Two defeated Wisconsin lawmakers named as lobbyists for DOT
In Madison, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation under Norman Clapp hired two defeated Democrats as lobbyists. Ernest Korpela of Washburn declined the $9,700 yearly post amid his bid for state superintendent, while Robert Thompson of Paynette accepted. Lucey aides and Clapp clash over hiring announcements.
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Madison
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Norman Clapp
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Clapp
Patrick J. Lucey
Ernest Korpela
Washburn
Senate
Korpela
Lucey
Robert Thompson
Paynette
Legislative Mill
Transportation Department
Washington, D.C
Democratic Assembly
Robert T. Huber
Highway Commission
Deaths Oswald Verket in California Hospital
Oswald Verket, 77, of Los Angeles California died in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday January 2. He was born in La Crosse July 16 1895 and is survived by his widow Gertrude a daughter Mrs Evan McLean of Glendale California two grandsons and three sisters Mrs Millie Borman of Manteca California Mrs Oscar Dahl of Studio City California and Mrs Alby Blystad of La Crosse. Services were Friday in Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills California.
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Oswald Verket
Los Angeles
Calif
la Crosse
Gertrude
Evan
Barbara) McLean
Glendale
Millie Borman
Manteca
Oscar
Clara) Dahl
Studio City
Alby
Helen) Blystad
Forest Lawn
Hollywood Hills
Scholarships Offered at 1972 Western Wisconsin Symposium
Six high school students won $100 scholarships for top research papers at the 1972 Western Wisconsin Upper Michigan Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Clam Lake. UW La Crosse officials announced $725 in scholarships, with winners from Central and Logan High Schools and Chetek High School. Moore’s paper The Electronic Integrated Switch earned top rating. he will present at West Point with other winners and a Central High teacher. The UW L College of Education runs the symposium, one of 32 Army sponsored regional events.
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Clam Lake
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Kenneth Lindner
UWL Foundation, Inc
Lindner
Maurice Graff
David Witmer
Bernard Young
College of Education
W. Carl Wimberly
College of Letters and Science
Beatrice Baird
la Crosse
Fred Moore
Sylvia van Atta
Sara Edwards
Central High
Larry Bakko
Logan High
Brian Bugella
Susan Nelson
Chetek High School
UWL
Moore
West Point Military Academy
Richard Armstrong
Uw-L College of Education
Army
Sport-O-Rama Planned for March in La Crosse
The sixth annual Sport-O-Rama returns to Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium March 2 to 4 with 19 exhibitors in camping boating fishing and other sports. Chamber official D J Petruccelli notes layout changes and 10 main floor booths remain open. The event is sponsored by the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce.
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Mary E. Sawyer
Greater la Crosse
Petruccelli
Chamber
La Crosse Tribune Contact and Delivery Information
The La Crosse Tribune provides carrier contact details for prompt service and missed copies. Call 782-8040 by 7 p.m. weekdays or 8 to 10 on Sunday. The Tribune publishes afternoons and Sunday mornings at 435 S 4th St La Crosse WI 54603 with circulation and advertising rates.
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the Tribune
S. 4Th St
la Crosse
Tools Stolen From La Crosse Company Building
Machine Products Co. officials reported to La Crosse police Friday that a chest of tools valued at 70 dollars was stolen from the company building at 2nd and Pearl Streets.
Deaths of Selma Gilbertson and others in Midwest region
Mrs. Selma Gilbertson 64 of Waukon Iowa died in Pasadena California while visiting for the Parade of Roses. Service Monday at St John s Lutheran Waukon with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Also listed are Harry Bennett 91 Arcadia Wisconsin Glen Donehower 88 Galesville Wisconsin infant Sarah Elaine Homuth Prairie du Chien Wisconsin Mrs Lena Mundstock Norwalk Wisconsin and Mrs Cora Schonlau 85 Houston Minnesota with funeral details and brief biographical notes.
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Selma Gilbertson
Waukon
Iowa
Pasadena
Calif
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Martyn Hansing
Oakland Cemetery
Martin Chapel
Allamakee County
Carl Sanderson
Marcus Gilbertson
Curtis
Waterloo
Walter Spiegelhalter
Dubuque
Rudolph Larson
Harry Bennett
Arcadia
Wis
Centerville
Arcadia Hospital
Killian Funeral Home
Joseph Udulutch
Evergreen Cemetery
William Bennett
Lila Cram
Prairie DU Chien
Mis
Sarah Elaine Homuth
William Homuth
Crawford County
Douglas Rice
St. John’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Matthew
Robert Homuth
Graham Smith
Minneapolis
Three Chicago Firemen Die In Cold Loop Blaze
Three firefighters were killed and 24 injured in a pre dawn fire in Chicago's Loop. Two identified victims were Timothy Moran and Richard Kowalzyk, both in their early 30s. The two story Madison Street building housed a restaurant and offices, with roof collapse trapping some rescuers. The cause remained under investigation.
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Chicago
Loop
Timothy Moran
Richard Kowalzyk
Madison Street
State Street
Gundersen Takes Out Papers for La Crosse School Board Bid
Carol Gundersen, R 1, filed nomination papers Friday for a new three year term on the La Crosse Area Public School District Board of Education. Elected to the board in 1970, she is a Central High School graduate with a UW bachelor’s in child development and previously directed the Congregational Nursery School from 1968 to 1970. She and her husband Dr. A Erik Gundersen have four children.
