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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1970
Page
1
Sylvia Porter will write a 10 part La Crosse Tribune series beginning Monday November 2 detailing how the 1969 tax reform affects income investments stock losses and other changes coming in April. Porter aims to explain in plain terms the practical impact of the new law.
New York Times reveals a 7,500 page FBI-Justice Department summary notes guardsmen did not face criminal charges, while a grand jury indicted 25 people for rioting. The report questions whether guardsmen acted under threat as shots rang out. Multiple sources discuss discrepancies between FBI findings and Ohio Beacon Journal coverage.
President Nixon framed next Tuesday's Senate election as the most important in history urging voters to back candidates who will support his programs. He spoke to 8,000 Republicans in Anaheim and via telecast after a San Jose violence incident, calling for a line against lawlessness and asking voters to stand with those who understand the issues.
Larry Maulsby 22 a Vietnam War veteran and farm operator north of Tomah died when his field jacket tangled in the power takeoff of a tractor around 8 30 a m Friday He was dead at the scene Survived by widow Rebecca Jane Davis parents five sisters two brothers and grandmother Services set for 1 30 p m Monday at White Funeral Home Tomah with burial at Rockland Cemetery Family may call after 2 p m Sunday until services Monday
The mobile U S Army surgical hospital that arrived during Jordan's civil conflict completed its mercy mission. It performed over 40 operations daily and began returning 20 doctors and 220 staff to bases in West Germany and Britain. Ninety patients were handed to the International Red Cross.
Continued cloudy and cool conditions with a chance of light rain Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures range from a low near 35 to a high near 45 as southwest winds 10 to 15 mph ease in. Monday remains cool with a slight chance of showers and a low near 30.
President Nguyen Van Thieu told the nation he will never bow to communists or accept a coalition government. He said the enemy has lost initiative and will be defeated. Separately floods across northern coastal lowlands killed about 150 and displaced nearly 150,000, with Da Nang Chu Lai and Quang Tri City receiving heavy rain and widespread evacuations.
Antiwar rallies and speeches were planned in dozens of cities on the eve of the November 3 elections in a massive peace demonstration. In Salt Lake City a candlelight parade honored Nixon with thousands expected. 2,000 students demonstrated at the University of South Florida amid arrests for curfew violations. Grant Park in Chicago was to host up to 25,000 at a Peace Action rally linked to Kent State indictments. The nationwide protests mark a broad coalition across veterans, labor, and students opposing military spending and Nixon’s policies.
About 2000 children ages four to ten packed the La Crosse YMCA for a Halloween party. Executive director Douglas McNeel said only 500 were expected and the candy supply ran out. The event featured horror films, a ghost walk, and a show by McNeel and Kenneth Wisger, with prize for best costumes. Next year the party moves to the gym and adds age group breakdowns.
An 18 year old St Paul girl Constance Louise Trimble has been charged with first degree murder for the sniper killing of police officer James T Sackett. Arrest followed a call on Hague Avenue last May. Sackett, 27 and father of four, was shot in the back as he and a partner responded to a false matter.
Viterbo College dedicated an $881000 nurses training facility amid reverence and humor, with 300 attendees at Marian Hall banquet after Mass at St. Wenceslaus Church. The center, remodeled from St. Wenceslaus School, will serve 320 students and support a theater arts program. Rev Father Finucan underscored civic support and ecumenical praise, while Dr Lysaught discussed nursing education reforms and anticipated public health funding by 1975.
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