City Employees Seek 400000 in 1974 Contract Demands
Local 180 seeks a 60 cent hourly raise and extended benefits costing about 400000 with two mill or one mill property tax impacts. Negotiations with the Common Council Finance Commission will be closed to the public per Alderman Sontag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local 180
Common Council Finance Commission
Ferdinand Sontag
Dist
Tribune
Marvin Slater
Sontag
Patrick Zielke
Five Seek Nomination for 2nd District Alderman Seat
Five candidates seek the 2nd District alderman nomination to fill Raymond Keller's seat after Keller quit June 14 amid incest charges. Former Alderman John Schubert, moved from the 11th District by reapportionment, also runs. Schubert notes he seeks the post for a chance to serve, recounting his prior terms and current residence at 1414 State St. in the 2nd District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Keller
Keller
John Schubert
la Crosse
Schubert
Winnebago St
State St
North Side Tavern Owner Elmo Balfany Found Dead
Elmo Balfany 45 of 354 4th Ave North Onalaska was found dead Monday morning June 25 in his home from gunshot wounds to the head. Police say the shooting occurred between 6 30 and 8 30 a m with wounds described as personal safety related by Chief John Cloudy. Dr Curtis Baltz has not yet determined cause of death. Two employees found the body at 9 a m in the living room. A .22 caliber pistol was used. Balfany previously partnered in the Hiawatha Valley Sign Distributing Co and owned the Buckhorn Tavern at 621 St Paul St La Crosse. He served in WWII and the Korean War and was a member of several veterans and civic groups. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Sletten McKee Hanson Funeral Home with burial in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Balfany
4Th Ave
Onalaska
Buckhorn
St. Paul St
la Crosse
John Cloudy
Clouhy
Curtis Baltz
Fritz Brieback
Kane St
Fred Jenks
Rose St
Cloudy
Balfany
Hiawatha Valley
Russell
Floyd
Francis
Beloit
Ford
Janesville
VFW
American Legion
Moose Lodge
The
Eagles
Sletten-McKee- Hanson
Fritz Miller
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
Judge Pappas Disqualifies Self From Two Los Angeles Murder Trial
A new judge will preside in the La Crosse circuit cases of Wilbur Streeter and Roy Gallington charged with attempted murder and kidnapping. Judge Peter Pappas disqualified himself after defense motions claiming potential prejudice, while ordering the cases to proceed next Monday with a replacement judge and ongoing motions on consolidation and venue due to publicity concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Circuit
California
Peter Pappas
Wilbur E. Streeter
Roy H. Gallington
Streeter
la Crosse County
Dennis Tolvstad
John Farrell
Mormon Coulee Road
Gallington
Tolvstad
Pappas
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Donald Harman
Harman
Patrick Doyle
Randolph
Realtor Donates To Kumm Memorial
Tom M. Wheeler president of the Wheeler Co. La Crosse real estate firm donated 2000 to the Roy E. Kumm Memorial Scholarship Fund at Western Wisconsin Technical Institute. The fund honors Roy E. Kumm former president of G Heileman Brewing Co. and longtime district board chair. Wheeler sits on WWTI marketing and distributive education advisory, and his gift was presented to Hope Kumm and Charles G. Richardson. A bronze memorial tablet bust will hang in the Kumm Building at WWTI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom M. Wheeler
Wheeler Co
la Crosse
Roy E. Kumm
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Kumm
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Technical Institute
District Board of Education
Wheeler
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute Marketing and Distributive Education
Driver Faces Homicide Charges In Fatal Onalaska Crash
La Crosse County District Attorney filed two counts of negligent homicide against Kenneth P. Muetze 21 in the June 11 12 crash that killed Maureen P. Krajewski 18 and Linda A. Hollenbeck 25. Muetze also faces burglary charges from separate incidents at Menard Lumber and Hussa Hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onalaska
la Crosse County
Dist. Atty. Burleigh Randolph
Kenneth P. Muetze
Wall St
Maureen P. Krajewski
S. 26Th St
Linda A. Hollenbeck
Muetze
Kulp
Troy Street
Randolph
Menard Lumber Co
Rose St
Hussa
Bangor
Whitehead Resigns Auditorium Post
Paul Whitehead manager of Mary E Sawyer Auditorium since 1972 resigns effective July 18 to take a post at Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica New York. He cites a substantial pay offer and a larger ice floor rated facility, and hopes the board continues professional management. Since his arrival in La Crosse improvements began including a tenants liquor sales operation and seating riser replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Whitehead
Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium
Whitehead
University of Rhode Island
la Crosse
Utica
La Crosse Nominees Set To Replace Aviation Board Members
A La Crosse lawyer Philip G. Arneson and Dairyland Power official Richard Shimshak are nominated to fill resignations on the Aviation Board after two long-serving members quit to oppose a TV tower near La Crescent. Wickert and Johns resignations followed a counter permit approval by Houston County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Aviation Board
la Crescent
Philip G. Arneson
Robert D. Johns
Richard Shimshak
Dairyland
Genoa
Harry Wiggert
Shimshak
Flanagan
Johns
Wiggert
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
Houston County Board of Commissioners
Gilbertson
Arneson
Janice Court
Ray Place
James Shoger
Kenneth Niedbalski
Marijuana Case Continued In La Crosse County Court
A Minneapolis man Peter J. Kriebs 19 had his La Crosse County Court case continued to Friday to consult a lawyer. He was released on a 109 cash bond pending further proceedings after police stopped his car on North 4th Street and found a bag of marijuana in the glove compartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
la Crosse County
Eugene Toepel
Peter J. Kriebs
Asst. Dist. Atty
Michael Mulroy
Laurence Clark
James Brieske
Kreibs
North 4Th Street
Kriebs
La Crosse Area United Fund names Lee G Schneider head
AF Division Leader Lee G Schneider of 2115 Hoeschler Drive in La Crosse has been appointed head of the community and government division of the 1973 La Crosse Area United Fund. A civil engineer and Marquette University graduate, he served in Korea and belongs to professional societies, Rotary, the Chamber of Commerce, and St. Thomas More Church. He and his wife Patricia have three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee G. Schneider
Hoeschler Drive
la Crosse
Division of Highways
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
la Crosse Area
Meet To Mull Flood Control In Coulees
Informational meeting on flood control for State Road Pammel Creek and Ebner Coulee areas will be held at 7 30 p m Thursday in room 202 La Crosse County Courthouse. Hosted by 34th District Supervisor Elizabeth Gundersen with U S Army Corps of Engineers and U S Soil and Water Conservation Service speakers.
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State Road
Pammel Creek
Ebner Coulee
la Crosse County
34Th Dist
Elizabeth Gundersen
Gundersen
Pummel Creek
State Road Coulee
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Coulees
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la Crosse Tribune
the Tribune
Jerome Rusch
Slater
Busch
Rusch
North Side
South Lanes
Gregory la Fond
la Fond
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Margaret Haldorson
Cass St
Danny's House of Music
William P. Hopkins
N. 22Nd St
Pitney- Bowes Inc
Hopkins
Lions Club
Tourist Activities Committee
TAC
Great Rivers Country
la Crosse Festivals, Inc
Greater la Crosse
Louis F. Robinson Jr
Robinson
District Attorney’s Office
St. Paul
Austin
James P. Goergen
Goergen
Utica Memorial Auditorium
Utica, N.Y
Arneson and Shimshak Air Board
W. Peter Gilbertson
City Atty
John K. Flanagan
Schneider and
His Wife
Patricia
U.S. Soil and Water Conservation Service
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