Making Christmas Meaningful With Family Giving
Catherine Marshall recalls a Christmas guidepost story about anonymous giving to the Stowe family, planning gifts for five children, and the transformative power of family projects in fostering thoughtfulness and community spirit. The piece highlights similar acts by other families and links generosity to the Babe of Bethlehem.
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Jeff
Stowes
Stowe
Chester
New York
Wisconsin
Bethelehem
Christians pressed in Beirut as civil war grinds on
In Beirut the eight month civil war intensifies as Muslim forces close on the Holiday Inn and surrounding hotels. Losses mount with dozens dead and hundreds wounded as factions split over reform and control, pitting Phalange Christians against Muslim militias amid sporadic truces.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Holiday Inn
Middle East
St. Georges and
Phoenicia Intercontinental
Battleground
Phoenicia
Starco Center
Phalange
La Crosse teachers vote on two year contract proposal
Negotiators for the La Crosse Area Public School District Board of Education offered a two year final offer to the La Crosse Education Association after a 52 hour bargaining session. Teachers will vote on the proposal Tuesday night with a decision expected to end the dispute. If accepted the settlement would be the quickest in eight years and set parameters for a salary boost and other economic items. If rejected the LEA must decide on state mediation.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Area
Board of Education
la Crosse Education Association
LEA
Thomas Sleik
Sleik
Gerald Strittmaier
LEA Bargaining
Strittmater
Strittmaier
Colt and Horses Die in Black River Falls Barn Fire
Four horses and a colt were killed and a family barn burned at the home of Allan Spaulding, an assistant fire chief of the Black River Falls Fire Department, four miles west of town on County Highway C. The fire department responded at 4:47 a.m. Details on cause and damage remain under investigation. Spaulding operates Al's Big Chief Service Station and a cafe at the I-94 and State Highway 54 junction and recently became second assistant chief.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Allan Spaulding
Jackson County
Preservation theme drives La Crosse Bicentennial plans
Eighteen residents urged the La Crosse Bicentennial Commission to preserve 19th century architecture and restore landmark buildings. Proposals included a city museum, a Nathan Myrick cabin model, an historical marker at Spence Park, and a Great Lakes wagon train route with April start in La Crosse.
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la Crosse
Nathan Myrick
Spence Park
State Street
Ross Furniture
Great Lakes
Valley Forge
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Viterbo
William Zenker
Benjamin Franklin
Leslie Crocker
University of Wisconsin
Crocker
Robert S. Gallagher
Tribune
la Crosse Bicentennial
City Hall
Gulf Widens As Winona Teachers Board Dicker
In Winona Minnesota a nine hour negotiation left the Winona Education Association and the Winona School Board $79,000 apart after a strike began. The association asked a two year wage and fringe benefits package totaling $663,000 while the board offered $584,000. Superintendent Carroll Hopf said schools may stay closed until a contract is reached with at least 275 teachers needed to hold classes. Eighteen teachers had crossed picket lines.
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Winona
Minn
Winona Education Association
Winona School Board
Carroll Hopf
Hopf
Free Press-Fair Trial Showdown Near In Court
The Supreme Court weighs a Nebraska court order restricting media coverage of a mass murder case. News groups seek a prompt emergency hearing before the trial of Erwin C. Simants, charged with killing six in Sutherland, Nebraska, set for January.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Erwin C. Simants
North Platte
Neb
Sutherland, Neb
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la Crosse Tribune
Linda
Len
Lloyd Douglas
Register
Abu Abed
Rashid Karami
Palestine Liberation Organization
Kamal Junblatt
Lebanese Communist Party
Karami
Suleiman Franjieh
Pierre Gemayel
Phalange Party
Alcazar Hotel
Demos
Newman
Aquinas City
Catholic
Wausau
Teamsters
Finance
Heartline Sports
Ann Landers
Colt
Audrey Kader
Ireland
Bob Hurt
Dakota
Gulf Widens
Dicker
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