The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • Page 15

Outdoor Fun Before Winter Is Upon Us Youth Arrested In Grocery I Admits 5 Other Break-Ins Local Firms To Hold Rates A 17-year-old La Crosse boy, who later admitted several other break-ins, was caught while burgling Park and Shop, George and Gillette about 4:30 a.m. Sunday. Detectives were questioning him Monday. Police said the boy admitted breaking into The Tavern, 620 Gillette Bar, 716 Gillette and IGA Food Market, 1400 Liberty early Sunday; Market, 1107 Liberty on Thursday, and Jim Barbershop, Lang Drive and St. Andrew Oct.

31. The boy denied breaking into the Gillette Street Cafe, 718 Gillette early Sunday. Police investigating the other break-ins Youth Guilty In Burglary Gets Probation A La Crosse youth convicted I of burglary was placed on probation for three years Monday in Circuit Court. Judge Peter Pappas withheld sentence on the youth, William Copus, 18, of 715 Badger I warning him that if he failed to comply with probation condi- tions as imposed by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services it would go harshly with him. Pappas told the youth that he was deliberately withholding sentence with the idea that if Copus violates probation, I court is not about to be lenient I with As added conditions of proba- I tion, the judge ordered that Co- I pus during the three years reim- I burse the county for the fees of the court-appointed law- I yer, Rodger Kramer, and be I treated by the county guidance I clinic for his drinking problem.

I A jury last month found Copus I guilty of participating in the I May 19 burglary of Rent AI Tool, 1202 La Crosse St. Follow- I ing conviction, the judge or- I dered a presentence investiga- I tion by the health and social I services department. I The investigation resulted in a recommendation against proba- I tion for Copus, who has a juve- I Dile record and recently ceived an undesirable discharge I from the army. I Asst. Dist.

Atty. Merwin Mel- 1 lor agreed with the recommen- dation against probation and I asked for a term in Green Bay I Reformatory for Copus. Kramer pointed out that the I conviction is first as an I adult. I He argued that Copus has a 1 drinking problem and had been upset by the recent murder of I his brother, John. Kramer ques- tioned whether the reformatory I would do any better job of solv- ing problems than the I Army had.

discovered the cafe entry. Police at 4:37 a.m. Sunday were tipped off that someone was burgling As officers approached the store, the youth was seen coming to the door. The youth then headed back into the store, get out elsewhere and came back to the door, police said. He had $29.80 in change and two 15-cent bar chips.

Police said $12 in quarters, $7 to $10 in dimes and $2 to $3 in nickels was taken from Bar, but nothing was believed missing from the other businesses the boy admitted breaking into or from the Gillette Street Cafe. At 4:38 p.m. Sunday police A day of reflection and action for high school students concerned about peace and justice is scheduled Tuesday in the Main Lobby, Viterbo College Fine Arts Center. It is sponsored by the social concerns committee of the Catholic Diocese of La Crosse. Registration will be at 9:30 a.m., followed by welcomes by Rev.

J. Thomas Finucan, president of Viterbo, and Rev. John Heagle, chairman oi the committee. A group discussion is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. and entitled a game to simulate the use of power in the Fr.

Heagle will talk on for Peace and at 1:45 a.m. This will be followed by an address by Margarito Martinez, 26, director of Mexican American Self Help Project in Central Wisconsin, also a member of the social concerns committee. His topic will be Close to Home: The Mexican American in took the boy from the County Jail to St. Francis Hospital. He was ill, police said.

Police Sunday evening arrested three boys, ages 14, 12 and 17, for breaking into Confectionary, 825 Rose earlier in the evening. About $21.50 in candy, magazines and other merchandise was taken, police said. Police were called about 8:30 p.m and told that the store was to be entered. They waited in the store but no one came. The informer then told police it already had been entered.

