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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1973
Page
12
A Tribune photo essay captures August mornings as fog lifts over a quiet lake. Birds fall silent, a spider seizes mist drops, a cottontail forages, and dew beads flowers while time and season fade past their zenith. Gary R. Kiefner provides the imagery.
Former La Crosse Alderman Raymond Keller was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay $9 in court costs. He pleaded no contest to incest and was found guilty. Judge Leonard Roraff approved the plea bargain and required psychiatric treatment at the county clinic or private at his expense.
Gross Telecasting Inc., owner of WKBT-TV Channel 8, announced plans to buy WKJG-TV Fort Wayne, Ind., for 4 million dollars pending FCC approval. The acquisition would expand Gross’s footprint to a 10 million people market with about 20 billion dollars in annual retail sales. The company already owns WJIM in Lansing, Michigan. Federated Media, Inc. owns WKJG. In early 1973 Gross reported 602,021 dollars in earnings and 3,063,057 dollars in revenues, up from a year earlier.
Four city wading pools in Myrick Houska Copeland and Trane Parks close Thursday at 8 p.m. Municipal beaches Black River and Pettibone also end operations Thursday evening. Pools remain open through the weekend unless cooler weather prompts an early closure.
The 1973 Coulee Region Festival of Arts ended at Viterbo College with the Great River Symphony directed by Frank Italiano. The program included Brahms First Symphony Beethoven Eroica and Stravinsky Firebird Suite with the horn trio of Judy and Karl Hill drawing praise. Intonation issues and tempo choices marred some passages though the second movement Funeral March and the Firebird performance drew strong audience delight and a Gabrieli canzona encore provided a final listening highlight.
Tailwind Tour set for Sept 1 to 3 by the Tri-State Bicycle Touring Society. President George Lahue says cyclists will have favorable winds as they depart La Crosse on Saturday. tour continues through Sunday and Monday noon with sag wagon return. Motels to host nights. registration deadline is Wednesday.
The Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission orders a hearing at 10 a.m. on Tuesday September 4 at the La Crosse County Courthouse before examiner Amedeo Greco to determine if La Crosse Area Public School District Board of Education and Balts interfered with union formation by LAAP. LAAP seeks recognition as bargaining representative and an election denial.
A workshop on educating preschoolers will be held Wednesday at the La Crosse Holiday Inn, sponsored for the Eau Claire region by the Voluntary Agencies Section of the Division of Family Services. Dr Edward Orman will headline with talks on The Hyper Active Child and Grass Roots Philosophy.
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