Nix appointed to defend Vaughan in murder case
Ralph Francis Vaughan, 19, charged with first degree murder in the death of Craig Hoof, 21, last February or March in La Crosse. Former district attorney Edmund Nix was appointed to represent Vaughan after indigence was claimed. Vaughan waived a preliminary hearing and faces a July 6 appearance with a $50,000 cash bond. Witness Peter Stephan, 19, implicated as a party to the slaying. Vaughan was extradited from Medicine Hat, Alberta, and brought to La Crosse for proceedings.
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la Crosse
la Crosse County Court
la Crosse County
Edmund Nix
Ralph Francis Vaughan
Vaughan
State St
R.3
Craig Hoof
Farnam St
Peter Stephan
Morman Coulee
Hoof
Stephan
Shelby
Mont
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Canada
Nix
Kathryn Vaughan
Leonard Roraff
Hixon House to Close for Fourth of July Holiday
The Hixon House and Museum at 429 N 7th St will close on the Fourth of July and reopen Tuesday. It will be open daily 1 to 5 p.m. through Labor Day with the last tour at 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hixon House
N. 7Th St
Tools Stolen From Theodore Revels Truck
Tools valued at 530 dollars were stolen Wednesday evening from Theodore Revels at 508 North 9th Street. Police say three saws two drills and a citizen's band radio unit were taken from his locked truck parked in front of his home.
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Theodore Revels
9Th St
la Crosse
Revels
Eagles and Auxiliary pick this year’s officers
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 1254 and its Auxiliary elected officers for the coming year. Lyle Saddler of Onalaska and Alice Wermuth of 224% S. 20th St. were chosen to head the groups. Other officers include Kenneth Abner as vice president and Clarence Stellner as chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eagles
Aerie
Lyle Saddler
Lake St
Onalaska
Alice Wermuth
S. 20Th St
Eagle
Kenneth Abner
Clarence Stellner
Dan Weigel
Robert Ludvik
Robert Weigel
Dale Thomas
Ron Frey
Dave Flock
Richard Schnell
Vern Thesing
Gary Weigel
Trus
Bonnie Weigel
Eagles
Mary Molzahn
Richard Molzahn
School of
Chilida
la Crosse
Stevens Point
Missing cash and ring from car at Walt's Restaurant
A car parked at Walt's Restaurant on 310 Mississippi St in La Crosse lost a cash total of 93 dollars and a gold wedding ring valued at 125 dollars after a Wednesday afternoon theft. City police identified the owner as Janice Paisley of West Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt
Mississipi St. la Crosse
Janice Paisley
West Salem
Landfill contract switch to Town and Country unit
Tarco Inc. sells its Modern Clean-Up Service unit to Town and Country Mukwonago. Town and Country to take over La Crosse County Sanitary Landfill operations under Tarco’s five year $127 000 yearly contract begun Dec 1 1976. Assignment approved pending bond and financial checks. operation set to start Friday. Allen Van Dyken leads Town and Country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town and Country Disposal Service, Inc
Mukwonago
la Crosse County
Robert Tooke
Tarco, Inc
Tarco
Modern Clean-Up Service, Inc
Town and Country
Modern Clean-Up
Tooke
Allen van Dyken
Abducted Girl’s Parents Await Call as FBI Joins Search
Charlotte Grosse 15 was dragged from a Girl Scout campsite in Sarasota County. The abductor released a late night call saying she was fine and would be freed, with authorities expanding the search to Manatee County and associating the case with a prior Locust Grove camp assault and fugitive Gene Leroy Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Fla
Charlotte Grosse
Nokomis
Sarasota County
Jim Hardcastle
Richard Grosse
Hardcastle
Charlotte
Thomas Stimson
Manatee County
Manatee
Bradenton
Oscar Scherer
Eleanor
Virginia Wallace
Locust Grove
Oklo
Gene Leroy Hart
The Weather Outlook July 1977
Climatological data from the National Weather Service La Crosse section. Sunrise and sunset listed in Daylight Saving Time. Sun and moon times provided from the U.S. Naval Observatory in Standard Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
la Crosse
U.S. Naval Observatory
Doctors Attend July Medical Education Conferences
