Nine-Foot Channel Study Faces Resignation Fallout
Keith B. Larson, chief ecologist for the U.S. Army Corps in St Paul, resigns raising concern among researchers at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse Winona State College University of Minnesota and University of North Dakota about the impact study of the nine foot Mississippi River channel. The group questions whether environmental findings will be weighted properly in future corps projects and seeks opportunity to review environmental statements before distribution.
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Keith B. Larson
U.S. Army Corps
St. Paul
Mississippi River
Thomas Claflin
River Studies Center
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
UWL
Greater la
Claflin
Larson
Winona State College
University of Minnesota
The
University of North Dakota
Col
Rodney Cox
Keith Larson
Clflin
Calvin Fremling
Merle P. Meyer
Paul B. Kannowski
Institute For Ecological Studies
Col. Cox
Minneapolis Tribune
Corps
Loras College At
Dubuque
Amateurs Imperil Tech Schools in Reihl Critique
Milwaukee AFL-CIO official Jack Reihl warned at the Governor's Conference on Vocational Technical Education that amateurs are meddling with Wisconsin’s vocational system. He opposed elected boards and lowering the compulsory school age to 16, arguing both would harm balanced governance and student interests.
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Madison
Jack Reihl
Afl-Cio
la Crosse
Reihl
Conference On
Social Services to Host Fall Meeting in West Salem
La Crosse County Department of Social Services hosts the West Central Social Service Association fall meeting at Maple Grove Country Club West Salem. The 9:45 a.m. business start features C Norman Shealy M D and Alastair Burnett Ph D as speakers.
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la Crosse County
C. Norman Shealy
St. Francis Hospital
Alastair Burnett
Shealy
Garment Co Receiver Seeks Continuance in Liquidation
La Crosse Garment Co. receiver Terry Gillette will request another continuance in liquidation proceedings at a federal court hearing in La Crosse. Referee Leonard Bessman will oversee. Changes in a government contract have doubled the value and require new bids due Thursday, potentially delaying liquidation and affecting eligibility for the contract award.
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la Crosse Garment Co
Terry Gillette
la Crosse
Leonard Bessman
Western Wisconsin
Gillette
la Crosse Garment
Gopher Sportsmen Club to Meet and Auction Plans
The Gopher State Sportsmen Club of La Crescent convenes at 8 p.m. Thursday with a steak fry at 7 p.m. Saturday. New cards will be issued after the meeting. Lunch, movies, and club improvements accompany the gathering as an auction of company equipment is set for November 14 and 15 at 1207 S. 7th St.
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Gopher State Sportsmen Club of
la Crescent
Gillette
Bessman
S. 7Th St
Two Plead Guilty In Furnishings Thefts
Two men pleaded guilty in La Crosse County Court to amended misdemeanor theft charges. Stuart L. Spangler, 27, Holmen, admitted stealing furnishings valued at 99 dollars on August 15 from an apartment owned by Mrs. Gary Weisbrod. He also allegedly took a 400 dollar sofa and chair from a cottage owned by Richard Rogers on August 22. Steven L. Hall, 21, La Crosse, is charged with participating in the 400 dollar theft. Sentencing set for November 12. presentence investigations will be by the county Health and Social Services Department.
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la Crosse County
Stuart L. Spangler
Holmen
Gary Weisbrod
Madison St
Asst. Dist. Atty
Mark Lukoff
Spangler
Richard Rogers
South Pettibone
Steven L. Hall
la Crosse Hall
La Crosse Tribune Subscription Rates Notice
The La Crosse Tribune announces pricing for city carriers at 1.60 every two weeks and mail subscriptions within 75 miles of La Crosse at 33000 per year. The paper is printed daily except Sundays with delivery at 401 No. 3rd St. in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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the Tribune
No. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Sunday Tribune
Suit Filed For Estate Daughters Of Traffic Victim
A circuit court suit on behalf of Patrick J. Callahan estate and his daughters Sheila and Patricia seeks 23937.24 for medical and funeral costs plus 44000 in pecuniary damages and 5000 for loss of society. Defendant Mary R Miller and Farmers Insurance Group allegedly struck Callahan on Oct 13 1970 at Mormon Coulee Road and 28th Street. he died Feb 23 1971.
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la Crosse
William E. Callahan
W. Burr Oak St
Patrick J. Callahan
Mary R. Miller
Madison
Farmers Insurance Group
Callahan
Sheila
Patricia
Patrick Callahan
Mormon Coulee Road
28Th Street
YMCA Organizes Youth In Government Meeting
The La Crosse YMCA will host an organizational meeting for its Youth In Government Club at 7 30 p.m. at 1140 Main Street. The statewide program engages high school students in government process with speakers and fundraisers. In February the group attends a pre legislative conference in Stevens Point to elect state officials. The program ends with a two day model legislature in Madison at the Capitol Building. Area high school students may attend.
