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Winona Daily Nw Winona, Minnesota THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1969 tourists From 19 Nations Stop Commissioners Object To Getting Service Road Carlson Forms Hew Firm for Architecture sion included scheduling a hearing at 2 p.m. Oct. 6 on the dissolution of Common School Dis Authority Set To Approve Renewal Funds A special meeting of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Winona has ben called for Friday at 1 p.m. Authority board members will act on approval of a loan and grant contract that will provide for federal and focal funding of Winona's first downtown urban renewal project.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has authorized federal funds totaling $1,549,260 for the project. Federal funds would provide three-fourths of the cost. The city's one-fourth share, $516,000, would be supplied by non-cash, credits for project-related public improvements and by funds realized from increased tax returns from redeveloped most often about the Julius C. Wilkie steamboat museum, Sugar Loaf, the Lake Park rose gardens, Garvin Heights and the Prairie Island deer park, Bowers said. Tourists were said to be most impressed by the city's hospitality, cleanliness and parks and scenery.

Bowers said many considered the city's high proportion of industry to be unusual for comparable cities. Registered at the booth were persons from such places as West Germany, Sweden, England, India, Thailand, South Africa, Trinidad, France, Argentina, New Zealand, Israel, Nicaragua, Norway, Austria, East Africa and Japan. road would not be part of the county state aid system but would be a county or township road. Commissioners object to taking over the road because the frontage road was constructed as a service road along the highway and does not meet county road standards. The section of road runs from CSAH 11 to Homer Township road 13.

ALSO TO BE considered at the Monday session will be a resolution endorsing the recently completed Winona community shelter program, part of the city and county civil defense program. Action at the Wednesday ses- The Winona County Board will continue its regular September session Monday, when the board members will view a section of Highway 61-3, a frontage road at Homer, which the Minnesota Highway Department hopes to turn back to the county Oct. 15. A resolution opposing the turnback was presented at the regular board session Wednesday; it will be acted on Monday. The resolution states that the move by the state to revert the half-mile of roadway to the county is not in the best interest of the public.

The pro posal by the state that the County Board At Least 102 Districts Bus Parochial Pupils trict 2597, Nodine. The school board issued the hearing petition following a 29 to 9 vote in favor of dissolution Aug. 29. The school has two teachers and 42 students. The district covers about eight sections and has an assessed value of $93,032.

The county board backed the Winona County Public Health Nursing Advisory Board's recommendation that the nurses be relieved of the responsibility of taking X-rays at City Hall. The board made no formal move on the issue at the meeting, but indicated in discussion that it favored the proposal. A CONDITIONAL land ose permit was approved for Junior Krage, Minnesota City, for the installation of a dog kennel in Rollingstone Township. A permit for a mobile home court issued Ellery Foster, Elba, was amended to include 112 acres in Whitewater and Elba townships instead of the 4 acres listed in the original permit. A starting salary of $275 a month for Miss Deborah Eg-gers, Winona, secretary for the superintendent of schools, county probation officer and zoning administrator, was set.

Miss Eg-gers replaces Mrs. Larry Mik-kelson, Winona, who resigned as of Friday. Two Aquatennia! Princesses Set For Mabel Parade Carole Susan MABEL, Minn. (Special) Aquatennial Princesses Carole Van Valkenburg and Susan Theis and Sports and Lakes Coordinator and Mrs. Bob An-tila will ride in the Steam Engine Days Parade Sunday.

They will ride on the Aquatennial float that was especially built for the 30th anniversary of aquatennial and the 20th anniversary of the sponsors. The 8- by 35-foot float is aquatic in theme in keeping with the water sports emphasis of Aquatennial. Princess Carole, represented the Golden Valley Lilac Festi val, and Princess Susan, Dela no, represented the Gopher State Timing Association. And stop Hafis 1 Bofite Youth Work Program Seen As Success This year's summer youth employment campaign was called an unqualified success today by the chairman, Kermit Bergland, who headed the drive sponsored by the Winona Area Chamber of Commerce public affairs committee. The campaign also incorporated the resources of the Minnesota Employment Service office here.

