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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1970
Page
13
Sylvia Porter writes a 10 part series for The La Crosse Tribune beginning Monday Nov 2 explaining the 1969 tax reform's effects on income investments and stock losses in plain language. The column aims to demystify legalese and economist jargon with practical, down to earth guidance.
Larry Maulsby 22 a Vietnam War veteran and farm operator north of Tomah died when his field jacket got tangled in the tractor power takeoff about 6 30 a m Friday He was pronounced dead at the scene by Monroe County Sheriff Ray Harris He had been discharged July 17 after Vietnam service He married Rebecca Jane Davis and they ran the former De Vere Clay farm northwest of Tomah He is survived by his widow parents five sisters two brothers and a grandmother Services set for 1 30 p m Monday at White Funeral Home Tomah with Rev Michael Sulen officiating burial in Rockland Cemetery Friends may call Sunday after 2 p m at the funeral home until services Monday
The mobile Army surgical hospital airlifted to Amman to aid victims of Jordan’s civil war ends its mission after performing over 40 operations daily. Twenty doctors and 220 staff began flying back to bases in West Germany and Britain. Ninety patients remain 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 southwesterly winds blow 10 to 15 mph. Monday remains cloudy and cool with a slight chance of showers and a low near 30.
New York Times cites a 35 page FBI probe summary challenging Ohio Beacon Journal claims about Kent State shootings. The document notes guardsmen fired under belief of threat, four students died, nine wounded, and indictments for 25 people on riot and related charges.
President Nixon called next Tuesday's Senate election probably the most important in American history and urged voters to back candidates who will support him. Speaking to 8,000 Republicans in Anaheim and nationwide viewers, he linked the vote to keeping promises and ending violence, amid coverage of a San Jose protest incident.
President Nguyen Van Thieu told the National Assembly he will never surrender to the Communists or accept a coalition government, claiming the enemy has lost the initiative. Floods across northern coastal lowlands killed over 150 people and left about 150,000 homeless, while battles around Da Nang, Chu Lai, and Quang Ngai City paused as helicopters aided evacuations.
Nationwide antiwar rallies and speeches were planned in dozens of cities on the eve of the November 3 election as a massive peace demonstration. In Salt Lake City a candlelight parade for Nixon drew thousands, with veterans labor and students marching. police in Tampa arrested about 30 youths at a Friday rally after curfew violations. Chicago hosted a large march toward Grant Park, linking campus unrest to Kent State indictments and student action nationwide.
Nearly 2000 youngsters aged 4 to 10 packed the La Crosse YMCA for a Halloween party surpassing the expected 500. Executive director Douglas McNeel described the turnout as a cried need and said next year the event will move to the gym with age group breakdowns. Activities included horror films a ghost walk and a show titled Little Henry by McNeel and Kenneth Wisger.
An 18 year old St Paul girl Constance Louise Trimble is charged with first degree murder in the sniper killing of Officer James T. Sackett. Police say she was arrested after detectives from homicide and intelligence divisions located her Friday afternoon. Sackett, 27 and a father of four, was shot on Hague Avenue as he and another officer answered a call last May. The warrant was issued by Municipal Judge J Clifford Jones based on a Ramsey County attorney’s complaint. Arraignment set for Monday.
Viterbo College unveiled an $881000 nursing center in a remodeled St. Wenceslaus School during a dedicatory week end with about 300 attendees. The event featured Mass, an ecumenical blessing, and remarks by Rev. Thomas Finucan and others. The center will serve up to 320 students and anchor a broader nursing education program tied to public health goals.
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