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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1971
Page
2
La Crosse Common Council approved Losey Boulevard and Highway 14 improvement plans under TOPICS Traffic Operations Program. Federal aid was authorized for two additional Losey intersections Green Bay Street and Main Street with bids expected in summer.
About 30 members of the local Women's Liberation group marched on the La Crosse State University campus to protest Wisconsin abortion and contraception laws. Susannah Crocker urged repeal and said abortions are available only to those who can afford to travel to states with liberal laws.
The La Crosse County Finance Committee backed funding for an Occupational Rehabilitation Center training program with a county share of 7 875 dollars of a 63 000 dollar project to aid high school drop outs and extended training cases. They cut back on social service hires and delayed several other requests, including three social workers for child welfare and a WIN program coordinator. The panel also deferred a decision on a guidance clinic staffing expansion and kept actions on the Christmas Bureau and prisoner meal increases pending. The committee will seek state corrections data on meal allowances and await cost computations for new hires.
The La Crosse Common Council received legislation Thursday night to annex a 60 acre site for a multimillion dollar shopping center on former Holy Cross Seminary land. The interim zoning would be for commercial use per the May 3 City Plan Commission recommendation, with the council retaining final zoning authority. Also approved was annexation of Bridgeman's Ice Cream on former Woodlawn Cemetery land, with owner Herbert Lee agreeing not to seek public sewer due to cost. a single lot at 3331 Cliffside Drive owned by Kenneth Goede was noted.
In Madison a La Crosse man, Stanley Thompson, 26, died in a local hospital from injuries after a fall from a fifth floor YMCA fire escape. Police reported the accident occurred Thursday night and the coroner's office began an investigation.
The La Crosse Tribune announces publisher and staff roles, address at 4th and Cass Sts in La Crosse Wisconsin, rate details for single copies and carrier service, and notes it is a Lee Enterprises division with AP affiliation. Volume 66 Number 358 appears as the issue reference.
A Mindoro youth will be charged and three juveniles referred to juvenile authorities after a wave of thefts and vandalism in La Crosse County Thursday night. Rocks shattered grader windows on County Highway B at Rockland and stakes were pulled up to aid a stuck car, with $200 labor estimated to reset them. The group admitted siphoning seven and five gallons of gasoline from local sites in Rockland and West Salem, and police traced a car seen near the scene to the suspects. Two 17 year olds and a 16 year old are from Rockland and West Salem, and Charles Anderson, 18, Mindoro, was released to appear in county court Friday morning.
The usual Friday night senior dance at the La Crosse Community Center on 1220 Denton St will be canceled May 21 due to auction preparations. Activities May 17 to 22 include auction goods intake Monday, Stamp Club at 7 p.m. Tuesday, euchre at 7:30 p.m., bridge at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, and a May 22 auction led by Russell Schroeder.
Radio highlights list program times for WKBH at 5 30 P M Meet the Press and WLCX at 6 P M rebroadcast of Central High Concert.
Owen Dawley aged 21 and David Woof aged 22 both of Black River Falls were found guilty of selling dangerous drugs in circuit court. They remained out on bonds pending pre sentence investigations. Circuit Judge Lowell Schoengarth presided. Woof was arrested October 21 1970 and Dawley the following day. Pre trials followed and the cases were sent to the circuit court.
Obituaries from Wisconsin towns report Mary Anna Bue of Black River Falls age 77 dying May 14 in her home with services May 18. Also noted are Oscar Granskov of Coon Valley and Hugh Lyon of Woodstock, Ill with service details and survivor lists. Additional notices cover Elsie Long of Sparta, Mary Erickson of Cashton, Robert Storandt of Mindoro and related family connections across La Crosse County.
Harold J. Dahl, 63, of 218 4th St. N., La Crosse, Minnesota, died suddenly at his home on Thursday, May 13. Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, with Rev. William R. Schumann officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Nelson Funeral Home, La Crosse, Sunday after 4 p.m. and at the church Monday from noon until the service.
Four persons required hospital treatment after traffic incidents in La Crosse on Friday and Saturday. Edward Richmond, 58, was bruised in a collision at West and Jackson with Margaret Tumaniec, 43. David Fuchs, 9, injured in a bike collision with Mildred Bolger, 56, at 31st and Green Bay. Ernest Chambers, 65, head bump from car striking two parked cars on Pine Street, likely carbon monoxide exposure noted. Alberta Becker, 21, knee injury when the car she rode in collided with Terence Olson’s vehicle at 15th and King. Olson cited for failure to yield.
Partly cloudy and cooler conditions across Wisconsin Saturday and Sunday with northwest cool downs. Minnesota clears Saturday night, then mostly fair and cooler southeast Sunday. Iowa partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday with cooler Sunday. Includes degree days totals, record highs and lows, sunrise and sunset, and river stage at ILa Crosse with flood status data.
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