Bergland commended the more than 100 employers who responded to requests that youth be hired for summer jobs. In all, 1,382 boys and girls were hired through the program. The quota set by campaign organizers was 1,200. A total of 2,281 young persons applied. More emphasis wifl be placed on hiring of youths 16 and 17 next year, committee members say.

The heaviest demand among employers is for persons 18 and older, making placements in this group easier, they noted. Of the 1,382 employes, 960 were boys and 422 were girls. Last year 547 boys and 451 girls a total of 1,093 were employed under the program. This is the second consecutive year for the program here. 2 Ask for Trials In Pepin County DURAND, Wis.

Two Chippewa Falls men pleaded innocent to disturbances in this area Sunday afternoon when they appeared in Pein County court before Judge Joseph H. Ried-ner Wednesday afternoon. Trial dates will be set. Albert Cranford, 31, appeared on five charges: Speeding, fleeing an officer, two disorderly conduct counts and battery. He is out on $950 bond.

John Hoepner, 22, was charged with battery and is free on the maximum $207 bond. His trial date will be set. Both men said they had attorneys. Lyle Snider, 30, Downsville, arrested at the same time', is being held on a felony warrant in the Dunn County jail at Menomonie, Pepin County Sheriff Roger Britton said this morning. West Central Meeting Set DURAND, Wis.

The fourth annual meeting of the "West CAP" Community Action Agency with headquarters at Menomonie, will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Dunn County Courthouse, The "West CAP" agency officially represents the Pepin, Pierce, Dunn, Barron, Chippewa, Polk and St. Croix counties in dealing with certain federal grants from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity.

A feature of this meeting, said director J. C. Banks, "will be discussion of a leaflet which identifies an almost unbelievable lack of dental services for low income families either through inability to pay for such services or apathy on the part of those needing attention. The new VISTA volunteers program will be discussed and several of the 25 nationally assigned VISTA workers will be introduced. The general public is welcome to attend the meeting.

LUTHERAN MEETING SPRING GROVE, Minn. (Special) The council of commissioners of Trinity Lutheuan Church meets this evening at 8 in the parochial school lounge. Vehicles from every state in the U.S., from all over Canada and 18 other countries stopped at the Winona Area Chamber of Commerce tourist information booth on Highway 61-14 during the recent tourist season. The total of 2,600 vehicles would have been higher had the weather in June been more favorable, according to Ralph Bowers, who operates the booth for the chamber. The information center opens each year on Memorial Day and closes after the Labor Day weekend.

Bowers reported a notable increase in the number of Canadian tourists. Visitors inquired Use of Lake Beach Gains Attendance at Lake Winona Beach this year exceeded that of 1968, according to a report issued today by Robert Welch, director of city parks and recreation. Swimmers at the beach this year totaled 43,669, Welch reported, compared with 41,090 for the 1968 season. Supervised swimming began June 16 and ended 10 weeks later, on Aug. 24.

A total of 21,583 spectators was registered this year, compared with 16,203 last year. Combined attendance of watchers and participants was 65,252 this year and 57,293 in 1968. At Latsch Island Beach, supervised by Lloyd Luke, a total season attendance of 26,000 was reported. Trochta Renamed Goodview Chief Joseph Trochta was re-elected chief of the Goodview volunteer fire department Wednesday night. Others re-elected to one-year terms: John Carroll, assistant fire chief; Richard Pozanc, treasurer; John Haggen, secretary, and Barney Foster, manhal.

Clifford Madland was elected captain. A chicken barbecue followed the business meeting. District Bankers Meet Wednesday ROCHESTER, Minn. District 1 members of the Minnesota Bankers Association will meet next Wednesday at the Sheraton Hotel, Rochester, for a regular annual session. Speaker at the meeting will be Harold Pluimer, former teacher and school administrator, previously employed by the Atomic Energy Commission, State Department, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Air Force.

He is now a consultant for industries and organizations and is author of a book, "The Frontiers of Our Times." Also on the program will be S. R. Wheaton, president of the state association, and other officers. They will review federal legislation, association insurance and benefit programs, public relations and advertising and staff training programs. An additional program feature will be a session devoted to new truth-in-lending laws.

