La Crescent School Bond Vote Set for August 20
La Crescent Minnesota voters will decide August 20 on a bond not to exceed 1.4 million dollars to build furnish and equip a new high school for grades seven through twelve with capacity 540 and a future 800 enrollment. The plan includes a library multi purpose area and extensive science fine arts and business facilities.
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LA Crescent High School
la Crescent
Minn
Richard Speltz
Father Speltz
Aquinas High School
la Crosse
Alderman Lee Pushes Council Say in Equipment Purchases
Lee seeks to shift final approval on equipment buys to the Common Council for costs over 1000, proposing a process where bids are reviewed by the finance committee and department heads before council action. The 1955 power of purchase arrangement remains in dispute as the council defeats his main resolution.
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Harold Lee
Lee
Council
M. R. Birnbaum
Board of Public Works
Woman charged after La Crosse auto accident injures man
A 31 year old La Crosse man suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when a car driven by 20 year old Janice Herold of Galesville pinned him against Bob's Bar in the 2700 block of George Street. Herold admitted leaving the scene and posted a 104 bond.
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la Crosse
R. J. Galesville
Granville Smith
Janice H. Herold
Miss Herold
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Edgar O. Hirschfeld
Harvey St
Galesville
George St. Smith
Hirschfeld
Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast At Maple Grove Open To Public
The La Crosse Flyers Association invites the public to a pancake and sausage breakfast at Maple Grove Country Club from 8 to 11 a.m. More than 100 planes are expected as pilots compete in golf style contests and a helicopter demonstration by the Army is scheduled between nine and ten.
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Maple Grove Country Club
C. B. Wieman
la Crosse Flyers Association
Wiemann
Army
Hokah Woman Dead At 85
Hokah Minnesota Mrs Eulalah Mackey aged 85 died Friday morning August 9 in a Caledonia hospital. Born February 26 1878 in Trempealeau Wisconsin she married James Mackey June 20 1902. Survivors include four daughters four sons two sisters a brother and many grandchildren. Services at Hokah Methodist Church time pending burial Mt Hope Cemetery Potter Haugen Funeral Home Caledonia in charge.
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Hokah
Minn
Eulalah Mackey
Caledonia
Trempealeau
Wis
George Hyatt
James Mackey
Peter
Florence) Gaustad
Houston
Arthur
Olive) Sennes
Ralph
Marie) Lietzau
Palmer
Alta) Johnson
Holmen
Robert
Fairmount
Hokah Methodist Church
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Potter - Haugen Funeral Home
Mosquito Spraying Near City Limits This Week
Park Drive spraying to the south city limits between Losey Boulevard and East Avenue ends Friday night. The mosquito control program continues Sunday night with spraying from Gorder Road to the south city limits, between East Avenue and 10th Street.
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Park Drive
Losey Boulevard
East Avenue
Gorder Road
10Th Street
Hurtgen wins rezoning approval for eight properties
The Common Council granted the rezoning of eight properties west of Jackson Plaza from residential to multiple dwelling. Hurtgen Properties Limited plans 44 apartments on the eastern half of the block bounded by Jackson Johnson and 17th Street and East Avenue. Council votes were 14-7 in committee and 19-2 on final passage. Additional actions included rezoning 323-325 S. 6th St to a parking lot for Low Motor Co. and other zoning decisions involving Thomas Sanger Onalas ka Kraft Lumber and 2025 and 2029 State Road with Sletten McKee Funeral Home site plans.
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Jackson Plaza
Common Council
Hurtgen Properties Limited
Jackson, Johnson and 17Th Street
East Avenue
S. 6Th St
Low Motor Co
28Th
Cass Streets
Green Bay Street
Hyde Avenue
16Th Street
Kraft Lumber Co
State Road
Sletten-McKee Funeral Home
Five City Trips Approved and One Referral by Council
The Common Council authorized five trips for city officials including Albert Klein Jr. to a Sept. 3-4 training conference in Green Bay and Theron Clark with Aviation Board members to the Aug. 23-24 Central States Airport Conference in Clear Lake Iowa. Eugene Fry attends Aug. 22-23 in Appleton City. Assessors go Sept. 11-13 in Eagle River. Municipal Judge Leonard Chojnacki goes to Aug. 13-14 in Chicago. A building inspector's trip to the Plumbing Inspectors Conference Sept. 18-20 in Beloit was referred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Klein Jr
Green Bay
Theron Clark
Aviation Board
Milo G. Knutson
Clear Lake
Iowa
Eugene Fry
Parks and Recreation
Appleton City
Municipal Assessors Training Institute
Eagle River
Leonard Chojnacki
National Association of Municipal Judges
Chicago
Beloit
NSP Hearing May Resume In City Heat Case
The Public Service Commission hearing on Northern States Power Company rate requests for heat ended Thursday and may resume. City officials seek detailed expense allocations and cross examination. Baraboo consultant B C Lueders received another $750, with prior $1,000 approved for accounting services.