At 10:10 p.m., police arrested the three boys. All the youths will be refrred to La Crosse County juvenile authorities. Also speaking during the day will be James Lafky, assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He introduced the first black culture class there and won the first of the Award at UW-L in 1966. The Occupational Rehabilitation Center, 1816 West Ave.

will hold its fourth annual Client Recognition Banquet Thursday in the Mississippi Room, Holiday Inn. A social hour will begin at 6 p.m., with dinner served at 7 p.m. A group of area musicians will provide musical accompaniment. Ronnie Eastman, local entertainer, will serve as master of ceremonies. Speaker for the event will be Ray Lange, a former client who received his training at the Oc- Above Normal Temperatures Continue Here La Crosse continues to have above-normal temperatures.

James Bagnell, meteorologist here, said ordinarily November readings for the first half of the month have a 26-42-d range. La range has been 34-63 degrees. Although several places in the Coulee Region and the state broke all-time high marks Sunday, the local 63 was five degrees cooler than the record set Nov. 14, 1964. Coldest Npv.

14 on record was one above zero in 1916. Normal precipitation for the entire month of November, Bagnell said, is 1.94 inches. La Crosse had .05 of an inch of precipitation Nov. 2 and only traces (not able to be measured) Nov. 3 and Nov.

9. One of three Novembers usually has at least a one-inch ground cover of snow by midmonth. Temperatures here Monday night will be at the 32 mark. Fair skies Tuesday will bring readings back to the mid-50s. a slight chance of rain Wednesday, but temperatures are expected to remain unseasonably mild, Bagnell said.

Films on liberation and peace are to be shown. Music during the sessions will be provided by Viterbo students. About 145 students from seven parish schools and five public schools have indicated attend. cupational Rehabilitation Center during the winter and spring of 1971. Lange will tell of his experiences of the past 15 years and his involvement with the center.

The Occupational Rehabilitation Center, established in 1966, is a nonprofit organization serving a population of 300,000 people in La Crosse and the surrounding area. The goal of the center is to provide a rehabilitation program of work adjustment which, when completed, enables the client to enter into competitive employment. By ROBIN THOMPSON and GRANT BLUM (La Crosse Tribune Staff Writers) Phase II of President Richard economic policy went into effect Monday, surrounded by confusion. Most of the businesses contacted by the La Crosse Tribune indicated they were going to hold prices and wages at the current rate at least until they have more information about Phase II. D.

J. Petruccelli, manager of the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce, said his office has received more than 100 calls from businesses and individuals wanting to know more about the economic policy. At this point, he explained, the chamber is trying to find out what Phase II really means. Petruccelli said the chamber is working through the Wisconsin and National Retail Merchants Associations in an effort to obtain clarification. Meanwhile, he knew of no businesses planning price wage increases until they have more information, the chamber manager said.

However, it is likely there will be some increases, especially among those businesses that were by the price-wage freeze. Petruccelli remarked some businesses had ordered products in the first of the year for delivery this fall, and have had to swallow the higher costs they paid when prices were frozen. Others were caught with sale prices in effect when the freeze went on Aug. 15. So far, the only pay boosts announced go to some personnel at Montgomery Department Store, while the only price boosts disclosed involve sale of Pinto.

Robert Sickmann, store manager at said that ployes entitled to pay boosts based on three-month or annual evaluations are now going to get them. At the same time he said Wards does not plan to boost prices. expect anything to go he predicted. Sickmann did say that Wards got caught on some wholesale boosts before Phase I went into effect, but that such increases are being absorbed into Phase II. Other department stores also are holding the line on prices.

At Bell Discount Department Store, manager Gerald Moe said he anticipate any increases. At the same time, he said confusion exists as to what the rules actually are. tell you the truth there has been no information coming down to us. We are as much in the dark as anyone, I At Department store, L. A.

Regnier, vice president and merchandise manager, said no price boosts are planned unless wholesalers boost costs. Regnier said he anticipate that would happen. prices are the same and we will maintain the he promised. William Levinger, manager of here, said no price boosts are planned. thought about he said.

Several department stores are waiting for word from their central office. Duane Finch, manager of mart, explained that his main office yet indicated whether or not there would be any price increases. There has also been no word on possible wage increases, he added. The local manager of Sears Roebuck and Earl Bittner, said that he doing anything except waiting for word from the home office. looking at it like Phase I so John Kleinscbmidt, manager of J.

