Minnesota faces eight inch rainfall deficit in drought regions
Weather bureau climatologist Joseph Strub reports May through June are critical as Minnesota roads withhold moisture, noting the northern two thirds lag 8.35 inches in the year, and Long Prairie in Todd County shows the worst deficit while north of a line from Ortonville to Hinckley remains markedly dry. The Twin Cities report 1.95 inches above normal for January to May and 1.95 inches below normal for the year through June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Joseph Strub
Weather Bureau
Long Prairie
Todd County
Ortonville
Litchfield
Milaca
Hinckley
Danbury
Stru
Twin Cities
Hole
Hallock
Kittson County
Crookston
Polk County
Fergus Falls
Otter Tail County
Brainerd
Crow Wing
Grand Rapids
Itasca
Isabella
Lake County
Wisconsin Projects In Military Measure
Several Wisconsin projects were included in the military construction bill signed by President Kennedy. Total authorizations approach 893 million dollars for the year starting July 1, with specific allocations for Army National Guard armories in Baraboo Fort Atkinson Eau Claire Green Bay and Portage and Air National Guard facilities at Mitchell Field Truax Field and Volk Field. Michigan entries follow with Kincheloe AFB K. Sawyer airport and related facilities totaling over 3 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wisconsin
Kennedy
Army National Guard Armories
Baraboo
Ft. Atkinson
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Portage
Air National Guard
Mitchell Field
Milwaukee
Truax Field
Madison
Volk
Camp Williams
Michigan
Air Force
Dear Ann Landers Advice Column Reprints 1961 Letters
A collection of reader questions and responses to Ann Landers from 1961 includes thanks from an adopted child to a biological mother, criticisms of anti Army views, and a dating etiquette query. The page reflects column tone, reader concerns, and Field Enterprises attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Tal
Mae
United States Army
Field Enterprises, Inc
Good Sports 1 Wagers Domesticated SDOWS
At this time Redact Mongol Algerian seawart fA heading through a garbled, fragmentary sports notes page with unclear details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redact
Seawart
Wisconsin Senate Punts Camping Fee Hike Amid Debate
The Wisconsin Senate empowered the Conservation Commission to set camping fees, despite critic Sen. Carl Lauri opposition. Current rates are $1 per campsite per night with unlikely increases this year. The move aims to raise about $1.3 million for conservation programs while maintaining fee uniformity with Michigan and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Senate
Conservation Commission
Carl Lauri
D Superior
Wisconsin
Assembly
John Beale
Michigan
Minnesota
Beale
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Richard Nowakowski
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
County Stadium
Nowakowski
Albert Tadych
Wisconsin Dairy Herds Produce 15 Percent of U S Milk
Wisconsin dairy herds produced 15 percent of the nation’s 53 529 000 pounds of milk in the first five months of the year, according to the State Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Weather Outlook From Major Cities Report
The list shows recent high and low temperatures across U S cities with readings ranging from Denver 56 to Minneapolis 73 and Jacksonville listed unusually at 170. The data includes Chicago 68 Boston 60 Dallas none and South Pole reading minus 69 suggesting a weather anomaly.
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Billings
Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Dubuque
Duluth
Huron
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Knoxville
Lacrosse
Los Angeles
Madison
Memphis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
St. Louis
Washington
South Pole
La Crosse Tribune June 28 1961 edition
Newspaper brief dated June 28 1961 notes delivery on June 29 via RFD. Includes local notices and community briefs with names and places common to the La Crosse area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
RFD
Kennedy remarks on labor, textiles and Latin America policy
