Barn Storm Powers Outages Hit Monroe County
A severe storm caused widespread power outages across Monroe County and neighboring areas. Ralph Hager of Northern States Power reported hardest hit regions including Cataract, Angelo and Black Creek, with about 150 customers briefly without power and 1,500 in Monroe County overall. Crews from Eau Claire aided restoration, and some 200 trees fell on Interstate 94 from Tomah to Black River Falls. Oakdale Fire Department responded to a barn fire in Clifton. Most outages were restored by morning. Trempealeau area also affected.
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Monroe County
Ralph Hager
Northern States Power Co
Sparta
Angelo
Black Creek
Eau Claire
Melvina
Sand Creek Road
Ft. McCoy
Stelter
Tomah
Black River Falls
Oakdale
Compton
Clifton
Gervase Shie
Oakdale Electric Cooperative
Monroe
Wood
Jackson
Juneau
Trem
Prairie du Chien
la Crosse County
National Cash Register Co
West Salem
Iowa
Russel Bernard
Marquette
Houston County
Jerry Olson
Ed Lehmann
Long Prairie
Trempealeau County Storm Causes Property Damage
A severe storm at 6:15 p.m. damaged buildings in Trempealeau County. Roofs ripped from homes, downed power lines, and fallen trees disrupted Trempealeau Galesville Ettrick Blair and Whitehall. Whitehall fire crews fought a blaze from a broken line. A funnel cloud was sighted near Blair. In Irving, Jackson County, a barn collapse crushed 10 cattle, rescued by volunteers and a Black River Falls National Guard crane.
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Pealeau County
Trempealea County
Trempealeau
Michael Ebersold
Penny Sonsalla
Galesville
Ettrick
Blair
Whitehall
Centerville
George Froom
Knut Amble
Jackson County
Nervous Tension in Modern Life Warns of Stress
The article discusses how the fast pace and constant activity of contemporary life create widespread nervous tension across all walks of life. It notes that no one enjoys a protected life in today’s world.
West Salem storm damage and flight delays reported
A West Salem storm blew a tree into a trailer and wrecked a house under construction with the roof torn off and debris strewn. Fire and utility crews worked through the night as 788 exchange lines faced outages and two Mississippi Valley flights were delayed due to thunderstorms and safety concerns.
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West Salem
Lem Beranek
Viking Custom Homes
Beranek
Leo Haag
la Crosse Telephone Corp
788
Kmart
Haag
Onalaska
la Crosse
Civil Defense
Mississipi Valley
Jerry DeLap
Chicago
North Central Airlines
Dwaine Miller
Miller
National speed reading course offered in La Crosse
United States Reading Lab will run a four week speed reading course for a limited La Crosse class. The program promises rapid reading growth, lifetime improvement via cassette tape, and potential speeds up to 13,000 wpm. Free orientation lectures explain procedures and costs, open to the public 14 and older, at the YMCA on June dates.
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LA Crosse
Spec
United States
YMCA
Main St
Landfill Operation Questioned in La Crosse County Meeting
La Crosse County Sanitary Landfill operations drew wide interest as city contractors and demolition firms urged details on a proposed solid waste ordinance. The Sanitary Landfill Site Committee heard questions on haulage eligibility, fee structures, billing and site hours while planning a county program. A follow up meeting was slated as officials and Medary Town residents joined in to discuss location and administration. Joyce Heir Dies in West Germany Near Konstanz.
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County Board
Perons
la Crosse County
Douglas Farmer
16Th Dist
Medary
Joyce
Paris
Giorgio Joyce
James Joyce
Konstanz
West Germany
Services Held For Man Killed On Minnesota Farm
Earl Holtzworth 40 a farm er from Witoka area was killed when found under a tractor Friday after noon in Wisconsin Minnesota. He served 20 years in the Navy and Air Force retiring in 1974. Survived by widow a daughter two brothers and two sisters. Burial with military rites at Witoka Cemetery.
