Charities To Split $1 Million Bonanza In La Crosse
La Crosse charities may gain over one million dollars at a 7 p.m. meeting in the Crystal Room of Hotel Stoddard as 45 approved groups decide how to divide windfall funds from advanced refunding. The sum $1,133,000 comes from refinancing debt to buy government securities, with the remainder to be used to retire municipal bonds. If groups fail to agree, the money returns to the federal government.
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la Crosse
Crystal Room
Hotel Stoddard
Donald Swenson
T. G. Evenson
Minneapolis
Debates Format Talks Set for Ford Carter Campaign
Ford and Carter aides meet with League of Women Voters to arrange televised debates amid legal questions from the Federal Election Commission. The league seeks four 90 minute debates starting September with topics on national defense domestic foreign and economic policy.
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Washington
Ford
Jimmy Carter
League of Women Voters
Federal Election Commission
League
Peggy Lampi
The
Election Commission
Daniel Swillinger
Commission
Carter
GOP
Sen
Robert Dole
Walter Mondale
Woman Killed in La Crosse. City Man Held
A 59 year old La Crosse man is jailed after police arrest following the beating death of Elizabeth B. Wildt 70 of 7082 Caledonia St. Det Lt James Dunham says the victim was found with head and facial injuries after an ambulance call for a heart problem. The suspect has made a statement. investigations continue.
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la Crosse
Elizabeth B. Wildt
Caledonia St
James Dunham
Tri-State
Caledonia Street
Dunham
Larry Ganske
Wrobel
Mark Seinfelder
Ronald Wold
Area Crop Losses Rise Across Coulee Region in Drought
The Coulee region faces swelling crop losses as heat and drought intensify. Monroe County reports over 5 million dollars in corn losses, La Crosse and Trempealeau counties show multimeter amounts, with oats and pasture also affected. Officials warn the drought remains active and harms corn silage and grain yields.
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Western Wisconsin
United Cerebral Palsy of the
Coulee
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Monroe County
la Crosse
Monroe
Trempealeau
Jackson
Crawford
Vernon
Victor Peterson
Peterson
la Crosse County
John Stintzi
ALCS
Trempealeau County
Hofberger
Jackson County
Crawford County
Vernon County
Soil Conservation Service
Stintzi
Houston County Fair Opens Parade Draws Thousands in Caledonia
Rain did not dampen the Houston County Fair opening parade in Caledonia Minnesota. About 6000 to 7000 spectators filled Main Street and the fairgrounds grandstand. First prize in the float division went to La Crosse Festivals Inc Oktoberfest float with others to the Houston County Bicentennial Committee Army Recruiting Office and Midwest Bottled Gas.
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Caledonia
Minn
Main Street
Houston County Fairgrounds
la Crosse Festivals, Inc
Houston County
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William Ruckelshaus
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Federal Communications Commission
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Richard M. Nixon
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Wash
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Georgia
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Ica Crosse Tribune
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Sletten-McKee-Han
Mike Hofberger
David Olson
Francis Dummer
Holmen
Edward Huebner
Donald V. Pedretti
Robert Link
Dan Klinski
Madison
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Milwaukee
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