Farmers planning 15 million more acres to major crops
Washington AP reports USDA Crop Reporting Board projects 1973 plantings up with 71.6 million acres of corn and 54.8 million of soybeans. Wheat and sorghum rise, totals could yield record corn and wheat harvests if weather cooperates. Nixon administration cites higher production as curb for high food prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
USDA
Department
Nixon
Death notices from La Crosse area include Tschumper Berg Niedfeldt and Furlong
George W. Tschumper 78 of La Crescent Minnesota died Friday March 16 in a local hospital. Anna L Berg 70 of Holmen died March 15 in a La Crosse hospital. Fred Niedfeldt 86 formerly of Chaseburg and Bangor died March 15 in a La Crosse rest home. Robert Furlong 51 of Milwaukee a former Onalaska resident died March 14 in a Milwaukee hospital. Services and burial details follow for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna L. Berg
Main St
Holmen
la Crosse
Richard
Ruth Ann) Huston
Harris
Virgil
Arlington
Wis
Peter
Rochester
Ernest
Lenora) Sjuggrud
Lillian) Holter
Melvin
Alton Evenson
James
Holmen Lutheran Church
N. A. Berntson
Long Coulee
Dickinson Jackson Street
Fred Niedfeldt
Chaseburg
Bangor
Aftenoon
la Crosse County
Lena Mensing
Clarence
Onalaska
Fredrick
Herbert
Red Wing
Minn
Diedrick
Cannon Falls
Milwaukee
la Vera
San Francisco
Calif
William
Sparta
Fred
Mary) Hemker
Harry
Wilber
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Lloyd Lambert
Bangor Cemetery
Woodruff Funeral Home
Robert Furlong
Judy
Robert Jr
Carl
Ruth) Holte
Minneapolis
John
Adeline) Hamilton
Randolph
Ohio
Roger
Galesville
Howard
Bruskiewitz
Migrant Workers Freed From Slave Labor Camp Near Homestead
Police freed 27 workers from a camp near Homestead Florida detailing years of debt bondage and threats. Bosses Joe Brown and Lafayette Matthew were charged with false imprisonment and conspiracy while most workers were described as in poor health and malnourished. Brown bonded at fifty thousand dollars and Matthew remained jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe L. Brown
Lafayette Matthew
Dade County
Brown
Matthew
Fred Diaz
County Migrant Health Clinic
St Paul Comm Schools to Cut 200 400 Teaching Jobs
St Paul public schools plan to eliminate between 200 and 400 teaching posts this year with about 215 positions likely gone by fall due to enrollment declines. A hiring freeze was ordered as district officials seek state aid increases and consider raising retirement eligibility to age 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
George Young
Young
Chopk
Paul
John Lackner
Supper Bill Leads to Jail Sentences in Wisconsin
William R. Johnson and Jeff L. Thompson pleaded guilty to defrauding an innkeeper after refusing a $2.24 supper bill at the Black River Cafe. Judge Louis I. Drecktrah stayed six month jail terms and placed both on one year probation. Thompson received 10 days and Johnson five days in jail with restitution ordered for the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Black River
Melrose
Jackson County
Louis I. Drecktrah
William R. Johnson
Jeff L. Thompson
Drecktrah
Tri State Deaths and Birth Notes Across Midwestern Regions
Obituaries record deaths of Esther Nerud 81 in Anaheim. John Walleser 81 in Lansing. John Heikens 72 in Waukon. Jess Uhl 87 in Waukon, with services and burial details. Also notes adoption reference and several birth announcements from Madison and Blue Island in March. Surviving relatives listed with multiple descendants across Iowa and Wisconsin.
Birth at Memorial Hospital in Tomah Wisconsin
Memorial Hospital in Tomah Wisconsin reports the birth of a son on March 9 to Mr and Mrs James Olson of Camp Douglas. Kathleen Ladell served as the informant.
