New Face Makes Best Yule Gift
Ida Hays 16 underwent a 10 hour orbital reconstruction in New York to correct extreme facial deformity. Surgeons moved her eyes closer, filled gaps with hip bone, and lifted her brain to operate. Fund drives in eastern Oregon raised over 10 000 dollars to cover about 6000 dollars plus travel. Ida reports kinder attitudes at home and plans more surgery in February, with Dr John Marquis Converse leading the care.
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Christ
Ida
Tion
New York University Hospital
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Oregon
Jacquie
New York
Portland
Seattle
John Marquis Converse
Hopkins Levels Merit Scholarships For Upper Income Students
Johns Hopkins begins awarding merit based scholarships without regard to need aimed at families earning 20 000 to 40 000 dollars a year to attract students priced out of aid. Scholarships total 50 at 1 000 dollars this year while total aid runs 1.3 million. Harvard counters with below market rates targeting families up to 50 000 this year and plans to raise to 60 000 next year.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins
Larry M. Denton
Hopkins
The
Washington Post
Harvard
Girl In Hospital After 1 Car Mishap
A 16 year old La Crosse girl Lynne R Adams 2008 Losey Blvd S was driving on West Avenue when her car swerved across the street struck a tree at West Avenue and Ferry Street She was hospitalized for observation at St Francis Hospital in good condition Firemen pried her from the car after she became trapped between the seat and the steering wheel
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la Crosse
Lynne R. Adams
Losey Blvd. S
West Avenue
St. Francis Hospital
Miss Adams
Ferry Street
Tribune classified contact and pricing note
The notice lists phone numbers for missed papers and classifieds, the La Crosse Tribune address in Wisconsin, and pricing details including city carrier and mail subscription rates within 75 miles. It identifies Volume 72, Number 222 and publication times.
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Tribune
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
Legal OK Given Pact For Insurance
City bid by State Farm to insure La Crosse Housing Authority fire and public liability was accepted despite fees and bidding concerns. Assistant City Attorney William Sauer corrected his view noting housing authorities lack statutes. advertising rules apply only to construction projects needing Common Council approval.
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la Crosse Housing Authority
State Farm Insurance
Sauer
Common Council
Ice Skating Schedule Across City Rinks
All city skating rinks including the Lagoon are open today. Lagoon hours run from 2 to 9 30 p.m. while other rinks operate 3 30 to 5 p.m. and 6 30 to 9 p.m.
Redevelopment Nominees Face Council Action
The La Crosse Common Council will hold a special session Tuesday at 5 30 p m to vote on seven nominees for the La Crosse Redevelopment Authority replacing a resigning board. Nominees include Alderman John Schubert Thomas Hancock John Murphy Duane Ring Samuel Fellows Clayton Johnson and Donald Gilles.
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Trane Co
Thomas Hancock
Gateway Transportation Co
John A. Murphy
Duane W. Ring
First National Bank of
Christmas weekend frost and fires across the nation
Holiday leftovers and post Christmas bargains marked the end of the weekend as Americans faced four shopping days left in 1976. News covered Pope Paul VI's midnight Mass, IRA holiday truce whispers, Lebanon violence, Ford on ski trip, Amy Carter antics, and deadly fires in Chicago and Fairfield Maine. A barn fire near Ettrick Wisconsin destroyed 5 000 to 6 000 bushels of corn, valued around 10 000 dollars, with the barn at 40 000 dollars and unknown insurance.
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IRA
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Jordan River
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Vail
Colo
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Chicago
Jesus Garcia
Fairfield
Maine
Robert Ofsdahl
Ofsdahl
Bangor Utility Seeks Electric Rate Increase
Bangor Electric Public Utility asks for higher electric rates due to upper power costs from Northern States Power. A public hearing is set by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission for February 8 at Hills Farms Building in Madison. The filing cites a new power cost adjustment clause. exact rate impact remains undetermined.
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Ted Piske
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Hills Farms
Sheboygan Ave
Madison
Wisconsin trucker with diabetes seeks work after firing
Michael Lamb, 36, a former California state trooper and Wisconsin truck driver, has been out of work for nearly two months after being fired for diabetes. He argues a minor head bump caused a mild diabetic episode, not a driving impairment, and he remains unemployed while seeking new employment.
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Janesville
Wis
Michael Lamb
Lamb
California
Wisconsin
Illinois
Miami Hotel Strike Expands to More Hotels
Miami Beach action widens as hotel workers union Local 355 plans to spread the strike beyond six hotels. President Herbert Schiffman says 11,000 members will continue the walkout begun Saturday, with guests serving meals and carrying bags at affected properties.
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Fla
Herbert
Pinky
Schiffman
Monks hold memorial at wreckage of Egyptair crash in Bangkok
In Bangkok a Buddhist monk led a memorial at the Egyptair jetliner wreckage as rescue teams recovered bodies from the textile factory rubble nearby. Investigators combed twisted girders and concrete where the Boeing 707 fragments lay. Over 70 people died, including all 55 aboard and about 18 workers at the factory, one mile north of the airport. An eight member Thai team and Egyptian investigators are jointly probing the cause.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Trudeau vows not to lead civil war over Quebec secession
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau says he would not lead Canadians into a civil war if Quebec tries to split from Canada. He cautions the scenario would be grave and notes Lebanon Cyprus Northern Ireland and Bangladesh as sobering examples during a Sunday TV interview.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Quebec
Lebanon
Cyprus
Northern Ireland
Bangladesh
Trudeau
Fire Kills 20 In Newfoundland Nursing Home
A nursing home fire in St John’s Newfoundland killed at least 20 people including a 105 year old woman and a 16 year old boy. Twenty bodies were recovered and RCMP planned another search to ensure no victims remain. Firefighters faced subzero weather as they battled the blaze and drew water from a pond.
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
La Crosse County Older Youth Group Skating Party
The La Crosse County Older Youth Group hosts a holiday skating party from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at Skate Arena in La Crescent. The event invites members to enjoy an evening of skating and seasonal cheer.
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la Crosse County
la Crescent
Red Cross Bloodmobile and Bookmobile Schedule
In the Coulee region on Tuesday the Red Cross Bloodmobile will operate 12:30 to 6 p.m. at St. Gabriel's Auditorium Prairie du Chien. Bookmobile visits include 2 p.m. Soldiers Grove and 10 a.m. Viola.
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Red Cross
St. Gabriel’s Auditorium
Prairie du Chien
Soldiers Grove
Viola
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Summary
Snow diminishes to flurries tonight across Wisconsin and Minnesota with mostly cloudy skies and cold conditions continuing into Tuesday. River flood stage data show Lacrosse at 248 NC and Dresbach at 55 NC with Lock and Dam 7 flow about 8,800 cfs and rising trends.
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Minnesota
Sowa
Lacrosse
Dresbach
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