Coca Cola Seeks Permit for Parkview Addition Plant
Coca Cola Bottling Co plans a 107400 building at 912 S ard St pending final plat approval for Parkview Addition. The preliminary plat was approved by Common Council, with final approval set for Thursday. Vernon Corp will post a bond to complete platting so a permit can be issued in advance.
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Coca-Cola Bottling Co
S.ard St
Parkview Addition
Common Council
Richard Moen
Vernon Corp
Frank Fuchs
Coca-Cola
Peter Nelson and Son
Schneider Heating
S. 3Rd St
Smith Plumbing
George St
Ed Stanek
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Aldermen Kill Request For Study On Merging Departments
The La Crosse Common Council Committee of the Whole voted to file a proposal for a study of merging the police and fire departments. Alderman Merrill Davis had urged new material suggesting Eau Claire as a model. The plan was effectively killed as the committee shelved the matter and Davis had left.
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la Crosse
Common Council
Council
Judiciary Committee
Merrill Davis
7Th Ward
Eau Claire
Davis
Kenneth Niedbalski
Niedbalski
Mabel Children Ride Freight To Beat Heat To Spring Grove Pool
Seventeen Mabel youth ride a Milwaukee Road freight caboose to the Spring Grove pool nine miles away to cool off. They pay 29 cents and return by 5 p.m. with parents or by bus. The trip, a cheap adventure, faces possible cessation as railroad officials review passenger service.
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Mabel, Minn
Wave Goodby
Spring Grove
Tribune
Harry Larsson
Mabel
la Crosse Tribune
Minn
Milwaukee Road
Preston
Decorah
Iowa
George Post
Foster
Cecil B. Davis
Caboose
Mary Housker
Christine Rommel
Becky
LeAnn Welch
Kathy Soltow
Cindy Schroeder
Connie Johnson
Tom
Phyllis
Diane
Danny
Tammy
Randy
Orel Tollefson
Maureen Mathison
Lorren Tingesten
Kim Merritt
Karl Soely
Aldermen consider hospital coverage hike for city workers
La Crosse aldermen tentatively agreed to raise the city employees hospital room coverage from 16 to 20 dollars per day with employees paying 55 cents monthly for individuals and 1 83 dollars for family coverage, pending full council approval. The move followed a request by Alderman Kenneth Niedbalski to study value for money. The panel also asked a finance review of a proposed 60 hour work week for firefighters, suggesting 63 hours with six extra positions.
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la Crosse
Kenneth Niedbalski
Niedbalski
Committee-of-the-Whole
Finance Committee
Fred Genz
Logan Junior High addition plans receive tentative approval
Final plans and bidding totaling 239 258 were tentatively approved by the Common Council Committee of the Whole. H P Martell and Sons won the general contract at 178 232 with Bernie J Buchner Plumbing and Heating at 42 526 and Clark Bracken Electrical Contractors at 18 500. The panel also added a residence auxiliary zone for funeral homes and rezoned the West Avenue Ferry Street corner to accommodate Sletten McKee Funeral Home.
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Logan
H. P. Martell and Sons
Liberty St
Bernie J. Buchner Plumbing
Sumner St
Clark-Bracken Electrical Contractors
S. 4Th St
Committee
West Avenue
Ferry Street
Sletten-McKee Funeral Home
Cold Front Drops Minnesotan Temperatures
A cold front moved into the Coulee Region early Tuesday bringing lightning and thunder but little rain only about .08 of an inch. Winds from the west-northwest at 20 to 30 mph cooled skies to 59 degrees as frost was forecast for western and central Minnesota and temperatures could fall to the mid-40s tonight. The record low for August 11 is 47 set in 1954.
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Coulee
Minnesota
La Crosse Board Hires Seven Teachers and Accepts Five Resignations
The La Crosse City District Board of Education approved hiring seven teachers including Barbara Raaflaub and Linda Johnson and accepted resignations of five staffers led by Philip Gustafson and James Rogers. The district also awarded milk and towel service bids and discussed retirement age with Building Service Employees Local 21. Board plans a future meeting with architect Don Reginato to discuss the proposed South Side high school.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse City
Philip Gustafson
Central
Anne Vera
James Rogers
Longfellow
Donald Cieminski
Gary W. Paulson
Logan High School
Lois Nelson
Logan Junior High School
la Crosse
Robert Seitz
Building Service
Robert Goeschke
Goeschke
Burton W. Cook
Board of Education
Zion
Ill
Ebling
Plunkett, Keymar
Reginato
Don Reginato
Leinfelder to Headline Music Lovers Night at Arts Festival
Lucien Leinfelder, praised by a national critic, will perform Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor as the featured artist in the fifth annual Coulee Region Festival of Arts. Also on stage is Tschaikowsky Symphony No. 6 and Reznick Donna Diana Overture with narration by Richard H. Pearse Jr. of La Crosse.
