Wisconsin highway bonding plan gains council backing
The Legislative Council endorsed the $26.5 million bonding program with a penny per gallon gas tax rise. The plan funds immediate interstate extensions Tomah to Eau Claire and La Crosse, and St. Croix crossing at Hudson, with revenue earmarked for construction and bond interest.
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Legislative Council
Senate
Assembly
Tomah
Eau Claire
la Crosse
St. Croix River
Hudson
Navy borrows 400000 bombs from Air Force in Vietnam
AP reports the Air Force drew over 400000 bombs from Navy inventories between 1964 and 1966 to support Vietnam air strikes. Pentagon said most were diverted before 1966, with 50 000 to 100 000 tons delivered, while McNamara cited 61000 tons inventory in Southeast Asia last month.
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Air Force
Bob Horton Washington
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Pentagon
South
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Southeast Asia
McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Indians Plan Service For Ex Area Man
Myron C Funmaker 44 formerly of Black River Falls dies from burns in an Iowa foundry accident. Funeral services scheduled at Langlois Galston Funeral Home with private rites at 8 30 p m. Winnebago Veterans Association to conduct military rites at Decorah Indian Cemetery. Stubenrach 23 of Waterloo dies. both men were burned when molten iron spilled onto the floor. Funmaker served in World War II receiving Bronze Stars. He is survived by Charlott Buffaloh ead two daughters his mother and a brother.
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Wis
Langlois-Galston
Myron C. Funmaker
Waterloo
Iowa
Winnebago Veterans Association
Decorah
Funmaker
Iowa City
Burns
John Deere Co
Gerard Stubenrach
Stubenrach
Andrew Funmaker
China- India-Burma
Charlott
Rosalie Buffalohead
Chicago
Sandy
Flora Bearheart
Tomah
Bert
Cedar Rapids
Train kills motorist in Minnesota collision
Wallace V. Larson, 47, of rural Brooten, was killed when his car was struck by a Soo Line freight train in Brooten. The crash pushed Minnesota’s 1966 traffic toll to 225, up from 205 a year earlier.
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Brooten
Minn
Wallace V. Larson
Soo Line
Minnesota
La Crosse Receives All America City Honor at Banquet
About 1,000 attended a two hour ceremony in Mary E Sawyer Auditorium to celebrate La Crosse winning the All America City award. Paul Harvey along with Gov Warren Knowles and Look Magazine sponsor reps spoke on progress and future challenges.
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ALL America
Mary E. Sawyer
la Crosse
Wayne Thompson
National Municipal League
Warren Loveland
Fred Bauer
Look Magazine
League and
Look
Tribune
James C. Holmlund
la Crosse Tribune
Raymond Plamadore
ABC News
Paul Harvey
Chicago
Warren P. Knowles
la Crosse Area
Iowa
All America City Award
Knowles
Wisconsin
Bauer
Ray Ping
Milo Knutson
Minneapolis
Dayton Co
Nathan Myrick
Thompson
League
Harvey Page
UW Students Jeer Officials Explaining War
Madison AP report covers a third day of occupy and protest at the University of Wisconsin administration building. Students shout liars at State Department officials while the Student Senate seeks to bar grading and class rank from draft deferment decisions.
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Senate
State Department
Abducted Girl Unharmed In Fedrilled Mountn Shootout
William Diller Hollenbaugh fled in a deputy’s car with Peggy Ann Brodnick after abducting her in Tuscarora Mountains. A 15 year old farm boy fired a shotgun from his home, wounding the deputy and triggering a gun battle. Hollenbaugh was killed, Peggy Ann escaped unharmed, and Deputy Sharp survived. the manhunt ended near the Rubeck farm.
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Steve Marcus Shade Gap
Peggy Ann Brodnick
William Diller Hollenbaugh
Jack Conmy
William W. Scranton
Larry Rubeck
Hollenbaugh
FBI
Tuscarora Mountains
Harrisburg
Peggy Ann
Francis Sharp
Conmy
Sharp
Rubeck
Young Rubeck
Larry
Fulton Medical Center
McConnellsburg
Chambersburg
G.T. Lorentz
Johnson Challenges Nervous Nellies To Let S. Viet Vote
President Johnson challenged South Viet Nam critics to end internal quarrels and let South Vietnamese decide their government. He urged unity at home and abroad, pledged to sit at the negotiating table for peace, and warned civil strife risks U S support in defending South Viet Nam.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Democratic Fund-Rais
Dean Rusk
Rusk
United States
U.S
South
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