Music Lovers Pick Concert Not Nixon at Viterbo
The Great River Symphony directed by Frank Italiano performed at Viterbo College in the Coulee Region Festival. The program included Griffes The White Peacock Barber Adagio for Strings Brahms First Symphony and Mendelssohn Moscheles Concertante with Weekley and Arganbright in a rediscovered joint-piano performance. The crowd enjoyed the Romantic contrasts amid occasional ensemble flaws.
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Cyrilla Barr
Viterbo College
United States
Great River Symphony
Frank Italiano
Coulee
Charles Griffes
Barber
Peggy Powell
Dom Crejudes
Brahms
Mendelssohn
Moscheles
Weekley
Arganbright
Library of Congress
Mendelssohn and Moscheles
Quorum shortage delays Onalaska office rezoning decision
The Onalaska Wisconsin City Council failed to act on a Gerrard Realty Co. proposal to rezone 542 2nd Ave N for a three level office building with four efficiency apartments due to a missing quorum. Alder man M. N. Ferguson abstained from voting and another member was absent leaving four possible votes. The project costs are estimated at 140000 to 150000 dollars with expected yearly tax revenue around 4000 dollars. four objectors within 100 feet oppose it. The council requires a three fourths vote for approval, meaning a 5 to 0 margin if Ferguson does not vote. The judiciary committee and planning commission support the project.
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Onalaska
Wis
City of
Donald Huggett
Ferguson
Huggett
Onalaska Council
Onalaska Planning Commission
Liquidation Petition Eyed For La Crosse Garment Co
Owners face bankruptcy in Western Wisconsin as creditors press for liquidation of La Crosse Garment Co assets. Terry Gillette leads the creditors committee seeking a financing plan by the August 30 hearing. Allan Cohen says financing offers exist. Conflicts over Walter Raeder’s heirs complicate the case and two related companies, La Crosse Garment Industries and La Crosse Garment Manufacturing, frame the dispute.
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Madison
U.S
Banruptcy
Wisconsin
Leonard Bessman
la Crosse Garment Co
Terry Gillette
Gillette
Bessman
Allan Cohen
Daniel Smith
The
Heller and Co
Chicago
Walter Heller
Cohen
Heller
Smith
Garment Company
Walter Raeder
la Crosse Garment Industries
la Crosse Garment Manufacturing
Industries Company
Smith and la Crosse
Robert Smyth
Baeders
Raeders
Smith and Smyth
North Side
Country Miss
July Jobless Claims In La Crosse District Rise
An average of 2 100 workers per week filed unemployment claims in July in the seven county La Crosse district, higher than in the prior two years but below 1970. The La Crosse Garment Co closure and vacation shutdowns affected figures, with 9 965 total July claims and 1 032 new claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
la Crosse Garment Co
Keith B. Straight
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Other Cities Find Profit In Golf Board Is Told
La Crosse park officials heard that many Wisconsin cities with city operated golf courses posted income exceeding expenses in 1971 and 1972. A preliminary report notes 141 questionnaires sent, 60 percent returned, and Milwaukee County running 15 courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Board of Park Commissioners
Parks and Recreation
Eugene Fry
Fry
Milwaukee County
NSP Granted Permit for River Fuel Dock at French Island
Northern States Power Co. receives permission from Wisconsin DNR to construct and maintain a 30 foot by 50 foot dock extension on the Mississippi River for the French Island plant. The decision notes eight mooring clusters, a concrete cap, and compliance with federal standards. The permit may be amended if navigation obstruction or public interest concerns arise. Local zoning and US Army Corps of Engineers approvals may also be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern States Power Co
NSP
Mississippi River
French Island
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Eau Claire
Edward J. Bourget
US. Army Corps of Engineers
WWHPO Council Adopts EMS Planning Report
The Emergency Medical Services Council of the Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization voted Wednesday to adopt a planning report to upgrade EMS across seven counties. The ad hoc committee and EMSC shaped 29 recommendations covering hospital wards staff ambulances vehicles and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Medical Services Council
EMSC
Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization
WWHPO
Eugene Molitor
Probation Too Stiff Prompt Two La Crosse Men to Seek Conviction
Two 18 year olds, Richard Hauser and Michael Moen, sought a stricter outcome after a July granted one year probation for marijuana possession. They asked conviction and fines instead, claiming probation restrictions hurt them. Judge Leonard Roraff imposed $109 fines with 60 days to pay, noting failure to pay could lead to jail. neither defendant is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Richard Hauser
Wood St
Michael Moen
West Ave
Leonard Roraff
Hauser
Charles Cooke
Asst. Dist. Atty
Mark Lukoff
Roraff
Building Permit for Local Hospital Expansion Described
The La Crosse City Inspection Department issued a building permit Tuesday to Lutheran Hospital at 1910 South Ave. for a one story addition on South Avenue between the central and south wings. Estimated cost is 353000 dollars. Peter Nelson and Son, Inc. is the general contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse City
Lutheran Hospital
South Ave
South Avenue
Peter Nelson and Son, Inc
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Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Harold Ristow
U.S. Postal Service
Leonard Sprain
West Salem
Betty Heuer
Inter-Faith Christian Ministries
WWTI
Ristow
Tribune
Nixon
Straight
Donald Raeder
David Stanke
la Crosse County
Southwestern Missouri State University
Springfield
Stanke
University of Missouri
John Thomas
Park Board
Riverside Park
Florist
Bernard A. Mullenbach
William Torrance
Merlin Eggen
Sandra Fletcher
Wwhpo Council
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Jackson, la Crosse
Monroe
Trempealeau
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P.M
Leon France
Interfaith Christian Ministries
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Prunes
Muscatine
Musemelons
Rudy
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