Antique car restorer runs special shop at La Crosse dealer
International Motor Works in La Crosse blends new Honda sales with antique car restoration. 19 year old Terry Brown, from Plymouth Michigan, works solo in a dedicated shop restoring a Kaiser-Fraser convertible and awaiting a 1953 Packard. Don Lund, the sales manager who runs the operation, notes the Honda side thrives with 100 Hondas sold since May 8. The Accord commands strong demand, with Lund forecasting high sales if more units arrive.
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Terry Brown
Plymouth
Mich
Detroit
Denver Automotive and Diesel College
Colorado
International Motor Work
King St
Lund
Schneider
Delta Motors
la Crosse
Volvo
Rochester
Popular
Gloria Swanson
Honda
Tinckler
United States
Germany
William Vance
Crown-Volvo
Vance
Don Lund
U.S
Wisconsin
Olympia and Lone Star Boards OK Merger Plan
Olympia Brewing Co and Lone Star Brewing Co boards approve a merger agreement to buy substantially all Lone Star assets in exchange for 498,671 Olympia shares. Lone Star shareholders to receive one Olympia share per 3.75 Lone Star shares, subject to final approvals. Plans include expanded Lone Star production and eventual Olympia beer at the facility. Great Rivers Country promotes tourism in Wisconsin with brochures.
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San Antonio, Tex
Olympia Brewing Co
Lone Star Brewing Co
Lone Star
Olympia
Olympic
Lone Star Brewery
Great Rivers Country
Chicago
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Great Rivers Country of
Wisconsin
La Crosse Business News Briefs Highlight Local Hires
La Crosse area firms add staff and offices across banking, insurance, realty, manufacturing and retail. Garot Christman and La Crosse Trust Co. recruit new investment and insurance personnel. Medary Lumber expands carpet division. Alma Center Jackson County Bank opens new branch. USITA leaders elected. scenic moves and new plant managers noted.
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Larson
la Crosse
Central Michigan University
American Metal Insurance Alliance
National Fire Protection Insurance
The
Sentry Insurance Co
Garot Christman
RoxAnne
16Th Ave. N
Onalaska
Alma Center
Wis
Jackson County Bank
Main St
Buyers Seek Luxury Mileage In 1977 Auto Market Shift
Dealers report strong interest in redesigned upper series cars offering luxury with better gas mileage. GM trims weight to boost efficiency, Ford updates Thunderbird and Lincoln-M Mercury lines, while Chrysler keeps 1976 ignition tech. Intermediates like Oldsmobile Cutlass rise in demand.
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General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
David Hammond
Walt Hammond
Buick
Low Motors
Virgil Hegenbart
Hegenbart
Fred Miller
Dahl Motors Inc
Ford Ltd
Miller
LTD
Clason Pontiac
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Carl Schneider
Directors OK
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Hamms
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Lone
Great Rivers Area
Monroe
Vernon Counties
al Wright
Great Rivers
Great Rivers Organization
Lucille
Highway 16
Winter St
Tom Larson
Dave Yeiter
Garot-Christman Agency
David Grant
the la Crosse Trust Co
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fond du Lac
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Smith, Barney, Harris and
Upham
Audrey
Business News
Chartered Life
Metropolitan Life
Local Life Underwriters
Judy
la Crescent
Minn
Medary
Terry Herbst
Medary Lumber
Armstrong
Terry
Yester
Randy Flicek
Stanley Held
Gene Powell
Doug Willer
Numsen TV and Appliance
S. 4Th St
Minnesota
Quasar Electronics Co
Forster Co
Minneapolis
Theodore E. Koski
Gerrard Realty Corp
Superior
University of Wisconsin-Superior
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Amundson Products and Outers Laboratories, Inc
N. 4Th St
2Nd Ave. S
Highway 53
Fairway Motors
D.W. Snowberry
Snowberry
U.S. Independent Telephone Association
USITA
J. Philip Bigley
Viroqua Telephone Co
Robert W. Bunke
Cencom, Inc
Rushford, Minn
Bigley
Virquon
Bunke
Rushford
William Everson
Hermitage Court
Empire Silk Screen Co., Inc
UOP Norplex
Franklin
Ind
Janet
Erwin C. Dauphin
Minneapo
Lis
Robert W. Mattison Jr
Dauphin
Metropolitan State University
Minnesota Boxing Commission
Sonja Hayek
Frank Hayek
Jackson St
Trane Co
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kans
Peter Zielke
Trane
Ralph C. Turnquist
Paul L. Miller Jr
Kansas State Staff
G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc
James Engh
Heileman Industrial
University of Wisconsin Extensions
Dick Williams
la Crosse County
John Weigel
Dahl Ford Motor Co
Ed Huebner
Tribune
Robert Stude
Ray Hutson Chevolet
Stude
Hammond
Charles Christiano
Bob Burg
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Christiano
Cadillac
Trans Am
Ralph Clason
Clason
Eversole Motors
James Dickson
Dickson
William Tinckler
John Medinger
America
95Th Assembly
Democrat Medinger
Medinger
Assembly Comm
Tom Weise
Treas
AD Aids
7Th Street
Edmund A. Nix
NIX TV Report
WEET
Dist. Atty
Mark Seinfelder
Bill Black
Democratic Party
Roger LE Grand
Liberty
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