65 Machine Guns and Ammo Seized in LA Area Raids
Los Angeles authorities confiscated 65 machine guns, Nazi paraphernalia, large ammo stock, and bomb components in three raids. Four men were arrested under the 1968 federal gun control act as investigators link possible radical groups but say no evidence yet ties to paramilitary activity. Arrests included Gary Steward, James Steward, Gary Stalla, and Alan Otto, with discoveries of explosives, Nazi uniforms, and a weapons cache in homes and at a warehouse in Maywood and an Orange County site.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Area
Treasury Department
Treasury
Gary Stalla
Los Alamitos Reserve
Charles Hatfield
Buena Park
Maywood
Orange County
James Gary Steward
Rowland Heights
Steward
Irwindale
Alan Ray Otto
New Lawyer To Be Named For Escapee
Franklin M. Brown 22 of 2712 South Ave faces an escape charge after being released from County Jail for work and not returning. Judge Leonard F. Boroff planned to appoint a new lawyer, as Brown seeks a new forgery trial in a different county to avoid La Crosse proceedings. Brown remains jailed on the forgery sentence while the case is continued.
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Franklin M. Brown
South Ave
Hubert Law
Brown
Eve‘ning
Leonard F. Boroff
Francis Papenfuss
Papenfuss
la Crosse
Roraff
Local Records Roundup From La Crosse
A series of daily incidents includes illnesses and transports to St Francis and Lutheran Hospitals for Paul Van Veuren and Mrs Richard Slocum, a car fire on Main Street with wiring damage, gasoline flush at Super Valu, false fire alarms at a school and on Cass Street, food burning at a residence, and two intoxication cases involving Donald C Kee and J C Johnson with jail time and fines.
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Paul van Veuren
S. 8Th St
St. Francis Hospital
Til’s Place
Richard Slocum
Division St
Lutheran Hospital
Main Street
Melvin Brown
Cuba City
Wis
Copeland Ave
15Th
Cass Streets
Milton Ward
S. 17Th St
Roosevelt School
Liquor Stolen in Holmen Burglary at Trading Post
A Saturday night burglary at the Trading Post in Holmen led to the theft of 10 quarts and 10 fifths of liquor valued at $107.24. Deputy Lawrence Linhart of the La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department said burglars forced a door after failed attempts to enter via windows.
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Holmen
la Crosse County
Lawrence Linhart
Radio Highlights Basketball Schedule for Wisconsin and West Salem
On WCOW FM listeners will hear Wisconsin versus Ball State at 7 15 p m Monday and West Salem versus Onalaska Luther at 7 45 p m Tuesday.
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Wcow-Fm
Wisconsin
Ball State
West Salem
Onalaska Luther
Woman Enters Innocent Plea In School Case
A French Island woman Mary Belle Peterson aged 60s pleaded innocent in County Court to charges she failed to ensure her two sons, aged 13 and 15, attended school. Judge Leonard F. Roraff said a trial would be scheduled. the case hinges on whether the children were disobedient and thus the charges may be dismissed. The 15-year-old later explained his absence by fear, promising future attendance.
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French Island
Mary Belle Peterson
Caroline Sr
Seth Stoltz
Leonard F. Roraff
Logan Junior High
Logan High
Stoltz
Peterson
Roraff
Dist
Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Randolph
Market reports summarize mixed quotes across stocks and futures
First Bank System and other issues show varied prices while bond yields hold near late-59 levels. Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes butter and grain quotes with mutual funds and oil futures listed, including soybean and corn markets, along with regional stock prices and fund NAV ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile LC Cooler Co
Pyroll Co., Inc
Boston Fund
Chemical
Eaton & Howard
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass
Eberstadt Fund
Natl
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Five Minnesotans Die In Traffic Toll Rises
Five more Minnesotans were killed on state roads over a Thanksgiving weekend, bringing the total fatalities to 12 for the period and 1,891 for the year. Names include Judith Nelson of Albert Lea, Ronald J. McNamara of Glenville, and 16-year-old David Thrune of Winona. A 13-year-old Winona rider, Robert Sveum, drowned when a car rolled into a water filled ditch. Other victims were John Steinert of Long Prairie and Lawrence Oltman of Wadena in a head on collision south of Long Prairie. Inez Oltman, Lawrence’s wife, was hospitalized in critical condition. Darrel L. Marcks, 34, was found dead in Austin after his pickup struck a semitrailer in Rochester.
