Students claim draft lottery may have been stacked
Three University of Pittsburgh students using computer analysis say the nations draft lottery shows a pattern suggesting stacking. They allege birthdates were placed month by month and not stirred, with December dates appearing early and January dates often late, implying biased results. Navy Captain Pascoex said there was no stacking and outlined the capsule handling.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Tom Anestis
Anestis
Don Smith
Alan B. Lazar
Washington
Service
Navy
William
Pascoex
Air Quality Consultant Approved for Southeastern Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board agreed to hire an air quality consultant to develop safeguards across seven southeastern counties and requested extra funds. Hearings will follow tentative regionwide standards, with broader state air rules planned next week. The board also scheduled a Jan 7 hearing in Elkhorn on Jackson Creek sewage concerns and approved land acquisitions including High Cliff State Park annex. An appeal was filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court over a Palmyra land value ruling.
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Madison
State Natural Resources Board
Wisconsin
Department of the Interior
Thomas G. Frangos
Department of Natural Resources
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
John Potter
Wisconsin Rapids
Upper Spring Lake
Jefferson County
Madison Raises Property Tax Rate by 3.36 Per Thousand
Madison's Common Council approved a 1970 property tax rate of 56.36 per 1000, with state relief reducing it 3.67. The budget totals 29.2 million, up 3.1 million, and includes a 30 ambulance fee and hikes to hotel motel taxes, while wheel tax was rejected.
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Madison
Common Council
Nun Named To Minn Education Agency Post
Gov Har old LeVander appointed Sister Mary Richard Boo to the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Commission. She has led College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth since 1967 and will fill the unexpired term of Brother Joseph Greg ory at St Marys College Winona through Feb 15 1971. A $2.7 million paramedical training facility at St Scholastica was completed recently. She holds a bachelor's from Duluth college a master's from St Louis University and a PhD from the University of Illinois.
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ST. Paul
Harold LeVander
Mary Richard Boo
Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Commission
Mary Richard
College of St. Scholastica
Duluth
Joseph Gregory
St. Mary’s College
Winona
St. Scholastica
Duluth College
St. Louis University
University of Illinois
Weather outlook for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with temps
Partly cloudy conditions pass through Wisconsin Saturday night with little temperature change. Sunday turns cloudy and colder with a chance of snow flurries in the northeast. Minnesota shows partly cloudy to cloudy skies with light snow possible in the far northeast Saturday night, and fair to partly cloudy southwest Sunday with milder conditions in the south. Iowa remains generally fair with little change Saturday night and Sunday. Shippers forecast warns perishables should be protected within a 150 mile radius of La Crosse for the minimum temperatures up to 6 p.m. Sunrise Sunday is 7 31 a.m. Sunset Sunday 4 28 p.m. Record highs and lows listed for December 13 with degree days totals and normal.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
River Readings Flood Stage Change at La Crosse
Flood stage readings show 24-hour stage change with river measurements at La Crosse. Station reports indicate altered water levels and potential impact on nearby areas as readings update.
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LA Crosse
Death notices from Tri-State region list multiple obituaries
Obituaries for Hans Fuhr 82 Soldiers Grove and Michael O Banion 26 Black River Falls plus Edward Larson 84 Hixon Rose Vlasak 66 Hillsboro and Albert Amundson 78 Westby list services, burial, and survivors. Timeframe Dec 11 with church and cemetery details, funeral homes, and callers. Names include Fuhr Amundson O Banion Larson Vlasak and communities Soldiers Grove Readstown Westby Hillsboro Hix ton.
Deaths in Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota area
Obituaries from cold Waukon Iowa and towns in Wisconsin and Minnesota report deaths of Rose Sadler Phillip Welch Clara Grubb Joseph Gezella. Sadler aged 97 died after a fall in Waukon with services at Mt Hope Church near Waukon and burial in local cemetery. Welch 71 formerly of Gays Mills died in Soldiers Grove Nursing Home with services at St Marys Church. Grubb 87 formerly of Viroqua died in St Paul nursing home with services at Viroqua Cemetery. Gezella 95 of Norwalk died in local hospital with funeral Mass at St Patricks Church and burial at Mound Prairie Cemetery.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Rose Vlasak
Yuba
Richland Center
Congregational
William R. Schafer
Champion Valley Cemetery
Fick Funeral Home
Frank Aynes
Czechoslovakia
United States
Elroy
Valley
Bohumil Vlasak
Henrietta Township
Wesley
Norwalk
Donald
Madison
Harold
Waukon
Iowa
Rose Sadler
Waukon Hospital
Good Samaritan Center
Mt. Hope Church
Martin
Union City
Preston
Minn
Alton Balman
Earl Beardmore
Dorchester
Arthur
Gays Mills
Phillip Welch
Soldiers Grove
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Anton Lecheler
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Seneca
Viroqua
Clara Grubb
St. Paul, Minn
Carroll Wallasper
Beier Funeral Home
Rosary
Green Bay
Virgil Grubb
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Sparta
Joseph Gezella
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Bernard Kelly
Mound Prairie Cemetery
Robert Page
Poland
Milwaukee
Stella Jaskulski
Paul
Mary) Giraud
Andrew
Concert time error prompts 2 pm start surge
A misprint in the Weekend section misstates the Viterbo College Christmas concert start. The article erroneously listed 3 p.m. for Sunday’s performance. the correct start time is 2 p.m.
