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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1965
Page
8
Madison reports the Wisconsin Conservation Department wins a tentative victory to replace predator bounties with a new $180,000 yearly county matching grant program. Counties may use funds for outdoor improvements. governors keep veto rights, plan to formalize a permanent law in fall.
La Crosse County Board approved new monthly rates for Hillview Home and Oak Forest Sanatorium effective Aug 1. Hillview home patients rise from 139 to 147 dollars, infirmary from 211 to 220.50. Oak Forest sanatorium patients from 381.42 to 393.45, nursing home patients from 321.59 to 313.50. Private-pay surcharge eliminated for welfare beds. nine private-pay patients remain, all borderlines likely to become welfare.
WKTY-1 p.m. broadcasts Packers vs Bears with end of Braves Pirates game following. WKBH-9:55 p.m. features Twins vs Angels. Sunday WKTY-1 p.m. offers Braves vs Pirates in baseball. WKBH-3:25 p.m. lists baseball upcoming game details.
La Crosse Jaycees call girls aged 18 to 25 to enter the Oktoberfest Pageant with a double title. Miss Oktoberfest may advance to Miss Wisconsin and national contests. Applications due Sept 1. festival runs Sept 29 to Oct 3 with parade Oct 2 and pageant Oct 1.
Two new Rotary members Edward S. Carlsson Jr and Dr Robert E McMahon spoke at the Thursday noon session in Hotel Stoddard. Carlsson, VP of business affairs at La Crosse State University, and McMahon who heads health and hygiene at the university, gave classification talks.
The City Plan Commission approved a 1.2 million dollar bond plan to fund 1966 capital improvements for the school system. It also recommended 414,400 for Civic Center urban renewal and 102,200 for a city hall site financed by bank loans, with bonds issued to avoid raising debt service taxes.
A farewell open house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Molldrem will be held at First Lutheran Church Onalaska from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday with a 4 p.m. program. Molldrem, who interned at First Lutheran this year, will return to Luther Seminary in St. Paul to finish his final year of study before ordination. He will preach at the 8 and 9 30 a.m. services.
A decision on who will construct apartment houses on a 4 26 acre parcel of La Crosse County land near the southeast city limits will be made at an 8 p.m. recessed County Board meeting Wednesday. Bids on the Hillview Home surplus land have been taken by the institutions and industrial development committees.
La Crosse Redevelopment Authority approves a plan to clear and sell the Civic Center area south of Vine Street for commercial reuse while the block north of Vine would house a governmental complex including Coleman Vocational School Sawyer Auditorium Courthouse the Hixon House and possibly a new city hall The final reuse plan due in fall will be presented to the authority and then to the City Council after a public hearing the GSA may build a new post office on the south side if it opts to do so
La Crosse Tribune notes the Ballad of the Sad Cafe staged under an August night sky for Festival of Arts draws a spellbound audience of about 100. Michael Thompson directs a strong cast led by Caroline Prentice Dan Udvig James Gutzke Don Thompson and Richard Grom. The production runs to August 20 22 26 and 28 with no intermissions and praised ensemble performances.
A public hearing on reapportioning La Crosse County Board districts will be held in September. Supervisor Gordon Feinberg announced at the Board meeting that part of the plan is illegal. Cavadini notes Rockland cannot be with Bangor due to contiguity rules and Burns separation.
An eight year old La Crosse boy Larry J. Baker sustained multiple body bruises after darting from between parked cars into the path of a car on llth and Jackson Streets. He was hit by John Fattig, 41, of Cedar Rapids Iowa and transported by police ambulance to Grandview Hospital where he was listed in good condition Friday morning.
Judge Lincoln Neprud will hear a sentencing for Harold E. Kemp 35 of 2906 S 26th St on a disorderly conduct charge and 13 civil matters at 9 30 a.m. Monday in La Crosse Circuit Court. Kemp was charged with the Oct 12 battery of neighbor Jack Fisher Jr He entered a no defense plea to an amended disorderly conduct count. No divorce hearings are listed among the civil matters.
La Crosse County Board sent back to committee a dispute over which endloader to buy. Three highway members backed a Caterpillar at $14,989 while two backed a Michigan Armny unit at $11,595, with other bids noted. The board voted 28 to 11 to rebid or reconsider.
The La Crosse County Board denied a $25,000 claim by Omer Johnson administrator for his wife Nel lie Johnson who died after a fall at the old courthouse. Johnson contends negligence on stairs and banisters caused the injury leading to her death. The county insurer refused payment and Corporation Counsel Sunder recommended denial.
La Crosse posted the state’s record low for August 20 with a Friday morning 50 as the state saw a high of 80 on Thursday. Superior Duluth reported 41, while the forecast called for mid 50s Friday night and upper 70s Saturday.
Four senior Scouts and Explorers from La Crosse attend the Wisconsin State Fair. Paul Patros Steve Rudolph George Taylor and Robert Astley live at Camp Ammon service camp and will usher grand stand events assist judges sponsor dances and a talent night elect Miss Camp Ammon to reign over a semi formal dance on August 20.
Eight La Crosse students will depart Monday at 11 a m for the fifth annual Wisconsin High School Red Cross Leadership Training Center at Camp Robinhood Green Lake. Staffer Mary Crum a Central High senior recently returned from Quito Ecuador will assist.
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