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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1968
Page
2
PA health official Norman Yoder admitted fabricating a report that six college students were blinded by LSD after taking the drug. Governor Shafer suspended Yoder and Yoder was committed to a Philadelphia psychiatric hospital.
A Milwaukee Wis article notes Donald Arms 17 Woodman a Muscoda High senior died after a crash on Highway 132 two miles west of Boscobel. He crawled to a shed and climbed into a pickup, where his body was found hours later due to head injuries and shock. The report also mentions a separate fatality Victoria Konzal six Milwaukee. The piece ties to an earlier AP dispatch and LSD research remarks by a rehabilitation official.
La Crosse Festivals, Inc. will hold its second annual meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Holiday Room of the Holiday Inn. Election of directors is first on the agenda with ballots sent to members. Nominees were chosen by a nominating committee and further nominations or write-ins may occur at the meeting. The 1967 Oktoberfest financials and plans for 1968 event, tentatively Sept 30 to Oct 5, will be discussed.
Gov. Knowles said he would sign a bill tightening auto insurance cancellations. Firms must give 20 days notice with reasons unless nonpayment is involved. The measure bars cancellations based on age race color residence national origin creed or occupation and applies to policies for privately owned vehicles.
Radio list shows WKBH schedule Friday with Logan at Menomonie and Sparta at Wisconsin Dells. WKTY airs basketball games at 7 50 p m. WCOW FM Sparta carries Sparta vs Wisconsin Dells at 7 45 p m. Saturday features La Crosse State versus Oshkosh on WKBH and Aquinas against Campion on WKTY.
House and Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield signal progress for a tax hike plan. Two excise taxes set to fall on April 1, the auto tax from 7 to 2 percent and the telephone tax from 10 to 1 percent, with further changes delayed to 1969 and 1970 under the President's program.
Jerry Miller of Heileman Brewing Co and La Crosse Safety Council president addressed Rotarians at the Thursday noon Rotary Club gathering in Hotel Stoddard. He stressed safer work and highway conditions and noted safety councils have expanded beyond industry. Also present were visitors Joe Alring and Lionel Strand and guests E Morical and Andy Anderson. The article notes the 1911 American stenotype invention by Ward Stone Ireland.
Market quotations at 9:00 a.m. show interdealer bids and asks for CW Transport through Wis. Pow. & Lite, with stocks from La Crosse to Nekoosa Edn. and other firms, plus mutual fund ranges. Winona Livestock reports hogs up 25 cents, cattle steady, with specific price ranges for hogs, sows, and cattle. Chicago Mercantile Exchange fat market quotes and South St. Paul USDA numbers cover cattle, calves, hogs, and feeders.
La Crosse County Board approved a plan to have the state fund about 75 000 to reconstruct County Highway BA in West Salem from County Hospital to Leonard Street. The board also transferred two segments of County Highway B to the Town of Campbell and added a quarter mile of Fanta Reed Road to County Highway B to reconnect at the French Island interchange after I 90 construction.
Nine La Crosse County residents from Local Board 33 of the Selective Service are set to leave for U S Army induction in Minneapolis on February 7 for a two year term. Two registrants were rejected for medical reasons. three had enlisted earlier. Inducted were Robert A. Challet George L. Pettygrove Lawrence L. Updike Bernard A. Fernholz Ronald L. Karrib Terry G. McClintock Gerald A. Kendhammer and James P. La Fleur.
Police and ambulance logs list two medical transports on January 19. Anne Gilbertson, 89, from Bethany Lutheran Home to St Francis Hospital with illness at 7:56 a.m. Mary Lee, 29, of 1730 Charles Street, transported by squad car to La Crosse Lutheran Hospital at 3:41 a.m.
Partly cloudy north Wisconsin, fair central and south Friday night. Fair and warmer Saturday. Minnesota fair to partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday. OWA generally fair Friday night and Saturday with warmer northwest. Five day period temperatures 12 to 18 degrees above normal. La Crosse normal highs 26 lows 6. Precipitation about one tenth of an inch mid week. Little day to day temperature change.
At a luncheon, singer Miss Kitt defended American youth and parents amid war tax and Vietnam concerns. She argued youths feel they must live now or risk a future in prison, while urging pacific change and criticizing rebellion in streets. Mrs Hughes and Mrs Johnson rebutted, stressing education and nonviolence.
