Two Young People Found Dead in Readstown Parked Car
Readstown Wisconsin two youths Terry Nelson 23 and Debbie Copperwell 18 were found dead in a parked car on Highway 131. Vernon County Coroner ruled accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Nelson born December 18 1949 and Copperwell born November 13 1954. Burial and service details given for both.
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Readstown
Wis
Highway 131
Here
Terry Nelson
Debbie Copperwell
Vernon County
Winnifred Otte
Milton Geisler
Reads
Rex Snippen Ex-Welfare Worker, Dies
Rex L. Snippen 68 of Sparta died Sunday in a Sparta hospital after a long illness. He served 32 years as a Monroe County Public Welfare Department caseworker before retiring six years ago. Services were set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. He was born May 4, 1904 in Warrens and married Aug. 29, 1933 to La Verne Perry. He is survived by his widow a daughter and a sister.
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Sparta
Wis
Rex L. Snippen
Monroe County Public Welfare Department
United Methodist Church
Stanley Wiese
Woodlawn
Robert Page
Christ Snippen
Warrens
Lincoln High School
la Verne Perry
Rockford
Ill
M. S. Birch
Rockford, Il
Freda Aller
Tomah
Rain Helps Lagoon Skating Opens in Pettibone Park
La Crosse Park Department opened the Lagoon at Pettibone Park for skating aided by last week's rain. Artificial rinks also to open. Park Director Eugene Fry cautioned about snowbanks and noted the surface will be porous but good, with rinks rebuilding daily after heavy weekend use.
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la Crosse Park
Pettibone Park
Eugene Fry
Fry
Democrats Renominate Carl Albert as House Speaker
The Democratic caucus renominated Rep. Carl Albert of Oklahoma for speaker by a 202 to 25 vote, ahead of the 93rd Congress convening. Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan challenged Albert, but was defeated. The party plans to address Vietnam War policy and leadership roles in the coming session.
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Washington
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
John Conyers Jr
Michigan
Albert
Conyers
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Alaska
O'Neill
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
North Vietnam
Congress
Senate Republicans
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Senate Republican Conference
John G. Tower
Texas
Robert Taft
Vision Defect Reported In Pilot Of Crashed Jet
A federal flight surgeon says Captain Loft's eyesight worsened from 20-40 to 20-100 in six months and a brain tumor could press eye nerves. The copilot allegedly controlled the jet at crash. pilot Loft had autopsy found tumor. Repo, the flight engineer, died from crash injuries.
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St.petersburg
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Everglades
St. Petersburg Times
Federal Aviation Administration
Robert A. Loft
Loft
Miami
Eastern
Donadeo
Repo
Notice to readers and circulation details
The Tribune provides delivery instructions and carrier contact hours. It lists contact numbers and 435 S Ath St La Crosse Wisconsin address for circulation and advertising inquiries, with a biweekly city carrier price and publication details Volume 68 Number 227.
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the Tribune
S. Ath St
la Crosse
Grant Funds Support Western Dairyland Agency Restart
The Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council received $152 550 on January 1 for three months to administer the Community Action Agency. Funding resumes next October after board restructuring to meet new federal guidelines.
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Whitehall
Wis
Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council
Community Action Agency
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Talks Vietnam Ambassadors to the United States Begin
The Vietnamese ambassador and Diem plan a Thursday trip to Washington with Washington as the first stop. Thieu seeks to shield Saigon’s interests amid fears of a Nixon push for a peace deal Saigon deems unacceptable. He remains firm that Hanoi recognize two separate states and press for North Vietnamese troop withdrawal.
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United States
Washington
Diem
Thieu
Nixon
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Vietnam
North
South
Wisconsin Toll Drops From Record Amid Holiday Fatalities
Traffic accidents over the New Year weekend killed 10 in Wisconsin raising 1972 deaths to 1 163, second worst in state history. Victims include William F. Prochnow 83 Cambria Robert Karow 21 Columbus and Robert Buss 26 Oshkosh among others. Jodi Fink 14 Port Washington died from December injuries.
