Four La Crosse residents face marijuana charges
Motions filed in La Crosse County Court challenge that four city residents, James Ostermann, 21, James Burson, 23, Russell Hayden, 26, and Thomas Monsoor, 22, imported 47 pounds of marijuana from California. Burson denies alias usage. Monsoor faces a felony for prior possession. Bonds set at $1,000 for Monsoor and $500 for the others.
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la Crosse County
California
Lincoln Ave
la Crosse
James Ostermann
James Burson
Russell Hayden
Thomas Monsoor
Monsoor
Patrick Doyle
Burson
Ray Lichtie
Lichtie
Charles McLaughlin
McLaughlin
George Demas
al Sanders
James Dunham
Donald Wenger
Chicago
Lincoln
Ruth Huseby
Hudson
Northern States Power Co
Ostermann and
Hayden
Madison
Nursing Home Patient Able To Do More, Educator Says
University of Wisconsin educator H Clifton Hutchins told about 50 nursing home representatives from 12 western and southern Wisconsin facilities that patients, though disabled, are often more capable than they appear. He urged individualized assessment to uncover abilities and interests and noted aging signs and independence strategies. The day long Oak Forest Onalaska session covered activities, resident clubs, auxiliary groups, reading programs, cooking classes and volunteer help.
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University of Wisconsin
H. Clifton Hutchins
School of Education
Wisconsin
Oak Forest
Onalaska
Hutchins
Nursing Home
Escapees Sentenced In Waukon
Two escapees from Yellow River Forest Camp in Harpers Ferry March 7 were sentenced to one year in the state pen in Ft Madison by Judge E B Shaw. Yardem and Kephart were charged with taking a pickup from Haugstad used car lot in Waukon and pleaded guilty to use of a motor vehicle without consent after charges were amended on motion of County Attorney John D Shafer.
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Waukon
Iowa
Yellow River Forest
Harpers Ferry
Ft. Madison
E. B. Shaw
Oelwein
Anamosa
James Yardem
Lloyd Kephart
Haugstad
John D. Shafer
La Crosse Tribune Publication Details
La Crosse Tribune is published daily and Sunday morning from the Tribune Building at 4th and Cass Streets in La Crosse Wisconsin. It is a division of Lee Enterprises and a member of the Associated Press. The AP has exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. Second class postage is paid in La Crosse Wisconsin. Rates: single copy 15 cents, carrier $1.50 every two weeks. Mail rates provided where service is unavailable. Volume 66, Number 344.
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la Crosse Tribune
4Th and
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Social Services Unit Finds Homes For 15 Children
Fifteen children were placed in homes during the first quarter of 1971 by the Eau Claire Region of the State Department of Health and Social Services. Placements included two mixed race infants with white families, an Indian-Caucasian child with a white family, an 18 month old with epilepsy, a three year old with emotional problems, and a six year old. Three children under guardianship were placed with families studied by volunteer agencies, and six other infants were placed with adoptive couples.
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Eau Claire
State Department of Health and Social Services
la Crosse
Division of Family Services
Onalaska man fined in disorderly conduct case
Lawrence D. Mikel, 31, of Onalaska pleaded guilty in La Crosse County Court to threatening his wife with a rifle on Monday and was fined 59 dollars.
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Onalaska
la Crosse
Lawrence D. Mikel
Gunshot wound at St. Francis Hospital reported
St. Francis Hospital told the La Crosse County Sheriff Department that Daniel Wettstein from Route 2 was treated early Thursday morning for a gunshot wound to the right thumb caused by a pistol loaded with blank cartridges.
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St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse County
Teacher Salary Talks Continue in Viroqua Wis
VIROQUA Wisconsin superintendent Roland Hill reports that all salaries are not settled in the Viroqua district but hopes completion by Monday May 10.
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Viroqua
Wis
Roland Hill
Youth Escapes Injury But Not Bond
A La Crosse State University student, 19 year old Robert Kean of Reuter Hall Wilmington Ill, escaped serious harm when a Burlington Northern train struck him on 2nd Street in a dare. Patrolman George Barton witnessed Kean roll under the front wheels and out before the rear wheels passed. Kean posted a $40 bond for a Municipal Court appearance on a disorderly conduct charge arising from the incident.
