Ex-Korean spy recalls scheme to buy influence
Former KCIA director Kim Hyung Wook testified before a House subcommittee that Seoul funded a Washington social club, the Georgetown Club, with $3 million to curry influence with U.S. congressmen. He said the KCIA backed payoffs with $600,000 for lobbying and that names were targeted, though he cannot recall them.
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Washington
South Korea
Seoul
U.S
Kim Hyung Wook
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Tongsun Park
Georgetown Club
Kim
KCIA
House
ECIA
Park
Kim Han Cho
Justice Department
Kim Sang Keun
Park Chung Hee
Officials' pay raises may be cut in half plan proposed
Madison Wisconsin AP reports Assembly Speaker Edward Jackamonis proposes cutting proposed salary increases for top state officials by about half. The plan aims to trim costs while addressing legislative pay adjustments debated this week.
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Madison
Wis
Edward Jackamonis
D-Wauke
Sha
Patrick J. Lucey
Jackamonis
Joint Committee On Employment Relations
Department of Administration
University of Wisconsin
Lucey
Senate
Fred A. Risser
Two injured in Wyalusing Park van crash transferred to hospital
Two more people hurt when a Michigan State University field trip van left a curve and hit trees in Wyalusing Park near Prairie du Chien were moved to La Crosse Lutheran Hospital. Christopher Barrett and HE Stonehouse, both in fair condition, joined others treated after the crash.
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Wyalusing Park
Prairie du Chien
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Christopher Barrett
Mount Pleasant
Mich
HE. Stonehouse
East Lansing
Lutheran
Shabaz Radfar
Hall, Mich
Chippewa Falls picks acting mayor on fifth ballot
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin acting mayor Jeremiah Cashman a 48 year old Roman Catholic priest and city council president was chosen on the fifth ballot to serve as mayor until elections in April following the death of Mayor James Buchanan on May 17 The council had narrowed a 76 name list to three candidates before selecting Cashman.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Jeremiah Cashman
Cashman
James Buchanan
Chamber of Commerce
Quinlan in near death after two year coma case returns
Karen Anne Quinlan 23 remains critically ill 13 months after her respirator was withdrawn under court order. Parents Joseph and Julia Quinlan vigil at Morris View Nursing Home as the family spokesman notes the decline and the lack of heroic measures in her care.
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Morris Plains
N.J
Karen Anne Quinlan
Joseph
Julia Quinlan
Morris View
Thomas Trapassa
Quinlan
Paul Armstrong
Armstrong
Miss Quinlan
New Jersey Supreme Court
Obituary notices for Loeffler Chapman Rennebohm Inderberg
Obituaries note Gordon J Loeffler 71 of 2517 Prospect La Crosse who died June 21, burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Elsie J Chapman 84 Tomah died June 22. taught English and librarian in Wisconsin schools. Lawrenze Rennebohm 77 Chaseburg died June 22. former Tausche Hardware shipping clerk. Graveside services for Marjorie Inderberg 87 La Crosse area will be in Burns Cemetery Bangor.
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Gordon J. Loeffler
Prospect St
la Crosse
Leo
Henrietta Loeffler
Ruth
Richard
Grayce Wilhelm
Etta Loeffler
Earl of
de Land
Fla
Dickinson Funeral Homes
Caledonia Street Chapel
Ernest N. Nelson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Tomah
Wis
Elsie J. Chapman
Adrian
Monroe County
Fred Chapman
Wisconsin
Manitowoc
Tunnel City
Park Falls
Westfield
Orfordville
Alma Center
Roy
Oscar Chapman
White Funeral
Arnold Nielsen
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Lawrenze Rennebohm
Chaseburg
Lawrenze
John Rennebohm
Kenyon
Minn
August Rennebohm
Mabel A. Krause
Tausche Hardware
Marjorie H. Inderberg
Burns Cemetery
Bangor
Richard R. Gilmore
Inderberg
Otte Named to State Migrant Labor Council
Rep. Carl Otte of Sheboygan is appointed to the Council on Migrant Labor created after the state migrant labor law passage. The move places the Wisconsin Democrat on a new body overseeing migrant labor issues.
