No Agreement On County Union Pact In 1969 70 Talks
La Crosse County and its unionized workers at Oak Forest and Lakeview Hospital reached no contract agreement. County officials reported offers and counteroffers, including a $30 month raise and union dues reduction, but deadlock persists on wage scales and Hillview schedule alignment.
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la Crosse County
la Crosse Tribune
Oak Forces
Lakeview Hospital
Jerome Klos
Dist
County Board Finance, Personnel and Labor Negotiations Committee
Klos
State Employment Relations Commission
Oak Forest
Lakeview
Hillview
Senior Citizens Sell Handiwork at Fourth Annual Gift Shop
The South Side Senior Citizens run their fourth annual gift shop from noon to 9 p.m. at the new center, 1220 Denton St, with handcrafted articles for sale to benefit the building fund. A talk by Judge Eugene Toepel and officer elections are set for Pleasant Sunday Afternoon in Stoffel Hall, 15th and King Streets, plus a film on national parks. The La Crosse Committee on Aging hosts a Christmas dinner at 1 p.m. Dec. 22 in Christ Episcopal Church undercroft for seniors alone at Christmas. reservations via the coordinator's office.
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South Side
Denton St
Eugene Toepel
Stoffel Hall
15Th
King Streets
National Parks
la Crosse Committee On Aging
Christ Episcopal Church
UWM Reports Negro Enrollment Doubled
Milwaukee University of Wisconsin Milwaukee reports full time Negro student enrollment this year more than doubled from last year. The university credits concerted efforts to locate black students with college potential, encourage applications, and assist them financially and academically.
Elderly Man Dies Clearing Snow in La Crosse
An elderly La Crosse man died of a heart attack while operating a snow blower at a neighbor's residence on 2014 On Alaska Court. William Rochester, 74, of 2026 Onalaska Court, was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.
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la Crosse
Onalaska Court
William Rochester
Red U S Downgrading Peace Talks Protest in Paris
Hanoi top diplomat Xuan Thuy boycotted a Paris peace talks session to protest U.S. downgrading of negotiations and the lack of a replacement for Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. Col Ha Van Lau led the talks in Thuy's absence while Viet Cong criticized Nixon policy of Vietnamization and conditions for leadership. Philip Habib, acting U S delegation chief, said the objective remains a negotiated settlement.
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Paris
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
U.S
Thuy
Ha van Lau
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Col. Lau
Philip C. Habib
Lodge
United States
Boys Die While Toboggan Pulled By Truck In Wisconsin
Milwaukee man John Kuczkowski died from injuries after a car struck him on a Milwaukee street. In Marion, two youths aged 16 and 15, Gene Arndt and Warren Hilley, were killed when a toboggan pulled by a pickup truck slid into oncoming traffic. A fourth youth was injured critically, another escaped unharmed.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John Kuczkowski
Gene Arndt
Warren Hilley
Marion
Waupaca
Thhat Arndt
Hilley
Funds For Vocational Guidance Vans OK'd
The Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission approved a 68450 grant to support mobile vocational guidance vans. The funds will send units into rural Wisconsin and Upper Michigan to provide counseling and career guidance, aiding school systems and expanding access to guidance services.
Harvard Hall Is Invaded By Black Protesters
More than 100 black students seized Harvard University Hall in Cambridge and used chains to bar entry. They had earlier taken over the Harvard Faculty Club and disrupted a nearby building site to protest the university’s hiring practices at construction sites. Two campus officers were inside during the takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Hall
Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
University Hall
University
Nathan M. Pusey
New Jersey Officials Face Grand Jury Probes
Crime appearances before the grand jury Wednesday involved James Del Mauro Newark Municipal Court chief magistrate and Joseph Biancone electrical contractor head. Del Mauro suspended by the New Jersey Supreme Court for refusing grand jury questions and resigned his $20,000 a year post effective Jan 1. Judge Ralph De Vita was indicted for allegedly offering $10,000 to a county prosecutor to influence actions in two larceny bribery and bookmaking cases as Gov elect Cahill cites organized crime infiltration in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearances
James del Mauro
Newark
Joseph Biancone
del Mauro
New Jersey Supreme Court
New Jersey
High Court
Trenton
Ralph DeVita
Union County District Court
DeVita
Somerset County
Michael R. Imbriani
William T. Cahill
Social Security boost leads to record tax relief split
The measure promises the largest Social Security increase ever, with a $100 minimum monthly payment and 82 percent rises for beneficiaries while 15 percent gains touch 25 million. Senate boosts tax relief mainly via higher personal exemptions in two steps starting 1970, contrasting with the House which fronts relief through rate cuts in 1972 and 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Nancy Quirk Fined in La Crosse Shoplifting Case
Nancy Quirk, 19, of 428 North 11th Street, was fined 55 dollars in La Crosse Municipal Court after pleading guilty to stealing three 15 cent cans of pop from Merry Mart on Market Street earlier in the week. She was ordered to pay by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Quirk
11Th St
la Crosse
Merry Mart
Market St
Radio Highlights THURSDAY WKBH 8 05 p.m.
