Open University plan approved by regents
UW regents approve a statewide open university concept to reach nontraditional students as traditional campus enrollment declines. The plan would credit both vocational and educational backgrounds toward degrees and rely on UW facilities rather than a separate entity, with projected enrollment reaching up to 20 000 in five years.
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Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Donald K. Smith
Smith
Roland Day of
Madison
Day
Posal
Patrick J. Lucey
John Lavine
Chippewa Falls
Open University
Wisconsin
Lavine
Eric Schenker
UW Milwaukee University Committee
Regents
Wisconsin school faculty oppose merger amid labor disputes
Faculty votes against merging the school repeatedly from November 8 to 19 and calls for exploring other options. Unfair labor practices charges surfaced from 1971 unionization and firing of seven teachers. WERC ordered reinstatement in August with altered assignments. hearings before the commission are set for December 11 to 14.
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Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
WERC
Second Largest U S Bank Hikes Prime to 10 Percent
First National City Bank, the nation s second largest bank, raises its prime rate to 10 percent on Friday. Bankers Trust Co. quickly matches the move as Citibank ties its rate to the same 10 percent level amid signals of ongoing rapid growth and inflation pressures.
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New York
First National City Bank
Bankers Trust Co
Citibank
Imum
First National Bank of Chicago
Tri State Deaths From Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Wisconsin
Obituaries list five notable deaths across Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin with services set in Waukon Mabel Sparta Prairie du Chien Osseo and Norwalk The notices name Lawrence Martin Melvin Haugen Grover Lambert Alma Severson Thomas Larson and the Clover 4 H Club with funeral arrangements, church services, and burial details including locations and survivors.
Urban plan proposed with yearlong start and council vacancy
The speaker describes a broad urbanization plan needing years of development and debate but suggests an initial draft within a year. Peterson fills the vacant council chair after Russell Train leaves to lead the EPA, as the council seeks to be helpful.
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Peterson
Council
Russell E. Train
Environmental Protection Agency
Car Strikes Parked Auto Injuring Driver
A La Crosse man, Paul J. Morris, 21, was treated at St. Francis Hospital for forehead and knee cuts after his car hit a parked vehicle on Main Street near 19th. Police cited Morris for driving in the wrong lane. the impact also damaged three other parked cars belonging to Warren Johnson, R. J. Onalaska, and Alberta Donnell.
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la Crosse
Paul J. Morris
Main St
St. Francis Hospital
Main Street
Morris
Paul A. Block
Caledonia St
Warren §. Johnson
R.J. Onalaska
Alberta Donnell
George St
Elderly Woman Struck by Truck in Black River Falls
In Black River Falls Wisconsin an elderly woman 79 was hit by a pickup driven by Ardell Thompson 38 of Blair while crossing Main and South First Streets around 2 p.m. The driver was ticketed for failure to yield to a pedestrian. The woman suffered a broken wrist and was treated and released from Krohn Clinic. Police officer Ed Christianson investigated.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Alice Gates
Krohn
Main
South First Streets
Ardell Thompson
Blair
Thompson
Main Street
Ed Christianson
Charge Reduced In Assault Brothers Fined
Three Rudolph Cornwell brothers pleaded guilty to lesser disorderly conduct charges in Vernon County Court. Judge Olga Bennett fined Robert Raymond and Louis Cornwell each 209 dollars or 30 days in jail. They and another man had assaulted Chaseburg police officer Willard Dahlke during a year incident. Dahlke was not seriously injured and helped by radio calls.
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Viroqua
Wis
Rudolph
Vernon County
Olga Bennett
Robert
Raymond
Louis Cornwell
Chaseburg
Willard Dahlke
Dahlke
Viroqua High School Names Senior of the Month
Terri Arnetveit daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Arnetveit was named Viroqua High School Senior of the Month by the Viroqua Jaycees She leads chorus as student director has cheered for football and wrestling and serves on the Student Council after attending Girls State.
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Viroqua
Wis
Terri Arnetveit
Kenneth Arnetveit
Viroqua High School
Viroqua Jaycees
Girls State
Woman Found Dead in La Crosse Home Autopsy Ordered
A La Crosse woman 74 identified as Helen Zeimentz was found dead in her bathtub about noon Friday by her son at 1127 Charles St. An autopsy ordered by Assistant Coroner Dr. Fred Skemp Jr. will determine the cause of death. Blaschke Funeral Home will announce services.
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la Crosse
Joseph
Helen) Zeimentz
Charles St
Zeimentz
Fred Skemp Jr
Blaschke
New Lisbon Bands Ready Christmas Concert Monday
The New Lisbon School Junior and Senior High Bands will perform a Christmas concert Monday December 10 at 8 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Director Donald Rosine leads the ensembles.
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New Lisbon
Wis
Donald Rosine
Births Listed From Hospitals in Wisconsin and Washington
Birth announcements from St Francis and Lutheran Hospitals note multiple dec 5 and 6 deliveries in West Salem Ettrick Onalaska Whitehall Brownsville Valley City and Spokane Fairchild AFB. Included are Susan Gortler Patricia Lepsch Joy Trowbridge Constance Kirchner Brenda Sveen Geraldine Owens Lynn Foltz and Marilyn Bean among parents listed with addresses.
