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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1967
Page
2
Army Captain Howard B. Levy faced a court martial as Col. Earl V. Brown ruled medical ethics do not excuse disobedience and promoting disloyalty. The trial continues with closing arguments pending and potential Saturday session to finish proceedings.
Lt. Gov. Jack Olson told nearly 200 at a June Dairy Month kick off in Ferryville that Wisconsin dairy products best promote the state. He cited the 13 million attendance at the New York World's Fair Wisconsin booth and noted vast sales and industry impact while urging broad support across farming related sectors. Two local dairy queens acted as speakers as attendees later toured the La Crosse Queen river cruise.
Fourteen teen finalists compete June 8 to 10 for the Alice in Dairyland title in Green Bay. Reigning Miss Jo Ann Copery of Markesan will crown the winner during ceremonies June 10 with a speech by Michigan Governor George Romney.
Fair weather dominates the region with little temperature change tonight and Friday. East winds near 12 mph with a low in the mid 40s and Friday high near 80 degrees. Iowa cloudy tonight with possible drizzle south Friday, warmer statewide. Sunrise 5 26 a m Friday Sunset 7 41 p m Moon Waning. Degree days total 7530 this year identical to last year forecasts.
Steven R. Young, 19, faced a reckless driving charge after a high speed chase through La Crosse South Side. He offered to pay 204 dollars with a 50 dollar fine or serve six months in jail. he allegedly ran arterial signs, ignored lights, backed into a police car, and reached speeds up to 60 mph before being arrested on the Monegan Overhead while trying to leave the city.
Black River Falls couples Gary Farriman and Colleen Conant. Harold E. Parker Jr and Gloria Paulson. William A. Jacobson and Valerie Rae Enerson. Donald Cherry and Mary Lynn Haydon all set to wed June 3. La Crosse pairs Robert W. Lunde and Mary J. Franckson to marry June 10 in La Crosse. Donald B. Schultz and Ruth E. Culpitt to wed June 10 in West Salem.
A Milan resident complained that a clearly male baby doll on sale offended public decency, but the court ruled the doll not obscene, stating the innocence of a baby excludes obscenity.
Robert D. Kramer of Milwaukee pleaded innocent in Waukesha County Court to charges stemming from an attack on a third woman last year. Judge William G. Callow scheduled trial likely in 30 days. He is also charged with armed robbery false imprisonment and injuring a Sussex woman.
Voters approved the lottery in a November referendum making New York the second state after New Hampshire to run the program. Winners are chosen by a fishbowl drawing and a horse race held at a New York track.
A Dodge County motorcycle crash killed 17 year old James E. Mott in Oconomowoc Hospital after rear ending a car on Highway 67. An 84 year old Janesville man, Robert McGowan, died after being struck on a city street. Six year old Nancy Schommer of Combined Locks was struck near home while returning from school.
The Minnesota Highway Patrol reports two more fatalities lifting the year’s toll to 292 from 263 a year earlier. Victims include Gene Fischer 20 of St. Joseph in a rollover on Highway 52 and Edward V. Oberg 54 of Biwabik in a collision on Highway 135. Also mentioned are the deaths of John H. Koehneke 45 of Kalamazoo and Susan Studer 6 of Lake City in separate crashes.
Lawmakers debate the veto override showing if Le Vander truly leads the state and party or serves as governor in name only. Liberal Rep. Quirin accuses him of being aligned with the Conservative majority in passing the legislation and warns of a possible coalition against him.
Carpenters local 1464 went on strike in Mankato this morning halting work at four Mankato State College buildings and a new vocational school. Pickets appeared at six area sites including two church projects and a Bethany College classroom as contract talks fail to meet demands.
A 19 year old La Crosse man Allen L Steege admitted seven more auto thefts after fleeing a stolen car Wednesday morning. He faces five counts of using a vehicle without the owner's consent and a concealed weapon charge. Steege said he completed a sentence April 6 in Winona for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He was found hiding in bushes after leaping from the moving car driven by Kenneth Hutson.
The U S Forest Service reports 1 073 000 trees were planted this spring in Nicolet National Forest. Trainees from the Blackwell Job Corps Center contributed about 150 000 trees in hard to reach areas.
The Marshall Co and other names appear in inter dealer quotes from the National Association of Securities Dealers. Prices shown are representative inter-dealer values as of about 9 00 a m. Markets vary through the day and quotes exclude retail markups commissions.