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Public Service Commission
Northern States Power Company
NSP
Asst
William Sauer
Sauer
Common Council
B. C. Lueders
Baraboo
Lueders
Training Disrupted By Hepatitis Case At Camp Grayling
A mess officer contracted infectious hepatitis and nearly 500 Ohio National Guard members had training halted at Camp Grayling Michigan. Medics evacuated and quarantined the field area while gamma globulin was given to all contacts. officials said epidemic risk was low and the battalion resumed activities after a brief pause.
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Camp Grayling
Mich
Ohio National Guard
Coulee Region Promenaders Plan Dance at Myrick Park Shelter
The Coulee Region Promenaders will dance this Saturday at the Myrick Park Shelter with Irvin Pasch calling. The event is sponsored by the city park and recreation department.
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Coulee Region
Myrick Park
Irvin Pasch
City Park and Recreation Department
Wagon Bought and Curb and Gutter Contract Approved
The 1963 Plymouth Savoy station wagon was purchased for 1,988 dollars, trade-in 593.65, from Eversole-Rogers Inc for the fire department. Williams Construction Co. bid 31,277.71 to install curb and gutter on several streets, approved. other bids exceeded the engineer's estimate. Bids for maintaining radio equipment, Motorola and Wettstein & Sons, were referred to committee.
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Common Council
Eversole-Rogers, Inc
John L. Hofweber
Dah! Motors
Low Motor Co
Community Motors Co
Ray Hutson Chevrolet, Inc
M. R. Birnbaum
Williams Construction Co
3Rd Street
Cass
State Street
4Th Street
Vine Street
King Street
5Th Avenue
Jay Street
Pearl Street
Lang Construction Co
la Crosse
Kathan & Son General Contractors
Onalaska
Motorola Communication and Electronics, Inc
Wettstein & Sons
Pope Seeks Good News From Hungary on Church
Pope Paul VI expressed hope for favorable Vatican Hungary talks as he invited Hungarian bishops to Rome for the Ecumenical Council session opening September 29. The gesture followed speculation that Mindszenty could be freed and church restrictions eased, though Hungary still bars the cardinal from leaving and holds him under life sentence for espionage and treason.
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Budapest
Hungary
Paul VI
Rome
Vatican
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
U.S
Legation
John XXIII
Paul
Cat Crackdown Passed by La Crosse Council
The Common Council approved a new cat ordinance by a 20 to 1 vote led by Alderman Jack Reihl to curb roaming cats. Police will capture and impound cats caught roaming, with enforcement effective the day after publication in The La Crosse Tribune.
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Jack Reihl
William Finn
la Crosse Tribune
Rotarians View Film on Life in Russia and Satellites
Rotary club members at Hotel Stoddard viewed a color film Tron Curtain Lands showing rural and urban life in Russia and satellite nations after Stalin. Four visiting Rotarians Gene Johnson Loryn Kopan Stuart Willson Knute Knutson and four guests Roger Griffin Frank Reilly Jack Custer Leonard Chojnacki attended.
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Stoddard
Russia
Gene Johnson
Madison
Loryn Kopan
Boise
Idaho
Stuart Willson
Eau Claire
Knute Knutson
Scottsdale, Ariz
Roger Griffin
West Point
Frank Reilly
Orlando
Fla
Jack Custer
Leonard Chojnacki
la Crosse
Ordinance Defeated on Election of City School Board
The La Crosse Common Council defeated an ordinance to switch to direct election of the city school district board. Assistant City Attorney William Sauer argued the measure conflicts with state school law which requires a referendum result to lead to a timely direct election and quick swearing in. The proposal would have phased out the council election method over two years.
