Mosher nominated for 20th District alderman in La Crosse
The Common Council nominated William Mosher by a 10 to 9 vote over Roger Le Grand for the 20th District alderman seat left by Harold Swanson. Alderman Sharon Imes urged a special election tied to a recall vote for five La Crosse school board members, while City Atty Flanagan warned against a prior April election.
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Sharon Imes
11Th Dist
William Mosher
Common Council
Roger LeGrand
Imes
la Crosse
Harold “Deak” Swanson
Mosher
Caledonia St
A-Mac Towing and Salvage
Frank Kaufmann
Patrick Zielke
Flanagan
le Grand
la Crosse Area
Council
Tribune
la Crosse County
Democratic Party
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Campbell Nears Incorporation After Supreme Court Ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed two city challenges to Campbell's 1975 incorporation petition clearing the way for DLAD hearings on village status. If DLAD approves, a town referendum follows. Officials await official notice as DLAD schedules a 90 day window for hearings.
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Campbell
City of
Michael Hoppe
David Zlaticky
Hoppe
la Crosse
Patrick Zielke
Mark Williamson
DLAD
Supreme Court
la Crosse County Circuit Court
Department
Six factors for Campbell incorporation hearing
The Department of Local Affairs and Development will evaluate six criteria before deciding on Campbell's incorporation request. They include homogeneity and compactness, service levels versus annexing city, lack of adverse metropolitan impact, potential urban development in three years, sufficient revenues for village services at a similar tax rate, and impact on unincorporated parts of the town.
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Department of Local Affairs and Development
Campbell
DLAD
Brownsville Hit and Run Kills Cyclist. companion Hurt
An 18 year old La Crescent man, Arthur R. Osborn, died after being struck by an unidentified vehicle on Minnesota Highway 26 four miles north of Brownsville. Alan Hunter, 19, also of La Crescent, was seriously injured with a broken leg and head cuts. The hit and run occurred around 9:05 p.m. both cyclists northbound and were not seen until a passerby found Hunter about 9:20 p.m. Osborn’s death was pronounced at the scene by the Houston County Coroner. Services are tentatively set for Saturday.
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Brownsville
Minn
la Crescent
Arthur R. Osborn
Minnesota
Alan Hunter
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Minnesota State Patrol
Houston County
Antique collection sale nets $15000 in a day
Sixty years of antique collecting were sold in a single day for a total of $15,000. Page 8 reports the brisk auction and the surprising value of longtime collections.
Lion of 1894 Tale Still Hides in London Shops
Maurice Hopkins seeks the stuffed lion that killed his uncle in 1894 on Lake Nyasa. The taxidermied trophy, shipped to England after the fatal encounter, has disappeared through decades of antique stores despite an 80 year search.
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London
Maurice Hopkins
Hopkins
Lake
Nyasa
Malawi
Mozambique
Brake booster defects to be investigated by NHTSA
Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette asks the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to investigate alleged shortcomings of power brake booster units in General Motors autos. The action follows requests from state consumers and concerns about braking performance.
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Madison, Wis
General Motors
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Wisconsin
Atty
Bronson la Follette
New A weapons not a bar in arms talks says U S
U S officials state deployment of the new Mark 12A warhead and a modern guidance system should not block strategic arms talks with the Soviet Union. They indicate possible changes if Soviets negotiate seriously, emphasizing the weapons enhance U S deterrence and do not signal unilateral escalation.
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Washington
U.S
Carter
Jody Powell
United States
Soviet Union
Powell
Campbell fish lab to get new building
The P. Earl Schwab Co of Winona Minnesota won a 1 567 800 contract to construct a two story laboratory at the National Fishery Laboratory in Campbell. Construction starts around June 15 with staff relocation planned for summer 1978. Funds for La Crosse lab were cut to aid other projects.
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Campbell Fish Lab
P. Earl Schwab Co
Winona
Minn
National Fishery Laboratory
Campbell
1St Dist
Albert Quie Rminn
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Schwab
Fish Control Laboratory
Riverside Park
Lief Marking
la Crosse Laboratory
Fish and Wildlife Service
Marking
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Liberty St
Brian Carroll
Randall Larson
Dennis Kaufmann
Thomas Roellich
Loren C. Wardwell, Sr
Helen Kelly
Curtis J. Storck
Donald Medinger
Paul W. Schneider
LeGrand
John Dingeldein
St. James St
George J. Shafer
Avon St
Johnson
John Flanagan
League of Municipalities
Madison
Linda Goodwin
Robert Kuechmann
ACLU
Williamson
Peter Pappas
Pappas
Dane County Circuit Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Leo Hanley
Hanley
Circuit Court
Ft. McCoy
Philip Utz
Osborn
Virgil Wohlwend
Hunter
Wohlwend
Lutheran Hospital
Melvin Inglett
State Patrol
Osborn Was
Arthur
Barbara Osborn
la Crescent High School
University of Wisconsin
Schumacher
Dairyland Co-op
Central High
Pet of the
Ann Landers
Menninger
Erma ‘Bombeck
Tenner
Lion
Ford Administration
Russia
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