Union Strikes Cook County Aid Department
The Independent Union of Public Aid Employees with 1400 members walked out at Chicago's Cook County Public Aid Department backing recognition and a collective bargaining election. 360 suspended workers face possible dismissal, while more than 1000 called in sick and 200 picketers protested in the rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook County Aid Department
Chicago
Cook County Public Aid Department
Independent Union of Public Aid Employes
IUPAE
Raymond M. Hilliard
Hilliard
Allen Kaplan
Kaplan
Public Aid
Building Service International Union
Just
Out of
Civil Service Commission
Department
Overheat motor on compressor at Smale's Grocery
Fire crews were called to Smale's Grocery at 533 Cass Street in La Crosse around 10 46 p m for an overheated motor on a compressor. No injuries reported and the scene was secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smale’s Grocery
Cass St
Milwaukee livestock market reports steady to weak across several species
Milwaukee and Winona markets show cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep moving steady to lower. Steers, heifers, and cows varied with good to choice cattle near 23 to 25 for heifers and 20 to 22 for standard dairy cows. Hog prices range from mid 20s to low 30s, with feeders and sows down modestly. Chicago Mercantile details butter and egg prices showing stability for grade levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Highway
West
Winona
ST. Paul
ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Stock Quotations for Major Companies and Funds
A listing of bid and ask quotations for companies such as Allis-Chalmers American Can American Motors Ford General Electric General Motors and others plus mutual funds like Boston Fund Fidelity Fund and Mass. Investors Trust. Includes inter-dealer prices and approximate markups. Local notes indicate values compiled around 9 am and reflect representative prices rather than retail quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis-Chalmers
American Enka
American Motors
American Tel. & Tel
Burlington Wye
Chrysler
Consolidated Foods
Deere
Dupont
Eastman Kodak
Epko Shoe
Ethynm Ford
General Aniline
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Grand Union
Great Northern Ry
Gulf Oil
Heileman Br
Central Ind
International Harvest
Johnson Service
Jones & Laughlin
Koehring
Kresge
Lockheed
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
National Can
Northern Pacific
Northern States
Northwest Bancorp
Olin Mathieson
la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Norplex Corp
Pyroil Co. Inc. S
Tausche
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard
Bal. F
Stk. F
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass
Mass. Inv
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Republic Steel
Rexall Orus
Royal Dutch
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair
Sperry Rand Standard Oil
Calif
Ion Standard Oil
Ind
Standard Oil
Swift
Texaco
Trane Co
United Airlines
U.S
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse
Elec
White Motors
Woolworth
Zenith
Dow Jones
THE
Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Central Tele
Clark Oil & Ref
U S Trade Balance Shrinks as Voluntary Restraint Program Aims Help
Washington reports the Johnson administration faces a near impossible goal to end the payments deficit this year. Secretary Connor urged 900 firms in the voluntary restraint program to curb outflow as preliminary figures show a $919 million contribution toward the balance, far below January hopes of $3.4 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Secretary of Commerce
John T. Connor
Connor
U.S
Department
May Snowfall Records Hit La Crosse Weather Becomes News
Meteorologist Carl Peterson notes La Crosse has seen brief May snow on 11 days since 1873 with eight trace events and a 6 inch snowfall on May 3 1935. Records show latest snow on May 28 1947. Reports cite cold May temperatures and a forecast high of 50 to 55 Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Carl Peterson
Peterson
Superior
Bismarck
N.C
Assemblyman Blaska Appears Again in Lobbying Probe
Jerome Blaska, D Sun Prairie, testifies before a Dane County grand jury in a lobbying investigation. He says his appearance was not about highways but about voting against a branch banking bill that had been defeated and later reconsidered.
