Oregon couple engaged while on kidney dialysis watch
Mike Leite and Robin Perry announced their engagement in Portland after meeting at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center dialysis ward. Both 22 and 26, they have spent 24 hours a week on dialysis since 1974 and plan a September wedding followed by a Hawaii honeymoon.
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Portland
Ore
Mike Leite
Robin Perry
University of Oregon Health Sciences Center
Good Samaritan Hospital
Miss Perry
Leite
U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital
Robin
Medicare
Kidney Association of Oregon
Switching Halt Ends 10 Rail Jobs in Marquette Yard
Milwaukee Road closes Marquette Iowa yards after study shows average daily switching of 2 hours 40 minutes while four hours are needed. Ten employees lose jobs. two stay as station agent and shop mechanic. Work moves to road crews. options include severance, early retirement, or transfer to Dubuque yards. Farmer's Grain Dealers Association protests. possible local switching during peak grain months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Iowa
Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Thomas Phillips
Dubuque, Iowa
Phillips
Farmer's Grain Dealers Association
Des Moines
Grain Association
Driver 72 Hurt In City Mishap
A 72-year-old Holmen man, Alphonse E. Heyn, is in serious condition at Lutheran Hospital after a Thursday crash at West Avenue and Ferry Street. He skidded on ice while passing a car driven by Mae H. Stoda, swerved into a power pole, and sustained chest injuries. Woodard, 54, and Hall, 32, were also involved in a separate Thursday collision on South Avenue near 8th Street. Woodard sustained fractured ribs and was listed in fair condition, while tickets were issued for drunk driving and no stopping.
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Holmen
Lutheran Hospital
West Avenue
Ferry Street
Alphonse E. Heyn
Viking Ave
Heyn
Mae H. Stoda
S. 22Nd St
La Crosse Woman Sues GM and Burg Oldsmobile Cadillac
A La Crosse woman Eleanor Serres seeks 5 million dollars claiming a 1973 Oldsmobile sold by Burg Oldsmobile Cadillac caused a fatal fire due to a corroded gas tank. The suit, filed with the county clerk, names General Motors Corp and Burg as defendants and cites a May 1973 purchase and a January 3 1974 ignition incident.
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la Crosse
Eleanor Serres
Ward Ave
Leo Serres
Serres
la Crosse County
G. Jeffrey George
Burg
General Motors Corp
Detroit
Ter of Deeds
General Motors
Robert Burg
Burg Oldsomobile- Cadillac
Richard Herold
Jackson St
Solon Attacks State Printing Costs Over Frivolous Books
State Rep. Tobias Roth argues state printing wastes taxpayer money as costs rose from 8.9 million to 14.9 million dollars between 1973 and 1976. He demonstrates with a 16 foot stack of printed material and cites examples including a poetry book, a Nicaragua culture book, pheasant mating guide, Nigerian university report, and electrofishing boat book. He urges reestablishing 1971 guidelines to limit publications and favor cheaper printing methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Tobias Roth
R-Appleton
Roth
Appleton Post-Present
State Printing Office
Depart
Nicaragua
Wisconsin
University of Ife
Nigeria
Obituaries Listing Mrs Lyle Anderson and Others
Melrose Wisconsin Mrs Lyle Pat Anderson 68 died Friday December 31 in a La Crosse hospital. Born March 20 1908 she married Lyle Anderson September 7 1935. Survivors include husband a son John three daughters five grandchildren and siblings. Services Monday at St Kevin Church Melrose burial Melrose Cemetery. Frank S Kuehn 67 of 205 Avon St died December 29 in an Onalaska nursing home. Funeral details include Schumacher and Cathedral of St Joseph the Workman with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Survivors three daughters and 15 grandchildren. Archie F Rogers 87 of 830 S 4th St died December 31 in a La Crosse nursing home. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Schumacher Funeral Home.
