27 Mar 1973
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1973
Page
1
Ed Carroll's J H Market in Portland sold 3600 pounds of horsemeat in six hours drawing about 100 price conscious customers. Buyers flocked after a March Oregonian front page story. Carroll plans to reopen Wednesday as demand stays high and supply remains tight.
As three more days of airlifts begin the United States resumes removing its last troops from Vietnam. The POW releases are resumed with a total of 587 American prisoners to be repatriated, while MACV winds down after 11 years and Gen Weyand departs.
Partly cloudy Tuesday night with a low around 40. Light rain possible Wednesday with a high near 50 and southerly winds about 10 mph. Tuesday night precipitation chance about 20 percent, rising to 40 percent Wednesday. Thursday brings a chance of rain and a low near 35.
April 3 voters will be offered contrasting platforms in the state superintendent race between Dr. Barbara Thompson and former State Rep. Ernest J. Korpela. The piece notes coverage on page 9 and hints at budgeting challenges faced by the Eldridge family with a $9 000 annual income on page 13.
UCLA star Bill Walton dominates as the Bruins win their seventh straight NCAA championship, defeating Memphis State 87 to 66 on Monday night.
William J. Prater, a former United Mine Workers organizer, was convicted on three counts of first degree murder in the 1969 Yablonski killings. The verdict followed a three week trial in Erie County Court with a mandatory life sentence to follow.
The last 32 American POWs, 27 military and five civilians, were released in Hanoi and flown to Clark Air Base. Col. Benjamin H. Purcell praised freedom and thanked Nixon and the American people as the final phase of prisoner releases began, following long negotiations and a cease-fourth date.
Onalaska starts construction of a 112 bed nursing home with a tentative October 1 opening. Upper Midwest Management & Development Inc leads the project on Main Street near 1400 block with Robert Briggs as acting secretary and a team including Ralph Briggs Wallace Krause and Robert Schaller. Ray Sundet acts as attorney. Kraft Lachecki Myers Solberg of La Crosse is the architect and the firm will also serve as contractor. A building permit was issued Friday.
New York reports a pork belly seat on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange worth 120000 dollars, surpassing the NYSE seat price of 95000 dollars. The piece discusses booming futures trading, rising trader counts, and profit potential driven by supply demand and weather forecasts.
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