The listing notes an upcoming WKBH radio segment at 8 05 p m Thursday titled Project Communication II The Peace Movement and the Draft detailing a discussion on pacifism and conscription for listeners.
Medina Defends My Lai Actions In NY Times Interview
Captain Ernest Medina, commander of the company at My Lai, says he did not order or see a massacre and that it could have taken place. He notes he would run the operation differently next time to ensure soldiers know not to shoot unarmed civilians. The Army probes reports of 100 to 600 civilian deaths. Lt. Calley faces murder charges for 109 fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
New York Times
Medina
Army
William L. Calley Jr
Washington
L. Mendel Rivers
D S.C
House
Aid Package Is Smallest Since 1948
The $1.6 billion foreign aid package passed the House 200 195 and heads to a Senate showdown over military aid to Nationalist China and South Korea. The bill falls $1 billion short of President Nixon’s request and includes $54.5 million for planes to Nationalist China and $50 million for South Korea, with a last minute ban on aid to countries trading with Communist China. Senate Foreign Relations Chair Fulbright signals a floor fight. unresolved differences could trigger a new session before Jan 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Brown
Washington
U.S
House
Senate
China
South Korea
Nixon
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. Copters To Get Safer Fuel Systems
The Army Aviation systems Command in St. Louis says over 11,000 military helicopters will receive a crash resistant fuel system featuring self sealing tanks and breakaway lines. The first aircraft will be produced in spring 1970, with use planned primarily for Army craft and potential civilian application.
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ST. Louis
Army
Aviation Systems Command
Janesville GM Plant To Close For Four Days
Detroit AP reports General Motors will close 11 automobile production plants for four days during the holiday season. The Janesville Wisconsin assembly plant will shut Dec 22 to 23 and 29 to 30, along with four other plants, as part of an inventory reduction plan.
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Detroit
General Motors
Assembly Division
Janesville
Wis
La Crescent youths nabbed in wheel and tire theft
Two 18 year olds from La Crescent face possible larceny charges after stealing two wheels and tires from a car owned by Charles Hauser at the Trane Co Plant 4 parking lot on Alaska. They were arrested on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crescent
Charles Hauser
Onalaska
Trane Co
Suspect Released in Rent-A-Tool Cash Register Rifling
A suspect was freed by La Crosse police over lack of evidence after arriving at the scene of a cash register theft at Rent A Tool located at 1201 La Crosse. About $75 was reported missing, with staff detaining the man until law enforcement arrived.
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la Crosse
Governors urge action to fund Seaway expansion
Great Lakes governors should use political power to secure federal funding for expanding and improving the St. Lawrence Seaway. Dow Chemical’s Herbert Doan urged billions in spending to boost the Seaway’s usefulness while noting tolls remain in place. The event closed the Seaway Great Lakes system’s 10th anniversary as officials expect Soo Lock operations into January 1970.
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Lansing
Mich
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Herbert D. Doan
Dow Chemical Co
Doan
Washington
Great Lakes Seaway
United States
Teacher Bargaining Okayed By Committee
Madison AP report says the Joint Finance Committee endorsed a bill letting public school teachers bargain for fringe benefits under the state collective bargaining law. The panel also backed a life insurance exemption increase to 20 000 from 10 000 effective December 31 1971, revised weight standards, and funding for the Wade House Villa Louis and Stonefield projects.
