Saturday mail cutback considered as deficits soar
The Postal Service, facing a 652 million dollar deficit for the year ending Sept. 30, contemplates eliminating Saturday deliveries and closing small post offices. A predicted 1.3 billion dollar deficit for the current year contrasts with earlier hopes for a profit, with officials citing rising injury compensation costs as a key driver. Local postmasters question area office closings and note mixed community impact.
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Washington
Postal Service
Francis X. Biglin
Harold Ristow
la Crosse
Ristow
The
Tribune
Burton Sauer
Arcadia
Biglin
Egypt breaks with five nations over peace initiative
Cairo reports Egypt ousts five Arab states and shuts Soviet and East European cultural centers and consulates amid efforts to pressure Sadat's plan with Israel. Prime Minister Salem cites agents fomenting opposition as reason for closures. Diplomats note Hussein's Damascus trip as bid to mend regional rifts.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Poland
East Germany
Sadat
Salem
Hungary
Alexandria
Port Said
Aswan
UW President Orders Probe Into Telephone Use
University of Wisconsin President Edwin Young orders a systemwide review of telephone rules dating to July 1 1976. The six week Tribune investigation found more than 2500 in personal or questionable calls at UW La Crosse from 1976 to 1977.
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University of Wisconsin
Edwin Young
Young
Central Administration
Tribune
Tion
Uw-La Crosse
Uw-L
la Crosse
Ray Lichtie
Uwl
Mulroy
Kenneth Lindner
Lindner
Ed Young
AWL
Meinert resigns Logan coach role names Myhra successor
Dan Meinert steps down as La Crosse Logan head football coach after two seasons to focus on athletic director duties. Larry Myhra is approved as the new Logan head coach, having served as assistant and offensive coordinator under prior regimes.
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Dan Meinert
la Crosse Logan
Meinert
la Crosse Area Public School District Board of Education
Larry Myhra
Logan
Larry
Board of Education
Rangers
Ron Johnson
Greg Mattison
Myhra
Mattison
Mock emergency tests citys disaster capability
A simulated plane crash at La Crosse Municipal Airport involved the airport control tower, fire department, police, ambulance crews, Civil Air Patrol, Tri-State Ambulance, and local radio groups. 45 nursing students acted as crash victims at the fire station as hospitals prepared to handle casualties and a mortician joined the drill.
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la Crosse
Lutheran
St. Francis
Civil Air Patrol
Tri-State Ambulance
Left turn limit not right: merchants fear impact
North Side merchants tell La Crosse Common Council the Rose Street left turn ban will hurt local businesses and threaten jobs. They urge referral to the Highways committee as traffic engineers push for smoother Rose Street flow from 7 to 9 am and 3 to 6 pm.
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North Side
Rose and
Clinton Streets
Owen Swenby
Caledonia Street Merchants Association
Common Council Committee
Swenby
Caledonia Street
Council
Rose Street
Rose
Ronald Oleson
Victor Lamb
Lamb’s Finer Fashions
Caledonia St
Lamb
Vernon Bloss
Glen's Bar
Rose St
la Crosse
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Mamdouh Salem
People’s Assembly
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Tripoli
Libya
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Jordan
Damascus
Syria
Hafez Assad
Amman
Saudi Arabia
Young Orders System
la Crosse County
Michael Mulroy
City Police
Lichtie
Larry Myhre
la Crosse Municipal
Police
Prairie du Chien
Eau Claire
Kent Burnstad
Finance Comics
Alden Solovy
the Tribune
Robert Milisch
St. Francis Hospital
Milisch
Dennis Chaptman
Onalaska
Holmen
Galesville
Donald Medinger
Dist
Don's Texaco
Medinger
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