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FINAL EDITION (Tribune WEATHER Clear, cool tonight, with the low in the Fair and warmer Thursday, with the high near 80. VOLUME 64, NUMBER 115 44 Pages LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 11, 1968 Four Sections PRICE TEN CENTS Knutson, Greider Winners In Legislative Primaries Nuttelman Retains Seat, Wartinbee, Bice Beaten La Follette And Leonard In Easy Wins Advance To Nov. Contest Against Knowles, Nelson By DION HENDERSON MILWAUKEE C. La Follette, whose family name has wrought political magic in Wisconsin for much of this century, will test it in the November election against Republican Gov.

Warren P. Knowles, who swept up more than 56 per cent of the vote in primary. The turnout of 482,000 was the smallest in 24 years, since a to- dida'c Roman Blenski of Mil- tal of 448,544 ballots was cast in waukee the wartime primary of 1944, Warren, 43 -year-old former preceding President Franklin D. Brown County district attorney, election to a fourth trounced William Dieterich, term. Hartford lawyer and son of a former State Supreme Court jus- In the other contest at the top lice, in the GOP primary, ot the state ticket, Majority Leader Jerris Leonard of the State Senate, who outran a field of three other Republican candidates, will meet Sen.

Gaylord Nelson, seeking his second term. However, the hardest fought battles of the primary came in the free-for-all for the attorney post being vacated as tonal contest, La op- the 32-year-old La Follette position came from Floyd L. moves up, after two terms, to 47, a suburban Milwaukee bid for the top constitutional of- soap salesman making his ini- fice in the state. La tial try for public office, grandfather, the late Sen. Rob- The vote, with 3,292 precincts ert M.

La Follette served as reporting, was: Wirephoto BRONSON C. LA FOLLETTE Demo Governor Candidate Wirephoto JERRIS LEONARD Opposes Sen. Nelson The vote totals, in 3,293 of the 3,300 precincts, showed: Warren, 188,968 Dieterich, It 81,158 Cudahy, 72,942 Schwartz, 46,563 Kelly, 33,931 Blenski, 34,366 In the Democratic guberna- Zielke Loses In Bid For Assembly By SANDERS HOOK (La Crosse Tribune Staff Writer) One incumbent Lai Crosse County Republican assemblyman won renomination in a close primary race Tuesday, but the other was defeated. In the 1st District, 5th Ward Alderman Gerald Greider piled up 3,059 votes to unseat incumbent D. Russell Wartinbee.

who drew 2,128. A third candidate, Lloyd White, got 421 votes. The 1 st District consists of 15 City of La Crosse Wards. Greider carried every ward in the district, except the 3rd, which went to Wartinbee by seven votes. Wartinbee lives in the 10th, which he lost 158 to 170.

governor; so did his late uncle Philip. In the general election, Mil- La Follette Wille Knowles polled 177,205 31,711 272,668, with waukee executive Richard Cud- boxes counted. Stalbaum Earns Rematch With Rep. Schadeberg By KEN HARTNETT man Blenski of Milwaukee 30,778 in the 2nd District which MILWAUKEE (AP)-Lynn E. to 4,785.

consists of the other six city Stalbaum, a veteran Wisconsin The veteran congressman will wards and all the rest of the Democratic organization man, meet Republican Walter C. Me- county, incumbent Norbert Nut- has put down a young backer of Cullough of Milwaukee in No- telman outlasted 19th Ward Al- Sen. Eugene McCarthy in a con- vember. McCullough, a produc- derman Patrick Zielke 3.356 to gressional primary race billed tion engineer, received 10,771 2,822. as a test of peace sentiment, votes.

He, too, was unopposed. Wartinbee cited what he called Stalbaum earned a rematch The Stalbaum-Schadeberg re- terrible Democratic match is one of two in Wiscon- over of people intent on defeat- sin this fall. jng incumbents so in November the Democrats will have no op- In the Sixth District, Rep. ponents with any records on William Steiger of Oshkosh, a which to run. Republican, will be seeking a large vote for Gov.

second straight triumph over Knowles and the small vote for former Democratic Rep. John Bronson La Follette indicates Race of Fond du Lac. the Democrats crossed GERALD GREIDER Lynn E. Staulbaum who resigned as Democra- Crossover In Senate Race Seen By THOMAS S. JENKS (La Crosse Tribune Staff Writer) Twenty-seven years of elective office came to a halt Tuesday night for State Sen.

