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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1973
Page
2
Welfare Rights Organization members in La Crosse confront Malcolm Johnson over a Sept. 1 cut in special need allowances for AFDC families. Johnson cites budget pressures from higher welfare grants and caseloads, noting possible county funding needs to cover the shortfall.
U.S. Rep Vernon Thomson spoke in La Crosse urging end to price and wage controls as quickly as possible while Americans should buy cautiously to fight inflation. He cited beef price policy, praised the new farm bill, and contrasted federal aid with market needs, noting strong employment and a black trade balance.
The Tribune announces publication schedule and mailing options. It lists afternoon and Sunday editions at 435 S 4th St La Crosse WI with second class postage paid. City carrier rate is 1.60 every two weeks and mail subscriptions within 75 miles of La Crosse are 30 dollars per year. Volume 69 Number 91.
Wayne L. Noth, age two, ran from a private driveway onto State Highway 131 two miles south of Tomah and was hit by a northbound car driven by 77 year old John P. Dechant. He died at Lutheran Hospital La Crosse after being treated at Tomah Memorial Hospital. This marked Monroe County’s fifth traffic fatality of 1973.
C-7 Chemical Co of Beloit faces criminal information in U S District Court for failing to register and mislabeling two household products under the Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. The drain opener Thrust shipped interstate without proper EPA registration and with missing ingredients on its label. Pinalene disinfectant cleanser carried a fictitious registration number and did not disclose weight or measure.
University Hospitals officials in Madison postponed the release of Fred Aubey a 36 year old Rockford Illinois man who received a heart July 7 in a five hour operation The delay follows tests showing a mild rejection episode and is expected to push release back about a week Dr Donald Kahn led the transplant team and said Aubey feels fine with no health differences observed
The Federal Power Commission hearing on NSP’s long term Chippewa Flowage Dam license continues as NSP faces cross examination from an attorney. Tribal leader Rick Baker says Indian land wells would gain protection under federal management. Also notes Tri-State Bicycle Touring Society rides from Burns Park to Perrott Park and to Holmen during weekend events.
Phillip J. Soper 26 was found dead in a G Heileman Brewing storage tank. The autopsy results, conducted Tuesday, are not yet ready per La Crosse County Corner Dr Fred Skemp Jr, with several days expected. James E Lee 29 discovered the door to the tank open while inspecting yeast residue.
A Chicago man, George W. Cash, 48, was ordered held for trial on attempted first degree murder charges after a La Crosse County preliminary examination. He faces a Circuit Court plea next Monday for allegedly shooting Ronald O. Schaller, 28, in the OK Tavern on August 6.
Wisconsin shows variable cloudiness with chance of scattered thunderstorms through Friday. Minnesota trends fair to partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday with warmer conditions. Iowa forecasts generally fair and warmer Thursday night and Friday.
La Crosse County 4 H and Future Farmers of America exhibitors earned eight championships and 36 blue ribbons at the Wisconsin State Fair. Doug Schomberg of La Crosse was senior swine showman champion while Art Nuttelman of West Salem won junior swine. Dan Bahr and Mike Gilster placed high in senior swine showmanship with Paul Gilster also a top finisher. Nuttleman took the Poland China Breeder Award for champion gilt as Schomberg claimed champion Hampshire and Berkshire gilts. Pfaff of Mindoro won the junior Cheviot ram and ewe, and the county dairy herd ranked seventh in its division. Libby Hendrickson, Holmen, placed eighth in Jersey. New student signup details for Hokah and La Crescent schools were announced by district principal John Haugan. Accompanying the exhibitors were Transtad and instructors Hains and Weber.
Nixon prepared through 11 drafts at Camp David before final touches after returning to the White House. The speech centers on the political crisis from Watergate disclosures and the risk to private presidential conversations amid official duties.
Reported remarks show Nixon praising the president with a southern drawl while attendees describe the speech as a mixed impression. A bachelor named Smith, 27, is quoted as saying he believes in him despite political skepticism.
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