Midwest City girls answer Debbie’s Christmas letter with charity
In Midwest City, Future Homemakers of America at Midwest City High School run a annual Santa letters program. Sixty two girls collect, sort and answer mail to Santa, then raise funds to aid 16 to 35 local families each year with food clothes and warmth while maintaining dignity.
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Jules Loh
Midwest City
Okla
America
Midwest City High School
Debbie
Santa Claus
Marilyn Butler
North Pole
South Pole
Melissa
Santa
Barbara Stevenson
Holmen Robber Gets Jail Term
Alan Hegenbart an 18 year old Holmen High School student received a one year County Jail sentence with a five year probation term for the Ben Franklin Store robbery in Holmen Square. The judge stayed part of the sentence placing him on probation with initial jail work or school release privileges. Two co defendants James Anderson and a 16 year old were already convicted. Prosecution members argued for jail time while defense urged confinement in a group home with intensive counseling.
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la Crosse
Leonard Roraff
District Attorney’s Office
Alan Hegenbart
Holmen
Ben Franklin
Holmen Square
Roraff
Hegenbart
Wisconsin
Tim Pralle
Pralle
St. Francis Hospital
Louise Hilke
S. 4Th St
Holmen High School
Onalaska
Robert Bollman
Evergreen Way
Bollmans
Lakeview Health Center
West Salem
Bollman
Chicago
Indiana
John Drew
Westby Expands Syttende Mai Celebrations in 1977
Westby Wisconsin adds new events to the May 14 and 15 Syttende Mai festival Quilt and Norwegian doll auction will be judged Rules to be announced Demonstrations in weaving spinning and rosemaling invited contact Mrs Earl Jaeger or Charlene Pederson for details
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Westby
Wis
Earl Jaeger
Charlene Pederson
Sorensen CIA reform calls mark Carter transition post
President elect Carter outlines CIA reforms and budget transparency while Sorensen, a Kennedy adviser turned lawyer, advocates ending past abuses. Mondale hints at approval of Griffin Bell as attorney general and Carter travels after Chicago funeral duties. Carter visits his mother in Georgia before Bell quits three private clubs for racial reasons.
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Sorensen
CIA
United States
Justice Department
Iran
Sierra Leone
Zaire
Newfoundland
Walter F. Mondale
Griffin Bell
Bell
Carter
Mondale
White House
Oval Office
FBI
Air Force
Georgia
Chiccago
Richard Daley
Plains
Americas
Lillian Carter
More Medical Aid Possible For County Institutions
La Crosse County institutions may receive more money through federal medical assistance than currently allotted. Trustees authorized Oscar Lindgren Jr. to pursue reimbursement for items not covered, including patient transportation, physical therapy, and nursing supplies. A detailed record system will track eligible expenses while officials study potential rate increases for Lakeview Health Center at West Salem with results expected at the January meeting.
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la Crosse County
Oscar Lindgren Jr
Lindgren
Lakeview Health Center
West Salem
Lakeview
Robert Machotka
Machotka
Ettrick Lions Deliver Christmas Baskets
The Ettrick Lions Club delivered 30 baskets of groceries candy and fruit to needy families and individuals in the area. Gifts were also given to nursing home residents and a basket was left at the senior citizens apartment building.
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Ettrick
Wis
Ettrick Lions Club
Senior Citizens
Ettrick Lions raise funds for Bryhn family gift
Ettrick Lions Club members collect donations for a Christmas gift to the Arvid Bryhn family in rural Ettrick. Ronda Bryhn, 14, is undergoing leukemia treatment at University Hospital in Minneapolis.
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Ettrick
Wis
Ettrick Lions Club
Arvid Bryhn
Bryhns
Ronda
University Hospital
Minneapolis
Christmas Eve and Day Services at St Bridget's
A Christmas Eve service at St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Ettrick Wis begins 11 30 p.m with 25 minutes of hymns followed by the blessing of the crib and a midnight Mass. Christmas Day services are at 8 30 and 10 30 a.m.
