Da Nang Hit By Heaviest Shelling In Three Months
Communist gunners intensified rocket and mortar attacks on Da Nang causing light casualties and damage. The fiercest assault featured a ground clash near the U.S. 1st Division lines as 15 enemy soldiers attacked. 12 bodies were found and 14 weapons captured after dawn. One American was killed and 12 wounded along with additional American and South Vietnamese fatalities and injuries elsewhere.
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George Esper
Saigon
da Nang
U.S. 1St Division
U.S
South Vietnam
Camlo
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Mekong
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Dong Tam
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Hoang Xuan Lam
10 Percent Cut In School Budget Urged By Aldermen
La Crosse district officials warn 707000 budget cut could force fall 1969 school shutdown. School Board president Rev. Roland Schwandt and Supt. Edsel Vergin predict losses across maintenance, capital outlay, summer programs, and most or all instructional areas possibly including athletics if the cut stands. A December 3 public hearing will reveal how the district can cope.
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la Crosse
Common Council Finance Committee
Roland Schwandt
Schwandt
Common Council
Edsel Vergin
Vergin
Three Policemen Shot in Bay Area Panthers Gun Battle
San Francisco police wounded and allies say three officers were hit in a gun battle near a station as two patrolmen stopped a panel truck linked to the Black Panthers. Mayor Alioto calls for grand jury probe into involved groups.
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San Francisco
Joseph L. Alioto
Robert Flynn
Black Panther
Black Community News Service
John Palou
Dermott Creedon
Alioto
Creedon
Flynn
O’mahoney
O'Mahoney
John Hanifin
Picketing Continues As SFSU Reopens Amid Tense Violence
San Francisco State University resumes classes for 18,000 students under plainclothes police observation after last week’s campus violence linked to minority education demands. The Student Strike Committee urges continued mass action while President Robert D. Smith backs a full schedule with police protection. The Black Students Union pushes for Murray reinstatement, more Negro culture courses, and greater minority admissions.
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SAN Francisco
San Francisco State College
Robert D. Smith
Smith
State College System
Glenn Dumke
George ‘Murray
Murray
Black Students Union
Boy, 16, accidentally shoots brother in La Crosse
A 16 year old La Crosse youth accidentally killed his 10 year old brother Tuesday evening. Michael Sather was handling a 30 30 rifle when a misloaded chamber fired the fatal shot. Gregory Sather died at the hospital. He is survived by his mother two brothers and maternal grandparents. Funeral services are planned Friday at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church with burial at Mormon Coulee Memorial Park. Friends may call Thursday evening and Friday until the service.
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la Crosse
Gregory Sather
Vera Sather
Michael Sather
Michael
Gregory
Dav
Norman Nelson
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
Schumacher Funeral Home
State Budget Requests Total 1.77 Billion
Madison AP hearings on budget requests totaling 1.77 billion, a 54 percent rise over current spending, begin Friday. The two year total exceeds the current 1.1 billion biennium by 624.5 million, with education agencies leading the surge. Governor Knowles to present recommendations by February 1, with tax increases anticipated.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Paul L. Brown
Brown
Mill Rate Hike Of 3.25 Favored By La Crosse Committee
La Crosse Common Council Finance Committee backed a 3.25 mill tax increase and a 10 percent cut of 707,094 from the 1969 school request. The tentative school budget rises to 6.36 million, with the tax rate set at 48.5 mills. Public hearing scheduled for Dec 3 at 8 p.m. The panel noted teacher salaries, approved reductions, and projected an $811,000 cut in the school levy after applying other income and a bond-issue maintenance allocation.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse Common Council
L. Peter Groves
13Th Ward
Groves
Curtis Storck
14Th Ward
la Crosse
Storck
LEA
Loren C. Wardwell
9Th Ward
Senator On Airliner Hit By Blast Fire
A Continental Airlines 707 diverted to Denver after a blast and fire on board. Passenger Lawrence B. Havelock, 47, of Lake George, Colo., was arrested on federal aircraft destruction charges. he faced $10,000 bail as officials investigated saboteur theories. Flight crew and hostesses aided passengers. two attendants helped fight the blaze while the plane landed safely on a foam-covered runway.
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FBI
Lawrence B. Havelock
Lake George
Colo
Helga Wood
Hansen
Denver
Wood
Augsburg
Germany
Miss Eriksen
Sweden
Havelock
Czechoslovakia
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J. C. Patrick J. Nugent
Lyndon Johnson
John W. Pauly
Albany
N.Y
Phan Rang
Nugent
Luci Johnson Nugent
Lyn
Hawaiian Islands
Elizabeth Staley
Gunnar A. Gundersen Jr
Raymond Sauer
la Crosse Education Asso- See
Joseph Alioto
Michael O’mahoney
University of Wisconsin
State University System
Department of Public Instruction
By Donald W. Affolter
Board For Education
la Crosse, ‘Education Association
Finance i
Sen
Clifford Hansen
Tribune
The
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