Regional Plan Director Resigns as Wisconsin Commission Meet
Lee Shervey resigns as regional planning director of the Mississippi River Region planning commission effective Aug 1 and will become county planning director in Moultrie County Illinois. He joins La Crosse in 1968 after previous posts in Peoria Carbondale and has degrees from La Crosse State and Southern Illinois. The commission will select a successor at its La Crosse meeting.
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Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission
la Crosse
Lee Shervey
Commission
Bureau of Local and Regional Planning
Wisconsin
Shervey
Moultrie County
Sullivan, Ill
Tri-County Regional Planning Commission
Peoria
Ill
Greater Egypt
Carbondale
la Crosse State University
Southern Illinois University
Janine Conway
S. 29Th Court
John Thomas
A. E. Polter
Durand
Lawrence Weber
Elmwood
Man Faces 2 Charges After Fracas
A La Crosse man Norman J. Tadt 40 of 3300 S 27th St was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting police officers after a disturbance on Robinsdale Avenue. He allegedly threatened to shoot his wife and son with a 22 caliber rifle. He refused a lawyer and bond was set at 500 with case continued to next day for competency or treatment proceedings.
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la Crosse
Robinsdale Avenue
Norman J. Tadt
S. 27Th St
Leonard F. Roraff
William Shuda
James Malay
Tadt
Steve
Stan Hoeth
LaMoine Nokken
Shuda
Malay
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Randolph
Roraff
Top Officers Elected By School Board
Rev. Roland Schwandt was re elected president of the La Crosse Area District Board of Education. Dr. Robert Rasmus was named vice president after defeating William Luedke 5 to 2. Schwandt won five votes in final balloting with Elizabeth Staley and Luedke each receiving one vote. Clarence Krupp and Gunnar Gundersen were absent. Rasmus withdrew from presidential contention, signaling possible early departure before July 1 when his term ends.
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Roland Schwandt
la Crosse Area
Rasmus
Reserve Unit Will Change Commanders in La Crosse
Cmdr. Howard Nestingen will relinquish command of the Group Commander's Staff at 7 30 p m at the Naval Reserve Training Center in La Crosse. Cmdr. Lee B. Foley will assume command. Nestingen, 48, has led the unit for three years and served 26 years in naval reserve and active duty. Foley, 54, a Trane Company analyst and La Crosse alderman, has served in the reserve since 1942 with Pacific duty including New Caledonia and Hawaii.
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Cmdr
Howard Nestingen
United States Naval Reserve Training Center
la Crosse
Lee B. Foley
Mdr
Nestingen
Edgewood Place
Naval Reserve
Col
Ben Frederickson
University of Wisconsin
Dairyland Power Co
Foley
Redfield St
Naval Reserve Program
Western Pacific
New Caledonia
Hawaii
Trane Company
Vandals Break Windows at Longfellow Junior High
Vandals smashed three windows at Longfellow Junior High School at 19th and Denton Streets overnight, janitor George Keene told La Crosse police. Damages were estimated at a not yet disclosed amount.
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Longfellow Junior High School
19Th
Denton Streets
George Keene
la Crosse
Stolen jackets and magazines reported in La Crosse
Michael Sather reported his jacket and another belonging to Steven Ruud stolen from a car in Pettibone Beach lot valued at $10 each. In a separate theft Spell's Liquor Store reported $8 of Mad and Playboy magazines stolen from a shipment before opening Tuesday morning.
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Michael Sather
R. 2
la Crosse
Steven Ruud
S. 14Th St
Pettibone Beach
Spell’s
Main St
Mad
Playboy
Examination Set For Robbery Suspect Pittenger
Preliminary examination for Marvin J. Pittenger 35 of 1427 Caledonia St. is set for 2 p.m. Tuesday in County Court on armed robbery and related counts. The state says Pittenger, armed with a 32 caliber revolver, robbed the Midway Bar and threatened patrons, taking $53 before resisting arrest.
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Pittenger
Midway
Copeland Ave
Bernard Dugan
Avon St
Dugaan
Dugan
Arthur Hahn
St. Andrew St
Copeland Avenue
Calvin R. Berg
James St
Warren Zielke
County to discuss NSP Neshonoc Dam takeover plan
La Crosse County and Northern States Power representatives met to review a draft agreement for county ownership of the Neshonoc Dam and Lake. A July 23 meeting will refine questions, with a possible lake draw-down to inspect the dam and repairs to address any defects. The plan includes organizing removal or retention of equipment and securing final approvals from the County Board and Wisconsin DNR.
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Jerome R. Rosso
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse County and
Northern States Power Co
NSP
Neshonoc
Edward W. Deterling
Eau Claire
la Crosse
West Salem
Deterling
Alphonse Hammes
31St Dist
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Natural Resources Department
Taxpayer Unit Opposes State Tax Increase
Scott Alley head of the La Crosse County Taxpayers Association opposes $430 million in additional state taxes and backs the finance committee budget of $1.7 billion urging area assemblymen to vote against higher levies. He cites higher local property taxes via open end aid formulas and warns future tax increases.
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Scott Alley
la Crosse
la Crosse Area
The
Taxpayers Association
Milo G. Knutson
R.la Crosse
Senate
Finance Committee
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Copeland Park Playground
City Recreation Department
Tribune
U.S
Robert Rasmus
Stanley W. Peterson
Business Men’s Assurance
BMA
DIAL
Lynne Tower
Howes’ Jewelers
Jay
Lacrosse, Wis
Cass ST
Marvin J. Pittenger
Caledonia St
Edmund Nix
Dist
Atty
Nix
Neshonoc Dam
la Crosse Composing Co
Pearl St
Taxpayer Unit
Houska Park
Greater la Crosse
Robert Pendelton
9Th Naval District
Great Lakes
William Vickrey
Sletten
Ray J. Schumacher
Roy Tichenor
Don Kish, JR
Schumacher
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