Areas physicians may attend four July sessions at Gundersen Foundation and Gundersen Clinic to earn the AMA physicians recognition award. Lectures cover psychiatry, pediatrics, urology, and otolaryngology with experts from Winnebago Mental Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Mayo Clinic, and University of Texas Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Gundersen Medical Foundation
Gundersen Clinic Ltd
American Medical Association
Lutheran Hospital
Darold A. Treffert
Winnebago Mental Institute
Lawrence I. Pasik
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
William L. Furlow
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Walter Decker
University of Texas-Galveston
Norwalk Teen Dies in Wisconsin Traffic Toll Rises
A Dane County accident killed Jody Downing a 17 year old Norwalk resident and raised Wisconsin 1977 traffic fatalities to 413 from 417 a year earlier. The same day Kraig Kinzel a 4 year old Brookfield resident died escaping a car rolling in a driveway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dane County
Wisconsin
Jody Downing
Norwalk
Madison
Kraig Kinzel
Brookfield
La Crosse Tribune Volume 73 Issue 45 Summary
The La Crosse Tribune announces its publication details including edition timing afternoons and weekend morning editions. It lists pricing notes for city carriers and mail subscriptions within seven miles, with a one year rate of 49 dollars, and provides contact numbers for missed papers and classified ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
Lee Enterprises, Inc
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
la Crosse Sunday Tribune
Mining tax plan backed by governor faces local battle
Two year fight ends with governor Lucey signing a graduated mining tax. Rep. Harvey Dueholm and Sen. Henry Dorman praised the measure while Exxon opposed it. The plan splits revenue between the general fund and a local impact fund, with up to 300000 yearly to counties and 75000 to municipalities, triggering local zoning tensions near Crandon Forest County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Dueholm
Luck
Dueholm
Lucey
Exxon Co.usa
Houston
Tex
Forest County
Exxon
Dorman
Black River Falls
Marlin Schneider
Wisconsin Rapids
State Revenue Department
Crandon
Ontario Fourth of July Weekend Schedule Preserves City Events
Ontario Wisconsin lists Fourth of July weekend events in city hall and nearby venues. Activities include a teen dance at 9 p.m., pony pulls, kiddie games, a horse show, a Saturday fireworks display at 9:30 p.m., and a Wednesday softball tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Wis
City Hall
Otis Wilrope
Liams
la Crosse Tribune
Hillsboro
Children's film fest at La Crosse Public Library South Branch
The La Crosse Public Library children's department presents summer film showings at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. at the South Branch on 16th and Farnam Streets. Winona Steamboat Days continues Friday with Kiddies Day Parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Department of the la Crosse Public Library
South Branch Library
16Th
Farnam Streets
Winona Steamboat
Rain and cooling spread across the central U S
Warm and rainy conditions prevail across most of the nation with cooler spells in Minnesota and the northern Plains. Rain extends from eastern Tennessee to eastern Pennsylvania while parts of the upper Midwest see sun and showers. River flood stage data and daily highs show variable conditions across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa.
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Minnesota
Plains
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Tri-State
Wisconsin
Iowa
Dakota
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Larry Linhart
Fred Howly
Kenosha
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Interstate 285
Holcomb
Auxiliary
Cash
Melrose
Kathleen Zeman
Menard Plaza
Topri
Quillin’s
Foodhouse
A. Quillin’s
Foodliner
Florida
Coulee Region
Humane Society
Barre Campbell Greenfield
Medary
H. Paul Phillips
LaCrosse Tribune
David R. Huebsch
NC Lansing
C.P
Prairie du Chien
Galesville
Root
Hokah
Dresbach Lock
Mississippi River
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