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la Crosse
la Crescent Board
la Crosse City
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
la Crescent
Houston
Caledonia
Common Council
Asst
William Sauer
Ex City Man Gets St Louis College Post
35 year old Dr Harry F Bangsberg formerly of La Crosse will become executive director of the Higher Education Coordinating Council of Metropolitan St Louis in September He was assistant director of Wisconsin State College since 1959 and has served as an examiner and consultant for multiple education groups. Bangsberg will move his family to St Louis to lead efforts coordinating programs and communications among colleges secondary schools and business and professional groups.
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Harry F. Bangsberg
la Crosse
St. Louis
Bangsberg
R. L. Bangsberg
Ferry St
Higher Education Coordinating Council of
Metropolitan St. Louis
Laurence Mallinkrodt
Wisconsin State College
The
Educational Council
City of
St. Louis County
St. Charles County
Gertrude
Madison
State College Board of Regents
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary
North Central
North Central Association
Trees For Tomorrow Foundation
Midwest
Wisconsin Coordinating Committee For Higher Education
Central High School
la Crosse State College
Luther
University of Iowa
Eau Claire State College
Western Illinois University
Macomb, Ill
TV Camera Crew To Film Mississippi River Here
A NBC Brinkley Jour nal crew will film Mississippi River scenes in and near La Crosse August 16 to 18. WLCX owner Joseph Rohrer said a Washington call confirmed the plan for a national color program in November. Crews will cover the river’s length with local research and visits to the La Crosse Public Library and Prairie du Chien.
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Nbc-Tv
David Brinkley
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Joseph Rohrer
Rohrer
WLCX
Brinkley
Washington, D.C
Winona
Mississippi
Joseph Kidder
la Crosse Public Library
Prairie du Chien
Indian Hill Land Sale Approved for 2.75 Acres at $750
The city approved selling 2.75 acres in the Indian Hill Industrial site to Robinson Transfer Co for 750 per acre. Robinson plans about 40000 for a storage building and dock near Gateway Grocery Co relocation. Water main and St James Street extension requests were granted.
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Indian Hill
Robinson Transfer Co
Common Council
Robinson
Gateway Grocery Co
Gateway
Water Main
St. James Street
Fire Station Site Decisions Before City Council
Four measures on fire station locations are discussed by the council. The current plan favors a single station at 16th and Farnam Streets, with support from the plan commission library board and National Board of Fire Underwriters. A second possible site is 22nd and Green Bay, and a survey by the fire insurance rating bureau is being considered.
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Common Council
16Th
Farnam Streets
22Nd
Green Bay Streets
Grounds and Buildings Committee
Fire Insurance Rating Bureau
Adolph Kessel
West Avenue
Jackson Street
Fred Genz
South Branch Library
Genz
16Th and
Farnam
Gent
Farnam Street
Green Bay
Plan Commission
Library Board
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Girl's Foot To Be In Cast For 3 Weeks
Teresa Gadbaw a 15 year old from 524 S 15th St suffered foot lacerations a severed tendon and nerve after stepping on a broken bottle in Pettibone Park Lagoon She will wear a cast for about three weeks after canoeing with three friends She received aid from Red Cross Safety Service member Bob Edwards and Julie Mack and was treated by Dr Douglas G Tompkins before being released a week later.
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la Crosse
Teresa Gadbaw
Lawrence Gadbaw
S. 15Th St
Pettibone Park
Teresa
Bob Edwards
St. Louis
Red Cross Safety Service
Julie Mack
N. 16Th St
Douglas G. Tompkins
Aldermen object to out of city architect for South Side High
The La Crosse Common Council approved a letter to the City District Board of Education expressing displeasure at hiring an out of town architect for the proposed South Side High School amid available qualified local firms. The 12 to 8 vote was led by Alder Man Bernard Maney of the 16th Ward.
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la Crosse City
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Thomas Sagner
Mttee Et Mises
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St. Louis College
Stanley W. Peterson
Indian Hill Land Sale
M. E. Ripplinger
Roger Role
Pyroil
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