House slashes 302 million from 14.3 billion federal budget
The House Appropriations Committee cuts over 302 million from Johnson’s 14.3 billion request for 24 agencies. Mohole project funding is axed after running over estimates. HUD funds fall to 637 million with several grant and program cuts, including rent subsidy and urban development programs.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
House
National Science Foundation
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Land value unchanged after road right of way in Wisconsin
A Sparta Circuit Court jury found the post construction market values for two parcels taken for Interstate 90-94 in Lincoln Town, Monroe County, near identical to the originals. Kenneth and Ardella Garbers appealed, with awards showing $17,000 to $13,038 on 12 acres and $9,000 to $8,069 on 150 acres, totaling a $4,893 difference.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Kenneth
Ardella Garbers
Lincoln
Milwaukee Tops Class With Lowest Traffic Death Rate
Chicago AP reports Milwaukee led its class for the lowest traffic death rate in the first quarter of this year per a National Safety Council study.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
National Safety Council
Boys Break Windows At Local School
Three 13 year old boys were arrested for breaking nine windows at Harry Spence School. Damage estimated at forty dollars.
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Harry Spence School
Weather Forecast for Lacrosse and Vicinity
Fair and cooler tonight and Friday with highs near 65, lows around 45. Wisconsin sees fair, cooler conditions. Minnesota and Iowa expect generally fair skies and cooler nights and Friday.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi River forecast readings and flood stage
River readings list flood stage and 24 hour changes for stations including Winona La Crosse Prairie du Chien Moline and nearby pools. Forecast shows stages near or above normal with times and dates noted for sunrise and specific observation points across the river system.
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Winona
C.P
T.W
Dakota
LA Crosse
Pansing
Indictment of Gus Hall Dropped In National Security Case
The federal court dismissed the indictment against Gus Hall chief spokesman for the U S Communist party at the Justice Department request. Hall faced charges under the 1950 Internal Security Act for failing to register the party after it did not register. Benjamin J. Davis, the party’s former national secretary, died in August 1964. The party was convicted last November and fined $230000 for failing to register as a Communist action organization.
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Washington
Gus Hall
U.S
Communist Party
Justice Department
Hall
Benjamin J. Davis
District Court
Commmunist Party
Fire and Smoke Damage House on North Side
A Thursday morning blaze damaged a North Side home at 728 Kane St the John Kurtz residence. Firefighters led by Assistant Chief Irving R Kahler kept damage from worsening. Kurtz who lives alone left the house about 730 am. a neighbor called the fire department about three hours after ignition.
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North Side
Irving R. Kahler
John Kurtz
Kane St
Davenport
Tehe
Kurtz
Russell Kurtz
Hey
Winona Livestock and Chicago Produce Market Report
The Winona market notes hogs delivered to Winona Station by noon with hogs 25 higher and prices for butchers, sows, and cattle ranges. Cattle and veal markets show steady values with various grade ranges. Chicago butter prices remain steady with wholesale levels unchanged across AA to C scores.
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Chicago Produce
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Wisconsin governor urges action on water pollution program
Governor Knowles outlines Wisconsin water resources and urges spring session action to fund and preserve them. He resists relying on federal aid, announcing three state meetings on water pollution in Milwaukee Green Bay and Superior with invited federal agency participation.
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Wisconsin
Knowles
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Superior
House approves funds for school districts with many federal families
The bill would provide 416.2 million dollars for payments to school districts with high numbers of federal civilian and military families, 232.8 million more than the President requested. Bow’s amendment to alter the payment formula failed by voice vote. A rival amendment by Rep. Melvin R. Laird to cut 232.8 million was defeated 132 to 25. Ford challenged Democrats to offer at least one amend.
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Bow
House
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Gerald R. Ford
France seeks NATO pullout as overflight talks loom
Allied officials say overflights are central in negotiations on France’s withdrawal from the NATO integrated military command and its demand that all NATO forces depart France by April 1. The discussion includes West Germany Denmark Norway Britain and the Low Countries as part of the broader terms.
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West Germany
Denmark
Norway
Britain
Low Countries
France
NATO
Indonesia Malaysia Solution Predicted by Philippine Official
Philippine Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos said Indonesia's conditions for ending the conflict with Malaysia have been relayed to Kuala Lumpur and a peaceful solution is likely. He cautioned an end to the campaign would not be abrupt and noted agreement with Adam Malik on extending recognition to Malaysia.
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Manila
Philippine
Narciso Ramos
Indonesia
Malaysia
Southeast Asia
Ramos
Bangkok
Adam Malik
Malik
Philippines
Lang Drive Closed for Culvert Repairs
Lang Drive was shut Thursday morning by Street Supt. Am brose Marco for culvert replacement. Crews planned to reopen overnight and to close again Friday for another culvert replacement.
