Masons To Lay Cornerstone In New Temple
Masons from the Tri State Area join local Masons Saturday June 5 at 3 pm to lay the cornerstone of the new 350000 dollar Masonic Temple at 724 Main St. Grand Master Charles E White of River Falls oversees the ceremony as Frontier Lodge 45 traces La Crosse Masonry back to Nathan Myrick arrival in 1841.
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Tri-State
Charles E. White
River Falls
Masonic Temple
Main St
la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Nathan Myrick
Grand Lodge of
Wisconsin
Frontier Lodge 45
Blue Lodge
Knights Templar
8Th Street
Blair Youth Burglary Case Continued in La Crosse Court
La Crosse County Court continued the case of Eugene E. Simmons an 18 year old Blair youth charged with burglary to allow consultation with a lawyer. Judge Leonard Roraff set a one week delay while Simmons remains free on a $1000 signature bond cosigned by his parents. Police say Simmons and four juveniles admitted prying open a concession stand window to steal beer and cigarettes at North Side Speed Bowl. The four younger suspects were from Blair and referred to Trempealeau County juvenile authorities.
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la Crosse County
Blair
Leonard Roraff
Eugene E. Simmons
Donald Simmons
Asst. Dist
Merwin Mellor
Simmons
Infant Died Of Natural Causes In Onalaska Trailer
The death of three month old Michael R. Oseth in his parents trailer, 1025 Oak St., Onalaska, was ruled from natural causes after autopsy and inspections. Coroner Dr. Holmquist ordered the autopsy due to possible carbon monoxide exposure but investigators found pneumonia or similar natural illness as the cause.
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Onalaska
Robert Holmquist
Michael R. Oseth
Roger Oseth
Oak St
Oseth
Paul Skogen
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Gale-Ettrick baccalaureate moved to church after fire
Gale-Ettrick High School seniors will hold their baccalaureate at 8 p.m. Sunday as planned but at Zion Lutheran Church after a Friday fire damaged the school gym and stage. Rev. Milford Parkhurst, the scheduled speaker, offered church facilities. The service remains open to students and parents of all denominations.
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Galesville
Wis
Gale-Ettrick High School
Milford Parkhurst
Zion Lutheran Church
Shoplifting Charge Filed Against Local Teen shopper
Evelyn Shakeshaft aged 18 of 820 South Sixth Street was arrested just before noon Thursday for allegedly stealing groceries valued at 2.31 dollars from Kroger at 2500 State Road. She will appear in County Court Thursday.
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Evelyn Shakeshaft
S. 6Th St
Kroger Co
State Road
Preliminary Set June 4 For 2 LCU Students
La Crosse County Court schedules a preliminary examination for two La Crosse State University students, John J. Blachowiak and Douglas A. Stedler, accused of receiving stolen property. They allegedly bought a $25 typewriter and an $800 calculator stolen from Inland Printing Co. and later pawned them in Milwaukee. Both were released on $500 bonds.
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la Crosse County Court
la Crosse State University
Leonard Roraff
Francis Papenfuss
John J. Blachowiak
South Milwaukee
Douglas A. Stedler
Dixon, Ill
Sanford Hall
Asst. Dist. Atty
Merwin Mellor
Inland Printing Co
Main St
Milwaukee
Blachowiak and
Stedler
Case Continued For Marshall On Stolen Bicycle Charge
A La Crosse man, Scott E. Marshall, 25, of 122 S. 10th St., had his County Court case continued to June 14 to allow him to consult a lawyer and prepare for National Guard camp. The charge alleges possession of a bicycle stolen in October from Ethan Larson of 3320 Leonard St. at Central High School. Marshall was released on a $100 signature bond pending further proceedings.
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la Crosse
Asst. Dist. Atty
Merwin Mellor
Scott E. Marshall
S. 10Th St
Ethan Larson
Leonard St
Central High School
Marshall
Leonard Roaff
Man charged with issuing a worthless check in county case
John Hegge of 921 Winnesheik Road faced a continued County Court date to June 7. He is charged with issuing a $35.31 check at Montgomery Ward on August 15 without sufficient funds in his account.
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la Crosse
John Hegge
Winnesheik Road
Montgomery Ward
Clothes Torn Off Girl Hitchhiker Near Dakota
An 18 year old Winona State student reported being forcibly disrobed after being picked up by a young man while hitchhiking near Dakota Minnesota on U S Highway 61. She said the assault occurred as the vehicle neared Dakota and she escaped by jumping from the car. She received treatment at a Winona hospital for undetermined injuries.
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Winona
Minn
la Crosse
la Crescent
Helmer Weinmann
U.S. Highway 61
Dakota
AWOL Soldier Bound Over for Trial in Burglary Case
An AWOL soldier, William Copus Jr., 18, was bound over to Circuit Court for trial on a burglary charge after a La Crosse County preliminary exam. Copus, from 715 Badger St., failed to post a 500 cash bond and remains jailed. he will appear in Circuit Court to plead. The Army requested his detention for leaving his post without permission.
