Senate committee curbs Cambodia bombing funds
In a 24 to 0 vote the Senate Appropriations Committee barred all funds for further U S combat activity in Cambodia and Laos. Republicans and Democrats backed a delay of a full Senate vote until after Kissinger and Le Duc Tho begin Paris talks. Senators Cotton and Fong supported the amendment citing waning justification for continued bombing.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Laos
Per
Paris
Henry Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Sen
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Senate Republican Conference
Congress
Cotton
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Weather outlook for Wednesday and Thursday
Fair and cold Wednesday night with frost or freeze warning and a low around 32. Thursday turns mostly sunny and warmer with a high near 65 and winds from the northwest 8 to 18 mph shifting to west to southwest. A 10 percent chance of precipitation. Variable cloudiness and a low near 42 Thursday night.
French chefs honor Pere Marquette and Joliet on river voyage
Rev S J Staber of Campion High School reflects on Pere James Marquette and Louis Joliet, French explorers commemorated in the 300th anniversary year of their Mississippi River voyage. Gov Lucey budget items raise questions about local wishes and home rule.
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S. J. Staber
Campion High School
Prairie du Chien
Pere James Marquette
Louis Joliet
Mississippi River
Patrick Lucey
John Wyngaard
Senate OKs Liquor Sale In Beer Bars
Wisconsin Senate clears a bill 32-10 allowing beer bar owners to obtain liquor licenses. The measure, reconsidered after a previous defeat, faces Assembly delay as sponsors argue it helps competing liquor taverns and counters effects of the Age of Majority law.
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Senate Oks Liquor Sale
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
West Salem inaugurates first industry in new park
The La Crosse Highway Products Co opens in West Salem Industrial Park with 10 employees. The firm will produce 12 to 96 inch galvanized steel culverts and plans expansion as demand grows. Owner Jerome Schmid brings 28 years in the culvert business and will also sell his products. Most culverts go to highway construction.
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West Salem
Wis
Jerome
Jerry) Schmid
la Crosse
Carl
Bill) Schmehl
Tom Tompkins
Stampco
Monarch Metal Tools
New Bremen
Ohio
Schmid
Wisconsin State Highway Department
John Jacobson
New la Crosse Highway Products Co
Tribune
Escapees sought for six family murders in Georgia
Three escaped convicts are being hunted for questioning in the slayings of six Alday family members in Reynoldsville Georgia authorities say five men were shot in the back and the woman raped and tortured before dying. A stolen car is believed linked to the case.
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Reynoldsville
Dan White
Seminole County
Department
William Beardsley
Alday
Ned Alday
Jerry
Chester
Jimmy
Aubrey
Mary
Black River Faces Raw Sewage Doses From Overflow
Excessive rain and a possible valve fault near the Moore Street lift station allow untreated sewage to intermittently enter the Black River. City officials acknowledge the issue since March and plan dewatering and valve inspection to fix the bypass, with monitoring of nearby beaches to begin next week.
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Moore Street
Black River
Raymond Mosey
Rose St
Greater
Upper Mississippi
Marine
Haugstad
Schroeder
Isle la Plume
la Crosse
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Baldwin
School District Shuffles Central Office Under New Plan
La Crosse Area Public School District reorganizes central office with Evan Lowrey and James Wais taking major roles under Superintendent Eugene Balts. A yet unnamed personnel director will oversee hiring, census, truancy, and negotiations, with Matthusen delaying retirement to help implement.
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Grant Blum
la Crosse Area
Wall
Evan Lowrey
James Wais
Eugene Balts
District Board of Education
Carl Matthusen
Wais
Lowrey
Balts
Matthusen
Gary Olson
Walter Becker
Kenneth Storandt
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George Baldwin
Bob D. Schroeder
Grant Haugstad
Kathryn Cappelen
Willard Hanson
Clement Stapleton
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