Births at Lutheran St Francis Memorial Tomah hospitals
Birth notices from Lutheran Hospital St Francis Memorial and Memorial Hospital list deliveries from May 2 to May 4. Names include Anita Marie Welsh, Evenell Helgeson, Margaret Privett, Patricia G Manski, Ruth Ann Berg, Pamela Gerke, Michele Louise Vinz, Sonya Kay Williams, Shirley Ellis, Andre Lodoen, with residences in Onalaska Genoa La Crescent Tomah Camp Douglas Lawton and Holmen.
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S. 9Th St
Patricia G. Manski
Richard C. Huston
Holmen
Ruth Ann Berg
Tomah
Wis. Memorial Hospital
Todd Andrew
LaVerne Reekie
Pamela i Gerke
Michele Louise
Earl’ Vinz
Camp Douglas
Louise Schaub
Sonya Kay
Earl Williams
North St
Shirley Ellis
Nun Maria Edwardene to give senior piano recital
Sister Mary Edwardene SSND will present a senior piano recital at 7 p.m. Friday in Viterbo College Music Hall Mankato Province Notre Dame nun performs works by Bach Beethoven Schumann Debussy Bartok in a bachelor of music education degree recital open to the public free of charge.
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Mary Edwardene
SSND
Viterbo College Music Hall
Bach
Bach-Samaroff
Beethoven
Schumann
Debussy
Bartok
M. Edwardene
Notre Dame
Mankato
Viterbo
Madison Woman Found Unconscious Near Tomah
Mrs. Darlene Sandalan 23 of Madison was found unconscious on U S Highway 12 16 near Tomah and was taken to the hospital at about 5 AM. She later regained consciousness and said she was en route to Madison and stopped at a service station. police reported she apparently became ill.
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Tomah
Wis
Darlene Sandalan
Madison
Milwaukee Girl Dies After Cable Fall
A 16 year old Milwaukee girl, Theresa Van Auken, was killed when she fell from a swinging steel cable and struck her head on rocks. Police said she had swung three times and was three feet from the ground at the end of the cable. Efforts to revive her failed.
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Milwaukee
Theresa van Auken
County Court Revokes Probation in La Crosse
Joseph E. Anderson aged 49 of 3074 Pearl Street is sentenced to six months in County Jail under the Huber Law after probation was revoked for habitual drunkenness in La Crosse County Court.
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la Crosse
Joseph E. Anderson
Pearl St
Appointment of Sauk County DA Johnson Named
MADISON AP The appointment of August William Johnson of Madison to Sauk County District Attorney was announced by Gov Warren P Knowles. Johnson 51 will succeed John M Langer of Baraboo who resigned.
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Madison
William Johnson
Sauk County
Warren P. Knowles
Johnson
John M. Langer
Baraboo
Treasury secretary says LBJ would curb inflation
Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler told at the University of Connecticut Loeb Awards luncheon that the Johnson administration would seek tax increases if needed to fight inflation but no definite pattern exists. He cautioned against overdoing restraint that could slow the economy and addressed trends cited by Martin and Ackley about wage demands and price stability.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Johnson
Fowler
University of Connecticut Loeb Awards
Treasury
Gardner Ackley
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Labor-Management Advisory Committee
White House
Martin
Edison student clears traffic court over car light
Chicago AP reports University of Illinois student Thomas Edison won dismissal in a traffic court by proving he repaired a defective front light on his automobile, presenting evidence to support his case.
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Chicago
Thomas Edison
University of Illinois
Publisher Official of College Feted
Two men were honored at a Lutheran Brotherhood dinner in La Crosse recognizing service to church and community. W T Burgess of The La Crosse Tribune received a Liberty Bell award. W O Kalsow of Luther College Decorah Iowa received a Martin Luther Medallion. Elvin Olson hosted. Norm Rosholt represented the home office. Rev Roland L Schwandt spoke. Ernest O Hanson was cited as outstanding representative. J Ed Brudos received a distinguished service certificate.
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Holiday Inn
Lutheran Brotherhood, Fraternal Insurance Society
W. T. Burgess
the la Crosse Tribune
U. S. Savings
Fred H. Ristow
The
Tribune
W. O. Kalsow
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
Martin Luther
Lutheran Brotherhood
Elvin Olson
Shorewood Dr
Wisconsin
Insurance Society
Norm Rosholt
Roland L. Schwandt
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
la Crosse
Ernest O. Hanson
Market St. A
War Casualties Slow as Ground Fighting Lulls in Vietnam
U S officials report 70 Americans killed 589 wounded seven missing last week versus 35 killed 547 wounded eight missing the prior week since Jan 1 1961 total American deaths reach 3152. allied forces report 2 dead 11 wounded while communist losses fall to 456 killed 98 captured in recent scans near Tay Ninh Da Nang and coastal areas.
