La Crescent Sets Vote July 13 on Sunday Liquor
La Crescent Minn the village council set a special election for Thursday July 13 from 10 am to 8 pm on Sunday liquor. Clarence Troke of the Commodore Club and a Twilight Zone representative urged the vote as allowed by new state law for establishments serving food and seating over 30. The council also scheduled a public meeting.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Clarence Troke
Commodore Club
Twilight Zone
New Pharmacy Site Hearing on Overlay Street Project
At 7 p.m. Monday July 10 the council will hear on the $87 000 overlay project proposed by Davy Engineering Co led by Myron Waldon. The plan covers 27 740 front feet of streets with 80 cents per front foot assessment to abutting property owners. The meeting also heard requests for rock, a lower crossing under a railroad bridge, flood wall upgrades and sump pump drainage plus action on a salvage yard complaint with penalties up to 100 per day jail or both.
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Myron Waldon
Davy Engineering Co
Walden
Harold Vetsch
Shore Acres
Robert Young
Harry Davis
L. L. Duxbury
Sociologist Dr Robert Hall To Speak At LOU Series
Dr Robert L Hall a sociologist and former NSF program director will be the third lecturer in La Crosse State University's summer institute on the war on poverty He heads the sociology and anthropology department at University of Illinois Chicago Hall spoke on social psychology higher education and learning processes and has Air Force research background The talk is at 10 am Thursday in room 121 science building and Hall holds Yale MA and PhD from Minnesota with studies at Stockholm.
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Robert L. Hall
National Science Foundation
la Crosse State University
Hall
University of Illinois At Chicago
Science
Air Force
Pacific
Yale University
University of Stockholm
Sweden
University of Minnesota
Stolen Outboard Motor and Fishing Gear Reported
La Crosse police reported thefts Tuesday including a five horsepower outboard motor stolen from Holiday Vacation Cruises and fishing tackle taken from two city residences. John Schaefer's motor was taken from a boat on a trailer at Holiday Cruises. Alderman Gerald Greider reported rods and reels valued at $22 stolen from a shed behind Harvey's Bakery. Elmer Heiden reported a wooden tackle box and contents taken from his home.
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la Crosse
John Schaefer
Gerald Greider
Adams St
Harvey’s Bakery
Rose St
Elmer Heiden
S. 27Th St
Kentucky state workers' salaries below poverty level
In Kentucky fifteen percent of state employees earn less than three thousand dollars annually, a level tied to the federal poverty line. About two thirds are paid under a hundred dollars per week and roughly half a percent earn more than fifteen thousand dollars a year.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Conservation Camps Losing Their Appeal
A Wisconsin legislative committee reports declining enrollment in state conservation work camps, while 600 places remain filled. Camps near Neshkoro Manitowish Waters and Lake Nancy recruit top students, pay rising from 18 to 20 dollars weekly, and may shift toward mildly delinquent youths if trends continue.
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Neshkoro
Marquette County
Manitowish Waters
Vila
Protection Racket Leads To Jail Stay
Karl M. Williams nineteen enrolled one week at the McCoy Job Corps Center was charged in La Crosse with running a protection racket. A complaint by FBI Agent James E. McArdle says he demanded money from fellow corpsmen in exchange for protection from harm. Williams faced U S Court Commissioner James J. Bannen who set bond at five hundred dollars which was not posted and he was jailed in Madison pending a preliminary hearing.
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Chicago
McCoy
la Crosse
Karl M. Williams
U.S. Court
James J. Bannen
Williams
FBI
James E. McArdle
Job Corps
Bannen
Dane County
Madison
U.S
Man Pays 5000 Fine on Perjury Charge in Wisconsin
Kenosha, AP. William R. Covelli, 47, paid a 5000 dollar fine after a conviction for perjury related to false statements about gambling activities to investigators. He faced up to six months in jail if unpaid. Sheriff McHugh noted a probe into gambling in 1964 and 1965 on Black River north of Clinton Street bridge. Conservation Warden Frick warned boat operators are liable for property damage caused by their motorboats.