District 1 president is Richard Carlander, Faribault. T. E. Jaeb, Caledonia State Bank, is councilman and John D. Chis-holm, Olmsted County Bank Trust Rochester, is in charge of arrangements.

ETTRICK PATIENT ETTRICK, Wis. (Special) -Mrs. Minnie Smikrud, 83, was taken to a La Crosse hospital by ambulance Tuesday. James K. Carlson, Winona architect, today announced formation of the firm of James K.

Carlson Architect-Engineer Associates, with offices at 64 E. 4th St. The new firm occupies the game offices as its predecessor, Eckert Carlson Architects, now dissolved. Carlson's former partner, Edwin O. Eckert, has joined a Schroeder, Ros-lansky Asso-c i a in La Crosse.

The changes were effective Sept. 1. Carlson has lived in Winona since 1954, coming here to join Carlson Boyum, Schubert Sorsensen. He and Eckert formed their partnership in January 1956. Among their commissions in this area have been the new Winona Senior High School, First National Bank of Winona, courthouses in Preston, and Menomonie, and several Winona State College buildings, including Pasteur and Wat-kins halls, Prentiss and Lucas dormitories and Kryzsko Commons Student Union.

A native of Marshalltown, Iowa, Carlson 6erved three years with the Navy in World War II on South Pacific stations. He was graduated with honors in 1950 from Iowa State University, Ames, with a B.S. degree in architectural engineering. Carlson is a member of First Congregational Church, the Building Code Board of Appeals' Athletic Board and Winona Elks Lodge and is president of West-fierd Golf Club Inc. He and his wife have two sons, Tom, 18, and Philip, 16.

The family lives at 552 W. Wabasha St. Group Organizes To Yelcome Foreign Students Four Winonans are among a group of community leaders outside the Twin Cities area who are participating in the Minnesota International Center project to assist communities in organizing services and hospitality for foreign students attending Minnesota colleges. The center, in cooperation with the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA), will sponsor a workshop Sept. 15 and 16 at Man-kato State College during which discussions will be conducted on welcoming new students to the community, helping them find adequate housing, organizing tows of local industries and points of interest in the state, offering home hospitality and enlisting informal teachers of American language and culture.

Winonans participating in the center program are Robert Ethier, registrar at Winona State College; the Rev. Jerry Benjamin, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church; Dr. Leo Ochrymowycz, St. Mary's College foreign student adviser, and John Woodworth, past president of the Winona Rotary Club. Winona and Area Horses Take Prizes At Minnesota Fair Sue Boland, Winona Rt.

3, showed the first place 3-year-old gelding in the quarter horse show at the Minnesota State Fair. Ralph Larson, Preston, took a third place in the western pleasure horse class with "Ali Kazam' at the Friday horse show. The authority also will act oa a resolution authorizing execution of a financing agreement relating to the Valfey View Tower elderly housing project. Urban Design To Be Discussed Urban design and composition will be discussed at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce public affairs committee at Holiday Inn Tuesday noon. William A.

Stumpf, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, will talk on "Winona, Society or Community?" Stumpf, 31, a former Winonan, is a graduate of Winona Senior High School. He is the son of Mrs. Ann Stumpf, 915 W. King St. He has a bachelor of science degree in industrial design from the University of Illinois and a master degree in environmental design from the University of Wisconsin.

He will join the Illinois Institute of Technology as an associate professor in .1970. Invitations have been extended to members of the City Council, City Planning Commission, Housing Redevelopment Authority and Winona Area Industrial Development Association. Advance reservations are requested and should be made prior to Monday noon, the chamber said. EGG FESTIVAL POSTERS BLAIR, Wis. (Special) Posters made for a contest ad vertising the agricultural events of the Blair Egg Festival Sept.

12-14 have been placed in store windows here. A certificate and cash prizes for the best in each group will be awarded at the annual awards night program Sept. 11. La Vern Sonsalla is chairman of the agricultural events. inflation.

