Alternatives For Tourist Info Center Considered
The Wisconsin Division of Highways reviews sites for an La Crosse County tourist information center after dropping an $800 000 French Island plan due to floodway concerns. Options include French Island variations, a joint center with Minnesota, a site between Highways 157 and 53, or Rockland, with DNR backing pending. The district engineer expects data within one or two months.
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State Division of Highways
la Crosse County
French Island
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Lee Schneider
la Crosse
Minnesota
Schneider
Rockland Rest Area
Rockland
Credit Agency To Make Welfare Fraud Probes
The La Crosse County Board social services committee voted to continue using a retail credit agency for welfare fraud investigations and filled a council vacancy. It granted educational leaves to two workers, denied one, and accepted a resignation, while reaffirming use of the agency despite legal questions.
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la Crosse County Board Social Services Committee
Glen
Mary) Bakalars
Meadowlark Lane
Norene Goplen
Richard C
Robert Robertshaw
Paul Klingelhofer
Roger Kavanaugh
Corp
Ray Sunder
James Grenisen
18Th Dist
Veterans Administration
Johnson
Local Red Cross names new executive secretary Mrs Jean Arneson
Mrs Jean Arneson 2325 30th Court Monday became the new Red Cross executive secretary replacing Mrs Celeste Mack whose retirement takes effect June 30 after 14 years in the post. Arneson a 26 year La Crosse resident and Monroe County Hospital social worker plans to expand Junior Red Cross and volunteer programs and develop care call services for the elderly while seeking community funding and closer cooperation with other groups.
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Jean Arneson
30Th Court
Red Cross
Arneson
Celeste Mack
N. 16Th St
Mack
Monroe County Hospital
Madison
la Crosse
City Employes Seek $102 A Month Pay Hike In 1974 Talks
Municipal Employes Local 180 requests 60 cent an hour raise or 102 dollars monthly for 1974. They push agency shop, full health insurance, improved vacation, paid holidays including Presidents Day, and cost of living based pay scales. Longevity raises proposed for long service. Negotiations set 7:30 p.m. at City Hall with the Common Council Finance Committee.
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Local 180
City
Common Council Finance Committee
City Hall
Louis Bleriot Makes First English Channel Flight
French aviator Louis Bleriot completes the historic first flight across the English Channel. He travels from Calais to Dover in a single endurance flight marking a landmark achievement in aviation history.
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Louis Bleriot
France
English Channel
Hearing discussed environmental impact and flood control plan
EPA scientist says damage to environment will be considered as officials review a levee and pumping station project for La Crosse area. Alderman Sontag critiques the plan’s scope and flood impacts while residents and attorneys weigh dike location and floodway design versus state standards.
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Beseke
Wisconsin-Minnesota
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ferdinand Sontag
4Th Dist
Pommel Creek
Clinton Street
la Crosse- la Crescent Pike
Corps
Cox
Ebner Coulee
John Flynn
Causeway
Robert Smythe
Donald
John Strand
Bruno Willer
Shore Acres Road
la Crescent
la Crosse
Shore Acres
Paul Keranen
St. Paul
Ben Potaracke
la Crescent St
Lloyd Haniff
Haniff Road
Col. Cox
Joseph Shiftar
Shiftar Road
la Crosse River
Shiftar
Thomas Lee
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Lee
Green Island
Isle la Plume
Paper Calmenson Local 316 OK Three Year Pact
United Auto Workers Local 316 and Paper Calmenson & Co. reach a three year labor contract covering 60 workers at the La Crosse area steel firm now named Paper Calmenson. Wages rise 24c, 62c, 28c each year with expanded benefits and higher insurance.
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Calmenson
OK Pact
United Auto Workers and Paper Calmenson & Co
Carr St
Paper Calmenson
la Crosse
Donald Yolton
UAW
Harold Knutson
Florist Shop Burglarized Amid Hidden Cash Heist
Burglars pried open a second floor filing cabinet at My Florist on Market Street and stole 161.50 from a money bag. Three signed but blank-filled checks from First National Bank were taken, raising concern of possible cashing attempts. Detectives also probed a Rack Tavern break-in and other local thefts including Pettibone Bathhouse loot and a garage tape player and tapes theft.
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Market St
First National Bank
Rack Tavern
Gillette St
la Crosse Park
Pettibone
Jerry Gaynor
Ferry St
Three Young Men Face Marijuana Possession Charges
Police report three men found behind Sloopy's at 213 Pearl St. facing marijuana possession charges. Mark Robinson, 23, Detroit. Randolph Turner, 20, West Salem. Harold Ferguson, 20, Onalaska R2 were identified. Turner and Ferguson received marijuana possession charges. Turner to pay 30 dollars or five days. Robinson posted a 30 dollar bond.
