N Viets Blow Up U S Helicopters At Kontum Field
North Vietnamese raiders attacked Kontum airfield injuring soldiers and damaging helicopters. US forces reported 14 enemy KIA and moderate helicopter losses, while other attacks across Saigon and the delta caused civilian and military casualties. Thieu opposes a Tet truce extension and seeks strengthened allied alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
N. Viets
U.S
Kontum Field
Saigon
Kontum Airfield
57Th Army Aviation Company
Kontum
Highlands
Mekong
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Associated Press
George Esner
Cu Chi
Kien Son
Midyear Graduation Set For Six State U’s
Wisconsin state universities plan midyear commencements this month awarding 982 bachelor’s degrees and 70 master’s degrees. Ceremonies set for Whitewater and Platteville January 14. La Crosse Oshkosh and Stout January 19. Eau Claire January 21. Stevens Point Superior no ceremony. River Falls on quarter system. Also notes a Be ryllium ore discovery death of Norman C Williams.
Man Sought for La Crosse Bank Fraud Absconds in Denver
Harold Cleveland, 41, accused of 1800 loan fraud tied to a 1966 car, fled during extradition hearing in Colorado. Authorities in Wisconsin and Colorado, backed by federal agents, seek the suspect who was released on bond but failed to appear for the extradition proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Denver
Colo
Burleigh Randolph
Harold Cleveland
Wisconsin
Randolph
Cleveland
Federal
Colorado
State Bank of
McConaughey Seeks Re-Election to La Crosse County Board
John D. McConaughey seeks another term as La Crosse County Board supervisor for the 7th District in La Crosse He has served the district since 1960 and chairs the property committee while sitting on the finance committee Born July 25 1913 in Maiden Rock he is chief engineering clerk at Allis Chalmers He and his wife Gladys Hall have four children The election is April 2 with a March 5 primary if needed to trim candidates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. McConaughey
Adams Sr
la Crosse
McConaughey
Maiden Rock
Central High School
la Crosse State University
Allis- Chalmers
Gladys Hall
Danville
Hardware Firm Burns In Fond Du Lac Fire
Firemen battled subzero conditions for over two hours as a blaze destroyed the Nick Schneider and Son hardware store building in Fond du Lac. A tavern and a sheet metal firm next door suffered extensive damage. hardware firm president Robert Schaeve estimated losses around $100,000. The fire’s cause was undetermined.
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Fond DU Lac
Nick Schneider and Son
Robert Schaeve
Car Train Crash Fatal To Mother and Daughter
A Soo Line freight train struck a car at a crossing in Kenosha County killing Mrs. Arthur Harrington, 47, and her daughter Margaret, 15. They were returning from a ski trip near Wilmot when the collision occurred, raising Wisconsin’s highway toll for the year to 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Arthur Harrington
Kenosha
Margaret
Soo Line
Trevor
Kenosha County
Wilmot
Drowning of Todd Block in Rock River Incident
Todd Block aged four drowned after falling through ice on the Rock River while playing near a power station. Witness Mary Krause, 19, also plunged in. Mrs. Lee Block watched from her nearby home before reporting the accident to responders. The recovery followed by local fire department crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Todd Block
Rock River
Fire Department
Mary Krause
Lee Block
Airman Wins Quality Performance Award At Osan Air Base
M. Sgt. Donald L. Goldsmith of the 6314th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Osan Air Base Korea helped his unit win the semiannual 5th Air Force Quality Performance Award. Goldsmith, a navigation equipment technician, attended Central High School. His wife Dorothy is the daughter of Mrs. Leo McNally.
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Osan-Ni
Korea
Donald L. Goldsmith
Walter A. Goldsmith
Mississippi St
6314Th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Osan AB
Air Force
Goldsmith
Central High School
Dorothy
Leo McNally
Division St
Romney Remarks on Leadership and Policy in Campaign Stop
Mrs. Romney addressed women urging them to stand up or be eliminated and commented on foreign travel and investment limits. She said spending must be tightened like a business, possibly starting locally, and emphasized research on housing problems. The Romneys planned to campaign in New Hampshire after leaving East Lansing.
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Johnson
Time Magazine
East Lansing
Mich
New Hampshire
Two More Deaths Lift Minnesota Road Toll to Eleven
An Alma City man, Jack Amberg, 51, died Tuesday when his pickup left Waseca County Road 3 and hit a utility pole near Janesville. The death, along with the late report of a suburban Minneapolis youth, raises Minnesota’s 1968 traffic toll to 11. a 20 year old from Plymouth died Sunday from injuries in a northern Minneapolis crash that also injured Daniel Nelson, 21, and Lana Raffelson, 18, who were hospitalized in serious condition.
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Associated Press
Alma City
Minn
Jack Amberg
Waseca County
Janesville
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Robert Mengeboch
Plymouth
Daniel Nelson
Nelson
Lana Raffelson
Crystal
Mengelboch
Broihier Heads Coast Guard Unit in La Crosse
Dana H. Broihier is named commander of Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 107 in La Crosse replacing Harold Pretasky who becomes courtesy examination officer. The unit lists Hoffman Lyons Schilling Nelson Steele Clement Colburn Weaver among officers. An 8 p.m. dinner meeting Thursday at the Party House will discuss plans. prospective members may attend.