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Wisconsin
William F. Prochnow
Cambria
Columbia County
Robert Karow
Columbus
U.S. 151
Sun Prairie
Robert Buss
Oshkosh
U.S
Cynthia Pudas
Minneapolis
Larry Markee
Lake Geneva
Donald Trella
Milwaukee
Jan Kerstra
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jim Pittman
Joe Holliman
Eugenia Schommer
Canada
Jodi Fink
Port Washington
Salvation Army Seeks Donations For Nicaragua Aid
The local Salvation Army unit accepts monetary gifts for earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Capt. Joseph Bender says no clothing or item donations due to facilities limits. Checks should be mailed to Salvation Army at 223 N. 8th St.
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Nicaragua
Salvation Army
Joseph Bender
8Th St
Bomb Reported In Hospital Wings Echo False Call
A Sunday evening call to Lutheran Hospital claimed a bomb in the maternity ward but investigators found no device after checks by police, hospital and fire department. The report reportedly came from a young sounding caller. OLDEST PAINTINGS dating suggests artifacts 30 000 to 40 000 years old.
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Lutheran Hospital
Onalaskan To Study In Washington D. C.
Luther College student Julie Nickles of Onalaska Wisconsin 19 and a 1971 graduate will spend Jan 4 to 24 in a Washington D C study program with 20 political science peers. They will conduct interviews and seminars with congressmen lobbyists and journalists during semester break. A 16 year old La Crosse boy was arrested for shooting fireworks on Farnam Street Monday night.
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Decorah
Iowa
Julie Nickles
Onalaska
Wis
Luther College
Washington, D.C
Fred Nickles
4Th Ave. S
Washington
Miss Nickles
Onalaska High School
la Crosse
Farnam Street
City Woman Faces Charge of Arson
Betty L. Kuhlmann 29 of 1221 Winnebago St is charged with attempted arson at her rented La Crescent home. The case was continued for counsel at public expense with a preliminary exam set for Thursday. She was released on a $1000 signature bond and faces four children.
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la Crosse
Betty L. Kuhlmann
Winnebago St
Leonard Roraff
Asst. Dist. Atty
Michael Mulroy
Roger Benson
McCord Former City Jeweler Dies at 63
Bernard A. McCord of La Crosse died Monday night in a local hospital at age 63. He owned McCord Jewelers at 112 N. 5th Ave and ran a clocks specialization with one of the nation’s largest cuckoo clock collections. A WWII Army veteran and Wisconsin Retail Jewelers Association member, he studied watchmaking under GI Bill then opened the shop in 1952. Funeral arrangements by Nelson Funeral Home.
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Bernard A. McCord
Eleanora Gund Nursing Home
McCord Jewelers
N. 5Th Ave
Kansas
Kansas City
Rural Rockland Man Treated After Truck Rollover
A Rural Rockland man, David Stark, 25, was treated and released for a head injury at St. Francis Hospital after the pickup he rode in rolled over near Bangor at 4 a.m. His wife Kathy L., 21, was driving the vehicle. The report notes weather and regional forecasts for Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota alongside daily temperature data.
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Rockland
St. Francis Hospital
David Stark
Bangor
Kathy L
Police and ambulance records from city
A sequence of emergency calls lists names ages and addresses, with destinations to St Francis or Lutheran hospitals. Incidents include possible pill overdoses injuries from a fall illness and a nose bleed with locations at homes bars and streets across the city.
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Neal Pepin
S. 4Th St
St. Francis Hospital
Terri B. Misna
Kane St
Avon St
Judy Tabbert
la Crescent St
Lutheran Hospital
Larry Mauch
Winnebago St
Evelyn Frisbee
George St
P.m
Krazy K Bar
Ray Paulson
Copeland Ave
Sherie Sczypierski
S. 23Rd St
Weber’s
Louise O’malay
1609
Weston St
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Roy Tichenor
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