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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1973
Page
3
Gerald E. Trimbell of 535 South West Avenue was found guilty of possessing hashish and opium with intent to sell. Circuit Court Judge Peter Pappas ordered concurrent sentences of 22 and four years to be served, reflecting trafficking concerns and drug sale involvement.
La Crosse County unemployment fell 1.1 points from July to August, from 6.9 to 5.8 percent, with jobless persons dropping from 2,700 to 2,300. Mid-August employment stood at 36,900, up 300 from July, and youth unemployment remains high at 14.8 percent. The Trane strike may raise September joblessness by about 1,800 workers.
La Crosse County Clerk of Court Jack Frost attended a clerks of court institute in Madison. The program, sponsored by the Wisconsin Supreme Court's judicial education committee, aims to develop further court administration. The Tribune announces its publication schedule and subscription rates for La Crosse readers.
The University of Wisconsin La Crosse Planetarium will start public programs on Monday October 8 and run most Mondays through April 29 at 7 p.m. with a 2 p.m. Sunday event on December 16. No programs on December 24 or 31. Located in Cowley Hall of Science Badger Street between 17th and 18th, October features sky phenomena and future titles include First Decade in Space Star of Bethlehem Life in the Universe Unidentified Flying Objects Stonehenge and Pioneer Mission to Jupiter.
Officials with the National Weather Service report September as an abnormally normal month in La Crosse. Average temperature 62.5 degrees, just above 61.8. rainfall 3.37 inches, 0.01 below normal. Sunday highs 67, lows 58. five degree days, total 133 this year, vs 200 last year. River stage Sunday 5.6 feet, down 0.1.
An organizational meeting for the First Federal Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps is set for 3 p.m. Saturday at the Western Wisconsin Technical Institute cafeteria. The event invites ages 13 to 21 and parents to join as there are many openings with tentative 1974 season plans including a possible West Coast tour. Police report notes Edwin Gilbertson ill at St Francis Hospital and James Wolf injured with a broken left leg at Bangor High School.
A 3rd Congressional District dinner for Sen. William Brock R Tenn will be at 8 p m Saturday Oct 13 in the Cartwright Center at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse according to George Milne general chairman A social hour will start at 6 p.m Other chairmen include Mrs Betty Scheier 208 S 21st Place and Mrs Elaine Yerly 1433 Main St arrangements Dr Adolf Gundersen R 1 and Douglas Farmer 321 S 21st St local ticket sales and Walter Baltz West Salem and Dr Jerome Gundersen 2281 Crest view Place out county ticket sales
Madison Newspaper Inc. adopts computer operated photo typesetting to replace linotype. Production coordinator Roger Kirk says rototronic TXT machines from Harris Itertype Corp produce black and white type laid out and transferred to NAPP photopolymer plates mounted on presses.
The Associated Press survey finds park and egg prices down in Wisconsin in September while butter and beef rise. Average of 15 items across seven communities fell to 11.58 from 11.66, with pork chops down and eggs dropping 9 cents.
UW-L faces retention pressure as it competes with Eau Claire River Falls Stout Oshkosh and others for Category I programs. Eau Claire has five Category I programs with two rated (1) and one (3). River Falls has four all rated (1). Stout has nine with eight (1) and one (2). Oshkosh-Eau Claire graduate center has six all rated (1). Regents will review final recommendations in December.
Serious case injuries occurred at a motel as suspects Scott and Sloan escaped the Lexington Federal Building by sawing a window bar. They abducted Geraldine Ewalt, tied her and two children, and stole a .22 caliber item, knives, and cash before fleeing in her car. Ewalt’s car was later found at the Barnes family home.
Senator William Proxmire and 21 colleagues back a resolution to designate the last Sunday in May as Walk a Mile for Your Health Day. He cites rising heart attack deaths among 25 to 44 year olds and urges nationwide public walking as free exercise.
The Atomic Energy Commission said seismic signals likely from a Soviet underground nuclear explosion were recorded around midnight CDT. The event, the second in four days and the fourth in September, is estimated at 20 000 to 200 000 tons of TNT, amid the 1963 limited test ban treaty.
The ICC warned Judge Fullam against ordering Penn Central’s shutdown and urged a restructuring plan with external help. It outlined hearings on track usage, service feasibility, plant condition, public financial support, labor costs, and workforce size.
President Nixon signed a vocational rehabilitation law in the Oval Office with a large congressional delegation watching. The measure authorizes two years and more than 1.5 billion dollars for programs to rehabilitate the handicapped and aims to spur executive legislative cooperation.
Cloudy southeast and east Tuesday night with a chance of rain. Partly cloudy conditions elsewhere. Wednesday brings decreasing cloudiness east and increasing northwest. Rogue text notes flood stage and temperature readings follow but measures appear partial and unclear.
The Soviet So yuz 12 landed in Kara ganda after a two day, two orbits mission. The two cosmonauts are reported well and systems function normally. The flight tests the modified Soyuz craft and its new flight control systems after a redesign following Soyuz 11 tragedy.
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