Residency Rules Pass for City Boards and Heads in La Crosse
The La Crosse Common Council committee approved ordinances requiring city residency for all members of city boards and department heads hired after Aug 1. The measures, backed by Alderman Helen Kelly, face full council approval and potential state-law conflicts over removal votes. Critics warn two-thirds removal hurdles could trap underqualified leaders.
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Supreme Court
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Common Council
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Dist
High Court Rules Nebraska Gag Order Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court unanimously held a Nebraska judge's order restricting news coverage of a mass murder case to be an unconstitutional prior restraint on press freedom. The decision underscored the high bar for prior restraints while noting possible in other contexts to protect fair trials.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
William T. Farr
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Farr
Susan Atkins
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Supreme Court
Tax Exemption Loss Threatens Central States Pension Fund
IRS revokes tax exempt status of the $1.4 billion Central States Pension Fund triggering potential back taxes dating to 1965 and possible impact on benefits. Trucking Employers Inc. president William G. McIntyre warns of higher employer contributions or reduced benefits while trustees including Frank E. Fitzsimmons decline comment.
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Teamsters Union
William G. McIntyre
Trucking Employers Inc
McIntyre
Internal Revenue Service
Teamsters’ Central States Pension Fund
IRS
McIntyre’s
Central States Fund
Labor Department
Union
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Onalaska Faces Suit Over 100 Percent Assessments
The Onalaska City Council voted 4 to 2 to assess 100 percent of Main Street curb gutter and sidewalk costs in a 1.2 mile area east from Sand Lake Road to Campbell Street. Total cost 500 with state paying 115973 and federal 244527 leaving 125000 on residents. Residents threaten legal action claiming 75 percent funded by government and petition to delete sidewalks was rejected.
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Main Street
Sand Lake Road
Campbell Street
George Skaff
Lloyd Lambert
Shirleigh van Riper
Arnold LeFebre
Leo Landsinger
Landsinger
Ray Sunder
La Crosse Welcomes Mississippi Youth Foster Program Arrival
Fifteen young Mississippians arrived in La Crosse via a PSA sponsored bus from Itta Bena and Coila to live with area families. Jim McClung, 13, expressed eagerness to meet new friends as the group reunites with foster families after a 24 hour ride. The PSA, a People to People collaboration between Mississippi and Wisconsin, began eight years ago. Jim has previously summers with the John Rochester family.
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James McClung
Jim
la Crosse
Itta Bena
Coila
Mississippi
Self-Help and Awareness
Wisconsin
Robert McClung
Assistant D A T Hoerl to resign August one
D M Hoerl will resign as assistant district attorney on August 1 citing inability to operate inside and outside the office. He plans to join his father’s Marshfield law practice and says his trial work in La Crosse County has been valuable.
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Hoerl
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Edmund A. Nix
Nix
Michael Mulroy
Mulroy
Marshfield
la Crosse County
Asst. Dist
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Beloit College
University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School
la Crosse
Colorado Court of Appeals
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