Massage Parlor Ordinance Passes Amid Prostitution Debate
The Common Council approved a massage parlor licensing ordinance 12 to 7 despite aldermen calling it effectively legalizing prostitution. The measure requires owner manager and worker licensing, 8 am to 1 am hours, and annual venereal disease tests, with two versions sparking intense debate and threats of political backlash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan T. Hessel
John Schubert
Sharon Imes
Thomas Roellich
Brian Carroll
Curtis Storck
Helen Kelly
Swanson
Patrick Zielke
Carroll
Imes
Zielke
Roellich
Stuber Resigns Barre Town Assessor Post
Barre Town Assessor Michael Stuber has resigned citing an arbitrary decision by the Barre Town Board of Review to lower agricultural assessments. He had served since spring 1975 and criticized the board for not allowing adequate time to analyze about 26 hours of testimony.
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Dennis Kaufmann
3Rd Dist
Donald Medinger
18Th Dist
Medinger
Stuber
Barre
Barre Town Board
Harlan Wills
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Review Board
Revew Board
State
Department of Revenue
Midair Collision Kills 181 Near Zagreb
A British Airways Tri dent 3 and an Inex Adria DC9 collided at 35 000 feet near Vrbovac northeast of Zagreb. At least 181 dead, 118 aboard the Yugoslav plane and 54 aboard the British jet with nine crew members reported. Flight 476 was London to Istanbul, while the DC9 flew Split to Cologne. No survivors.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
British Airways
London
Istanbul
Inex-Adria
Split
Cologne
West Germany
Kaufhof
Rising Costs Raise Doubts About Area Library System
The four county La Crosse Area Library System faces a 26 percent budget rise in 1977 to about 209000 with salaries up 33 percent to 111000 while La Crosse County debates withdrawing. Board and committee discussions focus on funding shares, state rules, and potential disbanding if headquarters county exits.
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la Crosse Area
Maynard Stratman
la Crosse County
James White
Area Library System
la Crosse
Juneau
Trempealeau
Monroe
Finance Committee
Area System
Said White
Area Library Board
County Boards of Supervisors
Mary Adams
Information Center Construction Progress in Onalaska
Work on an $800,000 project to build a one story information center and rest station on a nine acre site advances with grading and bridge work by Construction Co of Onalaska. The center covers 1600 square feet and the project began in July with completion expected in 1977.
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French Island
Lakeshore Drive
Pertzsch Con
Mulroy Reports 3643 In Campaign Contributions
Republican D A candidate Michael Mulroy disclosed 3643 in campaign funds in a La Crosse County filing. His donors include lawyers and police officers and he defends ties as not influencing duties while opponent Peter Berg criticizes the list. Ed Mundt Nix leads with 1025 and Berg 775.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Mulroy
Dist
Edmund A. Nix
Mulroy
Peter Berg
Berg
Alan Trapp
Trapp
la Crosse County
Republican Party
Nix
James Grooms
Onalaska
Alan Cole
Terry Gillette
Robert Johns Sr
Robert Johns Jr
Thomas
William
Robert Skemp
Charles Goerdt
Quincy Hale
Leon Sheehan
Jerome Klos
Thomas Sleik
Atty
Burleigh Randolph
la Crosse City
Charles Hofferek
Milton Opland
Randolph
Light Frost Nips Tobacco in Wisconsin Valleys
A light frost damaged a few tobacco fields in Crawford and Vernon counties while ridge fields escaped. Most tobacco crop of 1976 already harvested and stored. Frost in cranberry bogs prompted flooding or sprinklers to conserve scarce water amid drought. Corn not expected to suffer much. Wisconsin experienced icebox temperatures with Hazelhurst at 26 degrees and Ashland and Manitowish Waters around 30.
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Crawford
Vernon
Wisconsin
Hazelhurst
Ashland
Manitowish
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Green Bay
Brad Weniger
Faith Baptist Church
Faith Christian School
S. 28Th St
Ines Carroll
D.A. Hopeful
Logan-Aquinas
Aquinas
Logan
Ann Landers
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