House Passes Bill Against Flag Desecration Fallout
The House voted 386 to 16 to make desecration of the American flag a federal crime though the bill omits explicit flag burning. Violators could face up to $1000 fine or one year in prison. Debate referenced Central Park protest at Vietnam war demonstrations.
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Washington
House
New York
Senate
Cornelius E. Gallagher
D-N.y
Central Park
James H. Quillen
Rtenn
Iwo Jima
William F. Ryan
Dn.y
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Drop In Tart Cherry Production Forecast
Agriculture Department fore cast the production of tart cherries in New York Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin Tuesday at 68 800 tons This is 12 per cent below last year's short crop and 58 per cent less than the 1961 65 average The department said adverse weather conditions had affected the crop The indicated production by states included New York 19 000 tons Pennsylvania 400 Ohio 400 Michigan 42 000 and Wisconsin 7 000 The department previously had forecast this year's production of tart cherries in western states at 11 950 tons down three per cent from last year but eight per cent above average
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Department
Weather Summary for La Crosse and Nearby Areas
Forecast calls for scattered thundershowers tonight with cooler air tonight and Thursday. West-northwest winds around 10 to 18 mph. Temperatures drop from the mid 70s Thursday with normal highs 81 and lows 61. Five day outlook shows 4 to 8 degrees below normal. Moon is full. sunrise 5 23 a.m. and sunset 6 51 p.m. on Thursday. Record highs and lows dated 1910 and 1965 noted.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
Kellett Bill Faces Senate Return Over Board Plan
MADISON AP The Kellett Bill for state government reorganization heads back to the Senate as Assembly leaders complain about the proposed nine member board for the 1968 merger of conservation and resource development. A Senate version reduces to five from Conservation and three from Resource Development, with possible governor appointed tweaks.
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Madison
Senate
Assembly
Departments of
Conservation and Resource Development
Conservation Commission
Resource Development Board
Assembly Republicans
Senate Rescues Local Affairs Agency Measure
The Wisconsin Senate voted 18 to 14 to approve Gov. Warren Knowles local affairs and development department. The bill creates a department to study local government problems, with a Milwaukee urban affairs office and integration of Civil Defense development and antipoverty programs, sending the measure to the Assembly.
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Madison
Senate
Warren P. Knowles
Assembly
Knowles
Department of
Milwaukee
Ozark Air Lines Wins Temporary Milwaukee Route Authority
The Civ il Aeronautics Board granted Ozark Air Lines temporary authority to run a nonstop St Louis Milwaukee service for up to 60 days until a final decision on route realignment. Ozark currently lacks direct Milwaukee Kansas City service, with North Central contesting nonstop rights.
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Ozark
North Central
Wednesday and Thursday Radio Highlights Schedule
Radio listings show Wednesday night sports and talk with WKBH at 6 45 p m Twins versus Tigers WLCX at 7 p m Vox Pop WKTY at 7 20 p m speedway time trials From Thursday schedule WKBH 12 15 p m features Twins versus Tigers
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WKBH
Minnesota Twins
Detroit Tigers
WLCX
North la Crosse Speedway
Twins
Tigers
Local rummage sales scattered across city this week
Rummage events run Wednesday to Friday at multiple addresses including 2115 East Ave and 717 N. 23rd with clothing toys antiques and household items. Group sales occur at 727 North 11th 713 Caledonia St and 824 La Crosse many open 9 to 5 or all day with various items for sale.
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East Ave
Arneson
Ettrick
la Crosse
North 11Th
Caledonia St
Disagreement Over Zoning Trailers Court Land
La Crosse County zoning committees clash over 29 acres near Milson Court for a trailer court in the La Crosse River marsh. The zoning adjustment panel voted 3 to 0 against the project after a 5 to 1 approval, while Robert Keim won 6 to 0 to zone rear land for a trailer court. The county counsel’s opinion will decide whether to heed the committees or follow state law.
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County Corp
Ray A. Sunder
Richard D. Nagle
Nagle
la Crosse County
Medary
Milson Corp
la Crosse
Albert Miller
Milson Court
Gerald A. Peterson
Milson
County
Alfred Bringe
Holmen
City of
la Crosse State University
la Crosse River Marsh
Robert Keim
R. 1
Coon Valley
Tomah Youth Charles Bitzier Dies in 1966 Car Crash
Charles Bitzier 19 of Tomah died Tuesday June 20 from injuries suffered December 10 in a one car crash near Ontario Wisconsin. Funeral services set for 2 pm Friday at White's Funeral Home Tomah with Rev James Overly. burial Mount Vernon Cemetery. Born October 3 1947 in Sparta he was a Tomah High School graduate and worked for Walker Stainless Steel Co New Lisbon. Surviving: his parents of Tomah and brother Eugene of Great Bend Kansas.
