NFO Leaders Clash With Processors At Minnesota Dairy Meet
In St Paul the National Farmers Organization clashed with dairy processors over price policy at the Minnesota Dairy Products Association annual gathering. About 1,000 attendees heard NFC leaders push for higher prices, with Land O Lakes officials denying boycott claims. The speakers argued over contracts and government standards, highlighting a national push for $5 per hundredweight while current prices hover around $3.50.
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ST. Paul
National Farmers Organization
Minnesota Dairy Products Association
NFC
National
Oren Lee Staley
Missouri
French Lake
Annandale
Albion-French Lake
1St District Association of
Land O’lakes
Litchfield
Co-Op
NFO
Land O'Lakes
Carl Leaf
Schandel
Slottom
Owen Hallberg
Dairymaid Products
Eau Claire
Wis
High Court May Rule On Extradition Of Jimenez
Former Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez faces an extradition fight to the United States over embezzlement charges. The case has reached the Supreme Court path, with the Kennedy administration weighing extradition after years of court battles. Jimenez has lived in Miami after fleeing Venezuela in 1958 during revolutionary turmoil.
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Jimenez
Theodore A.ediger
Miami
Fla
United States
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Romulo Betancourt
U.S. Supreme Court
Kennedy
Perez Jimenez
Venezuela
P. J
Betancourt
Supreme Court
Flor
Washington
U.S
Why the midnight sun appears near the Arctic Circle
A fourth grade science Q and A explains how the tilt of Earth's axis creates seasonal daylight changes. In the northern third of the globe June and July bring extended daylight including weeks of midnight sun in Norway Sweden northern Russia Alaska and northern Canada while December through January bring more darkness. in the southern third opposite patterns occur with longer days in December February and shorter ones in June August.
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Norway
Sweden
Russia
Alaska
Canada
North Pole
Argentina
New Zealand
Republic of South Africa
Locals Urge Use Of Universal Photo Service For Film Finishing
For finer photo finishing leave your films at Universal Photo Service located at 514 State Street. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money refunded.
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Universal Photo Service
State Street
La Crosse court dockets shows multiple judgments and a bond issue
John B Koel 37 of 224 N 7th St faced continued hearing after forging a 39 63 check on Feb 28 and failing to post a 1000 bond as he was sent to County Jail. Pending judgments include M M Livestock Products Eagle Grove Iowa 131 10 against Belmore Jones. Credit Bureau of La Crosse 52 35 against George At bury Holiday Inn and 529 against Robert Wright 8252 Rose St. William E Berger against Kenneth Gaulthier 138 50 at 1123 S 3rd St.
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John B. Koel
N. 7Th St
Koel
M&m Livestock Products
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Belmore Jones
Credit Bureau of la Crosse
George Attebury
Holiday Inn
Fire and lockout incidents reported in La Crosse
On March 8 at 10:23 a.m. a fire started by an extension cord in a crawl space attic at Wayne Simonson’s home at 1219 Cunningham Street and was extinguished by Mrs. Simonson, causing slight damage to attic contents. At 12:56 p.m. the residence of Frank A. Allen at 214 South 7th Street was entered as a lockout.
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Wayne Simonson
Cunningham St
Simonson
Frank A. Allen
S. 7Th St
Injuries Reported After Falls and Illness Push to Local Hospitals
On March 8 at 9:27 a.m. a 60 year old woman, Mrs. Ted Frey of 935 Market St., was taken to Lutheran Hospital with back and head injuries from a sidewalk fall on S. 5th Avenue. Later at 10:15 p.m. James Rusch, 54, of 1210 Gillette St., was hospitalized at St. Francis Hospital after an illness.
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S. 5Th Avenue
Ted Frey
Market St
Lutheran Hospital
James Rusch
Gillette St
St. Francis Hospital
Largest American basswood tree noted in Hot Springs Park
A records-based note identifies the largest American basswood tree in Whittington Park located within Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas. The entry highlights parkland habitat and the tree as a notable natural specimen in the region.
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Whittington Park
Hot Springs National Park
Ark
Congressional clash over Cuba fuels Senate and House rhetoric
Senate Republican leader Dirksen urges full disclosure after four American deaths as Arends blasts Kennedy over Cuba policy. Arends accuses officials of withholding the full story while Humphrey calls his speech irresponsible. Breidweiser warns Soviet planes in Cuba favor defense, and DOD notes Alabama Guardsmen led Bay of Pigs involvement.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Mansfield
Dirksen
Cuba
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Kennedy
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Arends
White House
Humphrey
Rusk
Air Force
Robert A. Breidweiser
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Defense Department
Alabama
Hearings Won In Case Of Chicago Trio
Madison AP report on progress in Sauk County officer slaying case. Convicted defendant Welter seeks higher legal fees before State Supreme Court, while Wiley wins a hearing for a new trial for Nicks. Baraboo judge set March 20 for Nutley’s new trial request and Welter’s bid for a new trial.