Two Injured In Trane Mishaps At Plant 4
A French Island man, Gerald Duffrin, 24, sustained a bruised leg and arm after colliding with moving equipment at Trane Co Plant 4. He is listed in satisfactory condition at St Francis Hospital. In a separate incident at the same plant, Roland Bakkem, 41, was hurt repairing a machine and transported by squad car to Lutheran Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trane Co
Gerald Duffrin
la Crescent St
St. Francis Hospital
Roland Bakkem
Main St
Stoddard
Lutheran
Two Killed In Separate Wisconsin Accidents
Wisconsin highway toll rose to 283 in 1966 with two fatal crashes. Mrs. Oleta Godske, 71, of Racine died after she fell from a car on Highway 11 near Sturtevant as it went out of control. Garland Bruder, 68, of Prairie Farm perished when his car overturned in Barron County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Racine
Barron
Wisconsin
Oleta Godske
Highway 11
Sturtevant
Eleven year old admits break in at Holiday Raceway
An 11 year old La Crosse boy confessed breaking into Holiday Raceways at 700 block 3rd St and implicated 19 year old Richard Eckert of 720 S 5th Ave who is serving a two year sentence for car theft. The teen admitted the break in and Eckert was sent to Green Bay Reformatory in mid April. Twelve racing cars were stolen and the boy admitted selling them for one dollar each, with cars costing fifteen to sixteen dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
S. 3Rd St
Richard Eckert
S. 5Th Ave
Green Bay Reformatory
Eckert
Green Bay
Marriage Licenses in La Crosse Area
La Crosse area couples listed for upcoming marriages include Roy E. Grosz and Arlene C. Byers to wed May 28 in La Crosse. Frederick H. Albers and Lucile Harper to wed May 21 in Town of Barre. Richard Greene and Mary L. Sieger to wed May 21 in Madison. Kenneth J. Leis and Lillian D. Olson to wed May 14 in Cashton. Lloyd E. Gandy and Jean N. Aubin to wed May 21 in La Crosse. John P. Hanson and Donna M. Greene to wed May 12 in La Crosse. Gerald J. Biesen and Gloria J. Schumacher to wed May 21 in La Crosse. William A. Alberts and Marilyn K. Romelfanger to wed May 21 in Baraboo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Grosz
South Ave
Arlene C. Byers
East Ave. S
la Crosse
Frederick H. Albers
West Salem
Lucile Harper
Onalaska
Barre
Richard Greene
Mary L. Sieger
Market St
Madison
Kenneth J. Leis
S. 27Th St
Lillian D. Olson
S. 8Th St
Cashton
Lloyd E. Gandy
Winona
Jean N. Aubin
Minnesota City
John P. Hanson
Holmen
Donna M. Greene
Gerald J. Biesen
Adams St
Gloria J. Schumacher
S. 23Rd St
William A. Alberts
la Crosse St
Marilyn K. Romelfanger
N. West Ave
Baraboo
New Battles Erupt Between Iraq and Kurds
Reports from Beirut say large scale clashes involve tanks artillery and air power as government forces clash with Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq near the Iran border. Indirect talks under way between Kurdish leaders and new president Abdel Rahman Aref to end the five year conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lancashire
Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Abdel Rahman Aref
Baghdad
Ruwanduz
Iran
Abdel Salam Aref
Mullah Mustafa Barzani
Fatality and injuries reported in city incidents
May 11 4 51 a.m. Steve Noff 20 of 1510 State St taken by squad car to St Francis Hospital due to illness. May 11 1 49 p.m. Everett Herring 55 of 222 Pearl St stopped at Fire Station No 1 and taken to St Francis Hospital with illness after firefighters gave him oxygen en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Noffsinger
State St
St. Francis Hospital
Everett Herring
Pearl St
Beef Demand To Rise At Parley Hearings
CHICAGO AP The beef market is expected to grow as consumer demand rises while pork demand stalls. Dr Elliott Clifton of Anderson Clifton Co cited a per capita consumption of about 118 pounds by 1975 to push prices higher and noted beef production may tighten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Feed Manufacturers Association
Ford posts highest May auto sales in company history
Ford Motor Co reported that combined early May auto sales from Ford division and Lincoln Mercury reached 59 065 units in May 1-10, topping 56 506 set in early May last year. Ford also noted a 10 day total of 50 434 cars and a 16 percent rise in truck sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Ford Division
Lincoln-Mercury
Lincoln
Comet
Mercury
Arjay Miller
Donald N. Frey
Frey
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Chief Pours Beer and Whisky
In Evanston Illinois police raid disposal, Mrs. F J Tooze helped detective Zeltee Edwards celebrate his birthday by pouring fourteen bottles of whisky and two hundred seventeen cans of beer down a shower stall drain as required by dry laws. Edwards joked about explaining to his wife the stains on his uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston, Ill
