Army Near Recruit Goals Highlight Local Enlistment Totals
Army recruiting in La Crosse Minnesota reached 87 percent of its July to November target with 26 men and nine women enlisted. Sgt. J C Howard Farra notes a goal of 38 men and two women and says most recruits are high school graduates or college graduates. December targets surpassed. six signed up, four to be inducted December 13 and two on December 28. Navy Air Force and Marine Corps provide no local figures.
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Army
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Houston County
Minnesota
J.C. Howard Farra
Farra
Sgt
Central High School Christmas Concert Rehearsal
Members of Central High School’s robed choir rehearse for the vocal music department’s Christmas Concert. The event features two girls’ choruses and the Master Singers, directed by Henry Aronson with assistant Sylvia Van Atta. Tribune Photo.
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Central High School
Vocal Music
Henry Aronson
Sylvia van Atta
Tribune
Committee Studies Transit Problems in La Crosse
The Citizens Committee on Transportation formed by Mayor Gilbertson met at the Main Public Library to review city transit issues. The group discussed traffic light timing downtown parking rush hour jams biking areas and mass transit gaps and proposed staggered hours restricted parking better bus coverage and computerized carpools. The next meeting is January 16 with city planners invited to share data.
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Citizens Committee On Transportation
W. Peter Gilbertson
la Crosse
Dredge Ban Won’t Halt Barges on Mississippi River
Wisconsin DNR disputes Army Corps claim that a court injunction on dredge spoil disposal would stop upper Mississippi navigation. Larson argues the dredging can continue with less environmental damage and that the state seeks spoil reuse and floodplain options while maintaining nine foot navigation for Wisconsin, Minnesota, and region.
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Army Corps of Engineers
Upper Mississippi River
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Corps
Larson
Rodney Cox
St. Paul
Cox
Mississippi
United States
Union charges coercion in WWTI faculty union election
The Wisconsin Federation of Teachers filed a Dec 10 complaint with the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission alleging unfair labor practices by Western Wisconsin Technical Institute and its director Charles Richardson. They seek a new election and cease-and-desist orders, citing misrepresentations and preferential actions during the pendency of the Dec 6 vote won by the WWTI Faculty Federation 89-38.
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Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
WWTI
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
WERC
Charles Richardson
Wisconsin Federation of Teachers
Wwti Education Association
Wisconsin Education Association Council
WEAC
la Crosse Independent Teachers Association
WFT
Wisconsin
Twelve charged in million-dollar Tri-County fraud case in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Attorney General Robert Warren announced 12 defendants facing 112 felony counts in a $1 million securities fraud scheme tied to Tri-County Finance Corp of Richland Center. The charges include theft and fraudulent securities activity with additional cases expected next year.
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Madison, Wis
Tri-County Finance Corp
Richland Center
Atty
Robert Warren
Warren
John Doe
State Justice Department
Commissioner of Securities
James F. Turnmire
Rural
Verland W. Bratvold
Lone Rock
Richard E. Morgan
Milwaukee
St. Germain
Clinton A. Betts Jr
Sparta
Clinton A. Betts
Wisconsin Governor's Wife Plans La Crosse Social Visit
Mrs. Jean Lucey will visit the La Crosse Community Center at 1220 Denton St. on Tuesday at 1 30 p m for a friendly socializing session with senior citizens. She will discuss elder issues, share coffee, and take photos with attendees who bring cameras. The visit is described as non political and open to all 50 plus residents.
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Jean Lucey
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Marianne O'Neil
la Crosse Committee On Aging
Audubon Unit Sets Christmas Bird Count in La Crosse Area
The La Crosse Audubon Society will hold its annual Christmas bird count on Sunday December 16. Coordinators John Unbehaun and R J West Salem assigned groups to survey within seven miles of La Crosse and record species and numbers on printed lists. Counters meet later at the Unbehaun home to submit results, which will be sent to the National Audubon Society.
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la Crosse Audubon Society
John Unbeham
R. J. West Salem
la Crosse
National Audubon Society
Regional Planning Unit approves three projects in quarterly meeting
The Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission endorses three clearinghouse projects in La Crosse including a 3.64 acre town playground purchase funded by LAWCON, a 1 million dollar State Highway 71 improvement, and a La Crosse Airport hangar renovation financed by a Farmers Home Administration loan with city and state contributions.
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Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission
MRRPC
la Crosse
Campbell
la Crosse County
Land Water Conservation Fund
Lawcon
Kendall
Elroy
Monroe
Juneau
Farmers Home Administration
Harold Erickson
Eau Claire
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
John Thomas
Commission
Plan
Bosshard To Head Development Unit In La Crosse
John Bosshard is elected president of La Crosse Area Industrial and Economic Development Inc at December meeting joining a slate with Joseph Schreier as vice president Bruce Hines as secretary and Jerry Morrison as treasurer Bosshard brings finance committee experience and leads Bangor Development Corp as founder He holds bank directorships and a Harvard MBA plus UW Law degree and chairs State Bank of Manston board Schreier Hines and Morrison hold senior civic and business roles in regional organizations
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John Bosshard
Bosshard, Sunder, Nix and Talcott
la Crosse
First National Bank of
Bangor
la Farge State Bank
Farmers State Bank of
Hillsboro
State Bank of
Manston
Schreier
Northern States Power Co
Hines
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Greater la Crosse Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
YMCA
North Central to Cut 34 Flights Including La Crosse Route
North Central Airlines will cut 34 flights effective January 7 due to jet fuel shortages. La Crosse will lose Saturday night flight 109 from Chicago and Sunday morning flight 100 to Chicago. The cuts total about 15 percent of operations but no city will be left without service as flights are adjusted and smaller planes used to save fuel. North Central, based in Minneapolis St Paul, serves the Midwest and New York area.
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North Central Airlines
la Crosse
Chicago
del Drumm
North Cen
Tral
Drumm
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
North Central
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
Midwest
New York
Coroner Rules Death a Self Inflicted Hanging
The death of Diane Adams 25 of Oregon Wisconsin a Viterbo College senior nursing student found Dec 6 on Grandad Bluff was ruled a death by own action after autopsy showed asphyxiation by hanging. Her body was found by police after she was reported missing.
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Viterbo College
Grandad Bluff
la Crosse County
Curtis Baltz
Diane Adams
Oregon, Wis
Viterbo
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Moris Slavney
Tri-County
la Crosse Trust Co
Clinton Betts Jr
Juneau County
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Rice
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Minneapolis
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