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La Crosse Tribune (Newspaper) - October 19, 1967, La Crosse, Wisconsin Final a a a a edition my. New amp a Tribune weather partly Cloudy lower 40s, precipitation probability 10 per cent tonight. Little temperature change a High near 60, precipitation probability Friday 20 per cent. Volume 63 number 154 32 pages la Crosse Wisconsin thursday evening october 19 1967 four sections Price ten cents by Ralph Dighton associated press science writer Pasadena Calif. Apr Mariner 5 skimmed within 2,480 Miles of Venus at 12 34 . Cd today on an atmosphere sampling Mission similar to that of a russian Craft which parachuted a capsule to the planets surface wednesday. Flight controllers at the Jet propulsion Laboratory said signals indicated All instruments were working and data was being recorded on tape for playback several hours later. A a a one of the key experiments measuring atmospheric depth and density by distortion of radio Waves a took place As the 540-Pound Craft swept behind Venus at a Speed of 19,000 Miles per hour shortly after its closest approach. The tinkling tones of its radio Carrier wave which carries coded data signals were interrupted As the Craft was hidden from Earth by the planet. Bending of the Waves by Venus a Cloudy atmosphere which the soviet Venus 4 confirmed As mostly Carbon dioxide and extremely hot was expected to show the density of the atmosphere and How far it extends from the surface. The signals stopped at 10 37 . And resumed 23 minutes later. During the flyby instruments on Mariner 5 measured the amount of Hydrogen and oxygen in the upper fringes of Venus atmosphere. From this . Scientists Hope to deduce the density of the heavier lower Lay by Robert a. Hunt and questioned the ethics of a or of Carbon dioxide and thus Washington a House now retired general Check the accuracy of the rus invest gators accuse the army it was a at least unethical for Sian Craft s findings. Of a a unbelievable handling of maj. Gen. Nelson m. Lynde jr., the controversial m16 Rifle pro to was commanding general of the army weapons command in a blistering report after a at the time of the initial pro soviet spacecraft this is the soviet venera-3 spacecraft of the Type that landed on the planet Venus in March of last year. Wednesday the soviet Union accomplished the first soft Landing on the planet with an instrument capsule from its Venus 4.�?ap wire photo. Army blistered for deficiencies in m16 Rifle 13 us riot leaders expelled suspended class Boycott j move begins at Madison Campus newspapers deplore us violence strength of emissions from sunlight excited atoms of Hydro to a Gen and oxygen was a measure of heat sphere. Could calculate from this the heat on the surface which Ven six month investigation a House Crement to accept employ in the upper Atmo arme Ltd services subcommittee ment with Fairbanks Whitney scientists said they the major contributor to now Colt industries inc., five malfunctions of the weapon months after his 1964 retirement ,., could be traced to using an am from the army the report said us 4 radioed was 53b degrees munition not designed nor de a a a fahrenheit. Eloped for use in the m16. A in spite of his assertion of no estimates of the time it would failure on part of of interest in the m16 Rifle Active take Mariner 5 to have its Sig with authority in the ties a the subcommittee report nals blacked out by Venus had to cause acti0n to be tak it Aid a this name appears on Dis ranged from 11 minutes to 26 in to Correct the deficiencies of Tributino lists for inter company minutes depending upon the ammunition Borders on memorandums involving the actual diameter of the planet criminal negligence a the report m16.�?� to l released wednesday night said. Lynde could not be reached playback of the recorded tape army spokesmen were study for comment was to Start 14 hours after in eng document and had no the report said Colt negotiate counter. A spokesman said it Imp mediate comment. De fixed Price contracts on a 10 would be a Day or More before per cent profit basis. But it con data could be Analysed and pre be army is committed to tended a review revealed prof luminary results announced buy More than 1.4 million of the its ranging from 19.6 per cent a about the Best we can do lightweight rapid firing rifles for 1965 to 13.4 per cent for the immediately is say whether the which Are being used in the first four months of this year instruments were working Dur Vietnam War. Henry Hillman Colts vice ing the Fly byte said. The Rifle As initially devel president for Public relations Mariner 5 was designed to oped was described As a an sex denied there had been any sex measure the density and Tern Cellenti and reliable weapons Cess profits and said his firm of Venus Cloudy at but the subcommittee said the welcomes an audit. Determine if the army ordered modifications a a it a the most efficient Auto and Matic Rifle available in the Madison apr