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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1973
Page
1
The Indoor Sports Club holds a general session starting Friday with an early Sunday close. A banquet is planned for 7 p.m. Saturday, as shown in Tribune Photo.
La Crosse Alderman Raymond Keller 43 faces incest charges for relations with two daughters alleged to have occurred between May 1 and May 15. He is jailed in Houston Minn County Jail with $10 000 bond awaiting extradition. The complaint cites threats and a wife’s statements of attempted suicide.
In Madrid Gen Francisco Franco formally names Adm Luis Carrero Blanco premier and head of the Movement, while remaining head of state and commander in chief. Carrero Blanco, 70, to reshuffle cabinet next week, possibly replacing technocrats with traditionalists as Prince Juan Carlos is groomed as successor.
Saturday night will be fair with a low around 55. Sunday turns partly sunny and warmer with a high near 88 and southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain chances are 10 percent Saturday night and 20 percent Sunday. Monday is partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a low near 55.
The University of Wisconsin system and the Department of the Interior seek annexation of 109 acres on French Island in La Crosse County. The land hosts a National Fisheries Research Laboratory and is bounded by I-90 Black River Airport Road and Fisherman Road.
The Senate passed a farm bill opposed by the White House in a 78 to 9 vote, adding a $20,000 per farm subsidy ceiling proposed by Sen. Birch Bayh. The move drew opposition from Poage and Sisk who warned it could scrap the program and favor only large growers, while supporters argued it would save up to $200 million annually and not hurt family farmers.
Eyota Minnesota 8 year old Alan R Cowden died after dashing back into a burning home to search for his baby brother. The house owned by Ronald and the Cowden family was gutted and firefighters recovered the body in a bedroom. The parents and two other children escaped the blaze.
Saigon reported a sharp surge in Viet Cong attacks across South Vietnam as the U.S. embassy warned all but essential travel. Canadian observers in Vietnam were confined to quarters near An Loc amid heavy fighting and air-evacuation plans were dropped after helicopter losses.
Blaine McClurg 17 of Kenosha, formerly of Viroqua, drowned Friday afternoon while swimming with friends at a Town of Pleasant Prairie gravel pit. Body recovered 45 minutes later. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Viroqua Church of Christ. Burial in Viroqua Cemetery. He was a Tremper High junior born December 24, 1955 in Viroqua to Verlyn and [unspecified] McClurg. Survived by his parents, one brother Keith and one sister Janet, and grandparents.
A Kandiyohi County Circuit Court jury found Arthur C. Derouin and William G. Desjarlais guilty of robbery in the February 21 Kwik Trip holdup at Highway 16 and County Highway B. The jury rejected armed robbery charges, deciding the pellet gun used was not a dangerous weapon, after about three hours of deliberation.
Paris reports Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho meet in the final stage of talks to tighten the Vietnam cease fire. A joint communique may emerge with North and South Vietnam Viet Cong and the United States, amid pressure from Saigon to reject a new agreement. Talks reportedly hinge on geographic areas of control and implementation of the cease-fire.
Bernard Fensterwald, attorney for James W. McCord Jr., asks U S District Court for a new trial or overturn McCord's conviction alleging perjury by a government witness and prosecution withholding information. The motion centers on Magruder and Porter testimony, while Weicker predicts possible reversals for McCord and Liddy.
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