Mansfield Aims to Break Ice on Civil Rights Bill
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said he hopes to break the ice on the civil rights bill this Wednesday when the first jury trial amendments are brought up. Leaders from both parties plan talks with Justice Department officials to find agreement as the bill faces a long Senate debate.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Justice Department
Dirksen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Judge Corrects Fine Error In Viroqua Parking Case
Cyrus M Butt of Viroqua was told by La Crosse County Judge Leonard F Roraff that a $1 parking fine is invalid as it undercharges the required minimum. The judge outlined a $10 minimum fine plus $3 costs and potential $12 extra to settle the case, while noting Butt's rifle and a separate uncased firearm charge. A license check cleared the driving without a license allegation.
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Viroqua
la Crosse
Cyrus M. Butt
Edward Tabbert
Highway 14
Shelby
Holy Cross Seminary
Butt
Leonard F. Roraff
Madison
Roraff
Tabbert
Motor Vehicle Department
Rate Hike Approved for Amery Telephone Co
The Public Service Commission approved a rate increase totaling 23815 dollars per year for Amery Telephone Co. serving Amery, Clayton in Polk County and Deer Park in St. Croix County.
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Madison
Public Service Commission
Amery Telephone Co
Polk County
Amery
Clayton
Deer Park
St. Croix County
W McMillan of Houston Dies at 74 in Minnesota
Wallace McMillan 74, a longtime Houston banker, died May 4 in a La Crosse hospital after a heart attack following hospitalization for a broken hip. Born June 15, 1889, in Houston, he began banking in 1911 and retired in 1963 as president. He lived in Hokah after 15 years with his wife Pearl Chapel before returning to Houston. He was a 53-year member of Minnesota Bankers Pioneer Club, Hokah Methodist Church, and Houston Masonic Lodge. He also ran a livestock yard in Ettrick, Wisconsin. Funeral services will be held in Houston with burial at Money Creek Cemetery. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Olaf Mollerstad.
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Houston, Minn
Wallace McMillan
la Crosse
Mr. McMillan
Houston
John McMillan
Houston State Bank
Pearl Chapel
Hokah
McMillan
Olaf Mollerstad
Pioneer Club of Minnesota Bankers
Ships Collide On Lake St. Clair Injuring None
Great Lakes freighter Ernest T. Weir and tanker Mercury collided at the mouth of the St Clair River in pre dawn darkness. Both ships suffered hull damage but remained afloat and in the channel as Coast Guard reported traffic slowed. Mercury beached by its captain and Weir anchored. crews stayed aboard.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
Ernest T. Weir
Lake St. Clair
St. Clair River
Coast Guard
Lakes
Mercury
R. B. Robbins
Weather Summary for Lacrosse and Vicinity
Continued warmth with occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Low around 60 tonight and in the 60s Wednesday. Minnesota and Wisconsin show little temperature change with scattered or numerous storms, while Iowa expects showers in the west and north. Sunrise Wednesday at 5:50 AM and sunset at 6:13 PM. Degree days total 6,584 versus last year 7,411 and normal 7,319. Record highs and lows noted from May 4 and May 5, 1909 and 1890.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin Supreme Court sets seven redistrict plans by May 15
The Wisconsin Supreme Court already has seven redistricting plans for the Legislature due by May 15 for the 1964 elections. A Racine County Republican group asks for three Milwaukee County Assembly seats instead of two in other proposals. The core dispute with Gov Reynolds centers on Milwaukee County seat counts.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Racine County
Republican Organization
John W. Reynolds
Assembly
Milwaukee County
Airliner Skids 700 Yards No Injuries
A United Airlines passenger plane skidded 700 yards on a Rochester runway when its nose wheel collapsed during attempted take off. All 24 passengers and five crew members escaped injury while the flight from Washington and Baltimore to Buffalo and Chicago was delayed.
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Rochester
N.Y
United Air Lines
Rochester-Monroe County
United
Washington
Baltimore
Buffalo
Chicago
Woman Hurt In Fall In La Crosse Basement Incident
Caledonia Minnesota resident Mrs. Arthur Diersen, 74, fell while helping her sister remove storm windows in a La Crosse home. She suffered severe facial and body cuts and was admitted to Lutheran Hospital in good condition the next morning. The fall occurred as she descended with a storm window from a door downstairs.
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Caledonia
Minn
la Crosse
Arthur Diersen
Lutheran Hospital
Anna Skarbaszewski
16Th St
Diersen
Houston Man Dies After Long Illness
Oscar Redding 89 a Houston miller died after a long illness in Caledonia hospital. He was born January 1 1875 in Houston married Lynn Ramsdell December 28 1911 in Caledonia. He worked in milling with his father then ran an elevator with his brother John and later with his son Claude. Survived by widow son and two grandchildren all of Houston. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Houston Presbyterian Church with Masonic rites at Money Creek Cemetery.
