Hirohito honors U S war dead at Arlington Tomb
Emperor Hirohito placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery after a 21 gun salute. He read the inscription on the grave and was escorted by Maj. Gen. Robert G. Yerks as hundreds watched. The visit followed a White House state dinner and aimed to thank Americans for postwar reconstruction.
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Arlington Cemetery
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American Red Cross
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New York
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City Drops Curtain On Star For Show
La Crosse plans to celebrate its new status as the most livable small city scrapped a $35,000 major entertainment production. Committee chair L Peter Groves said the city would be better off without the show and that $15,000 for the celebration was approved subject to council action. Entertainers had shown interest at reduced rates including Danny Thomas Red Skelton Patti Page and Rosemary Clooney.
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la Crosse
L. Peter Groves
Common Council
Groves
Patrick Zielke
Danny Thomas
Red Skelton
Patti Page
Rosemary Clooney
City Bus Fleet Faces 10 More Buses Debate
Swanson questions whether the La Crosse transit system can justify adding ten buses as costs rise from 55 000 to 62 000 dollars per unit with an 80 percent federal subsidy. The city, which took over the privately run system last year, currently has 24 usable buses with many nearing end of life by 1977. A leasing alternative was suggested but rejected due to lack of subsidies and the goal of fleet standardization.
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Page Swanson
20Th Dist
la Crosse Transit System
Flanagan
Oktoberfest raises city arrests and tense policing
Police and court records show Oktoberfest weekends spike public consumption arrests from four or five detentions to twelve or thirteen, with officers working long shifts. Aldermen discuss repealing the consumption law as critics call it overly strict, while county officers hope for severe weather to ease activity.
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Eugene A. Toepel
James Jacobson
3Rd Street
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Helen Kelly
La Crosse Tribune Classifieds Contact Info
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Hearst and Harris Pair Indicted on Kidnaping and Robbery Charges
In Los Angeles a grand jury indicted Patricia Hearst and William and Emily Harris on eleven counts arising from a 1974 crime spree. The most serious count carries a potential life sentence. arraignments are planned, with Hearst held in San Mateo County Jail awaiting federal bank robbery trial.
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Harrises
Miss Hearst
Milk Price Support Raised To Aid Dairy Farmers
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz announced a 6.5 percent rise in the basic milk price support to 7.71 dollars per 100 pounds for manufacturing grade. He said the increase aims to give producers assurance to stay in business without raising consumer prices and to ensure future milk supply.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Butz
House committee backs Sinai peace monitor plan
The House International Relations Committee approved a resolution to deploy 200 Americans to Sinai to monitor the Israeli Egyptian peace accord with a withdrawal proviso if a new Mideast war breaks out. Kissinger testified to Senate committee as Speaker Albert eyed a full House vote next Thursday.
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House International Relations Committee
Sinai
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Kissinger
Mideast
Carl Albert
Border Watch Near Canada for Suspected Assassins
Authorities scan the Canadian frontier for three Montreal escapees suspected of plotting to assassinate President Ford and Emperor Hirohito. No crossing evidence yet. alert issued Wednesday targets a blue station wagon with California plates. Immigration officials in Champlain, New York, report no new information on the vehicle.
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N.Y
Montreal
Ford
Hirohito
Washington
Massachusetts
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California
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Champlain
Country Singer Tammy Wynette Hospitalized for Observation
Country star Tammy Wynette, 32, was admitted to Laramie County Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne for observation after arriving from Nashville with a tour group. Officials said she was in satisfactory condition later Thursday. details were unavailable. She had performed in Denver and was traveling by private bus to Salt Lake City for a Friday engagement.
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Wyo
Tammy Wynette
Laramie County Memorial Hospital
Miss Wynette
Nashville
Tenn
Denver
Salt Lake City
Kennedy Jr. cancer appears cured says surgeon
Harvard Medical School surgeon Dr. Norman Jaffe told an audience at the Medical Center of Western Massachusetts that 14 year old Edward Kennedy Jr. shows no residual signs of cancer after his 1973 leg amputation. The doctor noted the cancer type is extremely rare and linked to Teddy Kennedy’s son.
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Mass
Harvard Medical School
Edward Kennedy Jr
Teddy Kennedy
Norman Jaffe
Massachusetts
Jaffe
Young Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Spaghetti House siege ends as six hostages freed
Six Italian hostages were released and three gunmen surrendered after five days in a windowless basement storeroom. The hostage situation concluded when Scotland Yard said the gang leader shot himself in the stomach and was rushed to a hospital. The Italians were checked and reunited with their families.
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London
Scotland Yard
Argentine Leader Forms National Defense Council Against Terror
Acting President Italo Luder ordered top military commanders to spearhead an anti-terror campaign as 460 deaths attributed to political violence push Argentina toward nationwide military action. The National Defense Council will include Luder, the defense minister, and service chiefs.
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Argentina
Italo Luder
Luder
National Defense Council
Bette Davis criticizes modern film permissiveness in London tour
Actress Bette Davis, 67, says today’s films have too much permissiveness while wishing for more honest content. She notes she could have made more truthful films with greater privilege, and prepares for a monthlong England and Ireland tour.
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London
Bette Davis
England
Ireland
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