United Church Reaches Truce With Forman Leader
The United Church of Christ and reparations group led by James Forman reach a truce after weeks of feud. The synod reopened New York offices as talks paused hostilities and a plan to drop legal steps followed a face to face confrontation. Ministers for Racial and Social Justice assume oversight of Forman relations as presidential candidates consider funding the National Black Economic Development Conference.
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Boston
United Church of Christ
James Forman
General Synod
Howard E. Spragg
Board of Homeland Ministries
Forman
New York
Spragg
National Black Economic Development Conference
Wind flips trailer. seven hospitalized in Lincoln County
On a farm four miles northeast of Merrill in Lincoln County a house trailer with seven people inside was overturned by wind. Mrs. Marshal Wider man and her 7 month old daughter Christine were hospitalized with minor injuries while her husband and four other children escaped injury. Western Wisconsin faced heavy rains and the Pecatonica River rose to 13.2 feet, up two feet in two days. A mud slide closed Highway 35 81 between Lancaster and Dickeyville for two hours. Weather Bureau reported widespread wind damage and heavy rainfall across the state with Green Bay receiving 2.65 inches in 24 hours.
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Fennimore
Merrill
Lincoln County
Marshal Wiederman
Christine
Wisconsin
Pecatonica
Lancaster
Dickeyville
Weather Bureau
Green Bay
Appleton
Fond du Lac
Wausau
Lone Rock
la Crosse
Madison
Eau Claire
Milwaukee
Superior
Racine
Park Falls
Burlington
Beloit
Presidio
Tex
Dillon
Mont
Rock Springs
Wyo
Reno
Nev
Wausau Woman Killed by Car in Rainy Walk
A 32 year old Wausau woman Miriam Henricks was struck and killed by a car as she walked on a sidewalk during heavy rainfall. The teenage driver was not held. The report also notes other fatal traffic incidents in Wisconsin including Gene Williams 22 from Blanchardville and a two car crash near Antigo killing Adamski and Bauman.
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Associated Press
Wausau
Wisconsin
Miriam Henricks
Gene R. Williams
Blanchardville
Monroe
Green County
Antigo
John Adamski
Roland J. Bauman
Merrill
Viet Cong encircles Ben Het in central highlands battle
The Viet Cong claims a desperate siege at Ben Het, saying two North Vietnamese regiments surround the Special Forces camp. U S commanders report about 3 000 enemy troops and 700 South Vietnamese irregulars with 4 500 regulars in the area as cargo planes continue resupply.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Ben Het
National Liberation Front
U.S
United States
South’ ‘Vietnam
Air Force
Donald C. Morrison Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tax surtax debate delays Nixon plan amid reform splits
House and Senate delayed action on extending the surtax after GOP leaders questioned votes. Gerald Ford claimed 170 Republicans back Nixon while many oppose broader reform. The House paused to return after the Independence Day recess to resume work on Nixon's tax plan.
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Nixon
Senate
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Ways and Means Committee
Navy Copter Crashes Off Rhode Island
A U S Navy helicopter carrying four men crashed early today off the Rhode Island coast during an antisubmarine training flight. Three crewmen were rescued. one was hospitalized with a minor back injury. The missing crewman is PO2 C John R Anthony 23 of Birmingham Michigan.
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Quonset Point, R.I
Rhode Island
Navy
John R. Anthony
Birmingham
Mich
Sheds Blown Down In Wisconsin Storm
VIROQUA Wisconsin two tobacco sheds were blown down Thursday night by a storm One was on the Merlin Adams farm near Rising Sun and the other on the Floyd Woods farm near Romance
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Viroqua
Wis
Merlin Adams
Rising Sun
Floyd Woods
Romance
Short neon sign missing at Glam orette Beauty Salon
A La Crosse report notes a brief issue with a neon sign in the window of Glam orette Beauty Salon at 607 Main Street, observed at 6:44 p.m. on June 26. The item records a minor storefront lighting problem and location details.
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Glamorette Beauty Salon
Main St
National Security Dealer Quotes and Mutual Funds List
Interdealer quotes from Shearson Hammill and Co and Marshall Co record bids and asks as of 9:00 a.m. with representative prices for La Crosse Cooler, Pyroll Co., Inc and several mutual funds including Boston, Chem Fund, Fidelity, Manhatt an, Mass Inv and Natl Investors funds.
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National
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
la Crosse Cooler
Pyroll Co., Inc
Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Stk
Eberstadt
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Auto Hits Island Injures Two Parked Car Victims
Orrin Fishbaugher a 40 year old from Harmony Minnesota was driving and struck a safety island on Copeland Avenue then hit two parked cars. He was taken to St Francis Hospital with head cuts. His passenger Robert Turner 28 refused medical aid.
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Copeland Avenue
Orrin Fishbaugher
Harmony
Minn
Sumner St
St. Francis Hospital
Robert Turner
Fishbaugher
Robert Gardner
George St
Rose Brown
Bainbridge St
Winona Livestock Markets See Mixed Hogs Cattle Prices
Market notes from Winona and South St. Paul Minnesota show hogs and cattle with varied prices as hogs trade slower at Winona, cattle weak on the Chicago market, with steer and heifer ranges and wholesale butter and egg prices listed. South St. Paul offers mixed cattle and hog quotations, including feeder pigs unavailable for quotes.
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Winona
Swift & Company
Minn
Ogs
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
City battles wind damage as trees block streets across La Crosse
A severe windstorm left numerous downed trees across La Crosse causing street closures and driving hazards. Police reported debris on 13th to 16th streets and along river routes while power outages were isolated to Onalaska. City crews cleared main arteries and planned debris pickup. Hood Playground fence damage was referred to insurance.
