Manifesto of Kidnappers Aired in Montreal Crisis
Montreal and Quebec police monitored a 1400 word manifesto from the Quebec Liberation Front as authorities faced a midnight deadline in the Cross kidnapping case. The communique threatened harm if demands, including freeing prisoners, were not met and rejected direct government talks as a trap. Police investigated a phone tip while noting the driver labeled a prime suspect fits a previously sought suspect profile.
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Montreal
Cana
Montreal Gazette
Tlian
Algeria
Cuba
James Richard Cross
Quebec
Diplo
J. Cross
Pris
Cross
Family Welfare Plan Rejected By Committee
Washington AP The Nixon administration faces defeat as the Senate Finance Committee rejects the House welfare plan. A limited pilot version will be attached to a Social Security bill for consideration, with staff to shape details. Supporters predict about 60 votes on the floor, while opposition remains strong.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Russell B. Long
D-La
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
La Crosse faces test on education funding and pay
The testimonies from teachers from eastern and western Wisconsin highlighted salary standings with La Crosse teachers lagging in starting bachelor and master salaries. Schultz argued La Crosse can pay more yet resists, citing tax base and per student expenditures. City Attorney Flanagan objected to most exhibits as irrelevant and forecast a lengthy cross-examination over a large document set.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Appleton
Green Bay
Beloit
Wausau
Stevens Point
New Berlin
Superior
Manitowoc
Wisconsin Rapids
la Crosse
Schultz
John Flanagan
LEA
Flanagan
Four Pinball Case Defendants Granted Continuances
Four defendants charged with commercial gambling after 26 pinball machines were seized from La Crosse taverns last month appeared in County Court. Stansfield Novelty, Winter, Guscetti, and Young had continuances to set pleas or preliminary exams. Bond set at 500 dollars. corporation case no bond or preliminary. Seizure involved 12 machines with agents, police, and sheriff's deputies assisting.
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la Crosse
Oscar Winter
State St
Jim Stansfield
Razing Hauser Farm Buildings Authorized by City
La Crosse Common Council authorized razing buildings on the Hauser farm to make way for the La Crosse Interstate Industrial Addition. The engineering department will seek bids likely in November, with salvage rights for materials and burial requirements for concrete and lumber. Razing will occur this fall as plans for the industrial park advance.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Interstate
Editor Named Treasurer At National Editors Meeting
James Auer Sunday editor of the Appleton Post-Crescent in Wisconsin was chosen treasurer of the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors at its annual gathering. Geoffrey Vincent of the Courier-Journal in Louisville was elected president.
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New York
James Auer
Appleton Post-Crescent
Appleton
Wis
America Association of
Geoffrey Vincent
Louisville, Ky
Courier-Journal
Landlord Faces Disorderly Conduct Charge in Milwaukee Rent Strike
Madison Wisconsin AP reports William T. Bandy a landlord in a hip pie neighborhood faces disorderly conduct charges after a rent strike led him to fumigate residents with pesticide smoke. Stephen Shemanski an occupant says the fumes hospitalized him. Vandals set his truck afire as he fled.
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Madison
Wis
William T. Bandy
Stephen Shemanski
Shemanski
Bandy
John Gibson
Three La Crosse Boys Arrested For Break In
Three Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Agency burglars aged 12 13 and 14 were caught after breaking into the 125 West Ave N office and stealing 41.26 in cash and a 45 tape recorder on Sept 27. The 13 year old was also arrested for attempting to steal a car owned by Donald Brye on Aug 18. The youths were turned over to county juvenile authorities.
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la Crosse
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
West Ave. N
Donald Brye
S. 23Rd St
City youth pleads guilty to reduced forgery charges
A La Crosse youth, Mark A. Parins, 19, pleaded guilty in County Court to reduced charges of issuing worthless checks and was placed on probation for one year. Judge Leonard Roraff withheld sentence and ordered restitution to Wiggett Bros. for checks of 18 and 21.95 dollars and 20 dollars from September. Assistant district attorney Merwin Mellor praised Parins' attitude and said the youth admitted responsibility after discussions with his father.
