Trial Date Set in Madison Killing

    MADISON, S.D. (AP) - A lawyer for a 73-year-old Watertown man
accused of fatally shooting his long-ago classmate in an incident
that might have stemmed from an old grudge has entered a not guilty
plea and requested a jury trial.
     Carl Ericsson is charged with first-degree murder in the Jan. 31
killing of retired Madison High School teacher and track coach
Norman Johnson.
     Defense attorney Scott Bratland entered the plea on Ericsson's
behalf during a court hearing Thursday. A judge set a July 9 trial
date.
     The 72-year-old Johnson was shot twice in the face after
answering the door at his house in Madison.
     Ericsson's brother said in an affidavit that Ericsson was a
sports manager at Madison High years ago and there was an incident
in which Johnson did something to him.