New York Mayor Cancels Faisal Dinner Over Jewish Protest
Mayor John Lindsay canceled a dinner with visiting King Faisal after a remark deemed insulting by New York's large Jewish community. The decision followed pressure from Jewish leaders and officials, with discussions ongoing about an official reception. Faisal’s comment about Jews supporting Israel sparked widespread protest and diplomatic tension.
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N.Y
Faisal
New York
John V. Lindsay
Saudi Arabia
Washington
Dean Rusk
Israel
Lindsay
Woody Klein
Rusk
Klein
Seymour Halpern
Rn.y
United States
Halpern
Child’s Tour To Show Danger Of Measles
Kim Fisher a 10 year old Fort Wayne girl with severe measles complications is named poster girl for a 50 state campaign by the National Association for Retarded Children. She suffered encephalitis after measles at age two and a second attack at four left her deaf and unable to walk. Despite therapy and a hearing aid she cannot lead a normal life, but tours will warn others.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Kim Fisher
Kim
Guy W. Fisher
National Association For Retarded Children
Russell Sees Vietnam War Escalation and Hard Fighting Ahead
Senator Russell warned the Vietnam War may heat up as troops are dispersed for Independence Day. He urged for continued military victory and criticized unconditional negotiations. He praised President Johnson’s policy to punish the aggressor while acknowledging risks and tough fighting. Griffin called for civilian efforts to rebuild South Vietnam and proposed an executive service corps and expanded aid oversight.
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Washington
Russell
United States
America
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Sen
Robert P. Griffin
Reich
Senate
Griffin
Viet Nam
House
Executive Service Corps
Saigon
U.S
Two 14-Year-Old Girls Missing from Viroqua Foster Homes
La Crosse police were alerted that two 14-year-old girls from Viroqua foster homes were missing on Wednesday evening. One is described with a Beatle-type haircut and cut-off tan shorts. the other has wild yellow hair, blue shorts, and tennis shoes.
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Viroqua
la Crosse City
Judge Refuses To Drop Draft Indictment
Milwaukee AP The federal judge refused to dismiss the indictment charging Kenosha factory worker Irving A Kurki with failing to report for induction. Trial set for July 12. Kurki claimed conscientious objector status but admitted not believing in a supreme being. He opposed U S involvement in Viet Nam but not all wars.
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Milwaukee
USS
John W. Reynolds
Kenosha
Irving A. Kurki
U.S
Viet Nam
Franklyn M. Gimbel
Kurki
Racine
Reynolds
Six Banks Indicted for Lobby Law Violations
Circuit Judge Richard W. Bardwell listed six banks and their officers indicted for lobby law violations. Defendants include First National Bank of Stevens Point and Joseph Hartz. Bank of Madison with Paul Schroeder. Madison Bank & Trust with Collins H Ferris. Marine National Exchange Bank of Milwaukee with Robert M Rauterberg. West Side Bank. Marshall O Ilsley Bank of Milwaukee with Donald Baxter. Bardwell set no court date yet.
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Richard W. Bardwell
First National Bank of
Stevens Point
Joseph Hartz
Bank of Madison
Paul Schroeder
Madison Bank & Trust Co
Collins H. Ferris
Marine National Exchange Bank of Milwaukee
Robert M. Rauterberg
West Side Bank and Meister
Marshall O Ilsley Bank of Milwaukee
Donald Baxter
Bardwell
Bank president defends lobbying role before grand jury
Hartz testified twice in a probe into legislative lobbying and argued the First National Bank was unfairly charged for representing the bank. He called the inquiry one sided and said his actions as bank president were not lobbying for hire under constitutional rights to communicate with lawmakers.
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Hartz
Stevens Point
Grand Jury
First National Bank
Racial tensions flare as assault charge looms in small city
A black man named Marks faces assault and battery charges with a trial set for Saturday. Negro leaders call for a moratorium until then. Police patrols flood Hammondville Road and a nearby farmer's market area as riot gear and emergency reserves mobilize, while officials note past good race relations in the 16 000 population city thirty miles north of Miami.
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Marks
Hammondville Road
Miami
Viet Nam action and Buddhist clash dominate Saigon brief
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky sent about 300 troops into Quang Tri to quell a Hue spillover. Buddhist resistance at Saigon’s Buddhist Institute collapsed as ry ranger battalions and plainclothesmen seized the compound, arresting draftees and checking identities. US forces pressed a wide ground and air campaign with 321 rebels killed, 43 VC ground and 50 air kills near Mo Duc, and 560 combat sorties. Casualties rose with 2,035 American dead in the year, 567 wounded, eight missing.
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O Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Quang Tri
Hue
Saigon
Buddhist Institute
Thich Tri Quang
Unified
Buddhist Church
U.S
101St Airborne Division
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Tuy Hoa
Mo Duc
South
Viet Nam
Tay Ninh
Weather update for Lacrosse region and surrounding states
Extended heat persists with a chance of thundershowers tonight and Friday. Southerly winds 10 13 mph tonight and 15 20 mph Friday with highs near 65 tonight and near 90 Friday. Wisconsin stays hot with storms possible in north and west. Minnesota sees hot but scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly east and south, heavy rain in some areas, cooler northwest and north central tonight and Friday. Iowa reports showers and thunderstorms statewide tonight and Friday, cooler in the northwest Friday.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Former Aide Accuses Dodd of Fund Misuse
James P. Boyd Jr. accused Sen. Thomas J. Dodd of misappropriation of hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars at a Senate Ethics Committee hearing. Boyd said Dodd’s ties to Julius Klein and a West German client matter raised concerns after December 1964 campaign reports. He described the Germany trip as a cover up and said he questioned gratuities from a foreign agent. Dodd prepared to testify in coming days and plans to call about half a dozen witnesses.
