Viet Cong Attacks Kill Civilians Near Saigon Town
Viet Cong grenades hit Saigon and Long Thanh district town 20 miles from the capital. Civilians including six AID workers wounded. 85 houses burned as mortar and ground assaults kill 20 and wound 50. U S forces report light action elsewhere. B 52s continue strikes on approaches to Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Agency For International Development
Long Thanh
Phan Thiet
Tay Ninh
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Kontum
Central Highlands
Johnson Eyes Confederate Protection and Viet Nam Updates
Reports from Cohen detail education needs for 1968 69 with a record 58 5 billion spending and 500000 more teachers by 1975. Johnson awards a presidential unit citation to the Fifth Marine Regiment for valor in Viet Nam and seeks White House Fellows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Office of Education
Christian Said Johnson
Fifth Marine Regiment
Fifth Marine Division
Vietnam
Gene's Backers Urge Making Of A Fourth Party
About 3000 people gathered on Boston Common to hear Eugene McCarthy backers urge a new fourth party Critics labeled the Chicago Democratic Convention a repressive atmosphere and linked violence to the event Speakers cited Mayor Daley and Hubert Humphrey as targets and discussed write in efforts for McCarthy's name in elections
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene
Boston
Eugene McCarthy
Chicago
Citizens For Participation Politics
McCarthy Campaign
Richard J. Daley
Leonard Fein
Daley
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eisenhower Continues Favorable Recovery Progress
Washington (RP) Former President Dwight D Eisenhower shows favorable progress after his seventh heart attack doctors said at Walter Reed Army Hospital He had a comfortable night and daily bulletins will end unless the general's condition changes He 77 reads Western novels while confined to bed following his April 29 Palm Springs heart attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Reed Army Hospital
Monay
Eisenhower
Palm Springs
Calif
Medication Course Offered To Nurses
Nurses returning to work or seeking a drug review may join a medication course at Lutheran Hospital. Sessions run Tuesdays and Thursdays 2 to 3 p.m. in the nurses home classroom, starting Sept. 17 and continuing to mid December. No fee or employment obligation. Contact Nancy Higgerson, director of in service education, La Crosse Lutheran Hospital, 1910 South Ave., La Crosse. Inquiries due by Sept. 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Hospital
Nancy Higgerson
Inservice Education
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
South Ave
la Crosse
Rockland Farmer Injured In Fall From Machinery Shed
A Rockland area farmer, Larry Cavadini, 33, was treated at St. Francis Hospital after falling about 10 feet into a corn planter while in a machinery shed around 10 a.m. He sustained back and shoulder injuries and a arm gash. County traffic police transported him from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
la Crosse
Larry Cavadini
St. Francis Hospital
Radio Highlights Baseball Twins and Cubs Matchups
Tuesday at 7 45 p m on WKBH features Minnesota Twins versus Boston Red Sox. Wednesday at 1 25 p m on WKTY covers Chicago Cubs versus San Francisco Giants in a doubleheader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
San Francisco Giants
Pickets Reported At I-90 Construction Near West Salem
State Highway Commission reported picketing along Interstate 90 construction near West Salem. No details on demands or identities given. Pickets observed across the railroad tracks from West Salem toward Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
West Salem
Bangor
No Hope For Spending Cuts Proxmire Says
Sen. William Proxmire argues the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia destroys any hope of matching the recent tax increase with spending cuts. He previously sought a $5 billion to $10 billion reduction before the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proxmire
Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Czechoslovakia
Purse thefts report multiple early Monday incidents
Inez Oestreich reports $66 stolen from her purse at home on 315 S. 7th St. Other thefts include Susan Gantert losing $12 from her purse at North Side Beach and Earl Thompson having a wheel and tire stolen from his car on Logan Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Oestreich
S. 7Th St
la Crosse
Susan Gantert
Winnebago St
North Side Beach
Earl Thompson
Logan St
Local deaths list includes several victims with ages and hometowns
A memorial notice lists victims of a tragedy: Gregory Sega 19 Duluth Leonard Hamren 32 rural Wright Albert Giddings 66 Two Harbors David Burge Fargo Edward Mergen 55 Chicago Ann Mergen 57 Theodore Nygaard 66 Gary Marlo Larson 46 Moundsview and Larsons son James 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dic
Gregory M. Sega
Duluth
Leonard ‘Hamren
Rural Wright
Minn
Albert E. Giddings
Two Harbors Minn
David J. Burge
Fargo
N.D
Edward O. Mergen
Chicago
Mergin
Ann
Theodore Nygaard
Gary
Marlo J. Larson
Moundsview
Larson
James
Two Minnesotans Drown When Boat Overturns
GRAND RAPIDS Minn AP two young Minnesotans drowned when their 14 foot boat overturned on Prairie Lake five miles north of Grand Rapids. Bradley Emerson 19 of Albert Lea and Mary Claremont 17 of Cohasset were recovered late Monday. Five others survived after Paul Jacobson 17 alerted help.
