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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1973
Page
2
City Atty. John K. Flanagan said the La Crosse Country Club might surrender its rights to total reimbursement and remove buildings at lease end if public necessity dictates termination. The city would pay only the club’s outstanding indebtedness. The council must decide if public necessity exists under a cited court view.
City officials filed three reports on public golf course ownership with the Plan Commission. Ronald Bracegirdle notes most of about 90 publicly run courses profit, with some early losses during costly equipment years. Eugene Fry estimates an 83000 annual cost and 100000 revenue for a country club course.
UW La Crosse reports a small enrollment rise and full dorms as Chancellor Kenneth Lindner cites student demand in graduate programs. He stresses some programs may be cut despite hopes for continued offerings, notes a planned MBA start and a growing summer graduate class share.
A parrot stolen from George Buesecker at 2801 Hamilton St. was returned but wouldn’t talk as two La Crosse youths, ages 12 and 13, tried to train it. Police referred them to county juvenile authorities. Also arrested were a 14-year-old for $100 purse theft at Lutheran Hospital lab on July 27, owner listed as Mrs. Phyllis Dempsey, and a 15-year-old for a $350 Burgerville window break on August 8.
William Roubik 43 and his son Thomas 17 of R 1 Tomah were injured in a head-on collision at 7 35 p m on a town road one mile northwest of Tomah. Their car collided with a vehicle driven by Thomas Boehm 18 of R 1 Tomah. Thomas taken to Tomah Memorial Hospital. father transferred to a La Crosse hospital with jaw and cheek injuries. Boehm uninjured.
A La Crosse circuit court jury found Gerald E. Trimbell guilty of possession of opium and hashish with intent to deliver. Sentencing is set for Sept 24 before Judge Peter Pappas, with a presentence investigation ordered. Also, La Crosse Community Theater seeks 12 men for Kiss Me Kate auditions, continuing Thursday at 8 p.m. with rehearsals starting next week and opening Oct 19.
Ten medical technology students at St. Francis Hospital will graduate Friday and be honored at a dinner at Celise. The program follows three years of study at an approved college with local options including the University of Wisconsin La Crosse and Viterbo. Senior year training occurs in St. Francis laboratories in hematology chemistry immunology and microbiology.
Wisconsin forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with showers and thunderstorms possible mainly in southern areas then increasing cloud cover Friday. Minnesota and Iowa expect warm humid conditions with chances of storms into Friday. In court news, Trimbell faces hashish and opium charges after police found drugs in a North 15th Street package and jurors sworn in. Gateway Transportation to acquire Courtesy Express operating authority extending beyond Chicago Ridge coverage.
The report notes aftershocks and widespread destruction with homes wrecked and evacuations under way. Volunteers from Puebla and beyond aid victims with medicines and supplies while officials describe villages like Zongolica as largely destroyed and radio contact intermittently failing.
Judge Tamm granted a government stay to preserve the status quo while the merits are heard. A court spokesman said the stay allows council officials to proceed through Sept 17 with proposed ceilings. Some station operators had planned boycotts for Labor Day weekend but revised plans after the lower court action.
Washington AP The Justice Department weighs abolishing a 300 group list used for screening government job applicants. Officials say the list is of dubious value with about 20 groups still active. Names include the Communist Party U S A and Ku Klux Klan while Black Panthers never appeared. Memo recommendations urge Attorney General Elliot Richardson to scrap the list.
Nicholas J. Brabender 21 of Pico Rivera and Ronald D. Murtishaw 19 of Maywood were sentenced to 10 days each in County Jail after pleading guilty to possessing marijuana. Judge Leonard Roraff gave credit for five days already served following their Holmen Park arrest after a traffic patrol and deputy responded to a report of a truck offering marijuana.
Eleven men and one woman pleaded innocent in Appleton on charges of abducting and raping two 15 year old girls. Circuit Court Judge Robert Pfiffner set a trial for October 22 for D. C. Eagles motorcycle gang members from Chicago.
AP reports Viet Cong forces attack two positions in Dinh Tuong province near Saigon as part of a plan to isolate the city from the Mekong Delta. In Phnom Penh the government says Khmer Rouge insurgents were repelled at several points 8 to 20 miles south of the capital.
The judge considers excising privileged material from tapes before the grand jury and questions whether Nixon's claims of privilege should shield serious misconduct. He notes a 1953 ruling on military secrets and ponders potential appeals up to the Supreme Court.
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