Broadcast Bid Fails As Cross Kidnapping Looms
Montreal reports no contact by kidnappers as noon ransom deadline passes in Cross case. FLQ demands broadcast of manifesto and release of 21 political prisoners plus $500000 ransom. Government urges negotiation and safety of the British official James Cross, with police tightening security and detaining FLQ sympathizers.
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Montreal
James Richard Cross
Quebec
Jerome Choquette
Quebec Liberation Front
FLQ
Mitchell Sharp
Sharp
Radio Canada
Canada
Cross
John Gorman
British Overseas Airways Corp
Gorman
Jury awards $7,400 to slapping plaintiff in Wisconsin case
La Crosse Circuit Court awarded Ruth Calogero $1,000 for pain and suffering and her husband $400 for medical expenses after a jury found Arlene Schmidt liable for slapping Ruth Calogero at a wedding reception on August 16, 1969. Schmidt faces $6,000 in punitive damages. The verdict, announced after several hours of deliberation, can be reviewed by Judge Peter Pappas.
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la Crosse
Peter Pappas
Ruth
Louis E. Calogero
Mississippi St
Arlene Schmidt
S. 32Nd St
Schmidty
State Road
Calogero
Gero
Schmidt
Cal‘ogero
Daniel Flaherty
Carl F. Schnick
Sarah Alley
North Shore Drive
Irene Dansberry
Weston St
Albert Forer
S. 22Nd St
John Gammon
Winnebago St
Rose Haas
Cameron Ave
Helen Kline
Hyde Ave
Rosemary Krause
I Eva Maier
Stock quotations and political notes amid Vietnam talks
The morning stock quotations show National and local inter-dealer prices for mutual funds and common funds from Boston to Wisconsin with bid and ask ranges. Separately, reports from Paris describe Nixon proposals for Indochina peace, Viet Cong responses, and Binh’s stance on troop withdrawals and prisoner release ahead of the November election.
Beaver Otter Rules Hearing Set For Oct 15
BLACK RIVER FALLS a public hearing on rules governing beaver and otter trapping will be held at 8 p m Thursday October 15 at the DNR district headquarters. R F Wendt district director urged beaver and otter trappers and interested persons or their representatives to attend to present views facts or arguments as state hearings will shape a beaver and otter season.
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Black River Falls
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
R. F. Wendt
Fish, Game and Enforcement
Looting at Library Bar and Habit prompts police report
Richard Rogers reports $411.90 stolen from two cash registers and a hidden box at the Library Bar, 123 S. 3rd St., with no sign of forced entry. Victor Skaff reports $12 stolen from a cash register at the Habit, 124 N. 3rd St., on the same day.
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S. 3Rd St
Richard Rogers
la Crosse
Victor Skaff
N. 3Rd St
Floods Kill 16 in Genoa Italy After Severe Storms
Flash floods struck Genoa after a third day of heavy rain. The Ri viera overflowed, flooding central piazzas and tearing through Voltri with at least 16 dead. Rescue efforts moved through submerged streets as trains, bridges, and buildings suffered collapse and damage.
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Genoa
Italy
Riviera
Fire rescue saves boy from trailer blaze
A mother helped pull her son from a smoke filled trailer after a fire. Kanarowski performed mouth to mouth resuscitation before rushing the boy to Hess Memorial Hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation. The Mauston Fire Department extinguished the flames and preliminarily estimated $7,500 in damage to the trailer and belongings.
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Kanarowski
Hess Memorial Hospital
Mauston
Kanarowskis
Football players injured after mask breaks during game
On Oct 7 at 1:05 p.m. David Paul, 11, of 601 N 16th St, was taken from Junior High School to Skemp Clinic with an injured foot. At 6:19 p.m. Daniel Miller, 18, from Coate Hall La Crosse State University and Reedsburg, was sent to St Francis Hospital with an injured nose after his face mask broke during football at Mitchell Hall, Lincoln.
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Lincoln
David Paulson
N. 16Th St
Skemp Clinic
Mitchell Hall
la Crosse
Cash grain prices from Chicago market report
Wheat No 2 hard red 1.71 cents per bushel, No 2 soft red 1.74. Corn No 2 yellow 1.42 1 3 4 3 4, No 3 yellow 1.39. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 78 14. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.91. Soybean oil 13.35.