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la Crosse County
Leonard Roraff
Asst. Dist. Atty
Merwin Mellor
William Copus Jr
Badger St
la Crosse St
Copus
Rodger Kramer
Onalaska Cash Box Found By Girls Claimed By Owner
A cash box with 90.05 dollars found Wednesday in Onalaska was claimed Friday at the La Crosse County Sheriff Department by Joan Steidtmann. She identified the box and its contents, saying her husband William had left it on the car trunk on Hauser Road during loading. Two 10 year old girls found it beside the road and turned it over to the sheriff. Mrs Steidtmann said the girls would be rewarded.
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Onalaska
la Crosse County
James McHugh
Joan Steidtmann
R. 2
William
Hauser Road
Sheriff Department
McHugh
Steidtmann
Viroqua High School Baccalaureate Set
Rev Charles Sheppard will deliver the baccalaureate sermon for the Viroqua High School senior class at 8 p.m. Sunday May 30. The school orchestra directed by Mrs James Kuehn will play the processional and recessional, and the high school chorus directed by Cardell Solberg will perform several numbers. Rev Carroll Walljasper of St Marys Catholic Church will give the invocation and benediction.
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Viroqua
Wis
Charles Sheppard
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Viroqua High School
James Kuehn
Cardell Solberg
Carroll Walljasper
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Slayings On Skid Row Torn Open In Marysville Mystery
In Marysville a skid row killings spree leaves bodies buried in orchards. Sheriff Whiteaker identifies two victims as Pete Beierman and Kenneth Whitacre while noting most victims were white men aged 40 to 63. Neighbors recount last sightings and a missing pensioner who triggered the investigation.
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Beierman
D Street
DeLong
Pete
Kenneth Edward Whitacre
Alameda
Calif
Marysville
La Crosse Tribune details and masthead
La Crosse Tribune publisher W T Burgess and editor Sanford Goltz publish daily and Sunday editions from 4th and Cass Streets La Crosse Wisconsin 54601. The paper is a Lee Enterprises division with AP rights for local and dispatch news and notes its pricing and mailing details.
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W. T. Burgess
E. Burgess
Sanford Goltz
la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Ex City Man and Rail Executive Whalen Dies at 78
William J. Whalen of Des Plaines Illinois a retired Milwaukee Road vice president and former La Crosse resident died Thursday in a Sacramento hospital while visiting family He began as a water carrier at 13 and rose to VP of operations in Chicago He is survived by his widow two daughters a son nine grandchildren and three sisters Funeral services set for Tuesday at St Mary Catholic Church Des Plaines burial All Saint Cemetery visitation at Oehler Funeral Parlor Des Plaines
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William J. Whalen
Des Plaines
Ill
Milwaukee Road
la Crosse
Sacramento
Calif
Mr. Whalen
la Crosse and River
Lansing
Iowa
Chicago
Milwaukee
Road
Martin
Mary Whalen
Gretchen Kramer
McGregor
Ray
Mary Adele) Hogan
Park Forest
Margaret
Sunnyvale
Teachers mull walkout over retroactive pay and loans
Mrs. Armagast says many teachers have money due and need funds for summer school. Some threaten a walkout if the issue isn’t resolved after a 1971 contract raised base pay for starting teachers and granted retroactive pay in a lump sum.
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Armagast
Births in Lacrosse and Sparta Wisconsin
A St Francis Hospital Lacrosse report lists May 26 to May 28 births: sons and daughters born to Olson, Koopman, Jeffers, Oldenburg, and Priem families in Lacrosse and surrounding areas. includes addresses and spouse names. Sparta St Mary's Hospital notes births to Griffin and Groom families. other items mention Christian Science services with a lesson on ancient and modern necromancy and hypnotism and overviews by Mary Baker Eddy.
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Dennis S. Olson
Main St
Marjorie A. Miller
Edward D. Koopman
R. 2
Holmen
Linda K. Trocinski
Robert J. Jeffers
R. 1
Genoa
Linda K. Larson
Kenneth D. Oldenburg
Stoddard
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lester A. Griffin
Sparta
Karen J. Suomi
Jerry L. Groom
Janice R. Harvey
Christian Science Churches
Science and Health
Mary Baker Eddy
Weather outlook for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Wisconsin calls for a fair Saturday night with Sunday partly sunny in the north and sunny in the south. Minnesota shows fair to partly cloudy southeast with variable cloudiness west and north and a chance of showers and thundershowers in the northeast and southwest Saturday night and Sunday. Iowa predicts mostly fair and warmer Saturday night and Sunday, partly cloudy east, and mostly cloudy Sunday with thundershowers in the west portion.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Exiled Peace Corps Volunteers Reflect on Bolivia Expulsion
Curfmann and nine volunteers recount their ouster near La Paz after an antiimperialistic week campaign. They note a planned political effort and express little bitterness, saying local supporters lacked power to halt the decision. Eric Cunningham of Carrollton, Illinois, calls the campaign well planned but anticlimactic.
