(This edition of the newspaper on the library archives is not of optimum quality, so I have transcribed the story for easier reading)
Richard Buscher. 31. formerly of Dubuque was killed early
Sunday morning when the plane he was flying crashed into a bean field on a farm about
six miles east of Oelwein. la. Buscher. a resident of Spencer. He was well-known
in Dubuque as leader of the rock band “Dick Buscher and the Cliches." He was
employed at Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners and Polishers 1732 Central until he
moved to Spencer in April 1969 to open the Spencer branch of the Electrolux firm.
Alone in the plane, he was en route to Dubuque to meet his wife, Jeanne, and
four children. who were visiting Mrs. Buscher's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hank
Taliman, 1597 Delhi. lowa Highway
Patrolman James Ehresman discovered the wreckage of the plane, a Cessna 100
Skylane, about 9:15 Sunday morning on the Vance Van Eman farm.
A spokesman at the Waterloo said an air Municipal Airport traffic
controller there lost contact with Buscher shortly after 3:30 am. Ehresman said
the single-engine plane may have run out
of gas. There was no smell of gasoline vapor at the scene of the crash. There was no indication
of gasoline spillage in the area, he said. The plane was owned by a private
Spencer flying club. The engine and other parts of the craft were scattered
over several hundred yards of the beanfield. it appeared the plane was traveling
southwest toward the Oelwein Municipal Airport. Three miles west of the city
and nine miles from the Van Eman farm when it crashed. There was some evidence Buscher
was attempting to land the plane in the field. The plane apparently flipped
twice after hitting a small fence.
Another young tri-state man was the subject of happier news. Tom Hefel, of Guttenberg, serving his country in the US Army in Vietnam, had been as a prisoner of the Viet Cong. Hefel's helicopter was shot down February 5, 1970, in the A Shau Valley, and he had been listed as "Missing in Action." He was released in March of 1973 and was greeted by a large group of well-wishers at the Dubuque Airport late in the evening of March 30, 1973. I remember doing a WDBQ live late-night broadcast from the airport to welcome back the very happy 22-year old young man.
Note the young reporter who covered this story was Tom Tauke, later to become our representative in the House of Representatives.
The front page of the TH featured two local stories of interest. Young people looking for Summer jobs were having a hard time finding one.
On the brighter side, "The Mayor's Youth Council" 'announced that later in June they would sponsor the first in a series of "Rock Concerts" at Eagle Point Park.
The first of these was held on June 29th and covered with these photos. 
Do you remember the "Crossroads" Controversy?
Because this image is difficult to read, I've transcribed a portion of it.
"The Crossroads Coffeehouse as it exists today is a far cry from what it was intended to be when it was organized four years ago," one of the original Coffeehouse Ministry Inc. board members said last night. Bob Justman, now studying for his doctorate in political science was one of several speakers at The Jackson Park public rally on the Crossroads issue Thursday night." The article goes on to state that "good youths were the rule, but a few bad pennies began showing up and shoving the good youths out." The rally Was led off by Lee Massey, a member of the "Citizens committee" that called last night's rally. Massey said that what had started out as a small campaign against the Crossroads operation and the "happenings" there. had gained support 'to 'a point “we' didn’t anticipate "The goal of the citizen's group was “to bring to light what happens at the
Crossroads." Massey said. adding it has “reached the magnitude where the City council and the people high in city government have to do something about it."
Critics of "Crossroads" insisted that drugs were being sold at the coffee house.
Dubuque's Fourth of July Celebration would be filled with the sound of many Drum & Bugle Corps as the Colts were preparing for a massive parade through downtown Dubuque.
"As of this writing, finishing touches were being made to the “Alte Glocke" (old bell), a Swiss-Bavarian restaurant and nightclub ad-
jacent to the main motor entrance to the hotel on Second Street.
Owner Louis Pfohl said an old bell which hung in the cupola of what was once a city tire station at Fourth and Locust streets (now the Sherwin-Williams Paint Center and rooming house) was taken down
and put in storage not long after he purchased the building. That bell will hang at the entrance to l the “Alte Glocke" under the covered marquee at the rear of the building not far from a life-sized statue of Julien Dubuque. "
"Among the features in the“Alte Glocke" will be a copper soup kettle; 15th century lighted stained glass panels on woodgrain columns and a raised stage behind a corner bar where polka bands and other live
entertainment will be featured. Bartenders will wear authentic lederhosen, and waitresses will be costumed in Bavarian Dirndls.
The restaurant will seat 160 patrons. When expanded to include seating in the three adjoining private dining rooms. It should accommodate about 300 persons. Adjoining the' "Alta Glocke"
will be spacious rooms, a modern centrally-located kitchen, the hotel laundry, Health rooms, Beauty parlor, Wine cellar, a collection of German beer mugs, a barbershop. coffee shop, and others. Ascending from the lower lobby is an escalator to the spacious main lobby and a fountain that bubbles beneath the grand staircase.
Do you remember when DelFarm opened a grocery store at Kennedy Mall?
If you were looking for entertainment, you had many movie choices, live music, and "dancers," too.
Riverside Bowl promoted a Boat Vacation and Travel Show with a variety of entertainment options including Sam Snyder's International Water Follies, a carnival midway, and a teen dance featuring "Underground Sunshine." Unfortunately sunshine was absent and the event's success was hindered by rain.
Dubuque Star Brewery introduced a 12-Pack and the Dubuque Yacht Basin welcomed diners to a new restaurant that would soon be known as "The Wheel House."
If your Dad didn't like the necktie and sox you bought for Father's Day, you can redeem yourself by ordering "Entertaining Dubuque."
