Area Contacts Made For Tax Meet Support
Milwaukeevitations campaigns to mobilize 1198 leaders across 795 towns 269 villages and 184 counties statewide for a January 9 conference in Milwaukee Auditorium. Mayor Maier leads tax reform talks and Tarr 751 S with aims to build urban rural coalition. meeting covers elderly relief law enforcement and home rule with regional outreach ongoing in Jackson Juneau La Crosse Adams Monroe and Marquette counties.
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Milwaukeevitations
Henry W. Maier
William C. Carey
Milwaukee
Jackson
Juneau
la Crosse
Adams
Monroe
Marquette
Maier
Wisconsin
Carey
Les Wnion
Adams County
Wisconsin Bill 751-S revised with compromise amendments
Estimates on the county loss, even after revision, reached as high as 1 million dollars. Maier urges a statewide conference, stating the parley topic affects every city village and town in Wisconsin.
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Maier
Wisconsin
Ranger Sailor Ronald A. Rick Serves Aboard Carrier
USS Ranger near Vietnam notes Marine Capt Ronald A Rick son of Mr and Mrs Chester V Rick of 2210 S 15th Place serves aboard the carrier on its fifth combat tour in Vietnam and ninth in the Western Pacific aboard the 80 000 ton ship.
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USS
Ranger
Marine
Ronald A. Rick
Chester V. Rick
S. 15Th Place
Vietnam
Western Pacific
Knowles OKs $105,634 antipoverty grant
Gov. Knowles approved a federal Office of Economic Opportunity antipoverty grant of 105,634 dollars to continue Wisconsin antipoverty office operations, with the state contributing 28,717 dollars toward the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Office of Economic Opportunity
Knowles
Raucous Racquet under move to mass comms control
LCU President Gates announced a plan to shift Racquet and yearbook operations to the mass communications department. Janet Bladow would remain editor through the semester, with a lab paper concept discussed but not yet implemented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse State University
Samuel Gates
Mass Communications Department
LCU Publications Board
Gates
Janet Bladow
Gerald Farber
Los Angeles State University
John Jenks
LCU
Publications Board
Miss Bladow
Five Cent Boost OK'd for School Lunches
La Crosse school board approved a five cent increase in school lunch prices effective February 1 to fund a ten cent hourly pay raise for cooks and higher operating costs. Weekly meal tickets rise to 2 dollars, single meals 45 cents, and adult meals 65 cents. Funding supports raises totaling about 4,100 dollars annually plus 6,000 dollars for distribution from Central High School to three nearby schools.
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Wisconsin Department of Education
Gunnar Gundersen Jr
Elizabeth Staley
Clarence Krupp
Roland Schwandt
Arthur Christensen
William Luedke
Robert Johns Jr
Milton Hoglund
Frank Kovach Jr
Central High School
Carl Matthusen
la Crosse
Matthusen
Groups Propose Testing Reaction To School Policy
La Crosse Area Public School District board member Elizabeth Staley recommended forming 15 member committees from each of the 16 schools to test reactions to board policies. Committees would be nonpolitical, report both majority and minority views, meet regularly, and relay public sentiment to the board to improve communication. Some members questioned the plan, and action was deferred to January.
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la Crosse Area
Elizabeth Staley
la Crosse
Staley
Frank Kovach Jr
Kovach
Hartford Insurance Group
Bids Received For State Road Jobs In Area
Apparent low bids total more than 1.45 million for highway work in eight western Wisconsin counties. Bids will be reviewed and contracts signed in weeks. Work begins in spring as weather permits per Harold Fiedler district engineer. Low bids include H I Radtke for U S Highway 12 in Monroe County, James and Sons for STH 171 in Crawford County, Diesel for STH 88 north of Cream in Buffalo County, and Sweeney Brothers for landscaping and weed control in District 5 with multiple county projects.
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Wisconsin
Madison
State Division of Highways
Harold Fiedler
H. I. Radtke Construction Co
Fond du Lac
U.S. Highway 12
Tomah
Monroe County
James and Sons Inc
Fennimore
Crawford County
Diesel Construction Co
Chippewa Falls
Cream
Buffalo County
Sweeney Brothers
Watertown
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Sweeney
Buffalo
Trempealeau
Jackson
Crawford
Monroe
Richland
Vernon
Fiedler
Petruccelli Named Gopher Scout District Chairman
D J Petruccelli 2133 Losey Blvd S named chairman of the Gopher District Gateway Area Council Boy Scouts of America for the coming year. He is executive secretary of the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Gateway council executive board. The district covers La Crosse area and parts of Minnesota with 32 Cub Packs, 38 Boy Scout Troops and 11 Explorer Posts serving over 2300 boys. James Krause recommended as district commissioner for 1970 after two years in that post.
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D. J. Petruccelli
Losey Blvd
Gopher
Gateway Area Council, Inc
Boy Scouts of America
R. E. McGill
Petruccelli
la Crosse
la Crescent
Brownsville
Houston
Hokah
Spring Grove
Caledonia
Minnesota
Gateway Area Council
Camp Decorah
James Krause
Loomis Sr
Local man admitted to Lutheran Hospital after incident
Dec 16 at 10 52 p m Carroll L Pederson 35 of La Crescent Minnesota was taken to Lutheran Hospital following an incident. Police reported the man was injured but his condition was not released.
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Carroll L. Pederson
la Crescent
Minn
Lutheran Hospital
Viterbo appoints task force on coed plan
Sister Justine McDonald named Sister Paula Marie Ripple as chair of a special committee to study converting Viterbo College to full coeducation. The group will include directors and advisers, with a preliminary report due February 20 and a final by May 1.
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Viterbo
Justine McDonald
Paula Marie Ripple
Justine
Sister Justine
Grant Approved For CESA 11 Project
A $56 250 operational grant for Cooperative Educational Service Agency 11 was approved by the Office of Health Education and Welfare to launch a rural special education program using a cluster of schools approach. The three year project begins with first year funding, with a director to be hired by January 1.
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Cooperative Educational Service Agency
CESA
Office of Health, Education and Welfare
R. B. Tremain
Tremain
Wreath and bulbs stolen from La Crosse display
Leslie Pelegrin reported to La Crosse police a theft from his outdoor Christmas display. A wreath valued at 7.50 dollars and bulbs worth 3 dollars were taken from 101 N. 22nd St. on Wednesday.
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Leslie Pelegrin
22Nd St
la Crosse
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Beltone Hearing Aid
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Boston Shoe Repair
Buy-Rite Realty
Carter's Restaurant
C. C. Brown
Ins
Darst Motel
Drainmaster Eagle Rexall Drug
Jerry
Perkin’s
Pet Manor
Plywood Minn
Prow
Richmond
Skyway
Spicer Beauty Salon, Inc
Swanger
Thompson Camera Town
Tyrol
Walter’s Flame
Woodhouse Bros, Inc
Wong's Cafe World Travel Bureau
By Wayne Wolski
Joseph Zobin
ICU
Zobin
Crosse Tribune
Hartford
Conn
Summit
Gopher Scout District
Notre Dame
St. Norbert
West de Pere
School of Nursing
Howes’ Jewelers
Jay
le Crosse, Wis
Hellaggis
LA Crosse ST
John Deere
Evans
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West Salem
Roth’s Flor-Mart
Dial
South Ave
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