Queen Elizabeth May Become Floating Hotel in Broward
The Queen Elizabeth, moored at Port Everglades, faces possible sale or scrap as a dispute between Investment Corp of Florida and the Port Commission over operations and permits. Negotiations seek to keep her as a hotel and convention center while Cunard contemplates sale or lower price. July deadlines loom for offers.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Port Everglades
Investment Corp. of
Florida
Cunard Steamship Co
London
Port Commission of
Port Commission
James E. Nall
Investment Corporation
Cunard
Philip Shirley
Nall
Basil Smallpeice
Broward County
Europe
Commission
Gregory McIntosh
The
Icy Silence After Honduras El Salvador Soccer Rift
Honduras and El Salvador sever diplomatic relations after a playoff dispute over World Cup qualification. Final round held in Mexico City ended 3-2 for El Salvador in overtime, amid claims of insults, attacks, and property expropriation.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
el Salvador
Mexico City
Mexico
University of Wisconsin President in Nigeria for Honorary Degree
UW president Fred Harrington visited Nigeria to receive an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Ife. He was the guest of the university and will return Monday.
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UW Prexy
Nigeria
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Fred Harrington
University of Ife
Rogers Urges Sharper Image for State Department
Secretary William P. Rogers told aides the State Department must project a better image and provide sharper, more direct answers at news conferences. He criticized vague prepared replies and urged active use of radio and TV to explain U S foreign policy while warning against unauthorized leaks.
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Washington
State Department
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Nixon
Roglers
U.S
South Dakotan Joins Tribune News Staff
Larry D. Olson of South Dakota will become assistant city editor at The La Crosse Tribune on Monday. He comes from the Salt Lake Tribune where he was night copy and makeup editor, and he is a USD journalism graduate with prior work at Times-Record Valley City and the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. He and his wife Betty have two sons.
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Larry D. Olson
South Dakota
la Crosse Tribune
Thomass. Jenks
Montana Standard
Butte
Mont
the Standard
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Olson
la Crosse
Salt Lake City
Utah
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
Times-Record
Valley City
N.D
Salt Lake
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
E. G. Trotzig
Betty
Brett
Cory
Wisconsin Senate approves campus disruption penalty bill
The Wisconsin Senate approved a campus disorder bill allowing suspension of university staff for up to six months without pay if convicted of unlawful assembly. The action came as the chamber entered a 10 day holiday recess while other measures were postponed and debated.
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Madison
State College
Senate
Capitol
Court Rules Records Open To News Media
Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that court decisions are public records and must be accessible to news media. It upheld a Racine County judge’s prior order to disclose a child custody ruling involving Renate A Bola, saying withholding a decision lacks inherent court authority.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Racine
Renate A. Bola
Germany
State Department
Supreme Court
Milwaukee Journal Co
Circuit Court
Defective armored vests sent to Vietnam under study
Rep. Margaret Heckler said 14,000 lightweight ceramic vests shipped to Vietnam under a $16 million Carborundum contract show serious defects. She cited 84 percent major flaws in 64 samples from Natick tests and warned troops may overestimate protection. The entire lot of about 2,000 vests was sent to Vietnam.
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Viet
Lawrence L. Knutson
Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Margaret M. Heckler
R-Mass
Heckler
Carborundum Co
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Hijacker Identified in Havana Jetliner Case
Federal officials identify 31 year old West Los Angeles cab driver John G Marques as the Havana hijacker. A baggage mix up led to the clue as the plane bound for New York was diverted after he hijacked the pilot and stewardess. Marques, holder of a UCLA political science degree, was described as active in civil rights work.
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Los Angeles
Havana
U.S
United Airlines
Cuba
International
New York
Byrne
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Marques
University of California At
John Felz
Hermosa Beach
District Court
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Robert Simpson
Ronald Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Deanna
Onalaska Girl Bitten by Suspected Rabid Dog
Authorities seek a large black long haired dog with white feet near Thomas Road Onalaska Wis after it bit Vickie Arentz a girl Tuesday. The animal has a chain and resembles a collie and must be observed for rabies. Call Francis Brown at 783 2744 with information.
