Pelicans on way out Endangered species list grows
Washington AP Interior Department says three more animal types eight more bird species and 11 more fish species face extinction in the United States bringing the endangered list to 101. adds to list include Hawaiian hoary bat Morro Bay kangaroo rat and salt marsh harvest mouse among mammals and brown pelican Arctic peregrine falcon and several Hawaiian birds among the birds. Endangerment driven by pollution and habitat loss with pesticides harming reproduction in some species.
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Washington
Interior Department
United States
Department
U.S
Morro Bay
California
Hawaii
Maui
Oahu
Kendall
Nelson urges Wisconsin River site for federal water quality project
Sen. Gaylord Nelson proposes the Wisconsin River basin as a federal demonstration project for advanced water quality management. He cites the river as representative of major pollution problems and notes UW–Madison’s three year study could save time. The Fox River is offered as a smaller alternative.
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Washington
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Wisconsin River
Nelson
Russell Train
Council On Environmental Quality
Council
Pegsy
The
Wisconsin Democrat
University of Wisconsin
Fox River
Green Bay
Appleton
$20,000 OK'd For New Roof At Oak Forest
La Crosse County Board approved a $20,000 emergency appropriation to replace the roof at Oak Forest, the county tuberculosis sanatorium and nursing home. The action followed a recessed session after bids are sought. the project may replace deteriorated structure and tile with a modern roof. In city police notes, two vandalism incidents were reported, including a broken thermopane window at the Guest House Motel and paint sprayed at South Lanes Bowling Alley.
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Oak Forest
la Crosse County
la Crosse
South Lanes Bowling Alley
Mormon Coulee Road
S. 4Th
South Lanes
Kent State jury slams campus unrest and calls for action
The four week Kent State vandalism and demonstrations inquiry finds conditions that led to the May tragedy persist. It faults a vocal minority for seizing the campus and urges citizens, faculty, and administration to counter radical violence while noting the university can become greater in the future.
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Kent State
Ohio National Guard
Leon Barnes Named Boy Of The Month
Leon Barnes ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Paul Barnes of 1747 Rose Street La Crosse has been named Boy of the Month for September by the Boys Club of La Crosse Inc. He participates in wrestling and boxing teams and serves as a junior leader recognized for willingness to help in club activities.
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Leon Barnes
Paul’ Barnes
Rose St
Boys’ Club of la
Death ruled self-inflicted wounds at Hillview nursing home
Coroner Robert Holmquist ruled that Arthur N. McBain Sr. died by his own action from self-inflicted knife wounds in the neck. He was transported by private ambulance from Hillview to St. Francis Hospital and died about 11 30 p m after arrival following sheriff department investigation.
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Hillview
la Crosse County
Robert Holmquist
Sheriff Department
Arthur N. McBain Sr
Holmquist
McBain
Hill
Plugs La Crosse Presents First Ladies Night at Cerise Club
The La Crosse Plugs announce their first annual ladies night set for Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Cerise Club. A cocktail hour begins at 6:30 p.m. and entertainment is planned for the event.
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la Crosse
Weather outlook for Midwest states this weekend
Wisconsin expects fair skies and continued cold Friday night with warmer temperatures Saturday and Sunday. Minnesota and Iowa forecast fair weather with warming trend Friday night into Saturday. Sunrise Saturday 7 22 a m Sunset Saturday 6 19 p m Record highs and normals appear incomplete for October 10 1910 1870 and 357 last year 299 normal values shown partially.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
La Crosse Tribune Publisher and AP Association Note
The La Crosse Tribune publishes afternoons and Sunday mornings from La Crosse Wisconsin with AP news rights. claimed exclusive republication rights to vocal news and AP patches. postage and delivery rates listed for single copies and carrier service.
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la Crease Tribune
4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Break-In Loot At La Crosse Steel Supply Co
City detectives investigate a break in at La Crosse Steel Supply Co 104 Causeway Blvd Friday. Police report $25 to $30 stolen from a desk drawer.
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City
la Crosse Steel Supply Co
Causeway Blvd
27-Degree Reading Ties Low Mark
La Crosse tied its date record with a 27 degree reading on Friday, matching a 27 degree mark last seen on October 16, 1872. Meteorologist Finn Johnson notes an upcoming Indian summer with highs in the upper 30s and several Wisconsin cities reporting subfreezing lows.
