Return Of The River Barges At Dresbach Lock
Captain J. Duckett leans over the railing at Lock and Dam 7 Dresbach Minnesota as the Tri W tug and nine barges await passage marking the first of the season. They missed a record by three days. Barges owned by Peavey Co St Louis bound for St Paul to pick up a grain loan. Lock repairs expected to finish between 6 PM and midnight.
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Lock and Dam
Dresbach
Minn
Duckett
Peavey Co
St. Louis
St. Paul
Smith Valley Parents Fight To Keep School
Smith Valley PTO residents vow to challenge a La Crosse district plan to close the Smith Valley three room school. At 7 p.m. Tuesday the board will decide on the fate of the school and possible transfers to Roosevelt or Washburn.
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la Crosse Area
Board of Education
Washburn School
Central High School
Eugene Balts
Medary
PTO
Marianne Loeffler
Washburn
State Road
Harry Spence School
Roosevelt
Lenten Guideposts Series Starts Today in La Crosse Tribune
The Lenten Guideposts series begins today on Page 17 in The La Crosse Tribune. Stories run daily Monday through Saturday until Easter, produced by the Register and Tribune Syndicate in Des Moines Iowa.
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la Crosse Tribune
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Des Moines
Iowa
Downtown parking fee cut to $1 faces late penalty
The La Crosse City Council committee approved a measure reducing overtime parking fines to $1 to aid downtown merchants. Late payments beyond 15 days would incur a $5 penalty. Merchants testified that current meters deter customers and risk losing business to a nearby shopping center offering free parking.
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Common Council
la Crosse
Harry Wiggert
Wiggert Brothers
David Gregory
Gregory
Sleet and Ice Bring Wide Storm Across Northeast
Sleet and freezing rain disrupted travel from Wisconsin to Maine leaving thousands without power in Michigan while Arctic cold and heavy snow hit the Rockies and New England. In Vermont snow and late voting delays marred the presidential primary as traffic snarls snarled Interstate 91 in several towns amid wetter weather and springlike warmth fading.
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Michigan
Rockies
High Plains
Colorado
Minnesota
Missouri
Illinois
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Erie
New England
Massachusetts
Vermont
Rutland
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Jackson is Massachusetts Winner in Democratic primary
Massachusetts primary results show Sen. Henry M. Jackson winning with 23 percent and 30 delegates. Rep. Morris Udall 18 percent, George Wallace 17 percent, and Jimmy Carter 14 percent. Wallace and Carter challenge Jackson in Florida while Ford sweeps Vermont and Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts
Udall
Boston
Henry M. Jackson
Florida
Morris Udall
Arizona
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Bayh
Washington
Ford
Reagan
Vermont
Carter
New Hampshire
Adall
Wallace
Fred Harris
Sargent Shriver
Ellen McCormack
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
CBS
South
School Board Bans Time-Out Box in Wisconsin District
La Crosse area school board vote 5 to 3 bans a time-out box at Hamilton School used for emotionally disturbed students. The plywood, carpeted box with a ventilation slit was never used and faced opposition over its size and necessity amid debate on proper handling of disabled students.
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Hamilton
la Crosse
Nancy Gerrard
Louise Claflin
William Temte
Robert Kuechmann
Linda Bolen
Thomas Sleik
Carol Gundersen
Arthur Christensen
Gundersen
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Claflin
Sleik
Golly
Gerrard
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Hy Gardner Sports
LaCrosse Tribune
Mount Holly
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