Madison a two daily newspapers today deplored editorially the University of Wisconsin Campus demonstrations wednesday that brought use of tear Gas and night Sticks and hospitalized students and police. A Fri a a it was a Black Black Day on the Campus equally Black for the proud state of Wisconsin a said the morning Wisconsin state journal. A so tragic so very tragic disappointing ineffective misdirected protest a it added. A a a the journal called the student action futile and said it disrupted operations of the school without a causing one Iota of change in Federal policies that they the afternoon capital times said a there was no acceptable alternative for the University to the course it took in ordering the disruptive students cleared from the a a a the times added a if it had acceded to the demands of this Small minority it would have faced continuing disruption. If Dow can be stopped from interviewing on the Campus Procter amp Gamble can because it makes soap for the armed forces. A a. The University administration must be held accountable to the people of this state to keep the University functioning for the great majority who Are Here for an education. This requires order. Order should be maintained. If it takes the National guard to do it let it be the National by Arthur l. Srb Madison apr Wisconsin a acting governor announced to the state legislature today that 13 student leaders of an Antiwar protest at the University of Wisconsin wednesday have been expelled or suspended and a class Boycott move started immediately. Minutes after it. Gov. Jack Olson made the announcement to legislators some 1,500 demonstrators gathered on the Campus to cheer for a Boycott. By Dow chemical co., manufacturer of napalm for the War in Vietnam. The halt in interviews he Pesature Moshere planet has a magnetic Field and which were unnecessary detect any radiation trapped in were not supported by test data world today a Hillman said it. The subcommittee headed by answers to these questions rep. Richard Ichord d-mo., were radioed wednesday by a also criticized sole source As soviet capsule parachuted to the pets of the Rifle program planets surface from the called for government audits of 2,400-Pound Venus 4. . Scien but it the the Colt firearms co., the lists said the 500-Pound Mariner manufacturer and Olin Mathie-5�?Ts findings would be Welcome son producer of the powder As a Check on the accuracy of used in ammunition for the m16, the soviet reports. J a a vent two a students enrolled Lier. In calling for an audit of contracts awarded to Olin Mathie son the investigators said this firms status As sole source of Ball propellants for Many years a and their close relationship with the army a y have in see Rifle Page 2 russian experts said wednesday that data radioed by the capsule showed surface temperature of 536 degrees fahrenheit and an atmospheric pressure 15 times that of Earth. The atmosphere was reported made up mostly of Carbon dioxide with traces of oxygen and water vapor. The russians said their probe detected no magnetic Field and thus no trapped radiation. Mariner 5 was not designed to enter Venus atmosphere and so could not measure Carbon Dion see Venus. Page 2 at leu for fall semester la Crosse state University a enrolment has increased 13.2 per cent this fall with 5,111 students registered for the first semester 597 More than last years enrolment of 4,514. The total includes 4,883 undergraduate students and another 228 in the graduate College according to registrar Robert o. Leroy. The graduate enrolment is up 48 per cent from last years 154 students. The College of letters and science has the largest enrolment of undergraduates with 2,280, followed by the College of education with 1,332, and the College of health recreation and physical education with 1,271. Approximately 13 per cent of the undergraduates come from out of state 30 of them from foreign countries. The student body is composed of 2,735 men and 2,376 women and includes 770 married students. Yells at police shouting a dirty fascist a an enraged University of Wisconsin student yells at police in Madison wednesday when the officers started using night Sticks and tear Gas to break up a student demonstration against Campus Job recruitment by a chemical firm. Several persons were injured in the telephoto. La Follette sees police brutality Madison a atty. Gen. Bronson la Follette said wednesday night that the right to protest peacefully at the University of Wisconsin May have been set Back by what he termed a police brutality in breaking up an anti War demonstration at the Madison Campus wednesday. A a a la Follette speaking to the Dane county democrats said members of his staff were on the scene and witnessed the alleged a a brutality incidents when riot equipped police formed a wedge and cleared demonstrators from a building hallway they were blocking. At least 65 persons including several policemen were reported injured. Night Sticks and