Wisconsin adopts coded road accident reports for data power
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation replaces old forms with a coded accident report system for state county and municipal agencies. Officers rate severity 1 to 7 and mark damaged vehicle parts with letters, creating a centralized data bank for engineers researchers and lawmakers.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Transportation Department
James Waydick
Waydick
Legal Profession
State Highway Patrol
Wisconsin Council of Safety
Eldon Schimming
Department
U S Planes Mistakenly Bomb Da Nang Air Base
An American flight leader accidentally guided five fighter bombers into an attack on Da Nang Air Base. Ten Americans and one Vietnamese were wounded. no deaths reported. Bombs hit a sparsely populated western section. four fuel tanks damaged and several gunships lightly hit.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Thailand
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Panhandle
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Hanoi
Ex Legion Post Commander Bert Count Dies at 75
Bert M. Count 75 of St. Louis Park Minn former La Crosse resident and American Legion Post 52 commander died Monday morning January 8 in a Minneapolis hospital. He led Roy L. Wingers Post 52 1930s and held 40 et 8 roles including Grand Conductor 1927 Grand Gard de La Porte 1928 and Chef de Gare 1929. He later led Calhoun Post Minneapolis elected commander 1940 and served on Calhoun Housing Corp board. Survived by widow Betty and a daughter in Virginia services Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Welander-Quist Mortuary with burial at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
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Bert M. Count
St. Louis Park
Minn
la Crosse
American Legion
Minneapolis
Roy L. Wingers
Calhoun Post
Calhoun Housing Corp
Betty
Virginia
Welander-Quist Mortuary
National Cemetery
Ft. Snelling
Two Brothers Fined After Deer Hunting Charges
La Crosse area two brothers were fined 278 dollars for three charges each after failing to appear in Trempealeau County Court. James Hoeschler 28 and Jay Hoeschler 19 were arrested in the Trempealeau federal wildlife refuge area on December 27 by game warden John Sieger.
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la Crosse Brothers
Trempealeau
James W. Hoeschler
Jay F. Hoeschler
John M. Sieger
Trempealeau Federal Wildlife Refuge
James
Jay
Third Tryout Session For The Cherry Orchard
A third tryout session for The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov is scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday at the La Crosse Community Theater per director Arnold Johnson. Inclement weather reduced attendance at auditions on Wednesday and Thursday. the play opens Feb 23 and runs 10 performances.
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Cherry Orchard
Philadelphia Teachers On Strike Again
Philadelphia public schools shut or run with skeleton staff as 260000 pupils are affected by a citywide strike called by the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers AFL CIO. The district seeks court action to end the walkout while mediation and arbitration talks stall.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Common Pleas Court
D. Donald Jamieson
Jamieson
Frank Sullivan
Four Die On Wisconsin Highways In Weekend Crashes
The Associated Press reports four deaths in Wisconsin weekend crashes raising the 1972 highway toll to 17. Roger Glisczinski 22 of Milwaukee died Sunday in an expressway collision. Paul E McGray 41 of Campbellsport died Saturday when his car overturned beside a Fond du Lac County road. Clarence Jaeckle 65 of Okauchee and Donald Plymers ser 48 of Tripoli died Friday night in a Waukesha County crash. Scott Dziemba 12 of Milwaukee died Saturday from injuries a week after a car struck his bicycle.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Roger Glisczinski
Milwaukee
Paul E. McGray
Campbellsport
Fond du Lac
Clarence Jaeckle
Okauchee
Donald Plymesser
Tripoli
Waukesha
Scott Dziemba
Snipers Target Hotel Roof as Police Clash Widens
A dawn assault by police and a Marine helicopter on the hotel roof ended with multiple fatalities and wounded officers. Snipers who began firing Sunday sparked fires and a prolonged standoff, with 10 then corrected to seven dead, including Deputy Supt Louis Sirgo.
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Marine Sikorsky
Clarence Giarrusso
Federal
Giarrusso
Moon Landrieu
Louis Sirgo
Siigo
Quintuplets Born to Baer Family in Illinois
The Baer quintuplets born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. James Baer of Northbrook are reported to be doing fine at Evanston Hospital where three girls and two boys were moved from Highland Park Hospital. Father James Baer shuttled between hospitals as mother Lynn Baer recovers after 10 hours of labor.
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Evanston, Ill
Baer
Evanston Hospital
Thomas Allen
James Baer
Northbrook
Elizabeth
Douglas Edward
Leslie
Vickie
Highland Park Hospital
Evanston
Highland Park
Lynn
Melvin Cohen
Fertility Institute, Ltd
Israel
United States
UW Student Dies Fighting Fire at Aged-Home
Allen Philipsen 22 of Kimberly died of smoke inhalation while battling a blaze at Allen Hall Residential Care Center a 10 story aged home in Madison Wisconsin. Three residents were injured Gus Taf Nelson 66 Thomas Ryan 60 and Roland Peterson 60 all treated for burns and smoke inhalation. Fire began in a fourth floor room and spread little beyond it as residents were evacuated to a nearby UW dorm and Red Cross care facility.
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Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
Allen Philipsen
Kimberly
Allen Hall
Madison General Hospital
Gustaf Nelson
Thomas Ryan
Roland Peterson
Allen
Ruth Purdy
Madison
Resi
La Crescent Fund Drive Ends in La Crosse Area
The 1972 United Fund drive for the La Crescent Division failed to meet its $3,200 goal, raising $2,672.50 or 83 percent. Volunteers, businesses and schools contributed under the leadership of chairman Mrs. Barbara Rodvik.
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LA Crescent
Minn
United Fund
la Crosse
Barbara Rodvik
Car Train Crashes Claim Four In Minnesota Over Weekend
Minnesota’s weekend crashes and snowmobile incidents killed four in car train crashes and snowmobile collisions. Roland Wendorf and Naven Ingvalson died from a northeast Austin crash while Donald Wendorf remains critically injured. Ronald Duehn and Joanne Duehn died after their snowmobile hit a car near Plato. John Spolarich and Mary Spolarich died in a Newport car train collision. Thomas Kuchinski perished in a single vehicle crash near Lino Lakes.
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Austin
Mower County
Roland Wendorf
Waltham
Naven Ingvalson
Blooming Prairie
Wendorf
Donald
St. Olaf‘s Hospital
Fire Claims Life of Fred Klemish at Rural Eau Claire Home
Fred Klemish 67 formerly of Jackson County burned beyond recognition in a Jan 5 fire that leveled his rural Eau Claire home. World War II veteran born Oct 15 1905 in Garden Valley Jackson County buried at Alma Center Catholic Cemetery with graveside rites at 1 p.m. Monday led by Rev. Joseph Henseler. no immediate survivors.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Fred Klemish
Jackson County
Alma Center Catholic
Joseph Henseler
Garden Valley
Protestants Reject IRA Plan in Belfast Violence Saga
In Belfast a Protestant–Catholic outreach faltered as the Ulster Defence Association rejected joint patrols with the IRA. The IRA welcomed the UDA war stance but the UDA dismissed any meeting. A British army spokesman called joint patrols strange amid ongoing sectarian killings and a sniper wounded a British soldier. The People’s Democracy planned a Londonderry march to mark a riot anniversary.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
IRA
People’s Democracy
Londonderry
Ulster
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