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Grand Rapids
Minn
Prairie Lake Monnday
Bradley Emerson
Albert Lea
Mary Claremont
Cohasset
Paul Jacobson
Emerson
Miss Claremont
Births listed in Wisconsin hospitals Aug. 26 to Aug. 31
Birth notices from Lutheran Hospital La Crosse St Francis Hospital Tomah Vernon Memorial and University Hospital Minneapolis report multiple new arrivals. Newborns include sons and daughters to Larson Anderson Welper Hartley Mroz Woolley Moulis Jacobson Peterson Stade Gerling and additional details with parent names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Robert L. Larson
Rose St
Audry Knecht
St. Francis Hospital
Myron Anderson
la Crescent
Minn
Florence Demmer
Chester Mroz
R. 1
la Crosse
Susan Wiseman
Darrel Woolley
Dresbach
Cheryl Kennicott
Delbert Welper
Chase St
Colleen Kane
Joseph Hartley
New Albin
Iowa
Bernadette DeFlorian
Fred Olson
Vesta Drive
Virginia Meyers
Joseph Moulis Jr
S. 22Nd Drive
Joan Meier
Frank Gerling
Deerwood Drive
Minnetonka
Janice Krause
Four Drownings Mark Wisconsin Labor Day Boating
Four people drowned in Wisconsin during Labor Day weekend in boating accidents. Mary Urban 26 Belleville Illinois drowned Monday night on Lake Delton when her outboard boat tipped as she reached for the anchor. her body recovered by a Lake Delton rescue squad. Edwin Hedman 59 Liberty New York drowned Monday when his motorboat capsized on North Pelican Lake near Rhinelander. Robert Roe 19 Carpentersville Illinois drowned Saturday while fishing Lac Court Oreilles in Sawyer County. Peter Melchiors 69 Kaukauna disappeared Friday while fishing and was recovered later in the Chippewa River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Mary Lee Urban
Belleville
Ill
Lake Delton
Andrew
Chippewa River
Wisconsin Dairies Plans Fifth Annual Delegate Meet
Wisconsin Dairies Inc of Baraboo will hold its fifth annual delegate meeting on Wednesday September 7 at Webb High School in Reedsburg. Robert J William general manager says seating for 16 new directors and election of a new nine man executive committee. More than 270 delegates from 18 counties across southwestern Wisconsin are expected to attend representing about 2000 dairy farmer members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo Wis
Wisconsin Dairies, Inc
Baraboo
Webb High School
Reedsburg
Robert J. William
Wisconsin
Kenosha Man Reports Car Break-In In La Crosse
Arthur Engstler of Kenosha told La Crosse police Sunday that his car was entered Saturday night and items valued at 108 dollars were stolen. The loot included an eight dollar jumper table a seventy five dollar diamond ring and a ten and a fifteen cent meter. A vent window was broken he said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Engstler
Kenosha
la Crosse
Weather report for Lacrosse and surrounding region
Showers and thunderstorms likely tonight with a mid 60s low. Wednesday brings cooler conditions and upper 70s highs. Wisconsin sees showers and storms in the northwest moving east. warmer Wednesday with more showers. Minnesota reports scattered northern showers, cooler Wednesday. Iowa forecasts showers and storms tonight and Wednesday with severe storms in the southwest. cooler statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Federal riot control funds allotted to 40 states
Near ly 4 million in federal funds earmarked for riot control or prevention will be distributed among 40 states and the District of Columbia. The Justice Department says the money will cover up to 75 percent of costs for projects aimed at preventing detecting and controlling civil disorders. Funds will fund police community relations equipment protective gear chemical supplies and related tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Atty
Ramsey Clark
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Clark
Wyoming
California
Robbery Reported In La Crosse On South 6th Street
A La Crosse resident told police he was robbed of $16 in the 200 block of South 6th Street. Mark Devine of 1816 Kane Street said two suspects approached him near the Country Kitchen and American Legion Clubrooms, grabbed his billfold, and took $16 after he ran.
