Tunnel City School Destroyed By Fire
Fifty six students evacuated as the old stone Tunnel City Grade School burned in Tunnel City Wisconsin. Fire crews from Camp McCoy Oakdale Spar ta and a ranger unit fought the blaze near Highways 12 and 16. Teacher Delia Peterson and an aide helped move students and belongings to safety. Classroom space is arranged at Tomah High School for the balance of the year with transport to be organized.
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Tunnel City
Wis
Camp McCoy
Oakdale
Ervin Edwards
Sparta
Tomah
Delia Peterson
Peterson
Western Railroad
Kenneth Curran
Hiawatha
Tomah High School
Vincent Crane
Man Dies After Bulldozer Tips On Farm
A Shelby man, Herbert C. Helke, 51, was crushed to death on his Highway 14 farm when a bulldozer he was operating tipped over. Coroner Dr. James Murphy ruled the accidental death. Helke, WWII veteran and Chaseburg American Legion member, is survived by his wife Dorothy and six children. Services are set for Saturday at First Lutheran Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Shelby
Itn
James Murphy
Herbert C. Helke
Highway 14
Murphy
Helke
Richard Bednar
Jack Haack
Howard
la Crosse County
Chaseburg American Legion Post
Dorothy
Duane
Diane) Gerke
West Salem
Betty
la Crosse
Jerry
Richard
Gustave Helke
R. 1. la Crosse
Alice Kramer
Laura Hagen
Mildred Herlitzka
John
Viola) Nagel
Ernest
Augusta) Seidel
Stoddard
Gustave
First Lutheran Church
Fritz Miller
Woodlawn
Dickinson Jackson Street
Guard to Help Patrol in Traffic Emergency
Wisconsin declares a summer traffic state of emergency with National Guard support for the highway patrol on weekends and holidays. Gov. Knowles cites record summer traffic and a toll above 330 deaths, a rise from 279, as Guard units, averaging 100 men and 51 vehicles last year, are deployed Memorial Day to Labor Day.
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Madison
National Guard
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Knowles
Ralph Olson
Peace talks loom as Hanoi envoy lands in Paris
North Vietnam’s Xuan Thuy arrived in Paris for talks on Vietnam war endings. U S envoy Harriman followed with a mandate to sound Hanoi on ceasefire and bombing halt amid expectations of long bargaining and broader settlement possibilities.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
le Bourget
Valerian Zorin
Su-Chih
Vietnamese Peoples Republic
U.S
Johnson
Washington
W. Averell Harriman
President Johnson
Maurice Couve de Murville
North
Harriman
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam
Thieves Shock St Raphael Cathedral With Series of Thefts
MADISON AP. For the fourth time in two weeks thieves struck St Raphael Cathedral. The latest loss includes two wooden collection boxes worth 150 dollars each. Earlier thefts took Bishop Hastrich's ceremonial ring valued at 1500 dollars, another ring 25 dollars, and 50 dollars in cash.
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Madison
St. Raphael
Jerome Hastrich
Hastrich
Allis Chalmers Plans Acquisitions To Boost Profits
Allis Chalmers Mfg Co projects acquisitions to lift profits after a drop from 1966 earnings of 2.67 per share to 0.41. The Milwaukee firm plans growth through acquisitions and diversification, while awaiting Gulf Western bid for about 29 percent of stock. Directors declared a 25 cent quarterly dividend.
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Milwaukee
Allis Chalmers Mfg. Co
A-C
Willis G. Scholl
Gulf & Western Industries Inc
Allis- Chalmers
Stevenson
Ling-Temco- Vought Inc
Dallas
Tex
General Dynamics Corp
New York
Signal Oil & Gas Co
Los Angeles
City Investing Co
Scholl
Rescue Near for Trapped Miners at Hominy Falls
Rescue workers report they are within about 600 feet of 13 miners trapped a mile inside the Hominy Falls mine after water flooded the shaft. Two men marooned at another location chose not to rejoin the group, saying they are warm and dry. An estimated rescue window ranges from noon to 6 pm EDT. Air circulation has returned throughout the mine as pumps remove water.
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Otis Walton
Hominy Falls
W. Va
Walton
W.va
H. E. Sundstrom
Frank Davis
Bob Rudd
Sundstrom
Davis
Rudd
H. E .Sundstrom
Ho Chi Minh urges Viet Cong to intensify fight in Vietnam
North Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh urged the Viet Cong to step up their fight against U S aggression in South Vietnam. The appeal was presented in a radio broadcast citing a letter to Nguyen Huu Tho, NFL chairman. Ho accused the United States of claiming peace talks while escalating the war.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
South Vietnam
Radio
Boy rescues man from Blue Lake in brush with death
James Gilles a 40 year old carpet salesman of La Crescent was rescued from Blue Lake by a 19 year old boy who rowed his boat across the lake to reach Gilles. Gilles who cannot swim was in the water about 45 minutes when the boy who was searching for his cat appeared and pulled him into the boat. Winds were strong and the boat tipped. Gilles surfaced and struggled to reach the boat twice before being pulled aboard.
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James Gilles
1St St. S
la Crescent
Gilles
Blue Lake
la Crosse-La Crescent
Scott
Fred Allen Jr
Allens
Chance
Saigon Struck Hard as Talks Loom Yet Viet Cong Drive Presses
Saigon faced a major Viet Cong assault on the eve of Paris peace talks with U.S. forces claiming to have repulsed southern and eastern advances. The 9th Division reported 131 enemy killed as another drive northwest pressed toward the city. Civilian casualties and displacements swelled, while President Thieu urged calm and warned against demonstrations amid the onslaught. Ho Chi Minh called for intensified Viet Cong action. Jets and bombs rocked central Saigon as U.S. reinforcements moved in.
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Saigon
U.S. S
Paris
U.S
9Th Division
North Vietnam
Ninth Division
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Radio
Hanoi
Vietnam
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N. Viet
Thuy
Democratic Republic of
Viet‘nam
de Gaulle
Asia
Thanom Kittikachorn
Thailand
Industrial and Agricultural Machinery’ Company
Ke T
Wren
George Esper
Tri-State
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