United Airlines to resume flights after strike
United Airlines aims to resume flights Monday with full service by Christmas Eve after a two week mechanics strike that started December 5. Some 16 700 mechanics must ratify the contract on Sunday after all night bargaining with the International Association of Mechanics and Aerospace Workers.
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Washington
United Airlines
United
International Association of Mechanics and Aerospace Workers
National Airlines
Miami
National
Quie Proposes Joint Committee on Intelligence
Representative Albert H. Quie announces a plan for a joint Congressional committee with initial two year oversight of intelligence activities and material classification, then potential legislative powers. He argues covert gathering may be needed and that secrecy should protect sensitive information but clear material may be shared with cleared members.
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Washington
D.C
Minnesota
Albert H. Quie
Dennison
Quie
United States
Congress
Joint Committee
Corrections for James Merle Jacoby Graduate Omission
A correction notes James Merle Jacoby earned a masters in teaching at University of Wisconsin La Crosse. The La Crosse Tribune previously omitted his surname in the graduate list. A following correction clarifies state stock offering fees are not the main cost.
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James Merle Jacoby
University of Wisconsn-La Crosse
la Crosse Tribune
Tribune
Wisconsin
Churches Schedule Christmas Services in La Crosse Area
La Crosse area churches publish Christmas schedules. Bible Baptist plans a 7 30 p.m. Sunday Christ mas program God’s Gift. St Thomas More offers midnight Mass with 11 30 p.m. singing and multiple Christmas Day Masses. Good Shepherd Lutheran presents a pageant Joy Of All The Earth at 9 and 10 30 a.m. English Lutheran tones carols and candlelight at 5 and 7 p.m. with a 11 p.m. candlelight communion on Christmas Eve and a 10 a.m. service on Christmas Day.
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la Crosse
Bible Baptist
Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Streets
St. Thomas More Catholic
St. Thomas More
20Th
Weston Streets
28Th
Birch Streets
David Nelson
English Lutheran English Lutheran Church
16Th
Cass Streets
Mary Meyer
Meyer
Alvin Mikelson
Christ Church Episcopal
Christ Episcopal Church
Christopher Pratt
John Drew
Father Pratt
Jesus Our Brother
Norman
Margaret Mealy
Mmes
Harold Schelin
Charles Miller
Ex Custodian Sues Over Sex Bias In School Firing
Esther W. Williams of West Salem accuses the Onalaska School Board in U S District Court of firing her for being a woman. Williams says she was terminated in February after she did not show up for work, while officials claim she was absent.
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Madison
Wis
Onalaska
U. S
Esther W. Williams
West Salem
Onalaska School Transfer vs Discrimination Suit
Mrs. Williams alleges the Onalaska School District discriminates against women and seeks orders to hire female custodians, restore her to her job, back wages, and 10000 in punitive damages. Superintendent Deck says the transfer to Pertzsch Elementary was for safety after a December 1974 injury. district employs 16 custodians, all men.
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Onalaska
Irving Pertzsch
Williams
la Crosse
U.S
James Doyle
Claude Deck
Pertzsch
Deck
Obituaries Reach Across Wisconsin And Minnesota
Obituaries detail deaths on December 19 and 20 in Beach Ettrick Cashton Mabel Gays Mills and Cashton with survivors including spouses children and grandchildren. Services are scheduled across Faith Lutheran St Marys Catholic Mabel United Methodist and Our Savior’s Lutheran churches with funeral homes in Ettrick Cashton Mabel and Gays Mills handling arrangements.
Correction fills obituary for Adolph C Swennes former La Crosse resident
Adolph C Swennes 76 died Wednesday December 17 in a Phoenix Arizona hospital. He was a Burlington Railroad clerk, an agent for Metropolitan Insurance in La Crosse Onalaska area in 1933, later assistant manager for Tomah Sparta area, then owner operator of Blyton Insurance Agency at Sparta. Funeral Monday at Dickinson Jackson Street Chapel Rev Clarence Brauer will officiate burial in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park.
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Adolph C. Swennes
la Crosse
Phoenix
Dickinson Jackson Street Chapel
Clarence Brauer
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
Minnesota Educator Geor Gina Lommen Dies At 98
Caledonia Minnesota Geor Gina Lommen 98 died Saturday December 20 in a Caledonia hospital Born October 28 1877 she taught in Houston County rural schools and served as Houston County superintendent She organized rural education training at University of Minnesota Moorhead Laboratory Director Lemmen Hall named 1931 at Moorhead State College She held multiple education leadership roles attended world teacher conferences and earned state and university awards Survived by a brother two sisters and three brothers Services Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church Caledonia burial Evergreen Cemetery Burial prep at Potter Haugen Funeral Home reading Sunday afternoon.
