Canadian minister quits in bribe probe amid Rivard scandal
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson faces fallout from the Lucien Rivard bribery case as Justice Minister Guy Favreau resigns after Quebec chief justice denounces his handling of an inquiry. Favreau, 47, says resignation due to impaired usefulness. Rivard, 49, elusive in Texas on heroin trafficking charges after escaping Montreal jail on March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Rivard
United
Frederic Dorion
Lucien Rivard
Guy Favreau
Lester B. Pearson
Favreau
Quebec
Pearson
Justice Department
Dorion
Liberal Party
Montreal
Pierre Lamontagne
Texas
Deaths: Sister M. Claudine Braun and Edmund F. Shuda
Sister M Claudine Braun FSPA 82 died in a local hospital Monday June 28 with services at St Rose Convent chapel. She taught 52 years in multiple states and lived at Villa St Joseph Infirmary 1961 1965. Edmund F Shuda 71 died June 29 in Minneapolis after a brief illness. He was a commercial painter with General Outdoor Advertising. survived by Flora Nancy and Edmund Jr. plus siblings. Services set for 10 am Thursday at Christ the King Catholic Church Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Claudine Braun
FSPA
St. Rose Convent
Othmar Missler
Claudine
Neillsville
Wis
West Point
Muscatine
Iowa
Ashland
la Crosse
Villa St. Joseph Infirmary
Linus Braun
Minneapolis
Clara McCaughey
Tilline Robinson
Los Angeles
Calif
Edmund F. Shuda
Shuda
General
Flora
William
Nancy) Freeman
Edmund
Walter
Valentine
Mary) Novak
Stephen
Eleanor) Pavela Sr
Christ the King Catholic Church
Werness Brothers Funeral Home
50Th
Beard Streets
Mrs. Elsie B. Larson dies at 70 in La Crosse
Mrs. Elsie B. Larson aged 70 of 1227 S Fourth St La Crosse dies in a local hospital Tuesday June 29. Survivors include son Rowland Selbo Prineville Ore daughter Pearl Wieman La Crosse six grandchildren nine great grandchildren and brother William Hatke. Services Saturday at 1 30 p m Schumacher Funeral Home Rev R Francis Jones officiates. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 7 to 9 p m. Larson was a member of RNA 393 past commander of DAY Auxiliary 12 and VFW Auxiliary 1530 La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie B. Larson
S. 4Th St
Rowland Selbo
Prineville
Ore
LeRoy
Pearl) Wieman
la Crosse
William Hatke
Ernest
Schumacher Funeral Home
R. Francis Jones
Woodlawn
Larson
RNA 393
DAY Auxiliary
VFW
Unclear Local Incident Report From La Crosse
Fragmentary report from La Crosse lists times and locations on June 28 including S 29th Court grass and a residence at 1402 S 31st, noting a property destruction event at Max Pickart residence. Details incomplete and unidentified parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. 29Th Court
Grass
Max’ Pickart
Otto
Oldest Father Dies in Milwaukee Hospital
Dr. Alfred Baldwin, 93 a retired dentist once honored as the oldest father in a Milwaukee area hospital on Father's Day, died Tuesday of cancer. The award, a $50 savings bond, was given to a man who had lost his arm in an industrial accident. Baldwin practiced in Calumet Michigan from 1898 to 1942 and moved to Milwaukee in 1959 to live with a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Alfred Baldwin
Baldwin
Calumet
Mich
Living Costs Rise for Second Month in Row
U S Labor Department reports consumer prices up three tenths in May marking a second straight monthly rise to 109.6 a new high. The gain, led by food and fresh vegetables, suggests possible further June increase though inflationary pressure appears limited. About 194000 workers with price-indexed contracts will see higher pay due to the May rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Former City Man Named Principal
Dwayne J. Schmaltz, principal of Sauk Trail School since 1954, will become superintendent of Pardeeville Public Schools on July 1. A La Crosse native, he graduated from Central High School in 1945 and La Crosse State University in 1952, earned an M.A. in school administration at Wisconsin, and will move with his family from Middleton to Pardeeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwayne J. Schmaltz
Sauk Trail
Pardeeville
Schmaltz
la Crosse
Central High School
la Crosse State University
University of Wisconsin
Middleton
Anthony Shugdennis
16Th St
Farm Product Prices Jump Two Percent in June
The Agriculture Department reports farm prices rose two percent for the month ended June 15 led by higher hog and cattle costs. Potatoes lettuce milk and wheat declined while overall prices were ten percent above mid June last year. Prices farmers pay for production and living costs stayed unchanged from mid May, maintaining a record high.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
House approves constitutional measure to address presidential disability
The House passed by voice vote a proposed constitutional amendment to provide a procedure for removing a disabled president and filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. It would allow the vice president and Cabinet to declare disability and outline steps for restoration, with a nominated vice president taking office after confirmation.
