Downtown Traffic Plan Sparks Council Setback
La Crosse officials rejected an engineer plan to curb downtown parking on 3rd and 4th Streets from Cass to the Causeway and Copeland to the river. The 4 to 2 vote shelved the idea, with merchants and chamber leaders voicing mixed impacts on business and safety concerns.
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la Crosse
Common Council
Highways, Properties and Utilities Committee
HPU
3Rd
4Th Streets
Cass Street
Causeway
Copeland Avenue
la Crosse River Bridge
Richard Schelbe
la Crosse City
Lockett
la Crosse Street
4Th Street
Onalaska
Holmen
Galesville
4Th
Harry Wiggert
Wiggert
Prairie du Chien
Ronald Oleson
On Site Registration of Voters Challenged
Milwaukee clash over on site voter registration triggers an investigation by District Attorney E Michael McCann who will pursue fraud charges if evidence arises while officials push for reports on abuses and process delays amid a wave of complaints from poll sites and lawmakers.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Dist
Atty
Michael McCann
Carter Ford Plan Rest From Rigors Of Campaign
Carter and Ford, exhausted after a hard fought election, plan a rest before the transfer of power. Carter meets with Vice President-elect Mondale for first talks in Plains Georgia. Ohio and Oregon still unresolved. Carter leads with 272 electoral votes to Ford 235. Milwaukee area probes vote registration under liberalized law as La Crosse reports no irregularities. many lines formed at closing with delays and precautions to prevent double voting.
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United States
Ohio
Oregon
Carter
District of Columbia
Ford
Foreign Policy On Back Burner
Washington AP Ford failure to win election stalls key foreign policy initiatives for 12 weeks of lame duck. Kissinger aims to hold together while avoiding new commitments. Many officials and ambassadors depart, with Helms resigning as Iran envoy. Senior aides depart, replaced by acting officials, as hopes for a US Soviet treaty and Middle East moves fade before Carter’s Jan 20 take over.
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Washington
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Jimmy Carter
Kissinger
Carter
State Department
Richard M. Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Iran
Bigsinger
Ronald Reagan
Moscow
Networks to air Carter Mondale news conference live
New York AP reports CBS ABC and NBC announced they will cover President elect Jimmy Carter and Vice President elect Walter Mondale in a joint news conference live at 6:30 PM CST tonight from Plains Georgia. The announcement marks a coordinated national broadcast across all three networks.
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New York
CBS
ABC
NBC
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Plains
Class Action Suit Charged Discrimination in Maternity Leave
MEA and five teachers sue five Minnesota districts over maternity leave policies. Plaintiffs allege districts require non paying leave instead of using accumulated sick leave, violating state Human Rights Act and federal Civil Rights Act. Named districts include St. Louis Park Parkers Prairie Twin Valley Fridley Proctor. Plaintiffs Kay Carlson Rose Colbjornsen Virginia Deeds Pamela Meyer Dianne Wippler.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota Education Association
MEA
Minnesota
St. Louis Park
Parkers Prairie
Twin Valley
Fridley
Proctor
Kay Carlson
Rose Colbjornsen
Virginia Deeds
Pamela Meyer
Dianne Wippler
Rainbow girl installation sparks Iowa expulsion threat
Twelve year old Michelle Palmer was made a Rainbow member in Indianola despite a dispute over an unwritten ban on black members. National Rainbow leadership later questioned Iowa’s status while Michelle’s father and mother react to the controversy and potential loss of charters.
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Indianola
Iowa
Michelle Palmer
International Order of the Rainbow
National Service Organization
Michelle
Rainbow Assemblies
Dwaine Palmer
Indianola Masonic Lodge
Herbert Grout
The
Rainbow Girls
McAlester
Okla
Palmer
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Schelbe
Louis Bantle
Eau Claire
Rochester
Winona
Minn
Greater la Crosse Area
Chamber of Commerce
Quinn Johnson
Chamber
Chamber En
Dorses
Harry Lockett
Max
Auto Wrecking Co
Brian Carroll
13Th Dist
Main Street
2Nd
6Th Streets
Thaddeus Stawicki
Election Commission
Gerald Ferwerda
State Elections Board
Ben Johnson
Commons Council
Milwaukee County
Madison
Warren Knowles
Texas
Gerald Ford
White House
Walter F. Mondale
Plains, Ga
Georgia
Carter and Mondale
Wendy
Call
Aubrey Kroner
City Hall
Foreign Service
Charles Robinson
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
William D. Rogers
Winston Lord
Russia
Middle East
U.S
Fritz’ Mondale
Vernon County
Walter Black
Bruce Kieser
North Crawford
Ann Landers
Carter, Mondale
Lacrosse
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