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la Crosse Tribune
Pelicans
la Crosse
Finn Johnson
Johnson
Coulee
Pig Club Banquet Planned at West Salem Church
La Crosse Pig Club will hold its annual banquet at 7 30 p.m. Monday Oct 19 at St Leo s Catholic Church West Salem. Donovan Davntl county H and youth agent says sponsors include the Pig Club and the rural affairs committee of the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce. The event honors boys who received gifts through the club in 1970 and those to receive gifts in 1971. parents of each boy will be guests.
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la Crosse
Group backs Greider in Wisconsin Assembly race
A new group named Concerned Taxpayers for Greider supports re election of Gerald A Greider to the Wisconsin Assembly from La Crosse County 1st District. Officers listed include president Mrs Joseph Sierrant secretary Robert Olson and treasurer L W Nutter. The group cites Greiders focus on taxpayer relief including real personal and elderly Homestead property tax relief.
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Gerald A. Greider
Wisconsin Assembly
la Crosse County
Greider
Joseph Sierrant
Madison, Place
Robert Olson
Losey Blvd. S
L. W. Nutter
St. James
Budget cuts trim police and utilities in city plan
The budget panel rejected Police Chief Ronald Wold’s request for 17,967 for two detectives, approved three cadets from Jan 1, and cut the department’s salary line by 35,800 with total budget cuts of 45,100. Fire, electrical inspection, stenographer, landfill staff requests were denied and total personnel reductions reached 130,500. Other cuts raise auditorium income by 15,000 and trim current expenses by 39,400 while idle bond funds drop 20,000 and equipment by 31,000 plus park cuts of 19,000. landfill compacting machine for Isle la Plume denied.
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Ronald C. Wold
Wold
Groves
Fire Department
Inspection Department
Landfill Department
Park Department
L and Fill Department
Isle la Plume
Man Innocent In Conduct Case
Neil L. Herron 27 of 1307 Caroline St was found innocent of a disorderly conduct charge after a jury deliberated over an hour. The case stemmed from an alleged argument with his wife at their home on Sept 16. Dist Atty Burleigh Randolph prosecuted before Judge Leonard Roraff. attorney Joseph Bart defended Herron. Jury members included Robert R. Brown Esther Johnson Jean Knorr Helen Loomis Irene Lynch Laura Meier Delores Nuttelman Pauline Phillips Alice Seiler Joyce Siegel June Trapp and Doris Vick.
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Neil L. Herron
Caroline St
Darlene
Onalaska
Esther Johnson
S. 6Th St
Jean Knorr
S. 30Th St
Helen Loomis
Island St
Irene Lynch
Laura Meier
Ferry St
Delores Nuttelman
la Crosse
Pauline Phillips
6Th Ave. N
Alice Seiler
Market St
Joyce Siegel
Farnam St
June Trapp
Hiawatha Ave
Doris Vick
R. 1
West Salem
Marriage Licenses in La Crosse and Bangor
Eric S. Schoenfeld of 336 S. 23rd St and Kathleen I. Wojahn of 1553 W. Young Rd Onalaska plan marriage in La Crosse on Oct 17. Harry F. Caulum Jr of Bangor and Ellen R. Hundt of Bangor plan marriage on Oct 24 in the Village of Rockland.
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LA Crosse
Eric S. Schoenfeld
S. 23Rd St
Kathleen I. Wojahn
W. Young Road
Onalaska
Harry F. Caulum Jr
Bangor
Ellen R. Hundt
Rockland
Nixon signs mass transit bill pledging $3.1 billion
President Nixon signed a mass transit bill pledging 3.1 billion dollars to aid U S cities in building and upgrading subway and bus systems. The measure envisions 10 billion over 12 years with federal grants or loans covering up to two thirds of costs and backing for private transit projects.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Trane Announces Broad Price Increase on HVAC Lines
Trane Co. consumer product division lifts prices 3 to 8 percent on 2 to 15 ton air conditioning and heating lines. Included are split systems, self-contained units, heating cooling combos, vertical units, furnaces and electrostatic air cleaners. Increases effective Thursday with quotations held for 30 days to cover higher labor and material costs.
