Highway Bill Reprieved Amid Uncertain Future in Assembly
In Madison an accelerated highway construction bill won preliminary Assembly approval after a six hour debate, having been initially killed 48 46 then revived 50 44. The measure would bond 26.5 million for interstate work and raise the gasoline tax to seven cents, with most funds for state trunk projects and interest on bonds. The bill faces final passage hurdles as lawmakers seek final action before the Memorial Day break. The Senate advanced several bills including a reconsideration of repealing branch banking. Lieutenant Governor?
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Madison
State Assembly
Assembly
Warren P. Knowles
Frank Nikolay
Abbotsford
Nikolay
Highway Commission
Milwaukee County
Senate
Zaborski
Sen
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Lorge
Dane County
Pentagon tempers Larsen remark irks officers in Washington
General Larsen disputed by Pentagon after stating up to six North Vietnamese regiments massed in Cambodia. Larsen, on leave from Vietnam, said he stood by the report while secretary of state Rusk said he knew nothing of it. Rusk noted Cambodia neutrality abuses and discussed pilots not intruding into Chinese airspace, with one navigation error cited.
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Washington
Pentagon
Stanley R. Larsen
Cambodia
Larsen
South Viet Nam
Defense Department
Dean Rusk
Rusk
U.S
China
Secretary of State
Vets Threaten Boycott Against Hilton Hotels
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion criticized Hilton Hotels after a manager barred a 70 veteran group from a Boulevards Room show. The VFW threatened to pull its national convention from the New York Hilton in August 1926 unless an apology is issued. The incident involved wounded Vietnam veterans from Great Lakes Naval Hospital and drew public protests from local officials and veterans.
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Viet Nam
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Conrad Hilton
Chicago
North Side
Army Pfe
Alan Bonner
South Lyon
Mich
Joe Martinez
Batavia
Ill
Tom Burdick
Janesville
Wis
UPI Telephoto
Mundelein, Ill
Hilton
Andy Borg
Superior
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
New York Hilton
American Legion
L. Eldon James
Europe
America
Mundelein
Parris
Boulevard Room
La Crosse State University to Add Four Story Dorms
Construction will add two four story dormitories at La Crosse State University with 370 beds for women and 226 for men, totaling 596 new beds. Bids totaled 1 744 405 dollars with low bidders named for general construction plumbing heating and electrical work. The project aims to raise on campus beds to 3 100 by 1967 and support facilities include a 2 800 seat food service center and a planned high rise dormitory 10 stories high for occupancy in 1968.
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la Crosse State University
Madison
Bureau of Engineering
15Th Street
Badger and
Pine
Angell Hall
Laux Hall
East Avenue
Farwell
General Construction
Adolfson and Peterson
Minneapolis
Hengel Brothers
la Crosse
Healy Plumbing
St. Paul
Papenfuss Electric Co
14Th and la Crosse Streets
Carl W. Schubert and Associates
Arkansas Anti-Evolution Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Arkansas Chancery Court voided the 1928 anti evolution law as a restriction on learning and teaching. The ruling clears the way to teach Darwin’s theory in public schools while the state plans appeals to the State and possibly US Supreme Courts. The case involved biology teacher Susan Epperson and was pursued at the urging of the Arkansas Education Association.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
Chancery Court
Murray Reed
Reed
Charles Darwin
Atty
Bruce Bennett
U.S. Supreme Court
Jon
University of Missouri
Tennessee
Mississippi
Bennett
Epperson
Susan Epperson
Little Rock Central High School
John Thomas Scopes
Dayton
Tenn
Tennessee Supreme Court
Scopes
Arkansas Education Association
No editions memorial day notice
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish on Memorial Day. No editions will be issued Monday as the newspaper observes the holiday.
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la Crosse Tribune
Escape Flight Crashes Near Bangor In La Crosse County
Two Wausau men escaped serious injury after a Beechcraft Bonanza crash landed in a hilltop hayfield south of Bangor during darkness Friday. Pilot Berv Thorson and passenger Gerald Rainville were treated at La Crosse Hospital, with Rainville held overnight for tests. The engine quit near La Crosse. cause under investigation, possibly fuel exhaustion. The wrecked plane was found Saturday morning by County Patrolman Herbert Garbers after a tip from Julian Anderson.
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Wausau
Ashland
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Berv Thorson
Gerald Rainville
la Crosse Hospital
Thorson
Rainville
Philip G. Arneson
Herbert Garbers
Anderson
Garbers
Fair Weather Continues Into Sunday Across Region
Weather shows fair and continued cool conditions through Sunday with low around 40 and high near 70 on Sunday. Monday remains fair with little temperature change and lows in the 40s.
Causeway Sewer Would Be Expensive
Wisconsin health boards order a sanitary sewer on the Causeway between La Crosse’s North and South Sides to curb Mississippi and La Crosse River pollution. Plans priced at 73500 dollars and a 12.67 per front foot assessment face opposition from property owners wary of months of construction and costly laterals.
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Mississippi
la Crosse
la Crosse Tribune
Wisconsin State and
Superior
Copeland Ave
Causeway
Common Council
State
City Boards of Health
City Health Board
Charles T. Trevallee
Isle la Plume
Board of Public Works
Highway Committee
Scheible
Schelble
State Health Board
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West Allis
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Wisconsin
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Milwaukee
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Hoffman
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Saigon
LCU
Johnson
UPI Radiotelephoto
Hilton Hotels
Great Lakes
Ill) Naval Hospital
Ivanhoe
Paul Foss
Ralph Shields
John Raines
Detroit
Bill Simmons
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Health Department
Paul C. Gotterdam
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