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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1971
Page
3
Tri State death notices report Manley Weverstad 73 of Whitehall Donald Welch 66 of Tomah Herman Johnson 89 of Merrillan Ralph E Duxbury 72 of Eleva Juanita Finch 54 of Merrillan Grace Vian 73 of Sparta Orson Flatt 76 of Houston Minn. aged residents and former locals named with service times burial sites and survivors including siblings and children across Whitehall Tomah Merrillan Grantsburg Sparta Houston and Eleva communities.
The Wisconsin Assembly approved 82 to 17 a bill for compulsory arbitration in Milwaukee police contract disputes. If enacted it would allow arbitrator decisions on wages hours seniority and contract length. The measure targets Milwaukee the state’s only city over 500 000 population with dispute resolving authority to the Employment Relations Commission.
May incidents show multiple ambulance calls for illness and injuries across several streets with patients moved to St Francis and Lutheran hospitals. Divorce and annulment petitions reveal custody rulings and grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, including several marriages dating from 1960 to 1967 and one annulment for a marriage lacking mutual consent.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Dollard Carey of 4051 Terrace Drive La Crosse at Lutheran Hospital on May 5. Joyce Chum notes the new arrival.
Saigon reports the United States will pull out over a dozen Marine units reducing Leatherneck strength by 3085, bringing total U.S. forces in Vietnam to about 262,000. Most Marines exit by month end or early June, leaving about 9,000 behind. The 1st Battalion 11th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment head to Camp Pendleton.
The Tri State Bicycle Touring Society plans Saturday and Sunday rides from Burns Park at 1 p.m. Saturday pedal routes include Grandad Bluff and Barre Mills before returning to La Crosse, while Sunday goes to Onalaska and Holmen before returning. Family rides are set for Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. from Burns Park.
Wisconsin tourism critics urge restraint on taxpayer funded promotion. Udell warns heavy advertising may attract costlier out of state visitors, hurting long term resident access. Chamber leaders defend promoting visitors while pushing for research and targeted funding to balance farming, manufacturing, and tourism.
U S Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan declined to lift an order by U S District Judge James E Doyle of Madison that bars criminal prosecution of Dr Alfred Kennan director of the Midwest Medical Center under Wisconsin abortion law The high court left the matter to a three judge panel appointed to rule on the constitutionality of the state law and to the state officials seeking relief.
Twenty two of twenty four arrestees from antiwar demonstrations at the University of Wisconsin appeared in Dane County Court. Charges include battery to a police officer possession of fireworks criminal damage to property throwing missiles and disorderly conduct. One defendant Gary L. Johnson 19 admitted possessing fireworks and was fined 109 or 11 days in jail. The campus was quiet after two days of clashes and a mid day Bascom Hill rally drew a small crowd.
Anne M. Bartel 93 of 1805 Madison Street died at home Friday May 7. Charles H. Dummer 89 of 631 South 6th Street died in a local hospital May 6. Services Monday at 2 pm in First Lutheran Church with burial in Woodlawn following viewing hours at Sletten McKee Hanson Funeral Home. Louis Rehfuss 83 of 1732 Cass Street died Wednesday May 5 with services Saturday at 11 am in Christ Episcopal Church and entombment in Oak Grove Mausoleum. Masonic services by Frontier Lodge 45 at 7 pm Friday. Josephine, referenced as related, noted with Frontier Lodge affiliation and WWI veteran status.
Nineteen Logan High School students will be inducted into the National Honor Society chapter for scholarship leadership and service. Induction speaker Rev. Richard F. Cagle of Faith Baptist Church will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the high school.
SPARTA Wis Bonds of $100 each were set by Magistrate Steven Luce Abbott for Steve Knoll 18 Sparta and Bradley Kernan 18 R 2 Sparta charged with carrying a loaded firearm in a car driven by Kernan They will appear before Monroe County Judge James W Rice Monday May 17 for arraignment A .22 caliber rifle was found in the back seat at 11 50 p m May 5 at the intersection of S Water and Wisconsin Streets in Sparta Also in the car were two boxes of shells per an affidavit by Officer Roger McGinnis
Charles A Feuerhelm 57 former Waukon mayor died unexpectedly Wednesday May 5 in a La Crosse hospital He owned Feuerhelm Manufacturing Co maker of wagon and truck boxes for 27 years Services set 1 30 p m Saturday at First Presbyterian Church burial Oakland Cemetery Born November 24 1913 in Lansing to Arthur and a Bulman marriage June 22 1936 Survived by widow one daughter a foster daughter seven grandchildren two brothers Kermit of Waterloo Leonard of Waukon
Degree days total 7759 with 8 new readings. Record highs and lows noted for May 7 1970 and May 7 1890. Sunrise and sunset times listed for Saturday: 5 48 AM and 8 16 PM.
Wisconsin experiences mostly cloudy skies with a chance of rain in the north and cooler conditions on Saturday. Minnesota sees fair to partly cloudy conditions with cooler pockets in the northwest and east on Saturday. Iowa expects partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with a risk of rain or drizzle in the far south Friday night and a warmer Saturday.
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