C. echoed pre- La Crosse City Finance Officer Sherman C. Stellpflug Monday said the city will check with the Federal Pay Board to determine if the 5.9 per cent salary hike for all city except firemen, so acceptable, in view of the 5.5 per cent limit. The salaries are effective Jan. 1 Stellpflug said the city should budget for the 5.9 per cent, even if only 5.5 per cent is allowed, because it know when the wage limit will be or By DR.

TRUMAN D. HAYES (Professor of Music, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse) Probably the largest audience to attend a La Crosse Symphony program in recent years gathered in Main Theater of Viterbo Arts Center on Sunday evening to hear this opening concert, presenting troubadour-harpist Gerald Goodman as visiting soloist. And theatergoers were rewarded with a display of outstanding artistry on the harp and a most agreeable singing voice. Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and Strings is one of the major works in the harp literature. Its colors and harmonies, and its virtuoso technical demands were done with flair and finesse.

Thirteen of the orchestral strings provided accompaniment, and important solo parts were effectively taken Wayne and Carolyn Bennett, clarinetist and flutist, respectively. Goodman later joined the orchestra in a medley of songs from Camelot. Here, his engaging personality was much in evidence, as he both sang and spDke in a narrative fashion. His remarkable coordination enabled him at the same time to maintain a complex harp accompaniment. The familiar songs obviously were enjoyed by the audience.

A final harp group was performed by Goodman alone. It included several folksongs and instrumental pieces, notably a set of preludes by Carlos Salzedo. The songs, with harp background in varied and sensitive arrangements by the artist, showed his voice to even better advantage than had the Camelot songs. Especially affecting were Wind Was My with programmatic or pictorial harp effects, and a Scottish ballad, in which the final selection was sung in an impeccably controlled falsetto. The Salzedo pieces, written by a master of harp performance and composition, are important for their extension of technique, with many imaginative effects.

One of them used quick pedal changes to produce exotic sliding tones, including mysteri- vious comments, saying, got anything from the central office yet to go At Eversole Motors, Fred Miller, new car sales man- if pay increases held back by the limit will be retroactive when it is lifted. The Common Council already has approved 5.9 per cent salary increases for Municipal ployes Local 180, for all department heads, professional and trades personnel and private secretaries, and for the La Crosse Professional Association. Fire Fighters Local 127 has not accepted a 5.9 per cent offer from the city. Its exeutive board will meet Monday night. ous and even sinister suggestions.

The purely orchestral section of the concert, directed by Frank Italiano, began with Overture to Barber of The strings were at their best in this sparkling work, and the entire orchestra gave a good account of itself. Polovetsian Dances from are well- known both in their original form and for their use in the musical show The performance, though somewhat lacking in finesse, had some effective moments of nostalgic lyricism and of kinetic excitement. Rimsky Polonaise from his Eve was a typical Rimskyan exercise in skillful orchestration, and showed all sections of the orchestra to good advantage. The next symphony concert will be Sunday, Feb. 13, with Richard Zgodava in a solo role.

He is known here for his work as an accompanist. 1st Nine Days Draw 1,100 Autos To Lot More than 1,100 motorists used the city-leased Cathedral Parking Lot during the first nine days of operation, says La Crosse Public Works Director Bob D. Schroeder. The lot, being leased by the Parking Utility from the St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral and the Diocese of La Crosse, opened Nov.

1. Schroeder said 60 per cent of the parkers used the lot for up to one hour, 24 per cent for up to two hours and 16 per cent for more than two hours. of the lot has been increasing a parkers become aware of its location and as they change their traditional parking he added. Schroeder said the biggest advantage to the lot is that the motorists avoid parking tickets. They pay a nickel for the first hour, a dime for the second hour and a quarter for subsequent hours.

while a five per cent boost is being sought nationally, he strongly doubts such a hike will be approved. manager, also reported no price boosts. He said the firm had about 60 new cars in stock, all of which are going at 1971 prices. In other types of business operations, store owners and managers appeared to be vetoing any price boost or salary adjustment plans. Kenneth Proksch, owner of the New Villa Restaurant, said he foresee any price or wage boosts until at least January if then.