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Tomah
Wis
Charles Bitzer
Ontario
White
James Overly
Mount Vernon
Edwin Biter
Sparta
Tomah High School
Walker Stainless Steel Co
New Lisbon
Eugene
Great Bend
Kan
Bomb Sight Inventor Theodore Barth Dies at 75
Theodore H Barth, 75, co inventor of the Norden bomb sight used in World War II, died after abdominal surgery in Tobey Hospital Waltham Mass He founded Norden Laboratories later Norden Division United Aircraft Danbury Conn and Bar-Den Manufacturing Co In 1922 he and Norden designed the Navy s first pilotless radio controlled plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham, Mass
Theodore H. Barth
Carl Norden
Tobey Hospital
Norden Laboratories
Norden
United Aircraft Corp
Danbury
Conn
Bar-Den Manufacturing Co
Navy
St Paul Girl Dies In Wisconsin Crash
A 15 year old girl from St. Paul died when a car rolled down an embankment after leaving an exit on Highway 35 in Hudson, Wisconsin. Two others were injured in the same incident. Separately, 18 year old Robert Glenn Wuske of rural Berlin died when his car left Highway 49 north of Berlin and overturned.
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St. Croix
Wisconsin
Charlotte Montpetit
St. Paul
Minn
Hudson
Robert Glenn Wuske
Berlin
Blood delivery details in Crawford County transfer
On June 21 at 9 10 a m a blood delivery from La Crosse Lutheran Hospital traveled to a point on Highway 35 where a Crawford County squad car picked up the supply for a Prairie du Chien bound emergency transfer.
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la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Point
Highway 35
Crawford County
Prairie du Chien
City braces for medical transfers and hospital visits
On June 19 at 11 02 a.m. Thomas Jones 142 year old son of Mrs Peter Jones of 624 Hagar St is taken by squad car to Gundersen Clinic. On June 20 at 5 41 p.m. Mrs Emma Vaughn 88 of 917 S 4th St is moved to Lutheran Hospital ill. on June 21 at 1 59 a.m. Everett Herring 57 of 30742 N 3rd St from Police Station where he sought help to St Fran cis Hospital for an asthmatic attack.
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Thomas Jones
Peter Jones
Hagar St
Gundersen Clinic
Emma Vaughn
S. 4Th St
Lutheran Hospital
Everett Herring
N. 3Rd St
St. Francis Hospital
Eight lawmakers and banker testify in Madison lobby probe
Eight lawmakers and a Madison banker led the witness list in a John Doe lobbying and bribery probe. Testimony centered on Charles Brees and Dorothy Effinger with immunity granted to a witness, as Dane County Atty James Bell described.
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Madison
John
Paul Alfonsi
R-Minocqua
David O'Malley
D-Waunakee
Earl Warren
D-Racine
Manny Brown
Adrian Manders
Milwaukee
Kyle Kenyon
R-Tomah
John McCormick
Reuben LaFave
Roconto
Alfonsi
State Supreme Court
Bell
Ernest Kovacs
Commercial State Bank
Kovacs
William Sachtsen
Brees
Dominic Frinzi
Frinzi
Howard Meister
Kenosha County
Meister
la Crosse
Humphrey Lynch
Miss Effinger
John Doe
Don Johnson
The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Frank Nikolay
Abbotsford
Gerald Paradowski
Milwaukee County
F. Eugene Kempfer
Disturbance Leads to Six Boys in Custody
In Bangor the second noisy disturbance in three nights ended at 10 45 p m Tuesday with six boys taken into custody by Bangor Village Marshal John G Johnson. Sheriff deputies assisted after a warning had been issued. An 18 year old faces disorderly conduct charges while other youths include a 15 year old two 16 year olds and two 17 year olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
John G. Johnson
la Crosse County
Minnesota Woman Honored by Greece by Royal Award
Mrs. Joseph Ramsey III of Minneapolis received the Gold Cross of the Order of Beneficence from King Constantine. The well known philanthropist has long brought Greek children to the United States for heart surgery and is visiting Greece for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Joseph Ramsey III
Minneapolis
Minn
Constantine
Royal Palace
Ramsey
United States
County Judges Pay Hike OK'd By Senate
The Wisconsin Senate approved 31 to 0 an early pay raise for 81 county judges setting minimum salaries at 17,500 dollars annually starting in one week. The bill aligns with a constitutional amendment adopted in April allowing circuit and Supreme Court judges to receive raises during their terms rather than at re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Senate
Assembly
Supreme Court
Lansing Man Drowns Self in Hospital Tub
Clemson K Peters, 55, a Lansing Iowa man, died by suicide in a bathtub at Lutheran Hospital June 13. The coroner, Dr James T Murphy, called it suicide but said the death had not been reported to local authorities, calling it an oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Iowa
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse Tribune
Clemson K. Peters
James T. Murphy
Sheriff's Department
District Attorney's Office
Murphy
Potatoes Arrivals And Prices In Major Markets
USDA reports arrivals at 90 percent ready on track 316 with total U.S. shipments 491. California long whites priced 3.00 to 3.25 while Arizona round reds quoted at 3.65. Old figures unavailable to quote.
