Decorah-Posten Ends After Near Century Of Publication
The Norwegian weekly Decorah-Posten, once the world’s largest Scandinavian newspaper, will cease with the December 28 issue. Its subscription list was sold to Western Viking of Seattle. Founded by B Anundsen, it grew from a four page paper in 1870 to peak circulation of 45,102 in 1920, later consolidated with several titles, but readership declined in later years.
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Decorah-Posten
Decorah
Iowa
The
Posten
Western Viking
Seattle
Wash
B. Anundsen
U.S
Norway
la “A
la Crosse
Ved Arnen
Decorah Posten
Anundsen
Husmandsgutten
H. A. Foss
World
Minneapolis Tidende
Decorah- Posten
Deaths in Tri-State area include Roger Kellar and Ben Fetting
Obituary notices report Roger Bud Kellar 40 of Sparta died in a Camarillo California fire. Services set for Tuesday at Robert Page Funeral Home with burial in Leon Cemetery. Survived by widow Virginia Hendricks daughter Karen Lee son Steven sister Sally Peters. Also Arcadia resident Hanna Fetting 85 died after brief illness. Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help and burial at St Marys Cemetery. Includes bank bid news on Monroe County Hospital bond issue with First Wisconsin National Bank bid of 5850 dollars and other Twin Cities firms bidding.
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Roger Kellar
Sparta
Wis
Roger
Bud) Kellar
Camarillo
Calif
Robert Page
Stanley Wiese
Leon
Fond du Lac
W. C. Kellar
U. S. Navy
Chicago
California
Virginia Hendricks
Karen Lee
Steven
Sally. Peters
West Point
N.Y
Ben Fetting
Arcadia
Ben
Hanna) Fetting
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
John Mauer
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Fountain City
Killian
George Korder
Norbert
Jim) Fetting
First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee
Naw
Monroe County
Twin Cities
T. G. Evenson
Ehlers
NSP Building Program To Cost 233 Million
NSP announces a 233 million construction program for 1973 across Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota and South Dakota. The plan adds about 3100 megawatts of capacity with 60 percent of funds for power plants to be completed in five years and features Prairie Island Becker and Blue Lake projects plus several Wisconsin sites and North Dakota divisions. Financing combines 158 million in new securities with operating income.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Northern States Power Co
David F. McElroy
NSP
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
North Dakota
Prairie Island
Red Wing
Becker
Sherburne County
Blue Lake
Shakopee
la Crosse
Wheaton
Eau Claire
Cornel
Chippewa River
Winona Red Wing
McElroy
Trapping Violations and Medical Transport Report
Police ambulance records show Sally Snider 15 and Esther Getter 69 taken to St. Francis Hospital, along with Howard Olson 59 from West Salem, and Raymond Paulson 60 from the 515 Club to Lutheran Hospital for illness. County court lists three men from Winona, Minn., charged with trapping during closed season with fines.
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Sally Snider
East Ave. S
St. Francis Hospital
Esther Getter
Charles St
Howard Olson
S. Harmony St
West Salem
Raymond Paulson
Copeland Ave
Club
Hagar St
Lutheran
la Crosse
John H. Mayzek
Kenneth J. Lukaszewski
Robert G. Stoltman
Winona
Minn
Births in Wisconsin and Minnesota from December notices
Birth announcements from ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL La Crosse and Black River Memorial Hospital list newborns with parents in La Crescent Viroqua Blair and Eau Claire along with dates. Weather outlook covers Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with snow rain and cold fronts and blizzard conditions possible in the northwest.
