Indicted in Minn. Insurance Fraud Case Involving Kitzer Family
A Minnesota federal grand jury indicted seven teen men and executives tied to American Allied Insurance Co and its Chicago banks for a $4 million fraud scheme. The defendants include Cyrus Magnusson, Illinois bankers Jer ome Sax John Carroll and Maurice Mettel, with Magnusson denying wrongdoing and vowing to defend. The case centers on improper use of bonds and false capital claims to bolster a financially impaired firm. A preliminary hearing is set for November 10 in St. Paul.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
American Allied Insurance Co
St. Paul
Phillip Jr
Joseph
American Allied
Cyrus Magnusson
Exchange National Bank
Kitter
Magnusson
Samuel William Sax
William Sax
Jerome Sax
U. S
Edward J. Devitt
Kitter Companies
Minnesota Insurance
American
Allied Insurance Co
American Allied Mutual Insurance Co
State Bank of Clearing
Chicago
Phillip Kitzer Sr
U.S. Treasury
Two Harbors, Minn
Orville Freeman
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Freeman
Karl F. Rolvaag
Rolvaag
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Mattson
Insurance Department
Kitzers
Couple Escapes Serious Injury In Plane Crash
A former stunt flier Clifford E Fitch Sr and his wife Reather 63 and 60 escaped serious injury when their Cessna Skyhawk crashed on takeoff from Waukon Iowa airport en route to Rochester Minnesota. The aircraft clipped a fence shed gear and wing and was damaged extensively. They were treated and released from Waukon Memorial Hospital.
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Waukon, Iowa
Waukon
Rochester
Minn
Clifford E. Fitch Sr
Fitch
Reather
Chicago Heights
Ill
Waukon Memorial Hospital
Blatnik Reported In Good Condition After Surgery
Rep. John Blatnik of Minnesota was reported in good condition after Friday's Mayo Clinic surgery for bleeding ulcers. He remains at Methodist Hospital with an expected 10 to 14 day stay for recovery.
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Rochester, Minn
John Blatnik
D-Minn
Mayo Clinic
Methodist Hospital
Blatnik
Weekend Forecast: Clouds Mild with Weekend Temp Rise
Variable cloudiness and mild through Sunday. Low Saturday night mid 40s, high Sunday around 60 to 65. Monday outlook shows partly cloudy with little temperature change. Lows Monday morning near 40 to 45.
Luci Nugent and Boyfriend Seek Consent to Marry
Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent of Waukegan Illinois spend the weekend at the LBJ Ranch amid unconfirmed reports they seek permission from President and Mrs Johnson to wed. Nugent accompanied Johnson to the ranch aboard an Air Force courier plane amid Secret Service oversight.
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Frances Lewine
Johnson City
Tex
Luci Johnson
Pat Nugent
Waukegan
Ill
LBJ
Johnson
Austin
White’ House
Washington
Luci
Pat
Air Force
White House
Beth Jenkins
CB&Q Railroad To Lay Off 200 Workers
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad plans layoffs totaling about 200, with 100 non operating workers in Aurora Illinois and about 100 in Lincoln Nebraska slated for layoff effective Tuesday. Additional cuts may affect 80 mechanics. Denver and Omaha have smaller or unclear impacts as part of a drive to trim operating expenses due to reduced revenues.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Aurora
Ill
Lincoln
Neb
Denver
Omaha
Burlington
Cleary
Civic Center
Chambers of Commerce
Schneider
Oktoberfest Corporation
Alex Skover
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Cashton Man Dies After Ditch Digging Bucket Strike
Lawrence Ripley age 34 dies after a bucket from a Cashton ditch digging machine strikes him in the head at 3 p.m. in front of the Francis Hundt home. He is pronounced dead at Vernon Memorial Hospital. Ripley, who ran Ripley Brothers garage, is survived by his wife Donna Peters and four children, with services set for Trinity Lutheran Church Monday.