tear Gas were used to scattered demonstrators. A a a the democratic attorney general said he would ask the us administration to a see to it that the out and out brutality that occurred this afternoon is never repeated again on this University Campus or any other University Campus in the state of la Follette said he might decide to refuse to defend the uni in William Unger a 25-year-old said was to a guard the safety teaching assistant from mount of our Morris 111., termed the suspend i the state Assembly angered Sions a selective Dis criminal by news of the uprising Dorset a Resolution asking expulsion of students arrested in the crowd then broke up into skin. The lawmakers a Small groups and began picket proved the measure 94-5. Ing various buildings in the Cen hundreds of students blocked trial Campus area carrying signs Jed corridors of the Commerce urging students and faculty to building near the Center of the stay away from classes. 33,000 student University for University officials called in nearly three hours before police riot trained police wednesday to made their move break the sit in at the com an order from Campus police Merce building and a wild chief Ralph Hanson that they Melee erupted. But Demontra disperse was met with jeers tors won one Point. From protest leaders who sex Chancellor William h. Sewell sorted their followers to a meet announced wednesday night he Force with would suspend at least Tempo a if they want blood we a give warily further student interviews them blood a shouted a demonstrator before a Phalanx of 30 helmeted City police stormed the Entrance of the Commerce building. Dozens of demonstrators were clubbed with riot Sticks and at least three policemen and a photographer were struck by bricks and rocks during the Melee. At least 65 persons were treated at University hospitals for injuries but officials declined to release their names. A it a Madison police aided by 30 Campus police cleared corridors of the Commerce building within 10 minutes but met stiff resistance outside from hundreds of milling students who refused to withdraw despite repeated use of tear Gas by police. A i deeply regret that it was necessary to bring police to the Campus a Sewell said in a statement. A this was done Only after our officers and staff found it impossible to maintain Law and Sewell noted that the protesters had been warned in Advance of the sit in they faced possible expulsion if they interfered with the Dow interviews. A similar protest against Dow last february led to the arrest of 19 protesters. Two were later convicted of disorderly conduct and jailed. One of them Robert Cohen 24, of Levittown pa., a teaching assistant also was on hand for wednesdays protest. Sewell said the University would prefer charges against leaders of the demonstration and. A a suspend them from school. Their Madison apr while uni to take action on this by god we what is going on. Cass he added would re varsity of Wisconsin students it. Gov. Jack Olson the Ferre j to the s a cent conduct seethed Over napalm and the the Senate did no to. But the As states ranking executive officer comi Rottee Vietnam War wednesday state Sembly approved 94-5 a resold while gov. Warren p. Knowles Sewell was issuing his lawmakers a scant mile away Tion calling for stiff penalties is attending the National Gover statement firemen were sum seethed at student Demontra for students arrested in the cur norms conference on shipboard in Money to the office of Joseph tons. Rent demonstrations against the the Atlantic addressed both Kauffman Dean of student of a a in a sick and tired of the Stu Dow chemical co., a producer houses on the current crisis. Airs t extinguish a Blaze at map wire photo Madison police use night Sticks to rout us students demonstrators protest Campus Job recruiting by chemical firm. Students seethe Over napalm lawmakers seethe Over riots dents running the University a of napalm for the Vietnam War. Said sen. Leland Mcparland d the Resolution called the pro Olson said officials of the National guard had conferred with the front door of his office. An oily rag which had been set Senate May be sympathetic House votes to Cut spending $7 billion Washington apr pres a write into an emergency fund ident Johnson a budget director testified thursday a Resolution passed by the House wednesday night would Force government spending cuts of something like $6 billion to $8 billion. Charles l. Schultze testified before the Senate appropriations committee. Administration forces Are hopeful it will junk or greatly water Down the spending restrictions voted by the House. Indicative of that Hope was a statement from George Christian White House press Secretary a the matter is still pending. Well wait and see what Christian declined More direct comment. The House voted 238 to 164 to ing Bill two stringent spending limitations sponsored by a Republican and a Southern democratic Leader. The basis measure was one of a series of Bills