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ST. Francis Hospital
la Crosse
Charles. Wieser
la Crescent
Joanne Frank
Garry Brudos
Viroqua
Sandra Dahl
Michael Schmidt
Sunnyside Drive
Mary Johitson
Black River Falls
Wis
Black River Memorial Hospital
Julee Kathleen
Daniel Stevens
Eau Claire
Lynne Barry
Marjorie Helen
Dane Simonson
Blair
Lois Dalzell
Shari Elaine
Cary Arndt
Joyce Bush
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Two Charged With Bar Burglary in Black River Falls
Roy Simplot and Larry Simplot Jr both of Route 3 Black River Falls face armed burglary charges after police arrested them at the Long Branch Bar on Main Street. Officers aided by Gary Cummings and Dennis Eberhardt held the suspects at gunpoint after a roof breach. Bond is set at $5,000 each.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Roy Simplot
Larry Simplot Jr
R. 3
Jackson County
Louis I. Drecktrah
Long Branch
Main Street
Dan Gomez
Gary Cummings
Eberhardt
Sheriff to Attend National Conference on Criminal Justice
Crawford County Sheriff Raymond Childs will join Gov. Patrick Lucey at the National Conference on Criminal Justice in Washington D C January 23 to 26. Lucey predicts Childs will play a substantial role in state criminal justice and will both gain from and contribute to the event. Childs, a former deputy for eight years, was elected sheriff in 1964 and chairs the Lower West Central Regional Council on Criminal Justice reactivation.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
Raymond Childs
Patrick Lucey
Conference On Criminal Justice
Washington, D. C
Childs
Lucey
Lower West Central
Two Minnesota men charged in armed robbery in county case
Alan J. Torgerson 19 and Danny E. Powers 18 appeared in County Court with cases continued to Tuesday for counsel. Held on $2,000 cash bonds in the armed robbery of William Callahan 49 at the Amazon Bar parking lot. Extradited from Preston, they allegedly took $35 after confronting Callahan at knifepoint and were later arrested in Fillmore County.
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Minnesota
Alan J. Torgerson
Peterson, Minn
Danny E. Powers
Minnesota City
Minn
Preston, Minn
William Callahan
Pearl St
Amazon
la Crescent St
Asst. Dist. Atty
Mark Lukoff
Callahan
Torgerson
Brownsville
Powers
Fillmore County
Plane crash in Everglades leaves survivors and dead
Coast Guardsmen police and volunteers worked through the night to reach survivors and recover the dead after a plane crashed eight miles north of the Tamiami Trail in the Everglades. Survivor Martin Siminerio, 22, said there was little warning before impact.
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Martin Siminerio
Long Island
Tamiami Trail
Everglades
Miami
Florida
Couples to Wed in Jackson County Sparta and La Crosse
Licenses list marriages set for January in Jackson County and La Crosse Wisconsin. Donald C Stevens and Rosetella J Muetze plan a January 6 wedding in Jackson County. James K Walter and Barbara A Trammell wed in La Crosse on January 6. Steven R Arbaugh and Sandra Jean Wandschneider to marry December 30 in Sparta. Raymond A Olsen and Nancy Jane Linehan to wed January 6 in Sparta.
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LA Crosse
Donald C. Stevens
Loomis St
Rosetella J. Muetze
Caroline St
Jackson County
James K. Walter
King St
Barbara A. Trammell
Winnebago St
Sparta
Wis
Steven R. Arbaugh
Everett
Wash
Sandra Jean Wandschneider
Hill St
Raymond A. Olsen
Tomah
Nancy Jane Linehan
Man pleads innocent in theft case as trial looms
Manley T Elton 46 of 1933 Prospect St pleaded innocent in County Court Friday. Trial for Elton will be set later. He is accused of failing to turn in about 140 dollars collected while employed as a truck driver for Gamble Robinson Co at 1600 St James St on Nov 6. The complaint filed by Asst Dist Atty Mark Lukoff says Elton disappeared the next day and he turned himself in to city police over the weekend.
