Tornadoes Hit Minnesota and Dakotas Causing Damaged Homes
Twisters ripped through Jasper Minnesota and Groton South Dakota with path through business districts. One Jasper resident hospitalized and several hurt as roofs torn off homes and trailers toppled. A Groton warning followed by a 90 second siren precedes a 90 second touchdown.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Jasper
Minn
Groton
S.D
Katherine Stromberg
Pipestone
Raymond
Willmar
8.D
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Loel Larson
Rites Set For Iowa Soldier Killed In Vietnam
WAUKON Iowa Services for Pvt Alan Bresnahan 20 who was killed June 12 in Vietnam will be at 10 am Friday in St Marys Catholic Church Hanover. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ray Bresnahan of rural Waukon. Burial with military rites will be in the church cemetery. Surviving are his parents two brothers Neil of Waterloo and Dennis at home three sisters Mrs Reuben Pikizze of Madison and Marcia and Lari at home. He was born December 7 1948 in Waukon and entered the Army in 1968. He had been in Vietnam since December 19 1968. This is the second Allamakee County youth to die in Vietnam.
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Waukon
Iowa
Alan Bresnahan
Vietinam
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Hanover
Ray Bresnahan
R. S. Maiden
Bakke-Hanson Funeral Home
Vietnam
Neil
Waterloo
Dennis
Reuben Pikizze
Madison i
Marcia
Lari
Allamakee County
Ben Het Siege Deepens as North Vietnamese Press Camp
North Vietnamese gunners bombard Ben Het Special Forces camp while 700 South Vietnamese defenders endure a stubborn siege. Airstrip closed and convoys blocked as U S advisers warn of heavy casualties. The enemy surrounds with two full infantry regiments and artillery, and letters captured from prisoners boast of overrunning the camp.
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Peter Arnett
Ben Het
Vietnam
Saigon
Khe Sanh
Green Beret
Andrew Marquis
Kontum
U.S
Ben Het Dak
Central Highlands
Survivors Rescued After Utah Plane Crash Kills Three
Six Californians headed to film Death Valley Days in southern Utah crashes near Cedar Breaks. Pilot Clarence McLean 60 and others perished. David Watson 44 walks to help after spending three nights on a ridge. Oswald Simon 38 and Robert McCord Jr. 81 evacuated by helicopter.
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Cedar City
Utah
Clarence McLean
Charles Straumer
Death Valley Days
Mountain Area
Southern
David L. Watson
Civilization
Oswald Simon
Robert L. McCord Jr
John Bury
Watson
Brian Head
Simon and
McCord
Civil Air Patrol
Land
Judy Garland Body Returns to New York After London Flight
A crowd gathers behind police barricades in New York to view Judy Garland as her body is brought from London. About 500 people line East 81st Street near a funeral chapel while Liza Minnelli, Mickey Deans, and Rev Peter Delaney depart with the coffin.
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New York
Judy Garland
Bronx
Marylin Davis
East 81St Street
Madison Avenue
Miss Garland
Liza Minnelli
London
Kennedy Airport
Liza
Mickey Deans
Peter Delaney
Joe Louis Stricken by Illness in New York
Former heavyweight champion Joe Louis, 55, became ill on a financial district street corner and was rushed to Beekman-Downtown Hospital. Attorney Leon Charney said Louis suffered a minor collapse and would be kept for observation for a few days.
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New York
Joe Louis
Leon Charney
Louis
Charney
Financial District
Beekman-Downtown Hospital
Ruling Sought On Legality Of Seat Belt Law
The Wisconsin Senate Judiciary Committee asked the attorney general to rule on whether mandatory seat belts and harnesses in vehicles could be constitutional. The bill would penalize noncompliance with up to 200 dollars and 30 days in jail, with exemptions for young children and physically unable individuals.
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Madison
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Arthur Cirilli
R-Superior
Cirilli
Ernest Keppler
R-Sheboygan
Stanley York
River Falls
Williams Construction Truck Microphone Theft Report
Williams Construction Co reports to La Crosse police that an external microphone was stolen from an unlocked company truck on West Avenue South. Police noted the incident as a theft from a vehicle.
La Crosse Tribune Publication Details
La Crosse Tribune publishes daily afternoon and Sunday morning editions from La Crosse Wisconsin. It is a member of Lee Enterprises and the Associated Press with exclusive local news rights. Subscription rates include 10c single copy and $1.35 every two weeks carrier delivery.