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Wiggett Bros
4Th and Jay Sts
Mellor
Steam Burns Fatal At Badger Army Ammunition Plant
Victor Schommer Jr. 31 of rural Portage died Wednesday at St. Marys Hospital Madison from severe burns suffered Monday while working near steam pipes at the Badger Army Ammunition plant near Baraboo. He was employed at the plant.
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Portage (Ap
Victor Schommer Jr
Portage
Badger Army
Baraboo
St. Mary’s Hospital
Madison
Schommer
La Crosse Tribune Publication Details
La Crosse Tribune published afternoon and Sunday mornings from La Crosse Wisconsin. It is a Lee Enterprises division and uses Associated Press material exclusively for local news and AP dispatches. Second class postage paid in Wisconsin with a 10 cent single copy and 1.40 per two weeks carrier delivery.
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Sunde
la Crosse Tribune
Bidgith
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Jaycees Seek Young Farmer Candidates
La Crosse Jaycees seek nominations for the county young farmer of the year. Eligible operators are ages 21 to 35 with at least two thirds income from farming. Award honors progress in agriculture and conservation with a plaque at the Oct 20 banquet and state eligibility. Nomination blanks from Kenneth A. Keller at Coulee State Bank or 3400 Cliffside Dr La Crosse.
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The
la Crosse
la Crosse Jaycee
Kenneth A. Keller
Rural Unit Sets Dates For Events
The Great La Crosse Chamber of Commerce rural affairs unit set dates for sponsored events and plans to attend Farm Progress Days near Sun Prairie. The Pig Club banquet for boys and parents is at 7:30 p.m. Monday Oct 19 in West Salem’s St. Leo’s Church. The 4-H achievement program is at 8 p.m. Friday Nov 6 at Holmen High School, with the leaders Christmas party Dec 1 at Western Wisconsin Technical Institute. Members will leave at 10 a.m. Tuesday from 7th and Main to help run a hospitality room in Sun Prairie for the 1970 Farm Progress Days and promote the 1971 event in La Crosse County.
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Greater
Holmen High School
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
la Crosse
7Th
Main Sts
Sun Prairie
la Crosse County
Kroger Sells Minnesota Division to Quality Stores
Kroger Co. announces the sale of its Minnesota Division, 16 Twin Cities stores, to Edina based Quality Stores Inc. The move, effective October 17, shifts Kroger sites to operate as Piggly Wiggly stores under Quality. Combined Piggly Wiggly in Minnesota would exceed 60 million in annual sales.
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Minneapolis
Kroger Co
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Quality Stores, Inc
Edina
Quality Stores
Quality Food Stores, Inc
Grain price quotes from Chicago market report
Chicago cash market prices list No 2 hard red wheat at 1.694 per bushel No 2 soft red wheat 1.723 and fractions No 2 yellow corn 1.444 and fractions No 2 extra heavy white oats 78.5 and fractions No 1 yellow soybeans 2.92 and fractions no 1 oil soybeans 13.36 per bushel.
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Chicago
Madison Schools End PTA Ties With National, State
A Madison survey found at least seven public schools ended affiliation with the National PTA and the state PTA. Three schools lack formal PTAs, while some formed liaison committees. Reasons for splits were not disclosed, with cost cited by one spokesman. Richard Viviani, PTA Council president, did not comment.
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Madison
Madison Public
National
Parent Teacher Association
PTA
Richard Viviani
Madison Pta Council
Colder Drier Weather Forecast Across Wisconsin and Midwest
Colder but drier conditions are expected in La Crosse this weekend as winds shift to the northwest and rain ends Friday night. Wisconsin saw no snow, while western Iowa and Minnesota reported up to four inches Friday. Temperatures ranged from 37 at Superior to 65 at La Crosse on Thursday morning. The La Crosse weather bureau noted 0.39 inch of rain by 7 am with more rain later. Sunday outlook is fair and cold. McAllen Texas posted the national high of 93 degrees, while Laramie Wyoming had a low of three degrees.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Superior
McAllen
Tex
Laramie
Wyo
43 Men Believed Dead In A F Plane Crash
AP reports the U S Air Force believes all 43 crew and passengers aboard a four engine C130 perished when it crashed on a 6200 foot Formosan mountain 20 miles south of Taipei. Wreckage was found by search helicopters and no life signs were seen. The aircraft was en route from Taipei to a central Formosa base. Maj Ronald Stelter of Cedarburg and Airman Robert Schmidt of New London were among those aboard.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Wisconsin
Ronald Stelter
Cedarburg
Robert Schmidt
New London
West Allis Woman Dies In Car Crash
A two car crash in Racine claimed the life of Hattie Claver, 78, of West Allis, as Wisconsin racked up 870 highway fatalities for the year, down from 879 the prior year. In a separate rural Kewaunee County incident, five year old Susan Ledvina was killed while crossing to reach a waiting school bus amid flashing red lights in operation.