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Chicago
Rain and Cold Forecast for La Crosse Area
The La Crosse area is expected to see rain and colder weather Thursday night into Friday with clearing by Saturday. Skies were partly to mostly cloudy across Wisconsin Thursday morning with temperatures from 38 at Superior to 63 at La Crosse. Snow and rain are forecast for western Minnesota and Iowa. The La Crosse weather bureau logged a trace of rain up to 7 am Thursday, with more rain later in the morning. Year-to-date rainfall reached 24.72 inches through 7 am Thursday. the heaviest 24 hour rainfall was 1.31 inches at Superior, Eau Claire 1.26 inches, and Park Falls just under half an inch. Abilene Texas topped the nation at 92 degrees, while Laramie Wyoming dipped to -1 degree.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Superior
Minnesota
Iowa
Eau Claire
Park Falls
Abilene
Tex
Laramie
Wyo
Cambodian Government Faces Pressure Over Nixon Plan
Saigon reported continued participation in free elections. Phnom Penh officials withheld official comment on Nixon's Phnom Penh speech. Cambodian acceptance could spark backlash as the war is framed as a holy crusade. Cease-fire risks leaving Communist forces dominant in over half the country, while observers doubt open opposition to U.S. backed proposals.
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Nixon
Phnom Penh
United States
Asia
Nixon offers new approach on Vietnam cease fire
Congress aides in Paris during the Johnson years quote Nixon proposing a new approach and urge him not to let the Saigon government veto a cease fire. Harriman notes Viet Cong earlier called for a cease-fire and questions how the objective is reached. Proxmire calls the plan a real improvement and urges a definite troop withdrawal date. Zablocki hails the move as sincere and forthright, urging Hanoi to propose concrete terms.
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Tiator
Paris
Eace
Johnson
Nixon
Saigon
Harriman
William Proxmire
D Wis
Short hits Thomson on military spending in campaign speech
Ray Short, 3rd District Democrat candidate, addressed the La Crosse Carpenters Union at the Labor Temple. He criticized Vernon W. Thomson for excessive military spending and claimed the incumbent supports large Pentagon budgets while cutting essential services, citing Sen. Proxmire's estimate of potential $10 billion annual cuts.
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Short
Thomson
Ray Short
Congress
la Crosse Carpenters Union
Labor
Vernon W. Thomson
Richland Center
Treasury
Pentagon
Sen. Proxmire
Boy 9 Rescued From Tree Limb in La Crosse
A nine year old La Crosse boy was trapped in a cottonwood branch about 20 feet up after a fall from a 60 foot tree outside his home. Frederick Welch Jr. of 1625 Rose St. was treated at Lutheran Hospital and released. Firemen used a snorkel truck to reach him after ladders failed.
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la Crosse
Frederick Welch Jr
Rose St
Lutheran Hospital
County Budget Tweaks Highlight Tentative Plan
The finance committee cut the sanitation budget by 2500 and raised the 1971 revenue estimate by 14181 while noting state service charges are not yet billed. The tentative levy runs 525000 higher than 1970 after a 200000 surplus use. A public hearing will occur at the County Board annual meeting in November before final adoption.
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Jerome Klos
County General Fund
Man Is Charged With Murdering His Parents
Milwaukee AP report says John Mikulovsky Jr. 22 faces a first degree murder charge for killing his parents in 1967 and burying them in unmarked graves beside railroad tracks. He is already serving 10 years for forgery and false information about their whereabouts, while his brother Patrick, 19, has life in prison for murder.
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Milwaukee
John Mikulovsky Jr
Mikulovsky
Green Bay State Reformatory
Patrick
Graves
Waupun State
Student in Serious Condition After La Crosse Crash
La Crosse State University student Kevin Schoenmann an 18 resident of Sanford Hall remained in serious condition Thursday morning at Lutheran Hospital after a single car crash. Ronald Beasley 19 also of Sanford Hall was driving and struck a tree turning from La Crosse State into Myrick Park. Beasley was ticketed for failing to control his vehicle and ordered to appear next Thursday in Municipal Court.
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la Crosse State University
Lutheran Hospital
Kevin Schoenmann
Sanford Hall
Ronald Beasley
Beasley
la Crosse State
Myrrick Park
Bomb Course for Wisconsin Lawmen Trains 115 Here
About 115 law enforcement personnel and firefighters from western and southwestern Wisconsin attended a four hour course on bombs bombings and bomb scares. Special FBI agent Edward Hayes led the session in cooperation with the La Crosse Police Department. The course aims to alert officers to different bomb devices and is the second of six such Wisconsin courses.
