Chicago Cab Strike Reaches Fourth Day Amidized Disruption
The Chicago cab strike enters its fourth day as about 6,000 drivers from Yellow Cab and Checker Taxi pause work. CTA increases service while private limousines and some 1,000 independent taxis fill the gap. mediators schedule talks on medical, retirement, and pension disputes.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Flash Taxi Co
Yellow Cab Co
Checker Taxi Co
William Cherry
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
777
Democratic Union Organizing Committee
Sewer Improvement Contract Awarded in La Crescent
The La Crescent Village Council awarded the sewer main project to Carl W. Frank of Winona for 6 784.90 dollars after a special meeting. The contractor must begin within 10 days and finish in 25 calendar days with a 50 dollar daily penalty for delays. Winona Plumbing Co. bid 13 384 dollars. Next council meeting is Tuesday at 7 PM.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Carl W. Frank
Winona Plumbing Company
Winona
Frank
Winona Plumbing Co
Berkeley Rebels To Appeal Convictions
UC Berkeley demonstrators found guilty in the December sit-in at Sproul Hall face appeals. Judge Rupert Crittenden convicting 293 of 700 protesters in resisting arrest and trespassing. Sentencing set to begin July 19.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Rupert Crittenden
Sproul Hall
Neighbors Honor Firefighters Before Move to New Station
In Brookline Massachusetts neighbors hosted a Monday night party for the St. Mary's Street fire crew to show appreciation as the house is slated for demolition after the move to a different street site. A resident baker described the firefighters as longtime neighbors.
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Brookline, Mass
St. Mary’s Street Station
Town famed for longevity celebrates 85th birthday
Roseto Pennsylvania resident Peter Ronca marks his 85th birthday in a village known for long life. The blacksmith still works daily, helps his son in business, tends a large garden, bikes for sport, and answers greeting cards from governors and senators amid visitors from Italy. Ronca and wife Maria also celebrated 60 years of marriage.
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Russell Sandstrom
Roseto
Peter Ronca
Lehigh Valley
Ronca
Nicholas
Italy
Maria
Shelby Sanitary District approves sewer project bids
Shelby Sanitary District 1 Commission accepts a bid 16 percent below the engineer estimate for the Zielke and Boschert Additions. Carl W. Frank of Winona is the low bidder at 64,523 for the mains and Ward Avenue job. Construction begins within 20 days and should finish in about three months.
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Zielke
Boschert
Shelby
Shelby Sanitary District 1 Commission
District 1
George Snodgrass
Carl W. Frank
Winona
H. F. Ratlandt
Eau Claire
Winona Plumbing Co
Record Volume Closs N Y Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange opened with the heaviest first hour volume on record since 1933 as 2.63 million shares traded. The Dow Jones average rose 4.72 to 845.31 at noon after an earlier surge, with blue chips down then rebounding amid a surge from short covering and borrowing traders.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
State UCC President Takes California Post
The Rev. Clarence F. McCall of Madison resigns as president of the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ to lead the church’s Southern California and Southwest Conference. He will assume his new duties in mid August after coming to Wisconsin in 1963 as the first president of the state conference representing more than 320 churches.
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Madison
Clarence F. McCall
Wisconsin
United Church of Christ
California
Southwest
McCall
Chicago
Evangelical and Reformed Churches
Congregational Christian Churches
Head Of West Bend Company Is Dead
Robert H. Rolfs, prominent Wisconsin industrialist and founder of Amity Leather Products Co., West Bend, died today in a Milwaukee hospital from a heart attack. He chaired the company and led a World War II bond drive in Washington County. He was born in Milwaukee and founded the firm in 1915.
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West Bend
Robert H. Rolfs
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Rolfs
Amity Leather Products Co
Washington County
Stock quotations from major firms and funds
National quotations from the National Association of Securities Dealers as of about 9 am show inter dealer prices for firms such as Allis Chalmers American Can American Cyanamid American Motors Anaconda Chrysler Ford General Electric General Motors General Telephone Gulf Oil Harvester Union etc. The list includes price ranges on stocks and on several mutual funds with current bid and ask figures and notes on markup and regional compilations.
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Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
American Smelting
Amer. Tel. & Tel
Anchor Coupling
Avco
Brunswick
Chrysler
Columbia Gas
Consolidated Foods
Deere
Dupont
Eastman Kodak
Ford
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Great Northern Ry
Gulf Oil
Hell’m‘n Br'w
Ens Ilinels Central Inc
Indl Harvester
Rexall Drug
Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Epko Shoes, Inc
Viola Area Man Drowns At Dam Pond Near Sabin
Donald Richard Amerman 24 drowned at 3 35 p m Sunday while swimming with six companions in an erosion dam pond near Sabin eight miles south of Viola He was born January 31 1941 in the Town of Fountain Juneau County and lived in Viola five years farming with his father Surviving are his parents two sisters and grandparents Funeral services are set for 2 p m Wednesday at the Methodist Church with Rev Clyde Cross officiating burial in Millards Prairie Cemetery near Hillsboro Call Tuesday at Henthorn Funeral Home in Viola.
