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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1968
Page
6
The Gateway Area Council of Boy Scouts will officially dedicate its Service Center building at 2600 Quarry Road at 3 p.m. Sunday. The public may attend but there will be no parking at the center or along the highway. Attendees are asked to park offsite.
Martin Lester Kuchera 51 Chicago died May 10 after a long illness. Services 10 a.m. Monday at St. Aloysius Hillsboro with burial Champion Valley Cemetery. Forrest Wayne Hostrawser 67 Milwaukee died May 9 born Aug. 19 190. Retired Standard Oil employee of 40 years. Survived by widow Trene Milwaukee daughter Milton Haroldson granddaughter brother Harley sister Cassie Webster. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday Evangelical Lutheran Church Black River Falls with burial Riverside Cemetery. Mrs. Andrew Quammen 75 Mount Sterling died May 11 at Viroqua hospital. Services 2 p.m. Monday Mount Sterling Lutheran Church with burial church cemetery. Survived by husband two sons Alvin Stevens Point Herman Gays Mills three daughters Vernon Roth Gays Mills Alfred Lamphier Wausau Gordon Hartkopf Stevens Point 12 grandchildren nine great grandchildren.
The Sparta Area School District filed a 500000 lawsuit in Monroe County against Hackner Schroeder and Associates and several contractors over defects in the Sparta Senior High School roof. The suit accuses omissions in engineering design by Flexicore, manufacturing faults by Mid-State and Nodak, and fault by Flexicore in shipping materials. Final payment of six percent of a 680000 contract was made June 5 1963.
Justice Court records from La Crescent Minnesota list multiple defendants with speeding, open bottle, license, and driving violations with modest fines. Court actions also note injuries at La Crosse State University Health Center and hospital referrals, plus judgments involving local businesses and residents.
Blair Wisconsin two safes were opened in Blair High School early Saturday morning. Entry was gained by forcing a door in the commodities storage room and by jimmying a door frame for the main and second floor offices. Debris and cement reinforcements lay around the offices. Sheriff Eugene Bijold and Officer Milo Johnson investigated. A similar breakin was reported at Osseo School Lake Noah Malaska.
The famous magician Harry Houdini was born Ehrich Weiss, a detail noted in accounts tracing his origin and career. The disclosure highlights the performer’s birth name and rise to fame in stage magic.
The Common Council approved a plan to streamline health inspections by merging city and state duties. The city will handle in city services while the state covers inspections for food shipped outside.
The La Crosse Water Utility’s request to hire a supervising engineer was denied by the Common Council after a Finance Committee recommendation against it. Also: 1969 capital planning moves to widen 6th Street and remove an alley project. Helfrich’s 1303 Main St zoning request rejected. park board authorized to study relocating the South Side beach to the Lagoon with a winter warming house.
U S forces report 442 North Vietnamese killed below the DMZ in the last 24 hours amid renewed heavy fighting. In Saigon, 50 Viet Cong soldiers died as allied air strikes and artillery pound enemy positions. U S troops reinforce Dong Ha while Marines halt a broader northern push and contend with continued Viet Cong activity near Hue and along roads to Saigon. Civilians suffer with 95 dead and 2,449 wounded, and 80,000 refugees flee the city as Buddha's birthday marks a somber note amid the war.
The La Crosse Camera Club mapped its annual awards banquet for June 13 at the Cerise Club. Claire Johnson announced ribbon winners in the final open slide event of the year with Louis Bornhemier earning Class B, John Zoerb James Urban and Claire Johnson in Class A, and Paul Groessel Vic Bohlin Harold Peterson in the black and white print division. Boyd Hutchison presented a slide program titled My Letter to the World with nature slides and commentary.
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