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U.S
Tay Ninh
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Birmingham
Guam
da Nang
Viet Nam
Georgia
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Illinois Boy Riding Bike Killed By Car
Frank Dietz Jr. aged 12 was struck and killed by a car while riding a bicycle in North Park Rockford Illinois. The driver Frank Ambrose 17 was not charged. Both were residents of North Park, a community north of Rockford.
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Illinois
Rockford, Ill
Frank Dietz Jr
North Park
Frank Ambrose
Ambrose
Rockford
Army seeks over 100000 Viet Nam replacements this year
Army plans to provide more than 100000 replacements for Viet Nam this summer and fall. The effort stems from a one year tour of duty and will rely on personnel from camps, Europe, Panama, and Alaska. Replacement troops will enter Viet Nam individually rather than as units.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Army
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Marine Corps
Wheeler
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
United States
Westmoreland
Europe
Panama
Alaska
Two Taverns Face Charges in La Crosse Court
Robert E. Tollefson operator of the Ritz Lounge and Mary C. Reps of Hunters Lodge faced theft of service style charges in La Crosse County Court. Tollefson’s case was continued to May 13 to allow attorney consultation while Reps pleaded innocent and had a June 1 continuation. The state accuses both of buying beer from one distributor while owing another, a crime under Wisconsin law.
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la Crosse County
Robert E. Tollefson
Ritz
N. 4Th St
Tollefson
Mary C. Reps
Hunters Lodge
Brice Prairie
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Hiawatha Valley Distributors
Kertzman
Reps
E. R. Schultz Distributing Co
Hamm
la Crosse Co
Ferry St
Wisconsin
Senate bill battles over housing rights in 1966 civil rights push
Senate Republican leader Dirksen deems housing provisions unconstitutional and seeks removal while civil rights leaders hope to keep them. House GOP leaders urge patience as debate continues and the education loan program details face shifts and funding questions. The bill would fund student loans and construction grants, with partial cost sharing for public and private colleges.
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Washington
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Dirksen
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
William H. McCulloch
Ohio
House Judiciary Committee
wMureuuus Upivvinigs Avi
Allis-Chalmers Reports 22.9 Percent Sales Gain in First Four Months
AC Milwaukee AP The Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co reported a 22.9 percent rise in sales for the first four months of 1966 versus the same period a year earlier totaling 278 million dollars. Chairman Robert S. Stevenson noted April sales were 10 million higher than in April 1965. President Willis G. Scholl said over half of 1965 dollar volume came from products not offered before 1960 and the company spent more than 30 million dollars on research, engineering and development.
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Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
Robert S. Stevenson
Willis G. Scholl
Industrial and Farm Machinery Company
Barge Crew Rescued After Grounding Offshore Michigan
Twelve crewmen were rescued from a 128 foot barge towing tug that ran aground a quarter mile offshore in rough Lake Michigan between Ludington and Muskegon. Coast Guard lifeboats from Muskegon and Ludington brought them to Pentwater Coast Guard station.
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Pentwater, Mich
Lake Michigan
Ludington
Muskegon
Mich
Coast Guard
Pentwater
Obershaw and Lambert to Wed in La Crosse
William R. Obershaw of 1237 Mississippi Street and Judith M. Lambert of 803 South 7th Street plan a May 14 marriage in La Crosse. The couple obtained a marriage license and will marry in a civil ceremony.
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William R. Obershaw
Mississippi St
Judith M. Lambert
S. 7Th St
la Crosse
Assembly Advances Boat Registration and Other Measures
The Assembly approved a boating law revision requiring all motorboats to register with the Conservation Commission and banning operation in lakes under 30 acres. An amendment made local boat ordinances advisory unless not more restrictive than state law. Also, the Rules Committee proposed raising the legislators’ expense allowance from 110 to 150 days and urged a joint state federal water pollution conference. Senate actions included a home improvement commission pending cost estimates and a council of natural beauty in the Department of Resource Development.
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Assembly
The
Conservation Commission
Assembly Rules Committee
Madison
Gov
Knowles
Senate
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Council of Natural Beauty
Department of Resource Development
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Sears Roebuck
Godfrey Co
Amer. Tel. & Tel
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Hamilton Mfg
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Anchor Coupling
Om Sperr Rand
Marine Capital
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Stand
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Cooler Co
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LC Telephone Co
Interstate Power
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Jones & Laughlin
JuCorn
Tausche
Koehring
TH Marshall CO Boston Fund
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Chemical Fund
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Eaton & Howard Mini
Association of Securities Bar Fund
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National Invest
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Richard C. White
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Laos
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Associated Press
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Adams
James Madison
Defense Department
Merchant Marine Committee
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
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Ste i
Lawton, Mich
Edward Bergenham
R. 1
Lawton
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Sauk Co
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Federal Reserve Board
Fred S. Hoffman
Clark MacGregor
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