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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1976
Page
2
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health and Welfare Office outline Do and Dont rules for fireworks. New safety rules cut explosive powder limits for firecrackers to 50 milligrams and ban high temperature sparklers and hand held Roman candles.
The Commerce Department reported a May trade surplus of 395.6 million as exports topped imports for the first time this year. Oil imports fell 24 percent to 165.1 million barrels, the lowest in 11 months, though the drop appears temporary amid rising summer gasoline use and industrial demand.
An ad explains back pain arising from a pinched nerve and promotes chiropractic care as the lasting solution after diagnostic and corrective spinal adjustments. It notes office hours on Monday Wednesday Friday 9 am to noon 7 pm and Tuesday Saturday 9 am to noon.
Waupun State Prison officials investigate reports stickers produced and sold at the prison were stolen for illegal sale. Prison director Harvey Winans says no guns are used. only on walls in the armory. Milwaukee Journal cites missing 35,000 stickers for 1975 and 17,500 this year with five inmates in segregation over the scheme.
Bridget Schultz five year old of Holmen lost an eye after a cherry bomb exploded near a Mindoro Bicentennial crowd last night. She underwent surgery at Lutheran Hospital and was listed in fair condition. Authorities review whether the firecracker was from a vehicle or a pedestrian and a $500 reward was offered for information.
A high speed chase ended when a police car rammed Stark twice leading to his arrest on reckless driving fleeing an officer and disorderly conduct. Stark threatened to kill his family and officers and had sought guns earlier though none were found.
Alderman Ferdinand Sontag says there is still hope to save the Dayton Hudson shopping center in Harborview Plaza by cooling tensions and negotiating. He adds the city should sit down unemotionally to resolve differences and protect the influx of trade the center would bring.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that federal courts cannot compel school districts to annually adjust desegregation plans. Courts need not continually revise busing routes or pupil assignments to track population shifts, even if integration is not complete, overturning a Ninth Circuit decision on Pasadena, California schools.
The Supreme Court, led by Justice William H. Rehnquist, ruled that US District Judge Manuel L. Real overstepped authority by mandating annual adjustments to school attendance zones to prevent minority majorities. The decision cites that changes in racial makeup were due to normal migration, not ongoing board action, tying to the 1971 precedent on desegregation duties.
Lebanese leftist Muslims shelled Junieh, the Christians port north of Beirut, in retaliation for Christian shelling of Beirut airport. Christian forces also attacked Beirut airport, destroying a 707 jetliner and injuring crew including an American flight engineer.
A hijacked Air France jet emptied of passengers and crew at Entebbe airport earlier today remains under Palestinian hijackers control. British High Commission spokesman said all 256 hostages are in a transit lounge, with negotiations ongoing and no details on their release.
A 17 year old Sparta youth drowned Sunday afternoon while wading in the Black River near the Onalaska spillway. Wayde Kent disappeared after stepping into a dropoff as friends nearby tried to reach him before the Onalaska Fire Department recovered his body. The La Crosse County coroner ruled the death a drowning.
National Weather Service data show sunny warm conditions across much of the nation with rain possible from the Great Lakes to New England. Wisconsin expects showers and thunderstorms ending tonight followed by clearing and cooler conditions. Minnesota stays partly cloudy with possible showers in the northeast, cooler tonight into Tuesday. Iowa forecast favors clear and cool tonight and Tuesday with a chance of northeast showers.
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