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Houston, Minn
Oscar Redding
Houston Miller
Caledonia
Houston
Nicholas Redding
Lynn Ramsdell
Mr. Redding
John
Claude
Ma‘sonic Lodge
Grant
Severe storms strike Warrens and Superior area with widespread damage
A series of storms tore through Warrens Township and Superior region. Roofs and barns were destroyed, trees and power lines fell, and six airplanes at Bong Field were lifted. Damage at Duluth weather station noted hail and 48 mph winds, with a second squall lasting 12 minutes. Downtown Superior windows shattered and a grocery show window blew out. An 85 mph gust was recorded at the harbor. Two freighters at a shipyard were loosened from moorings but saved by temporary lines.
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Albert Kaciun
Warrens Township
Martin Tyaer
Clear View
Cutler
Bong Field
Superior
Donald Macer
Duluth
Diem Brother Loses Clemency Appeal in Vietnam
In Saigon Ngo Dinh Can, brother of former president Ngo Dinh Diem, lost his clemency appeal and faces execution by guillotine within five days. Aides Phan Quang Dong also had appeal denied. both men were convicted of murder unlawful detention extortion and harming the national economy under the military junta decree.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Can
Duong van Minh
Can
Phan Quang Dong
Revolutionary
Dong
Milwaukeean to Talk on Estate Planning and Taxes
Milwaukee writer and lecturer George J. Larkin will speak at the Western Wisconsin Association of Life Underwriters Friday at noon. Larkin, an attorney admitted in Wisconsin Illinois and the District of Columbia, formerly served as a special assistant to the U S attorney general in the tax division. He is counsel for the Wisconsin State Association and the Milwaukee Association of Life Underwriters.
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Milwaukee
Western Wisconsin Association of Life Underwriters
George J. Larkin
Wisconsin
Illinois
District of Columbia
United States Attorney General
Washington, D.C
Larkin
Wisconsin State Association of Life Underwriters
Milwaukee Association of Life Underwriters
Upturn Strong In 39th Month Of Recovery
The business upturn enters its 39th month, the longest peacetime run, with 26 prior recoveries averaging 30 months. First National City Bank notes rising capital budgets, McGraw Hill forecasts $44 billion in 1964 spending, and consumer demand remains strong enough to boost the first quarter GNP to $608.5 billion with $8.1 billion of that rise from consumer spending.
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NEW York
First National City Bank of New York
McGraw- Hill
First National
GNP
Bronx case echoes Kitty Genovese amid screams for help
A teen telephone operator in a Bronx office building was attacked after her clothes were torn off. She ran to the doorway crying for help as about 40 bystanders did nothing until two patrolmen intervened and arrested George Coughlin on multiple charges.
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New York
Bronx
George Coughlin
Kitty Genovese
Catherine Genovese
Kew Gardens
Queens
Ten UW students flee fire in dormitory scene
Ten students escaped unharmed as fire swept a rooming house near the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The frame building in Johnson Street area, adjacent to a new dormitory in use and two more under construction, suffered heavy smoke and water damage before three fire companies contained the blaze.
City Escapes Storm With Minor Local Impacts
La Crosse area dodges major damage as winds peak 22 to 30 mph during alert. Rainfall totals include .62 inches in Winona and 1.01 inches in Minnesota City amid hail at Eau Claire. Forecast calls for more showers and thunderstorms through Thursday with temperatures in the 60s to 80s.
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la Crosse
Carl Peterson
Mercury
Winona
Minnesota City
Eau Claire
Melrose Tornado Damages Farms In Monroe County
Northern States Power crews restored power to Melrose area after a three phase line failure. Towns from Galesville to Blair aided in repairs. A funnel cloud touched down near the Norgaard and Sawyer farms, with reports of three funnels merging. In Cashton area a tornado damaged the Milford Kirkeeng and Lester Kirkeeng properties, destroying a barn and killing cows. Volunteers freed livestock, with no injuries reported.
