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Crosse Tribune, Tuesday, February 20, 1973 President Applauds Courage Of Man Tells POWs, Women Behind Them COLUMBIA. S.C. (AP) President Nixon today hailed the courage of the American prisoners of war and paid tribute to the women behind them kept the Nixon made his remarks at the airport after he arrived in Columbia to address a joint session of the South Carolina Legislature, one of a number that passed resolutions applauding his strategy for ending the Vietnam war A crowd estimated at about 3.000 greeted Nixon at the airport. Mrs. Robert Bagley.

whose husband is a POW not yet returned, presented Nixon a plaque on behalf of South Carolina POWs in appreciation for his concern for the men. should present a plaque to Nixon told her He hailed the courage of the POWs and said he was proud of the women behind wives, mothers and who kept faith Nixon stopped off in Columbia en route back to Washington from his Key Biscayne, home The President, who flew to Florida Friday, found several earlier opportunities during the holiday weekend to talk about the prisoners and the end Visiting the site of the annual Jackie Gleason Pro-Am golf tournament near Ft Lauderdale Monday, he said the prisoners could come home with their heads because, in his words, the United States achieved its objective of preventing forced imposition of a Communist government on South Vietnam Responding to a question about a presidential meeting earlier in the day with the AFL-CIO executive council in Miami, Nixon said: During the difficult periods when we have attempted to bring the war in Vietnam to a conclusion in the right way, in a way that our POWs could come off those planes with their heads high, knowing that they had not fought in vain, knowing that peace could not have been achieved had it not been for the support of millions of Americans, and particularly had it not been for the steadfast, outspoken support of most of the leaders of organized labor Nixon said the American objective in Vietnam simply was to prevent the imposition by force of a Communist government on 17 million people of South Very Meany Labor Likes Nixon's Protectionist Policy MIAMI BEACH. Fla. (AP) President Nixon and labor chief George Meany appear to be moving toward a compromise on protectionist legislation aimed at reversing the massive U.S. deficit in foreign trade.

After a 40-minute visit from Nixon Monday, most AFL-CIO leaders reserved judgment until they see what legislation the White House will propose. But Meany said approach so far was Committee Backs Dyer For Mayor A Dyer for Mayor Committee has been formed to promote WKTY radio executive Philip Dyer nomination and election as La Crosse mayor. Lee Foley Jr, 2303 Redfield son of La Crosse Alderman Lee Foley Sr. (8th Dist.) has been named president of the Dyer for Mayor Committee. the past two years, a wide breach has opened between the mayor and the Common Council of the City of La Foley Jr.

said Tuesday. constant has proven not to be healthy for the He added that he is supporting Dyer because he has the citizenry of La Crosse that he will close the power gap when elected mayor." Other officers are Otto Werner, 2610 Leonard secretary, and Mrs. Lois Hillyer, 1653 Liberty secretary. Dyer, vice president and sales manager for WKTY, and James Michael, a program analyst in the St. Francis Hospital data processing division, are challenging Mayor W.

Peter Gilbertson's bid for re-election. A primary election, to narrow the slate to two candidates, will be held March 6 Nixon, who devalued the dollar 10 per cent last week as a first step, reportedly told the labor leaders he would ask Congress for an array of options to bargain on a nation-by-nation basis, erecting barriers to imports from nations that refuse to lower their trade walls to American products think the whole idea has a whole lot of Meany said. we go along depends on the added the president of the 13.6 million member labor federation. A Meany aide said the air of compromise grew out of a Nixon move toward the protectionist demands of labor leaders who long have complained that the declining U.S. position in world trade is eliminating American jobs.

an indication that some people are beginning to see the United Steelworkers President I. W. Abel said of for- current stance on eign trade. But Abel, chairman of the AFL-CIO economic committee, said he could neither support nor endorse legislation until he sees the details. just talked in generalities all around the Abel said of talk Monday.

was very agreed President Floyd Smith of the Machinists Union. Nixon touch on the one vital difference between the AFL-CIO and past White House trade policy, labor's demand for curbs to prevent U.S. firms from moving major production operations abroad. The AFL-CIO has been backing a Democratic bill in Congress that does contain such restrictions, but Meany said: you get to the ty, there has to be some give and French Cemetery Guarded To Keep Out Petain Body PARIS (AP) Police placed a guard outside the national military cemetery at Douau- mont today to keep out the body of Marshal Philippe Petain, the World War I hero who headed the collaborationist Vichy regime in World War II. The coffin containing remains was stolen from its tomb on the barren lie in the Atlantic Ocean, reviving the controversy over the hero of Verdun.