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Viola
Wis
Donald Richard Amerman
Sabin
Methodist
Clyde Cross
Millards Prairie
Hillsboro
Henthorn
Gerald Amerman
Fountain
Juneau County
Joanne
Janice
Richard Amerman
Clinton
Fred Schnurr
Kendall
Fire at State Negro's Cottage Investigated
Wausau AP John Hassler state fire marshal continued the inquiry into a Marathon County summer cottage badly damaged by fire after being bought by a Black man. The home on Mayflower Lake suffered 4000 to 5000 dollars in damage Sunday night amid a possible link to a regional electrical storm. Hassler noted no evidence of arson or hostility toward the new owner.
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Wausau
John Hassler
Marathon County
Hall Smith
Milwaukee
Mayflower Lake
Hassler
Smith
Marshal Dillon Is Renominated By LBJ
James H. Dillon U S marshal for the eastern district of Wisconsin was nominated by President Johnson for a second four year term Dillon age 64 is a former Green Bay resident
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Washington
James H. Dillon
U.S
Wisconsin
Johnson Monday
Dillon
Green Bay, Wis
Rolvaag Has Veto Power In Remap Bill
Gov Karl Rolvaag can veto a reapportionment bill, the Minnesota attorney general’s office says. Legislators sued to declare the 1965 bill final, arguing the governor cannot veto reapportionment. Attorneys review stipulations. no judge named yet. If lost, likely appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
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ST. Paul
Karl Rolvaag
State Attorney General
Ramsey County District Court
Rolvaag
Supreme Court
Former Senate Page Luci's New Escort
Luci Baines Johnson travels to New Orleans with Sidney Kaplan a University of Alabama student and former Senate page Kaplan escorted her from the airport to a French Quarter hotel for a day while two Secret Service agents accompanied them. The pair then visited a lounge but did not dance. Johnson later says the situation is not a great love affair.
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New Orleans
Senate
Luci Baines Johnson
Sidney Kaplan
University of Alabama
Luci
Kaplan
French Quarter
Victor Schiro
Secret Service
Washington
American Optometric Association
Legion steak fry and dance in La Crescent clubrooms
American Legion Post 595 in La Crescent will host a steak fry from 6 to 9 p.m. and dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday in the club rooms. The post holds its regular meeting Friday at 8:30 p.m. in the clubrooms.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Gittens-Leidel
Post 595
American Legion
Livestock Market Roundup from Swift & Company and South St Paul
Swift & Company in Winona lists buying hours from 8 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. with no Friday market. Hogs mostly 190-220 lb at 50 23.00, sows 9.50-20.50. cattle steady with various grade ranges. veal lower with top 28.00. South St Paul market shows USDA cattle, hogs, and calf figures and price ranges, with feeders and bulls noted. Chicago lists butter eggs poultry and grains prices from AP reports.
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Swift & Company
Winona
Minn
KWNO
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Lgood
High
Most Choice
Chicago Poultry Chicago
This Day in History June 29 Highlights and Years
On June 29 events span 1927 a Pacifi c flight Palisade Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger landed in Honolulu, 26 hours 15 minutes. Other noted moments include Coronado in 1541 reaching Quivira, 1776 Virginia constitution adoption, 1858 Panama Canal engineer Goethals born, 1943 New Georgia landings, Hoover commission 1955, Cuba seizes Texas Co refinery 1955, UN troops leave Congo 1960.
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Lester Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Honolulu
Pacific
Oakland
Calif
Coronado
Arkansas River
Quivira
Kansas
Cibola
Virginia
Patrick Henry
George Goethals
Panama Canal
Colorado River
Saltan Desert
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Herbert Hoover
Texas Co
Santiago
U.N
Congo
Budget plan splits budget and tax provisions in Wisconsin
The bipartisan plan sets a record budget of 812.1 million dollars while a separate tax proposal would raise 105.2 million. Sen. Fred Risser leads a companion bill drawing Republican criticism though he wins GOP support for caucus action. Democratic Assemblyman David Obey defends the tax stance amid debate over Governor Knowles and party lines. The Assembly also moves to allow related constitutional amendments on a referendum and passes a school board election bill for Milwaukee districts.
