State grants boost three county libraries in Coulee Region
A $58 370 grant funds a 1973 program to provide universal library borrowing across La Crosse Juneau and Jackson counties. The three county system will standardize cards and expand bookmobile and delivery services to seniors and the disabled, with future growth planned for 1974.
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Coulee
Wisconsin
la Crosse Area
Milwaukee County Library System
Northwest Wisconsin Library System
Wisconsin Valley Library Service
LALS
la Crosse
Juneau
Jackson
Public Library System
Albert
Funk Jr
Gertrude Thurow
Miss Thurow
W. Lyle Eberhart
Library Services Division
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Space talk fades as football dominates Houston after Apollo 17
In Houston space capital, residents shift from Moon missions to football and shopping despite ongoing Apollo 17 broadcasts. Astronauts’ fans still celebrate splashdowns, but the street mood grows weary with layoffs and fading public interest.
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America
Manned Spacecraft Center
Space Center
NASA 1
Mission Control
Space Agency
Houston
Beate Fuzzell
Doctor Says Truman Holding His Own
Harry S. Truman, 88, remained in serious condition at Research Hospital and Medical Center with heart and respiratory problems. His vital signs fluctuated but were within normal ranges at 9 a.m. CST. he responds to verbal stimuli but did not talk overnight. He is on oxygen via mask and fed through a nasal tube, with no life-support machinery.
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F. Richard Ciccone
Associated Press
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Wallace Graham
John Drewes
Bess
Margaret Truman Daniel
Dreves
Driver Killed As Truck Leaves Road In Wisconsin
A semitruck driven by Leroy W. Luebke 24 of rural Larson left Wisconsin 54 east of Shipeton and overturned, killing him. Frank E. Grimm 74 of rural Eagle River died from injuries after being struck by a car while walking his dog on an icy road east of Eagle River.
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Associated Press
Outagamie
Wisconsin
Leroy W. Luebke
Larson
Shipcton
Luebke
New London
Frank E. Grimm
Eagle River
Three Die In Northern Minnesota Car Crashes
Accidents Tuesday in northern Minnesota claimed three lives. Josephine M. Cherney 59 of Rena died when her car left U S 2 near Bena and hit a tree. Merton W Mattson 48 of Big Fork perished in a one vehicle rollover on Minn 6 near Efie. Elmer Manske 67 of Chaska died when his car lost control on U S 169 near Jordan and struck a pole.
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Minnesota
Highway Patrol
Josephine M. Cherney
Rena
U.S. 2
Bena
Cherney
Minn. 6
Effie
Merton W. Mattson
Big Fork
Elmer Manske
Chaska
U.S. 169
Jordan
Fire Destroys Legislator's Home in Minnesota
State Rep William Walker and his family were away when their hand-hewn log house near Pequot Lakes was found ablaze by a passing motorist. Brainerd firefighters gained control too late. the structure was leveled. Walker was in the Twin Cities. his wife and two children were elsewhere.
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Brainerd
La Crosse Man Bound Over In Knifing Case
A La Crosse man, Robin T. King 27 of 301 Main St, was bound over to Circuit Court for trial after a county preliminary exam. Judge Leonard Roraff lowered one charge to attempted mayhem and reduced aggravated battery to attempted battery as King awaits circuit court pleas. The incident at Sloopy's Bar on December 2 involved King allegedly trying to mutilate James Wieland 21.
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Leonard Roraff
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Robin T. King
Main St
King
Charles Goerdt
Roraff
James Wieland
Walnut Place
la Crescent
Sloopy’s Bar
Pearl St
Illinois Woman Hurt In Crash Near West Salem
A Bolingbrook woman, 20, was treated in good condition at St Francis Hospital for a broken left ankle after a car rear ended a county snowplow on Interstate 90 four miles west of West Salem around 9 20 a m Tuesday. Her husband, 21, Jay O'Brien, drove her to the hospital. The snowplow operator Arlan Kastenschmidt, 42, was in the eastbound lane. A semi tractor trailer near the scene slowed or stopped and a following semi struck the first, then slid off the road. No serious injuries to the truckers were reported.
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Bolingbrook
St. Francis Hospital
West Salem
Beth O’brien
Jay
St. Francis
Arlan L. Kastenschmidt
R. 1
Tomah Receives 46707 Dollar Federal Revenue Sharing Payment
Tomah, Wisconsin, received a 46707 dollar installment of federal revenue sharing payments with a second payment expected after year’s start. Total 1972 payments will be about 13000 dollars less than Vernon Thomson’s office had released.
