Gateway Scout Council Ranks Fifth In Region
The Gateway Area Boy Scout Council ranks fifth in Region 7 with 81 councils across Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan and Houston County Minnesota. Membership rose 10.5 percent from March 1963 to March 1964 and programs include National Jamboree plans Camp Decorah and regional canoe bases with 600 at the Conservation Camporee and multiple Explorer trips and fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gateway Area
Muncie
Ind
Richard Bradford
Irvin H. Pertzsch
Onalaska
Council
Camp Ammon
Valley Forge
Camp Decorah
Boulder Junction
Wis
Ely
Minn
Philmont
Cimmaron
N. M
Eagle Scout Forestry
Perry Creek Park
Black River Falls
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Maier Seeks to Avert Milwaukee School Boycott
Milwaukee Mayor Henry Maier urged postponing a May 18 boycott led by civil rights figures protesting de facto school segregation. He proposed a meeting with boycott leaders and the school board to clarify issues and exhaust settlement efforts and suggested appointing an impartial panel or allow the parties to form a three member panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Maier
Signatures Drive Urges Weather Bureau Station Retained
Petitions totaling 4,327 were mailed to Senator William Proxmire and other officials to keep the local Weather Bureau station. The effort is aided by the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce and the Civil Air Patrol with a WLCX trailer collecting further support. CAP volunteers gathered about 2,500 signatures. Paul Pengra led with 346.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Proxmire
Theron Clark
Weather Bureau
Gaylord Nelson
3Rd District
Vernon Thomson
John Reynolds
Clark
Greater la Crosse
CAP
Paul Pengra
Pengra, Brothers, Inc
Sanity exam awaited for kidnap suspect in four cases
Federal authorities will pause further action until a sanity evaluation is completed for Joseph Francis Bryan Jr. The 25 year old from Audubon Park New Jersey is charged in four child kidnapping cases including the Johnny Robison case near Mt. Pleasant South Carolina. Bodies of Robison and two others were later found in Florida Virginia and New Jersey. Bryan was arrested in New Orleans with Dennis Durke. Durke had been missing from Humboldt Tennessee since the prior Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S.C
Joseph Francis Bryan Jr
U.S
Cambodian Tank Knocks Out Vietnamese APC at Border
A Cambodian tank destroyed a Vietnamese armored personnel carrier on the border and captured the vehicle and crew. Military sources said at least 10 Vietnamese vehicles waited on the frontier to retake the APC if ordered, but such an order seemed unlikely. Cambodia charged that 13 South Vietnamese armored vehicles crossed into Taey village, two miles inside the frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Cambodia
Taey
Truman Walks Among Press as He Seeks Breakfast with Colleagues
President Truman, visiting as Johnson's guest, strolled three blocks from the White House amid cameras and reporters before joining old Senate allies at Blair House. He offered elder statesman advice on daily work hours and crowd safety, joked about handling hounds, and later received Austria's Grand Golden Cross in a diplomatic reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Truman
Blair House
Johnson
Capitol
Senate
Bess
Independence
Washington
Secret Service
Air Force
National Press Club
Austria
Divorce Filed in La Crosse for Leland Rogstad and Mari an Rogstad
La Crosse county records show Leland Rogstad 55 of 1807 Wood Street seeks divorce from Mari an Rogstad 48 of 2502 Prospect Street on cruel and inhuman treatment. They wed June 23 1949 in Denver Colorado and have no children. Also listed are judgments against several residents for various debts. Police Ambulance log records multiple hospital transports on May 7 8 for individuals including Mrs James Fahy Mrs James Culbert and Emil Frey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Rogstad
Wood St
Marian Rogstad
Prospect St
Denver
Colo
la Crosse
Liberty St
James Fahy
Bainbridge St
St. Francis Hospital
James Culbert
Gillette St
la Crosse Hospital
Emil Frey
State St
Lutheran
Chicago Grain and Produce Prices Report
Wheat No 2 red 2.12, Corn No 2 yellow 1.2944, No 3 yellow 1.2628, Oats No 2 heavy white 65, Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.6844, Soybean o 0.835. Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes butter steady with wholesale prices, eggs steady with 70 percent grade levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Produce
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Publisher Urges Aggressive Sales and Newspaper Innovation
