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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1965
Page
9
Experts warn 1965 will be a bountiful year for pollen with heavy rains and abundant ragweed as the chief offender. Sun and heat boost weed growth and pollen becomes airborne on southern winds prompting increased hay fever cases and a call to seek relief or escape pollen by relocating.
Attorneys for La Crosse and Fire Fighters Local 127 presented their cases to state fact finder Philip Marshall after the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board ordered mediation. The city and local 127 seek wage and fringe benefit adjustments with a tentative filing deadline of August 30 for post hearing briefs. Marshall will rule three to six weeks after briefs are received.
The Zephyr Bar license for Jim and Arlene Martin faced a reversal as the City Council denied renewal after initial approval. Ten aldermen supported granting the license while nine opposed, including Clayton Burkart who switched his vote. The Zephyr has been closed since June 30, with potential reapplication or court action possible.
La Crosse Police and Fire Commission asks for 500 to cover a police department recruitment ad 200 for the ad costs and incidental expenses plus another ad to announce fire examinations. Council considers the request as aldermen push donations to Boy's Club and overtime pay for municipal employees after the April flood.
Night spraying is planned Friday from Zeisler Street to the south city limits between 10th Street and the Mississippi River. Sunday spraying will extend from Causeway Boulevard to the north city limits between the east and west city limits.
Grandview Hospital staff see tear gas pen in use when a clerk mistook it for a ballpoint. Tear gas floods the lobby forcing 15 to 20 patients to evacuate as one worker suffers eye and facial irritation. The gas odor spread but irritation remained mainly in the lobby.
Two La Crosse area families left from the municipal airport for Monterrey Mexico to serve as Papal Volunteers for Latin America. The Desmonds and Pedrettis will teach and work in youth and medical programs in Aguascalientes Torreon and other communities. They undergo training in Wausau and will live on modest stipends with housing provided.
A 19 foot maple on Vine Street Boulevard at 230 North 8th Street was sawed off about four and a half feet above the ground. Police Officer Charles Koch spotted the damaged tree Friday at 7 30 a m while the Holleys were away.
The La Crosse Diocese asks the City Council to consider acquiring or leasing any surplus school assets for a new Cathedral grade school. A special meeting will review the request once a date is set. Sept. 15 is the response deadline.
Allis-Chalmers Local 401 and the UAW will meet Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Coleman Vocational and Adult School auditorium's smaller room on Vine Street near 7th, instead of Pioneer Hall.
Reserved passengers for the August 21 trip to Minneapolis to attend the Beatles concert may pick up tickets at the Greyhound bus depot. All tickets have been sold.
The La Crosse City Council rejected Madison Mayor Otto Festge's invitation to oppose the Dirksen constitutional amendment. Alderman Curtis Storck led the decision saying the council floor is not a place to discuss such issues. The measure would let states base one house of their legislature on non population factors.
Alderman James Shoger of the 6th Ward asks the city to require off street parking in residential areas with one space per residence and one for every four apartment units. The plan mirrors a 1961 zoning proposal by Candeub Fleissig Associates that faced heavy opposition and was stalled after hearings in 1961 and 1962.
The council approved a federal advance of 137 469 for plans and surveys for the Harborview Plaza urban renewal project with one objector Alderman John C Schubert. Keller called the venture a cooperative partnership among federal the city and local business and pledged help for merchants in the area. The project would clear and redevelop the area west of 2nd Street between State and Mount Vernon Streets.
The Shelby additions Robinsdale Wayside Garden Hass Elm Grove and Beaumont Park were annexed by La Crosse City Council on Thursday night. Petitions for referendums may be circulated if 20 percent of residents sign. Surveys were ordered for services including garbage police fire water and street needs. A single lot on Farnam and Seiler Lane was also annexed.
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