Medary Mall Hearing Sets Town Meeting on Annexation
Medary residents will gather Saturday June 26 at Fauver Hill School to decide funding for sewer and waste treatment for the Dayton Hudson center. Dayton Hudson favors annexation into La Crosse but may offer a comparable service package if Medary provides its own.
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Medary
Dayton Hudson
Fauver Hill School
City of
la Crosse
Jerry Amundson
Stanley Peterson
Peterson
Anthony Earl
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Patrick Zielke
Zielke
Daniel Swantko
Aged Exchange Helps Elders Share Services in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee sixty six year old Martha Groenewold pays for painting by mending clothes for the painter and sixty five year old Helen Cross swaps baked goods for housework. The Work Exchange nonprofit pairs seniors with needed tasks financed by local foundations and church groups. Director Marian Wasier ski notes most members are widows who need cleaning or minor maintenance and the program helps them stay in their own homes, saving money and offering companionship.
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Milwaukee
Martha Groenewold
Helen Cross
Work Exchange
Marian Wasierski
Wasierski
Minnesota Sees Rain and Storms Across State
A fast moving storm delivered heavy rainfall from a half to three quarters of an inch with higher pockets. Lightning sparked fires at St Augustine's Church in Austin and Breezy Point resort, while winds up to 50 mph caused outages and damage in Crookston International Falls and Minneapolis St Paul suburbs. Over 11 000 customers lost power, with two major blazes and scattered wind damage leaving no injuries.
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Minnesota
Austin
Crookston
International Falls
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Northern States Power Co
St. Augustine's
Breezy Point
Pequot Lakes
Brainerd
National Weather Service
St. Cloud
Hibbing
Alexandria
Duluth
Rochester
Redwood Falls
Albany
Benson
Montevideo
Ortonville
Pipestone
Morris
Dakotas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Anoka
Detroit Lakes
Fertile
Northern States Power
Alma Center farmer dies in barn mishap
Howard Edward Prindle 62 of Alma Center was killed when a barn hay loft floor collapsed while he cleaned the barn with a tractor. The coroner said the death was instantaneous. his body was found after his wife reported his absence. He served as township supervisor and Jackson County official. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Alma Center
Wis
Howard Edward Prindle
R. 1
Prindle Road
Jackson County
D. L. Strandberg
Prindle
Strandberg
Florence
Thomas Lister
Maynard Rave
Black River Falls
Edward
Emma Prindle
Florence Siegel
Melrose
Alma
Board of Supervisors
Allen
State College
James
Doris
Eau Claire
Gary
Jane) Szymanski
Lexington
Merle
Lyle
Humbird
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Hay emergency status sought for 40 Minnesota counties
State officials asked the federal government to designate up to 40 Minnesota counties as a hay emergency area. President Ford would receive the request by mail. FHA official Joseph Hanson began a multi county loss assessment as drought halts hay and livestock.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Wendell Anderson
Ford
U.S. Agriculture Department
Joseph Hanson
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Stearns
Sherburne
Wright
Kandiyohi
Chippewa
Lac Qui Parle
Yellow Medicine
Otter Tail
Todd
Douglas
Stevens
Anderson
Sparta considers license renewal for The Theater
Sparta City Council backed renewing a Class B liquor and beer license for The Theater despite a Wisconsin Department of Revenue objection. The Theater license was moved from Phillip Thurston’s Walrath Street tavern amid disputes over emergency license rules and state authority. Mayor Gomez and Alderman Davis clashed over precedence of state law. other licenses were approved, with Reynolds opposing Town Tap’s license transfer.
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Sparta
Wis
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Phillip Thurston
Walrath Street
Department of Revenue
Thurston
Chris Kelly
Marion C. Davis
Davis
Thomas W. Gomez
Gomez
Kelly
Bev Mueller
Ernest Reynolds
Mueller
South Water
Reynolds
William K. Thurston
David Crocker
Proxmire Stand Draws Fire at Wisconsin Democratic Meet
U S Senator William Proxmire faces criticism at Wisconsin Democratic state convention over opposition to federal revenue sharing. Gov Patrick Lucey Milwaukee Mayor Henry Maier and other Democrats push for continued revenue sharing to aid local governments. The two day event features speeches by Adlai Stevenson III and Peter Rodino as delegates join debates over national delegation seats.
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Madison
Wis
U.S
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Patrick J. Lucey
Adlai Stevenson III
Illinois
Peter Rodino
New Jersey
Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Lucey
Prox
Maier
Wisconsin
Senate
Stanley York
York
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Medary Shopping Mall
Ter
Dayton’s Department Stores
Swantko
LaCrosse
Cribune
Tograp
Reve
la Crosse County
Stephen B. Webster
Gundersen Clinic, Ltd
American Dermatologic Association
Northwestern —_ University Medical School
Colorado General Hospital
Walter Reed General Hospital
Webster
Katherine
Wedgewood Drive East
Leon Herold
Herold
Lacrosse Irivune
Inursudy
Sune Tu
Lyndon
Isle la Plume
Nieman Central Wisconsin Roofing Co
Sealtite Corp
Waukesha
Nieman
Common Council
Hay
State Farmers Union
Erwin Hildebrandt
Kensington
Montana
St. Paul
Hildebrandt
Jon Werald
Robert Herbst
New York City
Badger
Stevenson
Jimmy Carter
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
John Glenn
Ohio
Democratic National Committee
National Democratic Party
Morris Udall
Arizona
Marjorie Miller
al Castro
Eileen Mershart
Superior
Mershart
National Committee
Miller
Michael Bleicher
University of Wisconsin
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