaukee were named Badger Girls State delegates to represent Wisconsin at Girls Nation in Washington on August 17. Wendy Whitlinger of Neenah was selected as governor and Paulette Schmidt of Mt. Horeb as alternate delegate.
Two La Crosse Concerts Announced for Sunday
Two public concerts by the La Crosse Concert Band are set for Sunday. The first at 1 p.m. on the La Crosse County Hospital lawn in West Salem and the second at 3 p.m. in Veterans Memorial Park. Director D Russell Wartinbee leads both shows, part of a series funded by the Music Industries Trust Funds and the La Crosse Musicians Association.
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la Crosse
la Crosse County Hospital
West Salem
Veterans Memorial Park
D. Russell Wartinbee
Music Industries Trust
Kerr Denies Substantive Link to Communists at UC
UC President Clark Kerr rejects a state Senate un-American activities report claiming the university employs Communists as unsubstantiated. The document links professor Leon Wofsy to the Free Speech Movement, while Kerr insists no evidence shows Communist party members on the UC faculty.
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Sacramento
Calif
Clark Kerr
University of California
State Senate
Kerr
Leon Wofsy
Berkeley
Wofsy
Communist Party
Chicago
Associated Press
Committee On Un-American Activities
Senate
Hugh M. Burns
Aaron W. Quick
Stephen P. Teale
Berkeley Revolt At UC Berkeley Tied To Kerr Policy
A Senate committee tied the UC Berkeley student uprising to President Kerr soften security and open campus policy. The 13th biennial report cites tolerance of radical groups and asserts Communist officials influenced events. It notes 800 protesters at Sproul Hall on December 2.
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Derek Schoen
Sacramento
Calif
University of California
Clark Kerr
UC Berkeley
State Senate
Kerr
San Marino
John Roussellot
John Birch Society
Senate
Berkeley
Sproul Hall
Barry's New Group Harms GOP Blithe or Not
Republican leaders clash over Barry Goldwater's Free Society Association with Ray Bliss warning the group could harm the party. Gen Lucius Clay vows to channel funds to the national GOP, while Goldwater says the group will attract donors who avoid party contributions. Dirksen and Ford offer cautious responses as the organization seeks backing.
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Washington
Ray C. Bliss
Barry Goldwater
New Free Society Association
Goldwater
GOP
Bliss
Gen
Lucius Clay
Clay
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
House
Gerald R. Ford
Arizona
Illinois
Budget Plan Seeks Welfare Cuts Across State Programs
Assembly members from Milwaukee New Berlin Brookfield and others drafted a budget with reductions in Kerr Mills and medicare like programs as well as aid to dependent children the blind and the disabled. Democrats showed little support while Republican leaders forecast a small floor vote with only a handful backing the cuts.
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Kerr-Mills
Louis Ceci
Milwaukee
John Shabaz
New Berlin
Kenneth Merkel
Brookfield
Martin
Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
R-Minocqua
Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Weather Summary for Weekend
Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday night with scattered showers across Wisconsin and Minnesota. Sunday brings cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with scattered thundershowers in Wisconsin and showers in Minnesota. Iowa sees cloudy and warmer conditions with 30 percent shower chances through Sunday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Central Plains
Florida
Mississippi
Miami
Phoenix
New Orleans
New York City
Chicago
Los Angeles
UPI
Pools Of Water On North Side Begin To Drain
North Side pools east of George Street are draining as river stages fall. City engineers say ground water and pool levels drop, and pumping would be useless. River at 9.6 ft on Friday, forecast 9.2 ft Sunday, 9 ft Monday. normal 4.8 ft.
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George Street
la Crosse
Robert Scheible
Board of Public Works
Scheible
Public Works
Carl A. Wahlstrom
Army Corps of Engineers
State Board of Health
Wahlstrom
Radio Highlights Sunday Baseball Matches
WKTY at 1 25 p m features Milwaukee against St Louis while WCOW at 1 15 p m airs Braves versus St Louis with local radio listings and game times.
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WKTY
Milwaukee
St. Louis
WCOW
Braves
Police and court brief from La Crosse County
Records from La Crosse County list police ambulance movements on June 18 including J C Skarstad Clara Johnson Ida Bello Augusta Schoennagel and hospital transfers. County Court at La Crosse adjourns on June 21 June 25 and June 22 for Petschl Burger and Parker with bonds set. Fire department calls include a false box alarm and a rubbish fire.