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Tomah
Wis
Cong. Vernon Thomson
Election count extends to days in Suburban Maryland
Ballots sealed and shipped to a Labor Department office in Suburban Silver Spring Maryland as county results await final tally in the disputed race. Both sides claim victory even as the first results are inconclusive and a decision is not expected for several days.
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Labor Department
Silver Spring
Inauguration Plate First Issued to Nixon
Washington AP reports President Nixon received the first inauguration license plate marked 1 from J Willard Marriott Sr the inaugural committee chair. The plates are part of a $15 set to fund inaugural expenses for a potential second term next month.
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Washington
Nixon
J. Willard Marriott Sr
Suspect Caught in Kunst Slaying in Afghanistan
Afghan police say they captured a man identified as Machoo who admitted killing John Kunst of Waseca Minnesota and wounding his brother David on October 20. The brothers were walking to raise funds for UNICEF when attacked by bandits near Kabul. David, 33, recuperates in the United States and plans to resume the walk.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
John Kunst
Waseca
Minn
David
Machoo
U.N. Children’s Fund
United States
Investment Corp Enters New York Stock Exchange Listing
Continental Mortgage Insurance Investment Corp known as CMI Investment Corp, with Fred L. Kramer of La Crosse as chairman emeritus, was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Based in Madison, CMI insures high percentage residential mortgages for savings banks and has nationwide offices. Kramer also chairs First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Madison and leads First Enterprises, Inc. He has held multiple leadership and board roles in savings and loan organizations.
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Fred L. Kramer
Center
la Crosse
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
New York
Continental Mortgage Insurance Investment Corp
N.Y. Stock Exchange
Kramer
Investment Corporation
Merle S. Wick
The
Stock Exchange
Bruce Thomas
Madison
Continental Mortgage Insurance
CMI) Investment Corp
New York Stock Exchange
CMI Investment Corp
American Stock Exchange
CMI
First Federal
Bruce B. Hines
First Enterprises, Inc
Wisconsin Savings and Loan League
Savings and Loan Foundation
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
U.S. Savings Loan League
Three La Crosse Boys Admit Theft Dispute Loot
Three 15 year old La Crosse youths admit breaking into Dugan's Dugout at 3201 South Ave on November 26 and dispute the amount stolen. Owner Arthur Dugan estimates $300. one boy says $135, another says about $150 total. Dugan noted 34 cigarette cartons were taken, boys claim nine. They were sent to county juvenile authorities. A separate break in on Monday saw a tackle box valued at $20 taken from Richard Scott's boathouse on the Black River.
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la Crosse
Dugan
South Ave
Arthur Dugan
Richard Scott
Avon St
Black River
St Paul woman pleads guilty to bomb threat against employer
In Ramsey District Court, 25 year old Carol Ann Robbins admitted making a bomb threat to Kaplan Paper Box Co. She telephoned police on Oct 17 claiming a device would explode. Police traced the call from taped recordings. sentencing was postponed to Jan 30 by Judge Otis Godfrey Jr.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Carol Ann Robbins
Ramsey District Court
Miss Robinson
Kaplan Paper Box Co
Otis Godfrey Jr
La Crosse Tribune Staff and Publication Details
La Crosse Tribune issue info lists James E Burgess publisher K tensecutive editor and staff roles including Wallace Jor Keete city editor and retail sales manager Sanford Goltz and Jeune photocomp Office contact 435 S 4th St La Crosse Wisconsin 54601 and delivery note with carrier call number 782 8040 Volume 68 Number 209
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James E. Burgess
Sar ;Hook
Wallace Jor
D Keete
Lawrence Lered Ristow
Kenneth Teachout
Orfield
Sanford Goltz
the Tribune
S. 4Th St
la Crosse
Ccu
Man Receives Year Jail Term for $500 Gas Station Theft
Walter F. Rhomberg of La Crosse was sentenced to up to one year in the Green Bay Reformatory after pleading guilty to stealing about $500 from Clark Super 100 station. Judge Leonard Roraff rejected probation despite a restitution offer and the defendant’s voluntary surrender after leaving the state.
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la Crosse
Green Bay Reformatory
Leonard Roraff
Walter F. Rhomberg
Ferry St
Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services
Rhomberg
Charles Goerdt
Clark Super 100
South Ave
Goerdt
Wisconsin Treasurer Charged After State Car Collision
State Treasurer Charles P. Smith was cited by Madison police for a right-of-way violation after a collision between his state owned car and another vehicle at a city intersection. No injuries were reported. Estimated damage was 125 dollars to the state car and 400 dollars to Larry Jacobson of Middleton's car.
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Madison
Wis
Charles P. Smith
Larry Jacobson
Middleton
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