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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1966

Page

2

Wife testifies Coppolino urged deadly attack on Farber

In Freehold New Jersey Marjorie Farber recounts Dr. Coppolino urging her to club her husband with a baseball bat and inject a drug to kill retired Lt. Col. William E. Farber. She describes a hypnotic trance state and links the affair to the murder plot while facing cross examination by F. Lee Bailey.

Freehold N.J Marjorie Farber Carl Cappolino Farber Bailey Farbers Cappolinos Fox Run Middletown Township New Jersey Cappolino

Market Listings From Shearson Hammill Desk

The report shows inter-dealer price bids and asks across several securities and funds compiled around 9:00 a.m. It lists stock issues from Forst Bank, Fabri-Tek, Gateway Trans, Lincoln National Life and others with bid and ask ranges, plus mutual funds like Boston Fund Chemical Fund Fidelity and Puritan Fund with price intervals.

Forst Bank Fabri-Tek, Inc Gateway Trans Giddings & Lewis Godfrey Co Hamilton Lincoln Natl. Life McQuay, Inc Nekoosa Edwards Rockwell Mfg Royal Dutch N.Y Rust Craft Swank, Inc Wallace Business Warner Elec. Br Western Power Wis. Pow. & Lite la Crosse Cooler la X Telephone Co Mass. Inv Nati. Investors Puritan Fund Wisconsin Fund

Wisconsin Toll Reaches 1040 After Weekend Deaths

The Wisconsin weekend highway toll rises to six as five year old Kerry Reader of Merrill dies in a two car head on on Highway 64 near Merrill. Other fatalities include Richard Wenninger 18 of Hartford and Louis Cotter Jr 22 and Louis Sederstrom 60 and Gerald Sederstrom 32 of Shawano. Robert Betsinger 17 of La Crosse also dies in a separate crash.

Merrill Wisconsin Kerry Reader Fred Reader Rt. 2 Louis Cotter Jr Shawano Louis Sederstrom Gerald Shawano Lake Robert P. Betsinger la Crosse

Dinner To Honor Boma Planned In La Crosse

A Friendship Stag Dinner is planned at 7 30 p m in the Tosa Club to honor La Crosse County Undersheriff William S Boma a longtime police officer and former sheriff and undersheriff who was defeated in this year’s sheriff race Organizers expect out of town guests including some from Madison to attend.

la Crosse County William S. Boma Tosa Club S. 3Rd St Boma la Crosse Madison

Grader Repair Pact Reaches City Landfill Dept

Mid-States Equipment of Milwaukee will repair the Allis-Chalmers grader that has cost the city landfill department heavily in repairs. Officials from Mid-States and Allis-Chalmers met with the Board of Public Works after the Common Council set aside $1,000 in November to replenish the repair fund. The department has spent $5,464.86 on grader repairs over two years, including $4,872 in 1966, with the machine in near constant use at the dumps.

Mid-States Equipment Co Milwaukee Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co Mid-States Allis-Chalmers Board of Public Works Common Council Ambrose Marcou

Maj Gen Thorson Dies Of Heart Ailment

Retired Maj. Gen. Truman Casper Thorson 71 died of a heart ailment Saturday at Walter Reed Army Hospital. A native of Scandinavia Wisconsin he commanded Ft. Gordon Georgia and served as inspector general of the European command in Germany. He retired in 1953 after a career beginning in 1917 with World War I and World War II overseas service. Funeral services set for Dec. 13 at Ft. Myer Virginia with burial at Arlington National Cemetery.

North Carolina College of Agriculture and Engineering Raleigh Infantry Ft. Benning Ft. Myer Arlington National Cemetery

Jury Chosen To Hear Accident Lawsuit In La Crosse

A civil suit from a 1965 traffic collision on the Causeway opens in La Crosse County Court before Judge Eugene A. Toepel. Plaintiff Marie A. Reinhart seeks damages from Roger C. Winter and Rural Mutual Insurance Co. as the defendant insurance carrier. Jury members sworn include Gustave Amundson Robert L. Copsey Lawrence Evenson Mrs Verna Hauser Lewis H. Larson Harry E. Mead Mrs Marie Newberry Hubert J. Schreier Ralph Schultz Mrs Elizabeth Pischke Paul H. Linse and Wilmer Garves.

la Crosse County Eugene A. Toepel Marie A. Reinhart Rose St Roger C. Winter Redfield St Rural Mutual Insurance Co Madison Carl F. Schnick Gustave Amundson Robert L. Copsey Lawrence Evenson Verna Hauser Lewis H. Larson Harry E. Mead Marie Newberry Hubert J. Schreier la Crosse Ralph Schultz Campbell Elizabeth Pischke West Salem Paul H. Linse Onalaska Wilmer Garves

Two U S Satellites Go Into Orbit From Vandenberg

At Vandenberg Air Force Base California two 220 pound OV1 craft named OV1-9 and OV1-10 were launched Sunday atop an Atlas D rocket in a dual mission. Each satellite carried 12 radiation measuring experiments including a unit simulating human tissue to study radiation risk to humans.

