Area Employment Level Steady in La Crosse District
Preliminary figures for the La Crosse area show 34 900 people employed in mid November with unemployment rising to six percent. The level matches mid October while the civilian work force and unemployed count increased to 2 200. AC Manufacturing to finish local layoffs this week and a new job program, Jobs ’70, aims to hire and retrain the disadvantaged.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
5Th Ave. S
Norman E. Schulze
Schulze
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Skemp
State St
Hearings set for two Spartans burglary case in Monroe
In Sparta Wisconsin Richard A Peasley 19 and Larry J Vinson 20 face preliminary burglary hearings at 9 30 a m Wednesday December 31 before Monroe County Judge James W Rice. They were returned from the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac for trial on the 1967 break in at the Tomah Cooperative Elevator and are serving Illinois terms for assaulting a police officer at Woodstock. Judge Rice also handled three juvenile hearings noting a 14 year old committed to the School for Boys at Wales a 15 year old released to his grandfather guardian and another teenager from the center with a history of running away whose case is set for a later date.
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Sparta
Wis
Richard A. Peasley
Larry J. Vinson
Monroe County
James W. Rice
Illinois State Reformatory
Pontiac
Illinois
Woodstock
Ill
Rice
Wales
Wisconsin
Tomah
Charles Ambelang
Weather outlook for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Wisconsin sees cloudy night with light snow and cooler air. Thursday brings partial sun and a chance of light snow in far north and east. Minnesota gradual clearing with light snow ending in the east and then fair to partly cloudy. Iowa reports intermittent snow tonight in east and south central regions with 1 to 3 inches common, Thursday mostly cloudy with occasional snow in the east.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Flood Stage Report From La Crosse Station
Flood stage at the La Crosse station shows a 24 hour reading of 25.1 with a zero change noted today.
Battery stolen from parked car in La Crosse yard
Lyle Worth reported to La Crosse police that a $30 battery was stolen from his car while it sat parked in his yard on Tuesday. The incident was documented at the La Crosse police department with Worth's address listed as 2011 S. 21st St.
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Lyle Worth
S. 21St St
la Crosse
Man's Death Declared A Death By Own Action
MELVINA Wis The man found hanging in an abandoned farm house near Melvina Monday has been identified as Elmer Kolbo 63 of Cashton Dr Edward Lukasek Monroe County coroner estimated Kolbo had been dead four or five days and termed it a death by own action The body was found hanging in the vestibule of the house by Bernard Wolf who was looking for a lost heifer Kolbo lived in a rooming house at Cashton He was born Sept 23 1906 at Melvina to Mr and Mrs Adolph Kolbo Survivors include six sisters and five brothers Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 30 p m in the Portland Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery The Robert Page Funeral Home of Sparta is in charge with no visitation
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Melvina
Wis
Elmer Kolbo
Cashton
Edward Lukasek
Monroe County
Kolbo
Bernard Wolf
Adolph Kolbo
Leonard Olson
Inga Kolbo
William Olson
Columbus
Myrtle Whitwell
Evelyn Hanson
Milwaukee
Leo Garner
la Crosse
Leonard and
Alphin
Joseph and
Orlin
Sparta
Palmer
Portland Lutheran Church
Eldred Peterson
Robert Page
New Cold War Realities Shape East West Tensions
William L. Ryan notes a 1970s shift in the Cold War as both sides adopt a security oriented framework. East and West retain hostility yet share some goals, prompting talks of living with current divisions and potential Asia and Europe arrangements.
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Europe
Asia
Realities drive Western Soviet relations in the 1960s
The piece notes global dangers from nuclear arms and pollution while stressing Europe’s central role in the Cold War. It highlights the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Moscow’s doctrine of limited sovereignty, and shifting gestures between the United States, West Germany, and China as signs of a changing geopolitical reality. It argues that Europe’s future shapes and constrains conflict and arms dynamics globally.
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Soviet Union
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Berlin
East Germany
America
Richards Divorce Granted in County Court
John J Richards, 37, of 3306 Robinsdale Ave, seeks divorce from Patricia Tryggestad Richards, 37, Toledo Ohio, citing cruel and inhuman treatment. They wed April 5 1951 in Fairbanks Alaska. Custody of one minor child awarded to father. Black River Falls county court case also lists John W Burns Norwalk cited for driving after revocation with $57 fine.
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John J. Richards
Robinsdale Ave
Patricia (Tryggestad)Richards
Toledo
Ohio
Fairbanks
Alaska
Black River Falls
Wis
John W. Burns
Norwalk
Marriage Licenses Listed for Wisconsin and Nearby States
Sparta Wisconsin couples Larry A Maulsby and Rebecca J Davis plan to wed December 28 in La Crosse. Kosh Kohoenong Missouri native Bobby Lee Titsworth and Betty Jane Davis from Tomah scheduled to marry January 3 in Tomah. Lamont R Winkelman from Tomah and Janice Kay Statton from Warrens set to wed December 26 in Camp Douglas.
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Sparta
Wis
Larry A. Maulsby
Tomah
Rebecca J. Davis
Collegeville
Tenn
la Crosse
Bobby Lee Titsworth
Koshkoenong
Betty Jane Davis
Lamont R. Winkelman
Janice Kay Statton
Warrens
Camp Douglas
Social Security Office Closed Friday for Federal Holiday
The Social Security Office at 149 S. 6th St. will be closed Friday per the president's executive order declaring a federal holiday. It will reopen Monday at 8:30 a.m.
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S. 6Th St
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