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Chicago
USDA
U.S
Calif
Ariz
Wisconsin beer age debate centers on highway safety
A La Crosse service club heard that raising the beer drinking age to 19 would not substantially boost highway safety, while a gradual move to 21 with a three year buffer would help. Rev. Ray Bayley urged a uniform age and supported driver reexamination and annual inspections as part of a broader safety package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Ray Bayley
Prairie du Sac
Bayley
Alcohol Problems Council of
Senate
Assembly
State Commissioner of Taxation
House of Origin
Legislature Rejects Legislator Pay Raises In Cutback Vote
Madison based Joint Finance Committee rejects pay hikes for lawmakers and top state officials. Vote 11 3 to junk the plan and keep current salaries amid a broader $23 million package with targeted raises for state attorneys. Overtime and night differentials approved earlier remain in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Joint Finance Committee
Walter Hollander
R-Rosendale
Senate
Hollander
State Personnel Board
Youth 15 Drowns Swimming Near Trempealeau Dam
Glen Bockenhauer, 15, drowned shortly before noon Wednesday while swimming with two companions near Trempealeau Dam in Wisconsin. Wendell Stephan, a lock worker, recovered the body at about 12:45 p.m. The youths were Wally Blank of Trempealeau and John Howell of rural Trempealeau. Glen was the son of Mr and Mrs Earl Bockenhauer of Centerville.
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Trempealeau
Wis
Glen Bockenhauer
Trempealeau Dam
Wendell Stephan
Wally Blank
John Howell
Glen
Earl Bockenhauer
Centerville
Boy Beaten at La Crosse Country Club by Trio
A 14 year old, Fred Lautz of 954 Milson Court, was beaten late Tuesday while searching for night crawlers with a companion at the La Crosse Country Club. The three assailants, about 16, fled in a car. Juvenile bureau investigates the incident.
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Fred Lautz
Milson Court
la Crosse Country Club
The
Juvenile Bureau
Car Rams Barricade Kills Minnesota Man on River Bridge
The body of Arthur B. Arneson, 42, Burnsville, Minnesota, was recovered from the Minnesota River after his car crashed through a barricade guarding an open drawbridge. The bridge on County Road 34 between Savage and Bloomington allows one lane of traffic and rail use. Arneson was found in the driver’s seat as his car was pulled from the river. This incident brough Minnesota highway deaths to 359 for the year, with other fatalities reported in the same period.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota River
Arthur B. Arneson
Burnsville
Minnesota
Hennepin County
Savage
Bloomington
Minneapolis,Northfield & Southern Railway
Arneson
Frank Timmens
Timmens
OS F
WWI Heroes Receive Silver Stars 48 Years Late
Carl B. Jones of Birchwood Wisconsin and Frank Reardon of Butte Montana were awarded Silver Stars at Fort Vancouver 48 years after earning them. They led a road crew under heavy fire near Mantillois in the Meuse Argonne sector on Sept 29 1918 saving 13 wounded from the 79th Infantry Division. The medals were pursued by J B Sutton secretary of the 4th Engineers Alumni. A reunion drew 35 of 3 000 4th Engineers members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Wash
Carl B. Jones
Birchwood
Wis
Frank Reardon
Butte
Mont
Fort Vancouver
Jones
Reardon
4Th U.S. Engineers Brigade
Fire Destroys Barn Damages Another North of Green Bay
An undetermined fire Tuesday destroyed a barn on the Joseph Baenen farm in Scott township about 15 miles north of Green Bay. Sparks reached the Kenneth Jacobs farm a quarter mile away and damaged a second barn. Baenen valued losses at $20,000 for the destroyed barn and machinery.