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Carol Gundersen
la Crosse Area
Shirley Tomalka
Gundersen
Central High School
University of Wisconsin
Congregational Nursery School
Auto Pilot May Be Cause Of Miami Jet Crash
Eastern Air Lines sources tell the New York Times the Lockheed L1011 stayed steady at 2000 feet on automatic pilot for four to six minutes while troubleshooting a nose gear issue. The auto pilot may have been turned off or malfunctioned, allowing a rapid descent into the Everglades near Miami. 176 aboard, 99 killed. NTSB analysis pending.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
Everglades
New York Times
The
Times
Eastern
the Times
Miami International Airport
National Transportation Safety Board
Railroad Wreck Claims Three In Arizona Collision
Three Southern Pacific crewmen died when a freight train hit another train 20 miles northwest of Tucson. The wreck marks the 14th SP incident in five months in Arizona. Investigators review signaling as state officials question rail safety.
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Tucson
Ariz
Southern Pacific Railroad
Here
Southern Pacific
Arizona
Ralph Coltrin
Andy Anderson
San Francisco
Coltrin
Arizona Corporation Commission
Pedestrian struck by car in downtown La Crosse injures man
Kenneth D. Bernhardt 21 of Tomah was hit by a car driven by Ingeborg Tendero 43 as he crossed Cass Street near 4th Street Friday evening. He suffered leg bruises and was transported by police ambulance to Lutheran Hospital for treatment.
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la Crosse
Kenneth D. Bernhardt
Tomah
Lutheran Hospital
Bernhardt
Ingeborg Tendero
Cass Street
4Th Street
Cathedral Spire to Lose Top 14 Feet For Repairs
The parish of St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral hires Peter Nelson and Son and Swanson Heavy Moving to remove the cross and top 14 feet after cracks found in the spire. The shortened spire will be capped and rebuilt in spring under the diocese plan led by Bishop Frederick W. Freking and Rt. Rev. John Paul. The cause remains undetermined and the front entrance is closed as a safety measure.
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St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
Peter Nelson and Son and
Swanson Heavy Moving Co
Frederick W. Freking
John Paul
Winona
Msgr
Paul
Chinese Restaurateur Walter Wong Dead
Walter Wong 75 of 31842 S 4th St died Thursday in a local hospital. He started the New China Cafe in 1961 at 405 Mississippi St and moved the business downtown in 1971. Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Schumacher Funeral Home with burial in Ning Yung Cemetery in San Francisco. Survivors: widow Gwon Choon, son Shee Yuen, two grandchildren.
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Walter Wong
S. 4Th St
Wong
Mississippi St
la Crosse
Shee Yuen
Wongs
Mississippi Street
Schumacher Funeral Home
San Francisco
Calif
Ning Yung
Cathay Mortuary
Gwon Choon
State Girl 3 Killed In Jefferson County Fire
Jen nifer Stoltenburg three died in a Concord Wisconsin fire at 1 a.m. after seven hours of Ixonia volunteer work. Coroner says carbon monoxide poisoning. Her father and another child burned in Oconomowoc hospital. Fire Chief and a fireman injured.
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Concord
Wis
Jennifer Stoltenburg
Stanley Stoltenburg
Jefferson County
Ixonia
Wisconsin
Ewald Reichert
Oconomowoc
Hubert Bergman
Kenneth Geszvain
Area Heart Fund Names 1973 Chairman in Wisconsin Drive
Mrs. Donald Breidel of R 1 Stoddard named Wisconsin Heart Association 1973 Heart Fund chairman for St Joseph Ridge area. Campaign runs through February, to be conducted by mail. Breidel runs Rhea's Plaster Gallery at 801 La Crosse Street County.
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Donald
Rhea) Breidel
Wisconsin Heart Association
St. Joseph Ridge
Breidel
Rhea
la Crosse St
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Adolph Hitler
Scottsdale
Bob Barrett
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la Crosse Garment Co
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Cass St
Idle Hour Tavern
Pearl St
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City Sport-O-Rama
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Cook County
Andrew J. Toman
Midway Airport
James E. Burgess
K. QO. Blanchard
Sanford Goltz
Sanders Hook
Wallace Hutzier
Edward Keefe
Lawrence le Jeune
Fred Ristow
Kenneth Teachout
John Vik
Richard Westerfield
Glen Donehower
Galesville
la Crosse Hospital
Smith Mortuary
William Helwig
Richmond
James Donehower
Luella M. Gibson
Sarah Homuth
Lena Mundstock
Norwalk
Sing Home
Sletten-McKee-Hanson Funeral Home
Cora Schonlau
Houston
Hill Funeral Home
Eugene Kinney
Money Creek
Valley View Nursing Home
South Dakota
Charles Anderson
Gerard Schonlan
John Anderson
Conde
Eastern Star
Area Heart Fund
Herbert
Bernice) Schroeder
Stoddard
St. Francis Hospital
John C. Bendel
Toni L. Nichols
Liberty St
Pamela Stone
Caledonia St
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