Demo Attacks Nixon Death Penalty Plan in Congress
Democratic spokesman criticized President Nixons plan to restore the death penalty for major crimes and impose mandatory minimums for heroin trafficking calling it a regression. Senator Harold Hughes urged reforms focusing on deterrence through faster trials, gun controls, prison reform, drug treatment, and addressing social causes of crime.
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Washington
Nixon
Harold E. ‘Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Congress
Senate
Sixty POWs Leave Clark Air Base for Home
Sixty American prisoners of war departed Clark Air Base in the Philippines with plans for more flights to follow. Three evacuation flights carrying 57 men were set to depart Sunday to Andrews Md Scott Ill and Travis Calif with refueling at Hickam Hawaii.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Andrews Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
North Vietnam
Navy
Cmdr
John S. McCain III
John S. McCain Jr
U.S. Pacific Forces
Vietnam
McCain
Carol
Orange Park
Fla
Demos Press Bush for Shield Law and Reform at Convention
Speakers at the Wisconsin students convention blasted government overreach and urged a broad shield law to protect news sources. They urged environment, probate reform, no fault insurance and court reform, plus minority access to power. Saturday features state officer elections and 100 resolutions, with Barbara Thompson and Ernest Kerpela as speakers. Roy Randorf and Michael Brozek vie for state president amid 30 counties represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Thompson
Madison
Ernest Kerpela
Washburn
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Roy Randorf
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Michael Brozek
Uw-Eau Claire
Sparta woman survives plunge off icy highway with two passengers
Shirley Carey of Sparta and two hospital staff members escaped injury when their car skidded on ice on STH 21 near Necedah, plunged into floodwaters, and landed 40 feet down an embankment. A La Crosse St Francis Hospital delegation aiding en route to a Stevens Point meeting assisted after the submerged arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Shirley Carey
Necedah
Wisconsin River
Mary Acquin
St. Mary's Hospital
Otto Schauf
Stevens Point
St. Francis Hospital of
Local teen linked to burglary liquor theft at Kwik Trip
A 15 year old La Crosse boy admitted taking eight bottles of liquor from a Kwik Trip on Redfield Street Tuesday night. William Powell found the liquor in his garage and detained the youth until police arrived. In a separate case, Thomas Ames reported a $200 aluminum boat, a $150 motor, and two gasoline tanks stolen from a Copeland Park Drive boathouse.
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la Crosse
Redfield St
William Powell
Green Bay St
Powell
Thomas Ames
Rose St
Copeland Park Drive
Michael Abraham
Copeland Ave
Ames
Arthur Ames
Trial Ordered On Drug Charge
A La Crosse man tied to drugs faced Circuit Court trial after a County Court hearing. Henry Jason, 24, was bound over on felony possession for delivery of marijuana and hashish, with a misdemeanor marijuana charge also forwarded, despite the earlier dismissal of a sales allegation. Jason, via attorney Patrick Doyle, must appear Monday in Circuit Court to plead. Judge Leonard Roraff ruled the evidence supported the charges.
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Indiana
la Crosse
Rick L. Ault
Marville
William Kremer
Nakomis Ave
Ault
Theodore Lisota
Rolland Puent
Tlieft
Leonard Roraff
Asst. Dist. Atty
Michael Mulroy
Henry Jason
N. 20Th St
Jason
Patrick Doyle
Roraff
Woman Hurt Escaping From Blaze In House
A La Crosse woman suffered minor injuries escaping a fire at 2000 Rose St a Hemker Oil Co owned house rented by Audrey N 30 The blaze killed a cat and a dog Firemen extinguished the fire at 1 17 p m Mrs Larson and Hugh Johnston escaped through a window Mrs Larson treated at St Francis Hospital and released Five children were reportedly in school at the time Cause under investigation. one bedroom gutted with heat and smoke damage elsewhere.
