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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1964
Page
5
Stellpflug is authorized to hire a deputy only with Common Council approval. The Council kept the $638 starting and $773 top salary for finance officer and added $26 monthly for fiscal work at the Mary E Sawyer Auditorium. Stellpflug’s promotion to deputy and hiring of an accountant were rejected.
The La Crosse Common Council heard Davy Engineering Co outline a 772 capacity pool at Erickson Field with 607 in main and 165 in wading pools. Plans previously priced at 180000 rose to 250000, though city funds total 200000. Alderman Nerby proposed hiring an architect for a Logan High School pool, while North Side aldermen favor Swanson Field.
Radio schedule lists WKBH Friday at 7 55 p m for Minnesota Twins versus Cleveland Indians. Saturday program continues with baseball at 1 25 p m on WKBH.
A time capsule was sealed in the Gateway Grocery Co distribution center cornerstone as labor and management marked the ceremony. Participants included Gateway officials, union representatives, and labor lawyers, with a post ceremony river cruise and a music program featuring Puccini and Verdi selections.
The La w Standard Oil Co seeks to relocate to 10 Copeland Ave and allow Pyroil Inc to take the current Standard Oil site. Baytos Development proposes a Kmart rezoning along State Road Losey Blvd with additional residential to local business requests. A new residence auxiliary zone for funeral homes was created and Sletten-McKee Funeral Home rezoning approved.
The Coulee Region Festival of Arts ends with an outdoor concert Saturday at 8 30 p m in Myrick Park. Vocal soloists Elaine Klund and James Fudge perform with Mrs Klund who has sang with the civic choir and recently gave a recital in La Crosse State University’s summer concert series.
A select group of local musicians in the Coulee Region Festival of Arts symphony workshops will perform a workshop concert Friday at 7 30 p m in the Crystal Room at the Stoddard Hotel. Admission is free to the public.
On August 12 at 12 15 p m Vernon Van Vleet of 1403 North Bainbridge Street was transported to St Francis Hospital by ambulance after a call from Vernon Van Vleet flagged by police and ambulance crews.
The La Crosse Common Council Judiciary Committee debates a proposal by Alderman Davis to study merging police and fire department responsibilities. The plan, directed by the Committee-of-the-Whole, faces refiled action and funding questions as officials search for the lacking legislation and paperwork. A consultant option from Eau Claire was noted at $6,500, but funding remains unsettled.
Arlyn F. Wollenburg, age 43 from Oshkosh, campaigned on La Crosse streets as a Democratic Senate candidate. He criticized incumbent Sen. William Proxmire for his propaganda newsletters and proposed a $2 minimum wage to address low wages and social ills.
A Grandview Hospital report lists Noble Prentice and his wife Elsa as recovering from severe burns and other injuries after a two door sedan left the west approach to the Mississippi River bridge and burst into flames at 5:50 a.m. on Friday. Police say a steel guard rail pierced the car and both were rushing east when an oncoming vehicle forced them off the road.
Skeeter spraying will cover the area from Park Drive to the south city limits between Losey Boulevard and East Avenue. The same area will be finished Sunday night. Spraying starts at 9 p.m. each night.
La Crosse organist Richard D. Hosier will perform a 45 minute organ recital at 7 p.m. Sunday at St Joseph the Workman Cathedral for the Kiwanis convention of the Wisconsin Upper Michigan District The 3 252 pipe M P Moller organ with the choir loft antiphonal organ is a Midwest standout Hosier a local church organist and recent transplant from Superior has concert credits in St Paul Duluth and Bloomington He plans to teach organ via extension at La Crosse State University and operates a regional organ building and repair venture between Chicago Milwaukee and the Twin Cities.
The La Crosse Common Council agreed Thursday to swap a triangle of land south of a proposed 7 Up site at Avon and Moore Streets for a triangular tract beside the Moore Street lift station. The lift station parcel is owned by Thomas Sager of Holmen, who recently sold land north of the city tract to 7 Up.
A La Crosse meeting heard NSP officials report progress on the 345 000 volt transmission line from Twin Cities to east of Stevens Point with 100 wood pole structures completed and segments due 1965 and 1966. T W Benham urged broader economic education from elementary grades onward and noted economics illiteracy among adults and students. D H Renner announced R E Quinn will succeed him in NSP’s Minneapolis office.
Three proposals on beer and liquor licensing were defeated by the La Crosse Common Council on Thursday night. Alderman Harold Lee’s plan to allow multiple bars under one license with archways five feet or longer was rejected, as were limits on Class A beer and liquor licenses. Curtis Storck’s bid to force liquor-use on Class B licenses also failed, risking punishment for 18 year old bars like The Rustic Inn and Madrigal.
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