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The
la Crosse Ymca
Youth In Government Club
Main St
YMCA
Youth In Government
Stevens Point
Madison
Capitol
War and ceasefire notes mingle with a grim Milwaukee murder
Reports from the Suez front describe a resumed clash despite a UN cease-fire as observers deploy. Israeli forces claim encirclement of Egyptian troops near Port Suez and Adabiya while Egypt reports intensified fighting west of the canal. Separately, Milwaukee police find the bound and gagged body of 70 year old widow Anita Piontkowski in her North Side home after a break‑in.
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Argentina
Austria
Chile
Finland
France
Ireland
Sweden
Cairo
Suez
Dayan
Ismailia
West
Israel
West Bank
Port Suez
Adabiya
Egypt
U.N. Security Council
Security Council
Syria
U. N
Kurt Waldheim
Damascus
Milwaukee
North Side
Milwaukee County Medical Examiner
Anita Piontkowski
Nixon yields tapes as impeachment pressure grows
Nixon agreed to release the White House tapes after GOP leaders signaled support for disclosure. Cox vowed to stay in Washington as House moves began toward impeachment. Former officials Richardson and Ruckelshaus urged a new special prosecutor, while Humphrey called for deflated impeachment momentum.
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Nixon
Sirica
Special Prosecution Force
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
White House
Humphrey
Congress
Cox
Washington
Vesco
John N Mitchell
Maurice H. Stans
New York
Robert L. Vesco
House
John B. Anderson
Illinois
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Leslie C. Arends
Bryce Harlow
Charles Alan Wright
Vernon Dems Seek Nixon Impeachment
Vernon County Democrats urged Wisconsin senators and nine U.S. congressmen to begin impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon. The group, reaffirming last April’s plea over Watergate, ordered Letters sent and petitions prepared to press for impeachment.
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Vnaoqua
Wis
Vernon County
Wisconsin
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Elden Transtad
Washington, D.C
Democratic Executive Committee
Elderly Men and Girl Die in Minnesota Accidents
The Associated Press reports Minnesota reached 800 traffic deaths for 1973 with a young motorcyclist and three elderly men among the dead. Cathy Thorkildson, 18, died near Shevlin when her motorcycle skidded on gravel and hit a tree. Milton Arseth, 66, Marshall, was struck by a truck on Minnesota 19. Robert Faxon, 81, of Excelsior, died after a collision with a car driven by Donald Siford in Orono. Larry Olson, 24, former Valley City resident, died in a private property crash near Chaska after his head struck rocks in a creek.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Cathy D. Thorkildson
Shevlin
Minn
Clearwater
Marshall
Lawrence Roberts
Chaska
Larry Olson
Valley City
N.C
Olson
Minneapolis
Chemical Salesman Guilty of Bribery in John Doe Inquiry
Burt Ische of Del Chemical Co pleaded guilty to 15 counts of bribing public officials and one of perjury. He was sentenced to one year in jail, fined 5,000 dollars, and five years of probation, with three months cut for good behavior. He will work by day under the Huber Law, returning to jail at night. term starts November 5. A second item notes a return of a salmon to spawn and die in its birth creek.
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Oshkosh
Wis
John
State Justice Department
Del
Ische
Plane Down In Bay With Indiana Trade Mission
A Brazilian Viacao Aerea de Sao Paulo turboprop crashed into Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro causing five confirmed deaths among 60 passengers and five crew. Indiana Lt. Gov. Robert D. Orr and 11 trade mission members were aboard. most survivors swam to shore as authorities pulled more than 20 others from the wreckage before it sank. The plane had just departed Santos Dumont Airport for Belo Horizonte.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Indiana
Robert D. Orr
Guanabara Bay
Viacao Aerea de Sao Paulo Airlines
Orr
Naval School
Rio
Belo Horizonte
Santos Dumont Airport
LA Paz
Bolivia
Yacuiba
Cuba
Unit Endorses Tax Exemption Cut Proposal
The legislature's watchdog committee on property tax exemptions backs Rep. Bert Grover's bill to end the 40 acre site exemption and nonresident scout personal property exemptions. It says localities and taxpayers should not subsidize nonresident recreational activities that shrink the tax base.
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Madison
Bert Grover
Shawano
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Wisconsin
Floods Kill Dozens in Southern Spain Rattle Coastline
AP reports over 190 dead and 300 to 400 feared buried after heavy rain and flash floods in Puerto Lumbreras and La Rabita Granada Province. Hundreds trapped in homes as 15 inches of rain fell in six hours.
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Madrid
Spain
Puerto Lumbreras
la Rabita
Granada
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Carl Albert
Judiciary Committee
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Elliot L. Richardson
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William D. Ruckelshaus
Justice Department
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6Th & Market St
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London
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Poland
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Communist Party
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Gierek
Wladyslaw Gomulka
LA Crosse Area
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Carl Guell
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