Legionnaires Disease Casts Eerie Shadow Over Pennsylvania
In Lewisburg and Harrisburg the Legion community reels as 150 people tied to the state Legion convention in Philadelphia fall ill or die from legionnaire's disease. State Adjutant Edward Hoak and others describe fear and uncertainty as funeral notices rise and calls for answers multiply.
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Allander
Pennsylvania
Edward Hoak
Hoak
State Legion
Harrisburg
American Legion
Philadelphia
James Dolan
John Ralph
Stan Staples
Dolan
Panel Deadlock Shifts La Crosse Airport Takeover Decision
The La Crosse County takeover plan for the municipal airport fails to gain a majority in the Council Committee. Four options were discussed including city control with revised fees, a mixed aviation board, county covering annual losses, or selling to the county at assessed value. The panel’s 3-3 vote means the measure heads to the Common Council Committee of the Whole without a recommendation.
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la Crosse County
la Crosse Municipal
Council Highways, Properties and Utilities
Patrick Zielke
Curtis Tripp
John Flanagan
la Crosse County Corp
Ray Sunder
Aviation Board
Tripp
Early Reports Question Swine Flu Killer
State researchers doubt swine flu is to blame for the mystery illness that killed 23 people and hospitalized 138. Gov. Shapp and Health Secretary Bachman said preliminary tests in Philadelphia do not confirm swine flu as the outbreak's cause. Federal investigators examine environmental factors, including water, food, and pigeon droppings, to determine how the disease spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Milton Shapp
Shapp
Leonard Bachman
Philadelphia
American Legion
Bachman
Palomino Neglected in Rural Wisconsin Is Restored
A palomino horse named Akin Gold was ordered removed from a Janesville area home after being kept 400 pounds underweight. Connie Schober of the humane society bought and nursed the horse back to health before selling it to Albert Kath III of rural Beloit, who now presents the animal in good condition.
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Janesville
Connie Schober
Humane Society
Albert Kath III
Kath
Beloit
Population shifts lift La Crosse tax share and Milwaukee loss
La Crosse population grew by 713 to 48,854 this year, boosting per capita shared taxes by about 28 500 under the state formula. Milwaukee fell by 16 231 to 654 432, costing roughly 650 000 in shared taxes, as eight Alliance cities lost people and ten gained.
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Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Beloit
Racine
Appleton
Janesville
la Crosse
Beyer
Wisconsin Alliance of Cities
New Mortgage Concept Aims to Expand Home Ownership Reach
Senate hearing backs a Brooke bill to restructure mortgages by increasing payments over time. Economist Kenneth Rosen says inflation will help families meet higher later payments and could lift ownership to about 60 percent from current one third while initial year payments drop about 25 percent.
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Washington
Senate
Housing and Urban Affairs
Edward M. Brooke
Rmass
Kenneth T. Rosen
Princeton University
Rosen
Extension of 7th Street Arterial Endorsed by Council Committee
The La Crosse Common Council committee endorsed making a longer stretch of 7th Street an arterial with cross street stop signs between South Avenue and Jackson Street. The plan, favored for higher traffic and width, moves to the full Council next week. The panel also backed drafting floodplain ordinance changes based on a compromise with the Department of Natural Resources to reduce floodway areas.
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7Th Street
la Crosse
5Th Avenue
West Avenue
4Th Street
Oleson
City Plan Commission
City Attorney's Office
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Commission
Judiciary and Administration Committee
Ronald Bracegir
La Crosse Featured In Corporate Report Magazine
La Crosse is profiled in the August issue of Corporate Report, a Minneapolis based business magazine. The cover story The Good Life in Gods Country surveys La Crosse business and social climate and local issues including the Midwest Research Institute quality of life ranking and a $20 million Medary shopping center proposal.
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la Crosse
Corporate Report
God’s Country
Dennis McGrath
Midwest Research Institute
Medary
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15Th Dist
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Jay Satz
New Jersey
New York
Legion Convention
Federal Center For Disease Control
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Congress
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Green Island
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