Raymond C. Bice of La Crosse as he lost by 1,587 votes to Milo G. Knutson, former La Crosse mayor, in the Republican primary. Bice, who represents the 32nd state senatorial district, carried only Crawford County, 728 to 607. He lost La Crosse County by 807 votes, 5,692 to 6,499, and lost heavily in Vernon County, votes to 1,633.

Of the 40 precincts in La Crosse County, Bice won only in 10 He carried his own ward, the 14th, 462 to 290. There apparently was a considerable Democratic crossover in the Bice-Knutson race. For example, the Town of Washington in the 1960, 1962 and 1964 general elections for governor went solidly Democratic. Tues- NORBERT NUTTELMAN Leonard piled up 133,444 votes tic state chairman to make the in 3.293 precincts, with former Both were unopDOsed race, will meet Republican State Assemblyman Robert I. John-with Rep.

Henry C. Schadeberg I on) Sen. Robert Warren of Green son, a 40-year-old Mondovi Bay. farmer and businessman, in sec ond place with 73,991. Cudahv a nationally known James J.

Donohue, 66 of Fox candidate Jerald E. Maiers, a lawyer figure in the Ken- Point, polled 45.510 and Daryl 27-year-old religion teacher who nedy administration who re- MILO G. KNUTSON 5 Wisconsin Assemblymen Are Defeated By ARTHUR L. SRB jday it gave Bice 10 MILWAUKEE Knutson 48 and David L. Brye, Republican State Sen.

Raymond coon the unop- C. Bice of La Crosse and five p0sed Democratic candidate 27. assemblymen were defeated for The Town of Greenfield, also renomination to the Legislature Democratic, gave Bice Tuesday on an upset-dotted pri- 41? Knutson 124 and Brye 12. mary election card. Town of Campbell, which Ousted from the lower house was Democratic in 1960 1962 were GOP Assemblymen G.

K. and evenly divided in 1964, Anderson of Waupaca and D. gave Brve 64 Bice 127 Russell Wartinbee of La Crosse, ancj Knutson 155 and Democratic Assemblymer Ba 1st Ward, also Edward Mertz and Frank Democratic in 1960 and 1962 and Schaeffer, both of Milwaukee even in 1964, cast 42 votes for i years defeating turned home to head the family meat packing firm, turned back a determined challenge by Racine attorney Jay Schwartz, a former assistant attorney general, and two other Democratic hopefuls Eau Claire attorney Paul L. Kelly and perennial can- Gemoll of Milwaukee 10,451. backed McCarthy for the Demo- In the other constitutional ot- cratic presidential nomination, fices, the Republican incum- Complete unofficial results in bents Lt.

Gov. Jack Olson, the First District race gave Treasurer Harold Clemens and Stalbaum, a Humphrey man, Steiger polled 34,139 votes and he said. ning. Race 14,590 in pri- Wartinbee was first elected in tired right now, but I 1960 and was re-elected in 1962, plan to run again in two p. Dahl, 40, of Tiger-s 1964 and 1966.

said Zielke, obviously pleased ancl mcnara Lyncn et west a Bryei for Knutson and 159 u- u- Rice- Bice, seeking his third full other examples where City of School. good term Senate, was defeat- Crosse wards which have Asked if he had any political Zielke was gracious in defeat, established a Democratic ten- plans, he said it was too early to thanking friends and support- Knutson 8,8 2-7, Bice denCy and which voted Republi- tell. But he added, not ers, along with congratulating; 10 can Tuesday, are: Ward 15, 40 Republican who ousted him from his House seat two an official, of the National Wartinbee, who is 64, is a with his showing in his first try Farmers Organization in Wiscon-j school teacher at Central High for state office. put up a Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman were unopposed.

November oppon- See LA FOLLETTE, Page 2 18,140 votes to 6,534 for Maiers, Lawrence an advocate of U.S. withdrawal Dahl from Vietnam. dead Greider, who is vice president and secretary of Bakery, is 45 years old and has Nuttelman as the two stood and chatted. since 1953. dor Brye, 152 for Knutson and 78 for Bice; and Ward 17, 30 One of two Senate col- f0r Brve, 168 for Knutson and I'll do what I can for "ho had primary chal- 92 for'Bice.

the said Zielke, looking received a scare before Knutson, 50, was elected in French General Among 95 Killed In Plane Crash Schadeberg, who ran unop- der said excitedly, .0, Its nice to jn victory. posed as did all but one of Wis- won the Democratic nomi- be a He said he was gratified to think incumbent representa- natlon in a Seventhi District not familiar with all of the people would support tives, polled 21,137 votes. race with Will A. Sandstrom of problems facing the state, but he said. The only incumbent faced with ausau a primary challenge was Dem mcumnenr ivipivin nr i' j.fi.ji.i..

i.u. am ASSEMBLY, Page been 5th Ward alderman since ahead t0 November general emer 8 in? a narrow victor. Sen. 1955 to the first of five two-year 1965. election Joseph Lourigan, Kenosha, terms as La Crosse mayor.