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Viterbo College
Hotel basement theft reported in La Crosse
Jeffrey Sendberg of Oconomo woc reported to La Crosse police on Friday that two barbells valued at nine dollars kept in the hotel basement at the La Crosse Hotel were stolen.
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Jeffrey Sendberg
Oconomowoc
la Crosse Hotel
la Crosse
Santa letter spurs plea as 28 ships idle in Hawaii strike
A first grade class letters President Nixon and the San Francisco Marine Firefighters Union asking how to free ships for Christmas. The Save Christmas Committee says 28 West Coast ships are idle, 14 from Matson, delaying Hawaii bound cargo including 130,000 Christmas trees. Gov Burns notes Hawaii has at least 45 days of food supply. Stores are stocked but shortages rise as the dispute continues.
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Honolulu
Union Men
Save Christmas Committee
Marine Firemen’s Union
San Francisco
Nixon
James Marshall
Matson
Hawaii
La Farge Woman Cut In Mishap
Viroqua Wisconsin. Ann Nordin aged 38 of rural La Farge suffered a forehead cut in a 7 p.m. accident Wednesday four miles east of Viroqua at the Highways 82 and 56 intersection. She was taken to Vernon Memorial Hospital, treated and released. Driver Jean Marie Cornell 35 of La Farge tried to stop at a stop sign but slid across the intersection and hit a gate post at the Sheldon Salvage Yard.
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Viroqua
Wis
Ann Nordin
la Farge
Vernon Memorial Hospital
Jean Marie Cornell
Sheldon
Marching Chiefs Day Proclaimed for La Crosse Band
Mayor Warren Loveland proclaimed Monday as Marching Chiefs Day in La Crosse in honor of the La Crosse State University band’s Tournament of Roses Parade appearance in Pasadena. He noted a $65,000 fundraising drive and praised the band’s dedication and excellence.
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Warren Loveland
Marching Chiefs
la Crosse State University
Pasadena
Calif
Loveland
Doves Outpolt Hawks After Vietnam Debate
The doves won 92 to 8 in a public Vietnam policy debate sponsored by Lal Crosse Concerned Citizens for Peace in Vietnam. About 175 attended at Coleman Auditorium, Western Wisconsin Technical Institute, with 100 casting ballots and sending letters to congressmen. Joseph Heim argued containment of Communism and South Vietnam’s leadership issues, while Dr. William Vettes disputed the two-country view and cited civil war excesses. Attendees were urged to contact their officials and given a list of senators and representatives.
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The
Doves
Hawks
U.S. Vietnam
Lal Crosse
Citizens For Peace
Vietnam
Coleman Auditorium
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Joseph Heim
la Crosse State University
William Vettes
LCU
Vettes
Heim
South Vietnam
North
Vettel
Diphtheria Claims 4th Life In Florida
A 6 year old boy from Monticello, Florida, dies in a Thomasville hospital bringing Florida diphtheria deaths to four. Health official Dr. Wilson Sowder warns of a statewide outbreak risk as vaccine supplies move to Monticello for a mass inoculation program and Jacksonville considers a crash effort.
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Miami
Fla
North Florida
David Seabrook
Thomasville
Monticello
Wilson Sowder
Florida
Istate
Sowder
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Minn. Education Agency
Hans Fuhr
Viroqua Hospital
Kickapoo United Lutheran Church
David Guetzke
Lewis Davidson
Franklyn Cemetery
Lime Funeral Home
Readstown
Andrew Fuhr
Norway
Michael O’banion
West
Coon Prairie
Lee
Anderson Funeral Chapel
Black River Falls
Paramount
Langlois-Galston Funeral Home
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Georges Mathieu
Riverside Cemetery
Herschel O’banion
Peoria
Ill
Joyce Spade
Zenda
Kan
Raymond
Edward Larson
Hixton
Jackson County
Eau Claire
Northfield
Upper Pigeon Creek Lutheran Church
Robert Bipes
Jensen Funeral Home
Melvin
Clarence
Minnie Larson
Ida Grunken
Mrs
Mrs. Rose Sadler
Albert Amundson
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bemidi Bismarck
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Falls
Kansas City
Lacrosse
Los Angeles
Mason City
Memphis
Miami Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Portland
Ore
Pix
Rapid City
Roches
Rochester, Minn
Elmer Bailey
Colorado
Ed Wild
Clara Smerud
New Albin
Martin’s
Edgerton
Midwest
U.S
la Crosse Tribune
Jim Phelps
Farwell St
LA Crosse City
James Phelps
Jim
Logan Jr. High School
Badger St
la Crosse St
East Ave
15Th Place
Dwight Eisenhower
al Smith
J. Edgar Hoover
Bob Hope
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Walt Disney
Yeur
Navigational Co
Matson Navigation Co
John A. Burns
Ithe
Ho Chi Minh
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