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Lucien Leinfelder
Coulee Region
Coleman Vocational School
la Crosse Camera Club
Seinfelder
Dallas, Tex
Rachmaninoff
Southern Methodist University
Julliard School of Music
Aspen Music Institute
University of Southern California
Los Angeles Conservatory
Academy of Santa Barbara
Calif
Elmer ‘Scott
Civic Federation
Dallas
Houston
Albuquerque
Milwaukee
Wichita Falls
Florida Philharmonic
Tschaikowsky
Frank J. Italiano
Reznick
Richard H. Pearse Jr
la Crosse
Crossing guards wanted in La Crosse at five intersections
La Crosse police seek five crossing guards with priority for women living near the intersections of 8th and Cass, 7th and Jackson, 16th and Denton, Campbell Road near Emerson School, and Losey Boulevard and King Street. Pay is $1.25 hourly with shifts 7:30 8:30 am 11 am 1 pm and 3 4 pm.
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la Crosse
George Long
8Th
Cass Streets
7Th
Jackson Streets
16Th
Denton
Campbell Road
Emerson School
Losey Boulevard
King Street
Aldermen raise deputy finance post requirements in La Crosse
La Crosse aldermen tentatively voted to require a college accounting degree for the deputy finance officer and to have Finance Officer Sherman Stellpflug seek committee approval for any appointment. The move blocks Stellpflug from promoting staff without committee consent, with final council confirmation pending.
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Council
Stellpflug
John K. Flanagan
Sheldon Nerby
Harold Lee
Lee
Gronouski Opens Democratic Headquarters in La Crosse
Postmaster General John S. Gronouski will headline the opening of the Democratic Party headquarters at 710 Main St. on Thursday with a 3 to 5 p.m. reception. Harold Ristow will introduce him at 4 p.m., and Gronouski also will speak at a 6:30 p.m. Hotel Stoddard dinner honoring Patrick Lucey, candidate for lieutenant governor.
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Democratic Party
Main St
John S. Gronouski
Harold Ristow
la Crosse
Congress
Gronouski
Ida Learner
la Crosse Democrats
John F. Kennedy
Stoddard
Patrick Lucey
Eight Firms Bilked By Advertising Salesman in La Crosse
Local firms report being solicited by a man claiming to sell ads for The Railroaders Time Book a publication not recognized by railroads or the chamber of commerce. Several residents paid 10 to 25 dollars each, with various names given as the salesman and inconsistent vehicle descriptions. Authorities trace a mailbox tied to the suspect to Harrisburg Pa. while victims scramble to stop payments.
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la Crosse
Chamber of Commerce
D D. Olson
Johnson
C.C.C
Cc.c
Harrisburg
Wuest
Ringelman
Roy Wasmuth
South Lanes Bowling Alley
Highway 14
Shelby
Wasmuth
Office Open For Voter Registration In La Crosse
La Crosse city clerk’s office will stay open Friday until 9 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to noon to register voters for the September 8 primary. City Clerk Alice Dickson urges students away from campus to register, and notes rules for those turning 21 by election day, new Wisconsin residents in a year, and married women.
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la Crosse City
Alice Dickson
New la Crosse
Wisconsin
Prospective Queen Candidates to Meet in LA Crescent
An informal meeting for girls interested in becoming Apple Festival Queen candidates will be held at 811 Spruce Drive the Apple Festival Board sets an August 31 sign up deadline. Mrs. Ray Neururer will speak on contest rules and acquaint attendees with regulations for the pageant.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Ray Neururer
Spruce Drive
Skeeter Schedule Shows Spraying Tuesday Night
Parks and outlying areas will be sprayed Tuesday night to control mosquitoes. Local residents are advised to keep pets indoors and cover containers holding standing water.
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Gentover
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Dolly Madison
Holmen Dairy
Sanittary Dairy
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Ristow
Lyndon Johnson
Washington, D. C
Vernon W. Thomson
R.richland Center
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Ane
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J&h Body
Ward Ave
la ‘Crosse Cities
N. West Ave
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