Schools Eye 1.7 Million Bond Plan for 1973
La Crosse Area Public School District weighs a 1.7 to 1.81 million bond package for St. Pius X School and a major Longfellow Junior High open concept addition. A proposed surplus application could cut the total to about 1.2 million with a pledge to skip 1974 bonds.
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la Crosse Area
St. Pius X Catholic
Longfellow Junior High
Eugene Balts
Balts
Longfellow
Fiscal Control Board
St. Pius X
Robert Johns Jr
Johns
Walter Becker
Elizabeth Staley
Hogan School
Franklin School
Perfect Apollo Trip Ends With A Flawless Landing
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt returned aboard the USS Ticonderoga after a 13 day spaceflight ending with a fiery reentry and a perfect landing near recovery ships. They were whisked to the carrier for medical exams and a welcome with bands and speeches before reunions with families.
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A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
America
Earth
Charles K. LaPinta
Navy
Ticonderoga
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Ellington Air Force Base
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
The
Space Center
Texas
Christopher C. Kraft
Nixon
Pacific
Samoa
Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
Lunar
Moon
United Fund trims allocations over uncollectable pledges
The La Crosse Area United Fund board cut December allocations by about 8,200 dollars across nine agencies due to an estimated 20,000 dollars in uncollectable pledges from the 1972 campaign. Budget gaps prompt reallocation and warnings to Bellevue Day Care Center and related agencies as reserves dip.
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St. Pius X School
Longfellow
Batts
St. Pius X
Balts
Lincoln
Robin Thompson
la Crosse Area
Boy Scouts
YMCA
Family Services
Salvation Army
Girl Scouts
Catholic Social Services
Boys’ Club of
la Crosse
Red Cross
Lawrence O’neill
The
United Fund
O'Neill
Bellevue
Robert E. Lowe
Donald Mattson
Executive
Mattson
Runkle
U S Loses Third B52 and 7 More Fliers
In the Hanoi Haiphong battle zone the United States reports the loss of another B52 bomber and a A7 fighter bomber along with seven more aircrew. Warsaw cites three Polish sailors killed on a Polish cargo ship in Haiphong harbor. US and allied losses rise as Hanoi claims more B52s and fighter bombers shot down. Navy destroyer Goldsborough sustains damage but continues firing. The conflict rivalry and blackout persist with no peace terms agreed.
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Saigon
United States
Hanoi- Haiphong
North Vietnam
U.S
Warsaw
Haiphong Harbor
Goldsborough
Navy
Joseph Conrad
Poland
Ocean Lines
Haiphong
Hanoi-Haiphong
Radio
Hanoi
Nixon
Weather outlook: cloudiness and mixed precipitation
A forecast shows cloudy skies with freezing drizzle or drizzle mixed with snow until Thursday morning. Lows near 25, highs around 30 with NW winds 10 to 15 mph. Friday remains cloudy and mild with a low around 25.
Campaign tactics of future presidents differ radically
John Barbour reports for the Associated Press on why food prices keep rising despite better efficiencies in the food industry. The piece appears on pages 5 and 13 to 16.
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John Barbour
Associated Press
Fred Steele former La Crosse city attorney dies at 77
Fred E. Steele 77 of 430 N 24th St died Wednesday morning Dec 20 in a local hospital. He served as La Crosse city attorney from 1935 to 1956 and oversaw the 1946 completion of city ordinances recodification begun under the WPA. His later years as attorney were marked by controversy as city administration sought his ouster.
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Fred E. Steele
N. 24Th St
la Crosse
Mr. Steele
Sparta
Steele
Works Progress Administration
WPA
la Crosse Tribune
London psychiatrist warns against phenotiazine use
Dr Simon Behrman, consultant to London hospitals, tells the British Journal of Psychiatry that phenotiazine an antidepressant caused at least nine patients to become temporarily mute in mental hospitals.
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London
Simon Behrman
British Journal of Psychiatry
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Tribune
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Eugene
Allen Jandt
National United Fund Organization
Robert G. (Kootch) Carroll
Mississippi River
Vietnam
Richard Simpson
Robert Certain
Fernando Alexander
Charles Brown Jr
Hal Wilson
Henry Barrows
Tokyo
George McGovern
Page
Ann Landers
Joseph IV
Hy Gardner
Fred Steele
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