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Crosse Tribune, Friday, May 21, 1971 Enemy Steps Up Shelling At A Shau, E. Cambodia By GEORGE ESPER from their mountain homes by Thursday swirled across moun- SAIGON (AP) The North the war. tain ranges overlooking the 30- Vietnamese and Viet Cong in- As the project progressed, mile-long valley on the east and creased their shelling attacks volunteers from the Army, the north, 375 miles north of in South Vietnam and battled 1 Navy and Seabees joined in Saigon. The action was part of troops near the A Shau during their off-duty time, operation Lam Son 720, which valley and in eastern Cam- There was no official U.S. aid; was launched April 14.

bodia military spokesmen re- instead the American volun-; Saigon headquarters said 53 ported today teers fashioned two pumps, two North Vietnamese troops were The Saigon government said engines and a pipeline out of killed around the A Shau, 31 of there were 24 small rocket and abandoned equipment. them in a single battle seven The system went into oper- miles northwest of A Luoi, ation less than three months which sits on the valley floor, ago. Total South Vietnamese casu- mortar attacks against South Vietnamese military units and civilians during the 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. today. The biggest attack was only 10 rounds and casualties were reported light.

But it was the largest number of such attacks since April 26. The military headquarters also reported 119 enemy troops killed in fighting at four points near the A Shau valley and at five locations in eastern Cambodia. The Saigon forces also uncovered an arms shop and several munitions dumps containing more than four tons of arms and ammunition, spokesmen said. Field reports and battlefield communiques put losses in the fighting at 13 killed and 45 wounded. Another eight South Vietnamese militiamen killed and 12 Ex-Area Couple Have 5 And 10 Baby The numbers five and 10 are special numbers to a former area couple who now live in Two Rivers, Wis.

Mrs. Sprehn gave birth to a daughter in the fifth month at 5:10 a.m. who weighed five pounds 10 ounces. She named the child Kelly Jo. Mrs.

Sprehn is the former Edna Meyer of Tomah and Sprehn is formerly of Bangor and the son of the Maurice Sprehns. Cost Of Living Up Rise In Grocery Is Nearly In Charge Filed Again In Theft Of Cattle La Crosse County Asst. Atty. Merwin Mellor re-filed charges Friday in County Court against a city man accused of having cery prices rose sharply again medical care six-tenths and rec narticinated last fall in tteft in April but smaller increases reation six-tenths, said the re- of 500worthof cattte for some housing and trans- port by the Bureau of Labor Prices April The U.S. Command reported alties were seven killed and 17 ai leinn involving wounded in the A Shau IvvOII no ground fighting American forces, but three field reports said.

Americans were wounded in The action in Cambodia was two rocket attacks on U.S. at points about 40 miles apart an a coae Continued from Page 1 The defendant, Charles Childers, 20, 1747 Rose appeared before Judge Leonard Roraff and had his case continued to Wednesday for the appointment of a lawyer to represent him at By NEIL GILBRIDE 'costs edged up one-tenth of one grocery prices. ap Labor writer) per cent, transportation three- Most of the April food rise WASHINGTON (AP) Gro- tenths, clothing four-tenths, was due to increases in fresh fruit and vegetable prices. of beef and veal, cereal and bakery products and Statistics. dairy products increased in- The bureau also reported that stead of declining as they usu- some 45 million rank and file ally do in the report portation costs held last over-all rise in living costs to three-tenths of one per cent, the government said today.

workers gained 73 cents a week in pay to an average of $124.75, public expense. Childers was re- the Consumer leased on $500 signature bond Price Index up to 120.2, mean- The April increases brought and that after allowance for pending further proceedings. The complaint alleges that bases blow the DMZ. And two from near Phum Veal south of enforcement program is re- Childers took part in the theft of Kompong Trabek on Route only structures general- seven Holsteins belonging mma 4 ah nA Americans were killed when small Army observation helicopter was shot dowm eight miles southwest of Pleiku, in the central highlands. the Saigon to Phnom Penh ty are in worse condition, highway.