Madison AP The Burling ton Free Press publisher J Warren Mc Clure urged advertisers to push more sales through newspapers highlighting reader demographics and targeted audiences He also noted a 1954 high speed etching advance enabling faster production and discussed staff adjustments as plants modernize Franklin D Schurz emphasized the shift to new processes improving efficiency while stressing job security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
U.S
J. Warren McClure
Burlington
Free Press
McClure
Franklin D. Schurz
South Bend
Ind
Tribune
Schurz
Tear Gas Used To Quell Iowa Inmate Riot
An inmate uprising at the Iowa Men's Reformatory in Anamosa was quelled with tear gas and gunfire. Acting Warden Benjamin Baer said 16 to 24 ringleaders face charges likely bringing extra sentences and transfer to a maximum security prison. Gov. Harold Hughes pledged strict handling of a hard core of leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Iowa
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
Benjamin Baer
Baer
Reformatory
Harold Hughes
UW Regents Approve Biotron Plan at Madison Campus
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a 4.2 million biotron on the Madison campus to study living organisms in controlled environments. Ford Foundation NSF and NIH fund. Construction starts within four months for completion by fall 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Ford Foundation
National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Regents
University Center
Marinette
Marinette County
University
Dogs Called To Put Down Harvard Crowd
What began as a raid on Radcliffe dormitories turned into a three hour Harvard student demonstration near Cambridge. Metropolitan District Commission police dogs and their trainers arrived to disperse the crowd after Rob ert B. Watson appealed without success. Demonstrators, initially orderly, became jeering when the dogs arrived and bottles and firecrackers were thrown at the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Radcliffe
Harvard
Metropolitan District Commission
Robert B. Watson
Births at Grandview and St Joseph Memorial Hospitals
Grandview Hospital reports a daughter born May 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Granam Holmen Ruth Graham. St Joseph Memorial Hospital records a son Brett Floyd born May 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Bud Yeomans La Farge Elonna Winchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview Hospital
Vernon Granam
Holmen
Ruth Graham
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Brett Floyd
Bud Yeomans
la Farge
Elonna Winchell
Rails Strike Continues Amid Unlawful Walkouts
About 400 of 1,200 workers were affected as four unauthorized strikes occurred despite a 10 day restraining order issued in Washington by Judge Alexander Holtzoff. Railroad officials filed the order after reported strike votes across several lines. A hearing is set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alexander Holtzoff
Weather Forecast for La Crosse and Nearby Areas
Weather record covers La Crosse and Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa regions. Thunderstorms early Friday night with strong winds 50 to 60 mph in Wisconsin and scattered showers in Minnesota Iowa. Cooler conditions arrive Saturday with highs near 70 and normals around 67 to 78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
Trio of Obituaries From Minnesota to Wisconsin
Mabel Minnesota widows Mrs. E C Erickson 95 died May 6 and funeral Friday at Mabel First Lutheran with burial in Mabel Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Bernice Link and four great grandchildren. Henry Sletten 81 died May 4 at his De Soto Wisconsin home with services held in De Soto Methodist Church. Bea Alice Sweeney 70 of Lansing Iowa died May 7 with services at Our Savior's Lutheran Church and burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Adolph Vieth 82 of Norwalk Wisconsin died May 6 with services at Evangelical United Brethren Church and burial in Wanderer's Rest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel, Minn
Mabel First Lutheran
E. C. Erickson
Caledonia
Bruce Boyce
Mabel Cemetery
Mengis
Mabel
Siri Onstad
Black Hammer Township
Houston County
Andrias Onstad
Erick Erickson
Everett
Bernice) Link
Magnus Thoreson
Moorhead
Minn
Halvor Olerud
Spring Grove
DE Soto
Wis
Henry Sletten
Elmer
Ole Sletten
Sterling
Merrie Henry
Clara Anderson
Victory
Nellie Smith
Klamath Falls
Ore
Leo Bornstadt
la Crosse
Otto
Edward
Clarence
Lansing
Iowa
Bea Alice Sweeney
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Robert Matthias
Oak Hill Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Sweeney
Odean
Gladys) Landry
Jack
Norwalk
Adolph Vieth
Sparta
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Roy Mielke
Wanderer’s Rest Cemetery
Ferris Funeral Home
Mr. Vieth
Obituary Mention of Vieth Family Survivors
A biographical notice states Mr Vieth died recently, survived by his widow and daughter Mrs Edward Dreier of Norwalk, plus two grandchildren. The report notes a 1956 anniversary reference and family connections.
