Bears Biggest Threat Faces Polar Explorers Return
Four British explorers led by Wally Herbert completed a 477 day crossing of the polar ice cap, returning to Portsmouth aboard the Endurance. They faced 45 below zero temperatures and polar bears, which threatened the party and even ate rubber boots. The team gathered scientific data and called the journey a horizontal Everest.
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Portsmouth
England
Hotere
Endur
Aye Bearded Sur
Veyor
Wally Herbert
Alaska
Blackboard Island
Kenneth Hedges
Herbert
Roy Koerner
Viviar Fuchs
Alec Rose
Freddie Church
North Pole
Pope Defends His Administration and the Curia
Pope Paul VI declared a diffused lack of confidence in his administration of the Roman Catholic Church. He defended the Pope, the Curia, and bishops, addressing war and peace, and urged humility and objective critique while hoping for peaceful solutions in Vietnam Nigeria and the Middle East.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Roman Curia
Pope Paul
Vietnam
Nigeria
Middle East
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Zeke
Stag Party Complaints Filed in Sauk County Court
Eight individuals face charges linked to a John Doe probe into a March of Dimes stag party at a Rock Springs supper club. Evidence notes illegal betting and lewd films but not commercial gambling. seven betting charges are misdemeanors and one obscene film charge is a felony. Judge Hill announced warrants will reveal names later and urged tighter charity fund-raising supervision.
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Hill
Rock Springs
Attorney General’s
Wisconsin pageant results and Milwaukee strike report
Judith Ann Korpal Miss St Francis and Linda Graff Miss Oshkosh earned runner-up titles in the Queen County pageant with five other semi finalists named. In Milwaukee a two foremen were killed in a Wauwatosa substation explosion fueling union calls for joint safety rule decisions as negotiations resume after a June 15 strike amid equipment failures across 15 Southeast Wisconsin counties.
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Wisconsin
Flash Floods Hit Red Boiling Springs and Surrounding Areas
Severe flash floods swept Red Boiling Springs Tennessee and nearby Macon County causing widespread inundation. Reports mention missing persons and damage to homes, with flooding crossing into Allen County Kentucky and Adolphus Mount Union areas. Trammel Creek overflow and power and telephone service disruptions were noted along with rainfall measurements.
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Red Boiling Springs
Tenn
Middle Tennessee
Macon County
Allen County
Kentucky
Trammel Creek
Red Basin Springs
Adolphus
Mount Union
Scottsville
Nashville
Vietnam War Update From Da Nang To Duc Pho Front Lines
In South Vietnam ground action waned with scattered clashes over the weekend. The 11th Light Infantry Brigade base near Duc Pho faced about 100 mortar and rocket attacks and a sapper assault. Da Nang reported enemy demolitionists breached wire briefly, then died. Eight U.S. soldiers wounded. Nearby near Quang Ngai City the 101st Airborne found a second enemy hospital complex with huts and kitchens. In a village south of Da Nang a ballot box blast killed two militiamen and two officials, wounding three. Overnight, twenty six enemy rocket and mortar strikes caused light damage.
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South Vietnam
11Th Light Infantry
Duc Pho
da Nang
U.S
Jooo
Quang Ngai City
101St Airborne Division
Mississippi Negro children visit Wisconsin for Project Understanding
Sixty Mississippi Negro children disembark in Madison as part of the three week Project Understanding program. The effort pairs Mississippi youths with Madison area families to foster race relations with 265 participants planned this year across Dane Jefferson Columbia Sauk Iowa and Green counties. The project was founded by Mal Gissen a Spring Green lawyer and UW law student.
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Madison
Madison Ay
Dane
Jefferson
Columbia
Sauk
Iowa
Green
Mal Gissen
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Gissen
Grenada County
Miss
Firefighters Crash Backyard Barbecue to Smoke Out Anniversary
Appleton firefighters traced a tip to a backyard barbecue and found 20 off duty colleagues celebrating Kenneth Kositzke and his wife’s tenth anniversary. A woman reported a fire in the neighbor’s yard, but officers discovered only smoky grilling and a jovial crew.
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Appleton (Ap
Appleton
Kenneth Kositzke
Double Jeopardy Ban Reaffirmed By Court
The Supreme Court ruled 6 2 that the double jeopardy prohibition applies to state criminal trials. The decision reversed a Maryland man’s larceny conviction and held that acquittal bars retrial for the same offense. The Court also limited harsher sentences after a new trial and overturned lewdness convictions due to invalid search procedures.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
New Jersey
James Dalmer Benton
Prince Georges County
Benton
Yale Uhs
Birth announced for Andrea Jane Waaler in Chatham
In Chatham New Jersey on June 18 a daughter named Andrea Jane was born to Mr and Mrs Charles E Waaler. Catherine Fuller previously of La Crosse is listed as a parent.