Some South Vietnam-added, ese forces were operating as far as 25 miles from their bor- William Hauser, R. 2, Onalaska, on Nov. 3 from a farm on Kin- ing it cost $12.02 last month for every $10.00 worth of typical family purchases in the 1967 base period. The Labor Department the index was 4.3 per federal tax deductions and higher living costs, purchasing power was two per cent above a year earlier. However, the buying power of the average pay check was still 1.9 per cent below the record peak of Sep- said tember 1968.

cent; Tbe big rise nine.tenths of The fighting near the A Shau der. Mercury Poisoning Traced To Swordfish fT Zctd to a caUle above a year for per cent for food followed XemaEg dealer to wtom one of the an equally large jump in March gram costs and will give proper ty owners with less than $3,000 income grants to improve tbeir homes. Others can get loans for improvement at three per cent interest, he said thieves, Paul Mathison, 23, R. 1, Onalaska, had sold them. The complain- alleges that following arrest, made a statement to sheriffs deputies saying he had paid Wil- RECORDS three years and that the increase since February was the smallest of any three-month period in four years.

The 4.3 per cent gain in a year represented a slowing City: from the 5.5 per cent climb in MaY 11:27 a.m POLICE AMBULANCE were By MIKE SHANAHAN WASHINGTON (AP) housewife who aietea on swordfish dramatizes toe potem forbearance and in toe toeft. other A mercury exceeding its 0.5 parts were York health officer says per million standard considered wounded an attack on an it mercury poisoning of a safe, rigation project built by Amen- housewife who dieted on can volunteers out of discarded war materia! miles south of tia, (acj the demilitarized zone. A U.S. Marine civic action team began the project three HTV years ago. Its purpose was to Heau" described lsland woman 35 first bring a year-round water sup- case of human illness in this ply to lands tilled by refugee nation directly attributable to Montagnard tribesmen driven subcom- poisoning from ordinance Thursday has improved The mother of three con- ker still contains an sumed about 10 ounces of abnormally high level of mer- swordfish daily for nine months cury health officer said.

in 1964 and 1965, he said, and lost 45 pounds. She continued Grocery prices tenths of one per cent. Housing from a swing market to be within its 0.5 ppm has concluded that rehabilita- Deeper Channel Proposed For Mississippi In an apparent swipe at the Childers and Daniel Greater La Crosse Citizens for Hams, of 403 S. 9th to as- Progress Committee which cir culated Candeub, Fleissig 1962 The complaint against Childeis map in an effort to discredit ur- alleges that Williams, after his Thp FDA ordered some tuna ban renewal, Parrott said he arrest, also gave a statement Af- .1 insnected the areas pro- say mg Childers had participated 4th OradGrS At Mathison and Williams later Onoldsko Visit standard. tion would be sufficient in some pleaded guilty, each being Herdman described the Long of the areas.

placed on probation on condition they make restitution for var-i The authority would set pro- iOUS iosses resulting from the ONALASKA, Wis. fourth ject boundaries, said Michaeli. theft of the cattle. Some homes may have to be Childers was also charged at razed as a result of tbeir condi- the same time, but Judge Roraff tion, but the two federal pro- at that time dismissed them for grams are aimed at rehabilita- iacfc 0f evidence. Mellor pointed tion, Michaeli said.

He added that in Plattsburgh, David said. Except for a decline in mortgage interest rates, there were continued rises for most consumer services, including automobile insurance, property insurance, natural gas, medical services and transit fares, the reoort said. vSome 72,000 workers will receive pay increases from their cost-of-living clauses in labor contracts based on the government price index. 9 LCU Music Students Plan Sunday Recitals calendar 1970 and 6.1 per cent Voss, 2 of 225 Avon to Lu-, af a in 1969 thenm Hospital by squad students at La in 19ba- hk fnrphpaw whon ep Crosse State University will ap- rose nine- cut bis forehead when he fell pear in open recitals Sunday in May Dawn Gabel, HaU Auditorium, starting 14, of 822 St. Andrew from 800 block on Avon Street to St.

