Platts Compromise Wins Plan Commission Approval
Four towns near La Crosse gain a compromise on platting fees replacing a city cash or land requirement. The plan calls for five percent of land market value within a three mile radius to be set aside for public use, replacing the former ordinance taxing residential, commercial, and industrial lots.
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la Crosse
City Plan Commission
Common Council
Franklin Pamperin
Shelby
Medary
Campbell
Onalaska
Bosshard
Frederick
Pamperin
La Crescent Volunteer Fire Dept Plans Fourth of July Picnic
La Crescent Minnesota hosts its annual Fourth of July picnic in the village park with 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. chicken barbecues and cold refreshments. Events include a flag ceremony, Legion color guard, Blue Star Cadets, Lancer High School Band, races, games, rolling pin contest, and a 4:15 p.m. water fight. Proceeds fund firefighting equipment. crackers banned in park.
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LA Crescent
Minn
American Legion Post 595 Color Guard
Robert Young
Blue Star Cadets
la Crescent Lancer High School
Rebhan Named to Taxpayer Group
Henry W. Rebhan of 129 Sperbeck Town of Campbell has been elected to the board of directors of the La Crosse County Taxpayers Association, replacing a director who recently moved from La Crosse. Rebhan is a former La Crosse School Board member and town chairman and was a County Board member.
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Henry W. Rebhan
Sperbeck
Campbell
la Crosse
Knowles Pushes State Tax Redistribution To Aid Big Cities
Governor Warren Knowles urged a review of Wisconsin tax sharing at a Legislative Council session to make allocations fairer for Milwaukee and other large centers. He proposed advisers or a possible task force if the council does not act, highlighting disputes over utility and income tax distribution between urban and rural areas. Milwaukee allies push for higher city cost recognition amid opposing rural views.
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Joint Legislative Council
Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Knowles
Hillview Operations Return to Normal After Resignations
Hillview Home in La Crosse County returns to near normal operations after 69 employees resigned in a wage dispute on June 16. Supervisors report all vacated posts filled by new hires or returning workers, with one nurse volunteering to train aides. Picketers have marched at the courthouse and Hillview since the resignations as union-led pay demands and a disputed $5 raise were rejected by the County Board.
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la Crosse County
Hillview
Harold Reck
Beck
Summer Enrollment Up 10 Percent at LCU
La Crosse State University reports summer enrollment totaling 1,550, a 10 percent rise from 1,407 in 1965. Registrar Robert O. Le Roy notes 244 graduate students, up 20 percent from 202, plus 341 freshmen, 270 sophomores, 303 juniors, 316 seniors, and 76 special students.
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la Crosse State University
Robert O. LeRoy
Woman Accuses Forgery In Check Case
Florence Barrett of 1111 Livingston Street faced a county court hearing on a May 14 check for 15 dollars to Bell Northern Oil Co. Barrett called the case a forgery and said she knows the forger who has since left town. The matter was continued to July 11 for further investigation.
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la Crosse
Florence Barrett
Livingston St
Bell Northern Oil Co
Mrs. Barrett
Schmuck
Randolph
LCU Student Drops Appeal in Viet Nam War Tavern Fight
Clark Tingle of Waukesha, a former La Crosse State University student, drops his circuit court appeal of a disorderly conduct conviction from a tavern fight on March 18 at Howies Hof Brau. He must pay $10 more in court costs on top of a $25 fine and $52.10 costs from Municipal Court. Witnesses testified the fray began after he called service members sent to Viet Nam "stupid" as deferments for college students were in play.
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la Crosse State University
Clark Tingle
Waukesha
Howie
Hof Brau
la Crosse St
Tingle
Eight Pigeons Missing From Baltimore-Bound Breeding Stock
Eight pigeons valued at 120 dollars were stolen from a coop in the yard of Ray Krueger at 1526 Pine Street after 7 p.m. Sunday. Krueger, who says he bought the birds in Baltimore for breeding, notes they are pedigreed and bonded and would fly back to Baltimore if released.
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Ray Krueger
Pine St
Krueger
Baltimore
Creamery Fined Over Short Weight in La Crosse County
The Coon Valley Creamery pled guilty to selling shortweight butter and was fined $31.65 in La Crosse County Court. A one pound package tested five thousandths of a pound short, with potential annual losses estimated at $936. The issue followed repeated notices after tests by City Sealer Albert Klein.
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Coon Valley
Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Klein
la Crosse
LCU Library Secures $5,000 Grant for Textbooks
The La Crosse State University Library received a $5,000 grant from the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Funds must be used for new textbooks before July 1 under the College Library Resource Program of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The university applied on May 25.
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la Crosse State University Library
Office of Education
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
College Library Resource
Higher Education Act of
June Dairy Month Ends With Dance in La Crosse County
La Crosse County wraps June Dairy Month with a teen dance at the Avalon Ballroom sponsored by the county committee and 4-H Junior Leaders Association. The 1966 4-H queen will be chosen from five finalists around 10 p.m. A local DJ will provide music. The county also held a weekly recipe contest won by Mrs. Lester Manske for Early Bird Casserole. The four weekly winners advance to a county bake-off on July 14 at the courthouse, said county home economics agent Mrs. Nanna Christman.
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Mississippi River
Greater
Army Reserve
Ralph Steele
Tribune Photo
la Crosse County
County
Avalon Ballroom
The
County Daily
Lester Manske
R. J. Stoddard
Nanna Christman
Police Ambulance Transfer From Oak Forest Sanatorium
On June 27 at 1 p.m. Hilda Enge was moved by ambulance from Oak Forest Sanatorium to Lutheran Hospital, under police escort.
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Hilda Enge
Oak Forest Sanatorium
Lutheran Hospital
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