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Dana H. Broihier
S. 10Th St
Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla
la Crosse
Harold
Bud) Pretasky
William A. Hoffman
Robert D. Lyons
Robert W. Schilling
Richard E. Nelson
Ralph V. Steele
Robert Clement
Russell H. Colburn
Allen Weaver
Rockefeller to Seek Tax Hikes in New Budget
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller plans to raise state revenue by increasing liquor and gasoline taxes, plus higher income and business taxes. The gas tax would rise from six to seven cents per gallon, liquor tax from 1.50 to 2.00 per gallon, with minor beer and wine increases, totaling about 70 million annually for a 5.5 billion budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Gays Mills Woman Del La Gander Dies at 85
Gays Mills Wisconsin Mrs Del La Gander 85 died Monday January 8 in a Soldiers Grove nursing home She lived in the area all her life Survived by two daughters Mrs Ed Raynor and Mrs Emmett Maybee three sons Howard Herman Verlin one brother John Slaback ten grandchildren sixteen great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Services set for 2 p m Thursday at North Clayton Methodist Church with Rev Lee Holmes officiating burial in the church cemetery
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Gays Mills
Wis
Della Gander
Soldiers Grove
Vera) Raynor
Emmett
Eunice) Maybee
R. 2
Howard
North Clayton Methodist Church
Lee Holmes
Viroqua
Retired farmer sentenced in Oak Creek wife slaying
Joseph Habriga, a retired farmer, received a 5 to 15 year sentence in Waupun State Prison for the April 11 killing of his wife Veronica 72 at their Oak Creek home. He pled guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced by Circuit Judge John L. Coffey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Waupun State
Oak Creek
Joseph Habriga
Veronica
John L. Coffey
Habriga
Convicted Ex-Prosecutor Dares Jury To Impose Death Penalty
Former deputy district attorney Jack Kirschke, convicted of murdering his wife Elaine and her friend, urged a six twelve juror panel to impose the death penalty. He said he preferred death to life in prison and claimed he did not shoot the victims while asking the jury to decide the verdict. The defense rested after Kirschke urged swift appellate action and insisted on submitting the case to the jury for a death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jack Kirschke
Kirschke
California
Bill Crankhan
Albert C.S. Ramsey
Asst
Albert W. Harris
Elaine
Orville William Crankhan
Kirschkes
Long Beach
Stock Quotations and Mutual Fund Prices Summary
The page lists first bank stock quotes and several company prices including Nekoosa Edwards, Rockwell Mfg, Wis Pow and Lite, and Western Power. Also shown are regional bids for La Crosse Cooler Co and Pyroil Co with mid morning levels and a range of mutual funds such as Boston Fund Fidelity Fund and Mass Investors Trust with fluctuating values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Bank
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton Mfg
Howell Instruments
Lincoln Nat Life
Werner Trans
Western Power
Wis. Pow. & Lite
la Crosse Cooler Co
LC Telephone Co
Pyroil Co., Inc
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
al. Eaton & Howard
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv. Tr
Mass. Inv. Gr
Nat! Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Scouting Roundtable Thursday At Our Savior’s Lutheran
About 125 adult Scouters from the Gopher La Crosse District are set for a 7 30 p m roundtable in the fireside room at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. The Cubber program features a Freedom Festival and Blue and Gold banquet prep. Explorer Post 67 will showcase artificial respiration. Explorer advisers skip this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gopher-La Crosse
Our Savior’s Lutheran ‘Church
Division Sts
Explorer Post 67
Explorer
Council
Scout Service Center
Young Eastman Woman Dies After Long Illness
Bonnie Joyce Osthoff 27 of Eastman Wisconsin died Tuesday January 9 in Soldiers Grove nursing home after a long illness. Services set for Friday at Wesleyan Methodist Church Eastman with burial in Campbell Cemetery. Calling hours Thursday after 2 pm at Commersnaes Martin Funeral Home Gays Mills. Born June 4 1940 Prairie du Chien to Mr and Mrs John Osthoff. Survived by her parents four sisters Sandra Davenport Iowa and Mrs Richard Crane Davenport and Mrs Ronald Lawrence and Mrs Francis Greene of Janesville.
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Eastman
Wis
Bonnie Joyce Osthoff
Soldiers Grove
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Stephen Meek
Louis Brandt
Campbell Cemetery
Commersnaes-Martin
Gays Mills
John Osthoff
Prairie du Chien
Sandra
Richard Crane
Davenport
Iowa
Ronald Lawrence
Francis Greene
Janesville
Blackout Hits Wisconsin Utilities Across Large Region
Power outages disrupted large portions of Wisconsin Electric Power Co and Wisconsin Power and Light Co service areas. The Madison plant disconnected from the system as 10 minutes to over an hour of outages affected 800000 customers across 422 communities. Major cities listed include Janesville Lake Geneva Mineral Point Darlington Dodgeville Prairie du Chien Baraboo Portage Tomah Mauston Ripon Beaver Dam and Berlin.
