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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1973
Page
11
Roger Paxton and his pony Flicka deliver the Emporia Gazette through Hartford a small Kansas town. Flicka walks with a full load as townsfolk know the routine and the two enjoy the slow daily trek despite occasional rain.
Onalaska teenagers may see a 30000 square foot youth center constructed next year with half the $24000 cost pledged in donated labor and materials. Jaycees president Gail Jensen cited progress and recent picketing as signs of community involvement and noted site work would begin this fall.
Unmarried women aged 18 to 28 may enter the Miss Oktoberfest La Crosse pageant by Sept. 7. Residents or students in La Crosse qualify. The winner serves a year, joining the queen’s court at Oktoberfest events and parades, and competes in the Miss Wisconsin Pageant in June.
The Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization advisory committee approved six nursing home proposals including Onalaska 112 beds at 699 850 and Eleanora Gund 226 beds at 1 85 million. Voting varied with several abstentions, amid earlier claims the review process was undermined by state and federal delays. The Skemp Grandview Satellite Clinic in Holmen costing about 100 000 also received approval as a potential nucleus for future clinics.
La Crosse Circuit Judge Peter Pappas dismissed burglary charges against Ness and Rostvold in the Bangor hardware store burglary while preserving some evidence against all three defendants. The judge ruled items stolen were linked to Muetze, not Ness or Rostvold, and denied suppression of evidence arising from a warrant obtained with information from Muetze’s wife, Geraldine, noting spousal testimony rules.
La Crosse plans to spend 569 249 in general revenue sharing funds for public safety and primarily the fire department due to expanded service to the Municipal Airport. Mayor Gilbertson notes executive proposals and council oversight with plan details to be published in The La Crosse Tribune and open for public inspection. The period spans July 1 1973 through June 30 1974.
A pilot newspaper collection and recycling project will begin in October for 400 homes in southeastern La Crosse. The effort, led by Mrs. Ronald Schnick of the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce Pollution Control Committee, partners Refuse Disposal Service Inc. and aims to collect newspapers on an every other week schedule from Oct 4 to Dec 27.
School Supt. Eugene Balts could end or inflame a dispute by noon Friday over transfers of 14 elementary teaching specialists in music art and physical education. The LEA protests contract provisions were not followed, while seven specialists accepted new assignments and seven seek return to original posts. The LEA may appeal to the school board or seek a court injunction, with lawyers on standby.
Nuns at St Thomas More School forego a 1973 74 pay raise to help the parish meet financial strains. Rev Edwin J Thome states seven teaching sisters the principal and housekeeper will keep 1972 73 salaries saving the parish about 4500 dollars. The teachers and principal accept 3180 dollars annually instead of 3680.
Peggy Johnson 19 of Wisconsin leads a National MS Society Youth Leadership Council effort to recruit youth for MS research and programs in 185 chapters. She notes no cure exists but hope persists and highlights society funding since 1946.
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