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Fred Risser
D-Madison
Jerris Leonard
Milwaukee
Risser
Robert Warren
Green Bay
David Obey
Wausau
Knowles
Obey
John W. Reynolds
Assembly
New Food Plant Opens At Winona
In Winona Minnesota Uru guay ambassador Don Juan Filipe Yriart and Gov. Karl Rolvaag attended the dedication of a Bravo Foods plant a subsidiary of Charles A Sayous Inc New York. The plant will open in about two weeks with 200 to 300 workers at full operation in the beef kill department and will aid Minnesota’s economy and South American relations.
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Winona, Minn
Uruguay
Don Juan Filipe Yriart
Minnesota
Karl Rolvaag
Bravo Foods Inc
Bravo Foods
Charles A. Sayous
Winona
Beer Leads To Solution Of Burglaries
Three curfew violators led police to solve four burglaries and one attempted burglary in La Crosse. Four beer cans hidden in a squad car linked to thefts at La Crosse Street Market, Schubert's Meat Market, Selck's Grocery, and Ringside Bar. Boys admitted to these burglaries and an attempted break in at Kabjat's Tavern before juvenile court processing.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Street
Thhree Boys
Schubert
Market St
Selck’s
S. 23Rd St
Ringside
S. 7Th St
Vern’s
George St
Buck's
Bainbridge St
Buck’s
la Crosse County
Red Nichols Dies at 60 in Las Vegas Swing Leader of Five Pennies
Er nest Loring Nichols known as Red Nichols and famed for his Five Pennies swing band died at age 60 in Las Vegas. He suffered a heart attack in his motel room after calling the Mint Casino for a doctor and died on arrival at a hospital. Nichols mentored Benny Goodman Gene Krupa Artie Shaw and others and created the Five Pennies name in 1927. He was from Ogden Utah.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Ernest Loring Nichols
Red
Nichols
Mint Casino
Switch Board
Benny Goodman
Joe Venuti
Artie Shaw
Gene Krupa
Jimmy Dorsey
Eddie Lang
Arthur Schutt
Glenn Miller
Man
Ogden
Utah
Lucey Urges Government Economy In Prairie Talk
Lt. Gov. Patrick J. Lucey told Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Club that state government faces rising responsibilities and must adopt an across the board reform. He called for cutting agencies from over 80 to 20 or fewer to curb growth and expense.
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Prairie DU Chien
Patrick J. Lucey
Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Club
Lucey
Small Boy and Elderly Man Die in Wisconsin Traffic
The deaths include Timothy Lewallen four from Genoa City and 75 year old George Latham of Boscobel. Timothy Lewallen was killed when a tear struck the bicycle he and his brother rode on north of Genoa City. Floyd Lewallen Jr., nine, was hospitalized in good condition. Latham died at a hospital from injuries after his car hit a cliff near the Highway 61 bridge over the Wisconsin River north of Boscobel.
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Wisconsin
Timothy Lewallen
Genoa City
Floyd, Jr
George Latham
Boscobel
Highway 61
Wisconsin River
Robert Najem Named Director of Menasha UW Center
MADISON AP Robert E Najem was named director Monday of the Fox Valley University Center in Menasha He will succeed L J Imhoff who resigned in April Najem is an associate professor of French and English at the Marathon County University Center in Wausau He takes over leadership of the center in Menasha.
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Madison
Robert E. Najem
Fox Valley University Center
Menasha
Marathon County University Center
Wausau
L. J. ‘Imhoff
Girl Survivor Recounts Family Yacht Sinking Off Baja
Denise Winter, 15, described swimming a half mile and wandering two days after her family’s 45 foot cabin cruiser sank with five aboard near La Punta San Fernando 190 miles south of San Diego. Four others are missing and Coast Guard searches ceased. The vessel operated by Warren Winter, 40, of Murrieta California, left Oceanside June 23 for La Paz when engine trouble sank the boat.
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EL Rosario
Mex
Denise Winter
Baja California
Denise
Warren Winter
Murrieta
Calif
Mary Beth Winter
Sheree
Lance
U.S. Coast Guard
la Punta San Fernando
San Diego
Coast Guard
Oceanside
la Paz
Winter
San Quintin
Mexican
Here
Roosevelt Aims to End French Rule in Indochina
Newly released papers show President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged removing France from Indochina after World War II and placing the region under international trusteeship. In a 1944 memo to Cordell Hull he criticized France for exploiting Indochina and argued the people deserved better than continued colonization.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
France
Indochina
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
State Department
Bridge Aimed at Easing Travel for Canterbury Executive
In Canterbury England Frederick Fabb a senior executive prompts a factory to build a 37 foot bridge over the River Stour to shorten his commute from home to the animal feed plant on the opposite bank. The Kent River Board has approved the project.
