Suspect in Murder Claims Victim Tried to rape Her
Wanda Hillman testified she shot Herbert Hillman after he allegedly tried to rape her on the night of the killing in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. She described previous rape attempts and told of moving plans and husband Frank Hillman’s role.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Wanda Hillman
Herbert Hillman
Hillman
Crawford County
Dist
Michael Kirchman
Leary Peterson
Frank
Frank Hillman
McGregor
Iowa
Wanda
Herbert
Kirchman
Mrs. Hillman
Fourth Minnesota School Strike Keeps District Idle
Luverne teachers walk out after a 12 hour negotiation fails to yield a two year contract. About 500 teachers across Luverne Winona Roseau and nearby districts are striking with schools closed and buses running to manage 1750 students.
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Luverne
Minnesota
Dave Svingen
Minnesota Education Association
MEA
Howard Lake-Waverly
Winona
Roseau
Laverne
Faribault
St. Peter
Howard Lake Waverly
Luverne School Board
Luverne Education Association
Janet Luttmers
Winona Education Association
Galesville submits HUD grant plan for sidewalks
Galesville City Council agreed to apply to HUD for a rural community hardware grant to fund sidewalk improvements. First of two-part applications due in January. Council also updated the city map to reflect new streets and annexations and to keep two city assessors in place.
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Galesville, Wis
Galesville
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Charles R. Whaley Jr
Richard A. Meir
Whaley
la Crosse
Meir
LaCrosse Tribune Classified Listing Details
The LaCrosse Tribune lists contact numbers for missed papers and classified ads The paper publishes afternoons and Sunday mornings from 401 N 3rd St La Crosse Wisconsin 54601 The city carrier price is two dollars every two weeks and mail subscriptions within 75 miles cost 35 dollars per year Volume 71 Number 209
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Tribune
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
Washburn School Fate Referred Back To Board
A Washburn School study committee in La Crosse recommends the school board decide future use. It drafts three resolutions including housing special education in the building and studying district boundaries for Washburn. The panel cites lack of long range planning and asks the board to consider alternative programs and traffic safeguards. The board will hear a report at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium.
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Washburn
la Crosse Area
Board of Education
Evan Lowrey
la Crosse
West Avenue
State Street
Emerson School
Fright Fire Kills Seven In Mission District Building
A predawn blaze gutted the Gartland Hotel Apartments in San Francisco killing at least seven residents and injuring several. Officials note possible arson. More than 125 residents fled from first floor windows. one man lowered from a fourth floor ledge with minor injuries. Fire Chief Calden put seven bodies at the scene and pegged damage at four hundred thousand dollars.
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San Francisco
Gartland Hotel
Mission District
Keith Calden
House Approves Record Budget Resolution
The House passed a budget resolution setting a 374.9 billion spending ceiling and a 74.1 billion deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30. The 189 to 187 vote follows Senate approval 74 to 19. the president’s signature is not required and the measure binds congressional spending and revenue decisions for the year.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
United States Proposes Nuclear Withdrawals in Vienna Talks
Washington and North Atlantic allies plan to pull back 1000 American nuclear warheads from Europe along with some F 4 fighters and Pershing missiles if the Soviet Union withdraws a tank army. West German officials say the offer will be presented Tuesday at reduction negotiations in Vienna. Kissinger pressed for the proposal.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States
North Atlantic
Europe
Soviet Union
Vienna
Henry A. Kissinger
Spain's Top Communist Leader Released From Prison
Marcelino Camacho, 57, Spain's top Communist labor leader, was freed by court order from Carabanchel Prison where he had been held without charge since Sunday. He had been pardoned on Nov 29 but was rearrested during a demonstration planned by the outlawed party for amnesty and the protest did not take place outside the prison.
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Madrid
Spain
Marcelino Camacho
Camacho
Communist Party
Carabanchel
Four IRA gunmen surrender in London hostage standoff
Four IRA gunmen in London surrendered to police after holding a postal inspector and his wife hostage for nearly six days. They released the 53 year old housewife. her husband, 54 year old John, remained captive at the time.
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London
Scotland Yard
John
Cold weather blankets most of nation with mixed precipitation
Most regions face cold conditions on Friday with fair weather in the south. Snow is forecast across the Plains and rain and snow flurries from the mid Atlantic to southern New England. Wisconsin and Minnesota expect cloudy skies with chances of snow and light freezing rain in parts. flood stage data shown for Dresbach and La Crosse/Dresbach area.
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Plains
Texas
mid-Atlantic
New England
Wisconsin
Minnesota
La Crosse Weather Readout Snapshot
The report lists degree days total 1808 for the period with 35 today and year figures 1969 and 1968 high and low records. It records sunrise at 7 31 a m and sunset at 4 28 p m along with normal values 1903 and a record low 13 in 1958.
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Erickson Hardwoods
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Associated Press
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Faribault Education Association
Howard Lake- Waverly Education Association
Kirby Klingelhoffer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Council
Reed & Barton
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American Gem Society
LaCrosse Tribune
Tion
la Crosse Tribune
Howard H. Barge
D.C. & Associates
Gary Scholze
D.C
Pamela Barge Scholze
State Bank Building
Chiropractic Clinic
S. 32Nd St
Artists International Merrillan
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Hearst
Patricia Hearst
San Mateo County
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