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Madison
Sauk County
Chicago
Vaughn Conway
Baraboo
State Supreme Court
James M. Wiley
William Welter
Richard Nickle
Lawrence Nutley
James Janz
Lake Delton
Conway
Welter
High Court
Bruce Beilfuss
Wiley
Nicks
Beilfuss
Barahoo
Nutley
Woman Dies At 101 In Stevens Point
Stevens Point mourns as Mrs. James T. Smith died at 101. She was the city’s oldest resident. her father N F Bliss was the first city justice of the peace, her mother Ann Bliss the first school teacher, and sister Geraldine Clark the first white girl born there. She lived with daughter Miss Marjorie Smith. Funeral services are planned Sunday.
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Stevens Point
James T. Smith
N. F. Bliss
Ann Bliss
Geraldine Clark
De Forest’s Vacuum Tube Seen as Greatest Invention
A quoted opinion credits Lee De Forest with the greatest invention, praising the modern vacuum tube as a pivotal breakthrough in electronics and signaling its vast impact across technologies.
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Lee de Forest
State Should Pay Costs Of Suit Tulane
Wisconsin Supreme Court heard Roy Tulane argue the state must cover costs from a failed federal reapportionment suit. The appeal seeks approval for a $5,237 reimbursement to Emmett Wingert, former state Supreme Court justice and special master. Wingert had urged dismissal per three federal judges’ panel recommendation. Treasurer Dena Smith blocked a $3,000 Wingert check, citing action in the name of five residents. The court kept the case under advisement.
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John W. Reynolds
Wingert
Four Escape Across Berlin Wall From East to West
Three men and a woman escaped from East Berlin to West Berlin during the night. Police did not release details of the escapees but said each fled at a different location.
Historian Walter Webb Killed in Auto Crash Near Austin
Dr Walter Prescott Webb 74 a renowned writer on the frontier era was killed when a car driven by his wife overturned several times on Interstate 35 about 12 miles south of Austin Mrs Webb 61 was hospitalized in critical condition The couple had married December 14 1961 Webb served as president of the American Historical Association in 1937
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Austin
Tex
Walter Prescott Webb
Webb
U.S
San Antonio
Maury Maverick Sr
The
American Historical Association
Hospital Drive Reaches 282 Thousand for St Marys Expansion
SPARTA Wis The drive to raise 360000 by voluntary subscriptions for St Marys Hospital expansion and modernization appeared assured after a Friday total of 282402.24 was announced by Campaign Manager Pau Young and campaign leaders Mayor Ralph Osborne. The Norwalk Lions Club pledged 50 and the American Legion offered to increase pledges by 500, adding to the 282402 total. Pattern gifts now total 114414 from 196 contributors.
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Sparta
Wis
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pau Young
Louis Schlaver
Ralph Osborne
Pattern
Norwalk Lions Club
American Legion
Dwayne Hickman Marries Carol Christiansen in Hollywood
TV actor Dwayne Hickman of Dobie Gillis fame wed Carol Christiansen nine days early at Immaculate Conception Church. Best man was Darryl Hickman. Christiansen’s parents, Mr and Mrs William Christiansen, traveled from Detroit for the ceremony.
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Hollywood
Dwayne Hickman
Dobie Gillis
Carol Christiansen
Hickman
Miss Christiansen
Immaculate Conception
Darryl Hickman
William Christiansen
Detroit
Flu forces Welk to miss TV show
HOLLYWOOD AP Band leader Lawrence Welk is hospitalized with a bad flu and will miss his nationally televised show Saturday night He has not missed a performance in eight years and was treated at St John’s Hospital in Santa Monica He is due for release Monday, his 59th birthday.
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Hollywood
Lawrence Welk
Welk
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
Wisconsin tax refunds to start soon
Madison AP says the Wisconsin Taxation Department will begin issuing state income tax refunds in a few days. Commissioner John Gronouski cautioned the exact readiness date is unknown but not far off. About 400000 refunds are expected.
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Madison
Wisconsin Taxation Department
John Gronouski
Gronouski
Two Die? (No) Injuries From Ice Falls In Whitehall
Whitehall Wisconsin two people were injured in icy falls. Mrs. Mabel Skroch a Trempealeau County public health nurse fractured her wrist near her home garage. Dorothy Haugen a Sunset Memorial School teacher in Whitehall fractured her right ankle near the school and was hospitalized.