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Lacrosse St. Francis Hospital
Joseph Hopkins
West Salem
Susan Gortler
Fred M Fredrickson Jr
Ettrick
el Jane Berg
Richard Fitzpatrick
E. Fairchild St
Patricia Lepsch
Paul Tyrand
Onalaska
Joy Trowbridge
Wisconsin seeks full payment of 166 million shared tax funds
Wisconsin revenue officials urged the legislature to authorize immediate full payment of 166 million dollars in shared tax revenues to over 1 800 local governments after a court ordered a partial distribution. The plan would leave about 45 million withheld pending a lawsuit challenging population estimates.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Circuit Court
Richard Orton
Walter McCanna
McCanna
Orton
Joe Nusbaum
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Revenue Department
Burnett County
West Marshland
Fond du Lac
Mount Calvary
Forest County
Blackwell
Grant County
Woodman
Oneida County
Lynne
Portage County
Amherst Junction
Vilas County
Cloverland
Conover
Manitowish Waters
Plum Lake
Washington
Waupaca
Big Falls
Wood County
Cranmoor
Deaths and Obituaries in La Crosse Area
Obituaries list Andrew Hofslien 14 of 2837 Harvey St dead in a local hospital with services to be announced. Bessie Collins 74 of 1025 Liberty St. died at home. service Monday at 1 30 p m in Dickinson Jackson Street Chapel with burial Oak Grove Cemetery. The day old son of Harold Hatz Bangor died in St Francis Hospital. graveside services conducted at Fairview Cemetery Bangor.
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Grover Lambert
Sparta
Wis
Grover J. Lambert
Tomah
Lanham-Kann
Robert P. Leve
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Lambert
Sparta Lodge
F and AM
Hazel
John
Madison
Timothy
Wausau
David
Thomas
James Howie
Los Angeles
L. E. O'Connell
Bayfield
Thomas Larson
Osseo
Thomas C. Larson
Arvid Falder
Eau Claire
Bruce
Paddock Lake
Manford
Racine
Meredith
St. Cloud
Minn
la Vern
Carl
Hixton
Lavina Hagen
Viroqua
Hazel Kube
Arcadia
Valborg Olson
Orben Berger
la Crosse
Louis Drecktrah
Andrew Hofslien
Harvey St
Schumacher Funeral Home
Bessie Collins
Liberty St
Darwin
Marilyn) Ward
Walter
Virginia) Henderson
Oak Lawn
Milton Hanson
Silas Nelson
Angus Nelson
Phoenix
Ariz
Noral Nelson
Santa Ana
Calif
Gus
Lorinda) Bray
Tustin
Malinda Reinhard
Dickinson Jackson Street
Otto Larsen
Oak Grove Cemetery
Leslie Garves
Bangor
Delbert Malin
Fossum Funeral Home
Tax Rate Drops In New Lisbon
New Lisbon City Council set a local tax rate of 33.15 dollars per 1000 of assessed valuation for the 1974 budget, down 5.53 dollars. The larger drop reflects lower county and school tax rates contributing most to the reduction.
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New Lisbon
Wis
La Crosse Tribune Subscription Rates and Delivery
The Tribune lists mail and carrier prices for La Crosse area readers including city carrier rate of 1.60 every two weeks and a one year mail subscription at 30 dollars within 75 miles. Volume 69 Number 204 notice.
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the Tribune
No. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Lewison Seeks Public Opinion On Energy
VIROQUA Wisconsin state Rep. Bernard Lewison R Viroqua calls for constituent opinions on energy crisis actions. He warns lawmakers not to over react and seeks views on rationing gasoline taxes fuel allotment daylight saving time Sunday driving bans advertising limits and lower speed limits.
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Viroqua
Wis
Bernard Lewison
Lewison
96Th Assembly
Trucker Protests May Spread Into Wisconsin
The Tribune reports truckers upset over fuel prices and slower speeds may move protests into Madison Wisconsin by week’s end. Ohio and Pennsylvania blockades have shut major highways and some local drivers faced detentions. Elmer Seebold advised drivers to stay calm and avoid violence.
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Wisconsin
the Tribune
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Elmer Seebold
Teamster Local 199
Madison
Seebold
Onalaska High Plans Monday Yale Concert
Onalaska High School in Wisconsin schedules a Christmas concert for 8 p.m. Monday in the school gymnasium. The concert band led by Edward Davis will perform along with the choir and swing choir directed by Fred Brensel.
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Onalaska
Wis
Onalaska High School
Edward Davis
Fred Brensel
Seniors Hear Talk On Writers Of State History
UW La Crosse assistant professor Robert Boudreau will speak to Harry J. Olson Senior Citizens Center members on writers of Wisconsin history at 1 30 p m Wednesday. Events list also notes rehearsals, entertaining acts, bowling, dances, potlucks, and a Santa Claus Club candy bagging session. Weather outlook includes cold with snow flurries possible.
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Robert Boudreau
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Harry J. Olson
St. Joseph Nursing Home
Pla-Mor
Bethany Lutheran
Dave Kiral
Pla-Mar
Santa Claus Club
Hiring of BRF Recreation Head Nearing Selection
An ad hoc committee interviewed three applicants Friday for BRF city recreation director to continue the program started by the late Jack Guy. Mayor Michael Anderson notes a careful choice from six candidates, with $6,000 allocated for next year and possible aid from nearby towns. The committee includes Gavin Strand Sam Young Mildred Grosskruetz Wayne Radcliffe and William Davis.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jack Guy
Guy
Michael Anderson
Anderson
Gavin Strand
Sam Young
Mildred Grosskruetz
Wayne Radcliffe
William Davis
Fire department reports address incidents and sprinkler alarm
La Crosse records show a December 6 response at 1546 Charles Street for a short in an electric range and a later sprinkler alarm at the Trane Plant with no fire. Holmen Middle School Christmas concert date corrected to 8 p.m. Sunday December 16, not December 14.
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Fire Department
la Crosse
Charles St
Trane
Holmen, Wis
Holmen Middle School
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