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John W. Beckler
Washington
House
Swift
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Stock Quotes From New York Exchange And Companies
National quotations are reported from the National Association of Securities Dealers as of roughly 9 a.m. These inter dealer prices reflect representative market activity and exclude retail markups and commissions. Listed firms include The Marshall Co and Clark Oil & Ref. Epko Shoes Inc with quoted figures.
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Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Central Telephone
Clark Oil & Ref
Epko Shoes, Inc
Us X Cooler Co
Norplex Co., Inc
Pyroil Tausche Bonds
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard Std
Fidelity Fund
Incorp. Investors
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
National Inv
One. Wm. Street
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Big Stock Market Rally Drives Dow Up 14 Points
Heavy trading on the New York Stock Exchange pushes the Dow Jones average to 865.83, up 14.43 as volume nears a first hour record. Tuesday's rally follows Monday’s decline since Kennedy’s assassination. 452 stocks hit 1965 lows.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Norsemen In U S Topic Of Series
Norwegian born Bjorn Bergstad a UW Scan dinavian studies graduate student will discuss the historical bases for legends of Norsemen in North America Thursday at La Crosse State University. He will present Norse Mythology July 13 and The Scandinavian Concept of Social Welfare Democracy July 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bjorn Bergstad
University of Wisconsin
North America
la Crosse State University
Bergstad
la Crosse State
Norway
United States
Luther College
Scandinavia
England
Budget saga deepens as Assembly and Senate clash over revision
Democrats push a budget $10.4 million above the Senate compromise with a $10 million boost for teacher and state employee retirement benefits and $400,000 for start-up funds for new colleges in northeastern Wisconsin and the Racine Kenosha region. Republicans count on a second conference committee and hope Knowles stays out of negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
Senate
Knowles
Wisconsin
Racine- Kenosha
Tug Lawrence Turner Reaches Port After Fierce Lake Michigan Storm
The storm battered tug Lawrence Turner from Toledo and her 10 crew members reached Escanaba, Michigan, in port Monday. Winds around 50 mph with higher gusts ripped off a 200-foot barge tied to the tug, but no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escanaba
Mich
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Lawrence Turner
Toledo
Ohio
Livestock Markets Report from Winona and South St Paul
Swift & Company in Winona lists hogs cattle veal with steady market. top hogs 22.75-23.25, cattle mostly steady with choicest 24.00-26.50, calves and veal prices noted. South St Paul USDA cattle, calves, hogs showing uneven slaughter steer price drops and mixed hog movements. market activity described as active with varied weights and prices across categories. Chicago markets note steady butter eggs and wheat and soybeans with quoted prices and arrivals.
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Kwno
Winona
South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
Jchoice
Thompson resigns Baraboo coach post to lead Monroe Jr High
John Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Eric Thompson Vi roqua resigns as Baraboo High School football coach to become principal of Monroe Junior High School. A 1950 L S U graduate he earned a UW masters in educational administration this spring and plans for PhD studies. Thompson taught history at Baraboo. He and Dorothy Greer of La Crosse are married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thompson
Eric Thompson
Viroqua
Baraboo
Monroe
Thompson
la Crosse State University
University of Wisconsin
Dorothy Greer
la Crosse
Mrs Knowles Hails Project Head Start
Milwaukee Wisconsin governor's wife Mrs Warren P Knowles praised Project Head Start as a breakthrough in fighting poverty Speaking at a Milwaukee opening she said the early education program could continue next school year and summer and that many more Wisconsin areas could benefit About a dozen Wisconsin communities are participating nationwide there are 2300 sites
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Soviets China Compete in Africa Warns Kennedy
Senator Edward M Kennedy says rivalry between the Soviet Union and Red China has spurred Communist activities across Africa prompting concern in Washington and abroad.
