98TH MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED IN LA CROSSE AREA
Thousands gathered in Oak Grove Cemetery and Riverside Park to honor war dead on the 98th Memorial Day. Speakers urged reverence and vigilance, noting sacrifices from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam, with veterans, Civil Air Patrol members, and families participating in parades, services, and wreaths.
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Mississippi River
Navy
Marine Corps
Riverside Park
la Crosse
Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
John R. Moses
Madison
Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
Oak Grove Cemetery
Moses
Juan Dana
Charleston
S.C
United States
South
Viet Nam
Navy Reserve
Civil Air Patrol
Oak Grove
Tokyo Leftists Rally Against U S Nuclear Sub Visit
About 30 000 leftists protested the first U S nuclear powered submarine visit to Yokosuka near Tokyo police called the event orderly Earlier protests gathered 12 000 in Yokosuka while the Snookcrew rest and recreation period drew no harassment of sailors Yet police warned of hothead students from Zengakuren and clashes injured dozens with shop posters torn down by demonstrators Authorities mobilized 5 000 officers to maintain order
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Eugene Levin
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
U.S
Yokosuka
U.S. Naval Base
Snook
Sasebo
Surveyor Adjusts Course for Smoother Lunar Landing
Pasadena based Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports Surveyor 3 0 0 reaches a new landing area in the Sea of Storms 20 miles north of the prior target. The 2200 pound camera craft executes a controlled left roll and a 20 second rocket burst to align for a safer descent.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Moon
Man and wife die in Minnesota traffic crash
A former Sanborn man Herman Essig aged 71 and his wife Amanda 69 were killed when their car collided with a pickup near Redwood Falls Minnesota. Mrs Elty Blank 69 was injured and John E Jordan 35 the pickup driver was hospitalized. The crash occurred eight miles southwest of Redwood Falls on a township road.
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Sanborn
Minn
Redwood Falls
Minnesota
Herman Essig
Amanda
Essigs
San Bernardino
Calif
Elty Blank
Cedar
Essig
John E. Jordan
Red Lake Falls
U.S. 71
Darryl Greiger
Stewartville
Lee
Billion dollar plea for traffic safety to cut fatalities
National Safety Council president Howard Pyle urged a $1 billion yearly increase for traffic safety to halve highway deaths. Memorial Day weekend set a record with 542 traffic fatalities, 47 drownings and 93 boating deaths. Wisconsin logged eight traffic deaths on the weekend, with 47 drownings nationwide over the period. Police noted a mix of single and multi-vehicle crashes, including a Sobiski Corners utility pole collision.
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National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Wisconsin
Preholiday
Safety Council
Coun- Utility Pole
Cil
Phillip Hantschel
Green Bay
The Weeky Grocery Bill Shows Sharp Meat Price Rise
Government and Associated Press surveys show weekly shopping costs rose about 7 percent from March last year with meat prices climbing 21.5 percent. Across 12 cities, total bills were similar in the AP and government checks, naming Cleveland as cheapest and San Francisco and Boston as costliest.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Associated Press Budget Brigade
U. S. Department of Labor
Government Checkers
Cleveland
San Francisco
AP Checker
Boston
Baltimore
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Washington, D.C
County Hospital Patient Drowns In Lake Neshonoc
The body of Lee C. Bradford a 59 year old La Crosse County Hospital patient who swam alone at Lake Neshonoc was recovered Sunday evening. Bradford born December 10 1906 in Eveleth Minnesota was deemed to have drowned accidentally by County Coroner Dr Michael J Watunga. Two boaters Lindy L Wemmer and Calvin Johnson found the body near the lake center and notified authorities.
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la Crosse County Hospital
Lake Neshonoc
Lee C. Bradford
Leonard Yeske
Sheriff's Deputies
Bradford
Yeske
Lindy L. Wemmer
R. 2
Bangor
Calvin Johnson
West Salem
Sheriff Department
la Crosse County
Michael J. Watunga
Bradford Was
Eveleth
Minn
Buddhist Talks with Vietnam Junta Amid Protests
Buddhist leaders met Premier Ky and Chief of State Thieu in Saigon in a bid to end anti government protests by compromise. The meeting followed self immolations by a Hue girl and other acts of protest linked to U.S. support of Ky. In the war, U S air forces conducted heavy raids against North Vietnam while ground fighting persisted near Quang Ngai and across the central highlands.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Hue
Thich
Tam Chau
Buddhist Institute
Gia Long Palace
Thieu
Thich Tri Quang
Buddhist Struggle
Quang
South Vetnamese
Tich Tinh Khiet
Tri Quang
Nguyen Thi van
Thanh Hoi
U.S
North Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
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James
Holmlund
Cameron Park
Oak
Riverside
Hobson
Kitty Hawk
Zengakuren Students Association
Ralph Dighton
The
Pettibone Beach
Eugene Fry
Oconto County
Sobiski Corners
Barbara Lemonrond
Black Creek
Bonduel
Cynthia Jo Matz
Middleton
William L. Sauer
White Lee
Evelyn
Jerome
Mary Lou) Saterbak
William
Nancy) Saterbak
Robert
Sara Ann) Miner
Sun Prairie
Sara) Johnson
Minneapolis
Christ Episcopal Church
Kenneth L. True
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
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