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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1969
Page
18
Treasury Secretary David Kennedy announces the end of the silver coin melting ban and reduces weekly silver offerings from 2 million to 1.5 million ounces. The move upends a 1967 policy, affects coin circulation, and may raise silver prices as producers exhaust reserve stock. Kennedy also backs a non silver dollar coin to aid vending machines.
A lengthy portrait of Albert Wells Pettibone and his gift of Pettibone Park to La Crosse. The lagoon yacht club and bath area on Barron Island evolved from a former Mississippi River wasteland into a major natural recreation site with a $50 000 sinking fund and ongoing land acquisitions and improvements. Pettibone, a leading lumber businessman and 1860s mayor, helped annex the island to Wisconsin and guided park protection through federal action. He was born in 1827 in Vermont and died after a lifetime of civic and business work in multiple cities.
A Wisconsin Swiss cheese shop invites visitors to taste new cheeses in the delicatessen, sell 5 lb blocks and smaller packages, and pair them with wines. The Swiss Chateau promotes cheese wine and sausage offerings, wedding receptions, and large wine and party food departments with free parking.
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