Kennedy defended options on maritime flags amid a shipping strike and Taft Hartley Act actions. He signaled patience on U S merchant ships policy until the fact finding panel reports. He disputed textile import fears and urged continued efforts in Latin America amid White House staffing tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
U.S
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Latin America
White House
State Department
Madison Electrical Workers Strike Ends With 3 Year Pact
Madison's month-old strike by about 300 electrical workers ends after talks between contractors and Local 159 officers led by Nathan P. Feinsinger. The three year contract includes wage increases of 15 cents an hour first year, 13 cents second year, and 10 cents third year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Nathan P. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
Fires Hit Minnesota Factories Idle 200 Worked
Flames devastated Marvin Millworks at Warroad idling 172 workers and struck Little Giant at Mankato wasting 68 jobs. Loss to Marvin plant estimated at 1.5 million with 10 months to rebuild. Fire drew crews from Baudette Roseau Williams and Roosevelt in a one hour battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Marvin
Warroad
Mankato
Little Giant, Inc
Corer
George Marvin
Warroad - Baudette
Carroll Lunes
Baudette
Roseau
Williams
Roosevelt
Gerald A. Dotson
Milwaukee Livestock Market Report Snapshot
Milwaukee AP reports cattle hog and calf trading amid Tuesday activity. Hog receipts about 700 with most butchers at 17.75 to 18.25 and top near 19.00. sows 375 pounds and under 14.50 to 15.50. 400 pounds and up 12.50 to 14.50. boars 10.50 to 12. Cattle receipts around 700 with cows steady to 50 lower. utilities 16.50 to 17.50. dairy bred heifers 16.00 to 18.00. bulls 20.50 to 21.50. fed steers 20.00 to 22.50. good to choice heifers 19.50 to 22.00. calves receipts 500 with prime 29.00 to 30.00 and good to choice 24.00 to 28.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Bell & Farrell, Inc
States Power
Allis-Chalmers
Olin Mathieson
Central Tel
Pepsi-Cola
Clark O
First
Phillips Pet
American Motors
Godfrey Co
American Radiator
Republic Steel
Hamilton Mfg
Amer. Tel
Hes Rexall Drug
Heileman Brg
Anaconda
Reynolds Metals
Koehring Co
Armour Royal Dutch
la Crosse
Amer
Safeway Stores
Marine Cap
Avco
Sears Roebuck
McQuay, Inc
Brunswick
G. D. Searle
Nekoosa
Caterpillar Trac
Sinclair Oil
Northern Plastics
Chrysler
Socony
Northw. Banc
Columbia Gas
Sperry Rand
Pan Am
Edison
Standard Oil
Ind
Consolidated Foods
Standard Oil N.J
Copeland
Studebaker Packard
Curtiss Wright
Royal Dutch NY
DuPont Swift
Eastman Kodak
Texaco
Tex. B. Trans
Wallace Press
Boston Fund
General Electric
Westinghouse
Chemical
General Motors
S Western Union
Eaton & Howa General Telephone
White Motors Bal
Northern Ry
NS Woolworth
Eaton & Howard Greyhound
Ly Commodities
Puritan Fund
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Wis. Fund
Milwaukee
Winona
Swift & Company
Bologna
Bowers & Culls
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
Usdai
Strike Cuts Off Food Delivery To Markets
In Minneapolis area a strike by Teamster Local 544 halts deliveries to about 400 supermarkets as 900 drivers and warehouse workers walk out over a three year contract. Firms Natl Tea, Super-Valu, May Brothers, Red Owl, Slocum Co. and Monarch Foods face halted shipments while union seeks raises and benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Teamster Local 544
Wow
National Tea
Super-Valu
May Brothers
Red Owl
the Slocum Co
Monarch Foods
Fred Snyder
Winona Livestock Prices From Swift & Company Report
Swift & Company reports Winona livestock quotations as of noon with hogs steady and various weight ranges listed for good sows, barrows and gilts. Cattle prices show strength for steers and yearlings while cows fall slightly, plus calves and calves market notes and regional mentions for Chicago and South St. Paul.
Two Men Fined For Dance Disturbance
ROTHSCHILD AP Two men were fined 100 each in justice court for a Monday night dance pavilion disturbance that threatened to become a riot. Gerald Dvorak 22 of Wausau and Ronald Levert 19 of Merrill were charged with disturbing the peace and assault and battery. Police Chief Julius Becker called the disturbance the worst here in 20 years.
