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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1969

Page

2

Knowles Asked To Help Half Brain Drain

Gov. Warren P. Knowles may be asked to help curb Wisconsin’s brain drain as the Marketing Committee of the Council for Economic Development presses for a brain-saving commission. The plan aims to unite industry and more than 30 colleges to keep graduates in state with better recruitment and outreach.

Pewaukee Warren P. Knowles Wisconsin The Council For Economic Development George J Halaska Milwaukee Chemical Company Knowles Oh Y Lucian G. Schlimgen Jr State Economic Development Division Chicago

Births notice roundup from several area families

June postings record births including Ronald James to Schultz at 2012 Onalaska Court and Brian Wayne to Strand at 1720 Liberty Street, with Heath Jay Graves. daughters to Roberge and Decker. births listed for Hanson, Kramer, Glissendorf, and Decker with home addresses and informants.

Ronald James James Schultz Onalaska Court Sharon Devine Brian Wayne Richard Strand Liberty St Shirley Schlicht Roy Franzese Grove St Shirley Garbers Heath Jay Jeffrey Graves Winneshiek Rd Janet Riddle St. Francis Hospital Charles Roberge Jean Sacher James L. Hanson West Mill Winona Minn Karen Murrey Roger W. Kramer Garfield St Sparta Judith A. Repaal Curtis D. Glissendorf R. 1 la Crescent Sue Ann Rivas Lutheran Hospital Leroy Decker S. 15Th Ave Minneapolis Bon Nie Richmond

The Tiger Woman Winnie Ruth Judd Recalled

Lang recalls Winnie Ruth Judd who, after a long Los Angeles case, was connected to the murder of two victims found in trunks. Convicted in 1933 she escaped six times from a state hospital and vanished after 1962, with her fate remaining unknown at 57.

Lang Bay Area Agnes Ann Lerio Hedvig Samuelson Phoenix Winnie Ruth Judd

Wall collapse in Mekong village kills 18 children

In the Mekong Delta a cement wall collapsed on a group of children, killing 18 and injuring others as a U.S. Army helicopter hover loaded supplies 40 yards away. An inquiry will determine if rotor downdraft contributed. Nearby, a mortar round targeting Viet Cong positions near Da Nang hit a Vietnamese home, killing two civilians and wounding nine.

Saigon Mekong Delta U.S Mekong da Nang

Wisconsin Senate Confirms Two Resources Board Members

Madison AP reports the Wisconsin Senate approved two appointments to the National Resources Board on a 24-6 vote. Stanton Helland of Wisconsin Dells and Richard Stern of Sturgeon Bay will serve until May 1, 1975, replacing Arthur MacArthur and Charles F. Smith.

River readings show flood stage at La Crosse stations

Mississippi River forecast lists flood stage readings for La Crosse and tributaries. Includes 24 hour stage values and changes for Black at Galesville and Kickapoo at Steuben with La Crosse forecasted levels around 6.0 to 6.26 feet.

LA Crosse Galesville Steuben Mississippi River Sun Mon

Army to Burn Poisonous Gas as NSC Panel Recommends

The Pentagon announced the Army will burn 12 643 tons of mustard gas at U S installations following a National Academy of Sciences report. Incineration at Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado is planned with storage sites at Rocky Mountain Anniston Edgewood Pine Bluff and Tooele. The disposal includes thousands of M34 GB nerve gas bomblets and M55 nerve gas rockets.

Washington Pentagon U.S National Academy of Sciences The Army Atlantic Ocean Rocky Mountain Arsenal Colorado Rocky Mountain Anniston Ala Edgewood Pine Bluff Ark Toole Utah Atlantic

Rockefeller Protester Dies In Clash In Argentina

In Buenos Aires a 26-year-old Emilio Mariano Jauregui, former Argentine Journalists Union leader, was killed during anti Rockefeller visit protests. A policeman was wounded in self defense after Jauregui allegedly fired first. Bombings struck U.S. firms linked to Rockefeller interests as security tightens and strikes persist across Latin America.

Buenos Aires Argentine Journalists Union Nelson A. Rockefeller Argentina Emilio Mariano Jauregui General Confederation of Labor Jauregui Juan Carlos Ongania Rosario First National City Bank of New York Bank of Boston International Basic Economy Corp New York Dominican Republic Nixon Enrique Perez Cathedral Santo Domingo Rockefeller

Auto Crash Damages Two Cars One Hurt in Minnesota Route

A early morning collision on Highway 61 between La Crosse and La Crescent heavily damaged two autos. Helen Levendoski of La Crosse, 218 West Ave S, a student, suffered facial cuts and abrasions and was treated at Lutheran Hospital and released. Richard Strukness, 29, La Crosse, drove from a Twilight Zone lot. Dennis Peart, 23, La Crescent, hit Strukness from the rear. Levendoski was a Peart car passenger.

LA Crescent Minn la Crosse Helen Levendoski West Ave. S Lutheran Hospital la Crosse County Richard Struxness Pine St Struxness Dennis Peart Levendoski Peart

Wisconsin State Employees Association Signs Contract

MADISON AP A labor contract with the Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations has been signed by the Wisconsin State Employees Association.

