City May Put Damper On Runway Extension
Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission seeks bids next year to extend La Crosse Municipal Airport runway to accommodate North Central Airlines jet service. Project cost estimate 841430 dollars with city share 377325 dollars. City faces large bond plans and other major projects.
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Wisconsin Aeronautics’ Commission
la Crosse Municipal
North Central Airlines
Common Council
Mary E. Sawyer
Birch Street
City Plan Commission
Pleads Guilty To Peeking Burglary in Menomonie
James L. Drury, 26, pleaded guilty before Judge Leonard F. Roraff to disorderly conduct and burglary tied to the Horschak Tavern break in on Aug. 6. He was recaptured Aug. 10 after peering into a Holbrook residence, with loot tokens found on him. A pre sentence investigation was ordered and Drury remained jailed on $3,000 bond pending Sept. 7 sentencing.
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Menomonie
James L. Drury
Leonard F. Roraff
Horschak Tavern
S. 8Th St
Asst
Seth Stoltz
Drury
Richard P. Holbrook
S. 7Th St
Holbrook
Stoltz
la Crosse
Charles Goerdt
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
Service member Harris Home On Leave Before Viet Nam Duty
Spec 5.C. Thomas Harris son of Mr and Mrs Raymond A Harris 1403 Jackson St is home on leave before reporting for duty in Viet Nam. Harris previously spent 25 months in Germany.
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C. Thomas Harris
Raymond A. Harris
Jackson St
Viet Nam
Harris
Germany
Glen L. Maher
United Fund
Grandview Hospital
American College of Hospital Administrators
Wisconsin Hospital Association
Catholic Social Service
American Legion, Elks and Knights of Columbus
Main St
Sunshine Gardens Annexation Approved by La Crosse Council
The La Crosse Common Council approved the Sunshine Gardens Addition annexation, the city’s fourth in 12 years, adding about 165 homes and cutting two land tracts from the Town of Shelby. One island hosts La Crosse Cooler Co., Town Hall and Fire Station, and homes of Town Clerk Ernest Roesser and Town Treasurer Dorothy Ristow. the other includes Ward Avenue area with the Varsity Club and several motels.
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Sunshine Gardens
la Crosse
La Crosse Theatre plans $750000 building on Isle la Plume
The La Crosse Community Theater seeks a long term city lease for a $750000 theater on Isle la Plume south of the Municipal Harbor. The group aims for a 550 seat venue to anchor a cultural center with potential art and historical museums.
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la Crosse
Common Council
Isle la Plume
Riverside
Sally Cremer
John Hayden
Hayden
Longfellow Junior High School
Board of Park Commissioners
Fry
Candeub, Fleissig, Adley and Associates
Rochester
Minn
Gateway Foods Rezoning Bid Wins Approval
The La Crosse Common Council approved Gateway Foods Inc officials heavy industrial rezoning 22 to 0. The site east of Indian Hill, formerly apartments, aims for industrial prospects. Neighbors objected earlier, and other zoning requests were deferred or denied. Public hearings set Sept 1 for Luther Head Shell Service properties and Bendel Campbell sites on Losey Boulevard Robinsdale Ave.
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Gateway Foods Inc
la Crosse
Gautsch
Mormon Course Road
Birch Street
Wisconsin
Luther Head
Head
Shell Service
25Th Street
Josey Boulevard
Joseph Bendel
Hillard Campbell
Losey Boulevard
Robinsdale Ave
Campbell’s ‘Rock Shop
Hearing Set on Causeway Sewer Plan and Assessments
The La Crosse Common Council sent original sanitary sewer assessments for the Causeway frontage foot at $7.10 to committee. A hearing on the sewer project ordered by Nov 1 1967 by the Wisconsin Board of Health was set for Aug 31 before the highways committee. The plan, costing $42,500, targets septic tanks from Causeway businesses discharging into the city storm sewer, a La Crosse River pollution source. Only two objectors attended the Board of Public Works hearing: The Gloriette Corp owner of Super Valu on the Causeway and the Burlington Railroad.
