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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1969

Page

3

Young Fence Climber Burned by Live Wire Suit Filed

A 12 year old boy Richard Quinn and his father Richard W. Quinn sue Northern States Power Co Minneapolis school district and City of Minneapolis in Hennepin County District Court seeking 750000 alleging negligence after the boy climbed a fence around a substation and touched a live wire near Southwest High School. The plaintiffs claim the school district failed to keep the area hazard free and the city failed to maintain the sidewalk around the substation.

Minneapolis Northern States Power Co Hennepin County Richard Quinn Robert W. Quinn NSP Minneapolis School District City of Southwest High School

Crusty columnist Westbrook Pegler dies at 74

Westbrook Pegler, famed sports writer turned muckraking columnist, died in Tucson at 74. A Pulitzer Prize winner in 1941 for exposing labor union racketeering, Pegler had lived in Arizona since 1942 and had a contentious split with Hearst in 1962 over editorial censorship.

Tucson Ariz Westbrook Pegler Pegler St. Mary’s Hospital Arizona Harry S. Truman George Scalise Building Service Scalise

Israelis Down Egyptian Mig In Gulf of Suez Sky Battle

Israeli warplanes shot down an Egyptian MIG over the Gulf of Suez. The craft exploded in air and crashed in Egyptian territory with no parachute seen. Earlier Cairo said Egyptians occupied an Israeli post after similar raids and killed soldiers. One Israeli was killed in fighting north of Port Taufiq.

Associated Press Gulf of Suez Suez Canal Port Taufiq Cairo

Gunshot Deaths Top 200 in Week Nationwide

An Associated Press survey shows 206 gunshot deaths in the United States during June 15 to June 22. The total includes 131 homicides, 59 personal crisis reports, and 16 accidental deaths, up seven from the prior year. Family fights and barroom brawls drove many incidents.

United States Associated Press

Pollution Hearing Dismisses Threat From Nuclear Plant Discharge

NSP engineer Arthur Deinhart told about 130 at a PCA meeting that Prairie Island's thermal waste will not heat the Mississippi River near Red Wing or Lake Pepin. He said mixing and dam structures ensure no harmful temperature rise, and NSP will meet state standards. Critics warn temperatures above 84 degrees could drive away walleyes and other fish.

RED Wing, Minn Northern States Power Co Prairie Island Mississippi River Red Wing Lake Pepin Arthur Deinhart Deinhart Alma Wis Red Wing Dam NSP PCA

New Vietnam Policy Hearing To Be Held

Washington AP reports Senate Foreign Relations Committee will reconvene hearings to re evaluate U S policy in Vietnam chaired by J W Fulbright. The session aims to reassess objectives strategy and potential shifts in approach amid ongoing conflict and diplomacy.

Washington Senate Foreign Relations Committee America Vietnam J.W. Fulbright

Flea Diversity and Habitat Notes

The article notes there are almost 1 000 different kinds of fleas most of which live in the tropics.

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