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Walter Cavadini
Middle Ridge
Cashton
Page
Sth Street
6Th
Tyler Streets
14Th
Johnson Streets
la Crosse
13Th
Winnebago
Mississippi
16Th
Market and Ferry
St. Andrews
Charles
Grandad Bluff
Charles St
15Th
Horton
26Th Place
George St
Caledonia
N. 19Th
South Avenue
Ferry Streets
Jackson St
Ferry
S. 19Th
Eugene Fry
Fry
Hood Playground
Adams Street
Froehlich Backs Wisconsin Call For Constitutional Convention
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Harold Froehlich announced support for the Dirksen amendment to call a constitutional convention. He argued reform is needed to review the federal constitution and court rulings, while noting party divisions and potential GOP defections.
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Madison
Wisconsin
U.S
Assembly
Harold Froehlich
Appleton
Assembly Elections Committee
Froehlich
Kids Fishing Contest Sunday in Pettibone Park
The Coulee Region Kiwanis Club and La Crosse Park and Recreation Department sponsor a kids fishing contest at Pettibone Park Kiwanis pond on Sunday from 2 to p.m. Open to boys and girls 14 and under with multiple prizes awarded.
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Coulee Region
Kiwanis Club
la Crosse
Roosevelt establishes first 51 U.S. wildlife refuges
Theodore Roosevelt, a strong conservationist, set aside the first 51 wildlife refuges in the United States, marking a major expansion of federal protection for migratory birds and habitats.
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The
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
La Crosse Tribune Publisher and Staff Notice
La Crosse Tribune announces W T Burgess as publisher and Sanford Goltz as editor. The paper, printed daily except Sunday, operates from 4th and Cass Street, La Crosse Wisconsin 54601, as a member of Lee Enterprises and the Associated Press.
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W. T. Burgess
Sanford Goltz
la Crosse Tribune
4Th and
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
Nis
Wisconsin
Delvered
Finch to Hold News Conference on Health Secretary Row
A Finch spokesman said a news conference would be held Saturday with time to be announced. Finch expressed regret over the delay in appointing a health secretary and said he plans to stay in his post for a four year term. Dirksen declined comment amid stalled nomination of Dr. John H. Knowles as assistant secretary for health and scientific affairs.
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Iversity
Washington
John Point
University of Oklahoma
Knowles
Boston
Finch
Dirksen
Los Angeles Times
Tom Foley
Nixon
John H. Knowles
White House
Foley
Massachusetts General Hospital
American Medical Association
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Lightning kills 20000 brown trout in Lanesboro pond
ST. PAUL AP 20 000 yearling brown trout about 10 percent of Minnesota's hatchery supply were wiped out by a bolt of lightning at Lanesboro. Fisheries supervisor Hjalmar Swenson said the fish in a rearing pond were killed near noon Wednesday, trimming Lanesboro's yearling trout supply by 20 percent and reducing stock for southeastern streams this year.
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ST. Paul
Lanesboro
State Conservation Department
Hjalmar Swenson
Swenson
Clergyman Killed In Car Truck Crash in Wisconsin
The Rev. Ambrose MacDonald 66 of Mt. Horeb Wis died when his car collided with a northbound truck two miles north of Jordan on U S 169 Maynard Peterson 35 Circle Pines Minn driver of the truck was slightly injured The incident increases Minnesota highway toll for 1969 to 377 with two notable fatalities also reported Elizabeth Traynor 14 of St Cloud died in a two car crash near Sauk Rapids and Jane 9 was injured Bernard Grelson of Sauk Rapids and Frances Johnson 78 Elk River were killed crossing Elk River Main Street railroad crossing in Elk River was struck by a freight train while crossing the tracks
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Wisconsin
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Ambrose MacDonald
Mt. Horeb
Wis
Jordan
U.S. 169
Maynard Peterson
Circle Pines
Minn
Minnesota
Elizabeth Traynor
Fred Traynors
St. Cloud
Sauk Rapids
Benton County Sheriff's Office
Traynor
Jane
Bernard Grelson
Frances Johnson
Elk River
Northern Pacific
Main Street
Ambulance Transfer for 84-Year-Old Beier in La Crosse
On June 26 at 9 45 am Anna Beier aged 84 was moved from Lakeview Hospital to St Francis Hospital in La Crosse by police ambulance amid a health transfer.
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Police
la Crosse
Anna Beier
Lakeview Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Jackie Kennedy clothing bill tops forty thousand in 1961
New York AP reports Jacqueline Kennedy spent just over 40 000 on clothes in 1961, more than the president’s 100 000 salary. Mary Gallagher’s book excerpt notes expenses rose to 121 461.61 in 1962 and prompted White House controls on guest drink allowances.
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New York
Jacqueline Kennedy
Nixon Joins In Seaway Observance
President Nixon travels to Canada to mark the 10th anniversary of the St. Lawrence Seaway opening and rededicate the Eisenhower dam in Massena after meeting Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The trip includes a plaque at Expo 67 site, attendance by high officials, and a planned return to Washington.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Nixon
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Montreal
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Massena
N.Y
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Pierre Trudeau
Eisenhower
Three Westby Women Injured In Highway Crash
Three Westby women were treated at a La Crosse hospital after the car left Highway 14 near County MM and rolled over. Driver R J Westby suffered hip injury and cuts. passenger Carol Hoyum had neck and shoulder cuts. Alice Rude sustained neck, head injuries and leg cuts.
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Westby
la Crosse
Karen M. Anderson
R. J. Westby
Carol L. Hoyum
Alice 0. Rude
St. Francis Hospital
Warner Kish
North Side boy mistreated. La Crosse police probe
A North Side boy was mistreated Wednesday on the North Side. La Crosse police said Friday detectives are investigating the incident.
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North Side
la Crosse
Frday
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