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la Crosse
South 6Th Street
Mark Devine
Kane St
Country Kitchen
7Th
King Sts
Hospital Transfers and Theft Report Highlight Local Incidents
County records note transit of Lillian Chamberlin from County Hospital to St Francis Hospital on Sept 1 at 6 47 PM and Mrs Oscar Dean moved from Grandview Hospital to Mulder Nursing Home on Sept 3 at 8 30 AM. Myron Wheeler reported a $300 eight by ten window broken at his Citgo Service Center on Sept 1 at 9 45 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
Lillian Chamberlin
County Hospital
St.Francis Hospital
Oscar Dean
Grandview Hospital
Mulder
Myron Wheeler
la Crosse
Malinda
Cen- Lee
Mulder Nursing Hameter
Mormon Coulee Road
St. Francis Hospital
Border Clash Kills 2 Soldiers on Syrian-Israeli Line
Syria says two soldiers died in a 20 minute machine gun exchange along the cease fire line with Israel. Syrian military communique accuses Israeli armored cars of starting the clash. Israeli casualties were not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Moody to face death penalty in Lori Gunn case
Midland District Attorney James Mashburn said he will seek the passing sentence for rookie officer Michael Lee Moody, 24, in the death of 2 year old Lori Gunn. Moody waived an examining trial and has been in jail since his arrest after Lori was found in a Walcher home sleeping bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland, Tex
Lori Gunn
James Mashburn
Michael Lee Moody
Moody
Arab League
Cairo
Tunisia
Tayeb Fant
Jas Sahabani
Lori
Sahaba
Udeclared
Midland
Egypt
Jack Walcher
Walcher Home
Vince Conklin
Walcher House
Conklin
Harry Gunn
The
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Boys' Club Starts Its Fall Program
The La Crosse Boys' Club begins its fall program for boys ages 8 to 18. It operates weekdays 3 30 to 9 p m and Saturdays 9 a m to 5 p m. Football is for ages 8 to 12 and hockey for older boys. Summer attendance averaged 165 per day, up from 150 in 1967.
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la Crosse
Go Kart Motor Theft Suspect Found With Stolen Part
A 15 year old La Crosse boy stole a power mower motor from David Atkinson at 807 North St. The motor was found on the boy’s homemade go kart when police recovered the item from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
David Atkinson
North St. Atkinson
Sinclair Lewis Home Becomes National Landmark in Sauk Centre
The boyhood home of Sinclair Lewis in Sauk Centre Minnesota was dedicated as a national landmark along with 12 other sites. A barbecue luncheon speeches by politicians and stockbrokers slides and a prize highlighted the ceremony. The town plans annual Labor Day barbecues and promotes visiting during summer months.
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Sauk Centre
Minn
Sinclair Lewis
Allan Polipnick
Lewis
Polipnick
Main Street
Market quotes from National Dealers as of 9:00 a.m.
