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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1973
Page
5
The passage recounts Moses leading Israel to respond to the Lord’s commandments at Sinai. Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and 70 elders witness from afar while Moses ascends for forty days and nights to receive the tablets. Israel vows obedience but will soon falter.
Luther College Nordic Choir will perform at English Lutheran Church in La Crosse during morning worship on Sunday January 14 as part of a five state tour. Directed by Weston H Noble the choir marks its 27th annual tour with past travels including Europe 1967 and 1969 New York City International University Choral Festival.
Conservation Warden Clarence Stellner observed James Campolo 56 throw an empty wine bottle on the ice of Lake Onalaska on December 27 and walk away. Campolo forfeited a $49 bond in La Crosse County for the littering charge.
In a critique of Divine Light Missions led by a 14 year old Maharaj Ji, the piece notes 45 states hosting the cult and reports lavish travel, gifts, and money flows. It highlights international travel with premium possessions and warns of gullibility among followers including families aware of manipulation.
In its look ahead to 1973 the church notes the decline of the National Council of Churches and a move toward local and regional cooperation. Finance stays local with less national overhead as churches address poverty racism pollution housing and aging and youth issues.
Notices show multiple couples from La Crosse Sparta and Waukon planning marriages in January in La Crosse and West Salem with other pairings including Camp Douglas and Milwaukee. The notebook recalls a memorial in Eagle Nest New Mexico honoring Lt Victor David Westphall II and Vietnam dead. The piece ends with a PSA on peace and brotherhood for 1973.
Dr. David Preus, vice president and interim head of the American Lutheran Church, says no major shift in direction will occur as he fills in for ill President Kent Knutson at the Mayo Clinic. He aims to balance gospel preaching with service, support local congregations, and uphold the church’s Vietnam statement while preserving minority voices.
SAWS boards voted 40000 in relief for Managua after the Nicaragua quake. Initial funding includes 12000 from SAWS and 24000 matched with the Adventists Inter-American Division. A medical team is in Managua with food and medical supplies prioritized, though mission headquarters and two churches were damaged.
Wisconsin economy in November showed strength with higher employment and rising earnings as housing starts and new business incorporations climbed. The Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations reported 42,000 more jobs than November 1971, weekly earnings up to 177.82, and 38,030 unemployed claimants.
Birth announcements list a December 28 daughter for Mr. and Mrs. David Grygleski of Tomah R 2 Idaho? No, Tomah. The Tulsa Oklahoma hospital notes a January 4 son named David Allen born to Mr. and Mrs. David Cuddy of Sand Springs Oklahoma with Patti L. Koelbl formerly of La Crosse noted.
Washington AP report says up to 20,000 retired miners or widows will receive annual pensions under a three year old settlement with the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund. Pensions start at 1800 for ex miners and 1000 for widows with retroactive benefits for prior applicants.
English Lutheran Church offers a two evening workshop for church school teachers grades one to nine led by Prof. Owen Nelson from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. The sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday cost nothing and require attendance at both. Registrations are taken at the church office through January 8.
ASHRAE meeting will feature Harborview Plaza planning and engineering by project director Charles Parrott. Event at New Villa 2132 Ward Ave includes social hour at 6:30 dinner 7:15 and program 8 p.m.
The La Crosse Diocese reports in 1972 the Overseas Aid Clothing Drive collected 226000 pounds of use clothing bedding and yard goods for Asia Africa and South America. It shipped 11 semitrailers to the St Vincent de Paul warehouse in Milwaukee for sorting and distribution via Catholic Relief Services to over 70 developing countries. In the La Crosse area 44000 pounds were raised locally. Charles Chritton coordinated the loading with Aquinas High School students assisting.
Teenage musicians from the First Assembly of God Church at 16th and Ferry streets earned three of seven first place trophies at a statewide music contest in Green Lake. The group of 18 from La Crosse won in vocal solo and vocal ensemble with Kay Shannon, Pam Jones and a girls trio claiming top honors. The New Life Singers directed by Rev. Lawrence Reed won the choir category with a long list of participants. The event included 125 churches with regional and national finals planned for Des Moines in May and Miami in August.
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