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Chatham, N.J
Andrea Jane
Charles E. Waaler
Chatham
Catherine Fuller
la Crosse
Windows Broken At State Road School
Vandals armed with air rifles damaged windows at State Road School in Shelby town over the weekend. Four large windows cost about 64 dollars each to replace and several smaller panes were punctured, per La Crosse County Sheriff Department reports. Deputy Sheriff Fred Zitzner investigated the complaint.
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State Road School
Shelby
la Crosse County
Fred Zitzner
Young People and Police Clash at Newport '69 Rock Festival
About 100 people were injured as police clashed with youths in Northridge California while attempting to prevent thousands from crashing festival gates. Police issued a tactical alert and arrested around 100 individuals on marijuana dangerous drug assault and drunkenness charges.
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Northridge
Calif
Newport
Universal Telephone Buys Milwaukee Bank
Universal Telephone Inc agreed in principle to an eight million stock purchase of Continental Bank & Trust Co. UTI will acquire all Continental stock for 340000 shares of its class A stock. Continental has 100000 shares outstanding, with Howard J Meister owning more than 60000 and planning to leave Milwaukee for health reasons.
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Milwaukee
Universal Telephone, Inc
UTI
Continental Bank & Trust Co
Ray H. Dittmore
Howard J. Meister
Continental
Continental Bank
Meister
Girl Overdose Case Leads to Hospital Treatment
A 17 year old girl at a local foster home was treated after taking an overdose of headache and sleeping pills. Police stopped a fast moving car on West Avenue near Johnson Street and escorted the girl to St Francis Hospital where staff described her condition as satisfactory.
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West Avenue
Johnson Street
St. Francis Hospital
Air Controllers Threaten Further Probe Backlash
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization vows to resist ongoing government inquiry into last week's sickout while FAA officials push the probe forward. Despite the dispute, eastern airports report normal operations as 250 to 300 controllers called in sick and airlines cancel or delay hundreds of flights. Volpe and Shaffer will decide next steps with ongoing staffing needs and safety concerns.
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John M. Pearce
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
William J. Flower
United States
Jack Maher
Shaffer
Volpe
The
Airlines
Airline Pilots Association
Flight Safety Foundation
National Transportation Safety Board
Army to Trim Strength as 13,000 Men Leave
Pentagon announced a plan to draft 29,500 in August while Army strength will drop by 13,000 as part of Nixon era troop withdrawals from Vietnam. About 8,000 of 15,000 coming out will not be replaced, plus 5,000 more due to reduced needs. Overall global strength near 1.5 million with $130 million budget saving. First of 15,000 to return in July and August, starting with the 9th Division’s 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry departing July 8 for McChord AFB and Ft. Lewis.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Army
U.S
Nixon
9Th Infantry Division
60Th Infantry
McChord Air Force Base
Ft. Lewis
Seattle
Records Police Ambulance Transfer in Holmen
On June 22 at 8 13 p m Mrs Albert Thorsen 83 of Holmen was taken by ambulance to Grandview Hospital due to illness.
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Albert Thorsen
Holmen
Grandview Hospital
Four Die In Separate Minnesota Weekend Crashes
Four people died in separate Minnesota weekend crashes. Laurie Lang an 11 year old from Sacramento died on U S Highway 212 near Renville as a passenger in a car driven by Robert Mueller of Mankato. Mrs Mary Mondehaine 62 of Minneapolis was killed when a car driven by Yvette Fertz 44 of Golden Valley spun on rain slick Interstate 494 in Bloomington and struck a curb. Alvina Fischer 76 of Danube died in a two car crash on Highway 212 near Norwood about 40 miles west of Minneapolis. Lawrence Daley 21 of Lewiston died when his car rolled over on Highway 14 near Lewiston after skidding for 450 feet.
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Minnesota
Laurie Lang
Sacramento
Calif
Renville
Highway Patrol
Robert Mueller
Mankato
Minn
Mary Mondehaine
Minneapolis
Yvette Fertz
Golden Valley
Rainslick
Bloomington
Danube
Alvina Fischer
Norwood
Minnesapolis
Lawrence Daley
Lewiston
Highway 14
John Cappelotti Sr
Menomonee Falls
Germantown
Richard Shriver
Los Angeles
Burnett County
Dennis Dickens
Eau Claire
Joseph Brittain
Kenosha
St. Mary’s Hospital
Milwaukee
Dennis
Brittain
Adelene Walsh
Dousman
Delafield
Barbara Kroes
Fond du Lac
Kenneth Fischer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
New London
Shipdton
Georgia Lane
West Allis
Francis L. Tobias
Merrimac
Sauk County
Charles Pynnaker
Racine
St. Luke’s Hospital
Highway 36
Racine County
Family breakdown blamed for campus violence at Notre Dame
Dean William Lawless of Notre Dame Law School told the Lawyer's Wives of Wisconsin that the home, not the university, bears blame for campus violence. He warned that family life has broken down and parents fail to respond to their children who are "totally different," urging them to "turn down the volume" so elders will listen.
