St Michael's Home Eyes Local Focus Amid Care Reforms
Reports by James Anderson and Robert Swanson urge cutting full time residential slots at St. Michael's Home from 72 to about 36 and expanding community based services for emotionally disturbed children. They urge local service within 60 miles, lay programs for troubled youths, and foster or group homes to support families as private institutions expand nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael's
South Ave
James Anderson
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Robert Swanson
Uw-Eau Claire
Norbert Dall
Catholic Social Service
Milwaukee County
Fr. Dall
Swanson
Departments of Social Service
Wisconsin Division of Family Services
Anderson
Dall
Marshfield
St. Michael
la Crosse
Slow But Determined Start For Local Visually Handicapped Program
A La Crosse and Onalaska education program for visually handicapped children begins slowly but with resolve. Parents Mrs. Michael T. Collins and Mrs. Joseph Wakeen Jr. describe their children Ricky Wakeen 13 and Shellie Collins 7, who attend the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped in Janesville. They urge improvements to allow schooling closer to home while their children continue to adapt to sight challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Onalaska
Michael T. Collins
Joseph Wakeen Jr
Collins
Wakeen
S. 12Th St
Ricky Wakeen
Michelle
Shellie
Curtis
Janesville
Fauver Hill
Northern Hills Elementary School
Gundersen Clinic
Haidinyak
Mrs. Wakeen
Mr. Collins
Ricky
Plan to aid sightless students echoed in local schools
Mrs Collins advocates a regional plan for visually impaired children in La Crosse Onalaska and neighboring districts by fall 1974. The story details Shellie and Ricky Wakeen, their needs, family trips from Janesville, and calls for cross district cooperation and state guidance to provide inclusive education and social integration.
Jazz Train Concert Reservations Ready
Reserved seats for the Sept. 7 Jazz Train Concert at Viterbo College Fine Arts Center available at the Viterbo box office and by mail or phone. Max Morath hosts with the Hall Brothers New Orleans Jazz Band and Father Al Lewis. proceeds aid the UW La Crosse Marching Chiefs Orange Bowl trip. The event starts at 8 p.m. and features a vintage palace car arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viterbo College Fine Arts Center
Viterbo
Max Morath
Hall Brothers
New Orleans
al Lewis
la Crosse
Twin Cities
America
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Morath
New York
Mendota
Minn
Louis Armstrong
George Lewis
Kid Ory
Sidney Bechet
King Oliver
Stan Hall
Sevenman
Rus Hall
Charlie DeVore
Richard
Butch) Thompson
Mike Polad
Tom Andrews
Bob Andrews
Lewis
Aquatennial Royalty to Attend Oktoberfest Parade
Minnesota's Twin Cities festival royalty will join La Crosse Oktoberfest activities. Aquatennial participants will feature in the Maple Leaf Parade and related festivities in La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Twin Cities
la Crosse
Detour on Rose Street Affects Southbound Traffic
A two day detour on Rose Street will route southbound traffic via Copeland Avenue at St James Street during storm sewer work. Northbound traffic remains on Rose Street. Monitor Street marks return. City Engineer Bernard Mullenbach announced the plan on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Street
Copeland Avenue
St. James Street
Bernard Mullenbach
Monitor Street
Mullenbach
Aspin vows to fight proposed gas rate hike in Wisconsin
1st District Congressman Leslie Aspin D Racine says he will oppose Northern Natural Gas Co plans to raise rates as much as 300 percent in 132 Wisconsin communities 31 in the Coulee Region He accuses oil firms Mobil Texaco of profiting from an energy shortage and demands cost data while noting a FPC assisted boost to 35 cents in some areas The Western Wisconsin towns affected include Arcadia Augusta Bangor Black River Falls Blair Camp Douglas Camp McCoy Cashton Coon Valley Elroy Hillsboro Hixton Holmen Independence La Crosse La Farge Mauston New Lisbon Onalaska Prairie du Chien Sparta Strum Taylor Tomah Tunnel City Union Center Viola Viroqua Westby West Salem and Whitehall
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Leslie Aspin
D-Racine
Northern Natural Gas Co
Wisconsin
Coulee
Aspin
Northern Natural Gas
Mobil
Texaco
Northern Natural
Arcadia
Augusta
Bangor
Black River Falls
Blair
Camp Douglas
Camp McCoy
Cashton
Coon Valley
Elroy
Hillsboro
Hixton
Holmen
Independence
la Crosse
la Farge
Mauston
New Lisbon
Onalaska
Prairie du Chien
Sparta
Strum
Taylor
Tomah
Tunnel City
Union Center
Viola
Viroqua
Westby
West Salem
Whitehall
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Michael's Urge
Diocesan Board of Catholic Social Service
Joseph Becker
King St
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
George Schlachter
B.T
Jackson Plaza
State Department of Public Instruction
Bureau of Handicapped Children
Evan J. Lowrey
la Crosse Area
Lowrey
Senate
Jazz Train
Vicki Johnson
Sandra Lies
Barbara Peterson
Minneapolis Aquatennial Association
Brunette Barbara Elaine Peterson
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minnesota Supreme Court
C. Donald Peterson
Vicki Lee Johnson
Robbinsdale
Stanley Johnson
Gerald Lies
South Haven
Anoka-Ramsey
St. Paul's
Vulcanus Rex and
Boreas
Vulcans
Hell Fight
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Delta Motors
Sletten
Caledonia ST
Caledonia ST. Shopping Center
DIAL
LA Crosse Street
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