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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1970
Page
1
Two Lebanese intelligence officers were held for 90 minutes by Palestinian guerrillas aboard an Iraqi Airways Viscount at Beirut airport before release. The plane, surrounded by troops, later departed for Baghdad after the guerrillas, who had hoped to disembark, were not allowed to leave.
Chicago police memorial statue of the 1886 Haymarket riot is shattered at the knees by a blast near an expressway, a second bombing on the eve of the first anniversary of a 1969 explosion. No injuries or witnesses reported. a man claimed responsibility for the act, linking to the Weather Underground. The event recalls the 1886 bombing and the labor movement origins of May Day.
Los Angeles AP reports brush and timber fires that burned about a half million acres in California since Sept. 25 were contained today. Death toll rose to 14 with three victims found near Jamul in San Diego County. Over 1,000 homes damaged or destroyed, damage estimated at 175 million dollars. Fires in San Bernardino Mountains and Los Padres National Forest were contained aided by weekend showers and higher humidity.
Mrs. Robert Lily Stone of 1633 Avon St won the $25 Packer Picker prize after using the second tie breaker. She and others matched the Packers Vikings score 13 10. Stone guessed 40 on the Dallas St Louis tie breaker, 27 actual, while Dallas Strasser matched 44. Next jackpot $25 for Oct 12 Packers Chargers game in San Diego.
Two Illinois men, Robert Gray aged 38 and Kenneth Felder aged 26, were found dead of asphyxiation on a houseboat at a Lake Wisconsin marina. Coroner Ruehl said fumes from a charcoal burner heating the cabin caused the deaths. Michael Gray, 26, discovered the scene seven miles northwest of Lodi.
The GM strike enters its fourth week, idling 170,000 Michigan workers and swelling unemployment to 304,000, a peak for August since 1962. Welfare centers are overwhelmed and officials warn of potential strain on aid budgets as the walkout widens economic hardship. The UAW leader says strikers may seek public welfare as needed, and welfare policy is discussed in context of surplus food and taxpayer impact.
Guerrillas report a dawn shelling of Harima near Irbid by Jordanian army as tanks clash with guerrilla outposts. The fight, described as fierce, continued about 10 hours later with Irbid and Ramtha under guerrilla control but ringed by army forces. Observers anticipate a possible guerrilla regrouping after a cooling period. Jordan and Palestinian factions negotiate a withdrawal agreement while maintaining militia and supply bases.
President Nixon's Dublin visit amid cheers was interrupted when two eggs hit his limousine windshield and a third splashed the side as he waved from the open rear of the car outside Dublin Castle. Police detained the egg throwers, a woman and two men, as Nixon met Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch and other leaders before returning to Washington.
Wisconsin reported 11 highway fatalities over the weekend bringing the week’s toll to 11 and the year to 861, near last year on this date. Names include Jeanne Frank 29 Neenah Walter Leavitt 41 Brandon Delaine Leavitt 27, died in Dodge County. Virgil Koehler 35 Wausau John O Connor 22 Manitowoc Earl Rymes 55 St Francis Donna Cacciotti 19 Racine and four victims in Marquette County death Friday night three from Illinois.
Wichita State University paused classes to allow students to attend memorial services for 13 football players and a trainer killed in a Colorado Rockies crash. The death toll rose to 30 with trainer Tom Reeves dying in Denver. Head coach Ben Wilson and athletics director Bert Katzenmeyer were among the deceased. A public memorial at Cessna Stadium capped the observances.
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