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Onalaska
Wis
Thomas Road
Onalas
Vickie Arentz
Francis Brown
Agencies Told to Plan Seven Percent Spending Cut
Budget director Paul Brown warned state agencies to prepare for a seven percent reduction across all programs below current spending levels. The move acts as a precaution while the Legislature negotiates the $1.65 billion budget, with the two-year period due to start next Tuesday. Brown urged phasing expenditures to allow a cut if no budget action occurs.
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Madison
Paul Brown
Senate
Assembly
Brown
Vacancies in Class Remain for Teacher Training Program
Several vacancies remain in a four week program starting Monday to qualify graduates as teachers. Sponsored by Cooperative Educational Service Agency 11 and conducted at La Crosse State University with federal funds. Eligibility includes degree in another field seeking education credits or former teachers needing credits to meet certification. Information at Campus School Gymnasium at 8 a.m. Monday.
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Cooperative Educational Service Agency 11
la Crosse State University
Senior Citizens Art Lesson Set Monday
The third in a series of art lessons at the Harry Olson Senior Citizens Center at 624 Gillette St will be Monday at 2 p.m under Arthur Hebberd. Dick Fitzpatrick will call and instruct a square dance at 7 30 p.m. Monday.
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Harry Olson
Near bumper apple crop expected in 1969 harvest
La Crescent Apple Growers Association predicts a 25 percent larger crop in 1969 with around 600 workers needed from mid September to mid October. Former employees will return while new workers are recruited, with an employment service unit in La Crescent to handle applications in August and peak hiring in mid September. Estimated earnings total about a quarter of a million dollars for harvest workers.
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la Crescent Apple Growers’ Association
Minnesota
Wisconsin
la Crescent
Madison Alderman Innocent in Unlawful Assembly Case
Eugene Parks Madison's only Negro alderman was found innocent by a Dane County Court jury of six men and six women on an unlawful assembly charge linked to disturbances that followed an unauthorized block party in the hippie area. About 110 people were arrested in the outbreak last month.
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Madison (Ap
Eugene Parks
Madison
Dane County
$120 In Coins Stolen From Motel Room
Colorado visitor Steven White reported to La Crosse police that $120 in coins was taken from his Holiday Inn motel room. He kept the coins in a green canvas bank bag in his suitcase, and the bag vanished during his stay.
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Colorado
la Crosse
Steven White
Delta
Colo
Holiday Inn
White
Bardstown Mourns Four National Guardsmen Killed in Vietnam
Bardstown Kentucky observes a mourning period through July 4 after four National Guard members from Battery C 138th Artillery were killed in a Vietnam base attack. Names listed include David Collins Ronald Simpson James Moore and Joseph Mellroy all residents of nearby towns.
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Bardstown
National Guard
Vietnam
Spec
David B. Collins
Ronald E. Simpson
James T. Moore
Joseph R. MelIlroy
Willisburg
Washington County
James A. Sutherland
Gus Wilson
Nelson County
Kentucky
Miles Durbin
Sutherland
138Th Artillery
Moore
138Th
Louisville
Elizabethtown
Carrollton
U.S. ‘District Court
Austin
Tex
State To Get Iowa Feeder Pig Business
Iowa will likely lose feeder pig business to Wisconsin as the state imposes an embargo on imports from 30 states due to hog cholera outbreaks. Iowa officials cited Missouri outbreaks and warned the embargo could prove beneficial to protect local swine.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Wisconsin
Carl V. Simmons
State Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
L. B. Liddy
E. A. Butler
Missouri
Butler
Oklahoma
Midwest
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Michigan
Skemp Admitted To California State Bar
Daniel Skemp of 2506 Cass St is admitted to practice law in California. Approval came in San Francisco before the State Bar and federal courts. A La Crosse State University graduate earned a Santa Clara University law degree. He is married to Elizabeth Ferguson of Santa Monica and has three children.
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Daniel Skemp
George Skemp
Cass St
of California
San Francisco
State Bar of California
Federal District Court For
Northern California
U.S. 9Th Court of Appeals
Skemp
la Crosse State University
Santa Clara University
Elizabeth Ferguson
Santa Monica
Calif
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