Various newspapers condemned the profanation of the tomb, but they could not agree on who might have done it. Several linked it to the election of a new National Assembly next month, and the left-wing Combat said: threatens to put the authorities in an embarrassing situation supporters say that he should get his of burial among the soldiers he led at the bloody 1916 Battle of Verdun. The French National War Veterans Association contends that the Douaumont Jobs Continued from Page 1 move around can see all the job openings all over the Kavanaugh explained. He said the jobs are listed on a type of microfilm in which hundreds of job openings are recorded in a relatively small sheet, then scanned by a reader. The system is capable of quick mailing and requires almost no file space.

Kavanaugh said the Sparta office had one fulltime and one parttime employe, while the Black River Falls office had one In Tomah, the WSES used the chamber of commerce office to keep an updated file of job openings, but did not have a staff person there. Kavanaugh also said that practically 100 per cent of all state employment services are funded by the federal government, although the offices operate under jurisdiction of the state government. Thus, he said, the programs are lost if federal funding is cut back because almost no state monies are involved. 1 hns rud LJ Rid Center 1 JAMES JOHNSRUD Certified Hearing Aid Audiologist RADIOEAR ALL TYPES AVAILABLE All In-The-Ear Hearing Aid Behind The Ear Eyeglass Power Body Aids Free Hearing Tests Private Sound Treated Testing and Consultation Rooms Home Demonstrations Without Obligation SALES, SERVICE, REPAIRS BATTERIES PHONE WRITE 784-7632 P.O. Box 912 329 MAIN LA CKOSSE, WISCONSIN cemetery is reserved for who died for and, since Petain collaborated with the Nazis, his burial there be totally The cemetery guard at the lie noticed on Monday that the covering of the tomb was slightly askew, and he saw fresh cement, indicating the tomb had been opened.

Legal authorities opened the tomb and found the coffin missing. Police were checking all cars and small trucks in the Verdun area that might be carrying the body. Thursday is the anniversary of the beginning of the battle in 1916, in which nearly 400,000 men died. Petain was named commander of the French troops at Verdun four days after the start of the fighting and was awarded highest decorations and honors for his leadership. Flutist Dies At 47 LONDON (AP) Elaine Shaffer, 47, one of the leading flutists, died today of cancer.

A native of Altoona, she played with many major European and American orchestras. Publisher Dies PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) Fred Bohen, 76, president of Meredith Corp. and publisher of Homes and and magazines, died Saturday. Of Murder, Kills Self RED WING, Minn (AP) A 12-year-old homicide at nearby Cannon Falls has been solved, Goodhue County authorities said today, with the confession of a Red Wing man who committed suicide in jail a few hours after telling of the incident.

Goodhuse County Atty. Richard Johnson and Sheriff Paul Zillgitt, in a prepared statement, said Bruce Kenitz, 35, confessed to the shotgun slaying of Lloyd Benson, a Cannon Falls service station attendant, on July 26, 1962 during a holdup. Kenitz was arrested in a Red Wing bar after midnight on Feb. 1 on a charge of disorderly conduct and when he was taken into custody he asked to speak to the sheriff, the statement said. Johnson and Zillgitt said Kenitz told the sheriff that he had shot Benson after the service station attendant refused to give him the money in the till.

Authorities said about $30 was stolen. Kenitz was locked up in the Goodhue County jail after his confession and the next morning a jailer found him dead in the cell. A report said the prisoner had committed suicide. The county attorney said events related by Kenitz was proof to him that the man had acted alone in the 1962 robbery and shooting and that he considers the case closed. 26 Pollution Abatement Orders Obeyed MADISON, Wis.