Vandenberg Air Force Base Calif Man Air Force

Tools stolen from Gundersen Clinic construction site

More than 700 dollars in tools were stolen from the Gundersen Clinic addition construction site. Adolph Krismer reported 700 dollars of tools taken including his 300 dollars, Otis Elevator Co. 200 dollars, and Chester Harm of West Salem 222 dollars. Some elevator parts were missing.

Gundersen Clinic Adolph Krismer Jackson St la Crosse Krismer Otis Elevator Co Chester Harm West Salem

Golden Girl Bathes at Police Headquarters

In eight-below cold, Joyce Calcina, 18, paraded along Hen nepin Avenue wearing only brassiere panties and boots with heavy gold paint. A motorist gawked, a transfer stained a police uniform, and Calcina was booked for indecent conduct after a bath at the station.

Minneapolis Purdue University Hennepin Avenue Joyce Calcina

Ford Foundation Plans Show on Educational TV

New York AP Plans for a 10 million Ford Foundation grant to illustrate educational television potential through national programs were to be filed in Washington with the FCC. McGeorge Bundy, foundation president, said the Sunday night series would debut September 3 and cover weekly news developments using relay facilities, aiming to prove what education TV could do with satellites and broader funding. no domestic satellite system is expected for at least two years.

New York Ford Foundation Washington Federal Communications Commission McGeorge Bundy Foundation Bundy

Author Of Psychology Books Dies At 85

Clearwater Florida dr Augusta Bronner Healy 85 author of many psychology books on juvenile delinquency dies Sunday. native of Louisville Kentucky former associate director at Yale Research Institute of Human Relations and former head of the Judge Baker Research Foundation in Boston.

Clearwater, Fla Augusta Bronner Healy Louisville Research Institute of Human Relations Yale Judge Baker Research Foundation Boston

South Dakota School Wins Debate Meet in Whitewater

The University of South Dakota captured the varsity debate division at Whitewater State's fourth annual forensic meet held Saturday. Kansas State won the novice division among 34 schools represented. individual winners included participants from Oshkosh State and the University of Wisconsin.

Whitewater University of South Dakota Whitewater State Kansas State Oshkosh State University of Wiscon

Campbell seeks to raze unsafe building at 1107 La Crescent St

La Crosse Circuit Court orders Campbell to demolish the unsafe uninhabitable structure owned by Lilah Mosher at 1107 La Crescent St. Mosher must repair by Dec 16 or the town fire chief or designated official may demolish. Demolition costs become a lien on the property.

Campbell la Crosse la Crescent St Lilah Mosher R. 1 la Crescent Mosher Lincoln Neprud

Weather Bureau Aligns With Humorous Sign in Vietnam

In Cuchi Vietnam meteorologists at the 25th Infantry Division airport display a sign reading This is a non prophet organization alongside their weather advisory. The humor reflects light relief among troops during service.

Weather Bureau Cuchi South Vietnam 25Th Infantry Division

King Gustaf Awards Nobel Prizes in 1966 Ceremony

Six laureates received their medals at Stockholm Concert Hall as King Gustaf VI Adolf presided. Chemistry honored Mulliken and Kastler, Physics shared by Kastler, Medicine awarded to Rous and Huggan, and Literature shared by Agnon and Sachs.

Stockholm Sweden Gustaf VI Adolf Robert S. Mulliken Chicago University of Chicago Florida State University At Tallahassee Alfred Kastler Israel Nelly Sachs

Deaths of William Newhouse and others noted in area obituaries

Obituaries list William Newhouse 72 of 1926 S 30th St died Sunday December 11 in a Madison hospital. He is survived by his widow Tillie two sons William and Irwin seven grandchildren and multiple siblings. John J Schaefer 82 of 2723 George St died December 10 with services set for December 14 at St James Church. Mrs Henry Kehr 71 of 509 N 12th St died December 11 with services at First Evangelical Lutheran Church and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Burial details and memorials outlined for all, with wake and church service times and funeral homes noted.

William Newhouse S. 30Th St Madison Hospital la Crosse Tillie William Madison Irwin Garden Grove Calif Garrett Pharr Tex Bert Peoria Ill Rudolph la Crescent Minn VFW Carpenters Asbury Methodist Church Wayne Grover Prospect Hill Cemetery Sletten-McKee Henry Anna) Kehr 12Th St Merlin Shirley) Wrobel Richard Mary Colwell Alma Center Rose Rediske Arthur Koplin First Evangelical Lutheran Church Fritz Miller Oak Grove Cemetery Sletten- McKee John J. Schaefer George Johanna Ebert St. Cloud Frances Andersen Belgrade Joseph New Richmond

Supreme Court leaves baseball antitrust immunity intact

In Minneapolis Wisconsin case notes, the Supreme Court declines to hear La Follette's appeal on baseball antitrust immunity. The Wisconsin Supreme Court had held baseball a monopoly beyond state action, leaving Wisconsin unable to enforce its antitrust laws against the sport.