La Crosse and much of Wisconsin saw unseasonably mild temperatures with a forecast for five more days of warmth. Skating rinks were closed as January thaw kept highs near 12 to 18 above normal through Wednesday. Normal highs and lows are 26 and six, while reported highs included 41 in La Crosse Madison and Beloit area. Overnight lows ranged from 19 to 31, with Fort Myers Florida the nation’s high at 78 and Alamosa Colorado the low at 11 below zero.
Local business leaders and residents voicing support for Harborview Plaza redevelopment say it will lift property values and revive blighted areas while opponents warn urban renewal could move jobs and homes elsewhere. Key figures: Burgess, Berg, G. Kumm, Gateway Products, and the La Crosse Jaycees. The hearing covered displacement risks, cost of relocation, and the need for careful authority oversight.
Mrs. Jennie Weiss, 75, was found dead from burns at her Jefferson residence where she lived alone. Coroner Ewald Reichert stated she suffered burns to about 90 percent of her body likely during her evening meal Wednesday night. Neighbors reported concern before authorities entered today.
Arnold V. Lehtola, 34, of Madison, broke through the Mississippi River ice at Riverside Park during a city police chase and was charged in County Court with attempted burglary. He appeared with attorney Patrick Doyle, requested a preliminary hearing, and the case was continued to Monday. He is released without bond but held on a parole hold. The incident began when officers saw two men in the park. Lehtola fled, broke through the ice, then was recaptured. The charge relates to La Crosse Plumbing Supply on Front Street.
Gary Lawrynk 22 of Stoddard received a $250 check from Louis Elein president of Ed Phillips Distributing Corp for his essay Does The United Nations Fulfill A Purpose The national contest was open to children of retail customers of NACD member firms Lawrynk's parents run Lawrynk Grocery Store He is a Logan High School graduate and a senior majoring in business administration at Winona State College.
Mrs Katherine Griesell 82 of Elm Grove suffered a fatal heart attack while bowling Thursday night. She was in her second game when she complained of pain and shortness of breath. An ambulance took her to St Josephs Hospital where she died about 30 minutes later.
River readings show flood stage at 24 hr with today change and station data. Sunrise and sunset times noted for Saturday with shipper's forecast urging shipment protection to the north and 15 to 20 elsewhere. Degree days totals listed with comparisons to last year and normal.
At public hearing county zoning officials backed a 1 million dollar option plan for an industrial park, with three local developers tied to the purchase. The board approved rezoning 34 to 1 after a 30 day deferral failed. The panel also funded soil tests with a mix of public and promoter contributions. Henry Rebhan’s duplex zoning in Hiawatha Islands Second Addition was approved.
La Crosse County faces a plan for a comprehensive mental health center serving Monroe and Vernon counties. Richard Lenz outlined services, projected first year costs around 190000 after aid, and future increases to 396000 with a 40 percent state aid share.
Tickets for the fifth annual Oktoberfest excursion to the St. Paul Winter Carnival go on sale at five La Crosse banks and the Festi vals office. Priced at 8.45, the round trip bus fare includes reserved seats for the Grande Day Parade in the heated St Paul Auditorium and a carnival button for events. Buses depart 8 30 a m from the Greyhound Depot and return about 11 p m Saturday, with Festmaster Jack Martin aboard one bus and Miss Oktoberfest Marilyn Brahmsteadt joining activities alongside Oktoberfest princess Fran Noyce.
The La Crosse Traffic Club voted to study the feasibility of a traffic education program. President Richard Markwed will lead a costs and staffing study. The club's annual dinner is set for March 19 at the Elks Club. Members Max C. Garten and Edward L. Hittner were accepted.
Kenneth Hauser of 151442 S 9th St reported a theft from his car between 1 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. Thursday. Items taken included a bowling ball bowling shoes and a briefcase valued at $54.
On January 18 at 3 32 p m a fire in a motor vehicle behind Lutheran Hospital injured a vehicle in the parking lot. Gerald Dreier was in charge of the car and the engine was damaged.
George A. Barta age 55 of 217 South 23rd Street a La Crosse City Street Department laborer suffered a fractured pelvis after being run over by a backing dump truck driven by Henry J. Miller 63 of 2234 Kane Street at the Isle la Plume Dump. Barta was pinned between the truck and ground and transported to St Francis Hospital in satisfactory condition.
Oliver A. Shultz, 75, of Lena was killed in an auto collision three miles west of Forreston in Ogle County. John F. Metzger, 45, of Milwaukee, was listed in satisfactory condition at Freeport Memorial Hospital after the Thursday crash.
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