Heavy Fighting Rages In Saigon Amid High Casualties
In Saigon heavy fighting continues with 2,002 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed over three days. A 24 hour curfew in the western half aims to curb Viet Cong infiltration as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces report ongoing bombardment and shelling in the city and surrounding areas.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Paris
Demilitarized Zone
Nguyen van Thieu
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Youths Fined For Broken Window In La Crosse Case
Two Racine youths Ostermann and Buehler were fined 157 each in County Court for breaking a window at Spell's Cut-Rate Liquors in La Crosse. They paid restitution for a 172 dollar plate glass window and face until June 6 to pay, with possible extensions. Both are La Crosse State University students and had earlier pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property for the incident on April 18.
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Racine
la Crosse
James L. Ostermann
Noel J. Buehler
la Crosse State University
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Leonard F. Roraff
Spell
Main St
Charles
Four La Crosse Residents Among UW Class of 1918 Half Century Members
Four La Crosse residents are among 495 surviving members of the University of Wisconsin Class of 1918 who will be inducted into Wisconsin's Half Century Club during the Alumni Association weekend May 17 and 18. They are Frank J. Funke, Florence E. Miller, Martha C. Skaar, and Thomas H. Skemp.
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la Crosse
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Half Century Club
Wisconsin Alumni Association
Frank J. Funke
King St
Florence E. Miller
Caledonia St
Martha C. Skaar
S. 16Th St
Thomas H. Skemp
House GOPs Call For $6 Billion Spending Cut
In Washington the House Republican caucus endorsed a plan to cut federal spending by $6 billion for fiscal 1969, while not pledging support for any tax increase. The move contrasts with Democrats’ $4 billion cut and related package linking tax hikes to further spending reductions. Republican Leader Gerald R Ford warned taxes require broader GOP backing, and doubted a tax bill could pass with current majorities.
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Washington
House
Appropriations
Ways and Means
Senate
GOP
Gerald R Ford
Michigan
Minnesota Senator Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving
State Senator Roger Laufenburger, 46, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Rochester Minnesota, plans to appeal within 10 days. The liberal Lewiston insurance salesman was charged after rear ending another vehicle on U S 52 four miles north of Rochester on December 15.
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Rochester, Minn
Roger Laufenburger
Laufenburger
Winona
Stephen Delano
Delano
Lewiston
Rochester Dee. 15
State Highway Patrol
Johnson orders study of the presidency reforms
President Johnson announces a year long study of the presidency by a Cabinet composed panel including members who worked in his administration and past presidents Kennedy Truman Roosevelt. He says the effort will focus on the presidency itself not a full Hoover style government overhaul.
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John F
West Salem Chicken Supper Aids Pool Fund Auction
Local Boy Scouts host a white elephant auction at 6 30 p m in the village park with proceeds and a barbecue supper by the American Legion to benefit the swimming pool fund. Call 786 5206 for item pickup. auctioneers include Alvin Miller Curley Wehrenberg Russell Schroeder and others.
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West Salem
Wis
The
American Legion
Alvin Miller
Curley Wehrenberg
Russell Schroeder
Robert Morris
Jon Schuster
Marvin Miller
Two Juniors Win Math Honors at UW Program
Holy Cross Seminary and Onalaska High School students join 40 state finalists in UW sponsored math talent search. Robert Deml and Holly Frei join John Reiser as top winners after solving five problem sets sent by the university. The winners receive a day in Madison featuring lectures, demonstrations and a banquet.
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Thestate
University of Wisconsin
Robert Deml
Robert J. Deml
Ward Ave
Holly A.frei
William Frei
Madison St
Onalaska
John Reiser
Central High School
Madison
Wisconsin's Ody J. Fish Named GOP Advisory Chairman
Ody J. Fish of Wisconsin has been named national chairman of the Republican National Committee state chairmen's advisory committee. He succeeds Robert D. Ray who resigned to pursue Iowa's Republican gubernatorial nomination. The panel includes four regional GOP chairmen and Fish recently became Midwest chairman.
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Washington
Wisconsn
Ody J. Fish
Republican National Committee
Mal Tuesday Fish
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
GOP
Fish
Mid- Western
Ray
Unemployment Rate Hits 15 Year Low Nationwide
The U S unemployment rate fell to 3 5 percent in April matching a 15 year low While Black workers faced higher rates 6 7 percent vs whites 3 1 percent and urban slum areas showed greater disparities The total unemployed stood at 2 491 million the first sub 2 5 million tally since 1953 Adults 2 1 percent jobless lowest in 15 years Teenagers improved to 11 9 percent while women remained 3 7 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Communist Party to Enter Candidates for President and VP
The Communist party of the United States announced it will run candidates for president and vice president in November for the first time since 1940. Henry Winston, the party chair, said selections would occur at a July 4 weekend convention and that ballot access and write-in efforts would be pursued where required.
