Jazz On Sunday With Hirsch Jazz All Stars Delight River Side Park
Bob Hirsch and the Jazz All-Stars headlined Jazz On a Sunday Afternoon as part of the Coulee Region Festival of Arts at River Side Park. The ensemble blended Dixie with swing boogie and improvisation, featuring newcomer Bob Wesley on clarinet and strong solos by Allan Townsend, Knutson, Calogero, and Hirsch. The performance included lively exchanges between clarinet, trombone, trumpet, and rhythm, culminating in a relaxed finish and a marching band finale vibe with Knutson as drum major.
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Bob Hirsch
Jazz All-Stars
Riverside Park
Coulee Region
Hirsch
Allan Townsend
Bob Wesley
Anneapolis
Anderson
Bob Knuts
Lou Calogero
Townsend
Bourbon Street Blues
South Rampart Street Rade
Wesley
St. Louis
Knutson
Count Basie
Bourbon Street
Apex
Woody Herman
Tribune
Wrapping Up Summer Programs At Local YMCA
The YMCA announces final summer swimming sessions for boys at CA West Ave and Main St with 10 lessons over two weeks. A Riverside Park fish tour and a Mississippi River trip on Aug 23 are open to members and non members with advance registration. Also listed are Goose Island Park day camp, a father son weekend at Camp Bradfield, a Water Show and Carnival on Aug 24, and a junior high all city dance on Aug 25.
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West Ave
Main St
Planna
Riverside Park
Mississippi River
Camp Bradfield
Cable Route Proposal Across Black River for French Island
La Crosse Westgage Inc seeks a permit from the Army to lay a submarine TV cable across the Black River to serve French Island. Construction would start soon after approval. Public comment until Sept. 10 via the St. Paul District Corps of Engineers office.
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la Crosse Westgage Inc
Department of the Army
Black River
French Island
Don Ellingsworth
St. Paul
Corps of Engineers
U.S. Post Office
Custom House
Tribune
Robert Hess
Board Expected To OK Hiring Teacher Aides
The La Crosse Area Public School District board plans to recommend hiring 302 teacher aides for 1973 74 with actual selection on Aug 21. Positions include numerous schools and the district faces a dispute with the LAAP over union organizing and possible dismissals tied to aide staffing changes.
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la Crosse Area
Hintgen
Hogan
Pleasant Valley
Harry Spence
State Road
Summit
Erickson
Washburn
Roosevelt
Franklin
la Crosse Association of Auxiliary Personnel
LAAP
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
WERC
Palts
Hintgen School
la Crosse
Balts
LARP
Robber with Bottle Steals $40 From Attendant
An armed robber used a broken pop bottle as a threat at the Clark Service Station on Copeland Ave. He struck attendant Danny L. Iverson, 18, and forced the money from his pocket before fleeing. Iverson suffered minor neck scratches but was unharmed.
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Danny L. Iverson
Copeland Ave
Clark
Iverson
Deportation Threat Shocks Wisconsin Couple
Felix Bendler, 21 of 24 years in the U.S., faces possible deportation after a 1970 marijuana conviction. The Bendlers, living near Black River Falls, have drawn national attention with ACLU support backing appeals to immigration authorities and a push for a federal pardon. The couple weighs options as an Oregon move or continued farm work, amid media interest.
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Black River Falls
Felix and
Vivian Bendler
Wis
Felix
Black River
Bendlers
Wisconsin
NBC
Rebecca Bell
Jeff Williams
CBS
Milwaukee Journal
New York Times
Milwaukee
U.S
Green Bay Reformatory
Fox Lake
Vivian
Jackson County
Odeen
Germany
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Oregon
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Jazz
Leeward Lee ‘Pribune
Ym-Ywca
Goose Island Park
la Crosse Tribune
Prorose
Pagher Pans Road
Onal Arska
James Zeno
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