Stonefield ST. PAUL, Minn Larger locks and channel are needed on the Mississippi River between Min (AP) a deeper lost 45 poilnQS, one conunucu I her swordfish diet sporadically LOCQI until November 1970. Now, he said, she has been I OTUGy At diagnosed as a mercury poison- neapolis and the mouth of the inS victim. ASCOhOllC LGntGT Ohio River, according to the Rev- Paul Landstrom, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

she chaPlain of the La Crosse area The St. Paul district office of of Lutheran Social Serv- the corps has released the first in a series of informational bulletins on a 12-foot channel study to be completed in 1975. The larger locks are needed, the engineers said, because powerful tugboats pushing larger numbers of barges are forcing time-consuming double lockages on the present lnrtc mended that Americans ThP nrinptnai of eating swordfish because the Wednesday and of 853 Aug.15. permit barges to be loaded( more heavily, thus reducing the ClVII UGTGnSG towing cost per ton-mile, the Radio, SnGltGr N.Y., where such programs were undertaken, only three or grade students from Fauver Hill hospital and Pertzsch Schools Wednesday made a visit to Stonefield Village, Nelson Dewey State Park at Cassville, to view the replica of an 1890 village and Francis Hospital; illness. FIRE DEPARTMENT La Crosse: May 21, 9 a.m., to La Crosse Airport, standby for Air Force out that the testimony of Mathi- son and Williams could not at early that time be used because they Students of Mrs- Van ----------had not yet been convicted and Susteren Mrs.

Carol Crothers, four of some 140 homes in a pro-; couiq not be required to testify yaa" ject had to be razed. All others against Childers, who had made Harold Blank and Mrs- City Man Facing Burglary Count Tbe students are: Mary Kramer, a sophomore from New Holstein, soprano vocal solo; Susan Fritzsch, a freshman from Milwaukee, apd Edwin Muelling, a sophomore from Eau Claire, violin duet; Dale Kline, a freshman, 3830 Cliffside Place, trumpet solo; James Ipsen, a freshman, 306 Caledonia trumpet solo; Terrence Blummer, a junior, 803 Moore trumpet solo; Barbara Eglin, a junior from Beloit, flute solo; were rehabilitated, even in cas- no statement following his ar- toured the village and lawyer to represent him at pub- i i a hnmo nf IMolcnn How. i A La Crosse man, unable post $500 cash bond required of a lrom him Friday in County flute solo; and was being held in County Jail Sleven Bina, a junior, 1355 Hor- awaiting appointment of a lon baritone horn solo. es where rehabilitation was ma- rest jor, he said. burglary Integrated Staff eral loans are inducements Under normal code enforcement, property owners with sub- ising are housing Lutheran Hospital visited the home of Nelson Dew- expense on a ey, first governor, charge.

This is the fifth consecutive The man. William Copus Of Teachers Urged year that 18i of 715 Badger appeared, MADIS0N wis (AP) Madison public school Human Relations Advisory May 19, son to Mr. and Mrs. for the year Paul W. Henke, 523 West Ave.

S. stonefield Village received its (Ann ferguson) name from Dewey, who resided on the estate. In 1936 the property was acquired by the Wisconsin Conservation Department. The State Historical Society has helped restore the have toured the park. The study before Judge Leonard Roraff to of Wisconsin is the fourth grad- answer a complaint that curriculum in social studies Wednesday night he broke into Rent-A-Tool, 1201 La Crosse St.

