Minnesota 1969 traffic death toll rises to 394
The Associated Press reports Minnesota's 1969 traffic deaths reached 394, down from 449 a year earlier. The piece lists multiple fatal and serious injuries from accidents across various counties, naming victims including Robert Gray, 16, of Pine City, and others such as Oscar A. Hagen, 58, of Grolga, plus several locations like Fergus Falls, Rush City, and St. Paul.
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Associated Press
Innesota
Robert Gray
Gerald Gray
Pine City
Minn
Minneapolis
Pine County
Sandstone
Young Gray
Rush City
Oscar A. Hagen
Grogla
Otter Tail
Fergus Falls
Roscoe
Stearns County
Kirk McKinley
Francis McKinley
Rt. 2
Richmond
Harold Swan
Slayton
Boyd
Lac Qui Parle
Westax Dardis
Minnetonka Blvd
Minnehaha Creek
Michael Vados
Coon Rapids
Interstate
Roseville
Vados
Z. E. Begin
Chicagoan reports fishing gear theft on Black River
A Chicago man reported to La Crosse police that 283 dollars of boating and fishing gear were stolen from his boat moored near Clinton Street bridge on the Black River Saturday night. Items included a 127 dollar mooring cover and 96 dollars in rods.
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Chicago
la Crosse
Clinton Street
Black River
George Boone
Burt Smith
Loomis Sr
Walter Stolpa
Adams St
Auto costs $2.88 a day in study
The Wisconsin Division of the American Automobile Association reports that owning and operating a standard 1969 auto costs an average of $2.88 daily. Fixed costs such as insurance license fees and depreciation apply even when the car does not move, while operating costs vary with mileage from 14.5 cents per mile at 10 000 miles annually to 9.2 cents per mile at 20 000 miles.
Crippled DC8 Lands Safely at Shannon
A chartered Canadian DC8 with 260 aboard landed safely at Shannon after a starboard engine cover blew off and two fuselage holes caused loss of cabin pressure. Captain Neil Carey diverted from 35 000 feet as RAF escort planes guided the jet. All passengers, Canadians or British emigrants, and crew of 11 unharmed rested at Shannon.
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Shannon
Ireland
London
Toronto
Neil Carey
Vancouver
B.C
Royal Air Force
Iceland
Azores
Toronto Natural Hygiene Society
Bombs explode on freight car near Wells Nevada
A Western Pacific freight train carrying military bombs exploded Sunday night near Tobar 150 miles west of Salt Lake City. Four people were injured including conductor Taylor M. Johnson. Army demolition experts inspected the scene as fires threatened, with bombs described as potentially shock sensitive.
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Wells
Nev
Western Pacific
Tobar
Salt Lake City
Morris Tipton
Ponca City
Okla
Jerome Richards
Richards
Taylor M. Johnson
Elko
Tipton
Freeman J. Stevens
Ft. Douglas
Federal Aviation Agency
Army
Pentagon
San Francisco
Cornhusker Ammunition Plant
Grand Islands
Neb
Port Chicago
Calif
Vietnam
Yugoslav Military Chief Shot in West Berlin
The Yugoslav military mission chief in West Berlin was wounded by an unidentified gunman. Police detained the assailant, believed Croatian, amid past anti Tito emigre attacks on Yugoslav officials.
Thieves Steal 15 Boat Motors in Wabasha
River thefts in Wabasha Minnesota over the weekend included 15 boat motors valued around 5000 dollars. Cargo from boat lockers missing included fishing gear lifejackets gas tanks and oars. One motor from a State Highway Department boat used for bridge repairs was taken and later found downstream about a mile away.
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Wabasha, Minn
Mississippi River
Wabasha
State Highway Department
Wabasha County
Ben Het Under Heavy Bombardment as Vietnam Action Continues
U S B52 bombers kept nonstop strikes near the Ben Het camp 280 miles northeast of Saigon. Twelve Stratofortresses dropped 360 tons on North Vietnamese base camps near Ben Het. Spokesmen said 1,000 to 3,000 enemy around the camp may have pulled back temporarily or be lying low awaiting resupply from Laos and Cambodia.
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Saigon
Ben Het
Laos
Cambodia
La Crosse Unveils New Radar Unit For City Police
The La Crosse Police Department activated a new Steven son Mark VI radar unit purchased for 1350 dollars from a Stoughton distributor. Federal funds will cover half the cost with the city paying the rest. the old unit is being repaired. Police Chief Ronald C. Wold aims to have both units in service by mid July.