At the Country Kitchen, Owen a i owner, reported no plans to raise prices. At La Crosse Rubber Mills, John Sherman, manager, declined to comment. Grocery prices apparently going up either. Oscar Peterslie, manager of the A Super Market, said he has received no advance in prices on next price schedule. He said contracts of employes affected either.

At the Causeway Super-Valu Store, Walter Pitz, manager, said prices are staying at Phase I levels. He said salary boosts are being forwarded to the main office in Minneapolis, for consideration. Industry in La Crosse is also adopting a wait and see attitude, although some firms have avoided the immediate confusion. Russell Cleary, president of the G. Heileman Brewing said no price increases are being anticipated now, and union contracts at the brewery were approved before the freeze went into effect.

New contracts be negotiated until April 1 A spokesman at the La Crosse Cooler Co. said that he know about price increases right now, and the union contracts call for wage increases until next August. Charles Redel, vice president of industrial relations at Gateway Transportation said his company is waiting to find out more about Phase II and its effects on wages before considering any price increases. No sure happening yet, he remarked. Richard Riley, manager of Dohrn Transportation said transportation costs have been frozen and no indication of any increases.

He also explained that he know what would happen to wage increases scheduled for The unions also seem unsure of what Phase II means. Darrell Lee, business agent for Local 140, said that he was waiting for word from the un- i international office on what the economic policy means. Like everyone else, buildings and trades officials are still in the dark, he remarked. However, there is one area where wages did take a giant leap. Under the terms of the military pay bill, newly enlisted persons in tfie armed services will now receive $268.50 a month, as compared to $134.40 under the old law.

The pay raise not only includes substantial increases in basic pay, but also in quarters and ration allowances. designed to make military pay comparable with that offered by business and industry. Circuit Court Ceremony 5 To Receive Citizenship Five persons will receive their American citizenship Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in naturalization ceremonies before Judge Peter Pappas in Circuit Court room, County Courthouse. They are: Patrizio Anthony Savoldelli, Italy; Heidi Marie Zimmerman, Germany; Katalin Molnar, Czechoslovakia; LaLana Rae Mahlum, Korea; and Oknan Dahl, South Korea.

The applicants will be addressed by lawyer Darrel A. Talcott, while Clerk of Court Jack Frost will administer the Oath of Allegiance. Mayor W. Peter Gilbertson will welcome the new citizens. Presentations will be made by Mrs.

J. C. Morgan, La Crosse Community Council; Mrs. Veranda Stach, American Legion Auxiliary; John A. Poellinger, vice president of the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce; Joseph Halaska, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Mrs.

William McGowen, VFW Auxiliary; Mrs. William Parks, Daughters of the American Revolution; and Girl Scout Troop 172, Harry Spence School. Heidi Zimmerman will make the response for the new citizens. The advance colors will be presented by the American Legion color guard, while the invocation will be delivered by Rabbi Elliott Katz. The Central High School Swing Choir will sing at the ceremony.

Clarence Childers, commander of Roy L. Vingers American Legion Post 52, will lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Day Of Awareness Sessions To Be Tuesday At Viterbo Occupation Rehabilitation Center Sets Client Banquet City To Seek Ruling From Pay Board On 5.9% Raise La Crosse Symphony Visitor Goodman's Harp Hits Pleasing Notes At Ray Hutson Chevrolet, ager, said he foresees no boost james Simpson, new car sales in prices for Chrysler or Plymouth products yet. He said that While temperatures were in the 60s Sunday, a few persons found this the ideal time to get outdoors and just plain enjoy themselves before winter strikes its first blow. Spending a peaceful afternoon playing his gu itar on a hill in back of his home at 1003 Zeisler St.

was Donald Walsh Jr. It was coats off for LuAnn Linberg, 6, of Strum, and Brent Linberg, 4, of 1625 Rose who found Campus School playground to their liking. Photos by Gary R. Kiefner..