Committee Favors Apartment Curbs in City
The judiciary committee on Thursday night approved a proposal to restrict converting single family homes into three or four unit apartments and limit unrelated individuals living together. The plan, with a 3-2 vote, would curb pre 1938 homes from multi unit conversion while newer homes face tighter rules. Amendments and related zoning actions were discussed, including a denied commercial rezoning at 1017 S. 20th St. and other parcel rezonings. full council action is slated for next week.
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Common Council
Ferdinand Sontag
Judiciary Committee
S. 20Th St
S. 4Th St
Walt’s
Sontag
Roger C. Vogt
Raymond Keller
Keller
Kenneth Niedbalski
Niedbalski
James Shoger
Sheldon Nerby
Curtis Storck
Storck
Shoger
Vogt
Keller and Nerby
Jaycees Begin Toys For Tots Drive Here
La Crosse Jaycees launch a $2,000 Toys for Tots drive aiding 766 local children via welfare agency referrals. Coin canisters, mail donations to Box 589, and an 8:30 p.m. Dec 10 dance at Your Uncle's Place fund the effort for gifts distributed December 20 at the Naval Reserve Training Center. Gifts are medium priced and sorted by age and sex, with vouchers used by recipients to select gifts.
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la Crosse
Jaycees
Jaycee
Richard Gile
S. 4Th St
Brotherhood
Madison
U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center
Green Bay Sts
Alice Overson
Confidential Exchange and Christmas Bureau
Welfare and Relief Agency
Overson
Preliminary Dec 11 In Burglary Case
A La Crosse County Court preliminary examination for two youths charged with burglary of Erickson Woolen Store is set for Dec. 11. William M. Breen and Richard S. Hartrick appeared before Judge Leonard F. Roraff. their lawyer said the preliminary may be waved before then.
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la Crosse County
la Crosse
William M. Breen
Adams St
Richard S. Hartrick
S. 22Nd St
Erickson Woolen
Park Plaza Drive
Leonard F. Roraff
Peter Berg
Schulze retires after 37 years as Wisconsin employment boss
Norman E. Schulze, district director for the Wisconsin State Employment Service, retires December 31 after 37 years in Western Wisconsin. He helped place desperate workers into jobs during the New Deal era and U.S. mobilization, earning multiple awards and shaping state employment policy. He plans to stay in the field if possible.
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Schulze
Wisconsin State Employment Service
la Crosse
WSES
National Re-Employment Service
Public Works Program
Work Project Administration
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wisconsin
WSEL
Norman E. Schulze
West Salem mill rate falls amid higher assessments
West Salem kept taxes rising as a reassessment lifted property values. The net mill rate is 33.9798 this year versus 80.0329 last year, due to raising the assessment ratio to 100 percent. If kept at 40 percent, the rate would near 85. The new rate funds 216,475.60 for schools and 62,070.11 for state and county, with other amounts for vocational, village, and credits. Personal property relief remains at 60 percent.
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West Salem
P. M. Richmond
Richmond
Biting Cat Sought By La Crosse County Sheriff
The La Crosse County Sheriff seeks an all white cat with a black tail and a black spot on its head that bit Neal Bornitz 12 while he was inflating a bicycle tire in his Onalaska yard Thursday evening. Police request tips to locate the animal and ensure safety.
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la Crosse County
Portable TV Stolen From Leithold Piano Co.
A five inch transistorized Sony portable television was reported stolen Thursday from the service department of Leithold Piano Co located at 116 South Fourth Street. The theft involved a small portable set, description matching a Sony model, and prompted an internal check by staff. No arrest reported at this time.
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Sony
Leithold Piano Co
S. 4Th St
Minnesota Man Faces 4 Charges in La Crosse County
Winton R. Phillippe of Plymouth 45 was charged in La Crosse County Court with resisting officers drunk driving reckless driving and failure to obey a traffic officer signal The bond was set at 300 and the case was continued for a lawyer to consult Police and deputies pursued a car driven by Phillippe from Adamson’s residence north of New Amsterdam over Highways XX 93 and 53 before stopping near Highways 53 and 7 north of Onalaska.
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Minnesota
la Crosse County
Winton R. Phillippe
Minnetonka
Leonard F. Roraff
Phillippe
Iheriff
John Schmidt
Holmen
Herbie Adamson
New Amsterdam
Adamson
Schmidt
Onalaska
Drive Begins To Aid Gerald Kaemmer Family
A community drive has started to replace belongings lost in a French Island house fire housing the Kaemmer family. Neighbor Mrs. Harold Bolles reports the eight year old girl and two boys aged seven and five need clothing plus a medium Kaemmer shirt and pants. The family seeks a rental home in French Island to keep Summit School attendance. Contributions can be directed to Mrs. Bolles or Mrs. Frank Kaemmer.
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Gerald Kaemmer
French Island
Harold Bolles
Marion St
Bolles
Kaemmers
Summit School
Frank Kaemmer
Grand Ave
Arts Festival Annual Meeting Wednesday
The Coulee Region Festival of Arts holds its annual meeting on Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce meeting rooms. A summary of 1969 activities will be presented. Open to members and interested persons.
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Coulee Region
Construction of a Computer Center in Gateway area
Management Computer Service of La Crosse launches a 3300 square foot data center in the Gateway Industrial Development Area to house Burroughs B 2500 computers. About $500,000 in equipment. Ten programmers, analysts, and operators needed. Building designed by Hackner Schroeder Roslansky and Associates. Concrete masonry to be finished by Feb 1.
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Management Computer Service of
la Crosse
Gateway Industrial Development
Robert A. Sierp
Sierp
Hackner, Schroeder, Roslansky
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Richard Wrobel
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James A. Michener
Gibson
Joe Finder
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International Association of Personnel
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Woodruff Funeral Home
Mormon Coulee Rd
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TIMEX
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St. Paul St
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Sill St
Hanson
Wheeling
Francis Matt Jr
Demolay
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Per Svanoe
S. 29Th St
Joseph Miller Chapter
Order of DeMolay
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Carmen Vinge
Kathy Markos
Nancy Ablan
Central High School
Milwaukee
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