City approves raises for nonunion city workers in La Crosse
After a tense 10 10 tie and mayoral tie breaking vote by Mayor Patrick Zielke the council agrees to implement salary raises for department heads and other nonunion employees starting January 1. City Atty John Flanagan notes mayoral pay can’t rise during term. Several aldermen push to recon sider the move while debating evaluation standards and responsible expenditure.
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Patrick Zielke
City of
Flanagan
Zielke
Sharon Imes
11Th Dist
High Speed Chase Ends With Court Appearance
A driver from Brockway faces multiple charges after a midnight pursuit that reached 110 mph. The incident began when Officer Quinlan spotted the speeding vehicle on Highway 27, leading to a roadblock and a collision that damaged a Sparta police car. The suspect pleaded innocent on December 7.
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Jackson County
Sparta
Brockway
Ford
Robert Quinlan
Quinlan
Atty. Margaret Wilson
The
Indian Affairs Legal Counsel
Robbery at Losey Boulevard Cite Yo Quik Mart
Two male suspects armed with a gun robbed the Losey Boulevard Cit yo Quik Mart of 323 dollars last night. A clerk Patricia Cherney described two 16 to 18 year old men in ski masks entering after 11 p.m. One displayed a gun and bagged cash before fleeing on foot. Police noted both suspects were short, 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 6.
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Losey Boulevard
Cityo Quik Mart
la Crosse
State Road
Patricia Cherney
Adams St
Winona County Commissioners Vote to Hold Salaries
Winona Minnesota Winona County commissioners deny a pay hike reaffirming a decision to keep board member salaries at 6800 dollars. State law requires setting salaries at or before the final regular board meeting of the year. The Monday session was the last scheduled regular meeting for 1975.
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Winona, Minn
Winona
LaCrosse Tribune notice on subscriptions and classifieds
The LaCrosse Tribune lists contact numbers for missed papers and classifieds. It notes publication format and pricing with mail subscription options within 75 miles and a yearly rate of 35 dollars, and provides office address for the newspaper.
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the Tribune
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
Guilty Plea Accepted in Ford Attempt Case
U S District Judge Samuel Conti accepted Sara Jane Moore s guilty plea to the attempted assassination of President Ford in San Francisco. No trial will be held and sentencing is set for January 15.
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San Francisco
Sara Jane Moore
Ford
U.S
Samuel Conti
Feud Over Onalaska Police Chief Stirs Open Meeting Push
Onalaska Wisconsin residents criticize the police department as a scapegoat and seek an open meeting to air concerns and oust Police Chief John Cloudy. Lieutenant Rastall is cleared of misconduct amid complaints by Strittmater and five others.
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Onalaska
Wis
Strittmater
Rastall
Woggon
Strittmaier
Commission
Donald Burr
Donald Schroeder
Donald Glanzer
Burr
Glanzer
Schroeder
Cloudy
Stanley West
Donald Williams
Charles van Riper
Richard Kiefer
Earl Phillips
Ray Sundet
Sundet
School Salary Scales and Benefits Plan Approved
The plan outlines pay boosts for teachers advancing salary columns from 1975 through 1977 and lowers barriers to progression. It details bachelor degree credits, step advancement limits, retirement contributions, maternity benefits, and summer school rates with new sick leave provisions.
House backs six month extension of 1975 tax cuts
In Washington the House passed a congressional compromise bill extending 1975 tax cuts six months into 1976 while defeating a Republican bid linked to President Ford's spending ceiling. Speaker Carl Albert indicated a likely Senate approval and possible veto by Ford over no 1977 spending cap.
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Washington
House
Ford
Carl Albert
Congress
Senate
Kissinger Withholds Five U.S. Intelligence Reports
Documents released by the House intelligence committee show Henry Kissinger temporarily withheld at least five U.S. intelligence reports on possible Soviet arms violations. The pile includes a 1973 memo about new Soviet missile silos and urged confirming that President Nixon knew intelligence was being withheld.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Congress
Kissinger
House Intelligence Committee
CIA
House Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Senate to Vote on Angola Funds Amendment
The Senate opens a two hour secret session before a vote on a defense appropriations amendment. The measure would bar funding in Angola except for intelligence gathering, challenging U S intervention in the Angolan civil war.
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Washington
U.S
Angola
Senate
Stokley Van Camp Plant to Close in Holmen Wisconsin
The Stokley Van Camp canning plant in Holmen Wisconsin will close December 31 197? the closure affects 14 hourly and seven salaried employees. The home office cited industrial over supply and economic unfeasibility. Some workers may transfer to Frederic Cumberland or retire while others stay through winding down.
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Holmen
Wis
Stokley-Van Camp
Ronald Christopherson
Christopherson
Brice Prairie
Indianapolis
Holmen Canning Co
Stokley
Frederic
Stokley’s
Frederic and
Cumberland
Galesville Packing Co
Galesville
Weather Outlook Shows Deep Cold With Regional Variations
The nation remains cold with Florida and parts of the California coast spared. Rain is forecast from the central Gulf to the Carolinas, snow flurries in the Great Lakes and western Pennsylvania, and scattered snow in the Plains.
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Florida
California Coast
Central
Gulf
Carolinas
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Plains
Weather outlook for Tri-State Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
The forecast shows very cold conditions tonight with fair to partly cloudy skies across Wisconsin and Minnesota. Snow squalls or flurries are possible near Lake Superior and in the northwest. Thursday brings increasing clouds and continued cold with lighter snow chances in the northwest and warmer conditions in the western Iowa counties.
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Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Iowa
River Flood Stage At Dresbach Lock And Dam Rise
Dresbach Lock and Dam reports 22 500 cubic feet per second flow with the river rising. No traffic, closed for season. La Crosse station notes record highs and lows from 1895 and 1875 with sunrise at 7 34 a m and sunset at 4 29 p m.
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LA Crosse
Dresbach
Dresbach Lock & Dam
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James Shoger
6Th District
Shoger
Harold Swanson
20Th Dist
Swanson
Ronald Wold
Ferdinand Sontag
Thomas Roellich
Dennis Kaufmann
Kaufmann
Police and Fire Commission
Swanson, Kaufmann
Roellich
John Schubert
Richard Arneson
Brian Carroll
Curtis Storck
Paul Schneider
Gene Strittmaier
Helen Kelly
Retta Hanson
Douglas Fraley
Oak Forest
Ansel Holley
Elmo Hanson
Ada Brenner
Quik Mart
LaCrosse Tribune
Police Department
Wayne Terpstra
James Roberts
Avon St
Sears
Merrillan
Tri-State
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