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Page 1
Curfmann
Alto Bene
la Paz
Eric Cunningham
Carrollton
Ill
Cunningham
Torres
Peace Corps
Records Police Ambulance Log for City and County
On May 28 at 6:26 p.m. Edward H. Chalsma, 24, of Holmen, transported from Gillette and Charles Streets to St. Francis Hospital for burns from hot water escaping a overheated car radiator. At 9:32 p.m. Walter M Drendel, 67, of 1313 South Ave., taken to St. Francis Hospital for illness. On May 29 at 7:59 a.m. Ira Gerbach t, 70, of 921 S Fourth St., to Lutheran Hospital for illness. In County on May 28 at 11:29 a.m., Richard Nesseth, 46, West Salem, from Schroeder Hotel in West Salem, to St. Francis Hospital for an injured leg.
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Edward H. Chalsma
Holmen
Gillette
Charles Streets
St. Francis Hospital
Walter M Drendel
South Ave
Ira Gerbacht
S. 4Th St
Lutheran Hospital
Richard Nesseth
West Salem
Schroeder
False earning reports bring area man fine
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin Robert G Karnopp 200 N Lth St Prairie du Chien was arraigned in County Court on a charge of making false statements to obtain unemployment benefits He pleaded guilty and was fined 75 dollars plus costs with restitution of benefits received illegally The charges were brought by Wisconsin Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations which administers the State Unemployment Compensation Law The department stated that the defendant claimed benefits falsely by concealing his earnings
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Robert G. Karnopp
Wisconsin
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Cass Street Crossing Closure By Burlington Northern
The Cass Street crossing of the Burlington Northern tracks will close from 7 30 a.m. Tuesday to sometime Friday for crossing improvement work. La Crosse Assistant Director of Public Works Robert Larkin announced the schedule.
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Cass Street
Burlington Northern
la Crosse Asst
Robert Larkin
Mayor Delays Action On Removal Request
La Crosse mayor W. Peter Gilbertson delayed ruling on removing former alderman Bernard F. Maney from the Police and Fire Commission after 95 petition signatures petitioned for his dismissal. He will decide within two weeks, citing fairness and the voters’ wishes while noting rumor of serious reasons.
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W. Peter Gilbertson
Bernard F. Maney
16Th Ward
la Crosse
Maney
Gilbertson
Man Charged With Selling Obscene Items in La Crosse
La Crosse police arrested Morris A. Nelson 44 manager of Best Buys Inc. at 216 S 3rd St on a charge of selling obscene materials. Officers seized about 10 carton loads of books and materials and six projectors from the store during a search warrant. He is ordered to appear in County Court Tuesday.
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la Crosse
Morris A. Nelson
Best Buys Inc
S. 3Rd St
Nelson
Wausau
Indy Pace Car Crash at Indy 500 Injures 12
The Dodge pace car driven by an amateur skidded from the pit area into a trailer crowded with press photographers at the Indianapolis 500 start. At least a dozen were injured as the car sped from the pits and struck the trailer. Astronaut John Glenn was in the back seat. it was unclear if he was injured. Helipcopters transported victims to Methodist Hospital in downtown Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Eldon Palmer
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
John Glenn
Methodist Hospital
Trial motions filed in Overboe case schedule June 15
Defense sought separate trials and a change of venue but were denied. Motions to suppress a blood test were rejected after evidence showed Overboe consented. Judge Pap pas rejected prejudice claims due to lack of evidence. Jury trial set for June 15 in La Crosse.
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Overbee
Randolph
Overboe
la Crosse
Pappas
Hijack Seizes Nassau Airport in Darkness for $500000
Eastern Airlines flight at Nassau Airport faced a tense hijack as a man demanded $500000 in cash, a green bag, and a driver with an English speaking woman in sight. Communications with Nassau aviation and ground crews detailed the staged plan before a struggle ended the hijacker’s advance and took him into custody with Bob Condon.
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Eastern Airlines
Nassau
Sullivan
Nassau Civil Aviation
Donald Ingraham
EAL
Bearman
New York
Bob Condon
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Tribune
Masons
George A. Ellis
The
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Phillip J. Bouffleur
Frontier Lodge
David Hogue
Badger Lodge
Duane Moore
Carl W. Schubert & Associates
Peter Nelson and Son, Inc
J. M. Fremlin
LCU
Andre Etchegoin
Sutter County
Lacrosse, Wis. St. Francis Hospital
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