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Racine
Wisconsin
Hattie Claver
West Allis
Susan Ledvina
Luxemburg
Kewaunee
Four Die As Fire Sweeps Estate Home Near Gurnee
Four persons perished early today in a blaze that swept a 17 room estate home on the McChesney Estate southwest of Gurnee Illinois. Coroner Orville Clavey identified victims as a man a woman a boy and a girl. He called the fire one of the worst he had seen and said the cause and damage estimates were not yet determined.
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Gurnee
Ill
McChesney
Orville Clavey
Clavey
Loyalty oath removed from federal employment forms
The Civil Service Commission ordered federal agencies to delete the loyalty oath from Standard Form 61 appointment affidavits. The Supreme Court ruled the oath unconstitutional in 1969, and the revised form will drop the loyalty clause and the no‑strike pledge, with distribution within three months.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Supreme Court
The
Civil Service
Bangor Youth Treated After Auto Accident
A Bangor youth required hospital treatment for head cuts after a traffic accident Thursday night in the Town of Bangor. About 11 p.m. on Highway B a mile west of Highway 162 a car driven by 18 year old Gerald E. Olson left the road, struck a post and a driveway embankment, then flipped onto the driveway. Olson was taken to Lutheran Hospital by traffic police.
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Bangor
Gerald E. Olson
Olson
Lutheran Hospital
Soviet Moves in Bolivia Spark U.S. Fear of South American Vacuum
U.S. officials warn Bolivia’s upheaval and pro communist rhetoric in Chile and Peru could invite Soviet influence along South America’s Pacific coast. Officials note no clear troop movements yet but fear erosion of U.S. sway and strains on regional bodies. U-2 data hint at a possible Soviet base at Cienfuegos, expanding submarines near Western shores.
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Washington
U.S
Bolivia
Chile
Peru
Soviet Union
South America
Pacific
Popular Unity” Coalition
Juan Jose Torres
Torres
Evi
International Petroleum Corp
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Defense Bill Passed as War Spending Ceiling Rejected
The House rejected a $15 billion war spending ceiling and any forced June troop withdrawal while approving a $66.8 billion defense appropriation after adding $150 million for operations including Mediterranean readiness. Reps Fraser and Riegle mounted amendments but were defeated. Mahon argued costs exceed $15 billion and remain classified.
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Washington
Nixon
House
U.S
Senate
Vietnam
Donald M.fraser
D-Minn
Donald W. Riegle Jr
R-Mich
Riegle
Congress
House Appropriations
George H. Mahon
Dtex
Mahon
Hospital suit over death by suicide in La Crosse hospital
The widow Helen C Peters and her children Vincent Thomas and Helen Peters sue La Crosse Lutheran Hospital for negligence claiming Clemon K Peters a 55 year old Lansing Iowa man died by suicide in a bathtub while under psychiatric care on June 13 1967. They seek 35000 for Mrs Peters and 3000 for each child.
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la Crosse
Helen C. Peters
Vincent
Thomas
Helen
la Crosse Luttheran Hospital
Lansing
Iowa
Peters
Theft Reports Across La Crosse Area
Michael King reported a $69.95 stereo tape player stolen from Team Electronics on Losey Boulevard. Mary Mattie said a $40 canvas measuring three by fourteen feet vanished from Fanny Farmer Candy at Main and 4th streets. A concrete lion worth $35 was stolen from Franklin Clinic yard. Arthur Soller reported a stolen ledger book from his car on St. Paul Street. Roy Miller noted $7 stolen from his billfold on a living room table.