Youth Facing Council recommended Wednesday a teach- According to the complaint ing filed by Asst. Dist. Atty. Merwin; The council was established MeUor, a passerby, Richard to make studies and advise the Conniff, 25, Winona, not- office, ed a person crawling in the win- The report claimed there are dow of the Rent-A-Tool building, all-white teaching staffs in The complaint says that Con-nearly half the schools niff went to a nearby tavern and only seven schools have corps said The study revealed that traffic on the river in 1969 was almost four times the 17 million tons per year projected for the 9-foot channel. The capacity of the existing channel is being approached, the report said, and improvements will be needed in the foreseeable future to keep the transportation artery purchased thej Rpv DfDTLIC local market, (l8th Ward) and I didn't like fish she wanted board member Richard Moen LA CROSSE, WIS.

a nonfishv-tasting feh," Herd-; attendin8 a three-month jtraining program at Hazelden man said. UwuJL -ivooimnnt ers are unwilling to rehabilitate i Tuna fish fits that category, their properties, MiclTaeli said he said, and person eating that either federal grants or fed- 10 ounces a day would exceed Chaplain Landstrom is in- the maximum allowable in-volved in the traimng set by the Food and Drug as a course essistant with Chap- Adminiatration standard housing are told to in- Pun On May 6 the FDA recom- of the chaplaincy at Hazelden. housine or face niT-KUll V-OUnT stOD The training program began nousing or i a Wednesday and will continue he sald' A 7 7 Crosse boy federally supported code en-involved in a hit and run ac- wiron.funii/Tinac frnm Mriv in. j- rhaniain ijmrkirnm ic forcement program, they are cident Thursday morning, ac thp liverv sta an off- more than one minority group Chaplain landstrom is study- offered finandal help? he added. turned himself into La Crosse Kenneth teacher.

and aleSf can be under-police shortly belore 1 p.m. well as members of the alcohol- tak?" ln a senes of areas- he ic's family. In addition, he is sald- working on developing skills for He said that loans made ordered' to Case Is Continued lolinipa? through local appear at 8 3 a.ra. Thursday in A La Crosse youth accused of Civil Defense officials and ra- cBnical pastoral education, a lenders and banks with the fed- La Crosse Municipal Court to havina a stolen bicvcle in his dio operators on the citizen band professional traimng for clergy eral government subsidizing the £ce a Mt aT rnn driving oo efsionTad conUn- are preparing for an emergency ministering to people who are difference between the market dhar p0SsesS10tl had interest rate and the three per police maintain that Schroe- cent- der drove off in a car owned by The consultant said that with- Lyje Vandeveer, 18, of 721 N. 24th after Vandeveer was involved in a three-car accident at 6th and Cass Streets, and that Schroeder struck a car driven by James E.

Lienlokken, 59, of his case. 2102 Sisson Drive, in the 1900 The complaint filed by Asst, block on State Road and fled the Dist Atty. Merwin Mellor al- Exercise Set ble, blacksmith, cooper and car-; Johnson, there. Johnson and pentry shops, were moved to the Conniff returned to the Rent-A- POLICE AMBULANCE village or built as replicas. Tool building, the complaint County: jsays, and saw inside two per- May 20, 1:14 p.m., Joseph L.

exercise here and are troubled, readying the shelters for public Lutheran Social Services, 326 occupation. Fred Lehmeier, La Crosse County Civil Defense director, of the demands of an expanding exercjse will begin at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Radio op-------------------- erations will be conducted over Radio Hiqhliqhts 1512,2 Ad lams Gerald Mattie, 912 Win- FREDAY neshiek Road, and Steven WCOW-FM 7:10 p.m., base- Valley, 3009 S. ball, Milwaukee Brewers vs.

charge of the exercise. S. 7th is a family agency, with service available to Lutherans and non-Lutherans. It is a member of the United Fund. out treatment, areas decline and property values drop.

With either of the two programs, property values are stabilized and improved, Pleads Innocent neighborhoods A La Crosse man pleaded in- added. nocent Friday in County Court---------------------to a battery charge. Officials AsSUme ued to Monday in County Court Friday so that he may consult a lawyer. Judge Leonard Roraff ordered that the youth, Donald J. Diederich, 18, of 122 N.

