Nixon tax bill raises personal exemptions and benefits
The new tax bill signed by President Nixon raises personal exemptions to 650 from July 1 1970 through 1971 then to 700 in 1972 and 750 from 1973 onward, adds a 1100 low income allowance, boosts standard deduction, caps rates, and extends credits. Social Security benefits rise 15 percent starting Jan 1 with higher monthly pensions, while income tax surcharge drops to 5 percent through mid 1970 and ends thereafter. Moving expenses become deductible for moves over 50 miles.
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Washington
Nixon
American Killed As Viet Cong Cease-Fire Begins
In Saigon the U S Command reported at least one American killed and several wounded by a mortar attack during the New Year cease-fire. South Vietnamese officials said ten soldiers were wounded in four other Viet Cong rocket and mortar strikes in the first 14 hours of the 72 hour truce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper
Saigon
U.S
Bu Dop
South Vietnamese Govern ‘Ment
In‘ternational Control] Commission
South Vietnamese
Births in La Crosse area and Iowa shoplifting arrest
Lutheran Hospital and St Francis Hospital report multiple births on December 24 to December 28 in La Crosse area including La Moille Minnesota Brownsville and West Salem with parents Stender Kneesel Barton Dovenberg Soller Mullen Beckman and others. Also a 19 year old La Crosse woman arrested for shoplifting a 39 cent fish at National Foods on Cass Street, charged after buying $5 groceries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P. Stender
la Moille
Minn
Susan Rae Greenwood
Steven G. Kneesel
S. 8Th St
Leslie Jo Coady
George E. Barton
R. 1
Onalaska
Maxine Haugstad
James Dovenberg
West Salem
Darlene Hofer
Paul H. Nelson
Holmen
Shirley Brokl
Robert F. Kahle
W. 10Th St
Joan Bescup
St. Francis Hospital
Michael Soller
Marion St
Genevieve Johnson
Arthur Mullen
Brownsville
Helen Lorenz
Richard Beckman
la Crescent
Teresa Humfeld
Terry Anderson
Copeland Ave
Marilyn Younglove
Sherwood Viner
Jackson St
Mary Jane Cleven
Doris Holten
Stephan Vetsch
Gayl Gleason
Waukon
Iowa
la Crosse
National Foods
Cass St
la Crosse Municipal Court
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for Onalaska and La Crosse
Ronald J. Leibl of Holmen and Helen R. Scott of New Lisbon are to be married January 10 in Onalaska. John A. Smithlin of 728 Avon Street and Veronica T. Miller of 1525 Nakomis Avenue are to be married January 10 in La Crosse.
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Ronald J. Leibl
Holmen
Helen R. Scott
New Lisbon
Onalaska
John A. Smithlin
Avon St
Veronica T. Miller
Nakomis Ave
la Crosse
La Crosse Tribune Publisher and Editor Details
La Crosse Tribune is published daily and Sunday morning in La Crosse Wisconsin. W T Burgess is listed as publisher and Sanford Goltz as editor. The paper is a division of Lee Enterprises and Associated Press content is used. Rates include 0 cents for single copies and 1.40 dollars for biweekly carrier delivery.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
al! AP News
le Crosse
Wisconsin
Mass For Peace Set On New Year’s Day in La Crosse
Most Rev Frederick W Freking bishop of the La Crosse Diocese will celebrate Mass for Peace and deliver the sermon at 9 a m New Year’s Day in St Joseph the Workman Cathedral The service follows Pope Paul VI directive designating January 1 as a world wide day of peace. The pontiff’s message urges personal effort to educate for peace and to make peace a true inner and communal celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Freking
la Crosse
St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
Pope Paul VI
Viroqua Girl Improves After Highway Mishap
A Viroqua girl identified as Cindy Vig aged 18 remained in satisfactory condition at Lutheran Hospital after a Sunday dawn traffic accident on Highway 33 in Shelby town. She and Chaseburg man John P. Schroeder were struck by a passing motorist while standing on the road talking. Schermerhorn James C. was the second driver. Vig suffered hip and back injuries, Schroeder treated for leg cuts and cited for an unregistered vehicle. Road conditions were slippery with poor visibility due to falling snow.