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Synva Lynghamer
Ettrick
Wis
Beach
Liberty St
la Crosse
Ulvik
Norway
Alf
R. 1
Galesville
Sander
Knud
Faith Lutheran Church
Herman Madland
Cem
Cashton
Leonard Rudi
Wisconsin
John Rudi
Josephine Schaub
Diane
Kathy
Green Bay
Marlene
Appleton
LaVerne
Leonard Jr
Arnold
Janesville
Alfred
Andrew
Minerva) Steenberg
Leo
Belva) Zebell
Leif
Janet) Reitan
Evelyn Waldenberger
Orville
Selma) Nelson
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary's Ridge
Mabel, Minn
Herbert E. Knight
Mabel
Stanley
Silas
Bessie (Smith) Knight
Nora Rasmussen
Knight Transfer Co
Four Square Co-Op
Mabel United Methodist Church
Mabel Board of Education
Mabel Sportsman's Club
Calvin
San Diego
Calif
Rodney
Clinton
Tenn
Gary
Vassar
Mich
Eau Claire
Bayard
Glenn
Burton Hoag
Mabel Cemetery
Mengis
Caledonia
Minn
Georgina Lommen
John T. Lommen
Winona Normal School
Houston County
State Department of Rural Education
Department For Training
Agriculture Department
University of Minnesota
Moorhead State College
Lemmen
Minnesota Education Association
State Department of Education
Geneva
Switzerland
Minnesota
Denver
Colo
Minnesota Pta
William of
Windham
Immanuel Lutheran Church
K. Roger Johnson
Evergreen Cemetery
Potter-Haugen Funeral Home
Wife Supporting Husband is Spared Impoverishment
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules a wife need not become impoverished to support her husband when applying for old age assistance. The decision, written by Justice Day, upholds a Dane County ruling ordering the Barron County Social Services to pay Alex Amans, who was in a convalescent home, despite his wife’s $10,000 assets.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Roland Day
Dane County
Reserve Circuit
George Curries
Barron County Department of Social Services
Alex Amans
Amans
Department
Day
Seven plead innocent in cocaine import ring case
Seven persons accused of forming a ring that imported cocaine from South America and distributed it in the Minneapolis St. Paul area pleaded innocent in U.S. District Court in St. Paul Minnesota.
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ST. Paul, Minn
South America
Minneapolis St. Paul
District Court
Housing Official Fired In Wisconsin Authority
C Hayden Jamison was fired Friday as director of finance and administration for the Wisconsin Housing Finance Authority by outgoing executive director George D Simos. Simos said he fired Jamison effective year end as he pursued audit recommendations. Jamison declined to resign, citing needless errors in the agency’s financial administration.
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Madison
Jamison
Simos
Milwaukee restaurant owner found guilty of extortion
Sally Papin, 43, convicted of extortion in a dispute with a former chef who owed her money. She was acquitted of conspiracy to collect credit through extortionate means. Co-defendants Russell J. Enea Joseph V. Basile and Maximillian J. Adennis, were found guilty of conspiracy. Jury of seven women and five men delivered the verdict after a trial that began November 17.
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Milwaukee
Sally Papin
Russell J. Enea
Joseph V. Basile
Maximillian J. Adennis
Wisconsin Law Terms Seen as Cruel and Outdated
Rep James Wahner proposes removing terms like idiot feeble minded and crippled from state statutes. He chairs a bill to replace them with mentally ill developmentally disabled and orthopedically disabled. A gubernatorial task force found such wording hinders recognition of disabled persons rights.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
James Wahner
Milwaukee
Wahner
Assembly
Rebel Air Force Blasts Buenos Aires as Peron Faces Pressure
Rebel air force planes buzzed downtown Buenos Aires for the third day amid pressure on Isabel Peron to step aside. Moron base pilots, part of a nationalist faction, challenge the government while talks consider force or starvation tactics to resolve the crisis.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Swedish Danish Tour To North Vietnam Begins
Thirty Swedes and Danes depart Copenhagen on a 17 day trip to Hanoi Hai Phong Don Son and Tonkin beaches visiting battlefields. Their conduct on the tour will influence whether further tours are allowed. A 1976 Vietnam tour brochure is also circulating in Switzerland.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Don Son
Gulf of Tonkin
Switzerland
Vietnam
East to Get Snow Saturday Across Regions
Snow is forecast for much of the eastern United States on Saturday extending from Maine to the Carolinas and west to Ohio. Showers reach Florida and the Southwest. Rain is expected in parts of Washington while the Midwest remains mild.
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Maine
Carolinas
Ohio
Florida
Southwest
Washington
Midwest
Weather and river update across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin
The forecast calls for clear to colder tonight with partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions Sunday across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. River stage data shows Dresbach Dam at 0.0 feet with flow around 11 400 cfs trending down while traffic is halted and the season is closed.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dresbach Lock & Dam
Weather Data Recap From Last Year and Historic Extremes
Last year reported 2264 for a normal value and 2250 as a record high. A 1894 record low stands at 54 and a 1963 low at 18. Sunrise is 7.36 hours and sunset 30 minutes.
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East Coast
Lee Enterprises, Inc
N. 3Rd St
Federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
A.m
St. James
St. James Church
Caledonia St
Kenneth C. Blanchard
Sanders Hook
Robert S. Gallagher
Kenneth F. Teachout
Sanford Goitz
Merte J
Etery
Fossum Funeral Home
Torkelson
Dewey Lester
Betsy Haas
Chicago, Il
Martin
Gays Mills
Clarence Potter
Soldiers Grove
American Legion
Evelyn
Norman Wall
Dickinson Jackson Street
the Christian Science Monitor
LaCrosse
Cribune
South Vietnam
Gordon Converse
Guernsey
LePelley
Christ Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science Reading Room
Main ST
Lacrosse, Wis
Assembly OF God
16Th & Ferry
Clarke E Gage
Steve Gace
Wkty Radio Phone
First Baptist Church
12Th & Main
Ronald Erickson
The
Isabel
Tri-State
Oresbach
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