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Soviets
China
Africa
Washington (Ap
Edward M. Kennedy
Soviet Union
Red China
Wild Storms Sweep Kansas and Missouri
Violent storms lashed Kansas and Missouri with hurricane winds and downpours of rain and hail. Kansas City reports more than an inch of rain and large hail driven by 75 mph winds. hail as large as golf balls fell near Atchis on and a funnel cloud near Columbia, Missouri, retreated into a thunderhead with no reported damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
New England
Kansas City
Atchison
Kan
Weather Bureau
Columbia
Kearney
Neb
Cincinnati
Ohio
Atlantic
Viet Nam Death Toll Climbs as Marines Hit Chu Lai
Five U S Marines were killed and six wounded in a search sweep in the Chu Lai area as 14 Viet Cong were killed and 43 suspects captured. An American plane was shot down near Saigon, pilot rescued. Navy jets struck a North Vietnamese air base at Vinh.
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Chu Lai
Viet Nam
da Nang
Saigon
Coral Sea
Oriskany
Vinh
Hanoi
Johnson Says Measure Adequate But Funds May Fall Short
The statement notes that the measure is adequate for the present but does not cover all funds likely needed for the full fiscal year. It also points out the $45.188 billion military appropriation excludes more than $1.5 billion for military construction about $900 million for military aid and nearly $4 billion for the Atomic Energy Commission all handled in separate bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahon
Atomic Energy Commission
Tolbert Becomes First Negro President of Baptist World Alliance
Dr. William R Tolbert Jr Liberia's vice president was elected by acclamation as the first Black president of the Baptist World Alliance the 25 million members. Tolbert has served as vice president of the organization for five years and led Liberia as deputy head for 14 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
William R. Tolbert Jr
Liberia
Baptist World Alliance
Tolbert
11Th World Congress
World Baptist Alliance
Weather Record For Lacrosse Vicinity And States
Forecast shows variable cloudiness and cool air with lows 50 to 55 and highs near the mid 70s. Wisconsin sees clear skies and little temperature change tonight into Thursday. Minnesota and Iowa expect variable clouds with continued cold tonight and Thursday, and a chance of thundershowers near the southern border, with cooler southeast conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Readings Show Flood Stage and Five Day Outlook
River readings list flood stage levels at Winona La Crosse and Prairie du Chien with 24 hour changes and stage forecasts. The Mississippi forecast covers Winona La Crosse and Durations, with Thursday sunrise and sunset times and a First Quarter Moon. Five day forecast for Western Wisconsin predicts 4-8 degree cooler days and scattered showers Sunday or Monday with normal highs in the 74 to 84 range and total degree days tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
C.P
T.W
Dakota
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
Dodse
Black
Galesville
la Crosse
West Salem
Root
Houston
Wis
Wisconsin
Horace B. White 77 Necedah Dies After Long NJ Life
Horace B. White, 77, died Sunday at his Necedah home. Services were held Wednesday at Hare Funeral Home New Lisbon with Rev. Stanley Chilicki officiating and burial in St. Francis Cemetery. Born February 5, 1881 in Trenton New Jersey he worked for Standard Oil of New Jersey before retiring in 1941 and moving to Necedah. He married Olivia Taylor August 14 1943 in Necedah and is survived by his widow and one brother Sid Hollies of Trenton.
