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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1970

Page

2

Kent State riot indictments widen after campus violence

In Ravenna Ohio prosecutors announce indictments in connection with May Kent State University violence. 21 year old ex student Richard Felber faces first degree riot and arson charges while 42 year old Kent State sociology professor Dr Thomas Lough is charged with inciting to riot. The list includes 25 people, mostly students, tied to the campus unrest and the ROTC building fire amid the four dead.

Ravenna Ohio Kent State University Richard Felber Akron Portage County Mansfield Reformatory Thomas S. Lough Kent Kent State Felber

Young Lords seize coffin seek jail murder inquiry in church

In East Harlem a Young Lords funeral seizure ends with militants brandishing rifles at First Methodist Church to demand an investigation of Julio Roldan’s death, claimed murder by the group while officials say he died by his own action in Tombs prison.

New York Young Lords East Harlem First Spanish Methodist Church Julio Roldan Manhattan Roldan Richard Perez Lords

AF Officer From City Is Based In Florida

VALPARAISO Fla Air Force Lt Col William C Knothe of La Crosse is at Elgin AFB assisting systems support for the AF Armament Laboratory. A 20 year veteran he previously served at Andrews AFB Md and has Viet Nam duty. A 1944 Aquinas High School graduate he holds a math degree from the University of Wisconsin and an aeronautical engineering degree from the Air Force Institute of Technology Wright Patterson AFB Ohio. His wife Jessie is formerly of Kenosha.

Valparaiso Fla Air Force William C. Knothe la Crosse Elgin Afb AF Armament Laboratory C. H. Knothe S. 21St St Andrews Afb Vietnam Aquinas High School University of Wisconsin Col. Knothe Air Force Institute of Technology Wright- Patterson Afb Ohio Jessie Kenosha

Holmen PTA Plans Panel on Social Ills and Drugs

Holmen Wis a three man panel discussion on social dis eases and drugs will be part of the Holmen PTA meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the Holmen High School gymnasium Panelists include Dr Elmer Rohde of Galesville Donald Wingers and Mrs Henry Hemker An open house will precede at Oak Grove Midway and Maple Shade schools at 7 15 p m and Holmen schools from 7 30 to 8 p m

Holmen Wis Holmen Pta Holmen High School Elmer Rohde Galesville Donald Wingers Henry Hemker Oak Grove Midway Maple Shade

Probation Given 2 In Cattle Rustling Case

Two La Crosse youths pleaded guilty to cattle rustling charges and received two years probation from Judge Peter Pappas. Joseph Betsinger, 19, and Ricky McCormick, 22, admitted stealing two Holstein calves worth $75 each from Richard Witte’s farm in Mindoro on March 5. Karl Henthorn, 19, already serving three years for burglary, had his case continued as he sought to withdraw a prior statement. a hearing was ordered to determine if that statement was voluntary.

la Crosse Joseph G. Betsinger Prospect St Ricky L. McCormick Avon St Peter Pappas Richard Witte R. J Mindoro Karl T. Henthorn la Crosse St Henthorn Green Bay Reformatory

County Demos Meet Tuesday

The La Crosse County Democratic Party will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Drendel's 400 Club. An executive board meeting will be at 7 p.m. Speakers include state treasurer candidate Charles P. Smith and local candidates for November. A dinner Thursday features Sen. William Proxmire and Ray Short.

la Crosse County Democratic Party Drendel’s S. 3Rd St Charles P. Smith Madison William Boma Edith Klos Michael Schneider Register of Deeds Robert Whiteway Nelson Buzz) Miller Virgil Roberts William Proxmire Ray Short Drendel Gaylord Nelson Roberts Highway 16

La Crosse Tribune Publishing Details and Rates

La Crosse Tribune published daily and Sundays by Lee Enterprises Inc. with editors and staff listed. Official notice of second class postage, rates for single copy and carrier delivery, and mail rates available upon request.

la Crease Tribune 4Th and Cass Sts la Crosse Wis

Delta Queen Cruises End of an Era Marks American History

The Delta Queen river ship offered Southern style meals with mint grown on board and a social director for tours. In 1968 brochures advertised 20 day Cincinnati to New Orleans and 11 day Ohio Cumberland Tennessee river trips with stops in Louisville Natchez New Orleans Vicksburg Memphis Cairo Evansville Madison Nashville St Louis and more. Prices ranged 176 to 330 for St Louis to New Orleans trips. When the 1700 ton vessel reaches La Crosse Tuesday the era may end.

