Several Local Residents Die Between July 5 and July 6
Obituaries note the deaths of Loretta E. Maynard 71 of La Crescent Richard Maynard Ambrose Brown and seven nieces and nephews services in La Crescent and Dresbach Cemetery Susan Lynn Roberts 19 of Onalaska death July 5 burial Mindoro and Farmington cemeteries Fred Carl Bubbers 56 of Caledonia burial Evergreen Cemetery on July 5 Emma L Stortz 87 Baraboo La Crosse native burial Walnut Hill Cemetery Baraboo Hubert Hundt 87 La Crosse area death July 6 services in Schumacher and Blessed Sacrament Church burial Catholic Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta E. Maynard
N. 1St
la Crescent
Richard
Ambrose Brown
Brownsville
Nelson Funeral Home
Donald Winkles
Dresbach Cemetery
Susan L. Roberts
Susan Lynn Roberts
R. 4
Onalaska
Chippewa Falls
la Crosse
LaVerne Roberts
David
Steven
Thomas
Michael
Gary
Don
Mary) Treise
Barbara
Emma L. Stortz
Baraboo
Presbyterian Church
Mabel Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grands and Good Samaritans Club
William L
Otto
Barbara) Hibma
Madison
Irvin
Dorothy) Thayer
William
Hubert Hundt
S. 20Th St
Schumacher Funeral Home
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Msgr
Anthony Wagener
Rezone Hearings Set By La Crosse County Board
The La Crosse County Board zoning committee will hold public hearings at 7 30 p m Monday in the board chambers at the courthouse on three petitions Kent Drugan seeks to rezone land at Castle Mound Golf Club for a supper club and home Alma Pralle seeks to rezone land for a four plex site and Selmer Romskog seeks to rezone farm land for use as a quarry all in towns Holland Onalaska and Hamilton respectively
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Selmer Romskog
Hamilton
Deaths in Wisconsin Honor Joseph Weininger Vera Thurston
Joseph Weininger 63 of Viroqua found dead July 5 from apparent heart attack. Services July 7 at Lime Funeral Home Readstown with burial Forest Hills Cemetery Soldiers Grove. Vera Thurston 70 of Sparta died July 4 in local hospital. Services July 7 Lanham Kann Funeral Home with burial Mount Hope Cemetery. She born Sparta March 30 1903 and married Everett Thurston Oct 26 1929. Survivors include brother Clifford of Hardin Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Weininger
Soldiers Grove
Wis
Viroqua
Lime Funeral Home
Readstown
Charles Anderson
Forest Hills
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Badger Ordinance Works
Baraboo
William
Arlington
Edward
Vera Thurston
Sparta
Lanham-Kann Funeral Home
Delbert Permann
Mount Hope Cemetery
Frederick Ludrick
Everett Thurston
Clifford
Hardin, Mont
Farm Trade Jobs Need No Permits
Gov Lucey signed bills allowing youths 12 to 18 to be employed in agricultural trades without a work permit and issuing temporary licenses for foreign physicians along with waivers of certain practice requirements. He also enacted a measure permitting zoning appeals powers to be delegated to a city plan commission or city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Lucey
Wisconsin Budget Conferees Face Surplus as Plan Nears
Wisconsin lawmakers see a possible $2.77 billion 1973 75 budget with a potential $20 million surplus by June 30 1975. Fiscal Bureau head Dale Cattanach notes revenue review could reveal extra funds while the Hollander led panel weighs conference changes to Lucey proposed measures including school aids and local road and transit funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Dale Cattanach
Wisconsin
Cattanach
Patrick J. Lucey
Anthony Earl
D-Wausau
Department of Revenue
Hollander Committee
Assembly
Senate
Conference Committee
Fiscal Bureau
Lucey
Wisconsin reform zealots push for initiative law and abolish electoral college