Washington Supreme Court Wisconsin Supreme Court Wisconsin National League Milwaukee Braves Atlanta Wisconsin Atty Bronson C. la Follette Attorney General la Follette United States Illinois William G. Clark Clark

Eisenhower Gallbladder Surgery Finds No Bile Duct Stones

The surgical team led by Lt. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton said gall stones existed in the gallbladder but none were found in the common bile duct. They noted previous gallbladder trouble and reported Mamie Eisenhower, John Eisenhower, and Dr Milton Eisenhower were informed of progress during the operation.

Eisenhower Leonard D. Heaton Mamie Eisenhower John Milton Eisenhower

Wisconsin welfare construction projects and delays noted

The report lists a Whitewater building addition and a $2.6 million science addition at Superior. It cites $11 million for a new youthful offender institution and $6.7 million for a Southeastern Wisconsin Girls School. A proposed $7 million boys school in southern Wisconsin is delayed until at least 1969 with no locations set for the two approved institutions.

Wisconsin

Fire and medical calls in La Crosse on December 10

Fire units responded to Ronald Wehrs residence on St Andrew Street for a flooded oil burner and to an empty house on S 20th Street for water in the basement. Police and ambulance records show Jane Johnson, 61, of 333 S 9th Street, ill at Lutheran Hospital after a call to Mary E Sawyer Auditorium at 10:42 p.m.

Hall Lewis 2Nd Ave. S 6Th Street Ronald Wehrs St. Andrew St S. 20Th St Mary E. ‘Sawyer Jane Johnson S. 9Th St Lutheran Hospital

No Backlog Indicated For Region's Mail

Minneapolis postal chief says there is no backlog in the region during the Christmas rush. About 6,000 to 7,000 temporary workers were hired to aid the rush across Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas. delay-free mail service emphasized amid holiday demand.

Minneapolis Adrian P. Winkel Winkel Minnesota Wisconsin James Pettie Dakotas West Salem Theran Porary

Youth Fined On Reduced Charge In Wisconsin Case

In La Crosse Circuit Court judge Lincoln Neprud fined 19 year old Howard Griffin of Warrens 50 dollars and costs after he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct tied to a forged check scheme. Griffin and two Sparta youths faced initial charges connected to aiding Chalmas Hale of Harvey Louisiana. Hale was convicted of forgery and sentenced to up to five years in Waupun State Prison. Sanders pleaded guilty to forgery and faces sentencing next month. Schur had charges dismissed. Griffin’s charge was amended accordingly. In a second case Morris Crow of Omaha pleaded innocent to carrying a concealed weapon and aggravated battery after a downtown tavern incident with Bernard Wakeen. Crow failed to post a 2000 bond and will remain in jail until trial planned later this month.

Monroe County la Crosse Lincoln Neprud Howard C. Griffin Warrens Griffin Sparta John L. Sanders Patrick M. Schur Chalmas H. Hale Harvey, la Hale Waupun State Sanders Dist Atty Burleigh Randolph Schur Morris W. Crow Omaha Crow Bernard Wakeen 10Th St

Ruby Case Dims as Cancer Endangers Oswald Trial

Ruby, hospitalized at Parkland after cancer spread from a neck tumor, faces uncertain prognosis. Dr. Sanford doubts he will attend a February retrial for the Oswald murder in Dallas, as tests seek tumor origin with possible survival from a month to five years.

Sanford Ruby Parkland Hospital Lee Harvey Oswald Oswald Warren Commission John F. Kennedy Dallas Wichita Falls Here

Illinois Mayor's Kin Arrested In Raid

Four men were freed on bond after a gambling raid at the Hi Hat Lounge owned by the East Dubuque mayor's brother. FBI agents seized a roulette wheel dice and blackjack tables and charged Melvin A Vanderah and three others with violating federal bans on interstate travel in aid of racketeering.

East Dubuque, Ill East Dubuque FBI Melvin A. Vanderah Vanderah Melvin H. Kirk John Knupp Lester J. Yutzy Dubuque Iowa

Woman Loses Arm In Washing Machine Rescue

Milwaukee report says Kathleen L. Welchman 19 lost her arm after it became tangled in an automatic washing machine. Two young men, Fred Welchman 21 and Timothy Welchman 16, applied first aid and a tourniquet to stop life threatening bleeding until fire rescue arrived.

Milwaukee Kathleen L. Welchman Fred Timothy Welchman New Berlin Adam Fuchs Fire Department Welchman

Weather and regional forecast for La Crosse area

Weather bulletin for La Crosse and surrounding states notes variable clouds and warmer temperatures tonight into Tuesday. Winds shift from southeasterly to southerly, with low temperatures around 20 to 25 and mid 40s Tuesday. Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa forecasts show milder conditions with light precipitation possible midweek.

Lacrosse Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa

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