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la Crosse State University
Burlington Northern
2Nd Street
Robert Kean
Reuter Hall
LCU
Wilmington
Ill
George Barton
Kean
Barton
Indictments Expand in Berrigan Case With New Co-Conspirators
The superseding indictment adds Rev Daniel Berrigan 49 and Thomas David son 25 of Salina Kansas and Paul Mayer 32 a former New York priest plus two Washington nuns Sister Beverly Bell 43 and Marjorie Shuman 47 and Will Vedon 43 a Haverford College professor and Sister Jaques Egan 52 New York nun. It also alleges Philip Berrigan wrote to Sister Elizabeth about vandalizing Selective Service offices and that the district project should priority for winter 70 71 with Elizabeth replying of Rochester trip to assist the vandalism efforts.
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Daniel Berrigan
Philip
Thomas Davidson
Salina
Kan
Paul Mayer
New York
Washington
Beverly Bell
Marjorie Shuman
Will Vedon
Haverford College
Philadelphia
Jaques Egan
New York City
R. Dixon Herman Friday
Philip Berrigan
Sister Elizabeth
Selective Service
Rochester
N.Y
Elizabeth
Berrigan
Selective Service Board
County Officials Set for Madison Leadership Conference
John Thomas of La Crosse County and Chester Erlandson of Vernon County join 14 other Wisconsin county leaders for a Monday conference in Madison. The event centers on shifting to a county administrator or executive form of government with Gov. Patrick Lucey speaking at the noon Quality Motel luncheon.
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John Thomas
la Crosse
Chester Erlandson
Vernon County
Wisconsin
Madison
Patrick Lucey
Quality Motel
Youth Committed To Boys' School
A 14-year-old youth from eastern Monroe County was committed to the Boys' School at Lincoln by Monroe County Judge James W. Rice Thursday. The delinquent finding stemmed from running away from foster homes after being picked up in Iowa.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Lincoln
James W. Rice
Iowa
Theft From Camper in La Crosse County
Kenneth J. Haniff reported a night entry into a pickup camper at his driveway. Tools, a pocket watch, lantern, flashlight and a gasoline tank valued at $150 were stolen. Also notes there are over 36,000 coin operated laundry and dry cleaning stores in the United States.
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Kenneth J. Haniff
Haniff Road
la Crosse County
United States
Inquest Probes Police Shooting In Stevenstown Incident
Testimony details deputy Schmidts handling of the fatal shooting of a teen in Stevenstown near La Crosse. Witnesses describe the gun, its firing action, ballistics, a lie detector test claiming truth, and jurors consider department training changes. Additional accounts cover the party, car crash, and surrounding mishap factors.
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Schmidt
Willamowski
Bakler
Allen Willamowski
Baker
Sheriff Department
Miss Goodrich
David Goode
Caroline St
Ginger Butterfield
Summer St
Schumacher
Stevenstown
Goode
Miss Butterfield
la Crosse
Lee Wolf
Wolf
Lockington House
Randolph
Theodore Lisota
Larry Linhart
John Flynn
Flynn
Paul Roe
Hickory Lane
Onalaska
Elizabeth Schirmacher
Losey Blvd
Jessie Fremlin
S. 19Th St
Barbara Sapio
S. 13Th St
Russell Johnson
S. 21St
Social Security tax rises eyed through 1980s reform
Bruce Biassat reports that Social Security deductions for workers are set to increase as the tax base expands from 7800 to 9000 in 1972, with gradual rate hikes through 1987. Critics note many low income and dependent individuals pay no income tax yet shoulder the Social Security levy. The advisory council urges limiting reserve levels and delaying rate increases, while lawmakers push ahead.
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Washington
NEA
Wilbur Mills
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means
Advisory Council On
Social Security
Medicare
Council
Imost Point of the United States Sparks Manufacturing Scale
The article notes the United States produces more than 600 million automotive sparkplugs annually illustrating vast domestic manufacturing capacity and industrial impact.
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Imost
United States
Amtrak Start Delayed by Mansfield Bid Blocked
A spokeman said Amtrak’s final run was canceled while eleventh hour efforts to delay the system or discontinue trains failed in Congress and the courts. In the Senate the Mansfield bill to postpone seven months faced a lack of quorum. The DC Circuit upheld a lower court ruling rejecting unions and passenger groups’ bid to halt Amtrak, saying there was no irreparable harm.