Johnson in Georgia rally pushes civil rights amid poverty drive
President Johnson with Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. in Gainesville pledges to carry forward the war on poverty and push for equal rights. He warns against extremism and urges constitutional rights for all, linking racial justice to national unity during a six state tour. He hints at plans to seek a four year term in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Johnson
Franklin Roosevelt
Gainesville
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Atlanta
Georgia
South
Appalachia
United States
Maryland
Philadelphia
New York
America
Ford moves Rockford office to Milwaukee
The Rockford district sales office of the Ford Division will transfer to Milwaukee this fall. The office coordinates sales and service for 212 Ford dealers in eastern Wisconsin Upper Michigan and Winnebago County Illinois. About 60 salaried employees will move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Rockford, Ill
Ford Division
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Winnebago County
Illinois
River readings and forecast for Mississippi River towns
Mississippi River forecast for Winona and La Crosse gives weekend readings and Monday projections. Sun rise and set times noted. historic highs and lows listed. heating degree days Totals and Dow Jones averages included. commodities prices for May wheat soybeans eggs and corn shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Winona
la Crosse
MURA receives $1 million in 1965 AEC budget
The House approved a 1965 Atomic Energy Commission budget including 1 million dollars for the Midwestern Universities Research Association at Stoughton Dane County. The vote was 339 to 3. If Senate concur, MURA aims for a fair share of accelerator design funds while its future, and possible move to Argonne Illinois, remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Midwestern Universities Research Association
MURA
Stoughton
Dane County
Johnson Administration
Robert Kastenmeier
Dwis
Alvin O’konski
R-Wis
Kastenmeier
Senate
Atomic Energy Commissioners
Argonne, Il
National Laboratories
Bernard Waldman
Madison
Houston Council Adopts Daylight Saving Time Plan
Houston Minnesota council approves moving clocks forward on May 10 and sets a June 1 public hearing for a storm sewer project. The vote also adopts a traffic code compliant ordinance with fines paid to village treasury and authorizes impounding stray dogs with a $2 pickup fee plus $1 daily upkeep. Buried with obituary for Joseph M Rendler of 3139 Oak Ridge Drive who died May 7, survived by wife Mildred and eight relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Minn
Ralph Halverson
Indicted Negro State Delegate Named in Shooting Plot
Ernest D. Young a 36 year old lawyer and Negro state delegate was indicted for conspiring to kill Verda F. Welcome Maryland state senator and first Negro woman elected to the body. Welcome was shot April 10 in front of her home sustaining minor wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ernest D. Young
Verda F. Welcome
Welcome
Maryland
Senate
Young
National Press Club Salute to Truman Highlighted on WKBH
Radio listings show at 7:05 p.m. a salute to former President Harry S. Truman from the National Press Club and at 8:55 p.m. a Minnesota Twins versus Kansas City Athletics game. A 2:25 p.m. Saturday broadcast repeats the Twins against the Athletics.