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Manley T.elton
Prospect St
Elton
Duane Foran
Gamble- Robinson Co
St. James St
Asst. Dist. Atty
Mark Lukoff
University of Tennessee Senior Pleads Guilty in Wisconsin Case
Richard Steve Corbitt of Knoxville pleaded guilty to battery after an arraignment before Circuit Judge Peter Pappas in Sparta Wisconsin. He received six months in county jail stayed, one year probation, a $100 fine, and costs. Corbitt was arrested July 21 for injuring Major Edward Hickey in a Tomah parking lot with a pocket knife.
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Sparta
Wis
University of Tennessee
Peter Pappas
Pappas
Richard
Steve) Corbitt
Knoxville
Tenn
State Department of Health and Social Services
State of Tennessee
Edward L. Hickey
Richardson
Tex
Sherman House
Tomah
Luke Bound Over For 1st-Degree Murder Trial
A Winona man Luke Bound Over For 1st-Degree Murder Trial after witnesses placed him firing a shot that killed John M. Fitzpatrick in La Crosse County. Judge Leonard Roraff held Randall W. Luke 28 for circuit court with bond set at 50000 dollars cash and arraignment scheduled for January.
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Luke
Winona
la Crosse
Leonard Roraff
Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Randall W. Luke
Charles Goerdt
John M. Fitzpatrick
Winneshiek Road
Gas Bill Boost Due In January Increases in NSP wholesale gas costs raise January bills
Northern States Power Co in La Crosse and Hudson expects two FPC approved price hikes from Northern Natural Gas. The first adds 5.44 cents per 1000 cu ft and the second 1.19 cents, yielding about 90 cents extra monthly for residential gas heating under the purchased gas adjustment clause. NSP serves 15,000 customers in the two cities.
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Northern States Power Co
la Crosse and
Hudson
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Northern Natural Gas Co
NSP
Northern Natural Gas
la Crosse
Onalaska Seeks Tax Assessor Job Opening
The city invites applications for a tax assessor with open salary. Benefits include health insurance and vacation. Applications may be picked up at the city clerk's office with a submission deadline of Monday January 8.
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Onalaska
Wis
Special Unit Aids Pupils With Learning Problems
In Holmen Wisconsin the middle school hosts the primary special education room for 11 pupils aged seven to 11 with learning difficulties. A team from Holmen School District and CESA 11 coordinates screening diagnosis and individualized prescriptions. The program emphasizes reading math and integrated arts and uses filmstrips and an audiovisual projector Hoffman reader.
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Holmen
Wis
Steven
Linda) Eide
Cooperative Educational Service Agency
CESA
Special Education
La Crosse Tribune Local Delivery Notice
Public notice from La Crosse Tribune provides contact numbers for delivery issues and subscriptions. It states publication details, address, and pricing, including a biweekly city carrier rate of $1.60 and office hours for assistance.
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Normanden
Canton
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Wisergutten
Minneapolis Posten
Dannevirke
Cedar Falls
Duluth
St. Cloud
Montevideo
Eugene A. Toepel
Russell Fiedler
Curtis
Baltz
William Black
Charles Whaley, Jr
William C. Boma Jr
Tribune
Stair Case
Corbitt
Randolph
Hoffman House-Midway Motor Lodge
Rose Street
Sandra K. Hunter
W. Mark St
Fitzpatrick
Miss Hunter
Patricia M. Kotarz
Mark
Hunter
James Quillin
Vine St
Quillin
Hoffman House
4Th and State
Ray Lichtie
Dale R. Johnson
Mankato Ave
Johnson
Lichtie
Michael Paggi
S. 4Th St
Dorothy E. Steers
Paggi
Steers
John F. Janis
Gundersen Clinic
Lutheran Hospital
Janis
James Kloety
Lawrence Clark
Gerald Muenzenberger
Myrick Park
Muenzenberger
Goerdt
Gorder Road
LA Crosse Tribune
James E. Burgess
K. QO. Blanchard
Sanford Goltz
Sanders Hook
Wallace Hutzler
Edward Keefe
Lawrence le Jeune
Fred Ristow
Kenneth Teachout
John Vik
Richard Westerfield
the Tribune
4Th St
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