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Lawless
Wisconsin weekend road toll climbs with 13 dead
The Associated Press reports at least 13 people died on Wisconsin roads over the weekend, raising the 1969 toll to 448. Victims include Mary Jane Klingaman and Minnie Conner in an Iowa County crash, Larry Johnson in Dane County, and other fatalities across multiple counties.
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Wisconsin
Mary Jane Klingaman
Linden
Dodgeville
Iowa County
Minnie L. Conner
Rewey
Warren and Court Sparks Over Civil Rights and Crime Rulings
The article reviews Warren era Supreme Court decisions on one man one vote racial rights and crime, noting conservative backlash and impeachment calls. It highlights Warren’s private stance emphasizing fairness under both the spirit and letter of the law.
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Warren
Weather updates for Lacrosse and surrounding states
Chance of brief showers tonight and Tuesday with low around 50 degrees. A bit warmer Tuesday with a mid 60s high. Winds from the south-southwest at 8 to 12 mph. Wisconsin and Minnesota forecast similar showers and warm-up, with Iowa seeing showers and thunderstorms tonight. Five day outlook calls for average temps about 4 degrees below normal, with 0.34 inches of rain in showers midweek and over the weekend. Sunrise 5 23, sunset 8 51, full moon June 29. Record highs and lows noted for June 23 in 1874 and 1889.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
River readings reflect mixed livestock demand at St Paul market
USDA reports at St Paul show cattle and calves 4 500 and 400 respectively with slaughter stock steady to weak and cows slower. Hogs 5 000 with barrows and gilts 50 higher and buying demand broad. Chicago prices list potato and produce quotes and wholesale dairy and egg prices.
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ST. Paul
USDA
Marriages Planned in La Crosse Area
Wendell J. Norder of Lainsberg Michigan and Mavis L. Hemker of Owasso Michigan wed in Barre on June 28. Marvin H. E. Zuleger of West St. Paul Minnesota and Leatrice A. Allen of Minneapolis Minnesota wed in La Crosse on July 12. David W. Witcraft of La Crosse and Mary B. Hoff of La Crosse to wed June 28. Scott T. Kellicut of La Crosse and Sally J. Wagner of La Crosse to wed July 5.
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Wendell J. Norder
Lainsberg
Mich
Mavis L. Hemker
Owasso
Barre
Marvin H. E. Zuleger
West St. Paul
Minn
Leatrice A. Allen
Minneapolis
la Crosse
David W. Witcraft
Caledonia St
Mary B. Hoff
Redwood Court
Scott T. Kellicut
Wood St
Sally J. Wagner
S. 27Th St
Stock Quotations and Prices from the Market Columns
Market listings show C W Transport Fabri Tek First Bank Gateway Trans Godfrey Co Gyrodyne Howell Instruments Lincoln Natl Life McQuay Nekoosa Roanwell Wallace Warner Elec Werner Wisconsin P L with varied prices and percentages. The data reflect multiple securities and percent changes across several firms and institutions.
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C W Transport
Fabri-Tek, Inc
First Bank
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Howell Instruments
Lincoln Natl. Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Can
Roanwell
Wallace Business
Warner Elec. Br
Werner Cent
Wisconsin P & L
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BEARS
Polar Cap
E.ee
Lor
Cardinal Tisserant
Stag
Tennessee
Warren Earl Burger
Earl Warren
California
Universal Telephone
Milwaukee Bank
FAA
Flower
James R. Ban
New York
Boston
F. Lee Bailey
John H. Shaffer
Associated Press
Ewer
Dean
Larry Johnson
Stoughton
Lake Kegonsa Road
Dane County
Oiner
Chicago
Chicago Produce Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Winona Livestock
Winona
C.P
Dakota
Swift & Company
Hoss Deliveree Lansing
C.P.) Ag
T.W
Prairie du Chien
Dodge
Galesville
W.S
Houston
Choice
Jes. i. Thurs
Canner & Cutter
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
LC Cooler Co
Pyroll Co., Inc
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard Std
Eberstadt Fund
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv
Mass. Inv. Gr
National Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
J. C. Penney
Pepsico
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
RCA
Alcoa
American Airlines
Sears Roebuck
American Motors
Sperry Rand
American Tel & Tel
Oll
Indiana
Atlantic Richfield
Burlington India Swi
Caterpillar Tractor
Texaco
Central Tel & Util
Trane
Chrysler
Transamerica
NS Consolidated Foods
U.S. Steel
Continental Can
Universal Oil
Art Ind
du Pont
Woolworth Westinghouse
Geerman Kodak
Dow Jones Aver
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Gulf of! Great Northern
G. Heileman Uly U
International T & T
Interstate Power
Jim Walter
Marshall Co
Kraftco
Kresge
Marcor
Asso- Minnesot
Cration of
Mn i Miningers, Inc
Repre- Monsanto Chemical
Northern Pacific
North States
Northwest Bancorp
Olin Mathieson
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