Local Financial Help Emerges For Harborview Plaza
Harborview Plaza in La Crosse may receive financing for the $4 million Sheraton Hotel from First Federal Savings and Loan and a local investors group. The announcements came at the Redevelopment Authority meeting as Alder man Ferdinand Sontag proposed studying a city takeover of agency duties. Bruce B. Hines of First Federal wrote to Redevelopment Authority director Charles Parrott on October 10, signaling lender interest.
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Boston
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Utilities May Sue Over Harborview Redevelopment Claims
La Crosse Redevelopment Authority may face two lawsuits from Northern States Power Co. and La Crosse Telephone Corp. seeking more than 39000 to recover underground line relocation costs tied to the Harborview redevelopment east of 2nd Street near Riverside Park.
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NYC Crunch Deepens As City Faces Fiscal Crisis
New York City teeters on the edge of bankruptcy as Mayor Beame and state officials seek a federal rescue. President Ford and Treasury Secretary Simon refuse immediate aid. the city works to marshal a $2.3 billion bailout, including pension funds, to prevent default on $453 million due today.
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Railroad Thieves Leave No Tracks
Portage police report about 5,000 feet of Baltimore and Ohio track missing near Portage Indiana with more rails and ties stolen in Lake County. Detectives estimate the stolen material valued at roughly 22 500 dollars and note the perpetrators moved rails using a forklift and trucks.
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Lake County
Werner Dahlstrom
Chessie System
Chicago
Welfare Costs Rise Twenty Percent in Year
Government figures show welfare expenditures rose 20 percent in the 1975 fiscal year to 22.5 billion dollars, with nearly 13 billion for medical care for the poor and 11.1 million people on AFDC. HEW notes a slight May-June dip in AFDC rolls amid improving economy.
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Inside Look at Coulee Region Residents Feature
Page 6 previews a Tribune feature recounting local events and residents. Page 10 notes two city homecomings as Aquinas and UWL prepare for traditional football contests. Page 16 mentions a sensational claim that the Mafia rejected a $100,000 offer to kill Fidel Castro for the CIA.
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Where To Find It Deaths Focus Item
A compact death notices item appears in the Focus section listing deceased individuals and basic biographical cues. The brief entry emphasizes names and relevant dates for local readers seeking obituaries and memorials.
Tribune Expands Early Market News and Weekend Pages
The Tribune announces the earliest financial news for Western Wisconsin with Saturday market coverage and additions to weekend pages. Sunday financial page will be superseded and new opinion pages will launch, reflecting reader demand from the survey.
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Custodians Seek $1 Hour Pay Hike in La Crosse District
Custodians in the La Crosse Area Public School District push for an $11-an-hour raise over two years as bargaining opens for Local 21. The package includes longevity pay, higher night differential, elimination of the first salary step, and discussion of a semiannual cost-of-living adjustment. Open sessions contested by board chairman Arthur Christensen, while custodian chief negotiator Robert Woodruff favors news media access.
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