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New York
Communist Party of the United States
Henry Winston
National Party
Winston
Radio Highlights Schedule News
Wednesday schedule lists WKTY at 7 15 p m time trials from North La Crosse Speedway and WKBH at 7 45 p m baseball Twins versus Athletics. Thursday features WKTY at 1 25 p m Cubs against Dodgers.
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North la Crosse Speedway
Minnesota Twins
Oakland Athletics
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Dodgers
Murf the Surf Surrenders in Florida Murder Case
Murf the Surf Murphy surrendered to police in Miami as a first degree murder warrant was issued for the slayings of two former California secretaries tied to a transcontinental securities conspiracy. The women Terry Rae Kent Frank and Annalie Marie Mohn were found dead at Whisky Creek near Hollywood.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Jack “Murf
Murphy
Miami
California
Whisky Creek
Jack Griffith
David Russell
Griffith
Terry Rae Kent Frank
Annalie Marie Mohn
New York
Museum of Natural History
New York City
Miami Beach
Prisoners Must Be Told Rights Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 that prisoners must be advised of constitutional rights during questioning. The decision voided a Florida man’s 30 month sentence for filing false tax claims, citing Miranda warnings apply to tax investigations in custody.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
Hugo L. Black
Byron R. White
Robert T. Mathis Sr
Orlando
Internal Revenue Service
Florida State Penitentiary
Raiford
Mathis
Wisconsin state universities raise student costs by $50
MADISON AP The average annual cost for a student at attending one of the nine schools in Wisconsin's state university system will be increased $50, the system reported Tuesday. The increase reflects room and meal expenses. Basic fee charges for resident students remain at $238 and at $654 for non resident students. Average miscellaneous spending of $450 annually will raise the cost to about $1,500 a year.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State University System
McClellan Warns Radicals Plan Riots In Washington March
Senator McClellan says two radical leaders plan to hijack the Poor People's Campaign and trigger riots on the Capitol Mall with a mock shantytown, weaponry, and child involvement. Senator Brooke urges peaceful protest and a nonviolent march to Washington. The House committee approves a tent camp ban near the Capitol.
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Sen. McClellan
Washington
Senate
Capitol Hill
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
McClellan
Brooke
Congress
Alabama
Abernathy
Johnson
House Public Workers Committee
Capitol
White House
Mall
Beavers and Beep: Army Engineers Sought Delay on St Croix Dam
Senator Gaylord Nelson urged the Appropriations Committee to restrain the Corps of Engineers from building the St Croix dam and reservoir. He compared engineers to beavers, saying they build dams unnecessarily while taxpayers pay. Mondale and Proxmire voiced similar concerns. The project would flood parts of the St Croix valley and Namekegon tributary, with flood control cited. The four year delay request targets scenic rivers designation while study proceeds. House action pending.
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Washington
Army
St. Croix
St.,al
Iwevia Ebewoee
Uelyocuh
Waowvip
Minnesota
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Senate ‘Appropriations Committee
Corps of Engineers
Nelson
Corps
Walter Mondale
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Senate
House
St. Croix Falls
Wis
Car Accidents Take 2 Lives
A southern Minnesota farmer, Joseph Hurd 65, died after a Tuesday collision at the highways 13 21 intersection near Montgomery. Mrs Randolph Fearing 63 of Fargo died from injuries after an Sunday crash near Audubon Minnesota, raising the state highway toll.
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Minnesota
Fargo
N.D
Joseph Hurd
Kilkenny
Montgomery
LeSueur County
Kenneth Wolff
Mankato
Hurd
Randolph Fearing
Audubon
Minn
Grandson Killed In Vietnam Combat
Lance Cpl. Ralph T. Anderson 18, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Torgerson of Ferryville, was killed May 2 in Vietnam. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy C. Anderson of Gulfport, Fla. Born May 31, 1949 in California. Services planned in Viroqua next week. Survived by parents, grandparents, one sister and three brothers. Father a career serviceman.
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Ferryville
Wis
Lance
Ralph T. Anderson
Ralph Torgerson
Vietnam
Cpl. Anderson
Tommy C. Anderson
Gulfport
Fla
Viroqua
California
Jackie Robinson Jr Declared Narcotics Dependent
In Stamford Connecticut Jackie Robinson Jr 21 son of the famed baseball pioneer was ruled a narcotics dependent person after narcotics and gun charges. Circuit Judge George DiCenzo ordered a two year treatment and rehabilitation period under the supervision of the state Mental Health Department. psychiatrist Dr Herbert Kleber testified that Robinson had been heroin dependent for six months before his arrest.