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Michael King
Badger St
la Crosse
Team Electronics
Losey Blvd
Mary Mattie
Fanny Farmer
Franklin Clinic
S. 5Th Ave
Arthur Soller
George St
Soller
St. Paul Street
Roy Miller
Copeland Ave
Police Ambulance Transfer for 81 Year Old Woman
On October 8 at 3 29 p m Margaret Brown age 81 of 712 S 8th Street was moved by ambulance from 120 S 13th Street to St Francis Hospital due to illness.
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Margaret Brown
S. 8Th St
S. 13Th St
St. Francis Hospital
Names Of 43 On Missing Taipei Airplane
Air Force spokesmen released the names of 43 passengers and crew on the C103E Hercules that vanished after takeoff from Taipei. The four engine transport assigned to the 3114th Tactical Airlift Wing at Chingchuan Kang Air Base remains missing with no wreckage sighted. Maj. Ronald W. Stelter of Cedarburg Wisconsin is listed as crew and Airman Robert A. Schmidt of New London Wisconsin as passenger.
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Taipei
Air Force
3114Th Tactical Airlift Wing
Chingchuankang Air Base
Formosa
Ronald W. Stelter
Cedarburg
Wis
Robert A. Schmidt
New London
Friday and Saturday Radio Highlights With Football Schedules
Radio highlights list upcoming football games and times across stations WCOW WKBH WKTY for Friday and Saturday. Entries include Sparta at Black River Falls Logan vs Chippewa Falls Central vs East and Wisconsin vs Iowa plus Army Notre Dame St Norbert La Crosse State Campion Aquinas and Robert Pehler traffic report slots.
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WKTY
Frank Kloss
Wcow-Fm
Sparta
Black River Falls
WKBH
Logan
Chippewa Falls
la Crosse Central
Wausau East
Campion
Aquinas
Stock quotations from Marshall Co representative dealer prices
National inter dealer prices as of 9 00 a m list W Transport Fabritek First Bank Sys Gateway Transp Godfrey Co BA Howell Instrum La Crosse Cooler McQuay Inc Central Airlines Trans Gas Pipe Wallace Bus and Werner Elec Werner Continental Wis Power Local regional bids are shown with ranges and an adjusted Boston Fund and other mutual funds include price bands from 7 68 to 15 58 depending on fund.
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National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard . Bal
Eberstadt Fund
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Union Cap. Fund
Wisconsin Fund
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Quebec Liberation Front
le Devoir
Ottawa
Winter
Howie’s Hof Bray
la Crosse St
Pla-Mar Bowling Center
S. 4Th St
Terrace Bar and Cafe
S. 3Rd St
Dick and Ann’s
Jackson St
Someplace Else
Rose St
Mickey’s Bar
R. 1
Guscetti
Friendly Nabor Tavern
S. 9Th St
Young
Varsity Club
Ward Ave
Stone House
Pearl St
City Youth
W. T. Burgess
J. E. Burgess
Sanford Goltz
Jaycees
Young Farmer
A.F
Associated Press
United States
George Gedda
Organization of American ‘States
Inter-American Defense Board
Hemispheric
Rel
Salvador Allende
Fidel Castro
Allende
By Jim Adams
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Middle East
ROTC
San Francisco Examiner
Marin County Civic Center
Marin Hall
Soledad
San Quentin
Weatherman Underground
Shearson, Hammill & CO
NEW York Stock Exchange
Marshall CO
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
Alcoa
American Airlines
American Motors
Amer. Tel. & Tel
Anchor Coupling
Atlantic Richfield
Burlington Ind
Northern
Central Tel. & Tel
Chrysler
Continental Can
Continental Corp
Eastman Kodak
Seanad Dynamics Electric
General
General Instrum
General Motors
General Telephone
Gulf Oil
G. Heileman Brewing
IBM
Inter. Harvester
Inter. Tel. & Tel
Jim Walter
Kresge WV
Lee Enterprises
Marco
Minnesota Mining Se
Mobil Oil
Monsanto Chemical
Natl. Cash Register
Northern States
Northwest Bancorp
Olin Industries
Outboard Marine
J. C. Penney
Pepsico
Pyroil
RCA
Raytheon
Sears
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
Calif
Ind
N.J
Swi
Texaco
Trane
TransAmerica
U.S. Steeling Universal Westinghouse Electric
Weyerhauser
Woolworth
Mane
Dow Jones Industrials
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