19th be released on $100 signature bond pending further proceedings in sons who left the building and fled on foot. Other officers were called to the scene and began a search of the area, looking for persons fitting the description of those. In the height of its growing seen fleeing from the burglary, season, a 40-foot tree may ab- Hesselberg, 221 N. Leonard West Salem, from West Salem Clinic to Lutheran Hospital; illness. 3009 S.

31st are in schedule trial later in the case Kansas City Royals. WKBH 7 p.m., time trials BEER STOLEN la Donald J. Hafner on April 28 from La Crosse Interstate Vernon Pishaw, 2028 S. 32nd in an altercation at 2514 W. Burr Judge Leonard Roraff is to of Herbert j.

22 of County Highway 422 Rose accused of striking scene. Police located car shortly before noon Thursday in the 2500 block on Travis. The complaint says Patrolman Rolla Stewart saw a man fitting the description of one of those wanted wallcng on a nearby sidewalk. Sgt. Richard Rifenberg saw the man entering the house at 715 Badger and police then entered and arrested Copus.

sorb 19 gallons of water a day. Dsxctc Schroeder is convicted, the the property of Bruce Bion, VtfVJIIIIIIII I lUola municipal judge may either fine leges that when two police officers stopped Diederich in an alley Thursday he had in his Greer Named Adviser possession a bicycle, valued at Research Center Speedway 9:55 p.m., baseball, reported to La Crosse police Minnesota Twins vs. Oakland Thursday evening that two cas- Athletics. eg 0f beer valued at $10 were Aquinas School Paper, Five WKTY 6:45 and 11 from his garage within Ken Stanton, of the La Crosse the week Fire Department. SATURDAY WCOW p.m., WIAA baseball, Tomah vs.

Taylor. a A I Students Win Press Awards Kansas City Royals. WKBH 9.05 p.m., camPing dents and their school newspa- ond highest ---------------per, the Aquinas News, New officers have assumed him or suapend or revoke his in, JU their posts in the La who is represented by Board's Highway Com-' 1 awyer Robert skemp was re- Rezoning For Duplex leased on $100 signature bond Comraittee chairman is n. pending trial. Hammoc Construction Okayed 1509 S.

22nd which had been reported stolen in June 1970. RIVER READINGS IS phonse Hammes (31st George Jolivette (25th is vice chairman, and William; hi the Town of Onalaska for con Bush (8th is the of a duplex passed the Dam No. 7, T.W tary. Crosse County Board Thurs- pooi Hammes replaces Orrin daY- I fr Young (27th Dist.) as chairman 1 Winona (C.P.) Rezoning of a residential site Pam no! f.w'. Dakota (C.P.) Dam No.

7, Pool The rezoning request, by Wil- Daam'nNo. Pool Five Aquinas journalism artistic entry was the sec- of the committee. Young andlliam Hoffmann, covers a lot on Dam No- Wat Goose Island. won; ia (Crnsfip Srihmtr 1 TT. du Chien two other previous committee Highway .3 in Sunset Vista trjbuttary streavs- A St.

Bonaventure certificate members were unseated in elec- according to zoning com-! 12 XT of achievement was given to tions held by the board a month mittee chairman Maynard Sal75 avards this week in the Nation- Sally a junior, daughter ago, being replaced by Jolivette, stratman (30th DisU. al High School Press Competi- 0f Mrs. Lois Fellenz, 1219 Jack- Bush and Kendall Casberg (23rd tion, sponsored by St. Bonaven-json for her fifth-place edi- ture University and judged by torial, Morale De- Hammes and Charles Fred- rickson (11th Dist.) are holdover Flood Stage 24-hr. Stage Today Change 13 5.7 9.3 4.9 7.7 9.3 3.2 5.6 12.7 6.9 8.2 11.1 7.6 6.6 12 18 18 W.

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4th and Cass La Crosse, Wis. 54601 The La Crosse Tribune is a Division of high schools acrOSS the nation Lee Enterprises, and a member' of the Associated Press. The Associated Were in the Competition. Press is entitled exclusively to the use The Aciuinas News was nampd for of all local news printed Aquinas rsews was. nameu in this newspaper as well as all AP news One Of the top 25 newspapers Second Class postage paid at La Crosse, and received two Associated WRates 'n Press book awards.

