Gettysburg to mark 100th anniversary battle
Gettysburg hosts a three day 100th anniversary commemoration drawing thousands. 27 states and the District of Columbia participate in pageants speeches by Dwight Eisenhower. a Pickett’s Charge reenactment. wreaths by ten governors. Postmaster General Day unveils centennial stamp. Pennsylvania Governor Scranton delivers keynote.
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Gettysburg
District of Columbia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Alabama
New Jersey
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
J. Edward Day
William W. Scranton
Florida
La Crosse Municipal Court Records Spark Broad Citations
A lengthy La Crosse listing shows dozens of cases with speeding disordered conduct improper license and related infractions. Notable entries include Leland Klug driving drunk for 154 dollars and Howard McCormick serving 30 days for license revocation.
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Robert R. Beier
Caledonia
Minn
Carl A. Brenegan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pamela G. Gust
Box 146
Onalaska
Gordon L. Hutschenreuter
Caroline St
Leland Klug
Howard M. McCormick
St. Cloud St
la Crosse County
William Netzer
Winnebago St
Virgil F. Revels
Liberty St
Arnie L. Sebranek
Paul Thompson
Harmony
Gary R. Towsen
South Ave
Leo G. Hall
Campbellsport
Mary L. Harris
Blackhawk Place
Richard A. Hougom
Earl A. Johnson
Clarence E. Knutson
Richard C. Koblitz
Mobile
Alfred C. Lassig Jr
N. 17Th St
Lois A. Marcotte
Mankato
Thomas A. McMahon
Harvey St
Joyce J. Riordan
Orlando H. Schultz
Mormon Coulee Road
Dennis P. Stahr
la Crescent
Richard E. Volten
Greenbrier Court
David Beranek
Adams St
Joseph Schwabenbauer
George St
Howard Hagan
la Crosse St
Arthur Muller
8Th St
Elmer Lau
S. 4Th St
John Pederson
la Fond Ave
Carmon Squire
William W. Marquardt
Hillview Ave
Kenneth R. Thrower
Sterling
Ill
David R. Nelson
Lakeshore Drive
William Redig
Prospect St
Lawrence P. Anderson
N. 23Rd St
Robert H. Clark
Avon St
Bill Signed To Liberalize Unemployment Benefits
Gov. John W. Reynolds signed a law liberalizing unemployment compensation. The measure allows 34 weeks of benefits after termination pay and preserves benefits if laid off during a strike settled on a Sunday. Also approved were education and health provisions and a machine operator training program funded by federal dollars.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Superior
Douglas County
State Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Reynolds
Reynolds names two to rights committee
Gov John W Reynolds announced two appointments to the Governor’s Commission on Human Rights. Named were Marshall Colston president of the Madison NAACP chapter and Stanley Cybulski Milwaukee attorney and home secretary for Rep. Clement Zablocki.
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MADISON \AP
John W Reynolds
Governor's Commission On Human Rights
Marshall Colston
Madison
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Stanley Cybulski
Milwaukee
Clement Zablocki
Out of This World Buys in Appliances Classified
Local classified urges readers to check appliances deals in classifications 69 and 70. Promotes broad selection and special offers for home goods.
Gun Threat Ends After Woman Is Brought In
A 26-year-old Cataract area man held a loaded 12 gauge shotgun at his home in the Cataract area for three hours threatening family members and officers before surrendering after his girlfriend was brought to the scene from Onalaska. Sheriff Arden Oss and others coordinated via loudspeaker and radio while awaiting a mental exam. A separate death on the same farm involved Beverely Spencer, 50, as hay unloading preceded the standoff.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Onalaska
la Crosse
Arden Oss
Oss
Paul Albrecht
Beverely Spencer
Dale Trowbridge
Farrell Sousek
Lon Roeske
la Crosse County
Two La Crosse Children Hurt In Auto Mishaps
Two La Crosse children were hospitalized with minor injuries after traffic incidents Friday. Debra Severtson, age 2, was struck near Erickson Filling Station when a car driven by Don Whitewater reportedly accelerated uncontrollably and struck a gas pump. Michael Nissalke, age 6, was shaken up after colliding with a passing car near his home.