In Contacted at his home, Grei- Nuttelman was equally gra- edged a fellow Kenosha resident, 1966 he unsuccessfully sought Richard Lindgren, the Republican nomination for the Sen. Reuben La Fave, R- governor. He is news director me Oconto, brushed past Reuben for radio station WKTY. Duescher of Peshtigo to win re- that he was in favor of a uni- bas been customary in by a nearly 3-1 Bice, 72, began his elective Dahl, who faces Republican form statewide beer age. the pastln the district it was a rnargir1, career as a La Crosse County ocrat Clement Zablocki of Mil-incumbent Melvin R- of definitely for the kids and tight race and I used tc Assemblyman Nile Soik, eight- supervisor.

He was on the board waukee. Marshfield in the general elec- we'u watch it closely. take Spp ASSFMK. year veteran of the lower for five years, then spent seven Zablocki easily defeated Ro- tion' received 11,148 votes to a 0f 8 chamber, handily won the Re- years in the state assembly. He 5,478 for Sandstrom.

Zielke, who came to the coun- publican nomination to the 4th was elected to the state senate Laird polled 30,421 votes. dy office to congratulate district Senate seat over another in April 1953 in a special elec- Nuttelman after late returns rKCLIIVV- I VUI Whitefish Bay resident, Joseph tion, and won re-election in 1956, Stadler. i960 and 1964. NICE, France (AP) An Air France Caravelle jet liner crashed into the Mediterranean Sea today killing all 95 persons aboard, including Gen. Rene Cogny, who commanded French troops in North Vietnam at the time Dien Bien Phu fell, the airline said.

The plane, just recently put into service was on a flight from Ajaccio, Corsica, to Nice, on the Riviera. Shortly before the crash, the pilot messaged: The wreckage of the plane were said to be 13 children. Cogny, 64, was named commander of French ground forces in North Vietnam in May, 1953, during the French-Indochina war. He watched the fall of the French base at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, under continued assaults of the Viet Minh led by Gen. Nguyen Vo Giap, now North Vietnamese defense minister.

The Dien Bien Phu disaster marked the end of major fighting and the war went to settle- Clement Zablocki In the Tenth District, Timothy dashed his hopes, said, was AM DATCC 7 J. Hirsch, a 26-year-old faculty a hard, clean lO member at Eau Claire State definitely see me University, won the Democratic 4 was closest of the con- nomination in a close duel with tested races in La Crosse Coun- Ervin Braski, 42, of Brantwood. Hirsch, who will run against Republican incumbent Alvin E. See CONGRESS. Page 2 ty with the outcome in doubt until Nuttelman notched decisive victories in the last four precincts to report late in the eve Precinct-by-precinct tabulations of how La Crosse County voted in the Re- maries Tuesday are on pages 8 and 15.

WINS GOPNOD FOR RE-ELECTION wras located 12 miles off the Ri- ment at the Geneva Conference, viera coast. A product of French military The pilot of the plane, which schools, Cogny was a captain in By JEROME R. ROSSO merits and not on any statistical (La Crosse Tribune Staff Writer) La Crosse County Dist. Atty. Stoltz said he hopes Randolph Burleigh Randolph swept to vie- well in November.

I'm was approaching Nice for a World War II. He was captured lory office a Republican and I say, landing at its seaside airport, by the Germans early in the luesdays primary close ranks and make it a good shouted one last message into war. election Republican his radio: is still fire He took command of the Randolph won the Republican aboard. and his voice northern front in the French-In- nomination in his contest broke off. dochina war in 1952.

He became p'ltb hls former assistant dis- Several residents of the Ri- a general at the age of 48. attorney, Seth Stoltz. viera reported seeing a huge After that he served in Re ca'1 piecinct 111 black column of smoke rising Morocco and was placed on re- count.v except for La trosse from the sea off Cap serve status in 1964. Others reported a ball of fire shortly before the twin-jet plane disappeared. Fisherman Marius Guis said he heard an explosion.

