Stevens sworn in as 101st Supreme Court justice
John Paul Stevens takes the oath as the 101st Supreme Court justice, pledging to administer justice without bias. He succeeds William O. Douglas, joins the bench as a Republican-nominated jurist after confirmation 98 to 0. The court schedules January cases including a pregnancy disability issue.
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Washington
John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Ford
Warren E. Burger
Stevens
Circuit Court
Chicago
John Marshall
Michael Radak Jr
Burger
Supreme Court of the
United States
Douglas
Senate
National Organization For Women
Senate Judiciary Committee
William O. Douglas
Games Music Of 1776 Is Symphony's Project
La Crosse area Bicentennial events begin with a Jan 11 Cake Walk 76 at Mary E Sawyer Auditorium aimed at grades 1–6. The La Crosse Youth Symphony sponsors All American music with an ice cream social and games. About 17 communities participate. An open house at La Crosse Community Center will burn the mortgage. A Feb 14 talent show is planned. The commission declines a 5000 pledge to Blue Star Drum and Bugle Corps for Mississippi Rhapsody, hoping funds are raised elsewhere. A historic marker for La Crosse birthplace at Spence Park may be placed after 1973 council approval and $600 allocated. park committee has not met in over two years.
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la Crosse Area
Mary E. Sawyer
la Crosse
Youth Symphony
Commission
la Crosse Community Center
Denton St
The
Modern Pioneers
South Side Senior Citizens, Inc
Blue Star Drum and Bugle Corps
Spence Park
State Street
Joseph W. Gohres
Park Board
Gohres
Preservation Group Forms to Save La Crosse Buildings
Local citizens organize a permanent preservation group to protect historic La Crosse structures. Edwin Hill of UW La Crosse tells the LARBC an ad hoc six to seven person committee will study the issue and plan within a month, meeting January 15. The group will decide whether to align with LARBC and aims for lasting effort beyond 1976, awaiting community input on which buildings to save.
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la Crosse
Edwin Hill
Area Research Center
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
la Crosse Area
LARBC
Hill
End Of Strike Near As United Airlines Reaches Tentative Pact
United Airlines and 16,500 IAM workers reached a tentative wage contract after an all night bargaining session with mediator W J Usery Jr Officials said holiday flights could resume by Monday and a ratification vote is set for Sunday The strike began December 5 forcing hundreds of thousands to rebook or cancel travel across 2 800 daily United flights and 90 000 passengers carried daily
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Washington
United Airlines
W.J. Usery Jr
United
U.S
International Association of Machinists
County Board considers pay raise and contract votes
County supervisors vote to rescind bounties after wildlife listings and approve travel pay increases for officials. A vote by the La Crosse Deputy Sheriff and Traffic Police Association is planned on the 1976 labor contract offer. The board creates a fiscal coordinator post and bids for a group home for emotionally disturbed residents. A special meeting to discuss aged care is scheduled for January 29.
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la Crosse
Department of Natural Resources
Lakeview Health Center
Hillview
Oak Forest Nursing Home
Robert Frederick
Social Service Department
Onalaska
LaCrosse Tribune notices and pricing summary
The La Crosse Tribune lists contact numbers for missed papers and classifieds. It provides publication location at 401 N 3rd St, La Crosse Wisconsin and details mail subscription rates and city carrier pricing along with volume and issue information.
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Tribune
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
Onalaska Seeks Clarity on Sewage Charges From La Crosse
Onalaska Board of Public Works asks La Crosse for clearer calculation of sewer service charges after City Council rejected a shared financing pact. The board also favors Main Street curb gutter and sidewalk work as Onalaska weighs independent treatment options with Medary and Campbell towns.
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Onalaska
Wis
Main Street
la Crosse
City Atty
Ray Sundet
Board of Public Works
Sunder
Donald Huggett
Huggett
Peterson
Town of
Vernon County approves construction of care facility in VIROQUA
Vernon County Board authorized a 1.5 million intermediate care facility in VIROQUA with financing by general obligation notes at about 6.35 percent. C. M. Corp of Sioux City will consult on feasibility plans, construction, licensing, and management, including staffing, rates, and finances. The 100-bed facility aims to replace an unsafe, costly old plant. loan covers two years of construction and operation.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
C. M. Corp
Sioux City
Iowa
Norman Corenon
Channel Newman Securities Co
NSP insurer won't appeal negligence ruling in Lake City blast
Northern States Power Co faces no appeal from St Paul Fire & Marine over a judge’s finding NSP 100 percent negligent in the 1972 Ben Franklin store explosion in Lake City Minnesota. The blast killed six and injured ten after a gas leak from a bulldozer accidental cut and a store light switch being turned off. Total damage awards through last spring reached 350000 with several cases pending.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Northern States Power Co
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co
NSP
Ben Franklin
Lake City
Minn
Wabasha
RFK Probe Finds No New Bullet Evidence at Hotel Pantry
Criminal experts surveyed two door jams in the Ambassador Hotel pantry where Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and found no bullet holes. Deputy District Attorney Stephen Trott said the probe would continue to catalog wall markings for future reference.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Stephen Trott
Ambassador Hotel
Troops Dislodge Rebels From Station After Seizure
Army forces moved in with armored vehicles to seize control of a government radio station held by rightist air force rebels. Noticias Argentinas reported the air force personnel agreed to depart after talks, though no official confirmation was issued.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Noticias Argentinas
Air Force
Noticias
Wheeler Dies Former Vietnam War Leader Gen Earle Wheeler
Gen Earle G Wheeler longtime chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Army chief of staff during the early Vietnam era has died at 67 in Frederick Maryland He passed at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a sequence of transfers from Martinsburg W Va and was widely noted as a key architect of the US buildup in Vietnam followed by his 1962 to 1964 tenure as Army chief and 1964 to 1970 as JCS chair
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Frederick, Md
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
Frederick Memorial Hospital
King’s Daughter’s Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Frederick Hospital
Army
Joint Chiefs
Warming Trend Sets In From Rockies To Mississippi
Weather forecast calls for a warming trend from the Rockies to the Mississippi Valley while Eastern states stay cold. Snow flurries are possible in the Northeast with rain in the Northwest and clear skies for most of the country.
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Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Snow flurries and cold weekend forecast across the region
Occasional light snow or flurries in Wisconsin tonight with partly cloudy and cold Saturday in the northwest. Snow may end Sunday afternoon in the southeast. Minnesota sees partly cloudy skies with light snow in the northeast and mild Saturday. Dresbach Lock and Dam reports flow at 12 300 cfs with no traffic and season closed.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dresbach Lock & Dam
Weather Summary for La Crosse Morning Low and Records
La Crosse reports a low of 18 degrees this morning with a daytime high around 18. The table shows degree days 58 total 214 year to date 2225 normal 2202. Record high 51 set in 1923 and record low 19 in 1872. Sunrise 7 35 and sunset 4 30.
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LA Crosse
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Cremer Jewelers
Sun & Main
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LaCrosse Tribune
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la Crosse Tribune
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Leithold
Dla
Associated Press
Labor Department
RFK
Gen. Wheeler
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