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la Crosse
Ronald C. Wold
Wold
Stoughton
City of
Two Youths Referred On Separate Charges
Sheriff James McHugh reported two 16 year old Onalaska youths were referred to juvenile authorities for drinking after being caught with beer and liquor in Holmen Friday evening by Constable Paul Brown. A 17 year old Holmen boy who shot firecrackers was referred after being warned on two prior occasions by Bangor Marshal Lawrence Schroeder.
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la Crosse County
James McHugh
McHugh
Onalaska
Holmen
Paul Brown
Bangor
Lawrence Schroeder
Cubans Use Mexico Route to Enter United States
Hundreds of Cubans cross from Mexico into the United States by various means as a 1969 law change slows legal visas. About 500 were known to cross Texas to Arizona in four months, with 31 turned back in April. Officials tightened enforcement while easing some rules to let Cubans in Mexico City claim relatives in the United States.
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Dick Barnes
MIAMI
United States
Mexico
Texas
Arizona
U.S
Cuba
Lenter
Immigration Service
Mexico City
Weekender Toll on Wisconsin Roads Stacks Up
Twelve people died in weekend traffic accidents across Wisconsin raising the 1969 highway death toll to 470. Victims include Robert Zeprzal 25 and Jean Nieprawski 18 from Chicago in a Lake Geneva collision, and Irene K. Grayburn 57 of Holmen in Trempealeau County. Additional fatalities occurred in Douglas County Superior Kenosha and other locations.
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Wisconsin
Chicago
Robert Zeprzal
Jean Nieprawski
Lake Geneva
Irene K. Grayburn
Holmen
Trempealeau County
Douglas County
Agnes Babich
Superior
Donnell R. Kent
Nick Groat
Keewatin
Minn
Kenosha
James L. Workman
Eau Claire
Weather and grain prices from Chicago area AP briefing
Five day outlook shows temperatures 6 degrees below normal with a near one inch precipitation. Local forecast notes fair to partly cloudy days with low around 60 and slight shower chances. Wisconsin Minnesota and Ohio state forecasts listed with generally cooler or fair conditions. Chicago cash grain prices show Wheat No 2 hard yellow 1.29 and Corn No 1 yellow 1.28, soybeans 2.67 and oil 7.84, plus Mercantile Exchange grade prices for butter and eggs.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Cash Grain Chicago
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Autopsy Planned In Onalaska Man Death
Carl Strong 34 of 755 Sand Lake Coulee Road died Sunday morning while talking on the telephone. His wife reported the incident to county authorities about 11 am and speculated lightning or heart attack. An autopsy was ordered after investigators found no lightning damage. Strong had a prior history of heart trouble and heart surgery 13 years ago.
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Onalaska
Carl Strong
Sand Lake Coulee Road
Asst
F. J. Gallagher
Telephone Company
Severe Weather Impacts Hit Wisconsin and Nearby States
Nighttime low of 49 in Superior amid gusty conditions. Buckeye Arizona tied Sunday high at 112, Evans ton Wyoming saw 26, and a Muskego farm report noted a cow killed as two barn doors were blown open. Power outages were localized, hospitals used emergency generators, and North Central flights from Milwaukee Mitchell Field were halted due to water on taxiways.
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Superior
Buckeye
Ariz
Evanston
Wyo
Darlington
Racine
North Central
Milwaukee
Mitchell Field
Muskego Farm
FAA Proposes Area Navigation to Straighten Air Routes
The FAA outlines a plan to introduce area navigation to ease congestion and cut flight times by letting planes fly direct routes between airports. The program would replace beacon to beacon routing with self generated virtual beacons, improving efficiency on busy airways.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
William M. Flower
Citizens Protest Media Policies Against La Crosse Media
The Greater La Crosse Citizens for Progress Committee lodges an FCC complaint against La Crosse AM outlets and WKBT TV alleging unethical and unfair policies. Spokesmen Joseph Gohres and Keith Ellison accuse media of editing and distorting their reply and failing to provide fair opportunity to respond to publicity over HUD Rom ney criticism of Harborview Plaza. The group cites June 19 release by Charles Parrott as evidence of meddling. The La Crosse Tribune is not named in the complaint.