Thomas More than 2,000 entries by! Recipients of New York Times members on the committee. certificates of merit, given to---------------------the top 25 entrants in nine areas 2 Arrested of journalism, were: Valerius Knobloch, a senior, For Shopliftina of Mr. and Mrs. Charles; Supervisor Charles Pierce (24th also Onalaska town chairman, said the rezoning has the approval of the town board 3.3 3.5 4.4 6.3 MISSISSIPPI RIVER FORECAST Sat. Sun.

Winona 5.6 5.6 La Crosse 5.6 5.6 Prairie du Chien 8.6 8.5 Gary Greer, former president of the La Crosse Education Association and social science teacher at Longfellow Junior High, has been named to the advisory council of a new Social Science Resource planned for next fall in the La Crosse State University Campus School. The center is to serve as a Zl 'i teacher training facility and for continuing education in the social studies. Teaching materials and curriculum projects for both junior and senior high school social science courses will be available at the center. 0.2 0.1 Degree Days: 11; Total: and is not objected to by neigh-jYear: 7584; Normal: 7456 boring property owners. 780; THE DRIFTERS by James A.

Michener 10.00 PAPERBACK GREAT LION OF GOD by Taylor Caldwell HARD TIMES by Studs Terkle Boy Held In Theft A 12 year old La Crosse boy son ot Mr. ana Mrs. cmaries: b0en arrested for stealing 16 Knobloch, R. 1, La Crosse, third; Two persons i were: arrested on miniature cars the Record 21, Record 21, Sunrise Saturday: 5:33 A.M. Sunset Saturday: 8:31 P.M.

WEATHER charges £nwas glven special Kd Shakeshaft, 18, of 820 La Crosse police said non. aaugnter or Mr. ana Mrs. tiarry day. northwest, partly to occasional cloudiness Aquinas was one of a few Mid-Mutch, 1920 S.

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The merchandise includes a west high schools to receive any place in feature writing for her awards. article Can Be A St. Bonaventure special ci- and John Funke, a tation, the third highest award, freshman, son of Mr. and Mrs. was given to Mary Tracy, a sen- Robert Funke, 123 S.

22nd aDadlock an ior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 25th place for his photograph of a pad aa Ross Tracy, 2208 Losey Blvd. S. the Delta Queen.

lire said Also Thursday evening, police arrested a 15-year-old Onalaska boy for shoplifting a $1.19 bottle of wine of Cut Rate Liquor, 509 Main St. He was re-! ferred to county juvenile author-1 ities. rpU west and south with chance ot showers ine Cars were valued at $30. southwest FrWay night. Cloudy Saturday Police referred the 12 vear Chance of showers and thunder- year showers over south and central por-, old to county juvenile authori- tions.

IOWA: Cloudy with showers and thun- ue5s- likely Friday night and Sat- NOTICE To all lot holders in the Wedgewood Water Trust: The system will be flushed Saturday afternoon, May 22nd. Water may appear rust colored for three days after flushing. THE WATER TRUST COMMITTEE Call Lanahan's House of Aluminum SCREEN ENCLOSERS WOODRUFF FUNERAL HOME 788.3310 511 MORMON COUIEE ROAD Across From Holy Cross Sominory WHERE INTEGRITY IS A TRADITION Serving La for over 10 FOR SALE ON BIDS Seven room, two-story home, 324 North 23rd Street. Three bedrooms and one and one-half baths. Bids will be accepted up to 2:00 P.M., Thursday, May27, 1971.

Please mark envelope for 324 N. 23rd Street" and enclose cash or check for $200.00 payable to Carrol J. Weigel, Executor. Deposits of unsuccessful bidders will be returned promptly. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.

Call 782-0055 for appointment. Carrol J. Weigel Executor of the Estate of Rena M. Angeli, deceased..