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la Crosse
Causeway
Causeway Boulevard
Burlington Railroad
Board of Public Works
Flyer's Club To Hold Pancake Breakfast
The La Crosse Flyer's Club will sponsor a pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 30 a m in the Viking Aviation hangar at La Crosse Municipal Airport. Proceeds fund club activities including Mother's Day rides and a Santa Claus fly in. Members will offer airplane rides priced at one cent per pound of rider weight.
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la Crosse
Aldermen Block Bridge Plan After Dike Alternative
La Crosse aldermen reversed Monday's vote and chose to wait for an Army Corps dike instead of spending 130000 on a new bridge. The $14000 to widen the dike could serve a 10 to 40 foot roadway, with the Corps estimating five to six years for the dike.
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Isle la Plume
la Crosse
Army Corps of Engineers
Robert Scheible
Common Council
Market Street
Hood Street
Upper Isle la Plume
Kenneth Niedbalski
Niedkalski
Gerald Greider
Marriage Licenses For Urevig And Johnson
Laurence E. Urevig of Detroit and Ruth Ann M. Johnson of Bangor plan marriage on August 13 in West Salem. The couple received licenses to wed in a public records notice.
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Laurence E. Urevig
Detroit
Ruth Ann M. Johnson
Bangor
West Salem
Bloodmobile collects 194 pints at Trane Co drive
The Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 194 pints of blood on Thursday at Trane Co. A total of 219 applicants were processed with 25 rejects. The five day visit ends Friday with a cumulative total of 612 pints toward a 750 pint quota.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Trane Co
Council Favors Marshland Sale to La Crosse University
La Crosse aldermen favor selling city marshland to La Crosse State University to trade for a land parcel between Gorder Road and Oak Grove Cemetery for athletic use. City seeks cash, not gifts, and weighs a site on Upper French Island for a new school. Budget allocations include $50,000 for site improvements and $6,000 for a landscape architect.
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French Island
Edward Carlsson
la Crosse State
Board of Regents
Nel Stenson
Miller St
Bundy St
Green Island
Stenson
University
Gorder Road
Oak Grove Cemetery
East Avenue
Samuel Gates
Board of Education
City Plan Commission
Council
School Board
Aviation Board
LCU Singers Endure Rough European Debut Tour
La Crosse State University Singers battled travel glitches on their first Europe concert in Coblenz Germany. Delayed risers customs holds and a bus misroute followed by a late rehearsal, yet the group performed amid fatigue before continuing a Rhine River voyage to Frankfurt for a second concert.
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la Crosse State University
LCU
Miss Muller
la Crosse Tribune
Coblenz
Germany
Rhein-Mosel Halle
la Crosse
London
Luxemburg
Frankfurt
Halle
Chicago
New York
Rhine Valley
Rhein-Mose
Rhine
Long Vacation Ends For Man Who Left Jail
Gordon Hartley a 40 year old with a St Paul address faced a new four month jail term to run after completing five months remaining on his August 1963 sentence for stealing a power lawn mower. Hartley disappeared while under the Huber Act and was captured September 28 on a downtown street. He pled guilty to escaping custody and was sentenced by Judge Leonard F. Roraff after district attorney Burliegh Randolph urged punishment beyond the remaining five months. The judge ended the Huber Act arrangement and upheld a six month county jail limit for the offense.
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la Crosse
Gordon Hartley
St. Paul
Hartley
Huber
Leonard F. Roraff
Dist. Atty
Burliegh
Randolph
Roraff
Youth Injured In La Crosse County Brush Cutting Accident
A 15 year old youth, James Peterson of Onalaska, was cut on the wrist while cutting roadside brush near the Frank Hauser farm in Onalaska. He was taken to Lutheran Hospital for treatment around 1 40 p m Thursday by county police.
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la Crosse County
Lutheran Hospital
James Peterson
R. 2
Onalaska
Frank Hauser
R. 1
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