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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1970
Page
3
Cooler weather is expected over much of the nation including the Midwest Thursday night. It may snow in the upper Mississippi Valley according to AP Wirephoto with last night’s low and yesterday’s high figures shown for major cities across the country.
Cambodian soldiers found Frank Frosch and Kyoichi Sawada shot in the chest about 30 feet from their car on Highway 2 north of Phnom Penh. Both worked for United Press International and had notable careers in the United States and Asia. Frosch, 27, Indianapolis, was UPI Phnom Penh bureau chief since last June and a former Army captain. Sawada, 34, Tokyo, joined UPI in 1960 and won a Pulitzer for a river basin image. his widow resides in Hong Kong.
The government reports wholesale prices fell one tenth of a percent in October due to lower farm product costs while industrial prices rose led by new 1971 car and truck models. The overall index slipped to 117.7, 3.2 percent above a year ago, with farm products down and industrials up.
King Hussein appoints Wasfi Tell, an anti guerrilla veteran, to head a new government in Amman replacing Ahman Toukan amid ongoing Jordanian fighting. The move follows a fragile cease fire and comes as Egypt Libya and Sudan plan a Cairo summit to discuss Middle East tensions. U.N. debates pressure for unconditional resumption of Arab Israeli talks.
John B. Donahue, long time editor of Columbia magazine for over 35 years until retirement in 1965, died Monday in New Haven Conn. He became editor of the Knights of Columbus magazine in 1928.
State colleges and universities remain the best value for students yet tuition and costs have risen 30 percent over five years, with resident tuition and room at major state schools averaging 1376 dollars and nonresident 2019. regional schools show 1215 for residents and 1609 for nonresidents, according to a joint AAAS and NASULGC report. The study notes the trend continues and warns the financial realities of the seventies threaten the low tuition principle.
The month August was named to honor the Roman ruler Augustus Caesar, replacing earlier naming in the calendar and becoming the eighth month in the modern year.
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