Board OKs Land Settlement and Furniture Bids at WWTI
The Western Wisconsin Technical Institute district board approved a land condemnation settlement of 23 500 to Richard A. and L. Kirk Saltz and accepted furniture bids totaling about 52 000 for the new business education building. The action relocates property into the WWTI campus and funds come from a mix of bids and relocation pay. district and county officials anticipate savings versus extended litigation.
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District Board For
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Richard A
L. Kirk Saltz
WWTI
Sabres
William Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
County Condemnation Commission
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Educator Named To Commission In La Crosse
Harold Erickson, chairman of general education at Western Wisconsin Technical Institute, is appointed to the La Crosse Police and Fire Commission by Mayor W. Peter Gilbertson. He replaces Terry Gillette whose 1968 appointment ends as he no longer lives in the city. Erickson’s term runs to 1978. He resides at 406 S. 15th St.
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Harold Erickson
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
la Crosse
Judge Substitution Sought in Marijuana Case
Richard C. Pflueger faces a motion for substitution of judges in his case. The 26 year old of West Salem and Brownsville is charged with tossing a plastic bag containing marijuana from a car stopped on State Street after police observed erratic driving. Pflueger was not in court. attorney Wayne Asfoor appeared. He is out on a $109 bond.
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Richard C. Pflueger
West Salem
Brownsville
Minn
Wayne Asfoor
Pflueger
State Street
Charge Dismissed In Onalaska School Case
An Onalaska woman Hazel Buckles aged 30s saw a charge of failing to enroll her 15 year old son drop in County Court after she testified she ordered him to attend. The boy will be referred to juvenile authorities. The charge covered 71 days from September to May under a law provision that dismisses when an attempt to enforce school attendance is shown.
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Onalaska
Hazel Buckles
13Th Ave. S
Arkansas flood displaces families as waters rise
Six Tomato residents refuse to evacuate amid floodwaters while Mississippi River Commission estimates 420 million in damages across eight states. The Agriculture Department notes delayed cotton planting in the Delta with a shift to soybeans. farmers face ongoing rains and potential losses.
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Illinois
Kentucky
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Missouri
Tennessee
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi Delta
Durand Youth's Body Recovered From Chippewa River
The body of 17 year old Roger Bauer of Durand was recovered Wednesday after drowning in the Chippewa River last month. He disappeared at Caryville on April 18 and was found near Meridean about ten miles downstream.
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Durand
Wis
Chippewa River
Roger Bauer
Caryville
Meridean
Ford Bonnie Clyde car to be auctioned at Mass expo
In Atlanta Ted Teddy expects the 1934 deluxe Ford linked to Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow to fetch around $1,000 original cost yet shown at exhibits earning about $10 million in fees. The sale opens July 28 at the Bay State Antique Automobile Exposition in Princeton Massachusetts.
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Atlanta, Ga
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
Ted Teddy
Atlanta
Bonnie and Clyde
Arcadia
Princeton
Mass
Teddy
Vo Tech Reciprocity Pact Strain Eyed By Board
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute District board heard that the Minnesota Wisconsin reciprocity for vo tech students is failing in the north. Richardson said he will withhold consent for northern students to attend Winona to curb costs, which rose from 20 000 last year to potentially 30 000 this year. He noted Minnesota officials blocked La Crescent students from traveling three miles to La Crosse when Winona offers the needed course 25 miles away.
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Marshfield Equipment
Otis Larsen
Manston Career Center
First National Bank of la
Vo-Tech
Wisconsin Technical Institute
Dist
Charles Richardson
Winona
Richardson
la Crosse School
Minnesota
la Crescent
Watergate Monitoring Expands to 200 Wiretapped Calls
The article notes continued monitoring of about 200 wiretapped calls to and from Democratic headquarters. Time permitting the committee planned to hear Bernard Barker and Sally Harmony who handled Baldwin's wiretap logs.
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Democratic
Bernard L. Barker
McCord
Sally Harmony
Baldwin
U S Posts First Trade Surplus in 18 Months
Secretary of Commerce Frederick Dent announced April marked the United States first trade surplus in 18 months with exports at record levels and imports down for a second month. The surplus was 196.3 million dollars helped by weaker Canadian imports and strong global demand.