USDA and private market quotes show steady hogs and cattle at Winona and South St Paul. Hog and steer prices hold, veal steady, with detailed bids by weight and grade across both cities and Chicago grain and produce futures noted.
Mexico City AP report says Adolfo Lopez Mateos, former president from 1958 to 1964, lay unconscious after a Wednesday stroke. Doctors feared imminent death, treating him in a special tent with cooled body temperature to slow circulation and metabolism.
Milwaukee AP report says cold winds and Lake Michigan waves forced a halt to salvage work on the Prins Willem V, a Dutch cargo ship sunk in 1955 about three miles off Milwaukee in 90 feet of water. The vessel, carrying an estimated 750000 dollars in cargo, was bought for salvage in 1965 by Charles Huthsking Jr., head of General Fire Extinguisher Corp. of Northbrook, Illinois.
North Central Airlines asks the Civil Aeronautics Board for nonstop service from Milwaukee to Washington Baltimore and Boston. President Hal N. Carr says current and projected Milwaukee traffic supports expanded DC 9 jet service on the routes.
The report outlines Arab-Israeli strains with Nasser sending a Damascus mission to mend splits, Israel expanding work hours and pursuing an emergency cabinet, and leaders debating defense control. It notes Rabin's vow to defeat foes, Harman's Gulf of Aqaba assurance, and U.S.-Soviet maneuvers over a UN resolution amid naval movements in the eastern Mediterranean with Soviet ships expanding presence.
In Decatur Illinois Judge Rodney Scott issued an injunction limiting pickets to six at each plant gate as about 150 Local 713 members picketed the Firestone Rubber Co. plant. Police arrested four people for resisting police during the strike part of a nationwide halt at Firestone Uniroyal and B F Goodrich.
United Network said the televised night variety show from Las Vegas has been dropped. The program starred Bill Dana and aired its last episode Wednesday night, according to a network spokesman.
Delegates to the United Auto Workers Chrysler Council gather in Detroit to draft contract demands ahead of July bargaining. The Chrysler group represents 95,000 UAW members across 54 locals. UAW leaders address the meetings as Ford, GM and Chrysler contracts near expiry, with strike target to be chosen. A $60 million strike fund backs the talks.
Grandview Hospital and Lutheran and St. Francis Hospitals announce numerous births on May 23 to May 31. Names include Erik Douglas Hanson, Paul Michael Lund, and multiple daughters and sons to families in Galesville, Chaseburg, Ettrick, Rockland, Black River Falls, Taylor, De Soto, Westby, and Waukon. Hospital details include addresses and parent names.
Three Iowa senators filed a resolution directing the Reciprocity Board to allow Minnesota farm trucks to operate in Iowa without extra fees regardless of weight. The board had denied reciprocity to Minnesota trucks over 12 000 pounds gross. The resolution warns the ruling could hurt trade and strain cross state relations.
Relatives report the drowning death of Army Pfc. Richard Casper 20 at Cam Ranh Bay South Vietnam. He was swimming when caught by undertow. Survived by his father Anthony Casper and two sisters and his mother Mrs. Bernard Blanchard of Grand Meadow Minnesota.
New York stock market recovered after a sharp drop the previous day. The Associated Press index rose 2.4 to 319.2 at noon with majors up, while the Dow Industrial average gained 6.57 to 859.13. Several glamour issues rebounded, and trading remained heavy across exchanges.
Caledonia Minnesota 46 year old Floyd Holte suffered a crushed left leg after a caterpillar tractor tipped and pinned him at the Ernest Kasten farm 10 miles east of Caledonia at 2 30 p m Wednesday. Fellow worker Raymond Schutz summoned help and Holte was dug out and rushed first to Caledonia Memorial Hospital then by ambulance to Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse Wisconsin.
William W. Cargill, 73, former president of Ray-O-Vac Co. of Madison from 1929 to 1947 and later board chairman of the battery maker, died Wednesday at his Pacific Palisades home. A La Crosse native, he moved to Madison in 1913 and retired in 1952. Funeral services are incomplete. burial will be in Madison.
Kenneth M. McLeod aged 61 longtime Fond du Lac attorney died Wednesday in St. Agnes Hospital after 34 years in practice He specialized in corporate law labor relations and taxation and was active in several law groups He was a native of Rice Lake Survivors include his widow and one daughter.
Paris C. Munroe 87 former publisher of the Menominee Herald Leader died in a hospital Funeral services are pending in Menominee Michigan obituary note for a local media figure.
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