California drought warps life and landscapes
In California two years of severe drought drive rationing and lifestyle changes from Marin to Los Angeles. Officials report declining reservoir levels and voluntary to mandatory cuts while communities use new policing and tricks like pool filling by truckload to cope.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Bay Area
Catalina Island
California
Marin County
Nicasio
Monterey
Oakland
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Hollywood
20Th Century Fox
Fresno
San Joaquin Valley
Audrey Dodson
Mill Valley
Court rules death penalty for rape unconstitutional
The Supreme Court, in a 7 2 decision led by Justice White, struck down state death sentences for rape as a disproportionate punishment. The ruling affects Ehrlich Coltler and related Georgia cases, potentially guiding future limits on capital punishment beyond murder.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron R. White
Georgia
Ehrlich Anthony Colt
Waycross
White
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Coker
Powell
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
John Wallace Eberheart Jr
John Wesley Hooks
Georgia Supreme Court
Eberheart
Florida
Builder sues Whitehall Council over denied building permits
Whitehall builder Jerry Goehner sues the city after the council refused permits for four houses on Claire Street and later for five more on nearby lots. The hearing before Circuit Judge Thomas Barland set July 7 and 14 for both sides to present their cases.
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Whitehall
Wis
Goehner
Claire Street
Barland
Kostner
Morey
LaCrosse Tribune Volume 73 Number 44
Local newspaper announces standard publication details including edition times and contact numbers. It lists city delivery pricing and mail subscription rates for La Crosse area readers.
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la Crosse Tribune
Lee Enterprises, Inc
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
Super Valu Buys Charley Brothers in Pennsylvania Deal
Super Valu Stores Inc expands east by acquiring Charley Brothers of Greensburg Pennsylvania, a wholesale firm serving 170 retailers in central Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh area. The deal, a multimillion cash transaction, creates a new division with Charley family managers continuing to run the business. Charley Brothers had 225 million in sales last year while Super Valu posted 2.1 billion in fiscal year sales.
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Kmart
Midwest
Charley Brothers
Super Valu
New York Stock Exchange
Crocker
James
Fred
William Charley
Burglar Hits Downtown Beauty Parlor and Adjacent Shop
La Crosse City Police report a burglary last night at Accent by Peter Michael on Main Street where a cash register, TV, jewelry, and a portable radio were stolen valued at about 360 dollars. A second cash register was taken from Anne's Wig Chalet next door, with entry made by prying the back door.
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la Crosse City
Peter Reinhard
Peter Michael
Main St
Anne
WWTI Receives $1.4 Million Federal Grant for Development
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute gains a 1.4 million dollar HEW grant to improve staff training and counseling for closer student support and to adopt better management techniques. The institute also secures a 104 thousand dollar NSF grant for a math and science problem solving lab with computers and calculators for self paced learning.
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Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
WWTI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Charles Richardson
U.S
Richardson
National Science Foundation
Car plunges into Mississippi River near North Pettibone
La Crosse two men were treated and released at Lutheran Hospital after their car skidded off North Pettibone Drive near River View Drive, struck a tree, and sank in the Mississippi River. Driver Thomas Nimmo was cited for not having the vehicle under control. passenger Howard Rood suffered head and arm cuts.
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la Crosse
Lutheran Hospital
North Pettibone Drive
Mississippi River
la Crosse City
Thomas W. Nimmo
Lakeshore Drive
River View Drive
Nimmo
Howard D. Rood
Caledonia St
Fire destroys barn and calves on Brice Prairie farm
Onalaska Wisconsin fire at Robert Schaller’s Brice Prairie farm damages a barn storage shed and machine barn with 12 to 15 Holstein calves killed. Fire started in hay area about 5 30 p m and spread to nearby structures delaying response until 9 30 p m. Schaller partially insured plans to rebuild.
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Onalaska
Wis
Brice Prairie
Robert Schaller
Schaller
la Crosse Telephone Corp
Holmen
Minnesota
Swantz Selected as La Crosse School Superintendent Candidate
La Crosse board cited Swantz for program budgeting and objective driven reforms at Page One School and district reorganization plans. He advanced through screening to interviews with nine candidates and four finalists, with an appointment decision to follow discussions on compensation. Swantz, with wife Judith Ferdinand and three teen sons, attended a dinner to review Logan High School plans.
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Swantz
McHenry
la Crosse
Balts
Rice Lake
Kuechmann
Michael's Ceuise
Logan High School
Judith Ferdinand
Fond du Lac
Tenants clash over no pet rule at Park Lawn Estates
Riniker says tenants may move out but residents fear enforcement as some pets remain. One woman keeps a cat indoors indoors though upset by the policy and considering giving up the pet. Davis tells clients not to surrender their animals and argues for keeping pets in homes.
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Ryan
Riniker
Rinikers
Park Lawn Estates
Midway
Davis
Decision delayed on gay ministers in United Presbyterian Church
The new moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A backs equal employment for gays but seeks more information before a position on ordaining gay ministers. A task force on homosexuality must finish its work before the General Assembly vote.
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Philadelphia
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Associated Press
John T. Conner
General Assembly
Conner
What’s Going On In The Coulee Region
Blood pressure clinic for all ages runs 1 to 3 p.m. at City Hall Readstown. Happy Twirlers Square Dance Club hosts Barn Dance and pot luck at Schmidty’s barn on Highway 33 with dancing 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. La Crosse Public Library summer film fest shows at 1:30 p.m. Main Library auditorium and 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. South Branch Library. Winona Steamboat Days continues.
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City Hall
Readstown
Happy Twirlers
Children’s Department of the
la Crosse
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Outlook with Storm Chances
Wisconsin shows fair to partly cloudy conditions with a chance of thunderstorms late night into morning in the western regions. Thursday brings partly sunny and warmer weather with statewide thunderstorm chances. Minnesota reports increasing cloudiness with showers and storms tonight and Thursday. Iowa notes mixed conditions with thunderstorm risk in the west and central areas and cooler northwestern skies. Dam discharge data from Dresbach and La Crosse stations indicate rising Mississippi River levels affecting barge traffic, with 18,900 cubic feet per second at Dresbach Dam and multiple upriver and downriver vessels observed.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Dresbach Lock and Dam
Weather figures show record highs and lows
The report lists yesterday’s low 63 and high 78 with precipitation 0.15 inches. It notes record low 45 in 1950 and record high 101 in 1931, plus total degree days 6 and 7,879 total units to date. Sunrise and sunset times are given for tomorrow.
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Herman Anderson
Williamsport
Tenn
Nancy Anderson
Columbia, Tenn
Maury County
Columbia
Anderson
Nancy
Marvin Anderson
Dolly Madison
Court
Madison
Assembly
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
LaCrosse Tribune
Menard Plaza
Quillin’s
Foodhouse
A. Quillin’s
Foodliner
Super Valu Chain
David R. Heubsch
LA Crosse County
Stokke Tower
Southside Sr. Citizens Center
Sauber Manor
Northside Sr. Citizens Center
Congregational Church
Boston
Coulee Region
the Children’s Department of
The
la Crosse Public
Tri-State
Dresbach
Winona
National Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
New England
Dakota
C.P
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Guttenberg
Black
Galesville
West Salem
Agoot
Houston
Root
Hokah
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