Swenson Culpitt to Wed in Farmington
Willis L Swenson of Can non Falls Minnesota and Maryl Culpitt of Bangor Maine plan to marry May 16 in the Town of Farmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis L. Swenson
Cannon Falls
Minn
Marily Culpitt
Bangor
Town of
Farmington
Journalism Institutes Open At UW Madison
The 1964 University of Wisconsin Journalism Institutes opened with a circulation seminar at the Wisconsin Center. Editorial and advertising sessions begin Friday with Franklin D. Schurz of the South Bend Tribune as keynote. Distinguished service citations honor Nat Hiken Maj. Gen. George Underwood and Fred Wittner. All graduates of Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Hiken
George W. Underwood Jr
Department of the Army
Fred Wittner
Wisconsin
Two Killed in South Dakota Auto Crash. Longtime Residents Named
Mrs. Rosalia Francoli 72 of Ashton South Dakota died in a Redfield area crash May 6. She leaves a daughter and three sons plus seven brothers and three sisters. Services to be in Millette South Carolina. James Yurske 68 formerly of 145 Walnut St died May 7. funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalia Francoli
Ashton
S.D
Redfield
Rosalia Waldenberger
Henry Waldenberger
New Amsterdam
John Murray
la Crosse
Henry
Edward
Gilbert
South Dakota
Ernest Fredricks
A. L. Martin
Nevada
Iowa
Helen Hargrove
Indianapolis
Ind
Rudolph Waldenberger
Louis and
Bernard
Onalaska
West Salem
Philip
Holmen
Robert
Wausau
Leonard
Orlando
Fla
Millette
S.C
James Yurske
Walnut St
Schumacher Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gateway Scout Council
David
UPI
Telephotos
Ryan
North Coast Limited
Empire Builder
Sherman Hotel
J. P. Conway
Burlington Station
A HN
Nicholas E. Carter
Credit Bureau of
Milorganite
Selrite
University of Wisconsin
UW Regents
Biotron
Hillsboro, Wis
Page Ra
Mrs
Bea Sweeney
Rockford
Shearson
Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Allis-Chalmers
American Motors
Tel
Amer. Tel
Anaconda
Avco
Brunswick
Chrysler
Columbia Gas
Consolidated Foods
Curtiss Wright
DuPont ‘Eastman Kodak
Financial Fed
Fruehaus Trailer
Gamble Skog
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Great Northern Ry
Greyhound
Gulf Oil Illinois Con. Ind
Int. Harvester
Interstate Power
Jones & Laughlin
Lockheed
Mack Trucks
Magnavox
St. Pow
Olin Mathieson
T.W
Pepsi-Cola
Lansingill Dam
Prairie du Chien
Dodge
Neilsville
Galesville
W. Salem
Root
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Jones Pete
Republic Steel
Aileen, Inc
Rexall Drug
Reynolds Metals
Central Tele
Royal Date
Clark Oil
First Bk
Godfrey Co
Socony
Hamilton Mfg
Sperry Rand Heileman Brg
Standard Oil of Ind
Koehring Co
Standard Oil of
la X Rub. Mills
Studebaker
Sunray
Marine Cap
Swift
McQuay, Inc
Texaco
Guar
Nekoosa
Trane Co
NS No. Plastics
Union Oil
U.S. Rubber
Pyroil Co
US. Steel
Rap Industries
Western Air Lines
Rockwell Mfg
la Crosse Cool
Epko Shoe
Boston Fund
Wallace Press
Chemical
Wm. St. Puritan Fund
Wis. Fund
AEC
Houston Council
Joseph M. Rendler
Oak Ridge Drive
Mildred
Joseph Jr
Steven
James
Mary) Stone
LeRoy
Patricia) Koula
Ann Marie
Jane
Thomas
Frank
Lynnwood
Wash
Lyle
Verona) Rutherford
Whitefish
Mont
Nelson Funeral Home
Negro Solon
Automotive Parts Franchise
Prairie DU Sac
GTC
Carl Jones, Jr
General Trading
N. Prior Ave
St. Paul
Somerset
House of Music
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