War Eagle salvage fuels cross-city tug of war
Salvage crews kidnap relics from the sunken Mississippi packet War Eagle near La Crosse with Winona County Historical Society backing. Divers probe the wreck as Brindley urges local interest while authorities note legality and cost limits. artifacts include a plow share and capstan winch.
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Mike Cruse
Daniel Finucane
Tribune
la Crosse County Historical Society
Black River
la Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad
Winona County Historical Society
James M. Brindley
la Crosse County
Cane
Lewis I. Younger
The
Winona
Brindley
Winona Society
War Eagle
la Crosse
la Crosse ‘Group
John K. Flanagan
Finucane
Coast Guard
Corps of Engineers
Historical Society
la Crosse Tribune
Joseph Kidder
Minnesota
Wildcat Park lake may gain higher priority
Madison officials moved Wildcat Mountain State Park lake higher on the agenda after a Recreation Committee meeting. The State Conservation Commission was directed to re evaluate priorities and report back at the July meeting. The plan envisions damming Billings Creek to create a lake near Wildcat Mountain State Park in Vernon County.
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Madison
Wildcat State Park Lake
State Recreation Committee
State Conservation Commission
Wildcat Park Lake
Bernard Lewison
Viroqua
Earl Leverich
Sparta
John Reynolds
Lester Voigt
Conservation Department
Highway Commission
Development Department
Public Welfare Department
State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
Voigt
Conservation Commission
Wildcat Mountain Park
University of Wisconsin
Billings Creek
Wildcat Mountain State Park
Ontario
Hillsboro
Vernon County
Two American Teams Reach Everest Summit After Historic Encounter
Two U S teams meet at the south summit after a historic Everest ascent on different routes. Norman Dyhrenfurth led Bishop and Jerstad to the top, while Unsoeld and Hornbein completed the first ever traverse and then began descending.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Everest
Norman R. Dyhrenfurth
Santa Monica
Calif
Barry C. Bishop
Washington, D.C
Luther G. Jerstad
Eugene
Ore
William F. Unsoeld
Corvallis
Thomas F. Hornbein
San Diego
Dyhrenfurth
Unsoeld
Hornbein
Everest
Camp 6
U.S
Henry Endicott Stebbins
West Ridge
Mother to Sisters Brothers She'll Wed Warroad Bride
Rita Foster 21, who has cared for eight siblings after both parents died, will marry James W. Brewster 30 of Warroad. Rita will leave for St Marys Church in Thief River Falls for a June 29 ceremony, as sister Yvonne steps in as family matriarch. Joseph, 20, a Air Force flight engineer, becomes engaged to Sandra Hartman of St Louis.
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James W. Brewster
Yvonne
Rita
Minneapolis
Deanne
Denise
Michael
Foster
Brewster
Joseph
Air Force
Sandra Hartman
St. Louis
Wisconsin blamed for poor business climate by rail executive
Ben Heineman of the Chicago and North Western Railway told the Governor's Conference on Resource and Industrial Development that Wisconsin is losing the industrial expansion race due to an adverse business climate and tax structure. Governor Reynolds defended the administration as pro business while state officials questioned the findings. Heineman urged permanent tax reforms to attract industry, based on interviews with nine states' industrialists.
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Green Lake
Ben Heineman
The
Chicago and North Western Railway
Wisconsin
Heineman
Wausau
North Western
David Wiggins
Department of Resource Develop
Car Plunges Into Lake. Driver Dies in Walworth County
A Northbrook Illinois man, Robert E. Hyman, 40, died when his car missed a bridge on Highway 50 and plunged into Lake Delavan in Walworth County at 1 47 a m. Delavan police officer Charles Katz witnessed the crash and the body was recovered about an hour later. The incident contributed to Wisconsin 1963 highway toll rising to 261. A Madison attorney Waldemar E. Remde, 42, died in a separate wreck on Highway 30 five miles east of Johnson Farm. A third death involved a young bicyclist in a separate mishap. The article also notes political quotes and economic discussions by state officials.
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Associated Press
Lake Delavan
Wisconsin
Robert E. Hyman
Northbrook
Ill
Highway 50
Walworth County
Delavan Township
Charles Katz
Hyman
Waldemar E. Remde
Madison
Heineman
Johnson Farm
He Creek
North Western Executive
Fire damages Gateway Transportation trailer and shed
A fire at Gateway Transportation Co. damaged a trailer and a maintenance shed around 1 30 p m Thursday. Workers stripping insulation sparked a paper liner. Firefighters could not move the trailer before the blaze reached the shed roof. Fire Chief Genz said shed damage was light.
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Gateway Transportation Co
Genz
Sugar Prices Climb Amid Market Panic in 1961
AP reports sugar prices surge as Lawrence Myers of the Agriculture Department calls the market panicked. Raw sugar trades near 12 cents a pound in New York dockside, while refined sugar rises to 16.80 per 100 pounds in the Northeast. Public retail prices and bags rise, with continued above normal pricing due to bad beet crops in Europe, Cuba shortfalls, and rising demand. The domestic crop remains insufficient, and most sources expect price relief only from fall beet harvests, with prices likely staying high for years.
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NEW York
Agriculture Department
Lawrence Myers
United States
American Sugar Refining Co
Europe
Cuba
Compulsory Auto Safety Check Urged in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Senate Highway Committee heard a bill to require 1.4 million autos to pass a safety inspection before registration. The plan charges a 1.50 fee with 0.20 to the state, inspections by garages, and cites lower fatality rates in 20 states with such laws.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Senate Highway Committee
Dan Schutz
State Motor Vehicle Department
Allen Busby
Milwaukee
Louis Milan
Wisconsin Automotive Trades Association
George Hall
Afl-Cio
Civil Rights Bill Killed By Assembly Vote
Gov. Reynolds failed in a last ditch bid after the Assembly rejected a reconsideration. The 50 47 vote ended hopes to revive the fair housing bill that would let the attorney general or a district attorney seek injunctions against housing discrimination. Nine Democrats joined 41 Republicans in the defeat.
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Madison
John W Reynolds
Assembly
Wisconsin
Executive Office
Wilfred Schuele
Milwaukee
Reynolds
Senate
Reynolds Announces 8 Highway Safety Steps and 120 Guards
Gov. John W. Reynolds outlined eight highway safety steps and called for eight new bills to cut Wisconsin traffic deaths. He will deploy 120 National Guardsmen for Memorial Day patrols and seek stronger measures including seat belt protections, stricter inspections, lower intoxication limits, license suspension for testing refusals, and driver training requirements for under 18.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Wisconsin
Freeman Empowered To Halt Wheat Dumping
President Kennedy signed an executive order authorizing Secretary Orville Freeman to curb wheat dumping if next year’s crop price plunges below projections. The move follows farmers rejecting strict production controls and high price supports, with Congress unlikely to pass new wheat legislation before June.
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Freeman
Washington
Kennedy
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
U.S
White House
Congress
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Canada
GOP
Capitol Hill
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
Albert Quie
R-Minn
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Winona Vocational School
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Jerstad
Base Camp
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Redmond
Wash
Allen Auten
Denver
Colo
James B. Corbet
Jackson
Wyo
Richard M. Emerson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Maynard Miller
East Lansing
Mich
UPI Telephotos
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AP Business News
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State Patrol
Governor's Committee On Children and Youth
Albert H. Quie
Robert Dole
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Don L. Short
R-N.d
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