Voices Plead For Peace After Yule Cease-Fires
A holiday cease-fire in Vietnam and Northern Ireland ends with renewed fighting and casualties. US bombing resumes after a 36 hour Christmas halt. Both sides report violations during truce periods. Pope Paul VI blesses a crowd of 15 000 as religious leaders urge peace.
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Vietnam
Northern Ireland
U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
Nixon
Irish Republican Army
Paul VI
Andes crash survivors revealed eating dead bodies
From Santiago official sources confirm that 16 survivors of the Uruguayan rugby team involved in the Andes crash resorted to cannibalism to endure the 69 day ordeal. The group agreed on a collective statement upon return to Montevideo, with three already back and 13 remaining in Chile to recover.
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Santiago
Chile
Montevideo
Uruguay
Wisconsin highway toll nears 1968 peak after 6 deaths
Six deaths raised Wisconsin 1972 road toll to 1 142 with seven fewer than the 1968 record. Victims include Donald Millay 42 of Green Bay struck crossing a street, Dale Sweeney 18 of Muskego after a car crash, Lyle Gilman 41 of Rhinelander in a snowmobile collision, Leonard Johnson 69 of Mondovi from a two car crash, Mary Jane Smith 36 of Weymouth Massachusetts in a multi car crash, Walter Pomplon 44 of Redgranite while changing a tire, and John Sleegh Jr 21 University of Wyoming student.
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Associated Press
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Donald Millay
Dale Sweeney
Muskego
Lyle Gilman
Rhinelander
Wisconsin 17
Leonard Johnson
Mondovi
Buffalo County
Mary Jane Smith
Weymouth
Mass
Marshfield
Mary Alan Doyle
St. John’s Catholic Church
Miss Smith
Calif
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Doyle
Walter Pomplon
Redgranite
Wisconsin 21
Waushara County
John Sleegh Jr
University of Wyoming
Brookfield
Laramie
Wyo
Necedah Vietnam Veteran Hangs Self
Dennis O'Keefe 28, a Vietnam War veteran, hanged himself Saturday at the Tomah VA Hospital where he received treatment. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Wood VA Hospital Chapel Milwaukee with burial in Wood National Cemetery. White Funeral Home, Tomah, in charge. He is survived by his mother Pauline O'Keefe. sister Barbara Gomek. brother Gerald. grandmothers Eva O'Keefe and Eva Mingle.
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Wis
Dennis O'Keefe
Tomah VA
Monroe County
Wood VA Hospital
Milwaukee
Wood National Cemetery
White Funeral
Tomah
Pauline O'Keefe
Barbara Gomek
Chicago
Gerald
Steamwood
Ill
Eva O’keefe
Boston
Mass
Eva Mingle
Truman Death Triggers Global Tributes and Funeral Plans
World reacts to President Harry S. Truman with swift tributes from Lyndon B. Johnson and Queen Elizabeth II. A funeral procession will move from the Truman home to the library for a 24 hour lying in state beginning 11 a.m. CST, honoring a leader who shaped U.S. and world policy during the early Cold War era.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Austin
Tex
Truman
Elizabeth II
Edward S. Heath
Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Two charged with shoplifting in La Crosse case details
Two of three people arrested for shoplifting Sunday in La Crosse are due in municipal court Thursday. Tina Jones 22 faces charges for stealing a $22.88 wig and a $5.99 dress from Belscot. Connie Ruhter 18 is charged with taking $7.58 worth of merchandise from the same store. A 12 year old girl at Belscot will be referred to juvenile authorities for $15.95 in merchandise. Additional incidents report thefts and a series of hospital and fire dispatches across the city and nearby areas.
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Belscot Discount Department Store
Causeway Blvd
Tina Jones
Belscot
Connie Ruhter
West Ave. S
la Crosse
La Crosse Tribune Staff Contact and Circulation Rates
The La Crosse Tribune lists editorial and management personnel along with contact numbers for delivery issues. It notes offices at 435 S 4th St La Crosse WI 54601 and provides city carrier pricing of 1.60 every two weeks.
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the Tribune
S. 4Th St
la Crosse
Outdoor fight ends in fatal gunshot in La Crosse incident
Witnesses describe a confrontation at 4th and State leading to a gunfight after a fistfight between Quillin Fitzpatrick and Johnson. A 22 caliber Ruger pistol and shells were found in Luke's car. Fitzpatrick, born Sept 1 1946 in La Crosse, died from a gunshot. services set for Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church.
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Fitzpatrick
Hoffman House
Brooks
Johnson
Lichtie
North Side
Luke
Dorothy E. Steers
Muenzenberger
Myrick Park
Brooks and Johnson
la Crosse
Tina K
John W. Fitzpatrick
Richard
Donald
Galesville
First Presbyterian Church
Earl Kreisa
Woodlawn Cemetery
Schumacher Funeral Home
Fire Fatal To Former City Man
Darryl Skadsem 24 died from smoke inhalation in an Anchorage apartment fire on Friday December 22. Born March 12 1948 in Minot North Dakota he lived in La Crosse before moving to Alaska where services and burial will occur. He is survived by parents two brothers a sister and several grandparents and was manager of Universal Services. Never married. The Wisconsin and Minnesota weather briefs follow.
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Alaska
Darryl Skadsem
Minot
N.D
Reuben Skadsem
Evelyn Pohlman
New Albia
la Crosse
Spenard
Dwayne
Winona
Donald
Darlene
Melvin Skadsem
Spring Grove
Ben Phohlman
Universal Services
Teens Arrested In Pettibone Park Marijuana Case
Three 16 year olds faced charges after police found marijuana in a Pettibone Park incident. One boy was charged with beer possession, another with drinking, and a girl attempted to conceal the marijuana. A passing officer noted a frosted car window and flickering lights before entering.
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Pettibone Park
Four Minnesotans Die In Christmas Weekend Crashes
Four people died on Minnesota roads during the Christmas holiday weekend. A 13 year old St Paul girl Kathleen Biedermann died in a collision that injured 10 others. The highway patrol identified Elizabeth A Ross 42 Crosby Minn driving the other vehicle in the fatal crash.
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Associated Press
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St. Paul
Kathleen Biedermann
Jessie M. Biedermann
Highway Patrol
Elizabeth A. Ross
Crosby, Minn
Ross
Deaths: Fritz H. Niemeier and John Laphner
Obituaries note the deaths of Fritz H. Niemeier 80 of 403 S 16th St and John Laphner 81 formerly of 1126 Charles St.Niemeier’s survivors include widow Emma two daughters La Crosse two sons West Salem eight grandchildren 13 great grandchildren and two sisters German born. Laphner survived by two sons and two daughters and 13 grandchildren. Services for Niemeier are set at First Ev Lutheran Church with burial at Oak Grove. calling hours at Schumacher Funeral Home. Laphner’s funeral was at St James Catholic Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
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Berniece) Strangman
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Dolores) Amundson
la Crosse
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R. 1
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Dora Strohmeyer
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Schumacher Funeral Home
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Charles St
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Francis
Marion) Curti
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Janice) Mason
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Mary
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Former Viola Woman Dies In Iowa Crash
Ariana Merry 23, of Iowa City formerly of Viola, was killed in an Iowa auto crash on Sunday. Services set for Wednesday at Sugar Grove Church of Christ near Readstown. burial in church cemetery. Survived by husband Steven Merry, her parents, two brothers, a sister, and a grandmother.
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Ariana Merry
Iowa City
Iowa
Viola
Sugar Grove Church of Christ
Tim Bright
Joe Adams
Lime Funeral
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