Stand Up Like Men And Vote On Tax Bill
President Johnson urged Congress to act on his tax increase proposal during a national news conference. He warned that delaying further risks chaos and urged lawmakers to stand up and vote while noting spending cuts already approved by the House committee.
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Senate
Senate House
Tot Hit By Car Near Home Injury Report
A Shelby town girl Susan Dahlin aged 2 sustained minor injuries when struck by a car on County Highway F near Three Town Road Thursday afternoon. She was treated at Lutheran Hospital and released. Driver Raymond Vollmar 69 said he saw children in the road and braked as he neared the scene.
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Rodney Dahlin
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Radio Highlights: Cubs Mets Twins Indians slated
Friday schedule lists Cubs versus Mets at 7 p.m. on WKTY and Twins against Indians at 6 15 p.m. on WKBH. Saturday adds WKTY 1 10 p.m. baseball and WKBH 1 p.m. game with Peacock Ke ys.
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Total Involvement Urged To Treat Urban Problems
Eighty business leaders returned from a two day UrBan Land Institute conference urging total local involvement to combat urban crisis. Speakers noted profit driven efforts and stressed action now with programs like Boston housing rehab and Watts manufacturing cited as models. Former Boston Mayor John F Collins urged no bystanders in saving American cities.
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Boston
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Aerojet General Corp
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Talks Shift on Venue for Vietnam Peace Talks
The DRV welcomes Paris as a proposed site for formal talks with the United States, with talks set to begin May 10 or soon after. President Johnson appointed W Averell Harriman as U S envoy for preliminary discussions and favored a neutral venue with strong communications and broad press access.
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Wisconsin Receives Billboard Compliance Funds
Wisconsin earned 102112 dollars for meeting federal billboard standards on interstate highways. The check was presented to Governor Warren P. Knowles on Thursday for miles of highway conforming to required sign size spacing number and visibility.
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Minnesota Man Judged Incompetent
Marshall, Minn. District Judge Noah Rosenbloom ruled Elmer Leroy Johnson, 20, incompetent to stand trial for first degree murder in the February slaying of Gertrude Deutz at her rural home. The judge ordered an immediate evaluation at State Security Hospital in St Peter after defense psychology testimony.
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Rotarians Hear Riot Control Demonstration at Stoddard Meeting
La Crosse County Sheriff James McHugh and Rotarian deputy sheriff Robert Deal led a Rotary Club talk on riot control at the Thursday noon session in the Stoddard Hotel. A mace spray demo triggered tears and coughing among attendees as Deal discussed mob law and police rules with charts and examples.
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James McHugh
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Burglar Faces Sentence May 13
Ernest F. Huffstuttler 55 pleaded guilty in La Crosse County Court to Wisconsin burglary charges and faces sentencing May 13. He is on parole from Minnesota’s Stillwater State Prison for grand larceny, with prosecutors seeking concurrent credit if Minnesota parole is revoked. He admitted breaking into Shimshak’s Tavern and the Frank Olson farm home. arrested March 26 in La Crosse.
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Ernest F. Huffstuttler
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Stillwater
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Wisconsin
Dwayne Furan
Shimshak
S. West Ave
Frank Olson
Sparta
Housing code vote splits in local input from La Crosse
Residents and officials from La Crosse express mixed views on the proposed housing code and state and federal provisions. Supporters include clergy and lawyers citing morality and justice, while opponents warn against religious exemptions and discriminatory practices. Local students weigh in on accessible redress for housing discrimination.
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University of Wisconsin
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Madison
Rural La Crosse County sees surge in building permits
Zoning Commissioner Richard D. Nagle reports 56 permits issued in April totaling 879 555 for mostly single family dwellings. Year to date construction reaches 1 400 450, up from 677 530 a year earlier as warmer weather spurs housing starts.
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Richard D. Nagle
Nagle
Weather outlook for Lacrosse area and Midwest
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Saturday with lows near 40 and highs in the 60s. A 20 percent precipitation chance Friday night through Saturday. Warmer Sunday. Wisconsin mostly sunny and cool. Minnesota cloudy north with possible light snow mix. Iowa fair and cooler tonight with sunrise 5 53 a.m. sunset 8 11 p.m. Degree Days shown.
