Banker Takes Stand Again in Lobby Probe
Milwaukee banker Howard Meister testified again in the John Doe lobbying probe in the Wisconsin state capital. Dane County District Attorney James Bell said new information emerged from closed sessions about extortion bribery and illegal lobbying. Testimony remains secret with the next steps and potential charges expected within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Meadors
Madison
Milwaukee
Howard Meister
John Doe
Meister
West Side Bank
Dane County Dist
James Bell
William Sachtjen
Bell
Charles Brees
West Allis
George Forster
Wisconsin Bankers Association
Forster
La Crosse State Wing Library Receives $124,245 Grant
La Crosse State University Wing Library, directed by Dr. Roy Van Note, got a 124,245 federal grant under the College Library Resources Program to buy books and periodicals and expand holdings for new programs. The award includes 5,000 base, 19,245 based on enrollment, and 100,000 for improvements, with funds to be spent in the next fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse State University
Wing Library
Roy van Note
van Note
la Crosse State
New York Times
Grant Venn
Pfaff reports theft of 14 foot plywood boat in La Crosse
Bernard Pfaff of 1747 Rose Street reported to La Crosse police that a 14 foot duck brown plywood boat valued at about 50 dollars was stolen sometime Tuesday or Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Pfaff
Rose St
la Crosse
Dodd Censure Vote Splits Over Separate Counts
The Senate rejected an amendment to reprimand Dodd for using campaign funds and tainted testimony. the chamber then split the censure into two counts and debated punishment separately. The ethics panel had already recommended censure for conduct that could dishonor the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Senate
John Tower
R-Tex
Dodd
Tower
Bipartisan Ethics Committee
Mansfield
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Ethics Committee
John Stennis
Dmiss
Stennis
Proxmire and Nelson Back Dodd Censure Vote
Wisconsin Sens. William Proxmire and Gaylord Nelson joined the Senate majority in rejecting a substitute amendment that would reprimand Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut rather than censuring him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Gaylord Nelson
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Wisconsin Governor Signals Compromise On Highway Safety Bill
Gov. Knowles said compromise is possible only on parts of the highway safety package, rejecting any deal for the two key provisions beer age 21 and implied consent. He would not veto a bill if those items are removed and urged quick action despite Assembly resistance. The plan includes periodic license retests and mandatory vehicle inspections as negotiable points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Warren P. Knowles
GOP
State Assembly
Knowles
Senate
Assembly
Collision at New River kills 20 Marines in training
Two Marine helicopters a Huey and a Sea Stallion collided at the New River facility near Jacksonville North Carolina. At least 20 troopers died and a dozen were injured in the crash during a training exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
N.C
New River Marine Air Facility
New River
Camp Lejeune Marine Station
Marine General Hart, Pacific Fleet Commander, Dies at 72
General Franklin A. Hart, age 72, former commanding general of the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific from 1952 to 1954, died Thursday at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He served during World War II and postwar periods, shaping Marine operations in the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin A. Hart
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Stock Quotations from National Dealers and Wisconsin Markets
National and local quotations show inter dealer prices as of about 9:00 am with bids and asks for numerous stocks and mutual funds. Entries include Central Wis. Mtr. 1414 15 First Bank Stock 41 4-44 and Wisconsin regional listings such as La Crosse Cooler and La Crosse Telephone with bid ask ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall CO. National
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Wis
First Bank
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Telephone
Pyroll Co., Inc
Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Eee Chemical Fund
Eston & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard Std
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Ten Die In Auto Truck Crash South Of Hardeeville
Ten people perished when a Savannah Georgia station wagon collided with an asphalt truck south of Hardeeville South Carolina. Victims included a five member family and three small children. all in the wagon died. Truck driver George Simmons Jr. was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardeeville