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la Crosse
Rose St
Hemker Oil Co
Audrey N
Larson
Hugh Johnston
Wisconsin Assembly approves shield bill 55 to 41
The Wisconsin Assembly moved a preliminary approval vote of 55 for to 41 against an unqualified newsman shield bill. Democrats supported or opposed the measure by name, with Miller recording a vote for the proposal after the tally.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Anderson
Baldus
Barbee
Barczak
Bolle
Conta
Czerwinski
Day
Dorff
Dueholm
Earl
Early
Elconia
Everson
Ferrall
Flintrop
Groshek
Hephner
Jackamonis
Kecrowski
Kleczka
Lallensack
Lodby
Mielke
Mittness
Mohn
Molinaro
Munts
Murray
Nager
Oberle
Oestreicher
O'Malley
Otte
Roberts
Rogers
Rutkowski
Sanasarian
Schneider
Sicula
Sweda
Swoboda
Tesmer
Tobiasz
Vanderperren
Ward
William
Byers
Ellis
Gibson
Giese
Lewis
McEssy
Olson
Schricker
Atkinson
Behnke
Berger
Duren
Grover
Hauke
Johnson
Menos
Miller
Pabst
Plewa
Rooney
Trophan
Wahner
Alberts
Bradley
Brabby
Conradt
Cyrak
de Long
Donoghue
Kincaid
Klicka
Lewison
Luckhardt
Matty
Merkel
Niebler
Retail Clerks Picket Fantle's 5th Ave as Negotiations Stall
Retail Clerks Union Local 1401 members picketed Fantle's 5th Ave store at 201 5th Ave S Friday. President William Moreth of Madison cites two years of negotiations with Fantle's without a contract over security, work week, seniority, holidays, pension, and wage schedules. Fantle Brothers Co Inc runs stores in La Crosse and multiple Iowa cities including Marshalltown and Sioux City.
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Retail Clerks Union Local 1401
Fantle
5Th Ave
5Th Ave. S
William Moreth
Madison
Moreth
Fantle’s
Fantle Brothers Co. Inc
la Crosse
Austin
Minn
Yankton, S.C
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Cedar Falls
Sioux City
Iowa
Tri-State Deaths Chronicle Multiple Wisconsin Obituaries
Edward R Prindle 95 of Alma Center dies in Black River Falls home. James Boldon 79 of Hillsboro dies in a local nursing home. John Lem Gander 80 of Soldiers Grove dies in Viroqua hospital. Laura Hendrickson 86 of Holmen dies in a La Crosse nursing home. Donald Huggett 53 named city clerk of Onalaska. Burial and service details follow for each.
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John Gander
Soldiers Grove
Wis
John
Lem) Gander
Viroqua Hospital
North Clayton Methodist Church
Milton
Laura Hendrickson Holmen
Laura Hendrickson
R. 1. Holmen
la Crosse
Jostad Funeral Home
West Salem
Donald Huggett
4Th Ave. S
Onalaska
City of
Irvin Pertzsch
Orlene Hough
Harold “Shorty” Johnson
Huggett
Dairyland Power
Genoa
Area Soldier Dies of Blizzard in South Dakota
Edwin Rose Jr. 40, of Ellsworth Air Force Base Rapid City born Sawyer County July 3 1932 died March 14 in a blizzard near South Dakota. Survived by widow Doris Meyer two daughters Peggy Ann mother Mrs Anna Olson two sisters and one brother and grandmother Mrs Olga Bakkestuen. Burial at Vang Cemetery with funeral at Our Saviors Lutheran Westby officiated by Rev LeRoy Nevin. Visitation at Vosseteig Funeral Home Sunday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday 10:30 a.m. until service. Rose re enlisted in the Air Force last December after 20 years of service.
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Westby
Wis
Edwin Rose Jr
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Rapid City
D.D
South Dakota
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
LeRoy Nevin
Vang
Vosseteig Funeral
Sawyer County
Edwin Rose
Doris Meyer
Air Force
Peggy
Ann
Anna Olson
Viroqua
James Czechowicz
la Crosse
Mary Olson
Roger
R. J. Stoddard
Olga Bakkestuen
Coon Valley
Couple Shot Dead in California Home Fire and Slayings
In Mill Valley California police report the shotgun killings of Melvin Schallock 61 Ruth 56 and Daniel 19 appear revenge driven and the act of an insane killer. The gunman poured gasoline around their burning house fled the scene and fired again at the residence and two cars.
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Mill Valley
Calif
William Walsh
Walsh
Melvin Schallock
Ruth
Daniel
Schallocks
Schallock
New York Yankees
Baltimore Orioles
Arthur Schallock
San Francisco
Oakland
Daniel Schallock
Soundwhole
David
Sons of Champlin
Schedule highlights at Olson Senior Center week
A potluck dinner and entertainment by Wergeland Lodge dancers start the week at Harry J. Olson Senior Center. Activities include dances, workshops, rehearsals, bowling, art and music events from Sunday to Friday with times and venues listed.
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Wergeland Lodge
Sons of Norway
Harry J. Olson
Gillette St
S. 4Th St
Dave Kiral
Copeland Ave
Coulee Region
Stokke Tower
Pla-Mer
Viet Cong Pledge POWs Free Under Cease Fire Deadline
Viet Cong say the last group of American POWs will be released by the March 28 cease-fire deadline. North Vietnam calls Nixon's infiltration charge U.S. fabrication as Tra confirms fourth phase of releases will proceed. The U.S. halted troop withdrawals again. about 6 300 Americans remain in South Vietnam.