Showers In Forecast Overcast skies and the movement of moist air into the Winona area today held the promise of occasional showers and thunderstorms developing through Friday. Higher than normal temperatures are expected to continue to prevail for another day but a cooling trend should push readings below normal by the weekend. With generally fair skies the mercury Wednesday afternoon reached a high of 82, dropped to 59 overnight and had reached 79 at noon today. A low of 64 to 68 is seen for tonight and a high of 88 forecast for Friday. Variable cloudiness and the chance of showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast through Friday but by Saturday temperatures should be a little below normal and little or no precipitation is likely.

Two Injured in Eyola Accident EYOTA, Minn. Occupants of two vehicles that collided four miles southeast of here about 10:30 a.m. today were taken to a Rochester hospital with minor injuries, according to Olmsted1 County sheriff's officers. The collision occurred at the intersection of Olmsted County Road and a township road. It involved a pickup truck, owned by the State Highway Department, driven by Frederick Heaser, 32, Plainview, and a 1967 car driven by Mrs.

Wesley Holtz, 23, Dover. The pickup was eastbound on the county road and Mrs. Holtz's car was northbound on the township road. Officers said the intersection has clear visibility but that rain was falling. Riding with Mrs.

Holtz were her two small daughters, 4 and1 1. With Heaser was Bernard Feils, Plainview. The car was a total loss and damage to the pickup was estimated at $1,000. An investigation is continuing. Cholera Outbreak In Hong Kong HONG KONG (AP) Immigration officials today began requiring foreign travelers to carry valid cholera inoculation certificates as medical authorities kept watch for further outbreaks of the disease.

Hong Kong was declared a cholera-infected port Wednesday after it was confirmed that a 71-year-old man had contracted the disease here. Hospital spokesmen reported the man's condition was "satisfactory." The man is Hong Kong's eighth cholera case this year and the second since the port's cholera restrictions were lifted July 26. Christmas cards, which first were used in quantity around 1860, were called a great social evil by the Times of London in 1877. in mr4 im 1 1 i i. ail Hess the so-called "Fair Bus Law." Head said school board members would not be personally liable if bus service is provided now, but the law is later declared unconstitutional.

Head said a law is presumed to be constitutional. Actions of public officials in carrying out a law are valid and binding until and unless a law is declared unconstitutional. The ruling was requested by Farley Bright, Deputy commissioner of education. Markert said some aspects of the law remain unclear, including whether a child residing in one district can be given transportation to a private school in another district. Some of these questions remain under study in the attorney general's office.

Markert said the following public school districts providing bus service include: Red Wing, Faribault, Northfield, Winona, Mankato, Madelia, La Crescent, Austin, Hokah, Worthington, Owatonna, Waseca and Rochester. Rochester Dairy Slates Meetings On New Affiliation ROCHESTER, Minn. The proposed affiliation of Rochester Dairies Cooperative with Associated Milk Producers, proposed a milk marketing and processing area of dairy plants in mid-America from Minnesota to Texas, went to the patrons today. Ballots for voting which ends with a meeting of the patronage on Sept. 25, at Mayo Auditorium were distributed to producers by the haulers andor fieldmen today.

A SCHEDULE of informational meetings was set by the Coop directors here Wednesday night. The first meeting will be Monday evening at St. Mary's School, Durand, Tuesday, Zumbrota, High School; Wednesday, St. Charles, Catholic school; Sept. 11, Foun tain City, municipal hall; Sept.

16, Dodge Center; Sept. 17, 4-H Building, Rochester, and Sept. 18, Preston, town hall. Haulers and fieldmen met with the directors Wednesday. AMPI was organized in March in Brownsville, and will serve both marketing and processing organizations, according to George Daley, Lewiston, Rochester Dairies president.

Plans call for dividing the ma jor milk producing area of the nation into regional organizations with this area known as Wisconsin-Minnesota region. Five-Star Dairy. New Ulm, joined the organization on July 1. Boyceville Farms Coopera tive and Turtle Lake Creamery, both in Wisconsin, have also joined. Votes are scheduled for pa trons of Twin City Milk Pro.

ducers Association and Madi son Milk Producers Coopera tive Dairy. Most dairies in the area will present the question to the pa tronage prior to the Oct. 1 im plementation date. $32 Taken From Car Scott Carlson. 64 W.