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Adolph Petschl
Bluffview
Gladys Risser
Charles R. Burger
West Allis
Eddie Parker
Viroqua
East Avenue
Horton Streets
4Th and Vine
Local incidents report June 18 citywide events
On June 18 a 64 year old man from Caledonia Street fell at Barron’s Store then to St Francis Hospital. A rubbish fire at Vine. A grass fire behind Woolworth’s near State Road. Smoke in a shed at Adams Street with no damage. A junked car body burning at Asfoor Junk Yard. Ice melt caused gasoline smell at a car trunk.
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Julian Ellis
Caledonia St
Barron’s
St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse
4Th and Vine
Woolworth’s
State Road
al Hammes
Adams St
Asfoor Junk Yard
Floods Vie With Destruction Across State as Loss Toll Grows
Gov estimates 42 million in public property damage and 50 million in private damage from floods. Highway and public service lines broken hinder evacuation and cleanup. Muddy streams, normally dry, complicate efforts as the state fights ongoing flood effects amid widespread destruction. Mrs. Theodore Cormaney of Madison Wisconsin is elected regional vice chairwoman at a Young Republicans national convention in Miami Beach.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Theodore Cormaney
Madison
Wis
Young Republicans
Foreign Aid Dispute Delays Dominican Crisis Inquiry
Washington AP report on Senate Foreign Relations Committee delays in starting the Dominican conflict inquiry amid foreign aid bill disputes. Proposals to send a bipartisan subcommittee to South Vietnam are debated as conferees work on two foreign aid measures. Fulbright postpones Dominican hearings while lingering issues include a Moscow consular treaty and potential joint inquiries.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ing
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
South Viet Nam
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Senate
House
Fulbright
Moscow
United States
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
U.S
Soviet Union
Gagarin Too Busy To Meet Gemini Spacemen
In Paris the Soviet side canceled a meeting with astronauts Edward White and James McDivitt claiming Yuri Gagarin was too busy. Gagarin briefly shook hands with White at a luncheon before walking away as Humprey led the group on a tour of the Soviet Pavilion at the air show.
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Paris
Edward H White II
James A. McDivitt
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
White
Hubert H. Humphrey
McDivitt
Church Urges Ban On All Lottery Bills
Appleton Wisconsin AP The United Church of Christ conference urged state officials and legislators to oppose any movement to permit a sweepstakes lottery or legalized bingo in Wisconsin The resolution claims legalized gambling has shown no useful social purpose and has detrimental effects on communities
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Appleton
United Church of Christ
Wisconsin
River Readings Show Flood Stages and Temp Extremes
La Crosse area reports flood stage readings with 24 hour changes and daily highs and lows. Historical date entries note record highs of 98 in 1953 and lows of 45 in 1882, plus degree days totals and normal benchmarks.
Tractors Cause Fatal Wisconsin Accidents
A 14 year old David Hoffman of Fond du Lac died when his tractor overturned at a farm near Peebles after striking a culvert while guiding it through a gate. A 61 year old Peter Fonforek of Green Bay was crushed beneath an overturned tractor at a quarry ten miles south of Green Bay.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
David Hoffman
Fond du Lac
Peebles
Peter Fonforek
Green Bay
George Melachrino Found Dead in Bath at 56
London AP reports George Melachrino 56 a noted British big band maestro was found dead Friday in his bath. The death marks another loss in the traditional swing era veteran conductor and arranger.
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London
George Melachrino
Bath
Wisconsin Rapids Man Guilty of Embezzling and Forgery
A circuit court jury convicted 69 year old Charles V Proctor of embezzling 29441 and forging documents while treasurer of the Biron Credit Union. He is free on 1000 bond awaiting pre sentence investigation after a five day trial.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Charles V. Proctor
Proctor
Biron
Steps Expected On Cuba Land Confiscation
Barry Schweid reports that after Fidel Castro seized vast U S property in Cuba by 1963 the United States weighs registering American claims. Rep Dante Fascell introduces a bill to empower a claims commission. the House committee may vote soon.
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Barry Schweid
Washington
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
State Department
United States
Havana
Rep
Dante Fascell
Miami
Island
Fascell
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Senate
Johnson
State, Treasury and
Justice Departments
Leonard C. Meeker
House Inter- American Affairs Subcommittee
Garage Damaged In Sparta Fire
Sparta Wis fire damaged the garage at the municipal golf course at 8 30 a m Friday. Volunteer department extinguished the flames. Employee Ronald Nauman discovered the fire believed caused by spilled gasoline.
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Sparta
Wis
Municipal Golf Course
Ronald Nauman
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