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Sloopy
Carnival Kickoff Rescheduled After Weather Cancelation
A carnival kickoff for a summer of backyard events to aid muscular dystrophy was canceled last Saturday due to weather and is now set for Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the shelter in Houska Park.
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Houska Park
Degrees For 3 In Former City Family
The Moriarity family of Ottumwa Iowa each have degrees from four year universities or two year Ottumwa Heights College. Daniel J 23 earned a University of Montana degree in resource conservation and works in Wise River Montana. Kathleen 22 earned a University of Iowa degree in political science and worked in HEW in Washington. Mary Bridget 19 earned an associate degree in fine arts from Ottumwa Heights and works in Pittsburg Kansas. Michael G 21 is finishing at St Johns University and will study at Trinity College Dublin.
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Jerry Moriarity
Raynan Drive
Ottumwa
Iowa
la Crosse
Daniel J
University of Montana
Missoula
Forestry College
The
National Forest
Wise River
Mont
Kathleen
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Office of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Washington, D.C
Mary Bridget
Ottumwa Heights College
Pittsburg
Kaw
Michael G
St. John’s University
Collegeville
Minn
Trinity College
Dublin
Ireland
Moriarity
Ottumwa Courier
Star-Courier
Kewanee
Ill
la Crosse Tribune
Drowning Death Attributed To Unknown Person in Kiel
Calumet County coroner's jury finds 21 year old David Toepel died from drowning at the hands of a person or persons unknown. The Kiel resident’s body was found April 15 in a pond on the Kiel farm where he lived with his parents. A bruise on the head and a concrete block tied to the leg were noted. An inquest followed his March 4 disappearance with eleven witnesses testifying.
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Chilton
Wis
Calumet County
Kiel
David Toepel
Toepel
Leroy Hughes
Skylab Doctor Says Skylab 1 Crew In Excellent Shape
Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin reports Skylab 1 crewmen in excellent condition after 26 days in orbit. He says the score is man 3, space 0 for now, and urges waiting for home results before judging long duration flight prospects.
River policy panel outlines portable and permanent water structures rules
The panel discussed mobile houseboats and boathouses under two legal sets, permits, and safety rules. It covered stable anchors, nosability, waste holding tanks, and shoreline access plus a public hearing requirement, with intent to keep habitable water structures out of the waterway.
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Erlandson
Larson
Meyer
Oehmcke
Wisconsin
Upper Mississippi Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Army Corps of Engineers
DNR
Mormon Coulee Road
Skylab crews set space endurance record amid repairs
NASA and Soviet cosmonauts marked a milestone as Conrad and Weitz completed a 28 day spaceflight with four space walks, repairs to the Skylab lab, and plans for Skylab 2 and 3 missions. The crew received congratulations from Vladimir Shatalov and fellow cosmonauts as they prepared for splashdown and future duties.
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Weitz
Pacific Ocean
Control Center
Vladimir Shatalov
Outer
Space
Earth
Conrad
Kerwin
Shatalov
Mission Control
Astronauts May Meet Nixon Brezhnev
Washington reports preparations to have Brezhnev and Nixon greet Skylab astronauts on their return. Plans consider meeting aboard USS Ticonderoga off San Diego or at San Clemente California with TV radio coverage. The event aims to showcase U S Soviet space cooperation after the astronauts set a 24 day endurance mark.
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Washington
Brezhnev
Nixon
U.S
Russia
White House
Ticonderoga
ShopKo advertising supplement notice
La Crosse Tribune delivers a ShopKo advertising supplement with guidance to call your carrier if the extra paper was not received. It thanks readers for their attention and requests contact for home delivery.
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la Crosse Tribune
ShopKo
La Crosse Tribune Volume 69 Number 35
City carrier price and mail subscription rates are listed for the La Crosse Tribune. The notice provides office address at 435.5 4th St and states volume and issue number along with service areas within 75 miles.
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the Tribune
4Th St
la Crosse
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Bicha
Magic Coun Dry Cleaners
West Ave
Monthru
Skylab
Space Station
Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
House Armed Services Committee
Navy
T. W. Cuddy
Key West Naval Base
Winona
C.P
Dakota
C.piz
Lansing
Pool
T.wes
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
Dodge
Galesville
West Salem
Houston
Nixon, Brezhnev
By Paul Scott
H. C. Lemke
Dr. Lemke
Lemco, Ltd
Chicago
James E. Burgess
K. Q. Blanchard
Sanford Goltz
Ditor
Lee Hook
Wallace Hutzier
Edward Keefe
Lawrence le Jeune
Fred Ristow
Aeelo
Kenneth Teachout
John Vik
Richard Westerfield
Maureen Krajewski
Byron Annis
Robert Eagie
Peter Butz
Louis Krajewski
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