Tentative La Crosse County budget aims to stay within state levy limit
La Crosse County Finance Committee approved a 1974 tentative budget with a $4,000 net reduction from 1973 after adjustments. The panel cut social services costs by $629,000 due to federal funding shifts and considered adding a $500,000 contingency to cover salaries and new positions, which could push the levy above the limit.
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Lakeview Hospital
Lakeview Grounds
Klos
Social Services
Malcolm Johnson
la Crosse County
AFDC
Trane Co
Johnson
Highway Department
Coopera
Senator Proxmire Visits City Senior Center Talk
U S Senator William Proxmire D Wis spent Friday morning greeting Mrs Helen L Bjorkman at 757 N 24th St before addressing about 100 people at the Harry J Olson Senior Citizen Center 624 Gillette St in the city.
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U.S
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Helen L. Bjorkman
N. 24Th St
Harry J. Olson
Gillette St
Proxmire Outlines Inflation Fixes During La Crosse Stop
U S Senator William Proxmire addressed about 100 seniors at the Harry J Olson Center in La Crosse arguing inflation is driven by food prices and urging defense cuts to curb costs while maintaining a strong military posture. He supported a seven percent Social Security boost and endorsed the Jackson Amendment linking trade with Russia to Jewish emigration rights and disarmament talks.
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William Proxmire
Harry J. Olson
Gillette St
Proxmire
la Crosse
Wisconsin Democrat
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
Russia
Finance Committee
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Jackson
Washington Senators
Layton School of Art and UW L to Discuss Merger
Representatives from Milwaukee's Layton School of Art and Design met with UW L La Crosse officials this week to discuss a possible merger. Chancellor Kenneth Lindner called talks preliminary and emphasized faculty discussions as essential.
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Milwaukee
Layton School of Art and Design
la Crosse
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Uw-L
Kenneth Lindner
Layton
National Association of Professional Schools of Art
UWL
Neil Lieberman
Fitzhugh Scott
Wilson Meyers
Weekend Forecast: Warmer Days Ahead with Mild Nights
Fair and a little warmer Friday night with a low near 47. Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday with a high in the mid 70s. Light southwest winds Friday night rising to about 10 mph Saturday. Sunday remains fair and a bit warmer.
Assembly Moves To End Sex Distinctions In Wisconsin Statutes
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a sweeping bill 69 to 28 to remove sex distinctions across statutes. It would outlaw prostitution and rape by either sex, permit alimony by either gender, allow joint divorce actions, extend minimum wage protections, let minors and girls hold jobs, enable prisoner releases under the Huber Law for both genders, and preserve some separate facilities, with amendments narrowing certain points.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Assembly
John Shabaz
New Berlin
James Sensenbrenner
Shorewood
Senate
Subpoenas Issued on Newsmen in Agnew Probe
Vice President Agnew’s lawyers served subpoenas on reporters from the Washington Star News Washington Post New York Times and New York Daily News and Time Magazine seeking records of conversations with official sources related to the kickback inquiry. The order, authorized by Judge Walter E Hoffman, directs attendance at the Baltimore federal courthouse next Thursday. Nick Gage of the New York Times is among those summoned and the paper objects to revealing confidential sources.
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Agnew
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Washington Post
New York Times
New York Daily News
Time Magazine
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Judah Best
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Swarthouts Bequeath $550000 To La Crosse
The La Crosse Common Council Finance Committee learned of a bequest totaling at least $550000 from sisters Susan and Edyth Swarthout. The funds will build the Swarthout Memorial Library addition and serve the library and La Crosse County Historical Society. Additional estate valued at about $250000 in real estate will be sold to fund the project.
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Flanagan
Susan Swarthout
Swarthout
Carroll College
Waukesha
The
la Crosse Trust Co
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