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Madison
State Treasury
State Historical Society
Wade House
Greenbush
Villa Louis
Prairie du Chien
Stonefield
Cassville
Chicago produce market and livestock prices report
AP dispatch from Chicago and South St. Paul outlines steady butter prices and firm Bog goods, with meat markets showing cattle and hogs trading steady to lower in Chicago and South St. Paul auctions. Listings include slaughter steer and heifer prices, cow and bull ranges, veal values, hogs by weight, cash grain quotes for wheat corn oats soybeans and soy oil. Strong action notes for slaughter cattle and steady butter markets alongside cash grain movements.
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Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Cash Grain
FCC Approves Sale of WKBT TV Station
The FCC reportedly approved the sale of La Crosse TV station WKBT-TV to Gross Telecasting Inc of Lansing Michigan. The deal excludes radio station WKBH. WKBT’s main stockholders included Howard Dahl and Lee Enterprises Davenport Iowa with several La Crosse residents holding minor shares.
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Federal Communications Commission
la Crosse
Wkbt-Tv
Gross Telecasting, Inc
Lansing
Mich
Gross
American Stock Exchange
WKBH
Howard Dahl
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Davenport
Iowa
WKBT
Johnson trip east includes memoirs talk and library plans
Johnson journeys from a Texas ranch to New York for a conference with a publishing firm to promote the former president's memoirs. At a Wednesday night party honoring Miss Fehmer who will wed Georgetown University professor Andrew Chiarado, Johnson posed for pictures and spoke about his book and the Lyndon B. Johnson Library at the University of Texas.
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Johnsons
Texas
New York
Fehmer
Georgetown University
Andrew J. Chiarado
Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
University of Texas
Two La Crosse youths charged in car theft cases
Police said a 16 year old admitted stealing Susan Bendel's car on November 25 from a home at 2047 South 29th Street and a 13 year old admitted stealing a car on November 22 in the 800 block of Wall Street. Both youths were turned over to county juvenile authorities.
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la Crosse
Susan Bendel
S. 29Th St
Wall Street
Planetarium Lectures 1969 End Monday at LCU
The La Crosse State University planetarium series concludes with 3 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday lectures. The site closes for Christmas break Dec 22–29, resuming Jan 5 with Our Solar System. January topics include Galaxies and Astronomical Telescopes. no entry after start. Robert Allen oversees group bookings.
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la Crosse State University Planetarium
LCU
Robert Allen
Planettarium
Vietnam Debate To Be Friday At Western Wisconsin Tech
A debate on U S involvement in Vietnam followed by a policy vote is set for 8 p m Friday in Coleman Auditorium Western Wisconsin Technical Institute. La Crosse Concerned Citizens for Peace in Vietnam sponsors the December moratorium activities with a peace march and teach in previous months. Profs William Vettes and Joseph Heim will debate the topic Vietnam Can We Amend Our Past with rebuttals and audience questions. Moderator will be Dr Byron Annis. LCU professor J Richard Snyder leads December moratorium efforts.
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U.S
Vietnam
United States
Coleman
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
la Crosse
Byron Annis
Gundersen Clinic
J. Richard Snyder
LCU
Tomato Toss Fine Tells Milwaukee Man
Jerome J. Walsh, 24, of Milwaukee was fined 100 dollars after pleading no contest to hurling a tomato into a car carrying Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Buzz Aldrin. A police officer said the tomato landed in the convertible, not harming the astronauts, and Walsh said he acted to protest the system.
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Milwaukee
Jerome J. Walsh
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Walsh
Store Decoration Winners Listed
The Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce awarded plaques to Northside Department Store Sears Roebuck & Co and Montgomery Ward & Co for Christmas display entries. Northside won the Beautification Committee Award Sears won the Retail Division Award and Ward's earned the Chamber of Commerce Award. Displays will be lit until 10 p.m. nightly. Ten entries competed.
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Northside Department Store
Caledonia St
Sears Roebuck & Co
5Th Ave. S
Montgomery Ward & Co
State St
Greater la Crosse
Stolen Stereo Tapes From Unlocked Car Reported
Kathleen Gollnick of 515 S 15th St reported to La Crosse police that four stereo tapes valued at 25 dollars were stolen overnight from her unlocked car on Wednesday.
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Kathleen Gollnick
S. 15Th St
la Crosse
Stock quotations wrap broad market moves and oil majors
Quotations from the National Association of Securities Dealers show inter dealer prices for stocks including RCA Raytheon Sears Sperry Rand and Standard Oil affiliates. Dow Jones averages for Industrials Railroads and Utilities move with modest gains and volume reaches 3 130 000. Over the counter and local listings cover firms from Pyroil to Gyrodyne and mutual funds to Wisconsin funds with bids and asks adjusted for markup.