Milwaukee engineer Walter Heiden and the Wisconsin Citizens for Legal Reform target a Wisconsin initiative law and the national electoral college. They aim for 1974 legislative action on the initiative and by 1976 to broaden referendums and curb probate costs. The group, now about 2000 members, seeks 25 million signatures to end the electoral college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Becker
Associated Press
Madison, Wis
Heiden
Wisconsin
Statehouse
Margaret Laker
Milwaukee
CBS
60 Minutes
Cub Days at Camp Decorah Begin This Saturday
Three Cub Days camps run on successive Saturdays at Camp Decorah on Council Bay in La Crosse County. Gateway Area Council Cub Scouts ages eight to ten attend a day-long program featuring archery rifle marksmanship nature hikes team sports swimming campcraft canoeing and boating ending with a campfire by the Braves of Decorah Indian Dancers. Activities run 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Decorah
Council Bay
la Crosse County
Gateway Area Council
Gateway Council
Cubs
Braves of
Decorah
Four Treated After Wisconsin Head-On Crash
Four young people were treated at St Marys Hospital in Sparta after a head-on collision in New Lyme Town, Cataract area. Drivers were Berhard Otto, 22, Sparta, and Mark Zellmer, 19, Black River Falls. Passengers Brian Thompson, 19, and David Gebhardt, 15, Black River Falls, suffered cuts and bruises with no serious injuries. Otto was treated and released, as was Thompson after head cuts. Zellmer and Gebhardt also had head cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
St. Mary’s Hospital
New Lyme
Here
Berhard Otto
Mark W. Zellmer
Black River Falls
Zellmer
Brian Thompson
David Gebhardt
Otto
Thompson
Gebhardt
Fire Hits Car and Garage in Sparta Residence
Fire destroyed a 1964 model car and a garage at Harold Hovland’s Sparta home on Thursday after noon. Firemen arrived at 12:30 p.m. reporting total loss to the car and garage, with rear of the house and porch scorched. The blaze likely started from defective wiring in the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Harold Hovland
Released prisoner sought for questioning in slayings
A 29 year old man, David J. Torgerson, released from Stillwater Prison a week ago, is being sought for questioning after his wife Lana Torgerson, her two children Sylvia and John, and babysitter Rebecca Rathbun were found slain in a Rochester home. Police issued an all points bulletin and autopsies were underway. no charges filed yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester, Minn
Stillwater
Rochester
David J. Torgerson
State Department of Corrections
Minneapolis
Torgerson
Asst
Harry Star
Lana Alice Torgerson
Sylvia
John
Rebecca Rathbun
1400 Pool Cues Taken In Burglary
Monroe County sheriff investigates a $6400 theft from a trailer at the Holiday Inn north of Tomah. 1,400 pool cues and 1,200 eight track tapes were stolen before 10 am July 3 after Gordon Gill parked the trailer on July 2 at 10 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Ray Harris
Holiday Inn
Tomah
Harris
Gordon Gill
Milwaukee
Inn
Gill
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National Weather Service
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Rockies
Great Plains
Southwest
Mississippi-Ohio Valley
Plains
Fred C. Bubbers
Fred Carl Bubbers
N. 7Th St
Dickinson Jackson Street
Marvin Doelger
Evergreen Cemetery
Caledonia
Minn
Pant
VY Price
Newburq
E Tribune
Brute
St. la Crosse
Stillwater State Prison
Salvation Army Men's Social Service Center
American Hoist and Derrick Co
St. Paul
Tom Dowdle
Dowdle
Austin
Alai
Teo
Tronmage
RC Be
Bell G Howell
Kodak Pocket
Moen Tone Dealer
Vira
Pee
Ae Sebel the
SEACH
Jewer
Kruk
Walgreen
Sparta Sp
Avenue
Haugstad’s
Steele
West Salem
Bangor
Yeoman's Book
Lansing
Steele's
Camp Douglas
Osco
Ulven
Spring Grove
Herzog
Mabel
Houston
Moen Photo Service
P.O. Box
Rudy
A &W
16Th & South Ave
Voth & LaCrosse
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