Heaviest air attacks of war strike Hanoi rail line
US pilots resumed bombing of the Hanoi to China rail line as part of a large air campaign in North and South Viet Nam. Marines fought near Quang Ngai while heavy air strikes hit bridges, tracks and installations along the Red River line and around Lang Bun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Red China
U.S
Quang Ngai
Air Force
Red River
Lang Bun
1St Infantry
Tay Ninh
17Th Parallel
North Viet Nam
International Control Commission For
Indochina
Deputies continue search for drowned man in Mississippi
La Crosse County sheriffs deputies and city fire department crews continued the second day of a river search for Otto Vaaler. The 69 year old man from 2153 S 23rd St has been missing since Monday morning after his car was found near Riverside Park and a witness placed a man fitting his description on the riverbank. Bloodhounds traced a path from the car to the water's edge at Pearl Street. Weather delayed dragging as whitecaps formed on Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Mississippi
Riverside Park
Otto Vaaler
S. 23Rd St
Harry Schafer
Sam Wakeen
Vaaler
Pearl Street
Sheriff's
Thief River Falls
KTRF
Crookston
Minnesota Power and Light Co
Duluth
Duluth Blackout As Blizzard Cripples Downtown
A ferocious blizzard hits northern Minnesota with two hour downtown power loss. Duluth suffers sporadic outages as 33 000 volt lines fail and towns from Crookston to Brainerd report heavy snowfall and blocked roads.
Severe Winter Strands Halted Travel and Snowbound Cities
A North Dakota and Minnesota winter storm left roads blocked as five foot drifts closed sidewalks and power outages hit cities including Fargo Duluth Minneapolis and St Paul. Hospitals struggled with transport and a domed gym roof collapsed in Fargo while mail carriers in Moorhead used snow mobiles. Livestock futures in Minnesota markets remained steady as crews battled outages and cold across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
St. Mary’s
St. Luke’s
Miller Memorial Hospital
Fire Department
Yellow Cab
Lake Superior
Park Point
Minnesota Highway Department
Crookston
Detroit Lakes
Bemidji
Brainerd
Breckenridge
Baudette
Morris
Marshall
Moorhead
Fergus Falls
Minn
Jamestown
Daily Sun
Minnesota Power & Light Co
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Astronauts Attend Rites for Gemini 9 Crew Members
In Arlington National Cemetery Navy services honored Elliot M. Lee Jr. and Air Force services followed for Maj. Charles A. Bassett II after their fatal jet crash in St. Louis during a landing test. Lee, 38, a civilian and former Navy pilot, left a widow and three children, while Bassett, 34, had a wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Arlington National Cemetery
St. Louis
Ft. Myer
Navy
Elliot M. Lee Jr
Air Force
Maj
Charles A. Bassett II
Chapel Ground
See
Ito
John Glenn
Lee
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Cernan
Stafford
Bassett
Jury Resumes Mossler Case Deliberations
Twelve jurors return to an 18 by 30 foot room to resume deliberations in the 1964 Key Biscayne murder case of blonde Candace Mossler and her nephew Melvin Powers. The defendants face charges of premeditated murder over Jacques Messier death, with no death-penalty decision yet made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Everett
Miami
Fla
Candace Mossler
Dade County Circuit Court
George Schulz
Messler
Powers
Biscayne
Percy Foreman
Texas
Jacques Messier
Richard Gerstein
Judge Schulz
Tavern fee fight pits Finance against Judiciary in council
In a tense council session the Judiciary Committee rejected proposed tavern license fee increases by a 3-2 vote, after Finance had approved them 4-1. Opponents warned higher costs would drive patrons away and hurt tavern staff, while supporters argued licenses cover administration costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary Committee
Council Finance Committee
Maney
Joanis
Tavern League
Arthur Dugan
Groves
Ernest Holberg
Gerald Orcutt
Western Wisconsin Food Dealers Association
Donald Medinger
James F. Shoger
Raymond Keller
Loren C. Wardwell
Keller and
Wardwell
Shoger
William Frawley Dies Veteran Actor at 73
Hollywood fading star William Frawley, age 73, famed for his Fred Mertz role on I Love Lucy, collapsed on Hollywood Boulevard and died. A veteran of vaudeville, stage, film, and television, Frawley had a long career across multiple media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
William Frawley
Fred Mertz
Hollywood Boulevard
Frawley
Carreer
Milwaukee Livestock Market Report Distinct Prices
Milwaukee livestock prices show cattle steady to strong with steers 24.00 to 28.00 and heifers 23.50 to 26.50. Calves 26.00 to 36.00, hogs steady to 50 lower, sheep and lambs steady with good to choice 26.00 to 28.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwno
Winona
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
U.S. T
Milwaukee
State's Weekly Press To Meet Here In May
La Crosse hosts the Wisconsin Press Association convention in May 1921 with expected 100 to 130 papers and more than 300 attendees. Holiday Inn serves as headquarters. Additional La Crosse events include the State Youth Conference with 1500 attendees and a two day English teachers conference at month end. The State Medical Society gathering and the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association also occur in May with large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Carl Zielke
Madison
Holiday Inn
Zielke
Green Bay
State Medical Society
Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association
Zsa Zsa Granted Divorce In Mexico
Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was granted a divorce in Juarez Mexico from businessman Herbert Hutner. She and Hutner wed on November 5 1962 and no financial settlement was sought. Eva Gabor accompanied her sister to the Juarez Second Court of Civil Appeals for the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juarez
