Damascus Bombed as Ground War Expands Across Mid East
Israeli jets bomb Damascus driving a major escalation as ground fighting rages along the Suez Canal and Golan Heights. Reports say Cairo was warned and air raids hit targets including the Syrian Defense Ministry and radio station with units contesting control of the Sinai border area.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Middle East
Suez Canal
Golan Heights
Cairo
Israel
Syrian Defense Ministry
Lebanese Defense Ministry
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Marta Servic
Tel Aviv
Sinai
Homs
United Nations
Jerusalem
U.N
Festmaster Gives Kiss at Ethnic Night Event
Jan Brimnie of Franklin Park Illinois receives a kiss from Fest master Richard Beggs at Ethnic Night held in Mary E Sawyer Auditorium. The program also featured a Westby grade school group performing a Norwegian number.
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Jan Brimnie
Franklin Park
Ill
Wooden Shoe
Richard Beggs
Farnam St
Mary E. Sawyer
Westby
Tribune
Gary R. Kiefner
Ethnic Night Brings Family Vibe To Oktoberfest Event
Ethnic Night at Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium drew about 1500 as Fest president John Sherman praised renewed family spirit. UW La Crosse performers from UW L led German polkas and Bavarian dances while Concord Singers of New Ulm joined in.
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Mary E. Sawyer
Fest
John Sherman
Dick Beggs
Sandra Marx
Minnesota
Illinois
Harriet Stapleton
Caledonia
Ireland
Kitty
Des Plaines
Netherlands
Michael Lynch
St. James Parish
la Crosse
Lynch
England
France
Germany
China
Switzerland
United States
Spain
Mexico
Russia
Austraia
Tahiti
Westby
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Uw-L
Concord Singers
New Ulm
Minn
Festmaster Beggs
Coulee Chordsmen
Weather outlook with warm humid spells and showers
Variable cloudiness continues with warm humid conditions and periods of showers. A 60 percent chance of precipitation Tuesday night and Wednesday, with locally heavy showers possible. Lows near 63 Tuesday night, highs around 75 Wednesday, and southeasterly winds 8 to 18 mph. Thursday brings cooler 55 and more showers.
Wisconsin final census yields La Crosse gain of 237
Final population counts from the Wisconsin Department of Administration show La Crosse at 48,800, up 237 from preliminary estimates but still down about 2,300 from the 1970 census. Milwaukee and Milwaukee County gain, while several suburbs lose. legal actions loom for further adjustments.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Council On Population Estimates
Department of Administration
Joe Nusbaum
Milwaukee County
Beloit
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Racine
Menomonee Falls
Brookfield
New Berlin
Waukesha
Green Bay
Desmond McCullagh
Frank Hedgcock
Nusbaum
Jordan Bridge Scene of Fire and Fighting in War Front
Israeli forces push on the Syrian and Egyptian fronts during the Yom Kippur War with tanks, artillery, and air strikes. At the Jordan Bridge area near the Golan Heights a checkpoint and U N post overlook the fighting as a wounded soldier arrives by ambulance.
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Cairo
Tel Aviv
el Mansoura
Nile Delta
Yaakov Bridge
Israel
Jordan
Golan Heights
U.N
Syria
Bulance
Tiberias
Georgetown researchers unveil ACTA Scanner X-ray breakthrough
Washington AP Georgetown University scientists announce a new computerized X ray method with four times more detail for diagnosis. The ACTA Scanner creates cross sectional views displayed on a TV screen using a pencil thin beam and sodium iodide detectors, producing color enhanced tissue profiles in minutes.
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Washington (Ap
Georgetown University
Robert S. Ledley
Biophysics
Georgetown
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Houari Boumedienne
Algeria
Moscow
Hafez Assad
Quenitra
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Festmaster
Alexander
Jerry Gilbertson
West Salem
UWL
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Tri-State
Ann Landers
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