S.C
South Carolina
Savannah
U.S. 17
J. T. Raymond Jr
Jasper County
Juanita Loadholt
Sharon Williams
Barbara Ann Williams
Henrietta Williams
Charles Richards Jr
Charles Richards Sr
Willie Loadholt
William Lee
Bubber Morris Bennett
George Simmons Jr
Nightly radio highlights and weekend sports previews
Radio schedule notes Friday evening programs on WLCX and WKBH plus a Twins versus White Sox baseball game. Weekend items include WLCX and WFW parade slots and additional baseball coverage. Hog and cattle market quotes from Winona Swift & Co and Chicago produce prices are listed with cattle, veal, and dairy figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLCX
WFW
Twins
White Sox
Senate Debates Wisconsin Extra Budget Amid Pork Charge
In Madison the Republican majority moves a $5 million tagalong budget to the Senate, pairing higher marriage license fees and judges’ raises with a plan to create a state arts council and fund vocational teachers, university scholarships, and prison costs. Democrats decry pork as the surplus nears $1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Senate
Warren P. Knowles
Wayne McGown
Knowles
Assembly
Supreme Court
Law Enforcement Standards Council
University of Wisconsin
Camp Gordon
Superior
City Receives Grant for Travel Study Plan
A $27,340 federal grant for a planning study tied to the La Crosse area transportation plan has been approved by the federal government. La Crosse Onalaska and four towns will contribute $13,670, proportional to their adjusted equalized valuations, according to Sen. Gaylord Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Onalaska
Senate foes block action on Kellett merger bill
In Madison, the Senate held a 20-13 vote to block immediate action on the mid-1968 Kellett bill re organizing conservation and water agencies. Debate is set for next Tuesday as lawmakers seek a compromise committee to resolve a long running merger dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Polk
Madison
Conservation and Water Agencies
Kellett
Senate
Jerris Leonard
Bayside
Leonard
Senate Assembly
Summit Near Camden Prepares for Kosygin Meeting
The Russian delegation led by Anatoly Dobrynin arrived near Camden New Jersey to meet President Kosygin in a quiet college town. The White House noted no formal agenda but plans to discuss the Middle East Southeast Asia Vietnam a nuclear test ban treaty and ABM limits. The summit was expected to last about two hours with Kosygin aiming to return to New York by 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N.J
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Washington
Kosygin
Yuri Firsov
Walt W. Rostow
Llewellyn E. Thompson
U.S
Moscow
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
George Christian
Marvin Watson
College Town
Hollybush
White House
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
New York
Park Program For Retarded Is Wednesdays
The La Crosse Association for Retarded Children runs a summer park program every Wednesday at Myrick Park starting at 9 a.m. Eligible are all handicapped school age and older children. Transportation is provided within the city. For more information contact Esther Wigdal or Mrs A E Erickson at the LARC office, 328 Pearl St Room 9, open Tue Wed Thu mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
la Crosse Association
Myrick Park
Association
Esther Wigdal
A. E. Erickson
LARC
Pearl St
La Crosse Area Weather Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with low near 50. Saturday will be fair to partly cloudy and cool with highs mid 70s. Precipitation chances under 10 percent Friday night and Saturday, with a chance of showers Sunday and cool mornings. Temperatures over five days run about six degrees below normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
Vietnam air and sea strikes target Hanoi area and Saigon region
U S forces reported attacks on railroad yards near Hanoi and a SAM site northwest of the city. B52 bombers hit troop concentrations near Khe Sanh and Tay Ninh Province. Marines completed Operation Arizona with 80 enemy killed southwest of Da Nang. Two Army helicopters were shot down but recovered with no casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force F105
Sam
Hanoi
St.Paul
Theodore E. Chandler
Tonkin ‘Gulf
St. Paul
Long An
Saigon
Funeral services set for Assemblyman Adrian J. Manders
Milwaukee Democrat Assemblyman Adrian J. Manders aged 55, serving Milwaukee's 8th district, died of a heart attack in Madison. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at St Ignatius Church, with burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery. body at Bruskiewicz Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Adrian J. Manders