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Northern States Power Co
Galesville
Black River Falls
Sparta
Blair
Joseph Norgaard
Melrose
Norgaard
Roy Snowbridge
Sawyer Farm
Monroe County
Fish Creek Ridge
Cashton
Milford Kirkeeng
Lester Kirkeeng
Cape Kennedy Mishap Claims Third Victim
Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach treated 11 burn victims after a Delta third stage ignition in an April 14 incident. Lot D. Gabel, 51, of Longmont Colorado, died from burns. two other victims, Sidney Dagle and John W. Fassett, had already died. Investigators cite static electricity as the likely ignition cause.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Lot D. Gabel
Longmont
Colo
Cape Canaveral Hospital
Cocoa Beach
Sidney Dagle
John W. Fassett
Merritt Island
Clinical Progress Report on Mentho latum MPO Therapy
Doctors report strong results from clinical tests of Mentho latum MPO with 25 of 30 patients showing good to excellent outcomes. The preparation relieves pain rapidly using benzocaine and ephedrine sulfate and is marketed as faster absorbing and more medically accepted than leading hemorrhoid products.
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M.P.O
Nationwide manhunt widens for woman who abducted infant
A nationwide search continues for a woman dressed as a nurse who took Paul Joseph Fronczak from Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago on April 27. Police and FBI say the suspect fled via back stairs and escaped in a taxi. an FBI artist’s portrait circulates nationwide. The infant is 37 hours old at the time, mother Dora Fronczak awaits word amid questions about the case.
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Chicago
Michael Reese Hospital
Paul Joseph Fronczak
Dora Fronczak
FBI
Barge and Freighter Collide in Mobile Harbor Fire
An outbound freighter collided with an oil barge in Mobile harbor and the barge burst into flames. The Prospector received damage to its bow while the barge burned for hours, though no injuries were reported. The ship later reached the docks under its own power as firefighters contained the blaze.
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Mobile
Ala
Pure Oil Co
State Docks
Coast Guard
Prospector
Bearded Salesman To Keep Beard
Ivor Lewis, 20, kept his beard and his job after being fired for refusing to shave. He and branch manager John Bowyer reported to Leeds headquarters where directors decided the beard was not excessive and allowed him to continue.
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Peterborough
England
Ivor Lewis
John Bowyer
Leeds
Lewis
Bowyer
Tahitians greet with nose rubbing and cheek kisses
An 18th century traveler noted Tahitians exchange greetings by rubbing noses and kissing on both cheeks when meeting or parting, similar to Eskimo customs observed in distant cultures.
Nelson Calls Wisconsin Local Government a Scandal
Senate leader Gaylord Nelson labeled Wisconsin local government a looming scandal citing wasted tax money and inadequate services. Assembly members echoed frustration over reforms and criticized reapportionment plans as hasty, urging gradual evolution rather than revolutionary change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Wisconsin
Minnesota Border Cities Consider Daylight Saving Shifts
Fort Frances and Proctor moved clocks ahead as Moorhead delayed action until May 20. Aldermen in International Falls and Duluth area opposed midweek changes while spokesmen argued state courts would not act quickly on violations. Minnesota law allows border cities to choose central standard time.
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Fort Frances
Ont
Rainy River
Canada
Proctor
Duluth
International Falls
Moorhead
Minnesota
Press Freedom Hurting Foreign Policy Says State Official
Robert J. Manning, assistant secretary of state for public affairs, told a Boston audience that unlimited press freedom to print government secrets hinders U S foreign policy. He warned that excessive publicity can aid adversaries and questioned whether the people always have the right to know when disclosure harms national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Robert J. Manning
State Department
Manning
Massachusetts
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Iene
Phillips Pete
Bell & Farrell
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Republic Steel
Rexall
Central Tele
Reynolds Metals
Clark Oil
American Motors
Royal Dutch
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Amer
Tel & Tel
G. D. Searle Gateway Tran
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Godfrey Co
Avco
Sinclair Oil
Hamilton
Standard Oil
Ind
Columbia Gas
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la Crosse Tele
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Studebaker
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DuPont
Swift
Ins
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Texaco
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Financial Fed
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Union Oil
Pyroil Co
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Western Air Lines
Rockwell Mfg
Dutch Westinghouse Elec
General Motors
White Motors
Evans Inc
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Zenith
Warner Elec
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Epko Shoe
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Jones & Laughlin
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Eaton & Howard
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Magnavox
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Winona, Minn
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
U.S
Idaho
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Chicago Poultry Chicago
T.W
Dakota Ic.p
Lansing
C.P
le Crosse
W. Salem
Root Houston
Winona Wed
Houston Presbyterian Church
John Pereboom
Money Creek Cemetery
Potter-Haugen
Lynxville
Diem
Milwaukeean
Pittsburgh
M.P.D
Lynn Stalbaum
D-Racine
Robert Huber
D-West Allis
William Steiger
Oshkosh
State Supreme Court
Steiger
Gerhard Schroth
Rochester, Minn
Mayo Civic Auditorium
Auditorium
Kahler Center
First Federal Savings and Loan Association OF
LA Crosse Sixth and State Streets
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