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John P. Flynn
Shalimar
Fla
Air Force
Philip E. Smith
Roadhouse
China
Flynn
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Scott
Smith
Clark’s Base Hospital
Special Forces
Floyd J. Thompson
Hudson
Mass
Philip W. Manhard
McLean
U.S
Navy
Robert J. Flynn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Robert Flynn
Thompson
Manhard
Clark
Hanoi
Vietnam
Saigon
Nixon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
Tran van Tra
Joint Military Commission
United States
Tru
Luther High Band to Perform Send Off Concert Sunday
The Onalaska Luther High School band plans a Sunday concert at 8 p.m. in Onalaska Wisconsin before traveling to Mobridge South Dakota for the Midwest Lutheran High School and Band Festival. The 45 piece Luther High Orchestra joins the band with director Frank Italiano. A solo and ensemble contest review begins at 5:45 p.m. with five minute performances.
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Onalaska
Wis
Luther High School
Mobridge, S.cak
Midwest Lutheran High School
Luther High Orchestra
Frank Italiano
Let It Grow Garden Column Returns Sunday
The La Crosse Tribune resumes the Let It Grow column on the building page this Sunday by Mrs. Albert Shedesky Jr. of La Crosse. A veteran gardener active in local and state garden activities, she offers spring prep guidance in the first installment and will cover topics from asparagus to zinnia and soil improvement in future Sundays.
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la Crosse Tribune
Albert
Patricia) Shedesky Jr
R. 1
la Crosse
Rail vets to meet in La Crosse Labor Temple
Shipping guidance urges protecting perishables within 150 miles of La Crosse as temperatures fall. National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employes members plan a Monday meeting at 1 30 p m in the Labor Temple.
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National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway
Labor Temple
Man Guilty Of Drunk Driving And Related Offenses
Lyle Evaris of Sparta was found guilty of drunk driving with a 182 dollar fine and one year license revocation. He must pay 50 dollars by March 19 for failure to pay support and 50 dollars monthly thereafter, or face 30 days in jail. Martin J. Bailey pleaded guilty to issuing two worthless checks. Two Sparta youths pleaded guilty to burglary of the Fauska Implement in Tomah and a 13 year old’s custody was transferred to welfare for a foster home placement.
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Sparta
Wis
Lyle Evaris
Monroe
James W. Rice
Martin J. Bailey
Tomah
Arco
Sherman Hotel
Bailey
Portage
Francis’ Hayter
Default Judgment Granted in Milwaukee Insurance Case
A $14 701.93 default judgment was awarded in La Crosse County Court against Dennis M Campbell of Mindoro after he failed to defend Milwaukee Mutual Insurance Co. in a claim arising from a Aug 9 1968 collision on Highway 16 near West Salem with Ansel Larson. Milwaukee sought 14624 13 in damages plus 77 80 costs.
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la Crosse
Mindoro
Leonard Roraff
Milwaukee Mutual Insurance Co
Dennis M. Campbell
R. J. Mindoro
Milwaukee
Campbell
Highway 16
West Salem
Ansel T. Larson
Larson
Director Resigns From Voter League
Mrs. Charles Shirley Haas resigns from the League of Women Voters board to actively support a political candidate. The league maintains a nonpartisanship policy prohibiting members or board members from campaigning for any candidate or party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Shirley) Haas
Grandview Place
League of Women Voters
League
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Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
Bobby Joe Keesee
Thailand
March Air Force Base
FBI
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Opitz
Porter
Quackenbush
Quinn
Rohner
Roth
Schroeder
Sensenbrenner
Shabaz
Tregoning
Wackett
Wilcox
Edward Prindle
Alma Center
Edward R. Prindle
Jackson
Black River Falls
United Methodist Church
Calvin Carey
Oakwood
Mciillan
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Anson Prindle
Alma
Jackson County
Merle
Howard
Lyle
Humbird
James Boldon
Hillsboro
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Luther Wendland
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Picha
Wellington
Monroe County
Eli Boldon
Grace Whitinger
Milton, Geiger
Darwin
Nekoosa
Dallas
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New Berlin
Geisler
Lime Funeral Home
Readstown
Crawford County
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Dyer McCumber
Richland Center
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Bangor
la Crosse County
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Voter League
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Eefe
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Stor Hutzler
Jeune
John Vik
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