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Madison
Wis
Carl Otte
D-Sheboygan
Council On Migrant Labor
Laborers picket La Crosse Arthur Treacher site over union contract
Laborers Local 140 picket a 91 Copeland Ave Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips site saying Del Kraus Inc has not signed a union labor agreement in about a year. Only laborers protest while masons stay under contract. The restaurant is expected to finish in six weeks.
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la Crosse
Lee
del Kraus Inc
Copeland Ave
Fred
Medary plan urged to unlock highway funds for shopping center
Dayton Hudson lawyer John Flynn urged quick approval of the Medary area land-use plan to start ground improvements in August. Stanley Peterson said LAPC approval is needed before state funding, while Bracegirdle and Zielke debated urgency and past changes for La Crosse and Onalaska. Charles Pierce noted changes allowed Shelby and two cities.
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John Flynn
Dayton-Hudson
LAPC
Flynn
Ques
Charles Pierce
Town of
Onalaska
Shelby
la Crosse
Medary
Zielke
Steamboat Days Opens With Bike-a-thon in Winona
The 30th annual Steamboat Days kicks off Sunday in Winona Minnesota with a muscular dystrophy bike-a-thon. The festival runs through July 4 featuring a large fireworks display, a Miss Winona pageant with VIP guests, carnival rides, reduced admission at local venues, nightly shows, and multiple races and parades around Lake Winona.
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Winona
Minn
Lloyd Sandbule
Winona Jaycees
Memorial Hall
Winona State University
Matt Armstrong
Levee Park
Julius C. Wilkie
Ernie Beck
Ronald McDonald
Kryzsko Commons
Winona State
Skate Capital
Lake Winona
Button
Rotary Club
Jaycees Seek Volunteers for Beach Sod Work
The La Crosse Jaycees seek volunteers to lay sod at Black River Beach this weekend as part of a North Side Beach renovation estimated at 15 000 dollars. Ken Birnbaum says help is needed Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m. with sprinkler system finalization pending.
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la Crosse Jaycees
Black River Beach
North Side Beach
Kenneth Birnbaum
Birnbaum
Summer film fest at La Crosse Public Library South Branch
Children’s department presents a summer film festival at 1 30 and 2 30 p m at the South Branch Library located at 16th and Farnam Streets Franzen Bros Circus performs at 6 and 8 p m sponsored by the Vernon County Jaycees at the Vernon County Fair grounds in Viroqua
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Childrens Department
The
la Crosse
Franzen Bros. Circus
Viroqua Jaycees
Vernon County Fairgrounds
Viroqua
Weather outlook with widespread clearing eyed nationwide
Mostly clear conditions expected across much of the nation per National Weather Service data. Showers and thunderstorms forecast south of the Great Lakes and along the Eastern Seaboard from Pennsylvania to the Carolinas. Local notes include Wisconsin and Minnesota cloudiness with storms, and Iowa partly cloudy with humid lends through Friday. River discharge at Dresbach Dam reported steady traffic and 16,700 cf/s.
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National Weather Service
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Carolinas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Dresbach Lock and Dam
Weather Almanac Snapshot Shows Mild Past Day
Yesterday low 60 and high 79. This morning 65. Precipitation 0.3 inches. Week total 7,879. Normal 7,416. Record high 97 in 1894 and record low 42 in 1972. Sunrise 5 23 a.m. Sunset 8 51 p.m. Tomorrow.
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ST. Francis Hospital
10Th Street
Karen Quinlan
First Baptist Church
McLoud
Okla
Lawrence Stafford
Shamrock
Neosho
Oklo
Raymond
Evelyn) Hawkins
James
Washington, D.C
Mae Hammond
Phoenix, Ariz
Grace Russell
Delta Welch
Chickasha
Conrad
Jackson Street Chapel
Marjorie Inderberg
Otte
Darrel Lee
Laborers Local 140
Arthur Treacher
Lee Enterprises, Inc
3Rd St
Brown’s Gift Shop
Sparta
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Cass
Pruvery
Tion
Stanley Peterson
Bracegirdle
Coulee Region
Tri-State
Lacrosse
Dresbach
Dakota
NC Lansing
Cpp
Guttenber
Black
Galesville
West Salem
Root
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Hokah
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