McClellan Seeks Stiffer Bill On Crime
Senator John L. McClellan opens debate on a crime control bill to supersede several Supreme Court rulings. He cites the Miranda decision and argues confessions if voluntary should be admissible, while critics warn constitutional overreach and proclaims the court coddles criminals.
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la Crosse Tribune
McClellan
John Chadwick Washington
John L. McClellan
Senate
Supreme Court
High Court
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Judiciary Committee
La Follette Attacks Breath Test as Police State
Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette criticized Governor Knowles’s push for mandatory breathalyzer tests for suspected drunk drivers. He argued such tests raise questionable legal grounds and resemble a police state, contrasting Supreme Court rulings on blood tests with breathalyzer applicability. He added that proper administration requires the suspect’s full voluntary cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Bronson C. la Follette
Warren P. Knowles
la Follette
Knowles
U.S. Supreme Court
Brodhead
Abortion Legalization Urged by Osteopath Leader
Dr Leon Gilman of Milwaukee urged Wisconsin lawmakers to adopt a family planning measure and legalize abortions in certain cases. Speaking to the Wisconsin Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons at its 70th annual convention he said the bills could enable a federally funded family planning program and permit abortions when the mother's life is at risk or for other valid reasons.
Radio Highlights Twins Tigers Cubs Pirates Tonight
Radio highlights list baseball games with times and teams on WKBH and WKTY. Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers at 6 45 p m and 9 30 p m Richard Nixon referenced. Chicago Cubs versus Pittsburgh Pirates scheduled for 7 p m on WKTY.
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Minnesota Twins
Detroit
Tigers
Richard Nixton
WKTY
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Students Swallow Goldfish In Annual Contest
Dan Cavuto of Philadelphia won with 269 goldfish swallowed at St. Joseph's College in a longtime contest. Runnerup Bill Shuda also gobbled many fish, depleting stock as emergency purchases were made. Shuda failed on a rule requiring fish number 200 to be chewed before swallowing.
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Philadelphia
Dan Cavuto
St. Joseph's College
Bill Shuda
Shuda
Man Killed As Tractor Overturns In Melrose
Joseph Eckel 60, Melrose area farmer, died when his tractor overturned on his Franklin Town farm. He was dead at the scene. survivors include six daughters, one son, two sisters and six grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Taylor Lutheran Church with burial in Sechlerville Cemetery. visitation Friday at Jensen Funeral Home in Hix.
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Melrose
Wis
Joseph Eckel
Eckel
Franklin
Jackson County
Gene
Anita) Lien
Larry
Muriel) Halverson
Milwaukee
Henry
Gladys) Olson
Waseca
Minn
Terrance
Jean) Hanson
Black River Falls
Arlyn
Carolyn) Steven
Taylor
Gail
Janet
John
Louis Servais
Arkadia
Helen
LaVerne i
Winona
Taylor Lutheran Church
Rev. R. Lundeen
Sechlerville Cemetery
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Building Moved From Sparta To BAF
A metal building once a Standard Oil station at Oak and Water Streets in Sparta is being moved along STH 27 to Black River Falls. Al Rasmussen of Sparta plans a Shell station near I 94 at Black River Falls and will raze the American Legion Club for a new clubhouse. The move is scheduled 5 to 7 a.m. with stages from Sparta to Cataract to Black River Falls and finally to the Legion site.
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Sparta
Wis
Standard Oil
Water
Black River Falls
al Rasmussen
American Legion Club
Rasmussen
Legion
Lee Ekern
McGilvray Lumber Co
Black‘River Falls
Black River Bridge
American Legion
A C Breaks Off Talks On Merger
Milwaukee AP Allis Chalmers Manufacturing terminates merger negotiations with City Investing Co of New York due to an unresolved basic misunderstanding. CIC and AC reviews followed a Wednesday New York meeting with stock spreads cited and no further details provided.
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Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
City Investing Co
New York
Allis-Chalmers
RS. Stevenson
CIC
Allis- Chalmers
Peter Huang
Apple Trees Bloom Early at Sacia Brothers Orchards
Galesville Wisconsin residents can view an early bloom at Sacia Brothers Orchards where early variety trees peak this Thursday. Later varieties should reach full bloom by Sunday if warm weather holds. The spectacle, two weeks ahead of normal, draws public visitors via County Trunk T Highway 35.
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Galesville
Wis
Sacia Brothers
Gales
Police Ambulance Records and Circuit Court Actions
Police and ambulance notes from May 1 to May 2 detail multiple hospital transports for illness and injuries from La Crosse area locales including Technical Institute and addresses on Caledonia St and 7th St. Court records in La Crosse list judgments against Bakkestuen and Butterfield, plus theft case for Sharon Mathews and delinquency charges for Leo Barrett and others with dates and dispositions.