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Lutheran Hospital
Chaseburg
Cindy Vig
Shelby
John P. Schroeder
R. J. Chaseburg
Miss Vig
James C. Schermerhorn
la Crosse St
Schroeder
Schermerhorn
Thirteen City Skating Rinks Open Wednesday
Thirteen city skating rinks will be open on Wednesday after six rinks operated Tuesday from 12:30 to 5 and 6:30 to 9 p.m. The additional rinks Hood Hogan Lueth St Andrew Cliffside No 1 Robinsdale and Green Bay join Copeland Trane Powell Emerson Erickson Badger and others. New Year’s Day will see Copeland Trane and Powell open, with hours 12:30 to 5 and 6:30 to 9 p.m. Lagoon remains unfrozen with open water and slush. Recreation Director Eugene Fry notes skaters flooding rinks too soon disrupt setup.
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Erickson
Trane
Powell
Emerson
Badger
Copeland
Hood
Hogan
Lueth
St. Andrew
Cliffside No. 1
Robbinsdale
Green Bay
Eugene Fry
Fry
Federal officials to speak at winter highway conference
In Milwaukee from January 27 to 29 the 57th annual winter highway conference will feature federal and state highway leaders. Ralph Bartelsmeyer, director of the Bureau of Public Roads, and Richard M. Lauzier, managing director of the county division of the American Road Builders Association, will attend as Washington participants.
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Madison
Federal Land
Milwaukee
Washington
Ralph Bartelsmeyer
Bureau of Public Roads
Richard M. Lauzier
American Road Builders Association
Coats Stolen From Club Coatroom Reported
Mrs Louis Fuller reported to La Crosse police that two coats valued at 1020 dollars were stolen from the Cerise Club coatroom Sunday evening. Items included an 895 dollar Persian lamb coat and a 125 dollar cashmere coat. The report notes the loss and location with details from the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Fuller
van Loon Road
la Crosse
Cerise Club
Wisconsin Board Backs Temporary DDT Ban Move
The Pesticide Review Board in Madison voted unanimously to urge a temporary ban on DDT effective Thursday. The recommendation, led by Agriculture Secretary Donald Wilkinson, calls for halting sales and transport and delaying 1970 registration until pending state and federal actions are resolved.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Pesticide Review Board
Donald Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Lester Voigt
Department of Natural Re
Wilbur J. Schmidt
Department of Health and Social Services
Voigt’s Department
State Senate
Assembly
Chiefs Street U S A to Practice and Tour Los Angeles
The group will practice Wednesday morning and tour Los Angeles in the afternoon then end New Year’s Eve at 10 p.m. due to a 5 a.m. Thursday departure for Pasadena and the Tournament of Roses Parade.
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U.S.A
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Gunboats Intercept Reports Stir Cold War Tensions
Cairo spokesman declined to comment on reports of alerting Egyptian forces to intercept gunboats. In Washington a U.S. spokesman denied an Italian Communist report that the U S 6th Fleet and possibly other NATO units were providing cover for the gunboats.
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Cairo
U.S
Washington
U.S. 6Th Fleet
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
River Dragged For Youngsters Theyre At Home
In Green Bay two 11 and 12 year old boys were thought drowned after freezing ice on the East River led firefighters to search for six hours and $400. A lumber company worker saw them call for help, notified the department, but the youths had reached home before rescue crews arrived. One boy injured his foot breaking through, the other mimicked calls, both survived and were placed with juvenile authorities.
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Green Bay
East River
Illinois Man Sentenced For Slaying Women
Kenneth Rogers, 29, a Carbondale bookstore assistant manager, was sentenced to 75 to 100 years in prison after pleading guilty to strangling his wife Wilma 22 and Barbara Case 25 whose bodies were found in their trailer near Carterville on Christmas Day. He faces arraignment on a separate murder charge of 14 year old Lisa Levering found near Carbondale.
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Marion, Ill
Kenneth Rogers
Wilma
Barbara Case
Carterville
Rogers
Carbondale
Covington
Tenn
Illinois
John Clayton
George Morgan
Jackson County
Lisa Levering
Green Bay Man Dies In Collision Injuries
A Green Bay man, George Sterwald, died in a hospital from injuries suffered December 11 after a near head on collision with a semi trailer on Highway 141 south of Green Bay. The Wisconsin highway toll for 1969 rose to 1,128, well below the 1968 record of 1,166 with no fatalities in the last two days of the year.