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la Crosse
Debra Severtson
State St
Erickson
Monitor and
Rose Sts
Don E. Whitewater
Caroline St
Whitewater
Debra
Grandview Hospital
Michael Nissalke
S. 9Th St
Georgia A. Heltsley
Three Die In Wisconsin Traffic Toll
The 1963 Wisconsin traffic toll reaches 369 with the deaths of Theodore Vandenhoven 70 of Green Bay in a tractor roll over while moving grass near a town road south of Green Bay. Loretta Beecher 41 of Aurora Illinois dies after a car rolls into a ditch off I 90 near Portage. Fred Schlouch 77 of Lone Rock dies from injuries after a car left Highway 60 near Muscoda and struck a tree.
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Associated Press
Brown County
Wisconsin
Theodore Vandenhoven
Green Bay
Loretta Beecher
Aurora
Portage
Fred Schlouch
Lone Rock
Muscoda
South Dakotas oldest resident reaches 109 years
Emma Mercer of Sioux Falls celebrated her 109th birthday with greetings including a letter from President Kennedy. She recalled her father lived to 100 after walking to town in hot sun, saying she took after him as she marked the milestone.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Emma Mercer
South Dakota
Kennedy
McDonnell Aircraft Executive Killed in Traffic Crash
McDonnell Aircraft vice president and director Thomas Rutledge, 45, died after a three vehicle crash on Lindbergh Boulevard. Coroner ruled the death homicide due to reckless driving by James Marshall, 23, who drove a gravel truck and is hospitalized with possible head injuries. Rutledge leaves a widow Elizabeth and two daughters Elizabeth and Sarah.
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McDonnell
St. Louis County Hospital
Lindbergh Boulevard
Harris
Rutledge
Leareless
James Marshall
Kinloch
Marshall
Fred Bostrom Jr
Kearny
N.J
Missouri Highway Patrol
Leroy Tubbesing
Tubbesing
Fashionable
Ladue
Bostrom
Elizabeth
Sarah
Drownings After Car Plunges Into River Near Athens
Ten people were in a car swept into the Oconee River near the University of Georgia. Six died, including J. L. Barnett and four Epps children, plus two Green children. Only two survived. a rescuer pulled Jerry Green from the water. The driver Mrs J L Barnett escaped.
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Athens
Lamar Thaxton
Oconee River
University of Georgia
Thaxton
Jerry Green
J. L. Barnett
Mae Watkins
Charles Epps
Wanda
Kathy
Penny
Charles
Dale
Debra Green
Ralph Green
Nicholson
Death notices for Kramer, Heinkel, Blanchard and Nonstad in La Crosse area
Death notices report Helen Kramer 75 of 526 S 5th Ave died June 28 in a La Crosse hospital with services set for Tuesday in West Salem. Louise Heinkel 86 of 1646 Farnam St died June 28 with services Monday and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. John Blanchard infant son of Wayne Blanchard died June 28 with services in Onalaska Cemetery. Carl Peter Nonstad of 1624 Farwell St died June 29 in a La Crosse hospital.
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Carl Peter Nonstad
Farwell St
la Crosse
Death notice for Erwin Heiller in Madison hospital
Erwin Heiller age 45 of 1319 Logan St died Friday morning June 28 at Veterans Hospital Madison. Survived by mother Edna Heiller Brownsville Minn three brothers Fred Caledonia Minn Donald Brownsville Fayne Winfield Iowa four sisters Gladys Powell Florence Ore Marion Willingham Vista Calif Betty Serres Doris Mitchell Brownsville. Preceded by father William and brother Rona. Services Monday 1 30 p.m Schumacher Funeral Home Rev Marvin Wilhau er officiating Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may feall at Winnebago Street Chapel Sunday 7 9 p.m. World War I veteran.