St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church
Mount Olivet
Manders
Madison
Bruskiewitz Funeral Home
Girl Hurt In Motorcycle Crash On French Island
Lynette Rodenkirch 17 of 1725 La Fond Ave was hospitalized in St Francis with a deep cut to her right leg after a motorcycle struck a brick on Lakeshore Drive near Church Drive on French Island. The crash occurred about 3 30 p m Thursday. La Crosse County Traffic Police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynette Rodenkirch
la Fond Ave
St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse County
Miss Rodenkirch
Lakeshore Drive
Church Drive
French Island
Chicago Market and Local Incident Reports
Police report two injuries from separate June 22 incidents in Illinois and Minnesota. Glen Goetting, 42, of Dakota Minnesota, injured by a rim firing at Sears Roebuck garage and transported to Lutheran Hospital. Julian Wyka, 45, Chicago, ill, taken by squad to Skemp Clinic after a 6th and Vine Street incident. Commodity prices show mixed potato market and grain quotes with No 2 wheat at 1.60, corn 1.36, oats 0.777, soybeans 2.89.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Roebuck and Co
Glenn Goetting
Dakota, Minn
Lutheran Hospital
6Th and Vine Streets
Julian Wyka
Chicago
Skemp Clinic
Chicago Grain
Rotarians Tour Two City Industrial Plants
Rotarians visited two new city industries after their Thursday noon luncheon at the Hotel Stoddard. Guided by Hoerner-Waldorf Container Division manager Paul Schaffhausen and Continental Can Co manager Roger Erickson, tours were conducted of both plants. President Sam Fellows announced committee chairmen reports due under president-elect John Elliott. Attendees included Rotarians John Janzen Mountain Lake Minn John Sink State College Pa Dale Brock Whitewater and guests Herman Steuck Milwaukee Vern Davidson and Dr Gary Hawthorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoddard
Paul Schaffhausen
Hoerner-Waldorf Container Division
Roger Erickson
Continental Can Co
Sam Fellows
John Elliott
John Janzen
Mountain Lake
Minn
John Sink
State College
Dale Brock
Whitewater
Herman Steuck
Milwaukee
Vern Davidson
Gary Hawthorne
Moen Drivers Move to Unionize in Scheduled Election
Moen Photo Service route drivers petitioned the NLRB for a stipulation election to decide union affiliation with the Teamsters. Regional director George Squillacote announced the vote for June 29 from 9 30 to 10 30 a m. The firm employs nine route drivers delivering photo prints and supplies and collecting undeveloped film in a La Crosse area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moen Photo Service, Inc
West Ave. S
National Labor Relations Board
George Squillacote
Milwaukee
Robert C. Moen
Moen Photo Service
iLa Crosse
Edina Youth Charged After Norplex Altercation
Clement Darkenwald 19, a Winona State College student, posted 54 bond after a Norplex Corp night watchman was struck in Edina Minnesota. Darkenwald faces a dis orderly conduct charge and is set to appear Thursday in La Crosse Municipal Court. Watchman John Schmitt 49 reported being struck as he sat on a bench outside the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meister
la Crosse
Dorothy Effinger
New Berlin
Bell
Effinger
Boll
John McCormick
Milwaukee
George Corning
Madison
Sachtsen
Edina
Minn
Norplex Corp
Clement Darkenwald
Winona (Minn
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LCU Library
Ohio
Benjamin Tap
John L. McLaurin
Benjamin A. Tillman
Connecticut
Hiram Bingham
Joseph McCarthy
Bingham
UPI
Russell B. Long
Dodd Defense
Proxmire
Nelson
J. Knowles
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Fabri-Tek, _ Inc
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mis
Lincoln Nat Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch N. Y
Rust Craft
Wallace Business
Warner Elec, Br
Western Power
Wis, Pow. & Lite
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
Amer, Tel. & Tel
Anaconda
Anchor Coupling
Burlington
Chrysler Consolidated Foods
Dupont
Eastman Kodak
Ford
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodrich
Great Northern Ry
Grumman Aircraft
Gulf Oil
Heileman Brewing
Inti Harvester
Wisind Tel & Tel
Interstate Power
Jim Walter Corp
Jones & Laugmin
U Koehring
Kresge
Mobil
Ryder Systems
Scott Paper
Sears Roebuck
Sir Sinclair Oil
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil of
Calif
Ind
Standard Oil of NJ
Swift
Texaco
Trane Co
Winona Livestock Swift & Co
Winona, Minn
West
Winona
Moon
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Arts Council
Pute
Conservation Commission
New Natural Resources Board
Conservation
House
Tod
C.P
Ay Ceanne
T.W
Dakota
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
Dodge
Black
Galesville
West Salem
Root
Houston
Crest
USDA
California
Moen
Cname US
Tribune
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