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Madison
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Young
Janesville
Tomah
Lake Geneva
Mineral Point
Darlington
Dodgeville
Prairie du Chien
Baraboo
Portage
Mauston
Ripon
Beaver Dam
Berlin
Lockmaster At Genoa Retires After 32 Years Service
Earl W. Quant of 2402 S. 13th Ave retires after 32 years with the Army Corps of Engineers. He served at locks and dams along the Upper Mississippi, beginning at Lock and Dam 4 in 1935 and was lockmaster at Lock and Dam 8 Genoa from 1954. Quant, a Hastings Minnesota native, was cited in 1966 for sustained superior performance.
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Earl W. Quant
S. 13Th Ave
Army Corps of Engineers
Quant
Mississippi River
Genoa
Hastings, Minn
Two La Crosse Boys Cited for Stolen Bicycle
Two youths, ages 13 and 15, were arrested Tuesday evening in La Crosse for riding a stolen bicycle. Robert Carroll reported the theft, and officers found the boys nearby. The juvenile bureau is handling the case.
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la Crosse
Robert (Kootch) Carroll
Division St
Police Juvenile Bureau
Promotion for Vietnam Air Force medic to Staff Sergeant
David G. Du Charme son of Mr and Mrs R J DuCharme of 2133 Winnebago Street has been promoted to Staff Sergeant in the Air Force He serves as a medical service specialist at Phu Cat Air Base Vietnam and is a graduate of Aquinas High School.
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Vietnam
David G. DuCharme
R. J. DuCharme
Winnebago St
Air Force
DuCharme
Phu Cat AB
Aquinas High School
Sailor II Promoted Aboard USS Charles S Sperry
Boatswain's Mate 3.C. Terry C Spreuer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Spreuer of 1251 E Ave S and husband of the former Kar len R Widner of La Farge, advanced to his present rate aboard the destroyer USS Charles S Sperry in the Mediterranean.
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Charles S. Sperry
Terry C .Spreuer
Jake Spreuer
E. Ave. S
Karlen R. Widner
la Farge
Mediterranean
Waukon Veterinarian Ends Life in Home Garage
Dr. Robert O. Sander a 43 year old Waukon veterinarian killed himself with a .22 pistol in his garage Tuesday afternoon Mrs Sander found the body around 3 pm He leaves a widow three daughters a son a mother and two brothers Funeral services set at Zion Reformed Church of Christ with burial in Oakland Cemetery Martin Brothers Funeral Home in charge
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Waukon
Iowa
Robert O. Sander
Alden Wiley
Allamakee
Curtis Sander
Allamakee County
Maxine
Gloria
Christine
Carol
Glenn
Otto Sander
Curtis
Harry
Union Prairie
Francis Garrett
la Crosse
Zion Reformed Church of Christ
D. D. Kaufman
Oakland Cemetery
Martin Brothers Funeral Home
Risser backs citizen ethics advisory panel
State Sen. Fred Risser proposes a citizen advisory committee to draft guidelines for public official conduct. He told the Madison Ministerial Fellowship that no law can fully address ethics for lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Fred Risser
Risser
Marine Cpl Niedfeldt Serves in Vietnam as Truck Driver
Marine Cpl. David R. Niedfeldt, son of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Niedfeldt of 1526 South 30th Street, is serving in Vietnam as a truck driver. He belongs to Headquarters and Service Battalion, 1st Force Service Regiment and joined the Marine Corps in April 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. Niedfeldt
Rundolph Niedfeldt
Vietnam
Niedfeldt
Headquarters and Service Battalion
1St Force Service Regiment
Marine Corps
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By Robert D. Ohman
Ing
Khiem Cuong
196Th Light Infantry
1St
Air Cavalry Division
Que Son
da Nang
North Vietnam
Kep
Hanoi
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
United States
Viet Cong
U's
Salt Lake City
Norman C. Williams
Williams
Brush Beryllium Co
Lacrosse
Shipper
The
Boy
South ST. Paul
USDA
Keim
Romney
Chicago Produce
Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Chicago
Broihier
Coast Guard
Washington
Jack
Kathleen Parker
Harris
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
American Motors
Amer. Tel. & Tel
Anaconda
Burlington
Chrysler
Consolidated Foods
Dupont
Eastman Kodsk
Electronic Specialty
Epko
Ethyl
Ford
Heileman Brew
Intl Harvester
Intl Tel. & Tel
Interstate Power
Jim Walter Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Kawecki Chemical
Koehring
Kresge
Mobil Oil
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Guar
Olin Mathieson
Pepsico
RCA
Rexall Drug
Ryder Systems
Or Scott Paper
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil of
Calif
Standard Oil
N.J
Ind
Swift
Texaco
Trane Co
U.S. Steel
Universal Oil
Westinghouse
Elec
White Motors
Woolworths
Dow Jones
Young Eastman
Sailor Iis
Self
LA Crescent Furniture Mart
LA Crescent
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