Mark Twain Orleans Paul Jones Ohio Mississippi Cincinnati-to New Orleans Louisville Natchez Miss Vicksburg Memphis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Kentucky Lake Upper Mississippi St. Paul Minneapolis St. Louis la Crosse

Cash Grain and Livestock Prices From Chicago and South St. Paul

Wheat and corn futures cited along with soybeans and oils. South St. Paul cattle, hogs, and vealers market activity described with price ranges for slaughter steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and calves. Chicago produce details note butter, eggs, and potatoes with wholesale price levels and track sales.

Cash Grain Chicago South ST. Paul South ST. Paul, Minn USDA

Stock Quotations and Market Averages Report

The record lists noon quotations from Allied Stores to Wisconsin Power and Light with figures in percentages and dollars. Dow Jones averages show Industrials at 760.34 down 3.01, Transpor at 152.49 down 1.66, Utilities at 106.3 down 0.2, volume 2,880,000, NYSE index 45.67. National Association of Securities Dealers quotes interdealer prices as of 9:00 a.m. for mutual funds and several funds with bid and ask ranges.

Allied Stores Allis-Chalmers Alcoa American Airlines American Motors American Tel. & Tel Atlantic Richfield Burlington Ind Burlington Northern Central Tel. & Tel Chrysler Continental Can Continental Corp du Pont Eastman Kodak Ford General Dynamics General Electric General Instruments General Motors General Telephone Goodyear Tire Gulf of G. Heileman Brg IBM Int. Harvester Int. Tel. & Tel Jim Walter Kresge Lee Enterprises Marcor Minnesota Mining Mobil Oi Monsanto Chemical Mgic Natl. Cash Register No. States Power Northwest Bancorp Olin Industries Outboard Marine Ij C. Penney Pepsico Mission Pyroil C. W. Transport RCA Fabritek Raytheon 1St Bank Sys Sears Roebuck Gateway Trans Sperry Rand Godfrey Co Standard Oil Calif Ind Howell Instr N.J Swift McQuay, Inc Texaco Moore’s Seafood Trane Central Air Transamerica Roanwell U.S. Steel Transcon Universal Oil Wallace Business Westinghouse Elec Warner Elec. Br Weyerhauser Werner National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc Mutual Funds Boston Fund Chemical Fund Eaton & Howard Eberstadt Fund Fidelity Fund Manhattan Fund Mass. Inv Puritan Fund Union Capital Fd Wisconsin Fund

Funds Pile Up in Washington for Senate Campaigns

A Washington based fundraising scene shows committees for Muskie and Olssen active in public reporting, with Muskie's group listing 163000 dollars raised through October. Hidden funds surface from labor circles like the Harrison Williams DC Committee, while others cite law gaps hindering disclosures.

Pagetee Maryland Education D.C Muskie IBM Labor Harrison A. Williams Williams Senate Labor Committee Ralph W. Yarborough D-Tex Senate D.C. Law Fred Israel D.C. Humphrey Washington

Kothe Attacks Olson Lucey Over Day Care Stance in Kenosha

Theodore Kothe of Onalaska, a American party candidate for lieutenant governor, blasted Patrick Lucey and Jack Olson on free day care centers and welfare benefits in a Kenosha speech. He accused the proposals of raising taxes and tied them to the Governor's Commission on Equal Rights for Women, criticizing a guaranteed annual income and unemployment benefits contrasted with welfare dental and medical services.

Theodore Kothe Onalaska Patrick Lucey Jack Olson Kenosha Kothe Olson Lucey Commission On Equal Rights For Wisconsin

Gourmet Dishes From Kiwanis Tasting Night

Gourmet dishes will be offered to guests at the Cooking School and Homemaker Show in the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. Vincent Cacciapaglia and team prepare the samples for tasting. Organizers have served gourmet dinners at recent arts festival events. Samples will run at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday for attendees to vote on favorites for potential inclusion in a 1971 lineup.

Mary E. Sawyer Coulee Region Kiwanis Club Vincent Cacciapaglio Greater la Crosse Area

De Soto Soldier Killed In Vietnam

Pvt. Jerry De Long of De Soto Wisconsin, son of Mr and Mrs Leland De Long, was reported killed in Vietnam. No details were immediately available. The De Longs learned of his death Saturday night.

DE Soto Wis Jerry de Long Leland de Long Vietnam de Longs

Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran supper rescheduled

The Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church dinner menu changes. The lidorfisk meatball and cheese supper will be served Thursday October 29 from 4 to 8 p.m., not October 22 as previously listed in the Coulee Calendar in Sunday's Tribune.

