Drive Support Grows to Save McKee at La Crosse School
Longfellow Junior High parents press to save Principal Myron McKee amid district move to dismiss him over last week’s student incidents. Critics call for his resignation while supporters cite educational innovation and a fair hearing before the school board.
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Longfellow
Myron McKee
la Crosse Area
McKee
Eugene Balts
Carl Fortner
R. 2
la Crosse
Fortner
Longfellow Advisory Association
LAA
Harder
Robert Kraus
Elm Drive
Kraus
Melvin Peterson
Central High School
Peterson
Karin
Eric Slayton
Harborview Developers Miss Deadline For Harborview Plaza
Harborview Plaza Associates have not met financing obligations by midnight and face a possible shift in developers. La Crosse Redevelopment Authority plans a 5 p.m. special meeting to consider a proposal from Harborview. Arthur Rubloff Co. and Clifford DeBaun deny default while HUD approval and city land sale questions loom.
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Charles Parrott
la Crosse
Arthur Rubloff
Harborview Plaza Associates
Parrott
Redevelopment Authority
Rubloff
de Baun
Harborview
Front Street
Main and
Pearl
Agencies Not Fighting Mortgage Discrimination
Washington AP report says three of four federal lending regulators have not issued anti discrimination rules and none has found an institution guilty of discrimination. Sen Proxmire calls the record a disgrace eight years after the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
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Ihen
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Comptroller of the Currency
Savings and Loan Associations
FDIC
Comp
Former City Alderman Melvin Olson Dies at 80
Melvin Olson aged 80 of 1313 S 20th St died in a local rest home Monday. He served as La Crosse alderman from 1946 to 1953 and as a county supervisor from 1957 to 1966. Survived by wife Jennie and siblings, funeral Thursday at St. Pauls Lutheran with military rites. Memorials to Shriner hospitals.
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Mel) Olson
S. 20Th St
la Crosse
Edward
Anna Marie Olson
Newburg’s Men's Wear
Newburg’s
Olson
Nels Thompson's
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
France
Roy L. Wingers
American Legion
Ies
Zor Shrine Temple
Madison
Shrine Oriental Band
Jennie
Arthur
Victoria) Mohrhusen
Boca Raton
Florida
Elmer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Arthur Feroe
Oak Grove
Dickinson Funeral Home
Jackson Street
Shriner’s
Hearing on Old Post Office Preservation in Wisconsin
The Advisory Council of Historic Preservation will hold an 8 p.m. public hearing in Mary E Sawyer Auditorium to seek sentiment on preserving the old post office at 4th and State Streets. A $7 million project is paused for comments and a USPS briefing will cover plans between 5th Avenue and 6th Street. An officer of the Wisconsin Historic Preservation Society will read a statement before officials and the public, then a general Q&A.
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Advisory Council of Historic Preservation
Mary E. Sawyer
4Th and State Streets
U.S. Postal Service
5Th Avenue
6Th Street
State
Wisconsn Historic Preservation Society
Police Hunt Iowa Man Convicted Of Murder
In Waukon Iowa authorities issued a nationwide search for an Iowa man who escaped from jail while awaiting sentencing on a first degree murder conviction.
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Iowa
Waukon
Frazer
Allamakee County
Sheila Foley
Hazelton
Oelwein
Buchanan County
Julie
Li Anonth
Brian
County Economy On Upward Trend
The La Crosse County economy rose in April with 600 more employed residents than last month and 1 500 more than April 1975. Manufacturing and retail led gains, with smaller increases in agriculture construction and government. Unemployment stood at 6 3 percent in mid April, down from 7 8 percent a year earlier. Average weekly earnings for county production workers reached 187.01 dollars, up 5 1 percent year over year. In Wisconsin April all items CPI was 168.2, up 6 1 percent from 1975.
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la Crosse County
la Crosse
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