No Motive No Suspects In Slayings In California Home
Investigators found the killer vehicle used to escape a burning hilltop mansion where eye surgeon Dr Victor Ohta his wife Dorothy Cadwallader two sons Derrick and Taggart and secretary were bound shot to death and dumped into a pool. A green Oldsmobile station wagon from Virginia Ohio was found burning in a nearby tunnel by a Southern Pacific train engineer who moved it out with the train. No motive or suspects identified and authorities continued to question pedestrians and vehicles along California 9. Two Ohio daughters Taura and Lark Elizabeth were safe.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Virginia Ohio
Southern Pacific
Here
California 9
Ohtas
Lark Elizabeth
Monterey, Calif
Coroner Says Laporte Died by Strangling in Kidnapping
Montreal AP reports coroner Laurin Lapointe ruled Pierre Laporte died from strangulation after being kidnapped by a Quebec Liberation Front cell. The body, found in a Montreal suburb, bore three superficial wounds and time of death set between noon Saturday and 11 p.m. Saturday. Police arrested two men in St Leonard as the probe widens to the Cross case.
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Montreal
Pierre Laporte
Quebec
Laurin Lapointe
Laporte
Quebec Liberation Front
James Richard Cross
St. Leonard
Cross
Cuba
Jaycees Name Coon Valley Farmer and Cathedral Teacher
The La Crosse Jaycees named dairy farmer Sylvester G. Clements of Coon Valley and La Crosse Cathedral School teacher Sister Rochelle Potaracke as top local educator and farmer at a New Villa banquet. Potaracke, a Franciscan sister, earned the Outstanding Young Educator Award. Clements farms 150 acres, milks 60 cows, and serves on county and town committees. They will vie for state honors.
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Coon Valley
Eau Claire
Spokane
Wash
Viterbo College
New
Cathedral School
St. Wenceslaus and
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Rochelle
St. Wenceslaus
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
la Crosse State University
Viterbo
la Crosse County
Clements
Jaycees
Allan E. Schilling Jr
la Crosse Jaycees
Rochelle Potaracke
Sylvester Clements
Patricia
Tribune
Israel offers indefinite cease fire extension at UN
Israel will extend the cease-fire with Egypt indefinitely but will not renew peace talks until Egypt pulls back SAM2 and SAM3 missiles in the Suez Canal zone. Golda Meir spoke at the UN General Assembly's silver anniversary session, accusing Egypt and others of violating armistice and cease-fire agreements and urging Arab leaders to restore mutual confidence.
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United Nations, N.Y
Golda Meir
Israel
Middle East
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Mahmoud Riad
Soviet Union
William P. Rogers
Security Council
Council
Rogers
Sir Alec
Douglas-Home
Britain
Maurice Schumann
France
United Nations
U Thant
Jarring
General Assembly
Delta Queen bids farewell on 67 hour river voyage
The Delta Queen began its farewell journey from La Crosse to Fountain City, a 67 percent hour trip that marked the end of an era in Mississippi River steamboating. Thousands along the riverfront waved as the four deck steamer passed Pettibone Park Dresbach Trempealeau Lamoille and Winona. The crowd recalled Mark Twain era river life while cameras flashed and residents proclaimed Save the Delta Queen.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Fountain City
Mark Twain
Riverside Park
Wisconsin
Goodby
Pettibone Park
Fourdecker
Trempealeau
Lamoille
Minn
Winona
Package inspection urged for Capitol visitors
MADISON AP The security subcommittee of the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization urged that Capitol guards be authorized to inspect bags and packages carried by visitors to the Assembly and Senate galleries. It urged approval of the safety measure and discussed delaying action on a plan for a screen to shield lawmakers from objects hurled from galleries.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Joint Committee On Legislative Organization
I'VE CRIED MY WAY UP THE RIVER PASSENGERS BEMOAN QUEEN FATE
Passengers on the Delta Queen share mixed feelings about the ship's final voyage from Cincinnati to St. Paul. They recall Americana ties to steamboating, critique safety rules, and hope for a way to save the vessel despite its wooden portions and the 1966 Safety at Sea Act. The voyage draws families, former officials, and longtime cruisers who see the rivercraft as a symbol of heritage.
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Gilbert Wright
San Diego
Calif
Bruce White
University of Hawaii
Upper
Mississippi
Albert van Culin
Point Pleasant Beach
N.J
America
Cincinnati
St. Paul
la Crosse Tribune
Ruth Moore
Portland
Ore
Ohio
Dan Miller
Dayton, Ohio
Tribune Carriers Collect This Week Headlines
Tribune Circulation Department reminds carriers to submit payments on first call to save time and effort. Collections are scheduled for Wednesday Thursday and Friday this week with thanks from La Crosse Tribune Circulation.
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