Fred J. Tooze
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Evanston
Zeltee Ed
Donald C. Mountain
Edwards
La Crosse Boy Admits False Fire Box Alarm
A 14 year old La Crosse boy admitted pulling a false fire box alarm at 3 23 p m Wednesday at 9th and Ferry Streets. He was picked up in the area police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
9Th
Ferry Streets
MeIlvaine Heads Muscular Dystrophy Unit
E R McIlvaine was elected president of the La Crosse Area Chapter Muscular Dystrophy Association at the annual meeting held at 1816 Barlow Street. Other officers named include Mrs Rob ert Burkhart vice president Mrs Lloyd Casperson Jr secretary William J Tierney treasurer Carl J Haase patient service chairman and Edith Netzer patient activities chairman. Present were charter members Ann Wendelin Edith Netzer Maureen Flaherty Carrie Riesing and Delmer A Duffy along with district director Delmer A Duffy Cedar Park Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. McIlvaine
la Crosse Area
Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc
Marge Hauer
Barlow St
Robert Burkhart
Lloyd Casperson Jr
William J. Tierney
Carl J. Haase
Edith Netzer
Ann Wendelin
Eagles
Maureen Flaherty
Aquinas High School
Carrie Riesing
Delmer A. Duffy
MDAA
Cedar Park
Iowa
Lincoln Pupils Go To Chicago On Science Trip
One hundred thirty three Lincoln High School ninth graders plus 11 chaperones depart at 6 11 p m Thursday for a seven year science trip to Chicago. They will visit the Museum of Natural History Shedd Aquarium Adler Planetarium Brookfield Zoo and other educational centers returning 7 54 p m Saturday for follow up English and science work. The trip was planned by Earnest Lupie with Laurence Hackett supervising and part funded by a school candy sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln High School
Chicago
Museum of Natural History
Shedd Aquarium
Adler Planetarium
Brookfield Zoo
Earnest Lupie
la Crosse
Laurence Hackett
Lincoln
Helen Sarts
Vivian Crooks
Jacqueline Wetzsteen
Beverly Harrison
Dorothy Fregin
June Ruoff
Dorothy Ballant
Gordon Bahr
Lupie
Harold Dyar
Banker Sought in Embezzlement Case at Rockford Bank
FBI agents pursue John Bartholomew 35 Rockford vice president charged with embezzling and misapplying 30000 of bank funds. Bartholomew left town after a routine audit found discrepancies. Named in criminal complaint and civil suit alleging misapplication dating back to 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
FBI
John Bartholomew
Rockford
Bartholomew
City National Bank and Trust Co
U.S. District Court
Bank
Sear’s Bank and ‘Trust Co
Fox Lake State Bank
Wisconsin bill backs educational TV stations in Eau Claire Green Bay
The Assembly Education Committee recommended approval of a bill to create two educational TV stations for Eau Claire and Green Bay areas. The plan would let the State Coordinating Committee for Higher Education seek licenses and federal funds, with estimated costs of 645000 federal and 345000 state dollars. Towers near Colfax west of Eau Claire and West De Pere southwest of Green Bay are favored, with operations about 12 months after final approval. Representatives cited enriching local schools. no opposition was voiced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Assembly Education Committee
State Coordinating Committee For Higher Education
Harry Spindler
Coordinating Committee
Spindler
Colfax
West de. Pere
Archie Buchmiller
State Department of Public Instruction
Wisconsin Citizens Committee For Educational Television
Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers Association
Wisconsin State Afl - Cio
Hearings On School Milk Measure Begin
Sen. William Proxmire leads two days of hearings before a Senate Agriculture subcommittee on a school milk bill. The measure would permanentize the program and boost federal funding, countering Administration plans for an 80 percent cut. Proxmire warns Congress must act this year to avoid jeopardizing the program before its June 1967 expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate Agriculture Committee
Proxmire
Congress
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Fire Department
Milwaukee Livestock
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Winona, Minn
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Central Wis
First Bank
Fabri-Tek, Inc
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Lincoln Nati. Life
Marine Capital
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa Edwards
Rockwell
Royal Dutch N.Y. Irie Swank, Inc
Wallace Business
Warner Elec. Br
Western Power
Wis. Pow. & Lite
Gordon Sprague
Land O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc
Sprague
Ford Co
Senate
Channel
Sherff
Bob Dawson
Ziebell
Sheriff Dawson
Liebell
West Avenue
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