National Association of Securities Dealers inter-dealer prices listed for various stocks and commodities. Includes entries for CW Transport Dial Finance Fabri Tek First Bank Stock and many others with bid and ask ranges and noted adjustments for retail markup. Weather and river readings for the Mississippi area accompany the financial data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
CW Transport
Dial Finance
Fabri-Tek, Inc
First Bank
Howell Instr
Lincoln Nat! Life
Dakota
McQuay, Inc
Nekoosa
Western Power
T.W
Wis. Pwr
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
Dodge
Galesville
Sentative Inter - Dealer
la Crosse
West Salem
Root
Houston
Mississippi River
Mission
Wed. Thur
Winona
Approxis la Crosse
C Cooler Co
Four Die and Three Injured in Bismarck Area Crash
Four young people were killed and three others injured when a car left a river road near Bismarck. The dead are Gene Reidinger 17 Joseph Stecher 16 Bernice Geiger 16 and Linda Geiger 16 all Mandan. Hospitalized are Gregory Lattimore 15 Roseleta Leingang 16 both Mandan and Ray Walby 18 of Bismarck. The driver could not be identified as mud and rain on the road caused the car to skid and overturn in a ditch. The occupants were thrown from the car.
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Bismarck
N.D
Highway Patrol
Gene Reidinger
Joseph Stecher
Bernice Geiger
Linda
Mandan
Gregory Lattimore
Roseleta Leingang
Ray Walby
Truck Driver 10 Hurt In Collision In La Crescent
A 10 year old Houston boy, Michael Soppa Jr., was injured when the truck he was driving collided with a car on North Ridge Road in La Crescent. He was treated at La Crosse Lutheran Hospital for scalp cuts and released. The Sheriff Department said Soppa, driving the truck in a baying operation, turned into a driveway and struck a car driven by 47 year old Joseph Hodge of La Crescent.
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Holiday Inn
Joan Revidal
Alden
Minn
St. Francis Hospital
Leona Nelson
Cass St
Lutheran Hospital
Peter Fortek
Wood St
Astor Amundson
S. 21St St
Losey Blvd
Lillybell Secor
Sumner St
Beverly Becker
George St
la Crosse Hospital
M. Alora Kane
S. 9Th St
Walter Hewitt
Bainbridge St
Clinton Street Bridge
Herman Thill
N. 20Th St
LA Crescent
Houston
North Ridge
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Michael Soppa Jr
Winona County
Winona Livestock Hog and Cattle Prices Report
Market notes from Winona Minnesota and South St. Paul with hogs 25 lower and cattle and veal steady to higher. Prices listed for various weight ranges and meat types, plus Chicago poultry and produce quotes and grain futures summaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul. Minn
USDA
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T& Johnson
White House
Johnson
National Security Council
Romania
Security Council
Cabinet
Dean Rusk
Clark M. Clifford
Walt W. Rostow
San Antonio
Detroit
Texas
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hanoi
Paris
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
Communist Party
Xuan Thuy
Pham van Dong
North
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Front
McCarthy
Joseph Diroff
Weymouth
Farmer
Mary E. Sawyer
Bobby Bare
Detroit City
Billy Grammer
Simon
Crum George Kent
Jeannie C. Riley
Harper Valley P.T.A
Pee Ree
Lefthold’s
Empire Promotions
c/o Auditorium
Wis
Associated Press
Wisconsin Dairies
L. T. Lee
Holmen
D.A
Jordan
Israel
Lon
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
L C Telphone Co
Jones & Paphi i
Kawecki Chemicala Pyroil Co., Inc
DOW Jones
Boston Fund
Chemical F
Ea. & Ho. Bal
Ea. & Ho
Stk
Montgomery Ward
Puritan Fund
Monsanto Chemical
Allied Stores
Northern Pacific
Allis-Chalmers
Northern
Pepsico
RCA
Rexall Drug
Burlington
Ryder Systems
Caterpillar Tractor
Sears Roebuck
Chrysler
Sinclair Oil
Consolidated Foods
Sperry Rand
Dupont
Standard Oil Calif
Eastman Kodak
Standard Oil NJ
Ethyl
Standard Oil Ind
Ford
Swift
Texaco
General Electric
Trane Co
General Motors
U.S. Steel
General Telephone
Universal Oil
Goodrich
Westinghouse Elect
Great Northern
White Motors
Gulf Oil
Woolworth
Heileman Br
Inter. Harvester
Inter. Tel & Tel
Inter
Power
Jim Walter Corp
Chicago Poultry Chicago
Washington Norgolds
Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain
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