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la Crosse Tribune
4Th and
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Cross Country Jet Hijacked to Cuba Delays Return
A man in a white sweater hijacked United Airlines DC8 Flight 14 with 57 aboard en route from Los Angeles to New York and diverted to Havana. Cuban officials detained him at Jose Marti Airport as the flight with 10 crew and 50 passengers remains in limbo awaiting the hijacker’s luggage. The incident marks the 31st hijacking to Cuba in 1969 and involved California to Havana routing.
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Miami
Cuba
Caribbean
Havana
Jose Marti
Jim Frazier
Federal Aviation Administration
California
Los Angeles
United Airlines
Lake Delton Man Charged Over Stag Party Betting
Robert Scott of Lake Delton was charged in a Tuesday warrant with placing an illegal bet tied to a January 27 March of Dimes stag party at a Rock Springs supper club. Arraignments were scheduled for Thursday before Sauk County Judge Harland Hill for seven other men charged in related violations.
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Lake Delton
Baraboo
Robert Scott
Licenses Ready for Pickup in La Crosse
City Clerk Shirley Tomalka said licenses are ready for pickup. Old licenses expire at midnight Monday.
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la Crosse
Shirley Tomalka
Storm Continues Rainfall and Flooding Across Wisconsin
The storm blocked several Portage streets with downed trees and poles as winds reached 60 mph in Jefferson. The Weather Bureau logged 24 hour rainfall ending Wednesday with 1.20 inches in Wausau and 1.38 inches in Park Falls. Unofficial totals included over two inches at Platteville in 90 minutes and two inches at Wayne in 45 minutes. Intersections flooded in Kansasville, Racine basements flooded, Madison 2.15 inches, and Milwaukee 1.68 inches with many towns reporting nearly an inch.
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Portage
Jefferson
Weather Bureau
Wausau
Park Falls
Platteville
Wayne
Washington County
Waupun
Kansasville
Milwaukee
Racine
Madison
Highay
Dodge County
la Crosse
Green Bay
Lone Rock
Fond du Lac
Burlington
Superior
Eau Claire
Beloit
Girl 13 Goes Home After Face Surgery
Deborah Fox, 13, left Johns Hopkins Hospital after a 13 hour operation to rebuild her face. Surgeons reshaped skullbones, repositioned her eyes, and rebuilt her birth nose defects. She will return to Baltimore in a few months for further nose and mouth surgery.
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Baltimore
Deborah Fox
Chattanooga
Tenn
Deborah
Johns Hopkins ‘Hospital
Radio Highlights Featuring Nick Bardoulas Weatherman
Thursday at 7 p.m. on WLCX the Vox Pop program welcomes Nick Bardoulas the station's new La Crosse weather forecaster. He discusses forecasts and local conditions with the host.
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WLCX
Vox Pop
Nick Bardoulas
New
Israeli jets down two Egyptian MIGs over Gulf of Suez
TEL AVIV AP Israeli warplanes knocked out two Egyptian MIG21 fighters in an air battle over the Gulf of Suez. A Soviet-built MIG was seen plunging into Egyptian territory and a second plane was later reported struck. Israel claims 21 Egyptian planes shot down since 1967.
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Gulf of Suez
Gulf
Israel
Suez Canal
Middle East
Egypt
Dead Sea
Safe Boating Queen Crowning Set For Saturday
La Crosse Coast Guard Auxiliary to crown Safe Boating Queen at 6 p.m. Saturday. Three finalists Marlene Bott Betty Bowman and Barbara Davy compete in pool side events at the Holiday Inn with judging by Robert Frederick James Kennedy and Mrs. David Strittmater. public may watch.
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la Crosse
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Winona
Marlene Bott
S. 20Th St
Betty Bowman
Barbara Davy
King St
Holiday Inn
Robert Frederick
James Kennedy
David Strittmater
Tornado Watch Issued for Wisconsin Counties Along Mississippi
The U.S. Weather Bureau issued a tornado watch from 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday for several Wisconsin counties along the Mississippi River. La Crosse Vernon Trempealeau Buffalo Crawford and neighboring Monroe Jackson and Clark counties are affected. Severe thunderstorms hail and damaging winds are forecast during the period.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Vernon
Trempealeau
Buffalo
Crawford
Monroe
Jackson and
Clark
Lecturer to discuss economics at LCU
Jack Degnan of the New York Times education division will be the second guest lecturer at La Crosse State University summer session Institute in Economic Education. He will speak at 1 20 p m Friday in 302A Main Hall and lead a second hour discussion on using contemporary materials in the economics classroom. Open to interested persons.
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Jack Degnan
New York Times Book and Educational Division
la Crosse State University
Degran
Midwest
Fort Atkinson Man Adjudged Insane
Gerald W. Hanson 36 of Fort Atkinson was found insane in Jefferson County Circuit Court after being accused of attempted murder for a April stabbing of a young girl. Judge Henry Gergen Jr ordered commitment to Central State Hospital at Waupun indefinitely.