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Necedah
Wis
Horace B. White
Hare
New Lisbon
Stanley Chilicki
St. Francis Cemetery
Mr. White
Trenton
N.J
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Olivia Taylor
Sid Hollies
Obituary for Franklin G. Kahler of Prairie du Chien Wis
Franklin G. Kahler 51 longtime Prairie du Chien resident died Tuesday June 29 in a local hospital. He is survived by his widow Leone two daughters Mrs Patricia Heisz of Camp Lake Wis and Miss Sandra of Prairie du Chien. two sons George of Prairie du Chien and Donald of Lancaster. eight grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Lake Thornburg Funeral Home with Rev W K Bodamer officiating burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Franklin G. Kahler
Leone
Patricia Heisz
Camp Lake
Sandra
George
Donald
Lancaster
Lake Thornburg
W. K. Bodamer
Evergreen Cemetery
Baer Rites Set For Chattanooga Native
Ronald Dean Bud Baer 39 of Chattanooga Tennessee died Monday June 28 at his mother’s home in Galesville Wisconsin where the family had been visiting. Born June 21 1926 in Galesville he married Marjorie Dee Collins June 3 1951. He was a personnel manager for an insurance company. Survived by his widow a son Ronald and a daughter Cynthia both at home his mother Mrs V C Baer and one brother Jack of Galesville. Services will be held Friday in Chattanooga.
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Galesville
Wis
Ronald Dean
Bud) Baer
Chattanooga
Tenn
V. C. Baer
Mr. Baer
Marjorie Dee Collins
Ronald
Cynthia
Jack
Obituaries In Viroqua and Sparta Honor Local Residents
Mrs. George Bousman of Viroqua dies at 56 after long illness in a local hospital. Born Mona Pulver in 1909 she married George Bousman in 1929 and leaves husband three daughters a brother two sisters and 14 grandchildren. Funeral at Jacobson and Vance with burial in Viroqua Cemetery. Oscar Ray Greeno of Sparta dies at 58 and is survived by his widow five sons a daughter and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Kirchoff with burial in Cataract Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral homes in Sparta.
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Mona Idel Pulver
William Pulver
George Bousman
William McCarthy
Norwood
Mass
Augustus Wilson
North Quincy
Linda
Bud Pulver
San Diego
Calif
Clarence Hoff
Viroqua
Harto Larson
Winona
Sparta
Wis
Oscar Ray Greeno
Kirchoff
A. E. Frederick
Greene
Avada Worley
Russell
Eugene
Clarence
Wisconsin Rapids
Fred
Kenosha
Philip
Colorado Springs
Colo
Thhree
Lawrence Quam
Georgetown
Minn
Emil Wickstrom
Fence
Walter Brower
Ernest Anderson
Beloit
Ernest Farnum
Holmen
Beloved Houston Resident Van Eeckout 80 Dies in Washington
Frank Van Eeckout aged 80 died Sunday in Burlington Washington after birth in Belgium in November 1884. Survived by two sons Elwood Tacoma and Paul Burlington. wife Sigurd Sanden preceded him in death. Services set for 2 00 p m Friday at Hill Funeral Home Houston with Rev. Richard Lee officiating burial in Stone Church Cemetery.
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Houston, Minn
Frank van Eeckout
Burlington
Wash
van Eeckout
Belgium
Sigurd Sanden
Houston
Elwood
Tacoma
Paul
the Hill Funeral Home
Richard Lee
Stone Church Cemetery
Police Ambulance Movements Reported in County Log
June 30 entries show Alvina Olson transported from La Crosse Lutheran Hospital to Hillview Home at 10 45 a m and John Nagel of R 1 La Crescent moved to St Francis Hospital at 5 58 a m both in county records.
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Alvina ‘Olson
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Hillview
John Nagel
R. 1
la Crescent
St.Francis Hospital
Ben-Gurion Backers Form Split Mapai Ticket
Former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion leads supporters who break from Mapai to field a separate list in the November general election. The split follows a feud over the Lavon affair involving Defense Minister Pinhas Lavon and tensions with Levi Eshkol. Moshe Dayan and Abba Khousousky oppose a full split, preferring internal opposition.