(AP) Municipalities and businesses complied with 26 pollution abatement orders in January, according to the Department of Natural Resources The orders included 15 for water pollution, six for solid waste disposal and four involving air pollution, the agency said. Complying with orders were the American Can Co. and Charmin Paper Productions Green Bay; the Chippewa County Village of Boyd; the Wild Cherry cheese factory at Thorp; the Bastogne Sausage Belleville, the Dunn County Hospital, Menomonie; the Eau Galle cheese factory, Eau Galle; the Advance cheese factory, Monroe; the Village of Monticello; the American Motors Kenosha plant; the Ole N. Olson cheese factory, Blanchardville; Country Gardens Coleman; Heatwole Foundry Port Washington; Jymni Auto Salvage, West Bend the City of Stevens Point; Town and Country Auto Salvage, Racine; the Hough Manufacturing Janesville; the Sawyer County Towns of Edgewater and Winter; the Green Valley cheese factory, Cecil; the Krakow Sanitary District No. 1 and the Krakow cheese factory, Krakow, the City of Muskego; Boldt Muskego, and Ocean Spray Cranberries, Babcock.

Education Concern Stressed Members of South Side Senior Citizens. are concerned with the quality of education, maintenance of school facilities, the equipment in them and the costs of education, says James Wine, 218 S. 21st Place, a candidate for the La Crosse Area Public School District Board of Education. He learned of their concern during a visit to the center Sunday, he said. Wine added: anyone has reason to be concerned about the rising cost of education it is the senior citizen.

Many are retired and on a fixed income, so an increase in taxes affects them particularly hard. It was extremely gratifying to observe the extent of their concern for education. than once I heard criticism of the past policy of holding the mill rate down and allowing the schools to deteriorate, and I believe that the mood at this meeting was one of promoting quality education while containing he concluded. LOCKER LOOTED Arlan Baker, 1549 Loomis Monday reported the theft of a $15 jacket and a $10 pair of gloves from his locker at Logan High School. Farmers Union Official Blasts Nixon Hails Aid To Farmers Lucey most fiscally responsible budget of our time.

He said this is because of spending constraints placed on state agencies and because of new property tax relief. If his budget is approved by the legislature, Lucey said, taxpayers can anticipate first MADISON. Wis (AP) Gov. Patrick J. Lucey says his proposed 1973-75 budget may be most significant piece of farm legislation of our In remarks for the Wisconsin Farmers Union convention Monday.

Lucey said a change in the personal exemption credit mean more than $2 million to Wisconsin farm during the fiscal biennium. Of greater impact, Lucey said, would be his proposed increase in the state tax credit on farm livestock and an increase in the homestead tax credit from $5,000 to $7,000. Lucey said the latter includes a doubling in the size of homesteads qualifying for the credit from 40 to 80 acres, and a dropping of the age restraint for elibility. these two changes will mean more than $11 million DiGS Of InjtlNBS for Wisconsin Lucey said. Lucey said his budget is "the benefit an increase in the personal exemption credit on income taxes by $5 for each taxpayer, spouse or dependent.

tony Dechant, president of the National Farmers Union, lashed out at President Nixon in his speech to the Wisconsin group. The administration since De- statew.de decrease in property cemberhas moved 'agaimt the tax levies in 30 years. 39 cents the receives from the consumer dollar, but nothing is being done about the STANLEY W. PETERSON 214 LYNNE TOWER LA CROSSE 782-9707 BTVTA usiness en A ssurance the average state resident, this will mean a reduction in property tax bills of more than 11 per he added. He said property taxpayers also may look forward to a 31.5 per cent increase in the direct state credit on their property tax bills.

Lucey said every taxpayer will Minnesota Woman 61 cents going to the he said. Nixon game plan calls for lower food prices by Dechant added, his farm program is a cheap food policy for the American farmer who has yet to achieve the per capita nonfarm income average." Dechant said food costs will be cut through increased meat and dairy imports and expanded farm production. 4 Child Center Boys Charged In Car Theft Records FIRE DEPARTMENT La Crosse: Feb. 18, 12:55 a.m., to Losey Boulevard and Ward Avenue, fire in car owned by Kyle Baldwin; damage to hoses and wiring. Feb.