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Fort Atkinson
Gerald W. Hanson
Jefferson County
Henry Gergen Jr
Hanson
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Vandals Empty Pool Area At La Crosse Country Club
Police report describes an overnight vandalism at the La Crosse Country Club where 50 lawn chairs and three guard chairs were tossed into the pool. Three swimsuits worth 10 dollars and a 15 dollar transistor radio were also stolen from the guard shack.
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la Crosse Country Club
Thomas Young
la Crosse
Lightning hits Dorn house near Tomah
Lightning struck the Theodore Dorn residence twelve miles north of Tomah on Highway 12 at 5 30 p.m. Wednesday. The resulting fire damaged the roof and walls. Town of Lincoln Fire Department was called to the scene.
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Tomah
Wis
Theodore Dorn
Highway 12
Town of
City Finds Two Cases Of Elm Disease In La Crosse
Park Director Eugene B. Fry said two probable Dutch elm disease cases were found this month in La Crosse, with infections in the 2100 block of Charles Street and the 800 block of S. 2nd Street. Both trees were removed and burned, samples sent to the Agriculture Department for confirmation, and officials credit sanitation work with keeping losses to about two percent annually.
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Eugene B. Fry
Charles Street
S. 2Nd Street
Fry
Department of Agriculture
Park Department
la Crosse
Hixon Forest
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Koller Store Through Time Reveals Old Shop Layout
A reminiscence recalls Koller years ago when the 4th Street store differed before its closing this year. The space on the south side of the third floor held tobacco bales and the shop offered flour, feed, grain, salt, hay, a saloon, and packed barrels of molasses and sugar. Funeral arrangements are handled by Blaschke Funeral Home with survivors to be announced later.
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John
Koller’s
Keller
Blaschke Funeral Home
Tractor Accident Raises Wisconsin Toll Record
A tractor crash in Pierce County near Ellsworth killed 16 year old Steven Eckdahl of Forest Lake Minnesota. The youth died when the tractor plunged from a bridge embankment into a creek pinning him beneath the vehicle after it and another boy borrowed the tractor for help following car trouble.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Steven Eckdahl
Forest Lake
Minn
Pierce County
Ellsworth
City fogging crews to operate near Causeway Boulevard area
Fogging crews will work in the area from Causeway Boulevard to the north city limits between the east and west city boundaries on Thursday evening.
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Causeway Boulevard
Grain and Produce Market Report and Local Hospital Transfer
Chicago grain prices showed No 2 hard red wheat at 1.33 and No 2 soft red at 1.29 while corn No 2 yellow reached 1.28 and oats No 2 extra heavy white 63.4. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.67 and soybean oil 7.84. In Chicago potatoes market firm with varied quotes and tight supplies. California onions and other stocks noted with ongoing demand and limited old supplies. Local: Mrs. Ed ward Stylen, 77, of 718 Ferry St., admitted to Lutheran Hospital for illness at 1:49 p.m. on June 25.
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Edward Stylen
Ferry St
Lutheran Hospital
Cash Grain Chicago
Chicago
USDA
U.S
California
House To Vote On Emergency Tax Bill Friday
The House will vote Friday on an emergency measure to extend withholding rates through July 31 to avert a drop to pre surtax rates at midnight. Republican leaders report growing support but Democrats remain uncertain as Senate action is still needed. The surtax link with aid to dependent children adds to congressional maneuvering ahead of deadlines.
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House
Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Nixon
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Phillip Burton
D-Calif
Congress
Stolen tires and rims reported in La Crosse
Mrs. Mark Dahl of 32312 S. 22nd St. told La Crosse police that two tires worth 175 dollars and two rims worth 15 dollars were taken from her car in the Lutheran Hospital lot. She noted the rear end of the car remained jacked up.
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Mark Dahl
S. 22Nd St
la Crosse
Lutheran Hospital
Winona and South St. Paul Livestock Markets Report
Hog prices rise while cattle and veal move mixed at Winona Station and South St. Paul auctions. Hog demand remains strong with 50 cent gains for hogs and sows up to 25 cents, cattle mostly lower, veal steady, and feeders higher. Chicago dairy and egg prices show minor steady shifts in wholesale quotes.
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Winona
Swift & Company
Minn
Hi-Choice & Prime
South ST. Paul
USDA
Stock quotations from marshal coo report
National quotes from the National Association of Securities Dealers at about 9 00 a m show inter dealer prices. Local and regional quotes compiled at about 9 00 a m include bids and asked prices adjusted for approximate marks ups and commissions.
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National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
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