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Whitehall
Wis
Mabel Skroch
Arcadia
Trempealeau County
Dorothy Haugen
Sunset Memorial School
Tri-County Memorial Hospital
Illinois approves birth control for welfare mothers
Illinois approves a statewide plan to provide free birth control and information starting April 1 for about 75,000 mothers on relief rolls. The plan, backed by the Public Aid Commission and doctors, guarantees physician patient privacy and includes exams, cancer tests, and options such as rhythm, appliances, or pills. Protestants and Jews largely supported. Roman Catholics opposed.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Illinois Public Aid Commission
IPAC
Michael J. Howlett
St. Patrick's Day
Harold O. Swank
Commission
Pickets vow to march until New Jersey school ends segregation
In Englewood New Jersey Lincoln Elementary pupils boycotting to protest alleged racial segregation. Leader Vincente Tibbs councilman vows to continue marches, while parents send children to private lessons as truancy threats loom. No violence reported.
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N.J. School
Englewood
N.J
Lincoln
Vincente Tibbs
Tibbs
Deaths in Wisconsin and Minnesota area notices
Multiple obituary notices for Hulda Johnson Elvin Larson Harry Garbers and others across La Crosse Bangor and surrounding towns. Details include ages birthplaces family survivors church and burial plans with service times and calling hours.
Frances Pitz 89 dies in Wisconsin nursing home
Mrs Frances Pitz aged 89 formerly of 1222 Adams Street died Friday in a Rockland Wisconsin nursing home. Arrangements will be announced later by Schumacher Funeral Home.
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Frances Pitz
Adams St
Rockland
Wis
Schumacher Funeral Home
Clarence Thompson dies at 72 in Holmen area
Clarence Thompson 72 of 2134 Prospect St died Friday in a local hospital. He was born in Holmen and belonged to Morris Snuggerud Post 284 American Legion. Survived by daughter Selma Merlin Berdien Quall of Holmen, five sisters and two brothers, four grandchildren, and one daughter predeceased him. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Ernest Nelson. burial in Onalaska Cemetery. Friends may call at Dickinson Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Monday and at the church from noon until service time.
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Hulda Johnson
la Crosse
Butler
Leonard
Ruth) Beck
Harry Hanson
Arthur C
Carl R. Anderson
John A. Anderson
Aberdeen
S. D
Adolph T
Sletten-McKee
Arthur Feroe
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral
Elvin Larson
S. 20Th St
Johnson St
Newry
Wis
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Larson
Federation of Lutheran Men
Western Wisconsin Food Dealers’ Association
Milfred
Edward
Inga) Beisel
Unday
George Alvilden
Hellwig- Morris
Harry C. Garbers
Bangor
West Salem
Clara Miller
Walter
Arlene) Hemker
Joel
Ardell) Beall
Costa Mesa
Calif
Elmer
Louise) Blashaski
Curtis
Marjorie) Jenkins
Herbert
Ronald
Osseo
Minn
Dora Plenge
Emma Labus
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
R. A. Siegler
Clarence Thompson
Prospect St
Holmen
Morris Snuggerud
American Legion
Selma
Merlin (Berdien) Quall
Roy Torgerrud
Dwight Brown
Orlando Peterson
Leonard Severson
Onalaska
Earle Fisher
Tomah
Edgar
Clifford
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ernest Nelson
Dickinson Funeral Home
City oil project tied to federal action
Senator William Proxmire announced federal participation on Friday with the city to contribute 37 man-months of labor and the town 175 man-months. The program aims to create jobs on public projects in areas of economic distress.
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William Proxmire
Proxmire
Six Injured In Two La Crosse Traffic Crashes
Two La Crosse traffic accidents Friday afternoon left six people with minor injuries. In the 1 p.m. crash at 14th and Cass Mary E. Rice and Martha C. McCarthy collided, with Rice bruised knees Solberg a passenger received a bumped head and McCarthy a bumped head. The 4:30 p.m. crash at 5th and Main involved Andrew B. Tremmel and Andrew Steffes causing knee injuries to Mathilda Tremmel Steffes suffered a forehead cut and his passenger Vilas L. Viner cut an ear and knee injury. Mrs Tremmel was taken to Grandview Hospital and Steffes and Viner to St Francis.
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City of la Crosse
Mary E. Rice
Cass St
Martha C. McCarthy
Adams St
14Th
Cass
Rice
Dianne Solberg
Grandview Hospital
McCarthy
Andrew B. Tremmel
S. 24Th St
Andrew Steffes
S. 19Th St
5Th and
Main
Mathilda Tremmel
Steffes
Vilas L. Viner
N. 15Th St
Death notices Henry M Dale 61 of Blair area
Henry M Dale 61 of 2518 S 17th St died Friday. Survived by widow Lydia son Arlyn at home daughter Mrs David Lone Harder of La Crosse one grandson one brother Rennie Dale of La Crosse two sisters Mrs Charles Leone White of Paducah Ky and Mrs Gena Otterson Blair Wis. Preceded in death by brothers John Arndt and sisters Louise Genelia. Services set for 2 p.m.
