Spring Valley Princess Crowned Miss 1973
Carol Merkel of Spring Valley won the 1973 Fillmore County city princess title in Wykoff on June 23. Julie Hanson of Peterson crowned Merkel as new titleholder with attendants Katherine Blahnik and Patricia Krogstad. Donna Mae Finseth named Miss Congeniality, regional contest set for June 30 in Lanesboro with a 6:30 pm banquet. Other events include a Tri County Jersey cattle judging, garden tractor drive, and a milking contest with dairy princesses and local official Orvis Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wykoff
Minn
Carol Epkel
Spring Valley
Fillmore County
Harvey Merkel
Julie Hanson
Peterson
Athrine Blahnik
Spring Alley
Patricia Krogstad
Reston
Donna Mae Finseth
Oyntain
Anesboro
Lanesboro
Sylvan Park
Tri County Jersey
Winona
Houston and
Fillmore County Dairy Princesses
Orvis Hanson
Births reported across Wisconsin and Iowa local hospitals
Birth notices include June dates for St. Francis Hospital Blue River Onalaska and Memorial Hospital La Crosse with multiple daughters and sons names. Also listed are births at Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon and Sparta, and a June 24 porch storage fire in La Crosse followed by a grass fire under a bridge near Pet it Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis Hospital
Jane Remington
Blue River
Susan Hill
Peter Winkler
Onalaska
Joan Bubb
Ry David Smith
Box 325
Nalaska
Donna Dale
David Gerke
Westoe
Elizabeth Malin
Jie
David Newbauer
S. Th St
Debra Hansen
Wackon
Iowa Veterans Memorial Hospital
John Peyton
Waukon
William Reinhardt
Luana
Jigne
Lee Lawson
Sparta
Wister
Christi Marie
Norman Ziegler
Jefferson Ave
Marleen Martin
Cas
Ton
la Crosse
J.C. Eckdale
S. 20Th St
Petit Park
Three Deaths Reported in Wisconsin and Minnesota
Lori Ann Peters 3 of Black River Falls died in Madison on June 24. Services set for June 26 at Squaw Creek Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Carl Goetzka 68 of Knapp died June 24. services June 28 at Millston Community Church with burial in Knapp Cemetery. Lawrence M Schneider Jr 35 of St Charles died June 24 in Seattle after a long illness. services planned for 1 p.m. with details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lori Peters
Black River Falls
Wis
Lori Ann Peters
Madison
Kenneth Peters
Squaw Creek Lutheran Church
Robert Salveson
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Kenneth
Harlan Peters
Onalaska
Fred Wakershauser
Carl Goetzka
Knapp
Jackson County
Millston
Clarence Hanson
Langlois-Galston
Irene
Gilbert van Dinter
Michael Chopp
Donald
Gilbert
Warrens
Clara Daily
Hunters Beach
Calif
Irene Goetzka
Pasadena
Ernest Gardner
Lawrence Schneider JR
ST. Charles
Minn
Lawrence M. Schneider Jr
Seattle, Wash
St. Charles Catholic Church
James Fasnacht
Calvary Cemetery
Sellner-Hoff
Plainview
Lawrence Schneider Sr
Caroll Allen
Caledonia
John
Jay
Jennifer
Everett Rowekamp
Lewiston
James Flanigan
Minneapolis
James Wakefield
Excelsior
Joanne Schneider
St. Paul
George Fitzgerald
Sacramento
George Ryan
Rochester
Richard Fischer
Burbank
Richard Schaber
Death notices and union convention action in Wisconsin
Death notices report Mrs. Richard Myrtle Patnode 63 of Sioux Falls and a separate obituary for John Schneider Sr. of Plainview with family survivors. The AP Wisconsin Eagle River item notes state employees union delegates approving a dues rise to 3.50 monthly and backing stronger health and life insurance, plus a censure of Nixon wage controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle River
Wis
Nixon
Supreme Court Rulings Hit Parochial School Aid Plans
Parochial school officials protest after the Supreme Court struck down New York and Pennsylvania tuition reimbursement and a New York tax deduction for nonpublic schools as violating church state separation. Minnesota aid faces trouble. officials push federal tax credits while civil rights groups applaud the rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kristin Liljeholm
Associated Press
Supreme Court
High Court
New York
Pennsylvania
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Joan Tuttle
Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union
Leo Pfeffer
New York City
Robert Eggold
Kansas
Nixon
Minnesota Parochial School Tax Credit Case Faces Supreme Court Ruling
The Minnesota two year tax credit program for parochial school parents remains in effect unless the state Supreme Court finds it unconstitutional. A district court upheld the law last year. Briefs are due July 6 in the appeal brought by the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union and the Minnesota Coordinating Committee for Public Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Judicial Branch
House
Ways and Means Committee
Walter Toner
Washington State Independent Schools
Maura McDonald
Archdiocese of Santa Fe
N.M
William Novicky
Cleveland
Associated Press
Minnesota
U.S. Supreme Court
Minnesota Supreme Court
J. Jerome Plunkett
St. Paul
Minnesota Civil Liberties Union
Minnesota Coordinating Committee For Public Education
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Northwest
Texas
Mid-Atlantic States
New England
Irl Winspring Valleyrincess
West Allis Memorial Hospital
John Charles
Richard Dance
Wauwatosa
Roberta Kenney
Richard Patnode
Richard
Myrtle) Patnode
S. 26Th St
S. D
Carrie Baker
Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Javers
Lennox
S.D
Dora Murphy
Sioux Falls
Flora Potter
Menomonie
Christian Science
Miller Funeral Home
Dickinson Jackson Street
American Cancer Society
Wisconsin Division
Christian Science Church
Billy Graham
Cliff Barrows
Geo
Beverly Shea
Todd Smith
John Innes
Ethel Waters
Myrtle Hall
Tri Meatre
Gary Player
Steve Sloan
Georgia Tech
Princess Pale Moon
South Africa
Wanderers Stadium
Johannesburg
Web
Channel
State Supreme Court
China
Borg-Warner
Antiqua
Copeland Ave
Bennington
Venice Lavatory
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