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Green Bay
Joseph Baenen
Scott
Kenneth Jacobs
Baenen
Marriage Licenses La Crosse Area Names
A correction lists multiple couples to be married in June and July across La Crosse areas including St Joseph Ridge West Salem and Chaseburg. Separate report notes 16 year old Susan McKenzie struck by a bicycle near Erickson Field Swimming Pool in Sparta. cyclist fled with a passenger on handlebars.
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Michael E. Albrecht
S. Elm St
la Crescent
Minn
Debra A. Werner
la Crosse
St. Joseph Ridge
James A. Rohrer
Prosbee St
Judy A. Mahlum
Charles St
P. James Theisen
Shore Acres Rd
Linda A. Skaar
Losey Blvd
Douglas G. Horstman
N. Leonard St
West Salem
Ruth C. Durkin
Onalaska
Peggy J. Goltz
S. 19Th St
Gerald B. McHenry
Patricia A. Zemke
Wausau
Steven R. Lewis
Minneapolis
Kathlene R. Terpstra
Loomis St
Norbert A. la Tendresse
R. J. Holmen
Alice Ann Ar- Susan McKenzie
Nold
Belmont St
Sparta
Fce Ee
Erickson Field Swimming Pool
Concert In Riverside Park Opens La Crosse Band Season
The La Crosse Concert Band directed by D. R. Wartinbee opens the season in Riverside Park with an 8 p.m. concert featuring instrumental and vocal soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
D. R. Wartinbee
Riverside Park
Fogging Route Planned From Green Bay Street Wednesday
Public health officials announce fogging operations along Green Bay Street extending to the city limits between the east and west boundaries on Wednesday to combat mosquito activity. Local residents are advised to keep indoors during spraying hours and to secure windows and pets.
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Green Bay Street
Stock Quotations and Fund Prices From Chicago Markets
The listing shows first bank stock quotes and various company prices along with mutual funds and futures. Inter-dealer bids are noted with adjustments for markup and retail markdown not included.
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First Bank
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton
Lincoln Natl Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch N.Y
Rust Craft
Wallace Business
Warner Elec. Br
Western Power
Wis. Pow. & Lite
la X Cooler Co
la X Telephone Co
Pyroil Co., Inc
Mutual Funds Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard
Fidelity Fund
Chicago Produce Manhattan Fund
Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Mass
Mass. Inv. Gr
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund NA
Rexall Drug
Ryder Systems
Scott Paper
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
Calif
Ind
N.J
Swift
Texaco
Trane Co
U.S. Steel
Universal Oil
Westinghouse Eloc
White Motors
Woolworth
Dow Jones
Marshall CO. National
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Wis
Winona and South St. Paul Livestock Markets Report
livestock quotes from Winona and South St. Paul show hogs steady to higher with mixed weights, cattle and veal mostly steady or higher, plus Chicago poultry wholesale prices. Hog receipts and prices listed for various weight ranges, with cattle and veal grading points and dealer quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Livestock Swift & Co
Winona
Minn
Highway 61
West
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
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T.W
L& Crosse
Preirie du Chien
Trempeareau
Dodge
Black
Neillsville
Galesville
Root
Houstons
Kickapoo
Ste
Kellett Bill
Milwaukee-St. Louis
Theodore Barth
Associated Press
Madison Banker
By Dean Meadors
Sachtsen
West Side Bank of Milwaukee
Legislative Unit
Tremple Dam
Barricade
Philip H. Hartman
Hewitt
U.S. 210
Todd County
Highway Patrol
Melvin Zutter
Hartman
James D. Holmes
U.S. 59
Humble
Texas
Lester Boone
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
Amer
Tel & Tel
Chrysler
Consolidated Foods
Eastman Kodak
Ren Specially
Ford
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodrich
Great Northern Ry
Grumman Aircraft
Gulf Oil
Heileman Brewing
Intl Harvester
Andl Tel & Tel
Interstate Power
Jim Walter Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Koehring
Kresge
Minn. Mining
Mobil Olt
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Northern Pacific
Northern States
Northwest Bancorp
Olin-Mathieson
Psico Irca
James O. Lee
Viroqua
Carol Leis
John Hauge
Readstown
Betty Ward
David Olson
Patricia Orum
la Farge
Wilbert Hutchens
Cashton
Virginia Rist
Westby
Chicago Poultry Chicago
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