Madison Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations Wisconsin State Employes Association

Spinal compression makes you taller at dawn and shorter at night

HAL BOYLE notes facts from mail and science including spinal compression making a person an inch shorter by evening, poverty affecting one in three Americans over 65, Eskimo women breast feeding linked to low breast cancer, camping a 1.5 billion dollar US business, tyramine in cheddar affecting blood pressure, and crisis flight as a new term with 2000 cases yearly in Washington DC.

Hal Boyle New York United States National Geographic Society Peter Ustinov Travelers Aid Society Washington, D.C

Jetliner Hijacked Off Florida Coast to Cuba

An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 with 101 aboard was hijacked off the Florida east coast. The pilot reported the hijack at 11:28 a.m. and the plane landed at Jose Marti Airport near Havana about an hour later. The hijacker count was one.

Miami Eastern Airlines Cuba Florida East Coast Federal Aviation Administration Jim Frazier FAA Daytona Beach Fla Jose Marti Havana Frazier Baltimore Tampa

Safeguard Antimissile Backers Hold Edge in Senate Fight

Senate action on Safeguard stalled between supporters and opponents as the Armed Services Committee approved 794 million in funds sought by President Nixon. The panel split along party lines with five Democrats and five Republicans for the authorization and two Republicans against, while Sen McIntyre recorded as present.

Washington Senate Mike Mansfield Senate Armed Services Committee Nixon Mansfield Safeguard Montana ABM Dominick John Stennis Mississippi Thomas J. McIntyre D-N.h

GOP National Unit Given Stronger Role

The Republican National Committee gains a larger role in dispensing patronage to channel job requests through the committee before reaching the White House. The move aims to curb complaints about slow distribution of jobs to party members and strengthen GOP control from top to bottom. Elly Peterson leads the new patronage division while a parallel process screens complaints to prevent improper influence on agency decisions.

John Beckler Washington Republican National Committee White House Lars Commerce Maurice Stans GOP Elly Peterson Dent National Committee

Tomah Area Fire Destroys Barn and Shed After Tractor Spark

A barn and 60 by 100 foot machine shed on a farm eight miles north of Tomah were destroyed by fire late Friday afternoon. Douglas Molsby, 15, left the tractor motor running while refueling, a spark ignited the gasoline, and wind fed the blaze. Fire departments saved the machine shed. no livestock were harmed. No loss estimate given.

Tomah Wis Douglas Molsby Douglas Stanley Mossby Lincoln Oakdale

Soldiers Killed in Vietnam Casualties Named

Pentagon reports two Minnesota and South Dakota servicemen killed in action in Vietnam. Pfc. Andrew F. Kokesh of Hartland Minnesota and Pfc. Toney F. Mycka Jr. of Jefferson South Dakota are listed among the recent casualty figures.

Washington Pentagon Minnesota South Dakota Andrew F. Kokesh Barbara K. Kokesh Hartland Minn Pfc Toney F. Mycka Jr Toney F. Mycka Jefferson, S.D

Weather Outlook for Midwest States Saturday to Sunday

Wisconsin forecasts show partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the southwest and a largely dry northeast tonight and Sunday. Minnesota expects variable clouds with showers and thundershowers mainly Saturday night and Sunday across the west and south. Iowa remains mostly cloudy with thundershowers likely Saturday night and Sunday including local heavy storms west with strong winds and hail. Sunrise 5 25 a m. Sunset 8 5 p m. Record high low 1931 100 1968 45.

Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa

Viet Minh Targeted Ben Het Camp With Tunnels

Security patrols found two enemy tunnels under the barbed wire of an American artillery base at Ben Het. Military spokesmen said the trenches led into the camp aiming to reach its heart and blow it up, a tactic reminiscent of Dien Bien Phu in 1954.

Ben Het Dien Bien Phu

North Central Jets Service Approval Heading to Midwest Routes

A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner proposed authorizing North Central Airlines to add Milwaukee to Dayton and Columbus routes, with another path to Cincinnati. The airline also seeks unrestricted authority for service between Kansas City and the Twin Cities.

Anaconda Reaches Hefty 20 Foot Length in West

The anaconda, the largest snake in the western hemisphere, grows to about twenty feet in length.

Hemisphere

Nixon Travels From Canada After Seaway Rededication

President Nixon visited Trudeau in Canada to rededicate the St. Lawrence Seaway marking a 10 year milestone. He then stayed overnight at Bedford Hills New York with Readers Digest president Hobart Lewis before routine dental work with Dr. W Campbell Hudson Sr. in New York. He returned to the Waldorf Astoria for a working session before a noon dentist appointment.

AMA Nixon Bedford Hills N.Y Manhattan Hobart Lewis Readers Digest New York Fifth Avenue W. Campbell Hudson Sr Ziegler Pierre Elliott Trudeau St. Lawrence Seaway Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn Wall Street Rockefeller Center Hudson International Building Waldorf- Astoria Washington

Hospital Ends Bitter Dispute in Charleston

The Medical College of South Carolina hospital settled a three month strike with Negro nonprofessional workers and union locals, keeping both Charleston hospitals operating. Leaders including Rev Ralph Abernathy praise the agreement while a separate dispute at Charleston County Hospital, with 89 of 426 strikers, remains unresolved.

William Chaze Ralph David Abernathy Southern Christian Leadership Conference Charleston County

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