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Pat Anderson
Melrose
Wis
Lyle
Pat) Anderson
la Crosse
Frances ‘‘Pat'’ Stoker
Andrew Stoker
St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing
Lyle Anderson
John
Kenosha
Mary Alyce Anderson
Chatham
Ill
Joseph
Jane) Plante
Hometown
John Stoker
Sparta
Harold
Catherine) Tenner
Julia) Lonergan
Milwaukee
St. Kevin’s Catholic Church
Dennis Stanchik
Melrose Cemetery
Smith Mortuary
Schumacher Funeral Home
Cathedral of
St. Joseph the Workman
J. Floyd Dwyer
Woodlawn
Kuehn
Onalaska
Louis
Antoinette Kuehn
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Carol) Kolhoven
Warren
Ohio
Antoinette B. Harriman
Margaret Hammes
Anna
Archie F. Rogers
S. 4Th St
New Year Festivities Face Strikes and Shows
Plans for Times Square Ball drop and a 40 by 20 foot light board mix with Central Park fireworks and the Waldorf-Astoria Auld Lang Syne. Omaha groups host $5 fundraisers for Equal Rights Amendment passage. Miami hotels hit by strikes promise holiday celebrations to continue with tightened reservations and optimism from the Deauville’s Ken Gaston.
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Times Square
Central Park
Guy Lombardo
Waldorf-Astoria
Grand Ballroom
Omaha
Neb
Miami
Liza Minelli
Diplomat Hotel
Ken Gaston
Deauville
Snow and Cold Weather Forecast Across Regions
Snow and cold air sweep the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes with broader eastern impacts. From Montana to northern Texas, frigid conditions persist while the West remains milder as forecasts call for significant temperature contrasts across the nation.
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Mississippi
Great Lakes
Montana
Texas
West
Carter Seeks Public Ideas On Staying Connected
President elect Carter asks citizens to send written suggestions on avoiding isolation in the White House. Spokesman Jody Powell invites ideas to People Box 2600 Washington DC 20013 as Carter plans a country swing after his first months in office.
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Carter
Maine
Kenneth Curtis
Democratic National Committee
Powell
Winter Cold Ends? Local Memories and Frigid Breakdowns
Former resident George Gilbertson recalls the winter of 1862 43 when mercury dropped below minus 50 as birds fell frozen. Plumber Delbert Flitsch notes many frozen water pipes in older homes and barns. Patrol reports few weather problems but many stalled cars from ice and gas line freezes. Road service calls rise versus last year while batteries and flooded engines strain shops. Caledonia area garages report tripled business in days.
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George Gilbertson
Delbert Flitsch
Oppriecht and Flitsch, Inc
Gays Mills
Flitsch
Tomah
South Avenue
Zepher
South Ave
Key
Rose St
Ralph’s
Losey Blvd. S
Deal Red Auto Repair
Chase St
Caledonia
Minn
Caledonia Oil Co
17 Year Olds Face Felony Charges After Road Obstruction
Two 17-year-old Guttenberg Iowa youths are charged with a felony for placing two seven foot boards end to end across Highway 18 near the Mississippi River Bridge in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. The boards caused damage when a McGregor Iowa man James Henkes struck them, another pickup carrying the youths collided with a guard rail, and authorities released the juveniles to their parents pending court proceedings.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Guttenberg
Iowa
Mississippi River
James Henkes
McGregor
Samardich Loses Round In Suit To Stop Report
Madison Wis George Samardich nursing home administrator lost a round in his libel suit seeking to halt a background report. Dane County Circuit Judge P Charles Jones denied a temporary injunction while Samardich sues Hillview administrator Oscar Lindgren Michael Quinn State Sen Clifford Krueger and Sheldon Goldberg.
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Madison
Wis
George Samardich
Samardich
la Crosse County
Hillview
Senate
Republican Caucus
Michael Quinn
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dane County
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Outlook by Region
Wisconsin mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of snow in the northeast and south and west areas. Minnesota sees occasional cloudiness with a warming trend tonight into Saturday and a few snow flurries. other regions turn clear to partly cloudy and very cold tonight with a warmer Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Weather Extremes and Snow Totals Reported
Yesterday low minus seventeen and high two degrees. current morning minus two. Snowfall totaled two hundredths of an inch with degree days at seventy five and total to date three thousand four hundred sixty four.
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Robert Storey
Neil Zierfus
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Market St
Miss Scams
Archie Nuttleman
Sophie Nuttleman
David Stark
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Carmen Barge
Barnabee Road
Donald Dahlby
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Tarco Inc
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Faith Lutheran
North Beaver Creek
Herman Madland
Haddad Rug & Carpet CO
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Haddad
House OF Quality
King, LA Crosse, Wis
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Frank S. Kuehn
Avon St
Faith Baptist Charvels
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S. 28Th ST
Ee R. Max W. W
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