5th told police today that his car was broken into and $32 taken from his wallet which was in the glove compartment. Police said Carlson's car was narked in front of his home and entry was gained by breaking the right front vent window and unlock ing the door. CREDIT ON GENEOLOGV i GALES VILLE, Wis. Mrs. Alfred Anderson, Galesville, says of the Sacia geneology i feature the Sunday News this week.

"Most credit should be given to Mrs. Tillman (Eve lyn) Anstenson of Minneapolis for five years of research compiling of the facts ss weil as printing and art work." ST. PAUL (AP) At least 102 Minnesota school districts are providing bus rides to parochial school pupils this fall, according to a survey by the Minnesota Catholic Conference. Under a law passed by the 1969 legislature, districts have the option of providing transportation this year for nonpublic school pupils. Next fall, the service is mandatory.

The law is currently the subject of a court test in a case which likely will wind up in the State Supreme Court. John F. Markert, executive director of the Catholic conference, said the Hopkins school board is the only one thus far to formally reject parochial bus service. However, other districts have chosen not to consider the question this year, Markert said. Markert said the list of 102 districts where bus service is being provided may not be complete.

Meanwhile, Atty. Gen. Douglas Head issued another in a series of legal opinions today on Mabel to Pay 6.7 Interest MABEL, Minn. (Special) Mabel Village Council sold in general obligation revenue bonds Wednesday afternoon to First National Bank of St. Paul and First National Bank of Mabel at a net interest rate of 6.70153 percent.

Other bidders for the 10-year issue were Juran Moody, St. Paul, 6.76107, and Dian, Kolman Quail, St. Paul, 6.83421. Springsted St. Paul, was the fiscal agent.

The loan is for water and sewer work in the Melby Addition in the west part of town. Pleads Not Guilty To Two Charges A Winona man on leave from the Army and currently serving a 90-day sentence in the Winona County Jail pleaded not guilty in municipal court today to charges of intoxication and assaulting a public officer. Judge Loren W. Torgerson set bail at $75 on the former charge and $20 on the latter and scheduled trial for 9:30 a.m. Oct.

1. Forrest A. Hauser, 20, ,151 Mc-Bride was arrested on the assault and intoxication charges at 12:45 a.m. Aug. 2 at Highway 43 and Mankato Avenue.

When Hauser appeared in court Aug. 4, he told Judge John D. McGill that he was to leave for Vietnam whereupon Judge McGill continued the case for one month. Hauser was arrested Aug. 7 on the third charge within a year of driving after suspension of his license.

When Hauser appeared in court Aug. 8, Judge McGill sentenced him to 90 days in the county jail with the comment that Hauser "apparently doesn't know how so take advantage of a break." Rushford Crash Driver Charged RUSHFORD, Minn. (Special) A Cuba City, man was arrested here Wednesday at 1 a.m. on a charge of striking Mrs. Allen Hansen's 1967 car that was parked at her home at 200 Mill St.

N. on Highway 43. William Summers, driving a 1967 model, told police he didn't notice the parked car as he was meeting another auto at the same time. He received abrasions of the elbow. Damage to the Hansen car was estimated and to the Summers vehicle at $500.

Summers, who was en route to Veir's MnM where he wa staying the nicht. was charged with careless driving by Police Chief Billy Booth and will appear in justice court Tuesday. Of course, Government must do the big part But, as shoppers, voters, wage earners, and businessmen, each of us can help just by being a little less piggy. So let's do it, let's all stop inflation. Find out more about this problem and what you can do about it For a free booklet prepared by the Joint Council on Economic Education, write to "Inflation Can Be Stopped." P.O.

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i. 1 Standing, Lyle Sauer, who received his master's degret this year from North Dakota State University, Fargo, physics; Burnell Manley, Eden speech and debate; Lee Loerch, Albert Lea, mass media; William Schuth, who taught last year at West Salem business edura-tion; J. