Washington Valley View Schools Closed by Board Vote
La Crosse Area Public School District Board voted 9 to 0 to close rural Washington and Valley View Schools effective next fall transferring students to St. Pius X. The plan aims to better educate students and create neighborhood schools while addressing transportation and inclusion needs. Washburn School’s long term fate remains undetermined.
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la Crosse Area
Board of Education
Washington
Valley View
St. Pius X
Central High School
Carl Fortner
Washington Valley View Pto
Fortner
Washburn School
St. Pius
Balts
Washburn
Washington Valley View
Pleasant Valley
Sherwood Manor Subdivision
Richard Rogers
St. Pius X School
la Crosse
Carl Matthusen
PTO
Matthusen
Connally Becomes Republican In Watergate Era Shift
John B. Connally announced his switch from the Democratic to the Republican Party saying the GOP best fits broad American views. The former Texas governor, ex Treasury secretary, denied seeking office and noted Watergate as a scandal caused by individuals, not the party.
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Houston
Tex
John B. Connally
Secretary of the Treasury
Democratic Party
Connally
Republican Party
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Friends
Washington
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
Nixon
Weather Outlook With Clouds and Mild Warmup
Mostly cloudy Wednesday night with a chance of partial clearing by Thursday morning. Low near 35. Partly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday with highs in the 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Precipitation chance 10 percent Wednesday night and 5 percent Thursday. Friday brings variable cloudiness and a low around 40.
Look Inside Milroy’s Disease Patient Returns Home
A 17-year-old Brazilian girl comes home from Boston after treatment that relieved her rare Milroy’s Disease symptoms. The piece discusses prospects for a normal life ahead and the impact of the medical care on her long-term health.
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Boston
Milroy
Secretary Morton Urges Gasoline Conservation
Secretary of the Interior Rogers C. B. Morton on Tuesday urged Americans to start conserving gasoline to avoid a possible summer shortage. Local TV listings and pages 8 through 35 are noted with assorted sections and ads.
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Secretary of the Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton
Agnew Given Wider White House Duties
President Nixon expands Vice President Spiro T. Agnew role to vice chair of the Domestic Council engaging him in domestic policy and liaison with governors and local officials. Ehrlichman remains separate. staff reshuffle hints at shifting duties among Haldeman, Bull, and OMB. Watergate files prompt FBI guard activity as Cabinet discussions focus on future administration.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
John D. Ehrlichman
Treasury
John B. Connally
GOP
Kenneth R. Cole
Ehrlichman
Stephen B. Bull
Haldeman
Office of Management and Budget
FBI
Ronald L
Gunmen Hold Pupils at Illinois School in Basement Standoff
In Peoria, three armed men held 44 pupils and four adults for nearly two hours at St. Cecilia Elementary. One gunman was killed by police. the other two were captured and jailed without bond. Paul McAvoy, 85, custodian, described the fear of the ordeal.
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St. Cecilia’s Catholic School
Peoria
Ill
Sandy Kuzniar
Joseph P. Kuzniar
Paul McAvoy
St. Cecilia Elementary
Melvin Burch
John Ardis
Ardis
Sal Pisano
Peoria Police
Burch
Pisano
McAvoy
Sister Anne Delores
Gra
Anne Delores
FBI
Extradition Ordered for Nazi War Crimes Suspect
A Brooklyn federal judge ruled for the extradition of Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan to West Germany to face murder charges for her alleged role as a Nazi SS guard. The decision cites probable cause and could affect about 50 others in similar war crime cases. Atty. Morse said extradition was stayed until Friday for appeals.
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New York
Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan
West Germany
Jacob Mishler
Brooklyn
United States
Mishler
US. Atty
Robert A. Morse
Ryan
New Crests On Mississippi Rains Raise Flood Threat
Flood warnings intensified as new crests were forecast for the Mississippi River downstream of Hannibal and Quincy. Rain in Iowa Illinois and Missouri raised the risk of higher river levels while Gulf tides threatened Louisiana drainage. The Mississippi River Commission cited damage exceeding 322 million dollars across seven disaster states and ongoing flood impacts through early spring.
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Mississippi
Associated Press
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
St. Louis
River District
National Weather Service
Mississippi River Commission
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Ohio
Corps of Army Engineers
Hannibal
Quincy
Quincey
Lowa
Ilinois
New
Cape Girardeau
Missouri River
Grafton
Miller City
Coast Guard
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Robert Johns
Richard McLain
William Murphy
Morton
TV Log
Iascees
TV Garaner
U. S
Seledom
Ann Landers
Lee Watergate
Leonard Rush
Payneway
Ark
Anderson-Tulley
Peoria, Ill
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Festivals
John Sherman
29Th St
la Crosse Rubber Mills
la Crosse Festivals, Inc
Patrick Spencer
Trane Co
Burlington
la Crosse Festivals Board
Clyde Benjamin
Timber Lane
Trane
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