Westby-Coon Prairie Lutheran Church Tribune

Weather outlook for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa

Partly cloudy Monday night and warmer in southern Wisconsin and Minnesota. North and central Wisconsin mainly partly sunny with variable clouds. A chance of rain in extreme south Wisconsin Tuesday. Minnesota turns partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday and a little warmer. Iowa also partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday with warmer Tuesday.

Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa

Deaths in La Crosse Area Include Fabian New Williams Obituaries

obituary notices for Alvin H. Fabian of Bangor Carl Wieman Sr. of La Crosse and Hilda L. New of La Crosse list services, burial plans, and memorials. Fabian, died Oct 17 in a La Crosse hospital. New, a musician, died Oct 16 at 78. Williams, 73, died Oct 17 in a local rest home. Services set in churches and Sletten-McKee-Hanson Funeral Home with church, cemetery details and survivor lists.

Frank Stellick 74 Dies. Services Planned by Schumacher

Frank Stellick aged 74 of 921 Farnam Street died in a local hospital Sunday October 18. Funeral services are tentatively set for Wednesday with arrangements to be announced by Schumacher Funeral Home.

Frank Stellick Farnam St Schumacher Funeral Home

Obituary: Carl Scheck 56 Dies in Local Hospital

Carl Scheck 56 of 1747 Rose St died Monday morning Oct 19 in a local hospital. Born March 11 1914 in Stoddard he worked for Trane Co. Survived by widow Alice three sons Ralph Ronald Roger two to four dozen relatives including seven grandchildren eight sisters and two brothers. Services set for Wednesday 1:30 p.m. at Dickinson Funeral Home Jackson St Chapel with burial at Mormon Coulee Memorial Park. Friends may call Tuesday after 4 p.m.

Carl Scheck Rose St Stoddard Trane Co Alice Ralph Ronald la Crosse Roger Black River Falls Caroline Thesing Herman Edna) Schlicht Helmer Marie) Stenslen Dickinson Jackson St. Chapel John Hosman Mormon Coulee Memorial Park

Death notices for Arthur Leese and Grace Kathan

Arthur J. Leese, 57, of 3007 S 26th St, died Sunday evening October 18 at a local hospital. Born December 1, 1912 in Minneapolis, he was an accountant for La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor plant at Genoa. Surviving include a son Steven, daughters Kathleen and Barbara, brother Frank, sisters Hildegard Carroll and Evelyn Leese. Services in Minneapolis Wednesday. Dickinson Funeral Home is arranging. Grace V. Kathan, 85, of 6809 Blaisdell Ave S, Minneapolis, died Saturday afternoon October 17 in a Minneapolis hospital. She was born on the family farm in South Ridge.

Arthur J. Leese S. 26Th St Minneapolis Minn la Crosse Genoa Erma Steven Kathleen Barbara Tionesta Frank Leese New Castle Robert (Hildegard) Carroll Lorain Ohio Evelyn Leese Dickinson Funeral Home Grace V. Kathan Blaisdell Ave South Ridge

U S Holds Back Evidence Of Cease Fire Violations

United Nations report notes U S undecided on revealing Egyptian Soviet cease fire breach evidence to General Assembly. Rogers to meet Gromyko amid debate over Middle East issues. Israel demands missile rollback before talks. Riad defends weapons moves as security measures. Meir calls for cease fire compliance.

U.S United Nations, N.Y U.N. General Assembly Suez Canal General Assembly Middle East U.N William P. Rogers Berlin Andrei A. Gromyko Rogers Gromyko Israel Mideast Egypt United States Riad Jon Te

Death notice for Minn. woman with La Crescent ties

A Minn area resident who lived in La Crescent before moving to Minneapolis died July 21, 1885. She is survived by two brothers George Kathan of Onalaska and Walter of La Crescent, and a sister Mrs. Floyd Rittenhouse of Minneapolis. Services set for Wednesday at 1 p.m. at La Crescent Methodist Church with Rev. John Phillippe. Burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Nelson Funeral Home Tuesday after 4 p.m. and at the church Wednesday from noon until the service.