18, 6:08 a.m., to Robert Kaiser residence, 701 Caledonia overheated motor on furnace. Feb. 18, 6:08 a.m., to William Bright residence. 1318V2 Charles smoking television set. POLICE AMBULANCE County: Feb.

19, 2:56 a.m., Arthur L. Olson, 38, R. 3, to Lutheran Hospital; illness Feb. 18, 12:55 p.m., Elmer Wagner, age not given, R. West Salem, to St.

Francis Hospital; illness. POLICE AMBULANCE City: Feb. 17, 10:25 p.m., to 1400 block on West Avenue South, Fred Hanson, 72, of 1516 S. 10th to Lutheran Hospital; illness. Feb 18, 2:35 a.m., Sena Kumm, 64, of 1534Vz Liberty to St.

Francis Hospital; pain in side. Feb. 19, Steven Marcou, 19, of 1640 Hyde to St. Francis Hospital; illness. SHAKOPEE, Minn (AP) The death of a Norwood woman of injuries received in a head-on collision has boosted the 1973 Minnesota road toll to 77, even with the count one year ago Sharon Futhey, 36, Norwood, died Monday in a Shakopee hospital of injuries received in a head-on collision Saturday on Minn.

5 in Chanhassen. Authorities said she was alone in her car. The driver of the other car, Dwight Bastyr, 24, Minneapolis, was hospitalized in fair condition, a hospital spokesman said. Bastyr carried three passengers in his car, all from Hopkins. Mark Irrgang was reported in critical condition, Sandra Haggis was in fair condition and Barbara Irrgang was released from the Shakopee hospital.

W. Rockefeller Condition Critical PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) Former Arkansas Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller, hospitalized here six days ago with a chest ailment, remained in critical condition today, a hospital spokesman said. Rockefeller, 60, underwent surgery last year in New York for removal of a malignant cyst from his back and since has been under a program of chemotherapy.

Court the Continued from Page 1 bassador in Los Angeles after winning Democratic presidential primary. Following the shooting, police searched bedroom in his home in Pasadena without a warrant. They recovered notebooks containing an entry, Must and used them at the 1969 trial. In response to the appeal, California state officials said the state Supreme Court had ruled correctly that emergency circumstances justified the search without a warrant. lawyers, in trying to win a new trial for him, claimed also that a team of psychiatrists, physicians, physicists and others had uncovered "significant physical that Sirhan did not fire the fatal bullet.

The state replied that "unfortunately this new evidence was not presented to the California Supreme Court and is not in the record on appeal. In review of a judgment of a state court, this court is bound by the record on which that judgment is based." The high court said simply that it was denying petition for a hearing. Two of the justices. William O. Douglas and Byron R.

White, did not participate, giving no explanation. LA CROSSE TRIBUNE James E. Burgess, Publisher K. O. Blanchard, Executive Editor Sanford Goltr, editor Sanders Hook, operations director Wallace Hutzler classified sales mgr Edward Keefe, circulation mgr Lawrence Le Jeune, photocomp mgr Fred Ristow.

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4th St. La Crosse, Wl 54601 where second class postage is paid Our staff will be happy to provide both circulation and advertising rates. City carrier price is 1 60 every two weeks. Volume 68, Number 276 SPARTA. Wis.

Four Wisconsin Child Center boys 14 and 16 years old appeared in Juvenile Court before Monroe County Judge James W. Rice Monday charged with taking a car owned by David Crocker R. 3, Sparta. Judge Rice appointed Steven Abbott to represent two of the boys and two others were placed on probation with the staff at the center. The car.

stolen Feb. 1, was recovered in Milwaukee, where the boys turned themselves in to the police department. Three defendants forfeited bonds, including James W. Sladky of Racine, who forfeited a bond of $50 on a charge of drinking from an open container in a moving vehicle; Nick E. Katrichis, 603 N.