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Associated Press
Green Bay
Wisconsin
George Sterwald
Highway 141
Owls’ forward eyes give them binocular vision
Owls differ from most birds as their eyes face forward enabling binocular vision. Other birds typically scrutinize objects with one eye at a time.
Stock quotations at noon December 30 1969
National and regional inter dealer prices as of 9 00 a m list Allied Stores to Mobil Oil with percent figures and thousands of dollars, noting representative inter dealer quotes compiled by the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc quoted about 9 00 a m with prices not including retail markup or commissions.
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Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
Alcoa
American Airlines
American Motors
American Tel. & Tel
Anchor Coupling
Atlantic Richfield
Burlington Ind
Central Tel. & Utis
Chrysler
Continental Can
Continental Corp
DuPont
Kodakoo
Genera Namics
Ral & Electric
General Saree
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodyear Tire
Great Eeee Ry
Gulf Ol
Eas Helleman Brewing
Inter
Harvester
Tel
Jim Walter
Kresge
Marcor
Minnesota Mining A
Mobil Oil
Monsanto Chemical Sac
MGIC
Natt. Cash Register
Northern Pacific
Northern States
Northwest Bancorp
Olin Industries
Outboard Marine
J. C. Penney
THE
Marshall Coo. National
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Co. W. Transport
Fces
Deaths of Mrs Cynthia Houlihan and Sister Emily Bendish
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Mrs. Cynthia Houlihan 76 of 2415 Cass St and Franciscan Sister Emily Bendish 90 of Villa St Joseph Nursing Home. Houlihan's service is set for Wednesday at St. Joseph Nursing Home with burial in Catholic Cemetery. Anderson’s death is noted with a Vietnam war burial plan. Bendish’s requiem rites are scheduled for Wednesday at St Rose Convent Chapel with funeral details.
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Cynthia Houlihan
Cass St
Caledonia
Minn
Earl
Merle
William
la Crosse
Edward
St. Joseph Nursing Home
James @O’Connell
Schumacher Winnebago Street
Emily
Adelaide
Bend
Fountain City
St. Francis Hospital
St. Joseph Cathedral
Villa St. Joseph
St. Michaels Home
St. Rose Convent
Sparta
St. Mary’s Hospital
St.Joseph Nursing Home
Ellen Lubinski
Musician Robert Schuh to Be Laid To Rest Wednesday
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart for Robert H. Schuh 52 a renowned musician and Lewiston High School guidance counselor found dead Sunday at his Rollingstone Minnesota home Cause of death undetermined Schuh a Winona resident longtime musician began on trumpet at age 10 with the Hal Leonard and Dave Hamilton orchestras later forming the Henry Burton Orchestra in 1939 and a member of the Schuh-Heyer-Benicke Trio for 25 years Survivors include a son and three daughters his wife died in 1962
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Winona
Minn
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Robert H. Schuh
Schuh
Lewiston
Rollingstone
Hal Leonard
Dave Hamilton
Henry Burton
Schuh-Heyer- Benicke
Sports scores from regional standings chart
A compact list of team matchups and final scores across cities including Albuquerque Bemidji Bismarck Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth Fairbanks Fort Worth Helena Honolulu Internat l Falls Kansas City Los Angeles Madison Mason City Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Portland Phoenix Rapid City Rochester Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle St Louis.
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Albuquerque
Bemidji
Bismarck
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Internat
L Falls
Kansas Cit
Lacross
Los Angeles
Madison
Mason City
Miami N. Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Portland
Ore
Phoenix
Rapid City
Rochesor
Minn
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Lattle
St. Louis
Temple Arsonist Is Ruled Insane
In Jerusalem a special Israeli court ruled Denis Michael Rohan mentally ill when he set fire to the Al Aqsa Mosque on Aug 21 and ordered confinement to Talbiyeh mental hospital for treatment. The 28 year old Australian acted on an irresistible impulse and faces a 45 day appeal period.
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Jerusalem
Denis Michael Rohan
al Aksah
Henry Baker
Rohan
Talbiyeh
Judea
Church of God
Temple of Solomon
Old Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
City Man Pleads Innocent To Check Charges
Gerald L. Sweet 26 of 920 Johnson St pleaded innocent in County Court to three counts of issuing worthless checks totaling 197.79. His case was continued to January 5 at his attorney’s request as he faces related Arizona charges. he was released on his own recognizance.
