Apollo 17 prepares for 68 hour return to Earth
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans launch from lunar orbit at 5 33 p m CST for a 68 hour trip home toward a Pacific splashdown Tuesday They carry moon samples including orange dust from Shorty Crater and report seismic data indicating a 29 mile crust depth.
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Space Center
Houston
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
Earth
Paul Gast
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Manned Spacecraft Center
W. R. Muehlberger
University of Texas
Cernan and
Schmitt
Lunar
Gary Latham
University of Texas At Galveston
Apollo 17
Moon
Cernan
Sulpicius Gallus
Sea of Serenity
Taurus-Littrow Valley
Serenity
Evans
America
Challenger
Weather summary and lunar mission notes from La Crosse area
Wisconsin and Minnesota forecast show bitter cold nights, with warmer Sunday. Iowa eyes increasing clouds and a chance of snow. Moon mission notes cover Apollo 17 astronauts Evans Cernan and Schmitt, lunar colors, and film recovery. Local court actions include four prelims and a Milwaukee union embezzlement indictments.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Anderson Acts To Block Fuel Shortage In Minn
Gov. Wendell Anderson urged conservation of natural gas fuel oil and electricity to prevent a crisis in Minnesota. Sen. Mondale asked President Nixon to act on heating oil and gas shortages. The governor directed officials to curb energy use in state buildings and asked major suppliers to distribute fuel more evenly.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Anderson
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Nixon
Mondale
Richard Brubacher
North American
Upper Midwest
Presentence Probe Ordered In Wisconsin Property Case
A Bloomington man Thomas R. John 21 pleaded no defense in La Crosse County Court to criminal damage to property after a plea bargain. Sentencing set for Jan. 8 with a presentence investigation ordered by Judge Leonard Roraff.
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la Crosse
Burleigh Randolph
David W. Clark
Nottingham Ave
Kenneth R. Hanson
Shelby Road
Jay
Randolph
Thomas
Jefferson
17Th St
Charles Raymond
Asst. Dist. Atty
Mark Lukoff
George Kannam
1St Ave. E
Robert G. Dillingham
Wisconsin Department of Justice
la Crosse County
Bloomington
Wis
Thomas R. John
Leonard Roraff
N. George DeDakis
John
VM Gran Realty and Rental Service
S. 13Th St
DeDakis
Lukoff
Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services
Roraff
Jury Finds Man Guilty in Riverside Park Marijuana Case
A six member jury in La Crosse found Lanny D. Powlek guilty of marijuana possession after a Sept. 8 incident in Riverside Park. Judge Leonard Roraff continued sentencing to allow defense motions. Powlek, 20, resides at 1117 Avon St, with attorney N George Dedakis.
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la Crosse
Helen Schwinefus
Lanny D. Powlek
Avon St
Powlek
N. George DeDakis
Leonard Roraff
DeDakis
Asst. Dist. Atty
Mark Lukoff
Riverside Park
Carl Huebner
S. 4Th St
Patricia Clemens
Green St
Onalaska
Lois Schultz
Jean Fuchs
Diagonal Road
Iris Topp
Shorewood Drive
Rosemarie Hengel
Paul Place
Bruce Berg
King St
Obituaries and a vandalism case from La Crosse County
Obituaries for William S. Sherman 67 of 1026 Liberty St and Eunice Pickering 82 of 1311 Caledonia St note service details burial locations and church affiliations. David Lundgren 29 of Onalaska fined 59 for criminal damage to a telephone booth with restitution plan and bond accounting.
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William S. Sherman
Liberty St
Sparta
Alice
Edward of
Elroy
Dickinson Funeral
Jackson Street Chapel
Arthur Ferce
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
Eunice Pickering
Caledonia St
Midway
la Crosse
J. Frank Pickering
Ruth Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Royal Neighbors
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
North Presbyterian Church
Ronald McMenamin
Pine Cliff Cemetery
Galesville
Caledonia Street
Eastern Star
Onalaska
Leonard Roraff
Asst. Dist
Atty
Mark Lukoff
David L. Lundgren
South 5Th Avenue
Lundgren
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Deaths of local residents span nine Wis. towns
Obituaries list Phoebe Attwood 83 of Elroy Walter Simonson 56 of Merrillan Mildred Caya 97 of Lynxville Vera Hoff 62 of Mindoro Victor L. Eggen 75 of Black River Falls Inga Leiran 84 of Waukon Lloyd Peterson 58 of Viroqua Fritz Schallow 79 of Trempealeau Arthur Stetzer 82 of Melrose Pauline Rude 75 of Westby Marion Nordrum 48 of Viroqua and Roswell NM naming burial plans survivors and funeral details.
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Wis
Walter C. Simonson
Merrillan
Church of Christ
Darrel C. O’rourke
Oakwood Cemetery
Jensen Funeral
Hixton
Merrill
Simon Simonson
North Western Railroad
Margaret Weisner
Sandra Leffingwell
la von Chung
Tifton
Robert
Irvin Halverson
Peoria
Ill
Allen Halverson
Wausau
George Gee
Alma Center
Bernard Zahon
la Crosse
Florence Burlingame
Edgar Goldsmith
Beloit
Victor Eggen
Black River Falls
Victor L. Eggen
Sabetha
Kan
California
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Rev
T. A. Rykken
Riverside Cemetery
Torgerson Funeral Home
Oak Ridge
Anton Eggen
Esther
Marguerite Sanpillippo
Maxine Stapleton
San Diego
Calif
Alvin
Alexandria, Minn
Arthur Stetzer
Melrose
Burr Oak Lutheran Church
Marcus Albrecht
Smith Mortuary
Michael Stetzer
Vera Sommerville
Gale
Earl
Luella Instenes
Irvin
Leonard
Louie
West Salem
Gunners Hit Bien Hoa Base and US Air Actions Reported
Communist rockets struck Bien Hoa airbase 15 miles north of Saigon injuring civilians and causing power disruptions. U.S. B52s and fighter-bombers conducted multiple missions against North Vietnam and in the DMZ, with attacks around Pleiku and along the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Saigon
Bien Hoa
U.S
North Vietnam
Dmz
South Viet
Stolen skis and rack from UW La Crosse car
Marsha Behling of Lake Mills reported two ski sets and a carrying rack stolen from her car parked on the University of Wisconsin La Crosse campus. The items valued at 600 dollars disappeared Friday.
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Marsha Behling
Lake Mills
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Theft Reported Glove and Medicine Stolen From Car
A pair of gloves and a bottle of cough medicine worth eight dollars were taken Friday evening from a car owned by Steven Ritter of 218 North 13th Street. In a second theft a purse belonging to Nancy Sobocinski of 414 North 11th Street was stolen from the Factory Bar, containing identification papers and a checkbook.
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Steven Ritter
N. 13Th St
Jay Street
Nancy Sobocinski
11Th St
Tribune Staff and City Edition Details
Sanford Goltz editorial editor Sanders Hook operations director Wallace Hutzier classified sales manager Edward Keefe circulation manager Lawrence Le Jeune photocomp manager Fred Ristow comptroller Kenneth Teachout city editor John Vik press manager Richard Westerfield retail sales manager Our staff will provide circulation and advertising rates City carrier price is 1 60 every two weeks Volume 68 Number 212
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Sanders Hook
Wallace Hutzier
Edward Keefe
Lawrence le Jeune
Fred Ristow
Kenneth Teachout
John Vik
Richard Westerfield
the Tribune
Demooe
S. 4Th St
la Crosse
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Fritz) Schallow
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Lillian) Nordrum
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Gillette St
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