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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1964
Page
6
Night lows fell to near freezing with clear skies and light winds. Today brings a sunny morning followed by increasing clouds and a high around 58 degrees. Overnight temps drop again into the upper 30s with a chilly breeze.
In Dallas more than 1,000 church architects and leaders affirmed a unity of art and religion at the National Conference on Church Architecture. They argued modern structures can embody 20th century faith, stressing that style changes but character and truth in architecture endure.
Milwaukee police say four men have been arrested in connection with the shooting of Patrolman John R. Orlikowski during a nearby robbery. The warrants name Ellis Vinson Arnold E. Thomas Rudolph L. Watkins Leonard Lee Miles and Phillip H. Jung as charged with armed and masked robbery and attempted murder. A fifth suspect remains at large.
Whitehall High School earned six firsts at the state music contest in Eau Claire. Soloists Maren Thomte flute Dick Herried trombone and Ruby Herness mezzo soprano topped the field. Ensembles included a clarinet trio Linda Hansen Suzanne Hagen Jackie Beck a flute quartet Maren Thomte Susan Gauger Sharon Ausderau and Sandra Nelson and a triple trio Dor othy Stuve Karen Von Uhl Linda Loga Janice Iverson Ruth Tomter Linda Schansberg Virginia Harnisch Vuokko Pykala inen and Nancy Gauger. William Dahl is vocal director and Sheridan Johnson instrumental director. Herried and Thomte also earned state music clinic auditions.
Three young men in a one car crash on Highway 54 near Black River Falls. George Youngthunder 18 was treated for internal injuries and moved to Marshfield, in serious condition. Amos Kingsley Jr. 24 escaped injury but car totaled. Philip Snowball 25 received treatment for head cuts.
Madison Camp Wanbeek, Wisconsin’s only resident camp for the orthopedically handicapped, begins its 27th session at the 400 acre Wisconsin Dells site. Camp serves over 600 campers annually with periods for children 8 to 14, teens, adults to 45, and a final group 15 to 45 including attendants. A Cerebral Palsy Parent Training Institute runs June 7.
Fire caused by suspected wiring damaged a two level Oliver Paulson farm structure two miles east of Ettrick. The hog house below and machine shed above burned one wall before the Ettrick Fire Department stopped the blaze. Tin exterior helped save the building despite strong winds.
A U.S. Army Captain Alfred Svenson, 31, who defected to East Germany last May 4 1963 during tank maneuvers, was returned to U.S. control by Soviet officials at Wartha. Svenson, born in Lithuania and naturalized in 1955, asked for asylum and is under U.S. investigation.
Two 15 year old Washington youths tied to a cross country spree financed by burglaries and stolen plates were captured by the FBI. A car stolen from Dwight Duncan's yard in Oakdale was found abandoned in Petersburg West Virginia after a trip that began April 23 with Spokane burglary and theft. Their route moved through Mobridge South Carolina before reaching Tomah area where the Washington car was abandoned when stuck on unfinished Interstate 90. Attempts to move the car with a stolen pickup failed.
The Public Service Commission in Sparta will continue the hearing on closing the Northwestern Railroad Market Street crossing in Warrens. The session was adjourned to allow additional witnesses to testify.
Premier Khrushchev heads to the UAR with heightened security. Egyptian troops police and agents guard him as Soviet lines link Cairo and Aswan to Moscow. Two planes, 200 Soviet agents, and a packed schedule including visits to the pyramids, Aswan Dam, and factory tours mark his arrival.
AP report details Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s planned three week stay in Egypt followed by a two week visit to Scandinavia. Danish officers pledge strict security around his June 17 to July 1 schedule amid monsoon of midsummer celebrations and wary neutral positions from Sweden Norway and Denmark.
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