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Gerald L. Sweet
Johnson St
Philip G. Arneson
Arizona
Arneson
Sweet
American Automobile Association
Kmart
Valley National Bank
Phoenix
Glendale
Ariz
Police Vehicle Bids Approved
La Crosse Common Council Finance Committee approved bids totaling 17 401 for 10 police vehicles. Five standard patrol cars from Eversole Rogers Inc at 8 393. four station wagon ambulances from Low Motor at 7 172. one unmarked four door sedan from Hutson at 1 836. Full council to consider next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Common Council
Eversole-Rogers, Inc
Ray Hutson Chevrolet
Low Motor Co
Low Motor
Hutson
Eversole-Rogers
Radio Highlights New Year Programs on WKBH
WKBH lists New Year's Eve events including a 7:05 pm music special and a 10:15 pm New Year's Parade of Bands airing Wednesday. The listing notes on air times and program titles for the holiday schedule.
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WKBH
Woman Treated After Jackson Street Car Collision
Marlene Coleman, 44, living at 1930 Adams Street, sustained a neck injury when her vehicle was rear ended by Darlene Wolfe, 31, of 1307 Caroline Street in the 1200 block of Jackson Street Monday afternoon. Coleman received treatment at Lutheran Hospital.
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Marlene Coleman
Adams St
Darlene Wolfe
Caroline St
Jackson Street
Lutheran Hospital
Ist District Demos Give Nod To Lucey
RACINE AP Former Lt Gov Patrick Lucey won a narrow margin in a district survey of 1st District Democratic party members for governor in 1970. Lucey led with 22 percent, followed by Henry Maier 20.4 percent and Don Peterson 19.2. Other names and percentages included Bronson La Follette, David Carley, Robert Huber, Frank Nikolay, and John Doyne. 41 percent responded to mailed questionnaires.
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Racine
Patrick Lucey
Democratic Party
Les Aspin
Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Don Peterson
Eau Claire
New Democratic Coalition
Lucey
Aspin
Maier
Peterson
Atty
Bronson la Follette
David Carley
Assembly
Robert Huber
Frank Nikolay
Abbotsford
Milwaukee County
John Doyne
Kenosha
Walworth
Rock
James E. Gropps
City Man Pleads Innocent to Drunkenness Charge
A 25-year-old city man, David Torgerson of 710 Vine St., pleaded innocent in County Court Monday to drunkenness. A jury trial will be set later. He was arrested by city police Friday at about 1:30 a.m. in a telephone booth at the Stoddard Hotel, 4th and State Sts, and freed without bond.
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David Torgerson
Vine St
Stoddard Hotel
4Th
State Sts
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W. T. Burgess
Sanford Goltz
Viroqua
South ST. Paul
USDA
Cash Grain Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Egos
River
New York Stock Exchange
Shearson, Hammill & CO
Pepsico
Pyroila
RCA
Raytheon
Sears Mack Sperry
Standard OH
Calif
Ind
Standard Oil
N.J
Swift
Texaco
TransAmerica
Universal Oil
Westinghouse
Elec
ST Weyerhaeuser
Woolworth
Reaiiroads
Utilities
Fabri-Tek, Inc
First Bank Sys
Gateway Trans
Rev Co. Gyr Nese Howe
Instrum
McQuay? Inc
Moore’s Seafood
Inweillager Wallace Bus
Warner Elec
Werner Cont
Wis. Power & L
Over
Lee Enterprises
la Crosse Cooler
Wisconsin Fund
Mrs
Thomas L. Anderson
Vietnam
First Presbyterian Church
Bangor
Fred Lemmert
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fossum Funeral Home
Anderson
55Th Engineer
25Th Infantry Division
Doreen Hackett
Jeffrey
Elmer Anderson
Rockland
Elmer Jr
Douglas
Pfc
David
Germany
Charles
Steven
Gregory
Janice) Nichols
Irvin
Jeanette) Olson
Kenneth
Linda) Arentz
Nancy Hanson
Cashton
Jerard
Anne) Mageland
Merrillan
Dennis
Carol) Murati
Alberquque
N.M
Roger
Patricia) Clapper
Kathleen) Grogan
Istations
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Emas
Cynthia Schmitz
Ist
Demos
Lacrosse
Minnesota
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