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John Chadwick Washington
James P. Boyd Jr
Thomas J. Dodd
Boyd
Senate
Ethics Committee
Connecticut
Democrat
Dodd
Julius Klein
Bipartisan Committee
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Klein
West Germany
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Asst. Atty
John F. Sennett
YMCA YWCA Plan Aims to Reflect Community Feel
A new YMCA YWCA is proposed as a public expression of sentiment toward current residents and future generations, signaling a community oriented project reflecting local values.
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Ymca-Ywca
Witnesses Testify As Dodd Inquiry Reveals Secrets
The committee investigating misconduct charges against Dodd heard testimony from witnesses including Mrs. Marjorie Carpenter, a former personal secretary, and Boyd who claim documents were removed from Dodd’s files and given to columnists Pearson and Anderson. Sennett sought to challenge recollections and to show Dodd’s trip to Germany involved a Soviet defendant inquiry. Prices and market notes for hogs and cattle follow in Winona and South St. Paul livestock reports.
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Dodd
Sennett
Klein
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Marjorie Carpenter
Boyd
Essex House
New York
Senate
Stock Quotations Hearson Hammill Co on NYSE
Central Wis. M. 22 1 2 23% First Bank Stock 31 4 32% Fabri Tek 10 10% Gateway Trans 13% 14% Godfrey Co 17 9 18 Hamilton Mfg 16 34 17 4 Linc Natl Life 68 1 2% Marine Capital 12 12% McQuay Inc 23 5 4 24% Nekoosa Edw 24 4 25% Rockwell Mfg 28 5 29 Royal Dutch NY 60 61 Swank Inc 32 4 33% Wallace Business 14% 15% Warner Elec 22 1 2% Western Power 9 8 4 38% Wis Power L 20 9 4 2)
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Swank, Inc
Wallace Business
Warner Elec
Western Power
Wis. Power & L
Investigator Area Doctor Speaks on Antiquated Draft Methods
Washington AP report notes Rep Richard Schweiker charges Selective Service procedures are outdated likened to horse and buggy in a jet age. He calls for national standards and a national pool of registrants while Lt. Gen. Hershey opposes centralized computer selection and a lottery system. Schweiker proposes extending appeal time from 10 to 30 days.
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Washington
House
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Lewis B. Hershey
Armed Services Committee
Schweiker
Hershey
Car Rolls Into Black River After Brake Failure
Robert Weber of 2948 George Street reported his vehicle partially submerged in the Black River near Fisherman’s Road French Island. Police said the incident occurred about 10:04 p.m. Wednesday at a boat landing north of the French Island American Legion club rooms as Weber loaded a boat on a trailer. A wrecker later hauled the car from the water.
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Robert Weber
George St
Black River
Fisherman’s Road
French Island
American Legion
Weber
City Reported Injury Transfer To Hospital
At 10 08 p m on June 22 William Wehrs of 1309 Caledonia Street was taken to St Francis Hospital after an illness authorities said.
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William Wehrs
Caledonia St
St. Francis Hospital
Aging Begins Before Birth Says Doctor at Meeting
Dr. N C Calloway of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tomah told the American Geriatrics Society that aging starts before birth and even at conception, with built in obsolescence guiding a fixed date of death. He warned modern medicine only delays aging and death, urges living to 100, and cited rapid early growth and irreversible changes as roots of later health declines.
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Chicago
Ill
N. C. Calloway
Veterans Administration Hospital
Tomah
American Geriatrics Society
Minnesota toll hits 329 after twin traffic deaths
A Princeton motorcyclist and an Illinois vacationer died in Minnesota crashes. Mark Teigen 22 and Ronald Landon 22 from Princeton died after a curve exit and guard rail strike. Matthew Edward Barth 51 of Deerfield Ill. died when a steel rail penetrated his car on Lake One route.
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Princeton
Minn
Illinois
Minnesota
Mark Teigen
Mille Lacs County
Teigen
Ronald Landon
Deerfield
Landon
Tal
Matthew Edward Barth
Ill
Barth
Ely
Lake One
Vernon
Child Swallows Pills, Condition Listed as Good
A La Crosse County child, Dwight Fish, two, reportedly swallowed pills prescribed for a relative's heart ailment. He was rushed by county traffic police to St. Francis Hospital in West Salem about 8:30 a.m. Thursday and admitted for observation in good condition. He had been left with relatives while his parents were away.
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la Crosse County
Dwight Fish
Ara Fish
R. J
West Salem
St. Francis Hospital
Dwight
La Crosse Youth Hurt In Mishap
SPARTA Wisconsin George Gleason aged 17 of 1123 Grandad Terrace La Crosse was injured at 2 30 am Wednesday when his motorcycle was struck by a car Anthony M Vietti 21 Pittsburg Kan and Camp McCoy told authorities the motorcycle appeared stopped on the highway and he could not stop in time Gleason was taken to St Marys Hospital in Sparta with cuts bruises and a possible brain concussion.
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Sparta
Wis
George Gleason
Grandad Terrace
la Crosse
Anthony M. Vietti
Pittsburg
Kan
Camp McCoy
Gleason
St. Mary’s Hospital
Car Fire Destroys 1962 Model Wiring at San Dy’s Drive In
At 5:36 p.m. a car owned by Robert Howard of 1332 Caledonia St. caught fire at San dy’s drive in causing substantial wiring damage to the 1962 model. Most Cornish tin mines closed after vast surface deposits were found in Africa and Asia.
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Sandy
Robert Howard
Caledonia St
Africa
Asia
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