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Leo H
Helen Kramer
S. 5Th Ave
la Crosse
Farmington
David
Mary Barclay
Hugh M
Marjorie) Williams
Roland E
Iron Mountain
Mich
David W
Winthrop Harbor
Ill
William Barclay
Lake Stevens
Wash
Donald (Ione) Ethan
Milton
Jostad Funeral Home
West Salem
James H. Bell
Farmington Cemetery
Louise Heinkel
Farnam St
Fred
John
Walter
Schumacher Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Edna Heiller
Brownsville
Minn
Caledonia
Donald
Fayne
Winfield
Iowa
Edward
Gladys) Powell
Florence
Ore
Sidney
Marion) Willingham
Vista
Calif
Joseph
Betty) Serres
Robert
Doris) Mitchell
William
Rona
Schumacher
Marvin Wilhauer
Friends May Feall
Winnebago Street
Heiller
Obituaries for Minnie Larson and Emil Ruoff
Minnie R. Larson 91 of 2905 S 26th St died Friday June 28 in a local hospital. Survived by two daughters three sons two sisters one brother seven grandchildren three great grandchildren services Monday 2 00 p m at Our Savior's Lutheran Church burial Lewis Valley Cemetery. Emil Ruoff 86 of 1326 Winnebago St died Friday morning June 28 in a local hospital. Survived by three sons one sister and four grandchildren. Burial and service details follow at St John s Evangelical and Reformed Church.
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Minnie R. Larson
S. 26Th St
James
Sylvia) Karris
Merton
Grace) Yarrington
la Crosse
Walter
Raymond
Phillip
Oakland
Calif
Sophi Fredrickson
Horace Mather
Tacoma
Wash
Bernard Aus
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
George Alvilden
Lewis Valley Cemetery
Sletten-McKee
Emil Ruoff
Winnebago St
Switzerland
Albert E
Herman J
Washington, D.C
Carl W
Martha Eggler
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
John
Shooting tied to school. Dah l accused associate with Bitantis
The trial details Hauke Dahl's link to Mrs Bitantis over three years, with Mrs Bitantis testifying her husband abused her and urged death by action while she aimed only to frighten Bitantis. Dahl observed to reporters that the incident makes him look like a beast and resigned as Kenosha chief a week after the shooting.
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Band
Haukedahl
Kenosha
Zeidler Seeks Transit Right of Way Purchase
Wisconsin state resources chief Frank Zeidler will urge Governor Reynolds to sign a bill creating a transit right of way authority with power to buy the abandoned North Shore Railway corridor. He announced after talks with Milwaukee Racine and Kenosha officials that local willingness to act decisively is needed before backing the measure.
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Madison
Frank Zeidler
Department of Resource Development
John W. Reynolds
North Shore Railway
Zeidler
Milwaukee
Racine
Kenosha
Girl's Abductor Sentenced Four Years in Reform School
Leslie Pirk of Racine was given a four year term after being convicted of abducting a 16 year old girl at knife point and forcing her into his car in Kenosha. The teen was released unharmed an hour later.
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Kenosha
Leslie Pirk
Racine
State Reformatory
Pirk
Urban Zievers
Wisconsin Colleges Approved For AAUW Membership
Two Wisconsin colleges Stevens Point State and Edgewood College of the Sacred Heart Madison joined 26 institutions deemed eligible for membership in the American Association of University Women.
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Denver
Wisconsin
Stevens Point State
Edgewood College of the Sacred Heart
Madison
American Association of University Women
Civil defense request faces uphill House battle
Pittman cited Kennedy's backing for a high priority civil defense bill while warning of Senate hearing difficulties. Members say administration backing is needed to counter congressional apathy, as Civil Defense requests hover around $347 million with hearings slated for late July before the House Appropriations Committee.
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Pittman
Kennedy
House
Senate
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Civil rights clash tests Senate veto power
GOP labeled segregationist vows block on civil rights without Republican votes. Debate limits require 67 of 100. 45 non Southern Democrats cannot stop a filibuster without 22 of 33 Republicans. Goldwater won’t vote to end filibusters though he backs much of Kennedy's program.
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Senate
Goldwater
Kennedy
South
Tavern Owner Is Fined 100 Dollars for Lottery Charge
Clarence O. Troyanek operator of Ed's Tavern in La Crosse was fined 100 plus costs in Circuit Court after pleading guilty to an amended charge of conducting a lottery. Judge Lincoln Neprud reduced the original December 1961 felony to a misdemeanor and dismissed a civil action to revoke his license. Donald Swartz of the Hideaway Tavern on French Island earlier faced similar suits with Swartz later acquitting in County Court.
