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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1970

Page

3

Apollo 14 crew to use lunar cart for rock collection

Apollo 14 astronauts plan two moon walks totaling up to 10 hours in Fra Mauro. Edgar Mitchell shows a modular equipment transporter, a shopping cart like device, designed to hold sampling tools and camera. Mitchell says they aim for 60 or 70 pounds of lunar material but would settle for 25, choosing rocks to be sorted on Earth.

Navy Cmdr Edgar D. Mitchell Harry F. Rosenthal Washington Mitchell Alan B. Shepard America Stuart A. Roosa New York Shepard Earth Fra Mauro Isj

U S Hopeful Hanoi Will Pull Out Troops

Informed sources say the United States will accept a private understanding that North Vietnam will remove troops from the south as U S withdrawal proceeds. The Nixon plan omitted mutual withdrawal, signaling possible negotiations, while Hanoi insists on self defense and rejects mutual pullouts. See HANOI, Page 2.

Paris United States North Vietjnam South Vietnam Hanoi Nixon Xuan Thuy U.S North Vietnam America Indochina Washington Saigon

Nixon To Head GOP Team At Starr Tribute in Green Bay

President Nixon will attend a tribute to Bart Starr in Green Bay with GOP political figures and stadium officials. A spokesman said no protest was planned for Brown County Arena while Democrats push for equal time and a peace protest is planned at Austin Straubel Field by the End the War Committee.

Nixon Bart Starr Green Bay Bay Packer Bart St. Norbert College Lawrence Starr Achlach Ctara Thians National Football League Packers Olson Erickson GOP Defense Melvin R. Laird Warren P. Knowles John Byrnes R-Wis Gaylord Nelson Lawrence O’brien Green Bay Area Starr Austin Straubel Field New Jersey Newark Teterboro Ocean Grove Harrison A. Williams Nelson Gross Pennsylvania Lancaster Middletown Senate Hugh Scott Raymond Broderick Milton Shapp Maryland Michigan Minnesota Nevada Julie David Eisenhower Nixons St. Louis Tricia Clark MacGregor

Rogers and Gromyko meet in UN talks on major issues

At United Nations, Rogers and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko wrapped a four hour dine-and-talk session to assess tensions over Middle East truces, West Berlin conditions, Suez standstill missiles, and Indochina peace plans. Officials called the atmosphere businesslike though U S concerns persist with a follow-up set for Monday night.

United Nations N.Y William P. Rogers Andrei A. Gromyko U.S Kremlin Middle East West Berlin Nixon Indochina Robert J. McCloskey Soviet Union Suez Rogers

Chicago Cop Shot Five Times Dies In Surgery

Chicago police officer Patrolman John J. Matonich, 33, mortally wounded in a late night gun battle outside the Stadium, died in surgery after five chest wounds. gunman Don Davis, 21, died of his wounds. bystanders and taxi driver Mark Osberg helped pursue and shoot. Davis had prior weapon arrest. incident linked to robbery of taxi driver and ensuing car collisions.

Chicago John J. Matonich Matonich Timothy Allman Allman Warren Linding Mark Osberg Don

C5 Transport Damaged On Flight Line

A C5 Galaxy transport exploded and burned on the flight line at Lockheed Georgia Co in Dobbins Air Force Base Georgia killing one Lockheed employee and injuring another During defueling operation three explosions rocked the aircraft The plane owned by the Air Force had been returned to Lockheed for test purposes The incident drew attention to the controversial program and prompted FBI involvement noted in the report

Dobbins Air Force Base Lockheed-Georgia Co Lockheed Doug Wheeler Wheeler John Eckhardt Dobbins Air Force William Proxmire D-Wis

Steam Pipe Explosion Fatal to Two Men in Stickney Plant

In Stickney on Friday a steam pipe explosion at the Metropolitan Sanitary District plant killed two workers. Victims were Frank Ingo of Park Ridge and Douglas Kohler, 28, of Arlington Heights. Police said the blast was not a bomb.

Chicago Metropolitan Sanitary District Stickney Frank Ingo Park Ridge Douglas Kohler Arlington Heights

Heavy metals seen as threat to lakes

Madison AP reporting from Wisconsin cites scientists and industrialists at the Sea Grant Conference detailing heavy metal pollution risks in the Great Lakes. C M Shigley of Dow Chemical notes mercury from chlorine plants, while officials warn Lake Erie is degraded and Lake Ontario may cross a threshold by 1986.

Madison, Wis Great Lakes University of Wisconsin National Oceanic and Atmospheric C. M. Shigley Dow Chemical Co Dow Shigley P.M. Higgins Department of Fisheries and Forestry Lake Erie Lake Ontario Lake Michigan Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota

Water Main Installation To Close Intersection

The intersection of South Avenue and Losey Boulevard will be closed Monday through Friday for installation of a water main on South Avenue from Losey to 21st Street. Through traffic on South Avenue remains allowed. Motorists on Losey Robinsdale Avenue or South Avenue will be prohibited from turning onto the other streets during construction. There will be only one northbound lane on South Avenue.

South Avenue Losey

Quiet Weekend Weather With Mild Temperatures

Fair and mild conditions for Saturday night and Sunday with a low near 40 and high around 70. Small chance of precipitation 0 to 5 percent. Monday remains partly cloudy and mild with a low near 40.

UW Will Aid Children Of Slain Scholar

Madison Wisconsin AP report says the University of Wisconsin board of regents pledged undergraduate education for the three children of Robert Fassnacht, the UW researcher killed in the August 24 Sterling Hall bombing. Fassnacht is survived by his widow, a 3 year old son Christopher, and year old twins Heidi and Karen. Regents president Bernard Ziegler called it the least they could do.

Madison, Wis University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Robert Fassnacht Sterling Hall Fassnacht Christopher Heidi Karen Bernard Ziegler

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