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Canterbury
England
Frederick Fabb
Fabb
Kent River Board
Young Serviceman Drowns In Okinawa
Barron Wisconsin family learns their son Steven Masrud, 19, drowned off Okinawa while swimming at a beach. An Air Force trainee, he reportedly used a snorkel tube and was swept out by a riptide. his body remains missing. A 1964 Barron High School graduate, he is survived by his parents and four brothers.
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Barron, Wis
LaVerne Masrud
Route 1
Barron
Steven
Okinawa
Air Force
Masruds
Barron High School
River Forecast Summary and Degree Day Totals
Mississippi River forecast shows little change with a new moon. Degree days total 8 206 this year versus 6 723 last year and 7 587 normal. Record high low dates noted: June 29 1931 101 deg and June 29 1950 45 deg.
Across and Down Word Puzzle Review
A compact list of crossword clues covering places nations and objects. Includes entries such as Macqua Australian seaport Illinois city Sault Ste. Marie and many others across and down with various lengths and word plays.
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Macqua
City
Illinois
Sault Ste. Mari
Five beer and liquor license applications denied in La Crosse
The La Crosse Common Council denied five beer or beer and liquor license applications amid police investigations. Several rejections cited ownership, floor space, nonpayment, or legal issues, with determinations to reexamine other applications within 30 days after addressing code violations.
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la Crosse
Ray Michalko
Market St
Lloyd E. Stein Sr
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Melody Mill
Jim J. Martin
Zephyr
S. 3Rd St
Ruby Crandall
Avon St
Woman Charged With Forgery Has Term Suspended
Linda Parrish of La Crosse aged 21 faced nine counts of check forgery and received an 18 month sentence to Taycheedah State Prison for Women but the term was suspended. All sentences run concurrently under Judge James W. Rice. Parrish placed under state welfare supervision to seek employment. Edward Guy of Sparta sought counsel. Judge Rice appointed L. S. Clark of Tomah. Beverly Hall of Tomah, 30, divorced Bobby Hall 33, with custody of five minors and a property settlement approved in lieu of alimony.
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Sparta
Wis
Linda Parrish
la Crosse
Taycheedah
James W. Rice
Miss Parrish
Lambert Hansen
State Department of Public Welfare
Edward Guy
Rice
L. S. Clark
Tomah
Beverly Hall
Bobby Hall
Safety Test Planned On Dummy Moonship
At White Sands New Mexico the space agency will test the safety system for moonbound astronauts with a 155000 pound thrust escape rocket lifting a dummy moonship to about one mile. NASA says the test assesses astronaut safety if the Saturn V malfunction occurs before or during launch.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Space Agency
Desert
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weather Record Readings For Lacrosse Vicinity And States
Cooler with a few showers tonight and Wednesday. Light easterly winds. lows 58 rising to lower 70s. Wisconsin mostly cloudy with possible thunder showers in the south. cooler tonight and Wednesday. Minnesota more clouds with 30 percent shower potential in the far south. cooler. Iowa variable clouds with showers or thunderstorms statewide tonight and Wednesday. Sunrise 5 26 a.m. Sunset 8 51 p.m.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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West Bend Company
Shearson
Hammill & CO
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Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton
Lincoln Nat‘! Life
Marine Capital
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell
Wallace Business
Warner Elec. Br
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Wis. Pow. & Lite
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la X Telephone Co
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Pyroil Co., Inc
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Viola Area
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Asia
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Merle Fitzpatrick
John F.hoffman
Pla-Mor
S. 4Th St
Fitzpatrick
Clifford D. Atchison
Pearl St
Atchison
Paul A. Clements
Sam N. Haddad
Terrace Bar
Norman Haddad
Gladys Heringer
Rose St
Matt Gassen
Roy H. Hinrichs
Ruth Hinrichs
Spot
S. 2Nd St
Hinrichs
Robert A. Johnson
Copeland Ave
Ethel Herzog
Constance Oliver
Hagar St
Connie Oliver
Doris Johnson
Marie E. Pfaff
Arleigh R.pfaff
Green Bay St
Wilbur Neary
Florence M. Page
Glen Page
Donald Skappel
Market Bar
Jay St
Christine Garske
Cecil Slaback
Sam’s Bar
Gladys Slaback
James R. Stuhr
Liberty
Stuhr
Robert A. Stuhr
Surf Lounge, Inc
Valois Palen
Fern L. Ruud
Myrtle Dahl
Fern Ruud
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