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Greater la Crosse
Citizens For Progress Committee
la Crosse
WKBT
Joseph W. Gohres
Ferry St
Keith D. Ellison
15Th St
la Crosse Tribune Jis
Gohres
Ellison
Charles Parrott
HUD
George Romney
Harborview Plaza
Romney
Keith Lucas of Viroqua Dead At 71
Keith P. Lucas 71, longtime Viroqua jeweler and civic organizer, died at his home Saturday June 28. Services are set for Wednesday at First United Methodist Church of Viroqua with burial in Viroqua Cemetery. He was active in the city band, Knights of Pythias, Eastern Star, Zor Shrine, Eagles, Kiwanis and Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife Ruth Ann, two daughters, a sister, five grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and seven stepgrandchildren.
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Wis
Keith P. Lucas
Viroqua Jeweler
First United
Methodist Church of
Richard K. Pilgrim
Jacobson and Vance
Madison
Eagles
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Reuben
Betty) Hanson
Orville
Idelle) Buros
Tempe
Ariz
Catherine Brown
Des Moines
Iowa
Thomas Hirsch
Winona
Robert Hirsch
Francis
Lynne) Hodge
la Crosse
Man to Be Sentenced on Indecent Exposure Charge
Carlan O. Gullord, 24, of Shelby pleaded guilty to indecent exposure before Judge Leonard F. Roraff and awaits sentencing on July 21. A presentence investigation was ordered after a report by two 17-year-old girls and Patrolman Michael Abraham described the incident at 8th and King streets.
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Shelby
Carlan O. Gullord
Leonard F. Roraff
Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services
Randolph
8Th and
King Streets
Michael Abraham
Gullord
Chicago market round up for potatoes hogs and cattle
USDA market report from Chicago notes potatoes arrivals totals 504 ship ments over Fri Sat Sun with demand mixed long white weak but round reds firm, prices listed. hogs 4,000 head with varied weights at 24.00 to 28.00 plus sows higher. cattle and calves, slaughter steer and heifer prices up to 34.25 for prime yields and mixed good and choice around 30 to 32, with veal steady and calf purchases suspended for holiday. Winona station hogs and cattle quotes show similar strength with hogs 25 higher and cattle steady across grades.
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Chicago
USDA
U.S
California
Texas
Winona
Driver Faces Charges After Fleeing Police
A La Crosse man, Richard A. Limberg, 26, faces multiple charges after allegedly fleeing police in a stolen car. Officers followed him on Highway 14 near the city limits, ending in a dead end alley. He is charged with driving a stolen vehicle and tickets for speeding, two stop sign violations, refusing to stop, driving without a license, and illegally using a driver’s license. Limberg returned to County Court after failing to post a $500 bond and was held in County Jail pending counsel.
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la Crosse
Leonard F. Roraff
Richard A. Limberg
Winnebago St
Limberg
Stanley Kwarciany
Henry Kienahs
Highway 14
Dale A. Knable
Cashton
Rockefeller in Buenos Aires under heavy guard during Latin tour
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller arrived in Argentina for the final leg of his Latin American mission and stayed at the Plaza Hotel with a two dozen advisers as guards patrolled the area. Police used tear gas to control protests linked to the funeral of communist leader Emilio Jauregui, amid a gasoline storage tank blaze near Bahia Blanca.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Latin America
New York
Rockefeller
U.S. Air Force
Americas
Emilio Jauregui
Bahia Blanca
Center to open rehab facility with accessible design
Center regular daily rates at St Francis were not available. Sister Gregory cited variable costs tied to outpatient response. Two staff received rehabilitation training in Houston and Minneapolis. Schubert aims for completion by spring or summer 1971 with ramps, special driveway, and elevators to aid crippled patients.
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St. Francis
Gregory
Houston
Tex
Minneapolis
Schubert
Stock Quotations From Shearson and Marshall Co
Quotations compiled from the National Association of Securities Dealers as of about 9:00 a.m. show inter-dealer prices for CW Transport, Fabri Tek, Lincoln National Life, McQuay, Nekoosa Edwards, Wallace Business, Warner Electric, Wis Power Life, and other listed issues. Local bids and asked prices reflect wholesale levels with approximate markups and commissions.
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LC Cooler Co
Pyroil Co., Inc
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