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Trane Co
Trane
Youth Bound Over In Car Theft Case
Maynard Funmaker a 19 year old resident of 191142 Wood Street was bound over to Circuit Court for trial after a County Court preliminary examination. He faces a charge that on June 1 he and a companion stole the car of Robert J Swing Sr and abandoned it after driving it into a ditch near Boscobel.
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la Crosse
Maynard Funmaker
Wood St
Robert J. Swing Sr
Boscobel
Canada hostage crisis escalates in Quebec with raids
Quebec police arrested 233 people, including Michel Chartrand and three FLQ separatists, as troops reinforced Montreal and Quebec City. The War Measures Act grants broad powers, with up to five years and $5,000 fines. Trudeau announced the act at 5 a.m. with cabinet regulations pending.
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Nelson
Quebec
Montreal
Michel Chartrand
Defense Department
Canadian Armed Forces Airborne Regiment
Edmonton
Alberta
St. Hubert
Royal Canadian Regiment
Camp Gagetown
N.B
Camp Valcartier
Quebec City
Canada
Trudeau
House of Commons
Nobel Prize Winner Warns Funds Cuts Harm Science
Dr. Julius Axelrod, co recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in medicine, criticizes federal research budget cuts as a mistake that endangers young scientists. He notes his work on brain biochemistry and the development of L Dopa aided Parkinson’s treatment, urging support for ongoing discovery.
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Washington
Julius Axelrod
Rockville
Bernard Katz
London
Ulf von Euler
Stockholm
Axelrod
National Institute of Mental Health
Tme
New York City
Bet
Eral
Police and ambulance records from October incidents
County records note Edward L. Schmitz, 58, ill and taken to St. Francis Hospital at 4:25 a.m. Oct 16. City records show Jeffrey Grzybowski, 17, from La Crosse State University Health Center to St. Francis Hospital with an injured arm at 4:42 p.m. Oct 15. Eva Dickinson, 81, to Lutheran Hospital for illness at 10:57 p.m. Oct 15. Dorann Schaub, 18, from Drake Hall to Lutheran Hospital for a back injury at 1:11 a.m. Oct 16.
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Edward L. Schmitz
St. Francis Hospital
Jeffrey Grzybowski
White Hall
la Crosse State University Health Center
Eva Dickinson
S. 10Th St
Lutheran
Dorann Schaub
Drake Hall
Change In Purchasing Method Proposed By County Board
A proposal to alter La Crosse County purchasing methods was submitted to the County Board. The resolution directs the administration committee to study bid requirements and set conditions for purchases without bidding. Introduced by Supervisor Carl Bruhnke of the 17th District, who has advocated negotiated prices over bids.
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la Crosse County
Carl Bruhnke
17Th Dist
Mindoro Woman Fined for Disorderly Conduct Plea Change
A Mindoro woman, Karen L. Chu ek, 26, changed her plea to guilty on a disorderly conduct charge in La Crosse County Court and was fined 34 dollars. Judge Leonard Roraff imposed the amount after she appeared with attorney Galen Pittman to switch from innocent to guilty for the Oct. 1 incident at Carl's Tavern. A companion, Frank J. Hieronymus Jr., 23, Sparta, had been fined the same after pleading guilty Oct. 2 for a similar charge related to the same event.
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Mindoro
la Crosse County
Leonard Roraff
Karen L. Chuek
Galen Pittman
Carl’s
Frank J. Hieronymus Jr
Sparta
Meat Inspection Agency Rejected by Nixon Aide
The Nixon administration rejected a task force recommendation to create a separate Food Inspection Service within the Agriculture Department. It urged keeping meat and poultry inspection under the Consumer and Marketing Service, citing administrative conflicts and calling for full-time administration of consumer protection while preserving one inspection function. The report noted authority gaps and inefficiencies but suggested most changes could be made without a new agency.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Th Department
Consumer and Marketing Service
Food Inspection Service
Richard E. Lyng
Clayston Yeutter
C&ms
Lyng
USDA
Federal Meat and Poultry
Usda Agency
Hearing Set for Cotterwick in Car Theft Case
A La Crosse youth James T. Cotterwick Jr. 1713 Badger St received a preliminary examination date of Oct 22 in County Court to determine if the state has a case for trial. Assistant D Atty Merwin Melor filed charges alleging Cotterwick took Patrick Riley Hokah Minns car from a city ramp Oct 10. Cotterwick, held by military order for absence without leave, could not be released even if bond posted.