Wards 1 and 9 and the Town of iCampbell, wrhere Stoltz resides. 1 1 1 total vote, in the Vote In I ownshlp, official returns, was 7,057 to 1 Ballot Rejected 4 213 BAGLEY, Minn. (AP) Han- A search by sea and air was gaard Township, a Clearwater feels good to Ran- begun in rainy weather. One County precinct with seven eli- dolph noted. wras a pretty plane signaled that there ap- gible voters, produced the first tough campaign.

I able peared to be lifeboats around returns in primary before the returns came in to the wreckage, but this was not election. All voters had cast predict the outcome, confirmed. The first three bod- their ballots by midafternoon attribute the result to rec- ies brought to the mainland by permitting an early count. ognition by the voters of the helicopters badly burned. Four voted for Democratic- good work we have dpne in the There were 89 Farmer-Labor candidates and last four years.

1 have tried to apparently mostly two ballots were cast by Repub- prosecute vigorously, but to be six crew members aboard thejlicans. Election judges rejected fair. plane. Among the dead there the seventh ballot. have tried each case on its Knutson said after his victory Soik hopes to replace State that, he was for the Sen.

Jerris Leonard of Bayside. opportunity to carry the stand- who captured the GOP nomina- ard for the Republican party in tion for U.S. senator. the 32nd District in the gener- Another Republican assembly- al man, James C. Devitt of Green- He said that the GOP has field, won his nomination many excellent candidates and for the state Senate seat being that under some conditions one vacated by Sen.

Taylor Benson, may be best and under differ- Franksville. Devitt turned conditions another may be back Phillip H. Warren of Bur- best. lington by a 4-1 margin. Bice has served you In the Green Bay area, Myron well under conditions during his P.

Lotto of Green Bay won a said Knutson, adding three way Republican primary that he will attempt to serve as worked hard and my wife Sheriff James McHugh, race in the 2 nd district, well under different and worked very hard, and we lost, Register of Deeds Everette Lotto will seek to succeed Sen. conditions, but it has been a rewarding ex- Runge, Clerk of Court Robert Warren of Green Bay. -j will put forth my very best Carl F. Schnick, County who won the GOP nomination he said. Treasurer Julian Johnson, 10 for state attoney general.

When contacted at his home 118; Coroner Dr. James Mur- late Tuesday, Bice said he was phy, and Surveyor Clay- One of the top surprises in the disappointed in the outcome, ton Solberg, 9,985. Assembly races was Anderson's were times during the Randolph Tops Stoltz In D.A. Race perience. In the heavily Republican primary, November opponent, Galen Pittman, unopposed for the Democratic nomi- In statewide races, La Crosse defeat.

His campaign had been campaign that I felt I was mak Sec ELECTION, Page nation, drew only 1,740 votes, 01 County Republican voters pre-i far less than Stoltz had in his ferred State Sen. Jerris Leon- losing bid. ard for the U.S. senator nomina- Local political observers pro- tion and Robert W. Warren for WHERE TO FIND IT fessed to see unmistakable the attorney general nomina- signs of a heavy Democratic crossover to the Republican side of the ledger in the primary.

Like Pittman, other Democratic candidates on the ballot drew only small totals. The total vote of 15,246 was tion. Each candidate. was the endorsed Leonard got 4,898 county votes, nearly as many as his three opponents combined. Robert I.

Johnson got 2,863, James BURLEIGH RANDOLPH low for a primary, being some J. Donohue 1,818 and Daryl Ge- 2,000 less than turned out in moll, 664. 1964. Warren got 7,575 votes to 2,902 As ever in the past, the ticket for his only opponent, William was led by County Clerk Esther H. Dieterich.

Domke, unopposed on the Re -1 The unopposed Republicans, publican ticket. She got 10,893 all incumbents, got these to-, votes. tals: Gov. Warren Knowles, Following in order on the Re- 450 (second highest total in the publican side of the ballot were! See RANDOLPH, Page Births Page Bridge ..........27 Classified Adv. 33, 34 and 35 Comics, Movies TV 31 Community Crossword Puzzle ..........15 Daily Death Notices .............32 Editorials 10 Food Pages 15-22 Local News ..........23 Markets 2 Sports ...........28, 29 and 30 Tri-State Deaths ...........32 Weather Map 3 News 4 and 5 ing good headway.

Then thereM be a few days when I felt it going so well. But the last few days 1 had quite a little confidence. knew Vernon County wouldn't go for ran strong down there when he ran for governor. I worked hard in Crawford, and I won it. Where 1 was beat was in La Crosse County, and that surprised me.

tried to figure it out. I can't understand the Republican people forsaking me £. Senator Bice was not bitter. people decided to have a change. 1 certainly accept the verdict of the people, and I con- See KNUTSON, Page 2.