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Henry M. Dale
S. 17Th St
Lydia
Arlyn
David (Lone Harder
la Crosse
Rennie Dale
Charles
Leone) White
Paducah
Gena Otterson
Blair
Wis
John
Arndt
Louise
Genelia
Tavern operator fined for after hours opening
BLACK RIVER FALLS Wis Ronald Kumm owner of the Sportsmen's Bar was fined 125 dollars and placed on probation for one year after pleading guilty to being open after legal hours He was arrested February 23 and released on 500 dollar bond The tavern is closed.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Ronald Kumm
Sportsmen's Bar
Here
Kumm
Soviet Propaganda Attacks U S Chemical War Claims
The Red Star accuses the United States of using GB poison gas against South Vietnam, citing a Denver factory and Nazi-derived formulas. It characterizes U S tactics as cannibalistic and mocks American pain inflicted on Vietnamese civilians while denouncing allied propaganda.
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United States
Denver
Red Star
Korea
South
Viet Nam
Incumbents Face Tests in West Salem and Bangor
West Salem caucus narrows April races to two incumbents with no opposition for village justice and constable. Meanwhile Village President Dovemberg and County Board seat candidate contests arise with Hass and Klos challenging incumbents. In Bangor, only supervisor and trustee races active with five nominated for trustee and several incumbents facing challengers. attendance reported as 26.
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Village of
Bangor
Maynard Stratman
Leonard Hoffman
Raymond Chapiewsky
E. R. Roberts
Garth Small
Robert ‘Gjertsen
Milton Jones
Lester Bedessem
Oscar Berg
Stanley Morris
Charles Blashaski
Lee Wolf
Bedessem
West Salem
Palmer Richmond
Richmond
E. F E. Shaw
Draft call set at 10,000 for May in Army service
The Defense Department announced a May draft call of 10,000 men all to serve in the Army. This quota matches April and is higher than March's 9,000. The AP report notes the consistency of May's figure with prior months and outlines the nationwide mobilization effort.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Arm y draft extension and defense bill heads for votes
House floor action next week will see roll calls on two key defense measures. A four year extension of the draft law and a 15.8 billion military authorization bill would authorize 60,000 missiles 3,000 airplanes and 43 ships while potentially inducting about 90,000 men annually for four years. The Armed Services Committee backs the draft extension through July 1 1977 warning voluntary enlistments would fall without it.
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Washington
Armed Services
House
House Armed Services Committee
Urges New Drive For Smallpox Protection
In Madison AP Wisconsin Health Council initiates a drive to boost smallpox immunizations amid recent U S outbreaks. Council president Mrs Alice Sanders Milwaukee says few Americans have current protection and urges local health councils and civic groups to organize house to house surveys to gauge immunity levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin Health Council, Inc
United States
Alice Sanders
Milwaukee
Coup supporters form new Syrian cabinet in Borba report
Syria’s government newspaper Borba described the coup as a new Arab world success against foreign influence and domestic reaction. The new cabinet includes Nouhad el Kassem deputy premier and justice minister, Dr Abdul Wahab Hamad finance, Col Mohammed el Soufi defense, Mansour el Attrash labor and social affairs, and others such as Abdul Halim Suweidan agriculture and Jamal el Atassi information.
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Borba
Nouhad el Kassem
Abdul Wahab Hamad
Mohammed el Soufi
Mansour el Attrash
Abdul Halim Suweidan
Sami Droubi
Abdul Karim Zhour
Jamal el Atassi
Darwish el Alwan
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Herbert Schandel
Hamel
Minnesota Cooperative Association
Edward E. Slottom
Miami Beach
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Dade County
Indian Creek
Fontainebleau
Ray
Arctic Circle
LA Crosse Floral Co., Inc
William E. Berger
S. 3Rd St
Kenneth Gaulthier
North End
10Th Street
Fire Department
Thomas P. Gerrity
Florida
Secretary of
Robert S. McNamara
George Mahon
D-Tex
Tulane
Free East Berlin
Walter Webb
Robert G. Brudos
Charles K. Sergis
Lincoln School
Augustus Harrison
John Wilson
Billy Walker
New York City
Harry Garbers
Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church
Norman A. Nelson
Harold W. Hilbert
Liberty St
15Th Ward
Harold W. Hulbert
Soviets
Associated Press
Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
Hanoi
Trustes
H. W. Drecktrah
C. E. Backus
Elmer Seeger
Russell E. Whitlock
Photo Studio
Donald Kastenschmidt
Eugene Denson
iOne
Ralph Pischke
Walter R. Mears
Syria
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