Senate OKs 31 day extension of surtax withholdings
The Senate approved a 31 day extension of current withholding rates tied to the 10 percent surcharge. The move, attached as a rider to a minor tariff bill, aims to push action on a longer surtax extension to July 31. House leaders urged quick action as President Nixon awaited the measure.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Ford
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Democratic Bloc
Ways and Means Committee
Charles A. Vanik
Dohio
John McCormack
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
Dark
Mark Hewitt Spanish War Vet Dies At 90
Mark R. Hewitt Sr. 90 formerly of 2931 S Losey Blvd La Crosse died Wednesday at a local nursing home. A Spanish American War veteran and long time deputy jailer in La Crosse County, he retired December 25 1957 after more than 20 years service. He was born June 14 1879 in Midway, La Crosse County and served in the Army at 17. He and his wife Stella Casey married March 28 1906 in Winona Minnesota and moved to La Crosse in 1932. He survived by Stella a son Mark Jr. and a daughter Vivian Blue plus several grandchildren. Funeral plans are pending with Schumacher Funeral Home.
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Mark R. Hewitt Sr
S. Losey Blvd
la Crosse
Mr. Hewitt
la Crosse County
Sheriff’s Department
Midway
Ettrick
Galesville
C. L. Hood
Black River
Onalaska
North Woods
Stella Casey
Winona
Minn
Hewitts
Mississippi
Woodrow Wilson
Hewitt
Stella
Mark Jr
R. J. Stoddard
Raymond
Vivian) Blue
Peoria
Ill
Schumacher Funeral Home
Rhine poison blamed on insecticide in Dutch report
Dutch scientists say an insecticide killed millions of Rhine fish and could pollute water supplies in Dutch and German cities. West German officials doubted the report, while authorities ordered checks, warned swimmers, and prepared to switch to auxiliary water sources as fish die-offs spread along a long Rhine stretch.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Rhine
North Rhine-Westphalia
Agriculture Ministry
Bingen
St. Goarshausen
Rhineland-Palatinate
Amsterdam
Coblenz
Netherlands
ADN
U.S
Vietnam
Heileman to buy Erickson Sunbeam and Federal Bakeries
The G Heileman Brewing Co Inc announces purchase of Erickson Sunbeam Bakery of La Crosse and Federal Bakery of Winona Minn including Erickson operations in La Crosse and Baraboo and Federal plants in Winona and Red Wing The deal aims to preserve local ownership with no management changes planned.
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G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc
Erickson Sunbeam Bakery
la Crosse
Federal Bakery
Winona
Minn
Heileman
Roy Kumm
Erickson
Baraboo
Red Wing
Alf Erickson
No Twisters As Severe Storm Passes Through La Crosse
A storm pattern brought heavy rain and thundershowers to the La Crosse area Wednesday. The tornado watch for parts of Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin was canceled by 10 30 a m as turbulence failed to materialize. Temperatures through next Monday near normal with one inch of rain possible.
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la Crosse
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Finn Johnson
Alma
Chetek
Johnson
Prospect
Superior
Living Costs Rise at Modest May Pace
The Labor Department reports May consumer price index up three tenths of a percent, the smallest monthly rise since January. CPI now 126.8, 5.4 percent above a year ago, with gains in food, apparel, services, and home upkeep. index up 2.1 points since Nixon took office.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Pettibone Park Offered to City of La Crosse
The Pettibone Park Commission proposes turning Pettibone Park and adjacent Barren Island lands over to the City of La Crosse for use in the park system. The offer to Mayor Warren Loveland and the Common Council cites flood damage and dwindling trust funds as reasons. The donor A W Pettibone gave the land and funded operations and the commission notes the land’s high value.
Yellowstone Snowfall Shuts Yellowstone Roads In Summer Storm
A Yellowstone National Park storm dumps up to eight inches of snow on higher elevations forcing the closure of several highways. Hale notes the city must operate the park under conditions set by Pettibone’s grandson John, with about 18 500 people left outside the park. The situation continues Tuesday night into today as the park remains largely inaccessible.
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Hale
Yellowstone National Pettibone
John
Park
Wyo
Virginia
Yellowstone National Park
Pettibone
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West Channel Bridge
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Mark R, Hewitt SR
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Rakina
United States Dept. of
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Kumm
Erickson’s
Erickson and Federal Bakeries
Machine Products Co
Kingsbury
Sheboygan
Fox Head Brewing Co
Waukesha
Milwaukee Brewery
Braumeister
Glueck Brewing Co
Minneapolis
Pabst Brewery
Blatz
Milwaukee
Yellowstone
Psedogener
Eae
Tribune
Harry Larsson
City
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