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Negro Students Seize Northwestern Finance Office
About 60 of Northwestern University's 125 Negro students blocked entry to the finance office in a campus sit in while demanding admissions, scholarships, curriculum changes and an all Negro housing unit. University officials planned talks as police were not asked to intervene.
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Pullman publisher named Rhinelander daily news chief
Lyle Hicks the publisher of the Pullman Herald was named publisher of The Rhinelander Daily News by Duane B. Hagadone president of Northern Lakes Publishing Co Northern Lakes bought the Daily News from Clifford G Ferris effective May 1 Hicks 39 a University of Nebraska journalism graduate previously worked at Lincoln Star Walsenburg Daily Word Independent Sterling Gazette and United Press International before joining Skagit Valley Herald in Mount Vernon Wash in 1956 He later became publisher at the Pullman paper in 1966 Hicks is married with two sons aged 11 and 9.
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Mathematicians To Meet Here In Wisconsin
Wisconsin mathematicians will convene in Cowley Hall at La Crosse State University for the annual Wisconsin Section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America. Speakers include Wayne Wallace and John R. Smart from the University of Wisconsin, Stephen Dragosh Oshkosh State, Yong Woon Kim Eau Claire State, and Edwin Wilde Beloit College, with Dr. Roland W. Christensen of La Crosse State in charge.
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Osh‘kosh State University
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Eau Claire State University
Edwin Wilde
Beloit College
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la Crosse State
Vocational Teachers Approve Bargaining Push in WAVAE
Wisconsin Association for Vocational and Adult Education WAVAE votes to pursue collective bargaining for new contracts. Milwaukee Technical College reps urge parent support for local negotiations. Melvin De Swarte is president elect and Dan Scheid incoming president. Edward Falck Charles Pinkepan and Barbara Walter join WAVAE board.
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Two Rivers
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Fort Atkinson
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Sheboygan
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Wausau
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la Crosse
Chicago boycott over busing hits schools across the city
Thousands of pupils skipped classes in a protest against busing Negro students to all white schools and against a proposed 15 cent tax increase. Absentee rates ranged from 54 to 76 percent with 90 percent at two schools and 94 percent at Addams Elementary. The boycott affected 25 schools across three city sections, notably the Northwest Side.
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Catholic school boycott reported high absentee rates at Northwest and Southeast
The Catholic school board reported absentee rates about double normal at Northwest and Southeast schools. Albert Rymark, an organizer, called the boycott an overwhelming success and claimed reports were low in many cases. Parents on the Northwest Side have picketed receiving schools since the busing plan began, while on the Southwest Side the boycott had little apparent effect. The 15 cent educational tax increase will be put to city voters on June 11.
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Vander Lugt Dies Prominent RAC Educator and Leader
Rev. Dr. Gerrit T. Vander Lugt, 71, noted educator and church leader, died Wednesday. He led Carroll College from 1939 to 1946, then Central College in Pella, Iowa, until 1960, and retired from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1967. A University of Michigan graduate, he arrived in the U.S. in 1905 and lived in Iowa and South Dakota before settling in Grand Rapids in 1914. Services are planned Saturday.
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Milwaukee Gets 1972 Legion Convention
The American Legion National Convention Commission recommended Milwaukee Wisconsin as the host for the 1972 convention with tentative dates August 25 to 31. Earlier sites were Las Vegas 1970 and Houston 1971 with tentative dates, while 1968 was New Orleans and 1969 Atlanta set tentatively.
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Eisenhower Improves As Doctors Report No Setbacks
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shows progress after a mild heart attack. Doctors say there has been no recurrence of difficulties and the general remains at complete bed rest in the cardiac care unit at March Air Force Base in California. He is 77 and still hospitalized for several weeks.
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Johnson Defends Policies Amid Domestic Division
President Johnson urges Congress to cut spending and pass a tax proposal while noting a lean budget to meet Viet Nam and urban needs. He backs Cabinet staying out of campaigns, declines a peace talk moratorium, criticizes delay in taxation action, and defends administration against Kennedy McCarthy Humphrey critiques.
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