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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
12
Architect Carl Schubert and Associates outlined indoor pool and three story addition for Logan Junior High. Council 15-6 approved hiring an architect with veto due Thursday by Mayor Knutson. Estimated pool cost under 150000 with reuse of existing facilities and plans call for nine classrooms and three shops.</s>
Forty five Bangor and Rockland residents plus the fledgling industry pledged to purchase between fifteen and twenty thousand dollars in Bangor Development Corp stock. The move enables legal formation of the corporation. Webster Lumber Co. operations begin as 400 000 feet of hardwood lumber dries in yards. Twelve area men are employed with plans for office and shop. zoning talks proceed in Bangor.
An 11 year old La Crosse girl Theresa P Peterson fell about 35 feet from a tree with a tree house on French Island Monday evening. She sustained a broken left leg and minor cuts and bruises and was taken by county police to St Francis Hospital for treatment.
A horse pulling contest drew 1 680 fans to the La Crosse Interstate Fair grandstand. Chancy Sidie Readstown led in light and middle divisions with teams around 2 700 to 3 180 pounds pulling decks and machinery across 18 to 29 feet. Oscar Johnson Maiden Rock won heavyweight and many others placed through tenth including Lance Bloomer and Stout Soldiers Grove.
County records show Mrs Ella Nelson transported by police ambulance from Lutheran Hospital to Bethany Home at 6 p m on August 5.
A 1963 Uncle Ray feature recalls vast buffalo populations on the western plains and their impact on travel. Descriptions include stampedes near Pawnee Rock, encounters with engineers stopping trains, and scouts like Buffalo Bill and Buffalo Jones guiding did.
The Common Council approved 14 to 7 to rezone seven properties west of Jackson Plaza from residential to multiple dwelling with Hurtgen Properties holding options for 44 apartments. Final action set for Thursday amid questions on 20 percent objection rule and potential three quarter vote.
LaCropeople move ahead with expansion of electronics assemblies and sub assemblies as officers at LaCro Products Inc re elect for the coming year. Willard H Howard is named president and confirms two new full time technicians on the payroll.
Minnesota Governor Karl Rolvaag told a convention that the current $25 000 ceiling on wrongful death claims is unrealistic and he plans to urge the 1965 legislature to repeal it. He argued justice requires adequate compensation and that no death should have a cap.
About 210 people attended a testimonial dinner at Maple Grove Country Club in Bangor Wisconsin honoring Dr H B Rohrer who has practiced veterinary medicine in the area for 52 years. Attendees included Dr Kenneth Johnston Norbert Nuttelman Del Wanless Floyd Jones and three Rohrer sons with wives.
The Common Council tentatively approved an additional $750 for consultant B. C. Lueders Baraboo to continue efforts against Northern States Power Co rate hikes on hot water heat. Lueders has drawn most of the initial $1,000 grant. hearing before the Public Service Commission will resume Thursday.
Lan caster County Attorney Paul Douglas said an autopsy Monday night confirmed that Nicholas Kahriman an 18 year old from Ashland Wisconsin died from an asthmatic condition. The youth's body was found early Sunday in his room at Union College in Lincoln.
Andrew Kennedy Jr., seven, of Waukesha drowned while swimming in Lake Mendota on Monday. Authorities say he walked into deep water and suffered a seizure at the time. He was a patient at the University of Wisconsin diagnostic center.
The Common Council defeated a resolution to change bidding procedures for equipment and supplies over five thousand dollars. Alderman Harold Lee proposed voiding 1955 rules requiring council consultation. Aldermen questioned the phrase wining and dining and ordered that the disputed line be removed from the record.
La Crosse faces a clash between a proposed direct election of the city school board and state law. The Common Council committee of the whole voted to deny the ordinance as inconsistent with state school rules. Assistant City Attorney William Sauers notes a possible fit with city ordinance but cites 30 day election timing and swift new member take office as required by state law. He seeks guidance from the League of Wisconsin Municipalities.
The Wisconsin State Board of Accountancy lists residents who passed May CPA exams to become certified public accountants. Names include William F. Boettge Appleton Dale W Hemmy Beloit Norbert J Zelten De Pere David Gisselman Eau Claire Wiford Elliott Green Bay Dwight A Oliver La Crosse Victor Liesener Menomonee Falls Richard K Sprain Middleton Roland A Cross New Berlin James Q Winsum River Falls William C Parsons Sturgeon Bay Fred E Luhman Jr Water town James H Fischer Whitelaw.
An Iowa man, Dennis C. Olsen of Atlantic City, was jailed in Winona awaiting action on a possible theft charge after being found with 188 dollars and admitting he took money from luggage belonging to Kenny Nims of the William T. Collins Shows in La Crosse. Authorities seek Nims in Superior while planning further questioning in Winona.
Violet Peterson, 62, of 2322 Kane Street, died after illness. She was admitted to Lutheran Hospital on Aug 5 at 4:43 p.m. The family has been notified.
Three youths from Glen Carbon Illinois were electrocuted on a Mitchell area farm while moving irrigation pipe. Richard Slemmer 17 William Shatz Jr 16 and Bill Henry 20 were among those affected. Two others suffered minor burns and were treated and released.
Skeeter Schedule reports spraying will run from the north end of the south side to the south city limits between Losey Boulevard and the east city limits Tuesday night.
The Common Council considered sites for a new fire station on the South Side. Fire Chief Gent favors 16th and Farnam, backed by public works and several boards, while July committee members chose 22nd and Green Bay. Mount Calvary Church opposes the Farnam site and a formal survey may follow.
La Crescent officials discuss using a 40 acre tract for 10 years as a sanitary landfill with village township partnership. Access roads to the present dump will close after Tuesday for grading work on a new sewage treatment plant. A special meeting on August 17 will set water regulations and meter billing while alternate plans for the treatment plant bond are reviewed for tax rolls in 1963.
The La Crosse Public Library hosts an adult film hour at South Branch Library 16th and Farnam Streets on Wednesday at 7 30 p m The program features Loon's Necklace Up in the Air Indians of Early America Mediterranean World and Project for Tomorrow The event is free and open to the public Children may attend with an accompanying adult.
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