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Ben-Gurion
Tel Aviv
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai
Labor
Levi Eshkol
Lavon
Pinhas Lavon
Cairo
Ben- Gurion
Abba Khousousky
Haifa
Army
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
Klan Plans To Open Wisconsin Office
Robert M. Shelton Jr of the United Klans of America says a Wisconsin state office will be set up soon. The Milwaukee Sentinel quoted him as saying representatives would be in the state within two months for organizational work while Wisconsin members undergo screening to meet the group's white Anglo Saxon, American born requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee (Ap
Robert M. Shelton Jr
Imperial Wizard
United Klans of America, Inc
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Sentinel
Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Klan
Berlin Subway Crash Causes 130 Injuries
A subway train rear ended another beneath West Berlin near the Zoo station injuring 130 people. No deaths were reported, marking Berlin's worst subway accident since 1908 when 17 were killed and 21 injured. An unofficial account said one train stalled in the tunnel before the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Berlin
Zoo Station
Knowles Elected To Midwest Safety Post
Delegates from 12 states chose Gov. Warren P. Knowles of Wisconsin as executive vice president of the Midwestern States Military Civilian Safety Conference. Paul Powell of Illinois was named president as the council coordinates civilian and military safety with the National Safety Council and related groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Paul Powell
Illinois
National Safety Council
State Nicknames Across Story 1 Star and's garden State
Earliest entries list states and terms with clues for a crossword style puzzle. Across items include Abbrev forms and nicknames like Old-on State and sacred works, with many entries referencing geography and people. Down clues cover general words and names from mother to Ireland and college official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Beach Tracks Boost Hopes For Boat Survivors
Searchers find a woman's body and footprints on a Baja California beach near two sunken pleasure craft. Denise Winter, 15, previously survived ashore. investigators weigh whether the adult woman in a life jacket is Denise’s mother or Mrs Hugh Wynn. The Wynn cruiser sank last week with three aboard. two bodies recovered earlier. Fresh water near footprints raises survival hope for the Warren Winter family nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Rosario
Mex
Denise Winter
Baja
California
U.S. Coast Guard
Denise
Hugh V. Wynn
Visalia
Calif
Wynn
Art
Letitia Wynn
Warren Winter
Murrieta
Allis Chalmers to Acquire Simplicity Manufacturing Co
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co. announced it would acquire Simplicity Manufacturing Co. of Port Washington for an undisclosed cash amount. Simplicity posted sales of 9 million in the six months ending February 28. Final terms of the purchase agreement are being worked out and no changes to Simplicity’s management or dealer network are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Simplicity Manufacturing Co
Port Washington
Simplicity
Allis-Chalmers
President of Joerns Furniture Co Dies
Frederick C. Joerns 63 president of Joerns Brothers Furniture Co died Tuesday after a long illness in Stevens Point AP report notes his long service and leadership of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joerns Furniture Co
Stevens Point
Frederick C. Joerns
Joerns Brothers Furniture Co
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Kansas Highway Patrol
UPI
Fire Department
STOC
QUOTA
American Motors
American Smelting
Amer
Tel
Anaconda
Anchor Coupling
Avco
Brunswick
Chrysler
Columbia Consolidated Foods
Deere
Dupont
Eastman Kodak
Gamble Skogmo
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Great Northern Ry
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Heileman Brew
Int‘ Harvester
Interstate Power
Jones & Laughlin
Koehring Co
Lockheed
Magnavox
Mini Mining
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Northern Pacific
North States
N‘rthw
St B’nc
Olin Mathieson
Pepsi-Cola
RC Phillips
Republic Steel
Rexall Drug
Reynolds Metals
Royal Dutch
G. D. Searle
Siva
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Socony
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil of
Ind
Studebaker
Sunray Mid-Cent
Texaco
Trane Co
Union Tank Car
U.S. Rubber
U.S. Steel Lines
Western Air 314
Westinghouse Electric
White Motors
Woolworth
Zenith
First Bank
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co. Hamilton Mfg
Lincoln Nat'l Life
Marine Capital
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch N.Y
Swank, Inc
Wallace Business
Warner Elec. Br
Western Power
Wis. Pow. & Lite
U.S
Livestock Markets Swift & Company
Winona, Minn
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
U.S. S
LCU
Monroe Jr. High
Mrs. Knowles
Kansas and
Johnson
Negro Heads Baptist World Alliance
Horace White
Franklin Kahler
Ronald Baer
Oscar Greeno
Eshkol
Midwest Safety Post
Ploirir
Packa
Burie
Trim
Mr. Gardner
Ireland
Venture
Ininja
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