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Albert Lea
Judith Nelson
Ronald J. McNamara
Glenville
Winona
Robert Sveum
Highway Patrol
David Thrune
Highway 61
Long Prairie
John Steinert
Lawrence Ol Tman
Wadena
Inez Oltman
Lawrence Oltman
Darrel L. Marcks
Austin
Marek
Rochester
County Group For Retarded To Meet Friday
The La Crosse County Association for Retarded Children will hold a meeting Friday at 8 p.m. in the new American Legion building. Candles sold by Youth ARC will be made by mentally retarded workers in sheltered workshops. Margaret Sanford is to report on a Madison meeting about referral concepts for mentally retarded children and future goals. The annual Christmas party for mentally retarded individuals is set for December 18 from 6 30 to 9 p.m. in the Legion building with plans for about 70 attendees. Registration closes December 10 through the LARC office or contacts Mrs Arnold Baumgartner or Mrs A E Erickson.
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la Crosse County
Legion
LARC
Arnold Baumgartner
A. E. Erickson
Board Continues After Resigning Leader Critique
The resigning Young reports an unfortunate incident in which the mayor of an All American city publicly accuses the nine elected at large school board members of being completely irresponsible. He notes the accusation lacks specific or valid supporting data.
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Young
Mabel Woman Killed in Rural Minnesota Car Crash
Mrs. David Peterson, 25, of rural Mabel, was killed near Locust in Winneshiek County when a car driven by her husband slid on a curve, struck a tree, and overturned on Newhouse Road. She died at the scene. husband injured, two sons survived. Mengis Funeral Home of Mabel handling arrangements.
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Mabel
Minn
David Peterson
Newhouse Road
Locust
Winneshiek County
Peterson
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Decorah
Mengis
Local Soldier Promoted To Specialist Fourth Class
Michael D. Schrader 19 son of Vernon and the late Mrs Schrader of Denton Street was promoted to specialist fourth class. He serves with the 5th Battalion of the 76th Field Artillery in Baubenhause, Germany, and has been in country since March 1969 after enlisting in October 1968. His wife Mary Johnson joined him in Germany.
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Michael D. Schrader
Vernon Schrader
Denton St
76Th Field Artillery
Baubenhausen
Germany
Schrader
Mary Johnson
Mundt Suffering Stroke Limits Senate Leader's Function
Sen Karl Mundt R SD suffers a partial incapacitating stroke and is hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Hospital for six to eight weeks. Doctors hope for recovery of right arm use and normal function though the 69 year old is still comprehensive alert and eating regularly.
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Washington
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Mundt
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Robert L. McCaughey
McCaughey
Rufus J. Pearson
Sen. Mundt
Mabel School Head Dies at 60 in Minnesota
MABEL Minn Sept Gil man R Halvorson 60 of Mabel Canton High School died Sunday in his home. Funeral arrangements by Mengis. Born Sept 25 1909 in Fergus Falls he studied at Park Region Junior College St Cloud State and the University of Minnesota. He taught at Royalton Dawson Pipestone and served as superintendent at Lake Wilson Battle Lake Atwater and Chatfield before moving to Mabel in 1967. Survived by wife Beverly five sons Herbert David Duane James Jack two grandsons one brother Harvey.
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Minn
Gilman R. Halvorson
Mabel-Canton High School
Mengis
George Halvorson
Fergus Falls
Park Region Junior College
St. Cloud State College
University of Minnesota
Beverly Johnson
Halvorson
Royalton
Dawson
Pipestone
Lake Wilson
Battle Lake
Atwater
Chatfield
Malsonic Lodge
American and
Minnesota Associations of
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Lions Club
Herbert
Charlottesville
David
St. Louis
Duane
Winona
James
Mankato
Jack
Minneapolis
Harvey
Miami
Fla
Conrad plans global flight to reach South Pole by Christmas
Conrad says he aims to fly to Antarctica and the South Pole before Christmas, with a route from San Francisco to Honolulu Tarawa and Brisbane then New Zealand McMurdo and Byrd in Antarctica, then Punta Arenas Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Recife and into Africa and Europe before a North Pole crossing to Alaska, Canada and Minnesota.
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Winona Cotter High School
Winona
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Gilbert Islands
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Australia
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Minneapolis
Madison man dies as car hits utility pole
A Madison Minnesota man, James W. Bleghl, 21, was killed when his car struck a utility pole near Revillo South Dakota. He was pinned under the wreckage around 9 a.m. authorities said.