Mexico
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tex
Television Actress Alice Pearce Dies
Alice Pearce, 45, television character actress known for the befuddled neighbor on Bewitched, died Thursday in Los Angeles after a long illness. A New York native, she had a long career on stage, in films, and on TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Alice Pearce
Miss Pearce
New York
Verdun Turns Down Clay Terrell Fight
Montreal reports Verdun City Council refused to host the Cassius Clay Ernie Terrell heavyweight title bout. The match had previously been barred in the United States and rejected at the Montreal Forum before Verdun was proposed as a venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Verdun
United States
Montreal Forum
Permanent School Milk Plan Proposed
Washington AP report says Wisconsin Representative Robert Kastenmeier introduced a bill in Congress to make the school milk program permanent without cuts. He argues the program has cost little and yielded substantial benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wisconsin
Robert Kastenmeier
Mississippi Tornado Toll Reaches Dead in Multiple Counties
Tornadoes sweeping from Louisiana into Mississippi forced National Guard standby with guardsmen patrolling stricken areas. In Rankin County several plants were wrecked and a 12 year old boy was killed on a bicycle. About 20 deaths occurred near Jackson with other fatalities in Scott Leake and Rankin counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gartin
Paul B. Johnson
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Newellton
Greenwood
Miss
Jackson
Rankin County
Rankin
Knox Glass Works
Continental Can Co
Jackson Tile Co
Air National Guard
Scott
Leake
Highway Patrol
Tupelo
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
Stock Quotations and Weather for La Crosse Area
Stock quotations from NASD compiled at 9 a.m. show inter-dealer prices with bids and asked amounts adjusted for markup. La Crosse area weather is cloudy and windy with light snow or flurries, turning colder tonight and Saturday with highs near 25 and lows around 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tel
Norplex Corp
Pyroil Co., Inc
Tausche Bonds
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard
William St
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin
Congress Not Expected To Curtail War
Senate Foreign Relations Committee battles to block broad anti escalation measures as it huddles over a 415 million foreign aid bill for Southeast Asia. McNamara press briefing fails to sway Fulbright while debate centers on whether aid signals commitment to fighting and potential wider war. The panel plans to report the bill next week alongside a tax measure lifting some excise taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kelly Washington
Congress
Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
Southeast Asia
State Department
George S. McGovern
D-S.c
South Viet Nam
Fulbright
United States
University of Arkansas
House
Senate
Truck Pinched Between Rail Cars Causes No Injuries
A 1957 Ford truck at Grams warehouse was pinned between three runaway grain cars at Cargill and damaged when the four boxcars broke loose at 8:30 a.m. no merchandise was harmed and no injuries reported. A Cargill spokesman and Milwaukee Road commented on the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Grams and Sons
S. Front St
Charles Tichy
Grams
Cargill Inc
Ford
Grams Warehouse
Tichy
Cargill
Milwaukee Road
Missionary Roy Smyres to Speak at Viroqua Church
Rev Roy Smyres a missionary in Africa and India since 1924 will address the Viroqua Methodist Church at 2 pm on Wednesday March 9. The WSCS sponsors the meeting which is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Roy Smyres
Africa
India
Viroqua Methodist Church
WSCS
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China
Red River Valley
North
Chu Lai
T. P. Keenan
C. R. Fairchild
South China Sea
South
The
Associated Press
Minnesota
Dakotas
Weather Bureau
Highway 2
Erskine
Warren
Canadian Line
Dickinson, N.D
Mike Baranko Jr
Livestock Markets Swift & Company
Winona, Minn. Highway
Chicago Produce
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Minnesota-North Dakota
Pat Reds
By Gaylord Shaw
Peter B. Vanderholf
Houston, Tex
Christian Science
Mossler
Holberg
Orcutt
John Hyland
John’s Super Beverage Mart, Inc
Milwaukee Livestock
Zsa
Clay
Terrell
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Central
Clark Oil
Central Wis
Mtr
Allis-Chalmers
American Enka
American Motors
Amer. Tel
Tel
Anaconda
Burlington
Chrysler
Consolidated Foods
Deere
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
General Aniline
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Grand Union
Great Northern Ry
Gulf Oil Helleman Br
N $S
Ilinois Central Ind
International Harvest
Interstate Power
Johnson Serv
Ans
Jones & Laughlin
Koehring
Kresge
Lockheed
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Mortgage Gear, Inc
National Can
Northern Pacific
Northern States
Olin Mathieson Northwest Bancorp
Pepsi-Cola Phillips Pete
RCA
Republic Steel
Rexall Drug
Royal Dutch
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Socony
Sperry Rand
Calif
Standard
Ind
Standard Oil
N.J
Swift
Texaco
Trane Co
United Airlines
U.S. Rubber
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse Electric
White Motors
Woolworth
Zenith
Dow Jones
First Bank Std
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Lincoln Natl
Life
Marine Capital
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch N.Y
Swank, Inc
Wallace Business
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
D-Ark
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