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Kenosha
William R. Covelli
Covelli
John Doe
James McHugh
Black River
Clinton Street
Carl Frick
Wisconsin
Texas editor dies in Fort Worth
Lorin McMullen aged 59 longtime Fort Worth Star Telegram managing editor died Monday of a heart attack He joined the paper in 1936 and for many years served as its sports editor.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Lorin McMullen
The
Fort Worth
City Greets Air Medal For Vietnam Heroism
Gary C. Paul 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Paul of 2402 Wood St., received the Air Medal for heroism in Vietnam. As crew chief and gunner on a helicopter, he helped protect a flight by delivering accurate fire while leaning from the craft. He is with the 121st Assault Helicopter Co. at Soe Trang.
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Gary C. Paul
Carl Paul
Wood St
Vietnam
Paul
121St Assault Helicopter Co
Soe Trang
Logan High School
la Crosse State University
Donald Anderson
Coulee
John Leutert
S. 21St St
Anderson
Houska Park
Tribune
Indianapolis attorney Russell Nugent 75 dies after 50 years in law
Russell Nugent, an Indianapolis attorney and a co founder of the American Legion, died Sunday night at age 75. He practiced law for half a century before retiring in 1962.
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Indianapolis, Ind
Russell Nugent
Indianapolis
The
American Legion
YMCA Hosts Free Learn to Swim School for 167 Boys
The YMCA concluded a free learn to swim program with 167 boys ages 8 to 14 registered. Nine classes ran daily from 8:30 am to noon and 1:30 to 3:30 pm. At week’s end 52 boys earned a beginners certificate after swimming the pool length. Instructor Ken Visger, a La Crosse State University student, led the program.
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YMCA
Ken Visger
la Crosse State University
10th Anniversary Set At Luther High
Luther High School in Onalaska Wis observes its tenth anniversary with a 1:30 p.m. worship service conducted by Rev Henry Paustian of Watertown followed by a school picnic on the grounds attendees are asked to bring lunches. Beverages and ice cream will be sold.
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Onalaska
Wis
Luther High
Henry Paustian
Watertown
Nuns Observe Anniversaries In FSPA Order
Forty two Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration marked silver golden and diamond jubilees at Mary of the Angels Chapel St Rose Convent La Crosse with 25 silver 12 golden 4 diamond and long service celebrants. Bishop Freking officiated Mass with a line of priests including Lawrence Schuh Langhaim O Hagan and Donndelinger and Rev Kusman delivered the sermon.
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Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Mary of the Angels
St. Rose Convent
la Crosse
Josalia
Alcgene
Angela
Dorothea
Leonore
Agnestia
Sarah
Theolene
Theresette
Lydia
Mary Dennis
Juliana
Lavita
Mary Lourde
Ruthann
Alphonsette
Anastasia
Jadine
Georgia
Norita
Luca
Praxedes
Bertrande
Karen
Marda
Frederick Freking
Diocese of
Alcuin Lawrence
Port Angeles
Wash
A. N. Schuh
Marshfield
Leo Schumacher
St. Joseph
Iowa
Cyril Langhaim
Milwaukee
Edward O’hagan
Waterloo
Claude Donndelinger
Georgetown
Minn
Stanley Kusman
Blood Delivery Reported Along Highway 16 At County Line
On June 19 at 1 45 p m a delivery of blood from a vehicle at the La Crosse County Monroe County line on Highway 16 was made to La Crosse Lutheran Hospital.
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la Crosse County
Monroe County
Highway 16
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
City youngsters aid India famine drive across colleges
A nationwide food drive reached Harry Spence School in La Crosse where students contributed 31.80. Yale undergraduate John A. Bers was named national student chairman to promote a fast and fundraise for UNICEF aid, with colleges in Wisconsin and many states participating.
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Harry Spence School
la Crosse
Yale
John A. Bers
India
Wisconsin
Oregon
Texas
Massachusetts
Washington
South Dakota
Ohio
California
New York
Unicef
United Nations Organization
Ted W. Ernst
Hickory Lane
Couple Sentenced on Federal Prostitution Charge
Marcia Ly on and Anton Lysczyk of Hurley were sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined $2,000 each for using mail telephone and cars to promote prostitution. They were convicted last December of violating a federal interstate facilities law. Judge James E. Doyle imposed the sentences.
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Madison
Marcia Lyon
Anton Lysczyk
Hurley
James E. Doyle
Wisconsin approves vocational bonding and tax powers
Gov Knowles signed a law clarifying bonding and tax powers for vocational education districts in Wisconsin. The state will be divided into 18 districts to establish vocational schools by 1970, with district boards authorized to issue bonds and levy property taxes to repay loans.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
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