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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1966
Page
5
Sylvia Porter warns readers to spot quacks and protects against fraud. She cites seventy agencies studying why people turn to quacks and urges consulting trusted bodies like the AMA FDA Arthritis Foundation and Better Business Bureau for guidance.
Edward Bukowski of Cudahy was found guilty of indecent liberties with a minor boy and sent to the Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare custody. Judge James W. Rice ordered the commitment as a sex deviate and Bukowski was moved to Waupun reception center by Sheriff David Copperfield. The report notes a separate global lightning estimate of 100 flashes per second.
La Crosse area adds five more facilities to Medicare extended care program. St Joseph's Nursing Home La Crosse Eleanora Gund Home La Crosse Monroe County Infirmary Sparta St Joseph's Home Hillsboro and Senior Citizen's Home Richland Center join Hillview Home St Francis Hospital La Crosse Lutheran Hospital and Bethany Lutheran Home La Crosse as certified providers. Criteria include 24 hour nursing service full time RN on staff physician on call hospital transfer agreement and adherence to health and safety rules. Title VI Civil Rights Act compliance required for all certified facilities.
Madison AP report says Charles Wilson, director of the State Crime Laboratory for 19 years, declined to step down amid a controversy over an informal survey by two sheriffs. The poll questioned evidence handling. Wilson questioned its authority and validity. Dane County Sheriff Vernon Leslie accused Wilson of seizing evidence without authorization.
Sparta Wis McCoy Job Corps Center will be mostly empty over the New Year weekend as about 200 corpsmen take Christmas leave. An additional group of 75 corpsmen and eight chaperones accompany eight counselors to the girls center in Clinton Iowa. Other residents from Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin have 72 hour holiday passes.
Sparta Wisconsin Common Council postponed a decision on a petition by 27 I 90 Inc to cancel a proposed street extension south of the city. Mayor Pederson urged awaiting State Highway Commission input on a possible cloverleaf interchange at STH 27 and I 90. The matter goes to the city and town planning commissions for an alternate route.
A Bagley man forfeited a $200 bond in Crawford County Court before Judge William O'Neil on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Stanley C. Michael, 64, had his license revoked for one year. The complaint against Michael was signed by Kenneth Miller, state traffic officer, on Nov. 25.
Thieves broke into Dulwich Art Gallery in London during the night and stole eight paintings including three Rembrandts and three Rubens works valued at about 1.5 million pounds. Also missing were pieces by Elsheimer and Gerrard Dou. The haul, from a collection started in 1626, marks one of the era’s largest art robberies with Scotland Yard launching a full-scale search.
This date marks Edison’s first electric incandescent lamp demo in 1879, Lincoln’s 1862 WV statehood act, Lenin’s 1921 re election, Oslo’s 1924 name change, Bermuda’s 1945 war ban lift, Khrushchev’s evolving views, Kennedy Khrushchev 1962 peace hope, Goldberg Viet Nam talks, and De Gaulle’s France stance.
Robert Erickson 26 of Oxford Wisconsin pled no contest to negligent homicide for the November Lyndon town deer hunting accident that killed his sister in law Susan Erickson 26 Wisconsin Dells. He received 250 fine plus costs, or 90 days jail, with sentence stayed to Jan 30. rifle and license confiscated and hunting privileges revoked five years.
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