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Cashton
Wis
Lawrence Ripley
Gerald Hemmersbach
Ronald Pearson
Ripley
Vernon Memorial Hospital
Mr. Ripley
Ripley Brothers Garage
John
Donna Peters
Renee
Robyn
Rita
Todd
Jennie Ripley
Miners Point
Clarence Miller
Dale Whitford
Mineral Point
Trinity Lutheran Church
Duane Bottsen
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Torkelson Funeral Home
Marines Repel Viet Cong With Pistols
Marines fight hand to hand from tents near Da Nang and repel a human wave assault. A spokesman says 56 Viet Cong dead, many teenagers, with moderate Marine casualties. one squad suffers two killed and others wounded. Plei Me camp shelled and Mekong Delta assaults reported.
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Ronald I. Deutsch
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Plei Me
Highlands
Mekong
Harry Dowdy
Salisbury
New Jersey Baton Twirler Is 1966 Miss Teenage America
Colette Agnes Daiute, 16, of Paramus New Jersey wins the 1966 Miss Teenage America pageant in Dallas. Judges praise her warm personality and baton dancing. She receives a $10 000 scholarship to study languages at Syracuse University and aims to become an interpreter. Runners up include Judy Jacob of Southfield Michigan and Cynthia Anne Byrum of Charlotte North Carolina.
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Chamber
John B. Coleman
Roy E. Kumm
Ray Ewing
Don E. Rice
Oktoberfest Corporation
Chamber Board
Dallas, Tex
Colette Agnes Daiute
Paramus
Colette
Abigail van Buren
Judy Jacob
Southfield
Mich
Detroit
Cynthia Anne Byrum
Charlotte, N.C
Syracuse University
Trav
New Jersey
New York
New York City
Carol Ann Hare
San Antonio
Tex
Deborah Mary Sale
Piggot
Ark
Poplar Bluff
Linda Sullivan
Dallas
LeAnne Davidson Turner
Tulsa
Okla
Bus Timetables Shaped By CST Return Across Wisconsin
With standard time resumed at 2 a.m. Sunday revised La Crosse bus schedules list new daily departures to multiple cities including Viroqua Richland Center Madison Milwaukee Chicago Winona Rochester Mankato Minneapolis Caledonia Decorah Cedar Rapids Sparta Tomah Black River Falls Decorah Waterloo and more. Services run at various times from early morning through night with several routes excluding Sundays.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Viroqua
Richland Center
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Winona
Rochester
Mankato
Minneapolis
Minn
Caledonia
Spring Grove
Decorah
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sparta
Tomah
Black River Falls
Lansing
Waterloo
Whitehall
Eau Claire
Rice Lake
Superior
Duluth
Manston
Hillview Home Employees Move to Fact-Finding
Negotiations between La Crosse County and Hillview Home employees have stalled. The Hillview Home Local 750 union plans to petition the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board for fact-finding arbitration. The union cites wage and benefits demands and says the county has offered only a wage raise per a state wage survey and an adjustment for female laundry workers.
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la Crosse County
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Gladys Tucker
Eugene Doyle
Eau Claire
Wisconsin Council of State
Doyle
Hillview Home
EB. Ro
Land
Board of
Wisconsin Bureau of Personnel
Hoover Warns Civil Disobedience Threatens Law Order
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned civil disobedience will raise crime and erode law enforcement. He cautioned that refusal to obey laws could accelerate crime, undermine institutions protecting freedoms, and push the nation toward anarchy amid protests over civil rights and Vietnam policy.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau
Hoover
United States
Viet Nam
Martin Luther King Jr
Demeanor
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David M. Lees
Culver City
Calif
Department of Motor Vehicles
Rose Brenner
Lees
Brenner
UPI
Chicago Bank
Lyndon Johnson
Walter Jenkins
Nugent
Marquette University
Illinois
Gerard P. Nugent Sr
Young Nugent
Cb&q Railroad
Thomas
Jenks
la Crosse Tribune
Greater la Crosse
B. T. Hall
Arri Nichols
Fred Kramer
James Ash
Russell Cleary
Carl Schneider
Sam Fellows
Kramer
Tion
Smyth
Chamber Board of Directors
Peggy Simpson
UPI Telephoto
Colette Daiute
Miss Teenage America
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