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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1973
Page
2
Wisconsin first lady Jean Lucey urges teachers to consider returning to older phonetic reading techniques as a way to combat illiteracy. She argues innovations fail and cites generations of immigrants who learned with traditional methods while praising current math instruction.
UW president John Weaver reported savings of more than 9 million through academic cuts and 1.5 million in administrative reductions, detailing specific saves from course eliminations, summer session cuts, and laboratory school closures while noting merger progress. The remarks came at a Madison Rotary Club event amid debate over merger gains.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese adviser Le Duc Tho will meet in Paris on December 20 to discuss matters of mutual interest amid continued Vietnam fighting. White House said no reason given for the first meeting in six months. Kissinger travels to the Middle East, and in London he received the Nobel Peace Prize with Tho, which Tho declined to accept.
The Associated Press reports two deaths in Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Robert J. Odelman, 18, of Racine died in a two car crash on Wisconsin 20 west of Racine. Adolph Erdmann, 66, of rural Neenah died after being struck on U.S. 45 in Winnebago County.
Wisconsin and Minnesota face much colder conditions with clear to partly cloudy skies. Central and southern areas see light snow and a cold wave with extreme lows near minus 35 in the north and minus 15 to minus 5 in the southeast. Daytime highs stay well below normal with continued cold and northerly winds.
Wisconsin governor Patrick J. Lucey announced that school children statewide will craft ornaments to adorn the Capitol Christmas tree replacing electric lights this year. He asked principals in all 72 counties to select a dozen student-made pieces and forward them to the state house to aid energy conservation. Capitol employees and visitors are urged to use stairs instead of elevators, with signs posted throughout the building.
Onalaska Wis residents told to call police if anyone other than City Assessor David Huebsch claims ties to his office. Huebsch, the sole assessor, noted a visitor in November to a trailer home asking to measure and photograph. He stressed no such practice exists and no staff works in his office. Police and ambulance logs follow.
Dr. Roger R. Nolop, 61, of Ortonville Minnesota, practicing in Rochester and Mankato, received two years probation with a $6,000 fine and tax penalties totaling $24,984 for 1967 1968 and 1969 after pleading guilty to underreporting income by 8105 and underpaying 2026 in a three count indictment.
The La Crosse Tribune lists mail and carrier subscription details with pricing. Includes city carrier rate of 1.60 every two weeks and a one year mail rate of 30 dollars within 75 miles. Volume 69 Number 209.
Wayne L. Smith 30, a Merrill mechanic, pleaded innocent by reason of mental illness at arraignment on first degree murder charges in the death of Hye Son Hawke 24. Held on 50000 bond, he waived a preliminary hearing and no further date was set. The nearly nude body was found Friday in the driveway of a Merrill alderman.
The report details a proposed U S fuel rationing scheme with five percent gasoline production cuts masking a true twenty five percent shortfall due to both reduced output and Arab oil embargo impacts. Priority goes to essential services and agriculture while gasoline retailers face the lowest priority. Nixon pushes rapid energy research spending with potential multi year funding shifts. Economists forecast a steep GDP decline next year from the energy squeeze.
Christine Midelfort, a UW La Crosse music student, presents a vocal recital at Viterbo College Recital Hall Sunday at 3 p.m. She is a Grinnell College alumna with studies under Sister Arlene Lavadiere and Wilma Scheffner. accompanist Joyce Grill is pursuing an UW Madison graduate degree. The program features works by Grieg Sibelius Mussorgsky Rachmaninoff Villa Lobos Britten Mahler Rodrigo. She plans to enter the University of Minnesota graduate school after this semester and is the daughter of Dr and Mrs C F Midelfort Ebner's Coulee.
All ten Minnesota members of Congress pay state income taxes on their federal salaries. Those living in the District of Columbia say they tax all income, while Minnesota, Maryland, and Virginia residents likewise pay Minnesota taxes or other state taxes as applicable.
In Algiers a U S source says Kissinger believes meaningful Israel Syria talks hinge on a prisoners exchange. Geneva peace conference set for Dec 18 with UN invitation. Egypt and Israel have swapped, Syria seeks troop pullback to Oct 22 front. Kissinger to visit Middle East capitals. Fire report from La Crosse notes December 12 blaze at Birnbaum's Park and Shop.
Gov. Lucey framed a special session limited to energy emergency measures and shared tax issues. He proposed a statewide 55 mph speed limit, power to suspend truck weight rules for high priority freight, and expanded powers for energy aide Stanley York to force oil company disclosures. He also urged paying $166 million in shared taxes to municipalities despite lawsuits over population estimates and court adjustments.
Three women died in separate traffic incidents in Minnesota on Tuesday night. Elizabeth Breyfogel, 53, of Marshall, was found dead in a wreck near Ghent after her car left Minnesota 68 and flipped. Lena Anderson, 63, of Minneapolis, was struck by a Metropolitan Transit Commission bus on Lowry Avenue, with driver Glen A. Brogren unable to avoid her. Susan Morrissey, 71, of Minneapolis, was killed when struck by a car on Chicago Avenue and 53rd Street. the driver was 21-year-old Kevin D. Alexander.
Onalaska Wisconsin will host an 8 p.m. dinner at the Blue Moon Restaurant honoring the eight officer force and their wives. A social hour precedes at 7 p.m. A plaque will be awarded in 1974 and inscribed with the year's top officer. Local merchants fund the event with outside support. Attending are Police Chief John Cloudy Mayor LH Pertzsch and Fire Chief Paul Skogen.
The University of Wisconsin La Crosse will host an honors recital at 8 p.m. Thursday in Main Hall Auditorium. Ten music students were selected by university staff to perform. Admission is free for the public.
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