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Stamford
Herbert Kleber
Robinson
Bloodmobile Reaches 266 Pints In Two Days
The Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 151 pints Tuesday, bringing two day total to 266. The weekly quota is 760 pints. It will be at the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium from 1 to 6 p.m. through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Mary E. Sawyer
Gulf & Western offers A C tender for Allis-Chalmers
Gulf & Western Industries plans to file with the SEC to buy up to 3 million shares of Allis-Chalmers. Shareholders would receive 11.50 in cash plus 12.50 principal of a 6 percent, 20 year subordinated debenture and 9 10 of a 10 year warrant to buy G W stock at 55 a share. The offer was disclosed on the eve of Allis-Chalmers annual stockholders meeting in Milwaukee. A Gulf & Western spokesman said the deal is for investment and they do not seek board representation.
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NEW York
Gulf & Western Industries, Inc
Securities and Exchange Commission
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Allis-Chalmers
G&w
Gulf & Western
Allis- Chalmers
Milwaukee
Migrant Charged With Killing Woman in Michigan
Elias Flores Barron, 25, a migrant worker and former Wisconsin resident, is charged with murder in the shooting death of Sylvia Langowski, 28, of St. Clair. Langowski, mother of five, was found dead April 4 in a vacant Lapeer County house. Barron remained jailed without bond after court appearance. police said he admitted the shooting after she resisted his advances. He recently worked in Imlay Township and had lived in Racine, Wisconsin for about ten weeks.
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Port Huron
Mich
St. Clair County
Elias Flores Barron
Wisconsin
Eugene Canhom
Justice Court
Sylvia Langowski
St. Clair
Lapeer County
Imlay Township
Racine
Wis
Barron
Central track drainage woes delay field renovations
Vergin notes water pools on the track and field as the drainage catch basins fail. Becker cites one installed basin clogging and spreading runoff. the football practice field and baseball diamond sites show slow grass growth. Central students ignore warnings, using restricted areas and hindering progress toward fall readiness.
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Page 1
Vergin
Becker
Tribune
La Crosse Couple Marriage Licenses Issued
Bernard W. Coughlin and Beatrice D. Almos are to wed May 18 in La Crosse. Robert J. Grathen and Edith A. Netwal are to wed May 18 in La Crosse.
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LA Crosse
Bernard W. Coughlin
17Th St
Beatrice D. Almos
Cass St
Robert J. Grathen
Weston St
Edith A. Netwal
Liberty St
Professor to Lecture on Polyhedra at La Crosse
Professor Dr Seymour Schuster of the University of Minnesota will give an 8 p.m. public lecture on The Polyhedra Groups at La Crosse State University in Room 121 Cowley Hall. Earlier at 4 p.m. he speaks on Geometric Transformations. He directs Minnesota’s College Geometry Project and serves as a lecturer for the Mathematical Association of America.
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Seymour Schuster
University of Minnesota
la Crosse State University
G Roups
Cowley Hall of Science
Schuster
Minnesota
Mathematical Association of America
Winona and South St. Paul Livestock Markets Report
Winona Minnesota hog and cattle quotes show steady hogs with 200 230 lb butchers at 19 19.50 and sows 270 300 lb at 16.75 while cattle stay steady with hi choice prime at 25.75 and utility cows 17.00 18.50. South St. Paul reports USDA cattle and calves activity and hogs weak to lower with feeder pigs scarce. prices listed for slaughter steers heifers and cows and wholesale butter and grain quotes appear from Chicago markets.
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Winona
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
U.S
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Panhandle
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Ostermann and Buehler
UW Half Century Club
Solon
C.P
Dakota
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Dam No
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
Dodge
Galesville
Root
Houston
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Allied Stores
American Can
American Motors
WM Amer
Tel. & Tel
Anaconda
Burlington
Chrysler Consolidated Foodsite
DuPont
Eastman Kodak Electronic Special
Epko Shoe
Ford General
Rexall Drug
Ryder Systems
Scott Paper Wa
Sears Roebuck
Bola
Sinclair Oil
Sperry Rai
Standard Oil
Calif
N.J
Texaco
Trane Co
U.S. Steel
Universal Oil
Westinghouse
White Motors Woolworth
Dow Jones
Corn Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Mission CW Transport
Dial Finance
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Wvma
First Bank
Se Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Howell Instrum
Lincoln Nat. Life
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa
Rockwell Mfg
Royal Dutch NY
Wallace Bus
Warner Elec. Br
Werner Trans
Western Power
Wis. Power & L
la Crosse Cooler
Pyroil Co., Inc Mutual Boston Fund
Chem Fund
Aached
Ebersted Fund
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fd
Mass Inv
Mass
Nat! Investors
Puritan Fund
Deat Johnson
W. Salem Sale
Holy Cross Seminary
Onalaska High School
Miss Frei
Ody Fish
Murf
High Court
U's
Ralph David Abernathy
Martin ‘Luther King
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Capital Mall
Washington Monument
MacClellan
Army Engineers
Associated Press
Jackie Robinson Jr
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Cash Grain
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