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Revillo
S.D
Madison
La Crosse Tribune Publisher and editor note rate card
La Crosse Tribune lists publisher W. T. Burgess and editor Sanford Goltz and provides address at 4th and Cass Streets La Crosse Wisconsin. It notes AP membership, exclusive AP use rights, and second class postage, plus delivery and mail rates.
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4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
AP News
Wisconsin
Wisconsin counts nine holiday highway fatalities
Wisconsin's Thanksgiving period toll rose to nine deaths, lifting the 1969 highway fatality total to 1,052 from 1,073 at the start of December 1968. Incidents include Daniel Warner 50 of Oconomowoc, John Bagley 24 of Milwaukee, Ariana McOtis 22 of Janesville, Jeffrey Lekker 17 of Milwaukee, and the Finnegan children of Reedsburg, plus others in Beloit, Milwaukee, and Oshkosh.
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Wisconsin
Okaochee
Daniel A. Warner
Waukesha
Oconomowoc
John E. Bagley
Milwaukee
Wau
Fagan Seeks New Job Amid Wisconsin Budget Discontent
Milwaukee AP Joseph C Fagan head of the Department of Labor Industry and Human Relations was said to be considering leaving amid legislature treatment of the 1969 71 budget. The Sentinel reported he has been offered a post with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission earning about 29000 annually, up from his $20000 state salary. He plans to stay until the 1969 reconvened legislature but indicated he is looking. He criticizes the legislature as vindictive and blames reclassification for the friction. He was appointed in 1965 as chairman of the former State Industrial Commission.
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Joseph C. Fagan
Fagan
Department of Labor, Industry and Human Relations
Milwaukee Sentinel
Federal
Equal Employment Commission
Warren P. Knowles
Fagan Toyrights
Douglas G. Weiford
Chicago
Thiensville
State Industrial Commission
the Sentinel
Witnesses weigh in as Pentagon probe probes televised recollections
Potential witnesses in the case discuss the move to withhold public statements until a court martial. Bailey, reached by phone in Columbus, Ohio, urged President Nixon to lift the restriction so Medina could present a televised account. Senate and House Armed Services Committees, the Army, and the White House raise concerns amid allegations of unlawful orders and battlefield deaths.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nixon
Medina
Senate
House Armed Services Committees
Army
White House
Draft capsules for lottery year to reveal draft order
Hershey plans a public lottery to assign 366 capsules with dates for the 1970 draft. A big jar, 16 inches wide, will hold the capsules as 53 youth volunteers draw dates, assign them to numbers, and post the schedule for half a million draft-eligible men.
Two-Car Crash Injures Four Damages Home
A late night collision at Sunrise Avenue and Chase Street injured four people and damaged a home. William Druliner, 20, suffered back and rib injuries and remained in Lutheran Hospital in satisfactory condition. Scott Roellig, 16, was held for observation after a forehead cut. passengers Ray Knudson and Tim Blanchard, both 17, had minor injuries. Blanchard treated and Knudson refused care.
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Chase Street
William Druliner
Coulee Drive
Edward Guggenbuehl
Chase St
Druliner
Lutheran Hospital
Scott Roellig
Maple Drive
Roellig
Ray Knudson
Park Ave
Tim Blanchard
S. 21St St
Blanchard
Knudson
Reduced Deer Harvest Disappoints Wisconsin Hunters
Wisconsin hunters closed the deer season with complaints about a weaker venison harvest. Officials had predicted a 20 percent plus drop from 120000 in 1968. Snow shortage and fewer NW party permits limited success, while more landowners posted property to hunting. An outdoors writer noted reports of minor brush fires linked to disgruntled hunters.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Don Johnson
The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Jackson County
Clark County
Johnson
City Man Pleads Innocent To Battery Counts
A La Crosse man James Gardner 25 of Rose Street faced County Court on charges of battering Steven Morey 18 at the North Side Laundromat on November 24. Gardner appeared with attorney Seth Stoltz and was released on $200 bond awaiting trial.
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la Crosse
North Side
James Gardner
Rose St
Steven Morey
Avon St
Gardner
Weather Forecast For La Crosse And Region
Fair and pleasant tonight and Tuesday with low in the upper 20s and light variable winds. Upper 40s Tuesday. Wisconsin and Minnesota see variable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with only slight cooling late Tuesday. Iowa fair and warmer tonight with variable clouds Tuesday then cooler later. Five day trend near normal temperatures Tuesday through next Saturday with little precipitation and a 24 degree day total of 1,556 this year.
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