Wisconsin adopts coded road accident reports for data bank
Wisconsin's Transportation Department replaces old accident forms with a new coded report system. Police will still use traditional forms for motorists. data will feed engineers researchers and lawmakers to improve traffic safety.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Transportation Department
James Waydick
Legal Profession
State Highway Patrol
Wisconsin Council of Safety
Waydick
Eldon Schimming
Department
U.S. Planes Accidentally Bomb Da Nang Air Base
An American flight leader mistakenly guided five fighter bombers into an accidental attack on Da Nang Air Base. Ten Americans and one Vietnamese wounded. no deaths. Several US aircraft lightly damaged. four fuel tanks destroyed. Aircraft involved included an F4 Phantom and two F4s with two Navy A7 Corsairs.
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Thailand
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North Vietnam
Panhandle
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Cambodia
Ex Legion Leader Bert Count Dies at 75 in Minneapolis
Bert M. Count, 75, longtime Legion figure formerly of La Crosse, died Monday at a Minneapolis hospital. He led Roy L. Wingers Post 52 in 1930s and held 40 et 8 roles including Grand Conductor in 1927. Survived by widow Betty and a daughter in Virginia. Services Wednesday at Welander Quist Mortuary with burial at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery.
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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 on Area Hunting Counts
Trempealeau County Court fined La Crosse brothers James W. Hoeschler and Jay F. Hoeschler a total of $278 after they failed to appear on three counts each. They were arrested December 27 in the Trempealeau federal wildlife refuge by game warden John M. Sieger. James received $144 in fines for hunting deer in a refuge, possessing a powerful bow after hours, and hunting after hours. Jay was fined $134 for hunting without an archer license, possessing a strong bow after hours, and hunting deer in a refuge.
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Trempealeau
James W. Hoeschler
Jay F. Hoeschler
John M. Sieger
Trempealeau Federal Wildlife Refuge
James
Jay
Sanitation Case First In Monroe County
In Monroe County Wisconsin Judge James W. Rice ruled on the first sanitation ordinance prosecution. Melvina property owner Troy Floyd faced a choice of a $25 daily fine or six months in jail if a proper holding tank for his septic system was not installed by March 1. Floyd chose jail time and pledged installation by the deadline. He and his wife run a halfway house for 14 patients from Tomah Veterans Hospital in the former Melvina School building.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
James W. Rice
Melvina
Troy Floyd
Rice
Floyd
Tomah Veterans Hospital
Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Shippers Forecast Summary
Wisconsin shows fair north and colder Monday night with sunshine Tuesday. Minnesota forecasts fair tonight, mostly sunny Tuesday and warmer, while Iowa expects partial clearing northeast and snow chances in the west and extreme south. Shippers warned to protect perishables within 150 miles of La Crosse with minimums up to 6 p.m. north 15 degrees and elsewhere.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
Extension Courses In Area At University of Wisconsin La Crosse
The University of Wisconsin La Crosse schedules off campus extension courses in eight communities for the 1972 73 spring term. Courses meet in each town's high school except La Crosse where classes are at the Trane Co administration building starting mid January. Undergraduate and graduate credits available with fees of 19 and 25 per credit respectively and a 10 late registration fee.
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Independence
Tomah
Black River Falls
Sparta
Viola
Kickapoo
la Farge
Westby
Trane Co
Pummel Creek Road
UWL
School of Business Administration
Trane
Four Die in Weekend Wisconsin Highway Accidents
The Associated Press reports four fatal weekend traffic crashes raise Wisconsin 1972 highway toll to 17. Victims include Roger Glisczinski 22 of Milwaukee injured Sunday in an expressway collision Paul E. McGray 41 of Campbellsport died Saturday in a ditch overturn Fond du Lac County Clarence Jaeckle 65 of Okauchee and Donald Plymeser 48 of Tripoli killed Friday night in a Waukesha County crash and 12 year old Scott Dziemba of Milwaukee who died Saturday from injuries a week after a car struck his bicycle.
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Wisconsin
Roger Glisczinski
Milwaukee
Paul E. McGray
Campbellsport
Fond du Lac
Clarence Jaeckle
Okauchee
Donald Plymesser
Tripoli
Waukesha
Scott Dziemba
Shooting Continues as Snipers Battle Police at Downtown Hotel
Police fought snipers holed in a bunker at a hotel block, with one officer killed Deputy Supt. Louis Sirgo and others wounded. Three snipers fired from a blockhouse, one killed by a Marine helicopter return fire. Firemen ducked bullets as arson fires destroyed two warehouses and a high rise building last month. Public crowds watched as officers exchanged shots, while a civilian ambulance attendant was shot aiding the wounded.
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Rault Center
Howard Johnson
Louis Sirgo
Sligo
Chris Caton
Peter Rogers
Tribune Circulation Rates Highlight
The Tribune lists circulation and advertising rates for La Crosse Wisconsin with city carrier pricing at 1.60 dollars every two weeks. The note appears in the newspaper footer at 435 S 4th St confirming mailing details and rate structure.
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the Tribune
S. 4Th St
la Crosse
Philadelphia Teachers Strike Again Over Contract
Philadelphia public schools faced a second shutdown in four months as 18 000 teachers walked out at midnight after failed talks. The district seeks a court injunction to end the strike affecting 260 000 students while the union rejects binding arbitration citing an adverse fact finding.
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Common Pleas Court
D. Donald Jamieson
Jamieson
Frank Sullivan
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
Four Die in Minnesota Car Train and Snowmobile Crashes
Over the weekend Minnesota deaths from car train and snowmobile crashes totaled 10, raising the statewide toll to 20 for 1973. Victims include 15 year old Roland Wendorf and 23 year old Naven Ingvalson in a car train collision near Austin, and Ronald Duehn 23 and Joanne Duehn 24 killed in a snowmobile crash near Plato. Additional fatalities include 22 year old Roger Klitesch in Benton County, and 46 year old John Spolarich and 85 year old Mary Spolarich in Newport car train crash.
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Joanne Duehn
Glencoe
McLeod County 9
Plato
Duehn
Lawrence Mattson
Winstead
Mattson
Roger M. Klitesch
Sauk Rapids
Burned Eau Claire man identified as Fred Klemish
Fred Klemish, 67, of Eau Claire, formerly from Jackson County, died in a fire that destroyed his rural home on Friday January 5. Fire officials cited a fuel oil stove as the likely cause. WWII veteran born October 15, 1905, in Garden Valley, Jackson County. Graveside rites at Alma Center Catholic Cemetery Monday at 1 p.m. were conducted 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 Ulster Violence Row
In Belfast protests flare as the IRA welcomes the UDA declaration of war on sectarian killers and suggests joint patrols. The UDA refuses to meet the IRA, calling for no cooperation. A British army spokesman doubts any Catholic Protestant patrol idea. The 683rd sectarian killing and a wounded British soldier mark a tense week. The People's Democracy schedules a Londonderry rally to mark a four year civil rights march controversy.
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Northern Ireland
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Ulster Defense Association
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IRA
People’s Democracy
Londonderry
Ulster
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