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Washington
United States
Frederick Dent
Dent
Commerce Department
Canada
U.S
Bankers Urged To Slow Business Credit Growth
Washington AP Burns of the Fed urged 5700 banks to curb business lending to curb inflation. The call follows a 0.6 percent April jump in the cost of living and an annual inflation rate near 7 percent.
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Washington
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve System
Burns
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Federal Reserve Board
Armored Truck Overturns Kills Driver in Virginia Coin Spill
An armored truck overturned on a wet highway near Pearisburg Virginia killing the driver and scattering about 400000 in coins along the roadway. Authorities investigated the crash and noted the loss of a large coin haul.
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Pearisburg, Va
Virginia
Public transit survey shows mixed bus use and demand for shelters
A La Crosse transit survey finds 27 percent of respondents ride Sundays more than once weekly, 10.6 percent more than once monthly, and 40 percent never on Sundays. Satisfaction with service is high, weather protection at stops tops complaints, and many favor bus stop improvements and timetables. At UW La Crosse and Western Wisconsin Tech, car ownership is common and bus use remains limited among students.
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la Crosse Transit
Feahr
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
18 Month Old Drowns at Wisconsin Lake
LuDawn Lynne Curtis, 18 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs David Curtis of Union Grove, drowned in a small lake near their summer home in Marquette County after her mother went inside for a minute. The couple are caretakers at Camp Fairwood.
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Westfield
Wis
Lynne Curtis
David Curtis
Union Grove
Marquette County
CESA 11 Receives $25,000 Federal Education Grant
Cooperative Educational Service Agency 11, guided by Robert Tremain, obtains a Title II grant from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to plan broadcast television use for in service training of special education teachers. A committee will steer the project and a pilot on the Wisconsin Educational Television Network is planned for one year with Ralph Whiting as project director.
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Richardson
Ross Bennett
Cooperative Educational Services Agency
Portage
Richard Hoeft
University of Colorado, Boulder
Cooperative Educational Service Agency
Cesa) 11
Robert Tremain
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Tremain
Wisconsin Educational Television Network
Ralph Whiting
Firefighters Complete Officership Course in La Crosse Area
Thirty four firefighters from La Crosse Onalaska and Tomah Veterans Administration Hospital earned certificates for completing a 10 week 30 hour officership course. The program by Western Wisconsin Technical Institute focused on leadership and administrative duties. Speakers at the ceremony included Mayor W Peter Gilbertson and district director Charles G Richardson.
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Tomah Veterans Administration Hospital
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Fred I. Gen
Wisconsin Minnesota Thursday Night Showers Likely
Wisconsin forecast calls for cooler conditions with showers and thunderstorms Thursday night and more rain possible Friday. Minnesota expects fair to partly cloudy conditions in the north and variable cloudiness with chances of showers and thunderstorms in the south late Thursday night into Friday, with little temperature change.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Girl on bike killed by train at Polk County crossing
The 8 year old Beverly E. Greaver of Lengby died after being struck by a train while riding her bicycle at Polk County Rd 4 crossing in Lengby Minnesota. Another fatality, Leslie G. Foss, 49, of Penn North Dakota, died when his semitrailer jackknifed on U.S. 2 near Cass Lake as he swerved to miss a deer.
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Associated Press
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Polk County Rd
Lengby
Beverly E. Greaver
Beverly M. Greaver
Leslie G. Foss
Penn, N.D
U.S. 2
Cass Lake
Ride For Retarded Raises 1862 Funding Total
The Wisconsin Association for the Mentally Retarded bike ride raised 1862.35 dollars, surpassing the 1100 estimate. Chairwoman Mrs. Victor Bohlin noted the May 12 event drew about 40 St. Thomas More School students who contributed nearly 400 dollars, and James Asfoor raised 800 dollars.
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Wisconsin Association For the Mentally Retarded
Victor Bohlin
Park Ave
Onalaska
James Asfoor
Caledonia St
Bohlin
la Crosse
la Crosse Association For Retarded Children
St. Thomas More School
Man Falls In Bin Dies Beneath Corn
Warren Berg age 73 of Beloit Wisconsin dies after being buried in a 55 foot corn storage bin containing nearly four million pounds of corn. He climbed the bin top and fell inside triggering a slide that covered him about 12 feet deep. Rescue workers spent 14 hours to reach the body, recovering it at dawn.
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South Beloit, Ill
Warren Berg
Beloit
Wis
Berg
Beloit Grain Co
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