Parades Change Schedules For Oktoberfest In La Crosse
The Maple Leaf Parade opens Oktoberfest at 2 p.m. Sunday with about 115 units including 31 bands. A new band classification system ranges AA to Class C by school enrollment. Floats judged for awards begin at Copeland Park with judges from Winona State College and WSMA. Torchlight ends Oktoberfest at 7:30 p.m. Thursday on the North Side with four marching units and a ball park dispersal.
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Copeland Park
Rose Street
Causeway
South la Crosse
4Th Street
Jay and
King Streets
Jerry Miller
Richard J. Lindner
Winona State College
Minnesota
Jack Pingel
Madison
Wisconsin School Music Association
WSMA
Richard G. Gaarder
Charles and
Gillette Streets
Gillette Street
Caledonia Street
Clinton Street
Ball Park
Maple Leaf Parade and Torchlight Parade Editorial Summary
Recycle Project Brightener leads the Maple Leaf Parade with three color guards 17 floats and assorted units. Richard Hoeft chairs the parade with Robert Wilhelm Earl Schultz as vice chairs for the two events and Kristi Winters as secretary.
Corrections Official Urges Open Thinking At Juvenile Seminar
Joseph Coughlin of the Illinois Department of Corrections urged wide open thinking at the La Crosse County Juvenile Court Seminar opening in the Wisconsin Room of the Midway Motor Lodge. He stressed defining problems, realistic objectives, and a systematic approach, highlighting alternatives to incarceration and the need for leadership, youth focus, and flexible, honest ideals. Workshops on liaison work, peer group counseling, and post commitment communication continued into Friday.
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Joseph Coughlin
Illinois Department of Corrections
Wisconsin
Midway Motor Lodge
la Crosse County
Coughlin
Corrections Department
Butterflies Are Free staged at Viterbo Black Box Theater
A La Crosse review praises Sister Marie Leon La Croix’s direction and Robert W. Lyon Jr.’s authentic New York set for Butterflies Are Free at Viterbo College. Mark Heller and Peggy Bauer deliver strong performances in Gershe’s blind hero romance set in Greenwich Village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Viterbo College
Fine Arts Center
Marie Leon la Croix
New York
Lower East Side
Robert W. Lyon Jr
Leonard Gershe
Scarsdale
N.Y
Don Baker
Mark Heller
Greenwich Village
Jill Tanner
Peggy Bauer
Districts Press On With 1973 74 Teacher Pact Talks
Negotiations continue in Melrose Mindoro Area and West Salem School Districts over just cause and fair share clauses. A Tribune source calls West Salem talks touchy but believes a settlement is possible in a few meetings. The board offers higher starting pay of 7 400 and disability compensatory pay while teachers seek stricter layoff and dues provisions.
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Melrose-Mindoro
West Salem
Tribune
James Henley
Melrose-Mindoro Area
Pfaff
R. J. Holmen
Propriety Of Plan Studies Questioned
La Crosse County Board finance chair questions potential bias in Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission's use of studies produced by La Crosse city staff. Ronald Bracegirdle says the city only provides technical help and the area plan commission approves reports, noting the city has a single vote.
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la Crosse
Health Field Leadership Up To Area Units
Ristow leads areawide health planning with WWHPO and executive committee members back from Washington. Local boards approve a 134000 dollar 1974 budget and push emergency medical technician programs in La Crosse Trempealeau and Crawford counties with training starting soon but possible delays due to instructor shortages. The next directors meeting is November 1.
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Ristow
Harold Ristow
Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization
WWHPO
Grandview Building
Congress
la Crosse
Trempealeau
Crawford Counties
Crawford County
la Crosse County
Board of Directors
Rochester Mayo to Broadcast Medical Lectures by Cable
Four medical papers on high blood pressure will be presented at the fourth annual Joint Symposium on Kidney Disease at Rochester Methodist Hospital Auditorium and relayed via cable to La Crosse. The Mayo broadcasts test closed circuit distribution of educational programs and include live discussion from Mayo TV studio moderated by Dr Edwin Overholdt in La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester Methodist Hospital
la Crosse
James Hunt
Mayo
Division of Education
Plummer Building
Rochester
Edwin Overholdt
Gundersen Clinic
Lutheran Hospital
Man Sentenced In Possession Case
Michael Dunn of 1421 State St was convicted in September of marijuana possession and received a nine month county jail sentence without Huber Law privileges. He was charged with dropping a marijuana package from a car during a May 21 traffic stop. Judge Kent Houck presided in Richland County.
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Michael Dunn
State St
Dunn
Richland County
Kent Houck
Navy Artwork Exhibition at Viterbo College
Operation Palette features 75 original works by Navy combat artists on display through Sunday in the theater lobby of Viterbo College Fine Arts Building. Viewing hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily with CPO Gordon Carter, Mrs. Geraldine Wakeen, and Rev. J Thomas Finucan among attendees. Exhibit's sponsor is the La Crosse chapter of the Reserve Officers Association.
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Viterbo College
Navy
Cpo
Gordon Carter
Navy Reserve
Geraldine Wakeen
J. Thomas Finucan
Viterbo
Department of Navy
la Crosse
The
Reserve Officers Association
Ladies —Tribune
Salvation Army Lectures On Family Focus Series
The Salvation Army Citadel at 223 N 8th Street hosts Family Focus lectures by Lt. Roger Ross and his wife Mrs. Ross. The series started Wednesday and runs through Sunday with meetings at 7 p.m. Lt. Ross, a native of Iowa, and his Indiana-born wife, are Vennard College alumni and former supply officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Ross
Salvation Army Citadel
N. 8Th St
Ross
Iowa
Indiana
Vennard Bible College
Salvation Army School For
Onalaska Town Buys Snowplow and Auger Drive
The Town of Onalaska bought an 11-foot snowplow from Lowe Manufacturing Readstown for 1789 dollars and a hydraulic auger drive for 852 dollars. Delivery is due in two to three weeks. The board also discussed snow removal contracts with Duffy's Landscaping for winter and hired civil defense director candidate. An open house is set for October 28 to view the new equipment storage building in Midway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onalaska
Wis
Lowe Manufacturing Co
Readstown
Lowe
Duffy's Landscaping Co
Holmen
Duffy's
la Crosse
Weldon Acres
Tuckaway Gardens
Midway
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Crosse Festivals, Inc
Miller
Richard Hoeft
Robert Wilhelm
Earl Schultz
Kristi Winters
Darrell Dickinson
Gary de Maroney
Donald Smith
Michael Jacobs
Richard and
Judith Mazur
David Grant
Paul Markos
Vernon Pokland
Miss Union
Jackie Lenser
Greater la Crosse
Northside Fest
Maple Leaf Parade
Bauer
Baker
Heller
Mrs. Baker
Don
Colleen Henney
Miss Henney
Ralph Austin
Dean Brooks
Jill
Brooks
Black Box
Zenker
Authors League of America
Dramatists Guild
James Martin
Photography
Salvation Army
Onalaska Bays
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