Rites Held For Pfc. Lorenz Killed In Action In Viet Nam
Funeral services for Pfc. Terry Lorenz 19 were held at St. John’s Reformed United Church of Christ with military rites at Chipmunk Coulee Cemetery. Cap McCoy honor guard presented the folded flag to Edward Lorenz as Wisconsin troops, including a firing squad and six man guard, paid tribute with taps and prayers.
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Pfc
Lorenz
Viet Nam
Terry
John Staton
Terry Lorenz
St. John’s
Coulee
South
Army
Camp McCoy
Edward Lorenz
S. 19Th St
la Crosse
Paratrooper Dream Ends in Viet Nam Death
Terry Lorenz 19, joined the 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Viet Nam in May and was killed by a Communist land mine less than a month later on June 16. A Milwaukee area youth, he had worked for Trane Co and the Milwaukee Road before enlisting October 27, 1965, leaving behind fiancée Lynda Smith and grieving parents as a church service honored his memory.
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Terry Lorenz
Viet Nam
Robert Thompson Jr
S. 31St St
Terry
Gene
173Rd Airborne Brigade
South Viet Nam
Edward Lorenz
S. 19Th St
Central High School
la Crosse State University
Milwaukee Road
Trane Co
Lynda Smith
S. 13Th Place
Lynda
Thompson
Staton
Onalaska
Saigon
Assembly
Minnesota GOP candidates resume bid for governor endorsement
Minnesota GOP convention resumes after 10 ballots with Harold LeVander and John S. Pillsbury Jr leading the field for the party endorsement. Pillsbury holds 673 votes to LeVander’s 607. Andersen trails with 84. A primary showdown seems likely if no endorsement emerges.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Harold LeVander
South St. Paul
John S. Pillsbury Jr
Phillsbury
Elmer L. Andersen
Andersen
LeVander
Harold Stassen
Pillsbury
William B. Randall
Ramsey County
St. Paul
GOP
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
DFL
Karl F. Rolvaag
Karl A. M
Sandy) Keith
Standards Set For Carmakers By Joe Hall
The Senate approved 76 to 0 a broad auto safety bill creating mandatory federal standards for all U.S. and foreign autos sold here plus trucks motorcycles and scooters. A $465 million measure funds state and city traffic safety efforts as action moves to the House.
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Secretary of Commerce
U.S
Mumps Vaccine Shows Near 100 Percent Effectiveness
Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman announces a new mumps vaccine about 98 to 100 percent effective in trials. The Jeryl Lynn strain, named after his daughter who had mumps, is used to produce the live vaccine. Further testing and licensing are pending.
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Chicago
Maurice R. Hilleman
Merck Institute For Therapeutic Research
West Point, Pa
Jeryl Lynn
Hilleman
American Therapeutics Society
Eugene Buynak
Merck
Robert E. Weibel
Joseph Stokes Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Lankenau Hospital
Philadelphia
Four Drownings Reported in Wisconsin Waters
Four people drowned in Wisconsin as warm weather drew crowds to lakes and pools. Vernon McCarthy, 34, went missing after falling from a boat near Madison. Lynne Kuretich was rescued. Joseph Kremarik, 28, drowned at Lake Nagawicka after a boat hit a pier. Mary Beyer, 25, injured. Paul Miller, 17, drowned in a Richland County pool. Timothy Narloch, 11, drowned off Milwaukee's Government Pier.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Mendota
Madison
Vernon J. McCarthy
Waunakee
Lynne Kuretich
John DiChristina
McCarthy
Joseph Kremarik
Milwaukee
Lake Nagawicka
Waukesha County
Mary Beyer
Cudahy
Oconomowoc
Paul Miller
Richland Center
Richland County
Killian Meyer
Miller
Timothy Narloch
Government Pier
Lake Michigan
Weather outlook with isolated storms and cooler weekend
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of thundershowers Saturday night and early Sunday. Temperatures will run a bit cooler over the weekend with highs in the mid 80s Sunday.
Dodd Hearing Nears Climax as Dodd and Wife Defend
Senate ethics proceedings against Connecticut Democrat Thomas J. Dodd heat up toward a Monday climax. Dodd and his wife prepare a united defense after disclosures involving his son Jeremy and former office manager Michael O’Hare. O’Hare’s testimony and an ethics warning from Chairman John Stennis frame the hearing day.
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Washington
Senate
Dodd
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Jeremy
Michael O’hare
O’hare
Ethics Committee
John Stennis
Dmiss
Wisconsin cheese sent to Viet Nam by farmers
Wisconsin cheese totaling 31 000 pounds is shipped to Viet Nam for service members. District 3 of the National Farmers Organization and We Care coordinated the donation with local cooperatives and unions. Virgil Sprecher supervised the La Crosse to Dubuque refrigerated transport and noted the cheese includes cheddar and Swiss.
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Wisconsin
Viet Nam
National Farmers Organization
We Care
Virgil Sprecher
Sauk City
NFO
la Crosse
Sprecher
NFC
Dubuque
Iowa
National Farmer's Organization
L. J. MacGowen
Gateway Transportation
Donald Allen
Holmen
Bernard Hart
Alma Center
Tribune
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By Terence Boschert
la Crosse Tribune
Mr. Staton
Harry Spence School
Lee
Hennepin
Orono
Johnson
Jon Arthur Hanshus
Eau Claire
Wis
Hanshus
David J. Crowe
Cherokee
Kan
David
Joe Hall Washington
House
Capitol
State
Harry Kelly
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Senate Ethics Committee
Young Dodd
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