First Woman Clerk Hired at La Crosse Post Office
The La Crosse post office hires its first woman clerk under the 1964 Equal Opportunity Act. Brenda Kay Thein begins as a temporary day-shift clerk, with two more women set to join soon. Seasonal summer assistant Karen Sorenson and Linda Novy also start work, expanding a male-dominated staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Nicholas J. Thein
R. J. la Crosse
Post Office
Lester W. Koblitz
Ein
Thein
la Crosse Sectional Center
Washington
D.C
Koblitz
Mrs. Thein
Brenda Kay Kollender
Middleton, N.Y
Notre Dame Prep School
Towson
Notre Dame College
Baltimore
Westby High School
Albert Roellich
Tribune
YMCA-YWCA Plan Combines Two Organizations
Officials cite youth service as a prime interest and urge support for a new structure that merges YMCA and YWCA functions to extend their outreach and impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ymca-Ywca
Violence after Buddhist peace feeler fails in Saigon
In Saigon 10000 Buddhists heard monks denounce Ky regime and 2000 3000 marched the streets. Vietnamese marines used tear gas and opened fire to disperse the crowd after anti government and anti American banners appeared. Police allowed limited protest until marchers neared a main thoroughfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Chanh Thi
U.S
Thi
Chu Lai
Hue
South
Viet Nam
Marine
Junta
House Votes to Raise Minimum Pay to $1.60 by 1969
The House approved a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $1.60 an hour by 1969, expanding coverage to about 7.2 million workers. The measure moves to the Senate, with supporters aiming for a broader scope and earlier effective dates, while debate over farm and small-business coverage continues.
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Joe Hall Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Afl-Cio
Labor Committee
Osco Drug Leases Former Ward Store Site on Fifth Avenue
F J Hoeschler Corp announces Osco Drug Inc will lease the former Montgomery Ward building at 112 114 5th Ave S. remodeling to start immediately with a planned opening in three months. The 70 by 150 foot ground floor space covers 10 500 square feet and will employ 20 to 25 locally hired staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W
Jake) Hoeschler
F. J. Hoeschler Corp
Montgomery Ward and Co
Osco Drug Inc
Melrose Park
Ill
W. R. Christopherson
Osco
5Th Ave. S
Hoeschler
Christopherson
25 Students Protest Shoe Rule At Madison School
MADISON AP Twenty five pupils staged a sit in outside Van Hise Junior High protesting a school rule requiring proper shoes. Some carried signs as they demonstrated against the footwear regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
van Hise
City to disinfect Isle la Plume effluent under pollution orders
La Crosse faces 1967 capital plan funding for disinfecting Isle la Plume disposal plant effluent after state health and water pollution boards found current treatment fails to remove bacteria. Orders include sewer separation, plus a plan by 1967 and full plant capacity by 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Affolter
la Crosse Tribune
City of la Crosse
Isle la Plume
Board of Public Works
Wisconsin Board of Health and State Committee On
G. Heileman Brewing Co
State Board
Robert Scheible
Goose Island
John McConaughey
la Crosse County
McConaughey
Schelble
Demos Edge May Kill Bill In Assembly
The pollution abatement bill cleared the Senate amid a GOP Democrat clash as a $200 million program advances. A branch banking repeal failed. an education network bill moved to Finance. Senate action creates a three member water quality panel to manage loans and regulatory duties.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Senate
Assembly
Henry Dorman
Racine
Carl Thompson
Stoughton
Chester Dempsey
Hartland
William Draheim
Neenah
Wisconsin
Richard Zaborski
Milwaukee
Dane County
Zaborski
Green Bay
Joint Finance Committee
Froehlich
la Crosse
Wausau
David Obey
Ben Riehler
Athens
State Department of Public Instruction
State
Board of Health
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Ernest J. Novy
Yuba
Richland County
LCU
Sne Gtm
Ship
Labor
Patrick V. McNamara
D-Mich
Ralph W. Yarborough
Dtex
Surveyor
Hughes Aircraft Co
Culver City
California
UPI
Osco Drug Firm
Ward
Jewel Tea Co
Chicago
Rochester
Minn
Midwest
5Th Avenue
Mississippi
la Crosse Rivers
Eugene Hensel
State Board of Health
Hensel
Charles T. Trevallee
Trevallee
Minnesota
Riverside Park
Main Channel
Green Island
Demos Edge
Associated Press
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