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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1972
Page
3
A fire gutted the second floor and damaged the ground floor of Mauston Elementary Junior High School in Wisconsin. Fire departments from Manston Elroy and New Lisbon fought the blaze started in the 1915 assembly room and discovered by a snow removal worker at 2 56 a m. Classes were canceled as officials planned future steps.
A Wisconsin public hearing on an $800000 I-90 rest area and information center drew about 60 people, with proponents outnumbering opponents. Testimony favored the project citing tourism gains and regional benefits, while opponents criticized costs and floodplain concerns.
Tribune sports writer Terry Burt notes Mount La Crosse begins its 13th skiing season Saturday with favorable weather and a positive outlook, quelling worries about the unlucky number.
Arnold Miller claimed a decisive victory over incumbent W A Boyle in the court ordered UMW election. Miller pledged reforms, pensions to 200 dollars monthly, a 20 percent cut in officer salaries, and moving headquarters to the coal fields. He spoke after votes from 979 locals had been tallied with a 56 percent margin.
Montreал officials report 21 year old Larry Maxwell Stanford of Saint John New Brunswick surrendered to his father and a Montreal psychiatrist after forcing a Jetliner to roam eastern Canada for about 10 hours He released 57 passengers unharmed before landing in Montreal Ottawa then back to Montreal Stewardess Josette Cote aided his surrender The youth had pulled a rifle at Wabash Labrador West airport and demanded to go to Vancouver then Winnipeg The airline said no special precautions had been taken at small airports.
Frigid Friday night with temperatures near zero and light northwest winds up to 10 mph. Saturday stays cool with a high near 18 and a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation. Sunday remains mostly cloudy and slightly warmer with a low around 5.
Black campus militants press a moral wave on college investments, asserts John P. Roche. The piece critiques efforts to influence university portfolios and governance through activist pressure.
A Manhattan housewife testified that after ordering two beds from Abraham & Straus in Brooklyn, the store delivered ten beds. Delivery trucks brought extra frames and mattresses filling rooms, causing a finger injury. The Civil Court jury awarded $750 in damages.
Dr. John Jaeger of Lutheran Hospital seeks two former patients who suffered breathing difficulties after anesthesia. A genetic enzyme deficiency may cause prolonged paralysis from succinylcholine, risking nonbreathing for hours or days. Mrs. John Voves and family history prompted testing and Zaeger asks for help locating the two others.
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