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Wisconsin
Edward Hayes
Milwaukee
FBI
la Crosse
Hayes
Tools Stolen From Fowler and Hammer Work Shed
Thieves broke into the Fowler and Hammer work shed on the Lutheran Hospital power plant site and took carpenters tools worth 250 dollars and a power saw worth 150 dollars. Separately La Crosse detectives investigated a Burling ton Northern Railroad shanty burglary near the North Side Depot where two switch timing controls valued at 350 dollars were stolen.
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New
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Burlington Northern Railroad
North Side
La Crosse Tribune Publication Details
La Crosse Tribune published each afternoon and Sunday morning from La Crosse Wisconsin. The paper is a division of Enterprises Inc and Associated Press member. AP content remains exclusive to reprint by the newspaper. Printing rates include 10 cent single copy and 1.40 dollar biweekly carrier delivery.
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la Crosse Tribune
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Reihl Named New Wisconsin Labor Leader Amid Shifting Unions
Longtime carpenter and former La Crosse council member Reihl succeeds Hall as Wisconsin labor secretary treasurer. He pledges broader mobilization for workers, deeper public relations efforts, and cross‑coalition work with farmers while guiding unions through inflation and a growing corporate sector.
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Hall
Labor
Midwest
New York
Reihl
la Crosse Logan High School
la Crosse Carpenters Local
la Crosse
U.S. Department of Commerce
Superior
Building Trades
Afl-Cio
Milwaukee
Reih
Weather summary for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Occasional showers and thundershowers in Wisconsin Thursday night with rain and colder conditions Friday. Minnesota mostly cloudy with snow northwest and west Thursday night and colder Friday. Iowa sees snow and rain northwest and rain thundershowers northeast Thursday night, partly cloudy west and cloudy east Friday with rain ending. Sunrise Friday 7 12 a.m. Sunset 6 32 p.m. Records include high and low for Oct 8 in 1966 and 1915. Degree days totals and comparison to normal.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Camp Douglas Woman Killed In Car Crash
MAULTON, Wis. Camp Douglas in Juneau County recorded its fifth traffic fatality of 1970 with the death of 39-year-old Dorothy Peterson in a one car crash west of Camp Douglas on U S Highways 12 16. The driver, retired M Sgt Dennis H Bartimus of Yank Field, was in serious condition at Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse. The car went off the roadway at 10 10 p m, rolled over multiple times, and both occupants were thrown from the vehicle.
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Maulton
Wis
Juneau County
Camp Douglas
Cam Douglas
U.S
Dorothy Peterson
Dennis H. Bartimus
Yolk Field
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Bartimus
Asbury Youth Plan Fall and Winter Events
About 50 youths from Asbury United Methodist Church at 19th and Redfield Sts plan fall and winter activities. Steven Newman and Helen Moon, La Crosse State University students, lead with assistants Robert Morton and Mr. and Mrs. William Fitzsimmons. Kick-off is 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, then Saturday 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 to 10 p.m. Hay ride included. Sunday worship services are at 9:20 and 10:50 a.m.
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Asbury United Methodist Church
Redfield Sts
Steven Newman
Helen Moon
la Crosse State University
Robert Morton l
William Fitzsimmons
Streets Open After Widening And Reopened Intersection
The resurfaced intersection of West Avenue and Main Street now operates with left turn lanes and safety islands after traffic signals became usable Thursday. Wisconsin Department of Transportation crews removed barriers, and 60 removed trees will be replaced in two to three weeks per Public Works Director Bob D. Schroeder.
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West Avenue
Main Street
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
la Crosse
Trial Begins On Marijuana Charge
A former La Crosse State University student faces marijuana possession charges in County Court with no jury. Buffalo County Judge Gary B. Schlosstein presides over Janet R. Bladow 21 Lake Zurich Ill who graduated last spring. Police raided seven La Crosse residences March 18 and found marijuana in Bladow s Rose Street home. She is defended by Edward Krueger aided by Rodger Kramer.
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la Crosse State University
Buffalo
Gary B. Schlosstein
Leonard Roraff
Janet R. Bladow
Lake Zurich
Ill
Miss Bladow
la Crosse
Rose St
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Madison
Edward Krueger
Rodger Kramer
Stolen Tapes and Auto Parts Reported in La Crosse
Police report thefts of stereo tapes eight recordings valued at 42 dollars from a car at 8th and Cass Streets. A jacket was taken during Oktoberfest from a rest trailer. A clutch and radio valued 40 dollars plus a radio valued 25 dollars were stolen from cars at a Phillips 66 station and in front of Til's Place.
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la Crosse
Lawrence Grant
Farnam
Rose and
West George Streets
Milton Strong
Avon St
Til’s Place
S. 8Th St
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