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Ettrick
Wis
St. Bridget's Catholic Church
Black River Falls youth arraigned in car theft case
Steven Albert Van Kirk, 19, of Black River Falls, was returned to Jackson County Jail after arraignment on a charge of taking a 1976 model automobile owned by Krohn Clinic. The car disappeared December 11 from a restaurant lot in Adams and was found in Jefferson County. Van Kirk waived a preliminary hearing. Judge Louis I. Drecktrah bound him over to county court.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Steven Albert van Kirk
Jackson County
Jackson
van Kirk
Krohn Clinic, Ltd
Adams
Jefferson County
Louis I. Drecktrah
Trinity Lutheran Christmas Services Schedule
Trinity Lutheran Church at 1010 Sill St lists a 5 p.m. Friday Christmas Eve service and an 11 p.m. carols and candle lighting service. A 10 a.m. Christmas Day service features choir music, followed by a 10:30 a.m. Sunday service marking Student Recognition Sunday with college students participating. At 2:30 p.m. Sunday Rev. Ernest E. Nelson will broadcast his Norwegian service on WKTY.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Sill St
Trinity
Ernest E. Nelson
WKTY
Christmas Eve Liturgy With Parish and Kinder Choirs
A Christmas Eve service at 8 00 P M features a 30 voice Parish Senior Choir led by Mrs Carole Edland with organist Mrs Pauline Connell and assistant Mrs Diane Franke The Kinder Choir of 50 voices directed by Mrs Edland with organist Mrs Connell is also mentioned
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Carole Edland
Pauline Connell
Edland
Diane Franke
St. Cecelia’s Ladies
Maxine Kroner
Fran Skemp
Mary Larson
Rainbow Girls drop whites-only rule. Iowa chapters rejoin
In Indianola Iowa 12 year old Michelle Palmer sparked a policy change for the International Order of Rainbow for Girls. The organization voted to drop its whites-only rule after chapters in Iowa severed ties, and the Iowa groups will rejoin the international body before year’s end.
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Indianola
Iowa
International Organization of Rainbow For Girls
Michelle Palmer
Young Women’s Service Organization
Rainbow
Michelle
the International
McAlester
Okla
International Group
Crash Possibly Was Planned In San Francisco
Palm Hinnant the troubled airline employee who held a jet on a landing strip for 14 hours may have planned to crash the plane. He was to be arraigned on kidnapping attempted extortion and assault charges. His mother Mary Brim of Fresno said the 3 year old child died in a gas explosion and fire and that this may have driven his breakdown.
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San Francisco
Palm Hinnant
Hinnant
Mary Brim
Fresno
Calif
Betty Ford Ski Trip Sparks Christmas Shopping in Vail
First Lady Betty Ford relaxed at Vail Colorado while President campaigned. She said Ford has moved past the loss to Carter and that skiing helps him. She smiled that they almost made it then added Thank goodness we didn t.
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Vail
Colo
Colorado Rockies
Betty Ford
Botswana seeks UN peacekeeping help amid Rhodesia border tension
Botswana asked the United Nations on Thursday for a peacekeeping force to quell border tensions with Rhodesia. The nation, without an army, rejected Rhodesia's proposal for talks as civil war intensifies with guerrillas operating near its frontier. Rhodesian forces have pursued guerrillas into southwestern Rhodesia near the Botswana border.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Botswana
United Nations
Rhodesia
Community Events Highlight Tomah Blood Drive and Hillsboro Lumi naria
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will operate noon to 5 p.m. at Congregational Church in Tomah. In Hillsboro the 11th annual Lumi naria lights Water Avenue from St. Joseph Nursing Home to the Clark Endicott Building with candle lighting around 5 p.m.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Congregational Church
W. la Crosse St
Tomah
Hillsboro
Water Avenue
St. Joseph Nursing Home
Clark Endicott
Live nativity and choir concert in Westby church
In the coulee region Our Savior s Lutheran Church Westby hosts a 6 30 p m live nativity scene and program followed by A Song Unending performed by the St Luke s United Methodist Church choir at 10 p m in the church at 1022 Caledonia St Soloists include Kenne Happel Cheryl Staats Kenneth Barrett Sr and Rose Marie Thiel The Wings of Faith folk singing group directed by Jeff Graves also performs
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Westby
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church
Caledonia St
Kenne Happel
Cheryl Staats
Kenneth Barrett Sr
Rose Marie Thiel
Wings of Faith
Jeff Graves
Snow Likely in Northern Plains and Appalachians
Snow and flurries expected Thursday in the western and northern Plains and along the Appalachians. Temperatures will be milder in the East, with colder weather in the Northwest. Wisconsin clears to partly cloudy with a chance of snow Friday. Minnesota sees snow flurries Friday after decreasing cloudiness tonight. Delta readings show river flow steady at Dresbach Lock and Dam. highs and lows recorded with light snow totals and typical seasonal data.
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Plains
Appalachians
Northwest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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Jean Scarseth
First Presbyterian Church of
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Jose Carvalho
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New York
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Mass
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Chappaquiddick
LaCrosse Tribune
N. 3Rd St
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Caledonia
Ettrick Lions
Ettrick Services
BRF
Trinity Lutheran
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