No grudges held by freed ELF hostage Michalke
Ronald Michalke, a former La Crosse resident and civilian technician at a U S military base in Asmara Eritrea, recounts 50 months in Eritrean nationalist ELF custody. He describes harsh travel conditions, relief at humane treatment, and plans for a socialist-leaning Eritrean government after independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Minn
Ronald Michalke
Eritrean Liberation Front
ELF
Ethopia
la Crosse
Michalke
Kathleen Gaare
Eritrea
Ethiopia
U.S
Asmara
Haile Selassie
Mich
Harborview Center Plan Faces Setback In La Crosse Vote
La Crosse Common Council rejected Mayor Patrick Zielke's Harborview convention center plan 13 to 7 to pursue private development instead. Aldermen also voted 11 to 9 against stripping redevelopment duties, leaving Parrott to study piece by piece sale of a riverfront parcel between Main and Pearl Streets if private bids fail.
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Patrick Zielke
Harborview
la Crosse
Common Council
Harborview Plaza
Parrott
Main
Pearl Streets
Borview
Thomas Roellich
12Th Dist
Loren Wardwell
Ferdinand Sontag
4Th Dist
Sontag
Zielke
Auditorium Board
Ford Reagan battle for Missouri delegates in tight GOP race
Ford and Reagan vie for Missouri remaining 19 at large delegates as part of a tight GOP nominating battle. AP survey shows Ford leading Reagan in total delegates while Carter dominates Democratic delegate race.
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Springfield
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Missouri
Kansas City
California
GOP Committee
Lowell McCuskey
Christopher S. Bond
Associated Press
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Democratic National Committee
Bond
Illinois
Carter
Milton J. Shapp
Pennsylvania
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Rep
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Hays Recovers From Sleeping Pill Overdose
Rep. Wayne Hays awoke from a coma after an overdose of sleeping pills and is expected to recover fully within about ten days. Doctors said the overdose appeared accidental and that his return to duties will be delayed by rest.
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Barnesville
Ohio
Wayne Hays
Hays
Richard Phillips
Washington
House
House Administration Committee
Cratic
Thomas P. O'Neill
Phillips
University of Pittsburgh
Carol Clawson
House Administration
London
Miss Ray
Organized Crime Taked Teamsters For A Million
A Senate subcommittee report states New York Local 295 Teamsters were defrauded of about 1.1 million dollars from a life insurance plan by figures tied to organized crime. It names Louis Ostrer and associates including Tony Corallo and Dio Dioguardi, and cites management misallocation of funds between 1970 and 1973. The probe criticized union leadership and the International for letting the scheme develop.
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Washington
New York City
Senate
Departments of Labor and Justice
Internal Revenue Service
Staff of
Government Operations Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations
Louis C. Ostrer
Dina Gelman
Cy Reeves Snyder
Seymour Greenfield
Louis Ostrer
Ostrer
Anthony
Tony Ducks” Corallo
Johnny “Dio” Dioguardi
Anthony ‘‘Hickey
Dil
New York
Teamsters International
Drought Hits Area But Weather Still Forecast to Improve
Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa farmers report soil moisture low with alfalfa crop stress and slow pasture growth. Rain is needed within a week though some areas have been spared by recent showers and local yields vary. hay prices range 2 to 3 dollars a bale while observers note no lasting relief yet.
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Coulee Region
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Houston County
Allamakee
Iowa
Monroe County
Larry Davis
Davis
Robert Wieder
U.S. Weather Bureau
la Crosse
Wieder
David Holcomb
Jackson County
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Clark Tribune
The
Front
Liberation Front
Wesely
Donald Medinger
18Th Dist
Redevelopment Authority
James C. Corman
Dcalif
Democratic National Congressional Campaign Committee
Corman
Wayne L. Hays
Dohio
Pat
House Democratic Caucus
Carl Albert
North Side
Marine and Companion
Missouri City
Pedro Garcia
Brewers Houseclean
Garcia
Detroit Tigers
Gary Sutherland
Classified Entertainment
Wall
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