Garment Plant Nears Revival as City Appoints Manager
Mayor W Peter Gilbertson named Rex Ritchie, Ye Old Style Inn operator, to run La Crosse Garment Co while seeking new funding after a court receiver action. The firm closed its La Crosse plant and New York Chicago offices amid a $440000 loan and $200000 in funds held by Aetna. Workers unpaid for four weeks, 200 jobs at stake, creditors to hear a debt plan on June 28.
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W. Peter Gilbertson
Rex Ritchie
la Crosse Garment Co
Ritchie
Gilbertson
U.S. District Court
Madison
Aetna Business Credit, Inc
Atlanta
Garment Co
la Crosse
New York
Chicago
Georgia Finance Company
Aetna
Garment Company
Daniel Smith
Finance Company
Meet Your Grandparent Day Sparks Fourth Grade Joy
Cathedral School second graders visited St. Joseph Nursing Home to entertain with poems and songs for their adopted grandparents. Thomas Miller, eight, and his grandma Elizabeth Riesterer, eighty three, shared letters written during the school year under Sister Rochelle Petraske’s supervision.
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Thomas Miller
St. Joseph Nursing Home
Rochelle Petraske
Thomas
Elizabeth Riesterer
Tribune
Regional Planners Seek More Info On TV Tower
The Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission to seek more information on an 869 foot educational television tower near La Crescent Minnesota before action. The executive committee split four four with one abstention on endorsing ECB tower plans and heard airport concerns about glide path violations risking federal aid and a $15 million airport facility change.
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Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission
MRRPC
la Crescent
Minn
Transportation Committee
Wisconsin Education Communication Board
ECB
Carroll
Joseph Roskos
Independence
Executive Committee
MARPC
John Thomas
Russell Aldrich
la Crosse
Roskos
James McLaughlin
River Falls
Chester
Skylab Linkup Survives Faulty Docking and Heat Crisis
Sky lab 1 astronauts wake after rest and prepare to enter the station to deploy a sunshade and cool to 70 degrees. They faced multiple failed docking attempts and a damaged shield that halved power before a successful late night hard dock.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad Jr
Control Center
Mission Control
Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Weitz
Apollo
Skylab
Cox Named Watergate Prosecutor Urges No Delay
Harvard law professor Archibald Cox sworn in as the government's Watergate prosecutor and vows no delay in the investigation. Attorney General Elliott Richardson also sworn in and pled to root out sleaze in government while maintaining national security roles. Senate committee rejects immediate Nixon involvement probe. five conspirators moved to Danbury prison. A Washington Post report links John Dean to a clemency offer communicated via James McCord.
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Washington
Harvard Law
Archibald Cox
Cox
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Richard G. Kleindienst
U.S
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
White House
Warren Burger
Massachusetts
Health, Education and Welfare
Defense
National Security Council
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Samuel Cash
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Federal Correctional Insitute
Danbury
Washington Post
James W. McCord
John W. Dean
Dean
Paul
No Editions Memorial Day
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish on Monday Memorial Day marking the holiday. No new editions or encores will be produced that day.
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la Crosse Tribune
Weekend showers with mild temps and 60 percent rain chance
Occasional showers and thunderstorms expected Saturday night and Sunday with a low near 50 and high around 65. Southeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph Saturday night becoming easterly Sunday. A 60 percent precipitation chance. Showers possible again Monday with a low near 50.
Hollywood Evangelism By Pat Boone At La Crosse Auditorium
Pat Boone brought his Hollywood style evangelism to Mary E Sawyer Auditorium in La Crosse this week. The report notes entertainment and religious elements drawing crowds and local attention.
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Pat Boone
la Crosse
Mary E. Sawyer
Section highlights and notices in local paper
A compact wrap of church news, business notes, and entertainment items from the local paper. Highlights include community arrivals, events, and a brief look at classified listings and updates across sections.
Bike A Rama In Sparta Opens First Day Of Events
Sparta Wisconsin hosts the first Bike A Rama with 100 plus youngsters competing on unicycles and a 60 foot bike trough. Races for all ages Sunday through Monday around the courthouse square. queen Mary Beth Brueggen named from Cashton High School joins a city parade and stage show.
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Sparta
Wis
Courthouse Square
Sparta Area
del Lonnquist
Queen Mary Beth
Charles Brueggen
Steve
Pat
Sandra
Jean
Debra Miles
Michele Williams
Ontario
Jean Eggleson
Tomah
Tim Harmon
U.S
Elroy
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Robert (Kootch) Carroll
Dist
James Cote
la Crosse Municipal
Viroqua
Louis Primus
Fairchild
Otto Bollinger
Mondovi
Adolph Heilman
Laurence Weber
Elmwood
McLaughlin
Houston County
Caledonia
Houston County Planning and Zoning Commission
Horizons Communications Corp
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Tri-County Telephone Cooperative, Inc
South Atlantic
Watergate
Cryogenic Recycling International Inc
House
Mary Beth Brueggen
Cashton
Spartas
Sparta Municipal
City Hall
Phil Schaitel
Leon
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