Minn la Crescent Minneapolis George Kathan Onalaska Walter Floyd (Maude) Rittenhouse la Crescent Methodist Church John Phillippe Prospect Hill Nelson Funeral Home

State Highway Fatalities Rise As Weekend Crashes Claim Ten

The Associated Press reports Wisconsin’s 1970 highway death toll reached 907, up by ten from a year ago. Victims include Pasqual Bonilla, 72, of Belgium, and Fructuosa Martinez, 72, in a head on collision near Oostburg. Other names: Harold Repphan, 48, Sheboygan. Richard Garrett, 17, and Mark Tuska, 17, Cudahy. Jennie Maskewit, 48, Three Lakes. Thomas Bunsa, 26, Peshtigo. Jennie Cady, 91, Eau Claire. Veronica Bertram, 53, Pewaukee. John Fredericks, 18, Appleton. Helen Kuberski, 80, Lohrville. All incidents cited occurred on various Wisconsin roads over the weekend.

Associated Press Sheboygan Wisconsin Ozaukee County Pascual Bonilla Belgium Oostburg U.S. 141 Fructuosa Martinez Harold Repphan Cudahy Richard Garrett Mark Tuska Jennie Maskewit Three Lakes Oneida Thomas Bunsa Peshtigo Helen Kuberski Lohrville Waushara County Cleveland Ohio Wautoma St. Michael’s Hospital Stevens Point

Multiple shoplifting arrests in Lansing and nearby towns

Two Lansing youths, a 17 year old boy and a 15 year old girl, were arrested at Bell Discount Department Store on Causeway Boulevard for stealing more than 55 dollars of merchandise. Clothing valued at 26.42 was taken and 29.71 in additional items was found in their car. A 14 year old Onalaska girl and a 17 year old La Crosse boy were also charged for separate theft and price tag alteration incidents.

Lansing Iowa Bell Discount Department Store Causeway Blvd Bell Onalaska la Crosse Allamakee County la Crosse County

Suspect Charged in Shiocton Roadside Shooting

Rafael Martinez, 35, of rural Shiocton, was charged with endangering safety by conduct regardless of life after allegedly firing at a motorist who pulled alongside his car Saturday night. The felony warrant names Martinez.

Shiocton Rafael Martinez

Birth Announcements in Wisconsin California and New York

In Racine at St Marys Hospital a daughter was born October 16 to Mr and Mrs Hans Christiansen of Ra line with Joyce Schroeder formerly of Hokah Minnesota noted. In Willows California on October 14 a son Kelvin James to Mr and Mrs James Carney with Anne Klinske formerly of Caledonia Minnesota listed. In New York City on October 8 a daughter Jennifer Joerg to Mr and Mrs Robert Blum with Frances Ann Joerg formerly of Caledonia Minnesota mentioned. Memorial Hospital Tomah Wisconsin site noted.

Hans Christiansen Raline Joyce Schroeder Hokah Minn Willows Calif Kelvin James James Carney Anne Klinske Caledonia New York City N.Y Jennifer Joerg Robert Blum Frances Ann Joerg Caledonia, Minn Tomah Wis

Supreme Court to rule on flag desecration laws

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a New York art dealer case challenging a state flag desecration law as violating the First Amendment. Stephen Radich exhibited works using the flag and was convicted in 1967. Dissenting actions included rulings on firearms registration and rail passenger notices.

Washington Supreme Court New York Robert Kalousky York Sharon Levi Joseph Valachi Cosa Nostra Stephen Radich Madison Avenue

Marine leader Walt dies after long career in Vietnam era

Walt, a double Navy Cross and Silver Star recipient, led Marine forces in Vietnam from May 1965 to June 1967 during the buildup amid sharp criticism of tactics. He later served as director of personnel and was named assistant commandant in 1968. McCutcheon, a WWII and Korea veteran, is now on his second Vietnam tour.

Page Vietnam Walt Washington Marine Corps Leonard F. Chapman McCutcheon Korea

Fire Claims Mother and Daughter in Mobile Home Blaze

A mobile home fire in Friendship kills Columbia County mother Mrs. Gerald Salzwedel, 36, of Columbus and her 15 month old daughter Lisa Ann. Authorities say a faulty electric heater sparked heat strong enough to melt aluminum door and window frames. The husband slept in a converted bus nearby.

Woman Faces Charge Of Shooting Husband In Appleton

Appleton, AP. Outagamie County District Attorney James R. Long said he could charge 38 year old Joan Lango with injury by conduct regardless of life in the pre dawn shooting of her husband Richard Lango 39. Long based the charge on a signed statement Lango gave to police Saturday night describing shooting him as he slept on a living room couch. Richard Lango is hospitalized in Appleton recovering from wounds.

Appleton Outagamie County James R. Long Long Joan L. Lango Richard Lango

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