This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
3
An integrated Fort Worth night club fire killed eight people, six men and two women, after a disturbance with a waitress. Investigators seek a description of a well dressed Negro man seen leaving moments before the blaze.
A three story North Side apartment fire at 5510 Winthrop Ave left two dead one a one year old and an unidentified woman about 60 and thirteen injured two critically. Janitor Harry Herbster said he put out three small rear fires earlier. A later report said a man poured gasoline inside the building and set it afire.
Zerbe C. Bradford aged 77 of Dayton died Friday at home. He joined Charles F. Kettering's automotive team in 1910 and contributed to hundreds of inventions including the self starter during the early auto era.
Stanford California AP Joseph Rizor the world's eighth heart transplant recipient died when his lungs failed to supply enough oxygen for the new heart Doctors at Stanford Medical Center said his blood oxygen level was only about ten percent of normal The operation occurred after a massive brain hemorrhage left an athletic donor heart beating too fast for Rizor s compromised lungs and oxygen tension remained critically low through Sunday afternoon leaving Rizor s wife Ellen and four children ages 3 to 15 in mourning.
An embedded reporter recounts a Vietcong ambush as a jeep is fired on by a commander and two gunmen. He crawls to safety, feigns death, dashes 100 feet then 200 more while dodging bullets. A refugee column helps, a Viet Namese vehicle is seized, and an Australian soldier ferries him to safety.
Sanger Powers, administrator of the Wisconsin Division of Corrections, urges broader age based sentencing options for 16 to 18 year olds and special adult sentences for 21 to 25 year olds. He cites non fit categories and praises a new Adams County youthful offender institution opening 1971 to separate felons from juveniles.
Columbia University sources report that Columbia College halted formal classes four weeks early amid student protests and gymnasium battles. President Grayson Kirk defended police use to disperse sit ins while rebel leaders claim support from 5,000 students as defenses program worries persist.
The Associated Press reports six deaths over the weekend raise Wisconsin 1968 highway toll to 325, with victims from Clear Lake Rhinelander Menomonee Falls Fond du Lac Whitewater Livingstone Pulaski and Shawano counties across multiple crashes including a one car on State 63 and a two car collision near Fond du Lac.
Bill Gray of the Miami Seaquarium explains that lobsters and crabs molt about five times yearly to free their large claws. The new claws can be up to four times bigger than the joints of the old shell through which they must pass.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.