Entry Attempt at Con rad Grocery Reported
Police were told by store operator Theodore Conrad that someone tried to break into the Con rad Grocery at 1015 Pine St by removing a screen from a west side toilet window on Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Grocery
Pine St
Theodore Conrad
Committee Split Dooms Kennedy School Aid Bills
A split within the Rules Committee blocks President Kennedy's education aid plan. Democrats James Delaney and Thomas O'Neil join Rep. Smith to oppose large parochial school funding, stalling both the $2.5 billion public school bill and the $1.8 billion defense education extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Kennedy
Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Rayburn
Smith
William Colmer
Mississippi
James J. Delaney
New York
Thomas P. O'Neil Jr
Massachusetts
House Education’ and Labor Committee
Delaney
Rules
Homer, Thornberry
Texas
James Trimble
Arkansas
Carl Elliott
Alabama
Democrats
Tax Bill Details Highlight GOP Drafting Leaders
Floorleader Robert Travis of Platteville Sen. William Draheim of Neenah and Sen. Frank Panzer of Brownsville lead the GOP tax revision effort. The leadership introduced their tax bill only last Wednesday, with experts continuing work up to the last minute and even an empty bill cover used to buy time for final details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Travis
Platteville
William Draheim
Neenah
Cochairman
Joint Finance Committee
Frank Panzer
Brownsville
GOP
Weather Record Lacrosse and Vicinity
Continued hot and humid with scattered thunderstorms tonight. Storms shift south and east with chances of afternoon showers Thursday. Low tonight about 70 and high Thursday near 90.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Navy and Air Force blamed in Texas Tower disaster
A Senate report harshly criticizes the Navy designers and builders of the Texas Tower radar tower that collapsed in a January blizzard off the New Jersey coast, killing 28. It faults Air Force buck-passing and indecision, cites inadequate design criteria, and condemns the decision to repair at sea, with a court-martial date pending for Col. William M. Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Navy
Texas Tower
Air Force
New Jersey
William M
Banks
Boston Air Defense Center
Stewart Air Force Base
N.Y
John ‘Stennis
D-Miss
Defense Preparedness
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Stennis
No. 4
Shakey
Atlantic
Rail Official and Wife Die in Two Car Collision
A Superior railroad official Leo Culhane aged 65 and his wife Ference 61 were killed in a head on crash with a Douglas County Highway Patrol car speeding to another accident. Lt Lawrence Golden 43 of Superior on the patrol and his wife Luella who recently gave birth to a daughter were involved. Golden suffered serious injuries and is hospitalized. The deaths push Wisconsin road toll to 390 for the year. The incident occurred on Highway 2 about 14 miles southeast of Superior as Culhane and his wife were en route to their cottage near Lake Nebagamon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Superior
Douglas County
Wisconsin
Leo Culhane
Ference
Lawrence Golden
Douglas County Highway Patrol
Culhane
Ior
Great Northern Railway
Lake Nebagamon
Highway 2
Golden
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Luella
Housing Bill Ready For Final Approval
A 5.6 billion compromise housing bill, among the largest ever, was set for final congressional approval after a Senate House conference resolved the terms. President Kennedy's leaders planned to push it to him tonight, with Sen. John Sparkman aiming to bring it up soon after the Senate reconvenes. The House was to vote later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House
Kennedy
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
House
Cubans Await Decision on Tractors for Freedom Talks
A 10 prisoner Cuban delegation waited for the disbanded Tractors for Freedom Committees to decide if it would reform and renew blocked negotiations. John Hooker Jr. said a decision was hoped for today or Thursday on reconstituting the group to resume talks with Eleanor Roosevelt Dr Milton Eisenhower and Walter Reuther leading UAW involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Cuba
Tractors For Freedom
John Hooker Jr
Hooker
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Walter Reuther
The
United Auto Workers
Fire and medicalCalls in La Crosse on June 27
Fire department responded to three incidents including a defective gas stove regulator at Tom Miller residence 925 Winneshiek Road a false alarm at 15th and Cass Streets and scorched plastic on clothes at Robert Dunn residence 1609 Weston Street. Police ambulance transported Mrs Mary Lou Abbott 21 of 1116 Gillette Street to Grandview Hospital for illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Miller
Winneshiek Road
15Th
Cass Streets
Robert Dunn
Weston St
Mary Lou Abbott
Gillette St
Grandview Hospital
River Readings II Stations Flood Forecast Update
Mississippi River forecast shows little change as readings from Winona to Prairie du Chien report river stages and 24 hour changes. Stations at La Crosse La Crosse Dam No 8 and Dam No 9 list pool levels while tributary reads include Trempealeau Root and Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
T.W
Dakota
C.P
LA Crosse
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Trempleau
Dodge
W. Salem
Root
Houston
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Strub
Armed Services
Jean
O.K
Ol’ Virginny
Virginny
Oklahoma City
Alolo
Fatni
Idioioir
Etoin
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
State Senate
Metropolitan Study Commission
Rneenah
Draheim
U.s.weather Bureau
DOAM
Mew
Weather Outlook
Raancisco
States
Western Lakes
South Dakota
UPI
Electrical Workers and Madison Strike
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Milwaukee Livestock
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry
Chicago (P
USDA
California
California Bakers
California Ground Reds
Arizona Round Reds
Soell’s Walgreen
Gillette
By Edwin B. Harkinson
Tribune
Fire Department
Milwaukee Clipper
Muskegon
Milway
Sot
Milw
Anna
Wed
Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Company
Wis
Lake Front
Wisconsin Ave
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