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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1966
Page
3
CBS aired the National Drivers Test with lessons on passenger conduct emergency repairs and driving techniques. Viewers scored their own answers as samples showed a 52 percent overall performance. safety belts, checks for drivers over 65, and standard built in safety features were debated.
Summary of La Crosse county court entries includes dismissals for Helen Wise restitution paid. Robert Kohlmeier, Dodge City Tavern operator, continued on beer buy plan. Johnny Fife drunkenness. Steven Kaphaen speeding and failure to appear. Divorce granted for Palmer Wolden from Nellie Wolden. married 1935 at Waukon. Police reports note odor at William Blanchard residence and hospitalizations for Eleanor Quillin and Irene Jungen.
Obituaries list William J. Thoeny 75 Milwaukee and Clifford E. Nelson 56 La Crosse with cremations and graveside rites. Roy J. Roth 75 Winona dies. services at St. Marys Winona with burial Woodlawn. Other notices include Robert E. Cilley 48 La Crosse area and Edna Rosendale 46 Holmen, with church services, calls, and burial details. Surviving family names and workplaces noted.
Gov. Warren P. Knowles told 700 delegates at the Wisconsin Corrections Conference that the state has one of the nation’s most advanced correctional systems. He cited well funded programs and institutions as evidence of the public’s concern for those who violate laws.
Mayor Warren Loveland proclaims the week as Realtor Week in La Crosse. He credits realtors with directing public attention to the special character of the services they render and notes that a realtor is a professional in real estate who subscribes to a strict code of ethics.
In Saigon the English language press mocks its own signs of error as Mets win a 7-2 nightcap while losing the opener 5-0 to San Francisco. The piece notes odd spellings and quirky ads in the local paper.
Timothy McShane aged 9 of rural Osseo died after a truck hit him as he rode a bicycle on Hennepin County Road 30 in Maple Grove near his home. Driver Lawrence B. Schugg said he swerved to avoid the bike and struck a telephone pole. The boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John McShane. Minnesota’s 1966 highway toll rose to 237 from 220 a year earlier.
There are remaining tickets for a theater trip to Minneapolis on Saturday June 11. The group will travel by chartered bus to see As You Like It at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater. Interested persons may call Mrs. Larry Berglund at 400 N 23rd St.
A Robinsdale area residence was sold at public auction following a La Crosse County Court foreclosure judgment against LaVern A. Arnison and Maureen M. Arnison for $11,812.13. Sheriff Paul Wuest conducted the sale. La Crosse Mutual Loan and Building Association bid $11,812.13, with James Bicha of Bicha Realty placing the only competing bid at $11,813, 87 cents higher.
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill 84 to 16 to prohibit ID cards for those under 21 in counties where 21 is the legal beer age. The measure shifts card issuance to the county register of deeds and aims to curb youths crossing county lines to drink, officials said.
The Public Service Commission approved Milwaukee Road authority to remove its Brownsville Wisconsin depot in Dodge County on Tuesday.
About 600 Iron Workers Local 512 members walked out in the Twin Cities area and north to Pine City and east to Eau Claire. The strike follows rejection of a 95 cent hourly wage and fringe benefits proposal.
La Crosse County Court grants foreclosure against Donald K. and Leslie J. Fitting of Onalaska for failing to meet payments on a land contract for property on County Highway 7N. Judge Leonard F. Roraff orders payment of $4,656.58 plus $332.85 costs within 30 days or full title reverts to Fred J. Domke of 3215 George St.
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