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la Crosse
James T. Cotterwick Jr
Badger Sr
Robert Jeanis
Asst. Dist. Atty
Merwin Mel
Dotterwick
Patrick Riley
Hokah, Minn
Joanis
Cotterwick
Chicago Market Summary Shows Steady Demand and Light Supplies
In Chicago, USDA reports indicate potatoes at 31 on track with total U S ship ments 164 and light supplies while demand remains good and the market steady. Minnesota North Dakota Red River Valley red potatoes fetch 3.10 to 3.25. Wheat No 2 hard red 1.70 to 34. No 2 soft red 1.72 to 34. Corn No 2 yellow 1.43 to 44. No 3 yellow 1.42 to 43. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 73 to 75 cents. Soybeans No 1 yellow and soybean oil around 13.41.
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USDA
U.S
Minnesota-North Dakota
Red River Valley
Winona
C.P
Dakota
Lacrosse
Lansing
T.W
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
Dodge
Rae
Galesville
Co. Penney
A Crosse
Westlem
Pepsico
C. W. Transport
Root
Houston
Allied Stores
Pyroll
Fabritek
Allis-Chalmers
RCA
First Bank
Sun
Alcoa
Keon
Gateway Trans
American Airlines
Sears Roebuck
iLa Crosse
American Motors
Central Tel. & Tel
Trane
TransAmerica Trans
Wallace Bus
Continental Can
Universal Oil Warner Elec. Br
Continental Corp
Winghouse Elec
DuPont
Wis. Power & L
Eastman Kodak
Ford Mics
Dow Jones
General
Trans Generallectric
General Instrum
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodyear Tire
Gambling Case Hearings Set for Pinball Charges
Two La Crosse men returned to County Court on commercial gambling charges from seized pinball machines. Preliminary examinations are set for Nov. 4. Oscar Winter and Carl Guscetti face counts for owning machines in taverns. Each is released on $500 bonds. Patrick Young Jr. had Oct. 3 examination planned. Jim Stansfield Novelty Co. pleaded innocent. Trial to be scheduled.
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la Crosse
Oscar Winter
State St
Carl Guscetti
S. 20Th St
Winter
Guscetti
Patrick Young Jr
Jim Stansfield Novelty Co
Malpractice Suit Settled and Dismissed in La Crosse Case
A malpractice suit brought by Linda Ferguson 16 and her father Roger Ferguson against Dr. Michael J. Watunya in County Court was settled and dismissed. Earlier settlements included checks totaling 8,000 from the doctor and his insurer for alleged wrist cyst misdiagnosis in 1966.
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la Crosse
Linda Ferguson
Roger Ferguson
Park Drive
Michael J. Watunya
Fergusons
Watunya
Linda
Nelson to Speak at Roberts Dinner Roosevelt Wisconsin
Sen Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin will headline an October 24 dinner honoring Virgil Roberts, Holmen, Democratic candidate for the La Crosse County 2nd District assembly seat. The event at the Fireside starts with a 6:30 p.m. cocktail hour and 7:30 p.m. dinner, with tickets from Dr. Allen Brailey Richard Snyder Ida Learner or Cleo Mullock.
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Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Virgil Roberts
Holmen
la Crosse County
2Nd Dist. Assembly
Allen Brailey
Richard Snyder
Ida Learner
Cleo Mulock
Mutual Funds Quoted At Morning Prices In River Readings
Local market notes at 9:00 a.m. show representative inter-dealer bids and asked prices adjusted for markup. Funds listed include Boston Fund Chem. Fund Fidelity Manhattan Mass. Inv. Tr. Mass. Inv. Gr. Natl. Investors Puritan Union Cap. Wisconsin with ranges from about 4.45 to 17.45.
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Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Union Cap. Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady at Chicago Mercantile
Chicago AP report notes butter steady with wholesale buying prices unchanged. Eggs also steady with wholesale eggs unchanged. grade A whites fetch 34 cents, mediums 27 cents, standards 30 cents, checks 18 cents. Scores 93 AA 692, 92 A 692, 90-67% listed.
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Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
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