10th La Crosse, a $100-bond on a similar charge; and Ralph L. Bennett of Wilton, a $60-bond on a charge of being with four juveniles when beer was consumed. Bud Cavadini of Cashton was fined $50 and costs of $9 on a charge of selling beer to a minor. Woman Dies In Fire WHITEF1SH BAY, Wis. (AP) Helen Hanson, 68, of Whitefish Bay died today in a fire which was confined to the living room of her suburban Milwaukee home.

Fire Department officials, who estimated damage at $10,000, said the blaze was caused by careless use of smoking material. Weather WISCONSIN: Snow likely north and chance of a little snow south Tuesday night Wednesday cloudy and colder with some snow flurries MINNESOTA: Cloudy and colder with chance of scattered light snow or snow flurries Tuesday night. Colder south and central. Partly cloudy and colder Wednesday IOWA Increasing cloudiness Tuesday night, scattered light snow north portion Scattered light snow northeast and extreme east Wednesday. Decreasing cloudiness west.

Colder Flood Stage 24-Hour Stage Today ChangeSTATION LA CROSSE2 5 3 SHIPPERS' FORECAST Protect shipments of perishables within a 150-mile radius of La Crosse for the following minimum temperatures up to 6 p.m. 5 north, 10 elsewhere. Lowest Highest Last Yester STATION Night day Albuquerque3048 Bemldji -4 33 Bismarck 19 35 Chicago 3538 Denver 23 39 Des Moines 29 36 Detroit 33 38 Duluth 231 Fort Worth37 57 Helena2038 Honolulu 64 82 International Falls -1632 Kansas City2739 LA CROSSE1837 Los Angeles53 79 Madison 30 36 Memphis 33 52 Miami 5668 Milwaukee 32 35 Minneapolis 836 New Orleans 43 62 New York 3342 Portland, Ore.30 57 Phoenix56 75 Rapid City 16 37 Rochester, Minn. 735 Salt Lake City 2142 San Diego 55 74 San Francisco49 61 Seattle 3447 St Louis 3348 Washington Degree Days: 32 Total 5400 2848 Last Year: 5222 Record High: 61 in 1930 Record Low Minus 27 in 1929 Sunrise 6 55 a Sunset 5 43 p.m. Nathenel Dick, R.

2, Tomah, charged with driving after revocation, was given a mandatory Hkiay jail sentence and fined $159. He was given credit for the time he had spent in jail since his arrest and was allowed to serve the remainder of the time in the Wood County Jail under the Huber Law so he could continue his employment. In a civil case brought by Conservation Warden Calvin Clark a $50-fee was imposed on Harold Rasmussen of Sparta for constructing a pond within 500 feet of the La Crosse River without obtaining a permit from the Department of Natural Resources. Richard Delaney of Warrens forfeited a $39 bond on a charge of fishing without a license. Burn Workshop Held At Viterbo Student nurses from Wisconsin and from Winona, and hospital personnel from La Crosse and area attended a burn workshop Saturday in Viterbo Nursing Center.

It was sponsored by the District Student Nurses Association. Highlighting morning sessions was a discussion of the "Medical Aspects of by Dr. Fred Schaldach, surgeon at Lutheran Hospital. He told of observations during visits to the leading burn centers in the U.S., including the Brooke Army Bum Unit, San Antonio, and the Bum Center in Galveston. Aspects of the Burn was an afternoon topic presented by Sharon Tourville, a registered nurse and inservice director of the intensive care unit at Lutheran Hospital.

Also, a panel moderated by Sister Jean Soeller, discussed1 Road to Holmen Area Man Faces Rape Charge A Holmen area man is scheduled to go into La Crosse County Court either Tuesday or Wednesday to face a charge of rape. La Crosse police accuse the man, Charles Misch, 18, R. 2, Holmen, of raping an 18-year-old La Crosse woman early Saturday in Yerly Coal Docks. He was arrested Monday afternoon. The woman told police that she was walking near Hagar and Sumner Streets when a man offered her a ride and she accepted.

During the alleged rape, she pushed him off and fled, she said. WINDOWS BROKEN A six-by-ten window at the former Club building, 216 S. 3rd and a five-by-six window at the State Wide Builders, 628 S. 3rd were broken, according to reports received Monday by La Crosse police. edition of The La Crosse Tribune contains an advertising supplement for IGA.

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