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Technical Institute
Lyle Griese
Lutheran
Gerald Schwarz
St. James St
St. Francis Hospital
Frank Misna
Jackson St
Ruth Simonson
N. 7Th St
Grandview Hospital
Allen Hams
Hayward
Hans Reuter
la Crosse State University
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Continental Insurance Co
Arnold
Arvid Bakkestuen
Westby
Exchange
State Bank
Rose and Clinton Sts
Rembert Butterfield
Sharon L. Mathews
Brownsville
Minn
Leo Barrett
Livingston St
Irwin D. Johnson
Holmen
Terry Christianson
Wilson St
Onalaska
Bishop Freking names Hansen education vicar in La Crosse Diocese
The Very Rev. Robert H. Hansen is appointed to be vicar for education by Bishop Freking. Hansen remains pastor of St. James Church and will act as the bishop's personal representative on education matters. He gains authority over Catholic schools, the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and the Newman Apostolate.
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la Crosse
Freking
Robert H. Hansen
Fr. Hansen
St. James Church
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Newman
President Honors Teacher of the Year in Look Award
President Johnson awarded the Teacher of the Year to David Graf, an industrial arts teacher at Sandwich Community High School in Illinois. Johnson admitted he flunked the only vocational course he ever took and said the administration aims to revive vocational education with new funds and support.
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Washington
Johnson
Illinois
David Graf
Sandwich
Ill
Community High School
Graf
Look Magazine
The
Association of Chief State School Officers
Steel profits rise at USS, 1968 first quarter results
USS Steel, the nation’s largest steel maker, reported first quarter profits of 50.76 million dollars, or 94 cents a share, up from 41.14 million dollars, or 76 cents a share, for the same period in 1967.
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STEEL
NEW York
USS. ‘Steel
Rock Island Co ed charged with arson at NIU dorm
A Northern Illinois University freshman from Rock Island was charged with arson after a fire forced 2,000 students to evacuate Grant Towers. Sharon Susan Harris, 18, was arrested early today and held in DeKalb County Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. No injuries reported among students. two staff members suffered minor smoke inhalation. The blaze damaged a storage room on the 10th floor of the north wing, with damage estimated in the thousands of dollars.
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DE Kalb
Ill
Rock Island
Northern Illinois University
Donald Bruer
University
Security and Safety
Sharon Susan Harris
Sycamore
Grant Towers
Patrick Ward
Board of Governors and
Board of Regents
Ward
1St Air Cavalry
North Vietnam
U.S
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Haiphong
Viet Cong and Marines clash around Hue and Dong Ha
Battle reports from the Vietnam front describe heavy fighting near Dong Ha and Hue. Marines repel NVA artillery, a helicopter is shot down, and U.S. paratroopers encircle Phuoc Yen while Operation Delaware yields large enemy caches. Casualties rise among Americans and South Vietnamese as overall Viet Cong losses climb.
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Dong Ha
U.S
3Rd Marine Division
Hue
Phu Bai Military Complex
U.S. Command Center
Demilitarized Zone
101St Airborne Division
Phuoc Yen
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
A Shau
Winant Sidle
Cushman
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
California Patient Gets New Heart
Stanford University Medical Center conducts a second heart transplant with details pending family clearance. Dr. Norman E. Shumway leads the team after performing the first January 6 operation on Mike Kasperak, a 54 year old retired steelworker who died 15 days later. The global context includes Phillip Blaiberg of Cape Town, the first long term survivor, and Dr Christiaan Barnard who led the world’s first transplant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Harrison
Stanford
Calif
Stanford University Medical Center
Norman E. Shumway
Mike Kasperak
Kasperak
Shumway
Cape Town
South Africa
Phillip Blaiberg
Christiaan N. Barnard
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
San Francisco Peninsula
San Francisco
Knowles Calls For Less Duplication In Milwaukee Core Aid
Governor Warren P. Knowles urged fewer overlapping government projects to aid Milwaukee's Inner Core. Speaking to the Allied Construction Employers Association he praised their job recruitment and urged more apprentice opportunities in construction work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Warren P. Knowles
Allied Construction Employers’ Association
Etta Hertel Ameche Dies at 80 Mother of Don and Jim Ameche
Hollywood obituary notes the death of Etta Hertel Ameche aged 80. She is mother to actors Don and Jim Ameche and grandmother to Alan Ameche former Baltimore Colt fullback. She leaves two other sons and four daughters.
