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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
11
La Crosse City Public Schools District No. 5 adopts a resolution by unanimous vote on December 12 1966 altering budget appropriations. Transfers move funds from Administration Instruction Fixed Charges Community Serv to Food Services Health Services Attendance Serv Capital Outlay Maintenance. Details list varying old to new allocations.
U S farmers boost winter wheat plantings by 26 percent for the 1967 harvest. Agriculture Department forecasts a record winter crop of 1.28 billion bushels and a combined winter and spring output of 1.6 billion bushels or more. Planting allotments rise 32 percent. final yield hinges on weather.
On this date December 24 events include the 1814 signing of the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812 and notes on Johns Hopkins death in 1873. It recalls Eisenhower's 1943 invasion leadership, the 1944 Battle of the Bulge air assault, and other historical milestones through 1966.
A 1958 wheat allotment rise stems from a sharp supply drop as foreign demand and food aid shape policy. The crop survey shows 54.1 million acres planted to winter wheat for next year, up from 42.9 million, with spring crop forecasts deferred. Dry conditions hindered development in the central and southern Great Plains, suggesting possible yield gains if weather improves.
Former Sen. Peter P. Carr, 76, of Janesville, died of a heart attack at his home Friday night. A Republican who served in the 15th district from 1954 until his defeat in this year’s September primary, he was born in Denmark and came to Wisconsin in 1943. He also served as president of the Janesville city council.
An elderly aunt in Texas mailed a Christmas card to Mr. and Mrs. James F. Ray without a street address. The card bore their Phoenix telephone number which the postman used to locate them in the directory and deliver the card.
Considerable cloudiness with possible light snow or flurries in Wisconsin Saturday night. Sunday remains partly cloudy and cold. Minnesota shows fair to partly cloudy skies east and north Saturday night and Sunday, with cooler temperatures Saturday night and little change Sunday. Iowa ranges from partly cloudy to cloudy with a chance of snow flurries Saturday night to mostly cloudy with little temperature change Sunday. The forecast notes a northward shipping forecast to 10 below, elsewhere 5 below. Sunrise Sunday is 7 38 a.m. and sunset 4 32 p.m. Record highs and lows dated December 24 1889 and 1872 are listed with degree days totals 54 for the period, 2411 year to date, 2448 last year, and 2514 normal.
A collage of small ads offers roofing and siding estimates, appliance service, piano tuning, mattress work, framing, electrical wiring, tree service, interior decorating, and home cleaning. Personal ads seek retirement readiness, waitressing, maid work, babysitting, and job openings for mechanics, service station managers, and drivers. Various one and two bedroom apartments for rent list locations, rents, and features.
The article notes Janet Gaynor as the first actress to win an Oscar for her role in Seventh Heaven. It also lists river readings with flood stage data for La Crosse, including station metrics and changes.
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