Onalaskans Rally Over 100 Percent Property Revaluation
A large crowd gathered as Onalaska town board of review heard objections to a shift from 32 percent of market value to full market value. Officials explained tax bills may fall as valuations rise, then noted some objectors misread the system. The town, urged by state officials, revalued properties to 100 percent, with a few dozen formal objections filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onalaska
Board of Review
Frank Hauser
Howard Reynolds
State Supervisor of Assessments
Sparta
Hauser
Reynolds
Immunization Clinic To Be Wednesday
The monthly city immunization clinic will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the La Crosse City Health Department. The clinic serves infants to school-age children whose families cannot afford private care and offers vaccines for smallpox diphtheria whooping cough tetanus and polio. Appointments must be made before Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse City
We Tried To Be Fair Man Ends 26 Years On Draft Board
Thorval Lunde 78 ends 26 years on Local Board 33 Selec tive Service System in La Crosse. He recalls long hours, unpaid service, and no deferment power for individuals. A replacement is sought. Lunde’s son Robert served as draftee. Board meetings shifted from twice weekly wartime to once monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorval
Ted) Lunde
Lunde
Kane St
Clinton D. Griswold
R. J. West Salem
la Crosse County
Logan High School
Federal
Electric Auto- Lite Co
Draft Board
Haas Motor Co
A-L
Obscenity Trial Set For City Man
A La Crosse, Wisconsin distributor pleaded innocent in U.S. District Court to interstate obscenity charges. Judge McManus set next Tuesday for Elmer B. Woshart's trial. he is free on 500 dollars bond. The case involves nine booklets, three decks of pictorial cards, and six 8mm film rolls. If convicted he faces up to five years and a 5000 dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
la Crosse
Wis
U.S. District Court
Edward J. McManus
Elmer B. Woshart
Woshart
Lansing
FBI
Voshart
Fire Department Log From La Crosse
Daily fire department report lists patient transfers to St Francis Hospital for illness on December 2 including Emanuel Brinkman 67 of 1347 Kane St Maurice Solberg 62 of 1012 State St and Williard Ku bal 68 of 1226 S 15th St with times 2 44 am 7 23 am and 9 19 am respectively
Yule Workshop Set for Sunday at City Church
Do it yourself Christmas decorations featured at the Advent workshop Sunday afternoon at First Congregational Church Main Street and Losey Boulevard. Mrs. William Sauer heads the event with ten shops in Hebberd Memorial Community Room offering greens candles ornaments mobiles and more. Family tickets go on sale at 2 p.m. with Richard Best and David Kirkland guiding.
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Advent Workshop
First Congregational Church
Main Street
Losey Boulevard
William Sauer
Hebberd Memorial
Sauer
Matthew Wadium
Edward Crusch
Robert Bruett
Paul Hughes
Lynden Gjerde
Safecrackers Hit Summit School on French Island
Burglars pried open a front door to Summit School and wheeled the office safe to a boiler room area before cracking it. Authorities estimate the cash taken was under $100 and likely under $50. Investigators note this marks the third safe-related break-in at a county school in a week.
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Summit School
French Island
William S. Boma
Boma
Paul
Pip) Wuest
Harry Schafer
West Salem
Holmen
Summit
Fire report items across city homes and buildings
On December 1 the Blanchard residence at 424 Loomis Street had water pumped from a basement at 3 42 pm. Later that day a furnace backfired in the Waiting Room Pulpit building at 902 Avon Street at 8 03 pm. A car fire damaged the vehicle of Robert Fedder in Mount Prospect NL at 1 49 am on December 1 near 4th and Cameron. December 2 at 10 13 am an overheated furnace affected Thomas Schultz residence at 2502 Wood Street.