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Page
Amtrak
Congress
Senate
Commerce Committee
Jeff
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Man Injured In Tomah Area Car Crash
In Tomah area near the Oakdale overpass, Jimmie Miller 22 of Newport Mass was treated at Tomah Memorial Hospital for a leg injury and cuts after his car left the roadway at 1 20 a m Saturday. The 1969 auto skidded across U S Highways 12 and 16, hit four guard rails and overturned. Miller required rescue by Sgt. Farrell Sousek and Terry Larkin. Ronald Wettstein of Sparta was treated at St Marys Hospital in Sparta for chest injuries after a crash two miles northeast of Angelo at 5 15 p m Wednesday.
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Tomah
Wis
Jimmie Miller
Newport
Mass
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Oakdale
Miller
U.S
Farrell Sousek
County Traffic Patrol
Terry Larkin
Ronald R. Wettstein
R. 4
Sparta
St. Mary’s Hospital
Angelo
Three Ontario youths hurt in nighttime auto mishap
Ontario Wisconsin report states at 10:30 p.m. Saturday a car driven by 16 year old Mickey Mason veered off the highway two miles east of Ontario, struck a tree, injuring passengers 16 year old Tom Calhoun and 15 year old Bill O Shaughnessy. None believed seriously hurt.
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Ontario
Wis
Hillsboro ‘Hospital
Mickey Mason
Tom Calhoun
Bill O’shaughnessy
Ontario Man On Probation For Burglaries
Jerry Frye 28 of Ontario who pleaded guilty to four burglary and theft charges was placed on 36 months probation by Circuit Judge Peter Pappas. He received suspended prison terms for Norwalk Grade School Burglary Nov 25, a Dec 16 snowmobile theft in Norwalk, a Nov 26 Weston High School break in, and a fourth charge involving 13 typewriters and four office machines. All items were recovered. The Frye case and a related matter involving Elmer Haas were continued or set for later due to illness. another defendant, Kyle Kenyon, faced burglary charges with bond set at 1500 dollars and a cash option.
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Sparta
Wis
Jerry Frye
Ontario
Peter Pappas
Frye
Wisconsin
Waupun
Norwalk
Bernard Kotten
Weston High School
Sauk County
Elmer Haas
Clifton Tavern
Ronald Pearson
Kyle Kenyon
Tomah
Kenyon
Larry Vinson
American Scrap Iron Co
Angelo
Sparta Board And Teachers Settle Language Disputes
Sparta Wisconsin teachers and school board reached tentative 1971 72 language agreement after proposals and counter proposals. Both sides dropped binding arbitration and zipper clause demands. They will use Department of Public Instruction standards to guide class sizes and district standards. Next meeting May 10 at 7 30 p m will be open to the public.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Board of Education
Sparta Education Association
SEA
Department of Public Instruction
Roland Nelson
Irish Hill Construction To Detour And Limit Traffic
Construction on Highway 33 will detour traffic in Irish Hill starting Wednesday. Motorists from La Crosse to Cashton are directed to detour via Highway 14 to Westby then Highway 27 to Cashton. Irish Hill closes between Norseman and Knobloch roads at the top of the hill near County Trunk F. The detour affects all residents east of Norseman Road during heavy grading of about 200 000 cubic yards to widen the roadway and smooth curves. Local travel is allowed between Wedgewood Drive and Norseman Road while crews operate. Four lanes will be built between Wedgewood and Boma Drives. the hill section will have three lanes for uphill traffic. Curb and gutter will be installed in both sections. The contractor, Hammersley Construction Co Inc of Madison, has up to 210 days to complete the project.
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Irish Hill
W. J. Herried
Wisconsin Division of Highways
la Crosse
Cashton
Westby
Norseman Road
Knobloch Road
Wedgewood Drive
Herried
Boma Drive
Hammersley Construction Co. Inc
Madison
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Mel
Lor
Leonard Roraff
Harold Fager
Seth Stoltz
Ostermann
Mary
Dunham
Edna Stein
Hillview
Nelda Wickersheim
Birger Eklow
Mel Lunaas
Tribune
W. T. Burgess
J. E. Burgess
Sanford Goltz
John Schmidt
R. J. Holmen
American Legion Post
French Island
Steve Huber
Huber
Caledonia St
Bangor
The
American Legion
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Don Fergusson
Williamowski
Richard Baker
State Crime Lab
Joseph Willamowski
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