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Hollywood
Barbara Etta Hertel Ameche
Don
Jim Ameche
Lousy Boss and Wife Linked to Office Stress
Dr H Berk Wright reported a study of 2000 British executives showing 250 with stress symptoms, and 60 percent blamed home life. He said some men have lousy bosses and some have lousy wives, noting the man who picks the boss often picks the wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
H. Berk Wright
Royal Society of Health
Wright
City Teachers Attend Wisconsin Special Needs Conference
Ten representatives from La Crosse school system attended the state convention of the Wisconsin Federation of Exceptional Children and the Wisconsin Association for Children with Behavioral Disorders in Madison. More than 400 professionals heard talks on The Nature of Learning. Attendees included Harold Niles Logan Junior High Kathy Cappelen Ruth Ann Bjerke Grace Glenz Joan Pitzner Frances Kain June Ruoff Selma Casberg and Marmein Lupie.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Federation of Exceptional Children
Wisconsin Association For Children With Behavioral Disorders
Madison
Harold Niles
Logan
Dorothy Fregin
Lincoln
Kathryn Cappelen
Ruth Ann Bjerke
Grace Glenz
Joan Pitzner
Central
Frances Kain
June Ruoff
Selma Casberg
Hamilton School
Marmein Lupie
Insurance Men To Hear Agent In Wisconsin Life Underwriters Meeting
The Western Wisconsin Association of Life Underwriters meets Friday at noon at the Commodore Club. Speaker is L LeRoy Markham, district agent for Northwestern Mutual Life, who began in life insurance in 1953 and had sold over 12 million by 1967. He is a Million Dollar Round Table life member.
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Western Wisconsin Association of Life Underwriters
Commodore Club
L. LeRoy Markham
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Round Table
Stock Quotations Snapshot From Translisted Firms
A compact rundown lists current quotes for multiple companies across sectors. Entries include Gateway Trans, Godfrey Co, Gyrodyne, Hamilton Mfg, Lincoln Natl Life, McQuay Inc, Nekoosa Edwards, Rockwell Mfg, Royal Dutch NY, Warner Elec Br, and others with quoted decimal ranges and percent changes.
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Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Howell Instrum
Lincoln Natl
Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch NY
Wallace Bus
Warner Elec. Br
Werner Trans
Western Power
Wis, Power & L
Rusk Warns of Possible Cuts to Foreign Aid
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee amid talk of deep cuts to the foreign aid program. He urged approval of a 2.9 billion dollar request and pleaded to spare aid from additional reductions if taxes rise and appropriations fall.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Rusk
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
Congress
Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
R-N.j
William S., Mailliard
R-Calif
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Africa
Hanoi talks eyed as possible venue amid reluctance
Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik said Jakarta offered to send a bruiser to the Gulf of Tonkin for talks with North Vietnam and the United States. North Vietnam reportedly rejected Jakarta and favored Phnom Penh or Warsaw, while a White House spokesman endorsed a neutral ship in a neutral sea as a meeting place.
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Hanoi
Jakarta
Indonesia
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Warsaw
Adam Malik
Bruiser
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
United States
Malik
Washington
White House
Eisenhower Recovering Well From Heart Attack
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shows excellent recovery after his third heart attack since 1955. Medical authorities report progress as less severe than prior episodes with no complications, and he remains under care at March Air Force Base before possible transfer to Walter Reed. Mamie Eisenhower is at the base hospital as visitors.
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March Air Force Base
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Palm Desert
Wisconsin looks at voluntary breathalyzer tests for suspects
Officials discuss enforcing breathalyzer tests only with voluntary participation. Randolph questions constitutionality of compulsory tests, noting no clear court ruling. Some police see tests as a useful tool, while others push for voluntary compliance to avoid legal challenges.
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Mattison
Randolph
Knowles
James L. Karns
Madison
Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Merger Completes Calumet & Hecla Into UOP
DES PLAINES Ill Maynard P Venema chairman and chief executive officer of Universal Oil Products Co announced completion of the merger of Calumet & Hecla Inc into UOP Calumet & Hecla will continue as a wholly owned subsidiary of UOP Norplex of La Crosse is a division of UOP.
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BAF
A-C
Clarence M. Knapp
Harvey St
Vietnam
Viet Cong
Sy Bng
Dong Hoi
U.S. Command
California
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Idaho
North Dakota
Texas Tround Reds
Icash Grain
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Bid Pyroll Co., Inc
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard
Bal
Eaton & Howard Gr
Eberstad Fd
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fd
Mass. Inv
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Allied Stores
American Can
American Motors
Amer
Tel & Tel
Burlington Chrysler
Consolidated Foods
Eastman Kodak
Ethyl
General Electric
General Motors
Great Morten Ry
Gulf
Petra Brewing
Inter Harvester
Inter
Tel Tel
Interstate Power
Jim Waller Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Koweck! Chemical
Koehring
Kresge Minn, Mining
Mobil Oil
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Ins
Northern Pacific
Northern States
Northern Bancorp
Olin-Mathieson
Epsico
Rexall Drug
Ryder Systems
Scott Paper
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Sperry Rand
N.J
Swif
Texaco
Trane Co
NS U.S. Steel
Universal Oil
Westinghouse
White Motors
Woolworth
Dow Jones
Avera Industrials
Eisenhower
la Crosse County
Wold
Blanche Erkel
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
South Ave
Ward Ave
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