Inquest Finds No Criminal Negligence in Youths Death
La Crosse County coroner's jury found ordinary negligence but no criminal negligence in the shooting death of 16 year old Timothy Schumacher from Stevens Point deputy sheriff John Schmidt. Schmidt testified his gun fired accidentally as he pursued Schumacher after an apparent traffic incident near Stevenstown Farmington Town. A second witness Roxanne Goodrich described Schumacher as defiant and carrying a hunting knife, while ballistics testimony suggested the bullet angle did not match the shooting.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse County
Timothy J. Schumacher
Bainbridge St
John Schmidt
Schumacher
Schmidt
Robert Holmquist
Stevenstown
Farmington
Thomas Burns
Hilltop Tavern
Harlan Skoy
Mindoro
Elwin Lockington
Lockington
Macher
Roxanne Goodrich
St. Michael’s
Paul Lee
Antiwar group plans Kissinger mock trial indictment
An enlarged federal indictment against eight antiwar activists includes letters the government says show plans to kidnap Henry Kissinger and stage a televised mock war crimes trial. The panel adds two defendants, Mary Scoblick and John Glick, and retains charges of kidnapping Kissinger and bombing heating tunnels under federal buildings.
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Harrisburg
Henry Kissinger
Fed
Eral Grand Jury
Philip Berrigan
Kissinger
Rochester
N.Y
Selective Service Boards
Berrigan
Elizabeth McAlister
Eqbal Ahmad
Elizabeth
Eqbal
Lewisburg
Scoblick
Marymount College
Tarrytown
University of Chicago
Baltimore
Joseph Wenderoth
Neil McLaughlin
Prairie flood plan approved relocates hundreds in Prairie du Chien Wis
The Army Corps of Engineers approved a unique flood protection plan that relocates 172 homes and businesses from the Prairie du Chien flood plain. The project costs 2.3 million dollars, with 33 buildings moved and 40 flood‑proofed, land to be turned into park and recreation areas amid resident opposition and city support.
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Washington
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Amtrak Starts Rolling National Rail Passenger System
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation takes over 182 trains from 20 railroads, reshaping U S passenger service to 314 cities on 20,600 miles. Ceremonies open in Washington and other cities as the federal takeover begins amid routes cut and money losses.
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Washington
Amtrak
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Congress
N.J
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Union Station
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
Boston
Houston
Los Angeles
Chicago
Protesters Planed Disruptions in Washington Antiwar Campaign
In Washington DC antiwar demonstrators plan to disrupt government operations by tying up traffic at 21 key points. Security tightens with 7300 police and National Guardsmen, six Pentagon helicopters, and hundreds of military police deployed near Potomac bridges. About 1500 protesters camp near the Lincoln Memorial while 335 were arrested at the Justice Department Friday.
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Potomac River
Virginia
Washington
Richard Kleindienst
Pentagon
Lincoln Memorial
Justice Department
Mother of POW Col. Larson seeks aid for captives
Mrs. Frank Hess of La Crosse told about brutal POW conditions in North Vietnam to about 100 Wisconsin vocational-technical college students. She described illness, malnutrition, mental strain, and scarce mail for prisoners, including her son Col. Gordon Larson captured after his plane was shot down in 1967. She urged a nationwide letter writing effort to Paris and Hanoi and shared stories of affected families.
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Grant Blum
la Crosse Tribune
Wisconsin Vocational-Technical Colleges
North Vietnam
la Crosse
Col
Gordon Larson
Frank Hess
King Sr
Paris
Hanoi
New York
Hess
Col. Larson
U.S
Weekend Weather Outlook From Friday to Monday
Cold weekend outlook with frost expected Saturday night and a low near 30. Sunny Sunday stays cool with a high in the low 50s and only a near zero chance of precipitation. Monday remains partly cloudy and cool with a low around 32.
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