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la Crosse
Lincoln Neprud
Clarence O. Troyanek
S. 3Rd St
Dist. Atty
John Flynn
Nepvud
Flynn
Troyanek
Donald Swartz
French Island
Swartz
Ward case hearing hears Christine and Mandy in scandal fold
A London hearing into Dr Stephen Ward features Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies on stage with sensational testimony. Ronna Ricardo, a potential witness, awaits as Ward faces eight charges linked to a vice ring and Miss Keeler’s affairs with Profumo and Ivanov. Ward’s connections to Astor and others loom large as the trial date nears.
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Raymond FE
Palmer London
Paris
Stephen Ward
Ronna Ricardo
Ward
Christine Keeler
Mandy Rice-Davies
Miss Ricardo
Christine
Mandy
London
John D. Profumo
Harold Macmillan
Profumo
Evgeny Ivanov
Ivanov
Leo Gradwell
Old Bailey
Central Criminal Court
Miss Keeler
Lord Astor
Jim Eylan
Charles
Park Lane
Eylan
Stephen
Bill
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Miss Rice-Davies
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Young Republicans End Stormy Convention
The 13th biennial Young Republican National Convention closed after four stormy days of discord over officer elections. Donald Lukens narrowly won the chairmanship over Charles McDevitt, with Robert Gaston pivotal in a final 318 to 305 vote. Disorder required the National Anthem and police to calm proceedings.
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San Francisco
Donald Lukens
Washington, D.C
Young Republican National Federation
Goldwater Republican
U.S
House of Representatives
Lukens
Idaho
Charles McDevitt
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
California
Robert Gaston
la Canada
McDevitt
Gaston
Arizona
Barry M. Goldwater
Veterans share war service stories from the area
Local veterans recount their service histories including units and dates from 1941 to 1945. Paul Mockrud served in the 4th Infantry Division and Alan Anderson worked as a State Welfare Department investigator. Leonard Lee sailed aboard the Broadbill AM58 for 33 months. Eligible attendees gathered for Friday night festivities but none wore medals.
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Johnson St
745Th
Alan Anderson
N. 23Rd St
State Welfare Department
Leonard Lee
la Crosse Tribune
Navy
Lee
29Th Court
Buddhists Honor Quang Duc in Saigon Memorial
Buddhists held a massive memorial at Saigon's main pagoda for Rev. Quang Duc 73 who self immolated on June 11 to protest Buddhist oppression. Thousands attended amid tense expectations of further sacrifice but the service proceeded without incident.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Quang Duc
British Foreign Office screens A Midsummer Night's Dream for Greek royalty
The Foreign Office booked a theater in London for 2 240 dollars to entertain the Greek royal family with Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and avoided an anti Greek demonstration. A Labour lawmaker urged public ticket sales while the department declined comment awaiting Commons debate.
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London
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Thomson Says Plan Would Hurt Farmers
Rep. Vernon W. Thomson cautioned that Secretary Freeman s soil bank proposal could boost beef and dairy production, hurting Wisconsin farmers. The plan, approved 17 to 16 by the House Agriculture Committee, would allow grazing on retired land and expand competition from nationwide dairy and beef producers. Thomson urged stopping imports of cream and other products to relieve surpluses.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Washington
Vernon W. Thomson
R-Wis
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
New Soil Bank
Thomson
House Agriculture Committee
Freeman
Wisconsin
New Zealand
North Korea Admits Copter Men Alive After Silence
North Korea for the first time says two U S helicopter pilots Capt Ren W Stutts and Capt Charlton A Voltz are alive and jailed as criminals. The UN command says their downing came during a border check with a navigational error and the pilots are detained in normal condition.
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Panmunjom
South Korea
North Korea
Red Territory
U.N
Ren. W. Stutts
Florence
Ala
Charleton A. Voltz
Frankfort
Mich
Wisconsin Supreme Court Reprimands Three Attorneys
Jonathan C. Bunge of Chicago and two Wisconsin lawyers Gerald P. Hayes of Milwaukee and George Hartman Jr. of Juneau were reprimanded by the Wisconsin Supreme Court for failing to file federal income tax returns. The court ordered payment of costs and bar-proceeding expenses.
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Madison
Jonathan C. Bunge
Chicago
la Crosse
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Gerald P. Hayes
Milwaukee
The
State Bar
George Hartman Jr
Juneau
Bar
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Stanley Walkosz
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Arthur Worth
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McDonnell Aircraft Executive
Leo H. Kramer
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