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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1969
Page
12
U S nuclear missile production has stopped at least for the year due to a crippling fire at an Atomic Energy Commission plant. The halt was not publicly disclosed by the government and was revealed by AP writer Bob Horton in Washington.
A blaze at the Rocky Flats plutonium facility on May 11 raised concerns over delaying antimissile warhead testing. AEC leaders sought $45 million for repairs as estimates suggested production schedules could slip from six months to about nine. The incident affects Safeguard deployment timing but not the 1974 Nixon plan.
London AP reports a coroner will hold an inquest into Judy Garland death scheduled for Wednesday. Scotland Yard cautions against overdose speculation while police await autopsy results and lab tests on organs from Garland’s body amid her history of cirrhosis and heavy drinking.
In Eau Claire area a carpenters strike halted most major construction projects for the second time in a month. Carpenters rejected a proposed $1.90 an hour raise over a two year deal, keeping their wage at $4.93 including fringe benefits.
Gov. Harold LeVander declined to extradite John Bodeker of South Haven Minnesota to Georgia to serve a one year work gang sentence for writing a fictitious check. He admitted issuing a $12.50 check under an assumed name. Bodeker had fled jail last June and was captured in Minnesota.
Leaders of private banking and state officials met in Madison to discuss a proposed borrowing board in the executive branch to direct money for public facilities. Attendees included Gov Knowles’s administration, Building Commission members, and lawmakers such as David Martin, Fred Risser, Harold Froehlich, and Frank Nikolay.
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