for temporary financing to carry government agencies Over while their regular financing appropriations Are pending. A a the current temporary financing runs out monday. On the key vote 67 democrats joined 171 republicans against 155 democrats and 9 republicans. The major provision of the House Resolution would require that government agencies with some major exceptions hold spending in the current fiscal year to last years Levels. Schultze testified this would mean limiting expenditures to $129.4 billion a reduction of $7.1 billion compared to the current budget estimate of Federal expenditures in the current fiscal year that began july 1. He said this estimate of expenditures is apart from any Vietnam War costs additional increase in spending Cudahy. A we should throw these tests a a flagrant abuse and per police but troops would not be a Karph at the Guys version of the treasured Trade ordered onto the Campus unless firemen cd extent of a a a a tons of academic freedoms i specifically requested by local the j was not nmn Mcparland blasted the school asked the regents for the school authorities. Outside the Library at an eve administration for being a too to expel unruly students if Nec Ray a Abu. 30q faculty varsity in any litigation that soft with protesters then add Essary. He said he believed police members joined 3 500 Young per might arise from the a if the governor Isnit going a if there Are any faculty 13 handle the situation. Sons and fastened to leaders pro members involved they should helmeted police used night test against Dow and the uni be fired said asst. Senate i Sticks and tear Gas wednesday ver Stys use 0f police. Jority Leader Taylor Benson d afternoon to break up the dem a the University should Send Franksville he called for sex on stration after the protesters Dow Home now and Send Thespo aulsion of students arrested by refused to leave the Commerce Jice 0ff the Campus a said Phil building where Dow was inter u Hammond 36, sociology previewing applicants for employ Fessor. David Ranney 28, a professor of Urban affairs said it was fire guts business unnecessary for the University 1 d in i a a 11 Ito Cahn the pm Nice an i added where to find it gilding in May Vwg that he and other faculty Mem. Mayville apr a two Bers were considering a strike. senators briefly visit ment financing measure beyond the the level of the budget year that e j a massive rally on Campus monday deadline. Ended june 30. Rep. Jamie l. Late wednesday a just to see Many members of Congress Whitten d-miss., who proposed \ have said spending should be it exempted activities connected with the Vietnam War military veterans benefits in Cut before taxes Are increased. President Johnson has asked for a 10 per cent surcharge on per Terest on the National debt and Sonal and corporate income tax the Highway social Security is mostly to for increasing welfare and medicare programs. Additionally the presi a Dent would be authorized to on the Vietnam War and from the president and Congress make exceptions for the Post civilian and military raises have been fighting Back and office department and internal Forth about which should do the Revenue service cutting. Johnson says he can to the other limitation was slice spending until Congress backed by rep. Frank t. Bow has finished appropriating and of Ohio and practically All his he knows what he has to work Republican colleagues. It w Ould with. Set what Bow called an absolute one provision of the Bill ceiling of $131.5 billion on spend passed wednesday requires that ing during the present fiscal spending this year be held at see spending Page 2 above the presidents request administration democrats predicted the Senate would either delete or greatly water Down the spending restrictions and the matter would go to a conference of the two houses. Such a conference however could deadlock and hold up the Page births. .4 Bridge. 8 classified adv. 29, 30 and 31 comics movies amp to. .22 Community news 18 crossword Puzzle 23 daily records 14 death notices. 3 editorials. 6 local news. 17 markets. 2 sports. 25, 26 and 27 Tri state deaths. 3 weather map 3 women a news 9-12 Story building occupied by the Olson gift shop and the Frieda to Civ recovered Walker family was gutted by _ fire Early today. No one was in Hirrom Minn. Lak6 Jared. Crosby Minn. Apr Crow a police officer on routine a Wing county sheriff s deputies tool on South main St. Dis recovered the body of Earl l. Covered the fire. When firemen Seeley 35, of Minneapolis from arrived flames were shooting Serpent Lake Here wednesday through the roof of the evening Structure. They remained at the search for Seeley had been scene until Daylight. Underway since tuesday even the cause of the fire was in ing when his boat was found determined immediately and washed up on Shore. Seeley had there was no estimate of the been staying at a Lakeshore 1 loss. Cabin prior to the growing

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