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Minnesota
Winona
Minn
Earl Holtzworth
Wiscoy Valley
Witoka
Witoka United
Winona County
Bruce Stanton
Holtz
Neville-Levi Vfw
Aimee Sue
Robert J. Holtzworth
Stewartville
Donald Kraft
Minneapolis
Donald
Janice) Lowrie
St. Paul
Dennis
Linda) Neville
la Moille
Fawcett Funeral Home
Witnesses Sought To Sparta Fatality
Monroe County authorities seek witnesses to a fatal hit and run west of Sparta on Sunday. A 45 year old Sparta resident, Aretta M. Hill, died while walking along Highway 16. Two potential witnesses in a 1966 or 1967 maroon two door Tempest or LeMans are asked to report to the sheriff.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Sheriff's Department
Aretta M. Hill
Highway 16
Motorist Killed In Vernon County Crash
In Vernon County a New York motorist, Dennis Paul Edick, 31, of Rensselaer, died when his pickup rolled over after leaving Highway 35, about 32 miles south of Genoa near 2:20 a.m. The Vernon County sheriff reports the second traffic fatality of the year.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
New York
Genoa
Dennis Paul Edick
Rensselaer
N.Y
Parolee-led grave digging uncovers fourth victim in search
In Canterbury Connecticut a cross-country dig led by parolee Robert F. Carr III unearthed a 21 year old woman's body near a lovers lane. Carr, flown from Florida, claimed to have killed a teenage girl and two other youths as well as the woman found.
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Canterbury, Conn
Robert F. Carr III
Carr
Florida
Church Joins Carter Camp With 79 Delegates Support
Idaho Senator Frank Church delivered his 79 delegates to backing Carter. He urged party unity, calling Carter the candidate behind whom all Democrats can unite and noting Carter earned the nomination by taking his bid to voters nationwide.
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Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
Idaho
Frank Church
Georgia
Church
Carter
Capitol Homosexuality Allegations Reported at Capitol
Colleen Gardner, 28 a divorcee, says men on Capitol staffs told her their jobs demanded homosexual activities with congressmen. She would not name or number of involved congressmen or staff. She says she can supply tapes to federal investigators about Rep. John Young pressuring women staffers for sex.
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Washington
Colleen Gardner
Capitol
Gardner
Associated Press
John Young
D-Tex
Woman says CIA recruited her to kill Castro in 1960
Marie Lorenz says she was recruited by the CIA to assassinate Fidel Castro in 1960 and that she tried to apologize to Castro by telephone before the report broke. She told the New York Daily News she agreed to poison Castro under coercion, but the plan failed when poison capsules melted in cold cream.
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NEW York
CIA
Fidel Castro
Marie Lorenz
New York Daily News
Castro
Syrians Fracture Cease-Fire in Lebanon Again
In Beirut area and southern Lebanon Arab factions accuse Syrian forces of renewed cease-fire violations with a northern Syria cross-border attack. Iraqi radio reports more Iraqi troops near the Syrian border. Kamal Jumblatt accuses Syria of a blockade to subdue Moslem Lebanese factions.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sidon
Iraq
Syria
Kamal Jumblatt
What going on in the coulee region
Tuesday Vernon Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Tea at Karl Kaap home south of Viroqua on Highway 14 from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Evening bike rides by Tri-State Bicycle Touring Society every Tuesday at Burns Park 7th and Main Streets 7 p.m. and Wednesday rides same time and place. Wisconsin Air National Guard Band Concert in Tomah Gillette Park 7 p.m. Tomah Lions and Hawatha Lions golf outing past district governors. U.S. government surplus auction at Tomah Holiday Inn 8 a.m.
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Tri-State Bicycle Touring Society, Inc
Burns Park
7Th
Main Streets
Wisconsin Air National Guard
Tomah
Gillette Park
Tomah Lions
Hiawatha Lions
U.S
Tomah Holiday Inn
Wisconsin and Minnesota Thunderstorms And Flood Forecasts
Wisconsin faces likely thunderstorms tonight with some heavy rain and hail and a cooler Tuesday after widespread showers. Minnesota foresees partly cloudy to night with storms southwest and south and possible severe weather in the south, cooling by Tuesday morning as conditions ease. Mississippi River forecasts show flow easing at Dresbach Lock and Dam with several towboats and barges moving upriver and downriver, plus ongoing lockages and river activity. Sunrise and sunset times are listed for the day.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Poseie
Dresbach Lock & Dam
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