12 year old Steven Hogquist killed in New Brighton crash
New Brighton Minnesota. Steven Hogquist 12 was struck by a car on Long Lake Road and killed Thursday. The death raised Minnesota's traffic toll to 133, up from 99 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brighton, Minn
Steven Hogquist
New Brighton
Minnesota
Long Lake Road
Panel Disputes Court Test Over Dean Testimony on Gray Nomination
Senate Judiciary members show no will to force White House Counsel John Dean to testify on L. Patrick Gray III’s FBI director nomination. Ervin favors using the Watergate select committee to compel testimony if needed, and Nixon signals readiness for a court ruling on executive privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Gray
Ervin
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Dean
Select Committee
Supreme Court
Open House Set For POW At Decorah
Decorah Iowa Michael Kjome 36 the town s sole civilian prisoner of war will be honored with an open house at 2 pm Sunday March 18 in the Decorah High School Gym Kjome son of Mr and Mrs George Kjome returned home March 3 after two weeks at Great Lakes Naval Hospital He is a POW for five years and was released Feb 12 Since release he has received about 2000 letters from across the country He prefers not to discuss life in captivity to avoid jeopardizing other POWs He has an uncle and aunt in Spring Grove and his father teaches at Decorah High School He will return to Great Lakes March 29 for a checkup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Iowa
Michael Kjome
Kjome
George Kjome
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Krome
James Kjome
Spring Grove
Great Lakes
Prairie Students Compete in Forensic Sub-District Contest
Seventeen Prairie du Chien High School students and the play acting team will enter the Riverdale High School sub district forensic contest on Saturday March 17. Listed competitors include Patty Smith Lori Smith Ron Beewar Miriam Shihata Sue Check Paula Johnston Colleen Willard Linda Birrenbach Jeanie Duerst Mary Valley Phyllis Gillitzer Sue Snyder Cindy Lawson Mary Wainwright Vickie Schmidt Audrey Peloch and John Wilkinson. Play acting members are Patti Picha Toni Weiser Bruce Brandt and Jane Coorough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Riverdale High School
Patty Smith
Lori Smith
Ron Beewar
Miriam Shihata
Sue Check
Paula Johnson
Colleen Willard
Linda Birrenbach
Jeanie Duerst
Mary Valley
Phyllis Gillitzer
Sue Snyder
Cindy Lawson
Mary Wainwright
Vickie Schmidt
Audrey Peloch
John Wilkinson
Patti Picha
Toni Weiser
Bruce Brandt
Jane Coorough
Police Ambulance Calls Reported Crimes and Injuries
Police and ambulance records show two incidents on March 13. Mary Latshaw, 19, was injured at Osborne’s Ben Franklin Store and taken to St Francis Hospital after a stapler finger injury. Kevin Hanson, 12, was injured and transported to Lutheran Hospital from an address on Wood Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Ben Franklin
Caledonia St
Mary Latshaw
Gillette St
St. Francis Hospital
Kevin Hanson
Wood St
Lutheran Hospital
Suicide Among Top Ten Causes Of State Deaths
The Wisconsin Division of Health reports suicide has been a top ten death cause for about 15 years and is the second leading cause for males 15 to 24 and third for females 15 to 34. Personal crisis reports suggest many deaths go unreported, with marital status influencing risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Division of Health
County okays 300 low rent housing units outside La Crosse
La Crosse County Board approved a contract with the County Housing Authority to pursue federal funds for 300 low rent units outside La Crosse city limits. The board also authorized $30,000 in federal funds for preliminary studies. Administration Chairman Gordon Feinberg noted the 300 units equal about one percent of the county population outside the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Roberts Backs Lucey Highway Safety Legislation
Madison Rep. Virgil Roberts supports Gov. Lucey’s highway safety proposals to curb rising Wisconsin traffic deaths. The package calls for mandatory seat belts, lower BAC from .15 to .10, bicycle reflectors, federal safety equipment retention, and no removal of seat belt warning devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Virgil Roberts
D-Holmen
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Roberts
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
California
Plains
George W. Tschumper
R. 1
la Crescent
Hokah
John Tschumper
Hilda
Georgina) Thimmesch
Aurora
Russell
Patricia) Thompson
Farley
Norbert
R. 3
Houston
Marvin
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert
Bertha Mormann
Oliver
Sophie) Ashton
Sacramento
Schumacher Funeral Home
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Syxtus Burg
St. Joseph Convent Cemetery
Robert Washington
James Ralph
Ralph
Matthews
Janet Boschka
St. James &I
St. Francis ‘Hospital
Wendell R. Anderson
Little People
The
Mormon Church
7Th & Wells
Onelaska
Karen Holmen
Esther Nerud Elroy
Esther Nerud
Elroy
Anaheim
Elroy United Methodist Church
David McRoberts
Zenner Funeral Home
Henry Fease
Kendall
Charles Nerud
Charles
Harriet Shrake
Orange
Ben Hylkema
Wausau
John Walleser
Lansing
John Joseph Walleser
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
John Karal
Gethsemane
Burke- Thornburg
Stanley
de Soto
Francis
Cresco
Lawrence
Louis
Wilfred
Edwin
Helen Fiieburger
Peosia
James Griffin
Dayton
George Henry
Lawrence Kinsey
Sioux City
Leo Hawes Jr
Harpers Ferry
Dell Brown
Fort Collins, Colo
John Heikens
Waukon
John A. Heikens
Martin Brothers Funeral
Edwin Hancock
Zalmona Presbyterian Cemetery
Richard Heikens
Clayton County
Fay Guy
Henry Schmidt
Rose Heikens
Denver
Colo
Minnie Hedden
Port Byron
Ill
Clark
Straub
Mission
Tex
Susan Jane
and Ales Tamac
Randal
Jess Uhl
Martin Brothers
Curtis Webster
Oakland Cemetery
Philip Gardenier
Jess Ahl
Azim
James ‘Zim
R-Muscoda
GNU
Coon Valley
Ruth Degenhardt
Thomas Harker
Robert H. Metcalf
Mary Beth Schnur
Blue Island
Iil
Eric Jason
Kenneth Strehl
Orland Park
Diane Bathke
Strehl
St. Mary’s Hospital
Heidi Marie
John Kirkpatrick
Gold Drive
Sandra Olsen
Ae A
White House
Congress
County
Ok'day Board
Lucey
Coulee
Vadeekay
Behind-The-Brewery
Front St
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