Skyrockers To Usher In 70 With 40th Birthday Show
La Crosse Skyrockers celebrate 40th anniversary with a New Year’s Eve display from Grandad Bluff at midnight. Event marks club’s 1930-origin tradition, interrupted only by WWII, with a family-led team including Tom Klein and Ed Young. Viewers advised to watch from Country Club area. bluff off-limits. Simulcast on WLCX AM and WWLA FM.
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Skyrockers
la Crosse
Tom Klein
Ed Young
Charles Mahlke
Cliff Curtis
Niagara Falls
Country Club
Burlington Depot
Wlcx-Am
Wwla-Fm
City votes to buy Hauser farm for industrial park
La Crosse finance committee backed a 5-0 move to purchase the Hauser farm for city development as an industrial park subject to council approval. The plan calls for $33,600 down and $33,600 yearly for nine years at 3 percent interest, with a total price of $336,000. Pros and cons cited included potential sale proceeds to cover costs, while critics warned against tying funds to land development and questioned long term market conditions.
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Donald W. Affolter
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse Common Council
Hauser
Emil Hauser
Warren Loveland
Patrick Zielke
Ferdinand Sontag
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Zielke
WWTI
Hauser Farm Development
Norman Schulze
la Crosse County
Devel
Ronald G. Bracegirdle
Sherman C. Stellpflug
Stellpflug
Gohres
Frisbie
Schulze
la Crosse
Trane Co
Ward Avenue
Losey Boulevard
Kuehn
Johnson
Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Roger
Hartl Named Speaker for United Fund Dinner in La Crosse
Albert V. Hartl president of Otter Tail Power Co. Fergus Falls Minn named speaker for the United Fund annual dinner in La Crosse on Tuesday Jan 20 at the Cerise. About 160 Honor Roll firms will be awarded plaques for 1969 drive. Hartl is a UND graduate and notable public service figure with multiple honors and board roles. He has long been active in civic groups including the Boy Scouts and various universities.
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Albert V. Hartl
Otter Tail Power Co
Fergus Falls
Minn
la Crosse Area
United Fund
Thomas Runkle
Runkle
Hartl
North Dakota
University of North Dakota
Infantry
Presidents’ Association
The
American Management Association
Minnesota Safety Council
University of Minnesota
St. John’s University
Pope Paul VI
Boy Scouts
St. George
Public Helps In Filing New Tax Forms Announced
IRS district representative William Dvorak announced public help for filing federal income tax returns from Jan 12 to Apr 15. The downtown post office room 208 office will answer questions and explain the new form 1040, noting the card form 1040A no longer exists and each taxpayer can take full credits under the new system.
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William Dvorak
Internal Revenue Service District
Dvorak
IRS
November referendum on La Crosse School fiscal proposal
The Chennai Council Judiciary committee recommended an advisory November referendum on La Crosse School District fiscal independence. Alderman Nerby dissented, while Alderman Storck urged November action over April to allow petitions to force council action or a vote. Storck warned April could yield little support for independence.
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la Crosse
Chennai Council
Judiciary Committee
Sheldon Nerby
L. Peter Groves
13Th Ward
Curtis Storck
Storck
Chamber Recommends Buying Gerrard Building for Chamber
The Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce building site committee has urged purchasing the Gerrard Building at 710 Main St to meet future needs. The Commerce Building at 201 S. 7th St. is deemed inadequate. Estimated cost is 97,500 for purchase and remodeling.
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Gerrard
Main St
Greater la Crosse
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
John Poellinger
Commerce
S. 7Th St
Lyle Anderson
Snow Removal Parking Ban Notice
Parking prohibited on South Avenue from Johnson Street to West Avenue, Third Street from Cass to Johnson, La Crosse River Bridge to Vine Street, and 4th Street from Vine to La Crosse Street from midnight Tuesday to 8 a.m. Wednesday to permit snow removal.
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South Avenue
Johnson Street
West Avenue
Third Street
Cass
Johnson
la Crosse River Bridge
Vine Street
4Th Street
Vine
la Crosse Street
Youth Faces Sentencing For Forgery
A 19 year old city youth Timothy Dreier was found guilty in County Court on three counts of forgery and will be sentenced January 19. He forged his father Leonard Dreier’s name on three checks totaling 95 dollars at a La Crosse food store in December. Dreier pleaded innocent earlier and sought a jury trial. A preliminary hearing was set but the summer forgery charge was dropped. presentence investigation will be conducted by the State Department of Health and Social Services. Dreier remained in County Jail after failing to post a 500 dollar bond.
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Timothy Dreier
Liberty Sr
Leonard
la Crosse
Dreier
Joseph Becker
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Joseph D. Becker
State Department of Health and Social Services
Leonard Roraff
Social issue classes for adults at Western Tech Institute
Four adult continuing education courses start January at Western Wisconsin Technical Institute in La Crosse. Topics include The Modern Black Movement existentialism Today's Social Problems and Religions of The Near East. Classes run 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. with preregistration January 5-7.
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Educa
The
Nation
Western
Wisconsin
Technical Institute
Alfonzo Thurman
Afro-American Association
Opportunities Association
la Crosse State University
Dennis Stamberger
la Crosse County
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Frank Burgess
William Bonadarer Sr
Edwin Erickson
Glynn Cremer
Cremer
William Bonaduzer Jr
Tribune
Che LaCrosse Tribune
Opment Council
Keith Kuehn
D. J. Petruccelli
Bracegirdle
John C. Schubert
Schubert
Conservative Citizens Committee
la Crosses
Public
LA Crosse ST
Gerrard Bldg
House of Danny’s
State Iverything
Bn Mtn
Stanley
Peterson Assurance
Life Health Hospitalization Annuities Group
Kaufmann
Dostoyevsky
Camus
Lee Harwell
LCU
Wig DeMoville
DeMoville
Schumacher Grunesal
Heome
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