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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1972
Page
8
Joyce A Graves age 19 fined 134 dollars for marijuana possession and disorderly conduct. Shawn F Virock age 22 fined 59 dollars for disorderly conduct and being drunk. Both pleaded guilty in La Crosse County Court to charges tied to a downtown bar incident.
La Crosse County will receive about 94 000 less federal revenue sharing than planned for 1972 with a 328 015 payment for the first half and a likely equal second half. The shortfall totals 84 000 against earlier estimates and 94 000 versus 1973 budget figures, risking use of general fund surplus or other revenues to cover the gap. In separate incidents, two were arrested after a disturbance at Sloopy's Tavern as officers intervened amidst a fight. one suspect faced charges for resisting and drunkenness while a bag of marijuana was found on another. A Milwaukee man, Kenneth L Sas, 51, died after falling from a scaffold while performing electrical work at a factory.
Mrs. Allen Leske of La Crosse wrote A Very Special Bedtime Story for Trinity United Church of Christ in Mormon Coulee. The 8 p.m. Sunday pageant features a sleeping girl, a Christmas Fairy and animated oven cookies as a setup for the tale of Christ’s birth. The program has grown into its sixth year with past plays including talking animals and a Grinch parody. Leske is a bank clerk and mother of two.
Army Corps of Engineers says filling the marsh between the North and South Sides is not economically feasible due to canal and dike costs and environmental concerns. Alternatives focus on protecting existing development or reclaiming land east of the North Side for potential industrial use, with about 400 acres identified.
The EPA declares defeat devices used to disable emission controls in 1973 cars by General Motors Ford Chrysler American Motors Nissan and Toyota unlawful and asks for compliance or appeals. Ford asserts its cars comply with Clean Air Act and criticizes the agency.
A Wisconsin Assembly subcommittee recommends creating a state zoning appeals board to overturn local ordinances aimed at excluding low and moderate income housing. The panel, after a year of hearings, narrowly approved the plan 4-1, rejecting a broader Open Communities Act.
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