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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1973
Page
15
La Crosse County Highway Department began paving a hill and widening County Highway BM south of I 90 in Hamilton. Highway Commissioner Orval Smith said four feet will be removed from the hill to improve vision at a bridge over Pleasant Valley Creek. Motorists are cautioned as work proceeds. project is not expected to take long.
One of three unions negotiating with Trane Co rejects the latest contract. Local 21 of the IAM with about 1 700 to 1 800 members schedules a 2 30 p m Friday vote at Mary E Sawyer Auditorium. The other union Tool and Die Lodge 115 reports a 99 percent rejection. Lodge 1115 has about 80 members. Contracts expired July 31 after four months of talks.
La Crosse area custodians demand an 80 cent hourly raise over two years bringing talks with the school board to a halt for the evening. They cite rising living costs and higher raises for other city unions as justification.
Ten medical technology students at St Francis Hospital will graduate Friday after three years of study. The ceremony will be followed by a dinner at the Cerise.
Students from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse and Viterbo complete a senior year in a St Francis Hospital laboratory. They receive training in hematology chemistry immunology and microbiology with didactic and practical labs. They graduate with a bachelor degree and hospital certificate under AMA and ASCP standards directed by Dr C P Nichols.
La Crosse school system requests boarding homes in the city for hearing impaired children in day classes. A 14 year old girl at Lincoln Junior High is a priority. Call Denise Ganey at La Crosse County Social Services for more info. SCHNICK HOSPITALIZED. Carl F Schnick, longtime La Crosse County Clerk, is in St Francis Hospital for tests after an ambulance transfer.
The La Crosse County Board finance committee approved raising prisoner meal allowances from 75 cents to 1.35, citing 70 to 300 percent price hikes. Sheriff William Black pressed the move, noting a shrinking jail population and fixed cook salaries. The full board must approve, and related changes include raising Huber Law prisoner daily charges from 3.10 to 5.50 and adding staff and budget increases for the sheriff's department.
Chief Assessor Kenneth Roberts describes assigning value by replacement cost using building components and costs from a state manual. He notes age and condition reduce value and cites local industrial and commercial assessments near construction cost percentages as of May 1 1972 with adjustments by merchants and legislators.
Roberts notes local assessors lack the scale and consistency for large manufacturing valuations. The 1974 manufacturing assessing will be done by the state, while residential assessments may vary with buying habits and inflation. The state plans full personal property tax reimbursement and broader exemptions by 1977, affecting local city revenues.
La Crosse stations show no plans for a Labor Day boycott over possible Cost of Living Council actions. William's Mobil will close Sunday and Monday, Don's Texaco may close Monday for gasoline shortages, others keep regular hours. The AAA reports no closures and no station names confirmed.
The second annual Oktoberfest features a costume contest sponsored by La Crosse Festivals Inc with Bavarian outfits and lederhosen prizes. A needlework contest judged Oct 28 in the Wisconsin Room offers bonds and plaques, with entries displayed at Herberger's after the event.
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