Crowd Greets Fest Parade In La Crosse Oktoberfest
An estimated 115 units and more than 100000 spectators lined La Crosse street routes for the Maple Leaf Parade launching the 13th annual Oktoberfest. Winners in band and drill competitions from Minnesota and Illinois highlighted the day as parade officials noted no major issues with the Sunday move.
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la Crosse
Richard Hoeft
Main St
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Federal Blue Stars
New Albia
Iowa
Warriors
Cavalets
Blue Stars
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Curtis Beers
West Salem Farmers Band
UWL
Rose Street
Thomas
Pat) Sprain
S. 15Th St
Angela
Suez Claimed By Egypt as Israel Presses Syrians
Egyptian communiques claim the eastern bank of the Suez Canal is totally controlled while Israel reports Syrian retreat toward Damascus and pursues advancing forces. Cairo says jets bomb Israeli airfields and bridges are destroyed as Richard Nixon seeks U.N. support.
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Israel
Golan Heights
Damascus
Syria
Egypt
East Bank
Suez Canal
Sinai
Washington
Nixon
United States
U.N. Security Council
Mideast
Council
State Radio
Haim Herzog
Cairo
Tel Aviv
British Overseas Airways
Aden
Nairobi
South Yemen
Arabian Peninsula
Mileiz
Bir Tamada
Sharm el-Sheik
Sinai Peninsula
Grandfather Delivers Grandson in Sudden Birth Near South Plainfield
Vincent DeMartino, a New York bartender and South Plainfield Rescue Squad member, acted as obstetrician when his daughter went into labor at home. The newborn Kenneth Michael Hamilton weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces. His father was stationed in Rhode Island.
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South Plainfield
N.J
Vincent DeMartino
Grandpa
New York
Vinnie
DeMartino
Kenneth Michael Hamilton
Kenneth
Rhode Island
Nixon Brezhnev discuss Middle East end to fighting
President Nixon said the United States will propose action to halt the fighting in the Middle East after private messages with Soviet leader Brezhnev. Kissinger and Ziegler outlined efforts for broad UN Security Council support and talks with Egypt and Israel.
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Washington
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nixon
United States
Middle East
Oval Office
Ronald L. Ziegler
Brezhnev
Moscow
Ziegler
Washington- Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
United Nations Security Council
Kissinger
Egypt
Israel
Huang Chen
Commu
Nist
China
U.S
Carthage
Tenn
Cordell Hull
Soviet Union
United Nations
Key Biscayne
F C
White House
Security Council
Weather outlook with regional showers and temps rising
Mostly cloudy conditions turn warmer and humid Monday night into Tuesday with scattered showers possible in the afternoon and evening. Lows near 55 Monday night and highs around 75 Tuesday. Wednesday brings variable clouds and more showers with mid 50s by night.
34 Year Isolation May End For Forgotten Man
Vincent Dawa a 62 year old Philippine immigrant has spent 34 years in state prisons and mental hospitals with minimal contact. A Marin County sanity hearing this week could mark steps toward parole though parole board cannot act while he is deemed insane.
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San Rafael
Calif
Vincent Dawa
Dawa
Marin County Superior Court
Sacramento
Dana
San Quentin
State Parole Board
Department of Corrections
Parole Board
Grace Ignacio
Sacramento County
Cook
Gardner
Philippines
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Sibley, Minn
Anoka
Minn
Lockport, Ill
New Richmond
Sibley Minn
Caledonia
Reedsburg
West Salem
Bangor
Sartell
Rushford
Little Wolfe High School
Nicollet General Assembly
Zarah Patrol
Madison
Lone Star Western
Dubuque
Army
82Nd Airborne Division
Richland Center Hilltoppers
Hilltoppers
Airborne
Rochester, Minn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Viterbo College
Charlie
Trane Co
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Erickson Bakery
Nancy Greer
R. 3
Causeway
Virginia Erickson
Alice Anderson
Rockland
Bangor High School
Kelly Jo Houlihan
Gary Houlihan
Caroline St
Rose and
St. James Streets
Tribune
Gary R. Kiefner
Suez
Herzog
Oval
Ann Landers
Sean
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