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Pyroll
NS Rca
Raytheon
Sears Roebuck
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
Calif
Standard
Ind
N.J
Swift
Texaco
Trane
TransAmerica
U.S. Steel
Universal Oil
Westinghouse Electric
Weyerhaeuser
Woolworth
Dow Jones
Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
C. W. Transport
Fabri-Tek., Inc
la Crosse Cooler
Pyroil Co., Inc
NS Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eberstadt Fd
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fd
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Spartans Face Charges After GI Assaults
SPARTA Wis Three local men Michael A Schur 20 Richard Libke 26 and Dennis Fowler 20 appeared before County Judge James W Rice on four counts of assault robbery and car theft The trio allegedly beat two soldiers Michael Morgan and Fred Laurie of Camp McCoy took 30 from Morgans wallet and Morgan’s car after meeting the men near a pool hall The car was stopped after shots were fired by authorities Two suspects fled with the car Fowler was arrested in Sparta All three are jailed on 500 bonds Judge Rice appointed Lawrence Clark as public defender for Schur and Libke A review on Fowlers legal counsel was pending
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Sparta
Wis
James W. Rice
Michael A. Schur
Richard Libke
Dennis Fowler
Michael Morgan
Fred Laurie
Camp McCoy
Morgan
Donald L. Goodman
Montgomery Street
Lambert A. Hansen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Millston
Wisconsin State Patrol
Jackson County
Schur
Libke
Fowler
Monroe County
Rice
Lawrence Clark
Tomah
Fire destroys frame building on Thomas Moen farm near Spring Grove
A 40 by 128 foot frame building on the Thomas Moen farm seven miles north of Spring Grove was destroyed by an early morning fire discovered at 6 30. The structure formerly housed a turkey barn contained a tractor tools walnut lumber hay and straw and poultry equipment. The loss was partially insured.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Thomas Moen
Here
Moens
Man Guilty Of Nonsupport In Circuit Court
A circuit court jury deliberated about three hours before finding Howard L. Miller 40 of 707 S 15th St guilty of failing to pay 31 monthly support in 1968 for his former wife Viola of Schuh Homes and their three children from a 1964 divorce. Sentencing set for Jan 5, 1970. Miller released without bond. Deputy Clerk Jeanette Krause swore in jurors Marilyn Best Carl Betz Leo J. Davis David Driscoll Rose Frantz Harry C. Horstman John J. Kish Orlando A. Lee Marilyn Ondell Albert Pedretti Evelyn Scheel Willard Schomberg.
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Circuit
Howard L. Miller
S. 15Th St
Viola
Schuh Homes
Peter Pappas
Miller
Jeanette Krause
Marilyn Best
Market St
Carl Betz
5Th Ave. S
Leo J. Davis
West Ave S
David Driscoll
Park Ave
Rose Frantz
Fairchild Ave
Harry C. Horstman
West Salem
John J. Kish
Badger St
Orlando A. Lee
Kane St
Marilyn Ondell
S. 20Th St
Albert Pedretti
Onalaska
Evelyn Scheel
S. 19Th St
Willard Schomberg
Nixon proclaims December 15 Bill of Rights Day
President Nixon on December 15 named Bill of Rights Day and urged observance of a Human Rights Week starting that Wednesday. He noted the Bill of Rights was ratified 178 years ago and part of the Constitution, with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN over 20 years ago.
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Washington
Nixon
United Nations General Assembly
La Crosse Tribune Publication Details
The La Crosse Tribune is published daily afternoon and Sunday morning from 4th and Cass Streets La Crosse Wisconsin. It is a division of Lee Enterprises Inc and Associated Press. AP holds exclusive right to local news and AP dispatches. Second class postage paid here rates: single copy 10 cents carrier 1.40 every two weeks. Provide mail rates where carrier service is unavailable.
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la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
AP News
Wisconsin
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Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Gyrodyne
Howell Instrum
McQuay, Inc
Moore’s Seafood
Nekcosa
Roanwell
Wallace Bus
Warner Elec
Werner Cont
Wis. Power & L
Lee Enterprises
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
Alcoa
American Airlines
American Motors Amer. Tel. & Tel
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Burlington Ind
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