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City
Jay ‘Blanchard
Loomis St
Avon St
4Th and Cameron
Robert Fedder
Mount Prospect
Thomas Schultz
Wood St
Commanders Of Reserve Units To Meet Here
Five Army Reserve units will meet at the Armed Forces Training Center in Onalaska to boost a reserve program. Col. Ralph V. Steele of La Crosse, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5113th Infantry Division, says reinforcement training units from five cities will attend. Units under 5118th are stationed at Bau, Claire, Wausau, Austin, Mankato, and Albert Lea.
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Armed Forces Training Center
Onalaska
Ralph V. Steele
la Crosse
5113Th Infantry Division
5118Th
Bau
Claire
Wausau
Austin
Mankato
Minn
Albert Lea
Steele
5113Th
Teen Beer Bar Zone Wins Approval in La Crosse Panel
The La Crosse Common Council Judiciary Committee approved a plan to create a teen age bar district in a broad downtown area. The vote 4 to 1 favored zones between Cass and La Crosse Streets west of 7th Street with later amendments widening boundaries to La Crosse Street and 7th Street.
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la Crosse
Youth Admits School Burglary in La Crosse
A Minnesota youth picked up by La Crosse police on November 25 in a stolen car admitted breaking into Jefferson School on November 23 and 24. About $25 was taken from desk drawers. He is being questioned about other car thefts in La Crosse and surrounding area. The youth is a walkaway from the Minnesota Youth Vacation Center in Rochester. In a separate case, six juveniles were arrested for breaking into the La Crosse Boys' Club and stealing change from a vending machine, soda, and pool balls.
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Minnesota
la Crosse
Jefferson School
Minnesota Youth Vacation Center
Rochester
Minn
Public Ambulance Runs Relay Details
On December 1 at 1 p.m. Mrs. Frank T. Cox of West Salem Route 1 was moved to Mulder Nursing Home West Salem. At the same time Charles Jansky transferred from Oak Forest Sanitarium to Gundersen Clinic and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Cox
West Salem
Mulder Nursing Home
Charles Jansky
Oak Forest Sanatorium
Gundersen Clinic
Mission Book Study At Island Park Baptist Church
A mission book study on Be neath the Himalayas will be held at Island Park Baptist Church 2544 Lake Shore Drive French Island from 9 a m to noon Saturday. Mrs Frank Burress of Madison will teach. The book covers India including geography people politics and religions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island Park Baptist Church
Lake Shore Drive
French Island
Himalayas
India
Frank Burress
Madison
Horse Theft Probed In La Crosse District
La Crosse police probe a report that several boys stole a purebred Arabian mare valued at 1000 dollars. The horse was ridden hard until its lungs collapsed and may not survive. Owner La Vera Hutchison 1828 Bainbridge Place described the pasture break in as east of Lang Drive and Monitor Street.
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la Crosse
la Vera Hutchison
Bainbridge Place
Lang Drive
Monitor Street
Hutchison
Man Wanted Here Is Convicted
Thomas F. Clemas of Rochester Minnesota was convicted in Pierre South Dakota federal court of breaking into a post office. La Crosse County filed a detainer charging burglary here after Clemas faced prior Sun Dance Wyoming school burglaries and a Mindoro High School break in on January 7. He awaits sentencing and may appeal on a search issue.
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la Crosse County
South Dakota
Asst
U.S
Gene R. Bushnell
Thomas F. Clemas
Rochester
William S. Boma
Clemas
Mindoro High School
Sun Dance
Wyo
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Randolph
Bushnell
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la Crosse Diocesan Chancery
4Th St
State Bank of la Crosse
Chancery
Newburg
State Bank
First National Bank
Tribune
Ted
Gamble
Pearl St
Dial
Robert
Clinton S. Knutson
SSS
Washington, D.C
Etta
Markos
Fire Department
Che Ja Crosse Tribune
Soca
David Matthusen
Carl H. Matthusen
Onalaska Ave
Roosevelt School
TRANE
Trane Co
United States
Puerto Rico
Leithold
Sleten- McKee Funeral Frome
West Ave
Ferry St
Mary Jane
Gerald R. Ford
Warren Commission
John R. Stiles
Lena
Lena Horne
Richard Schickel
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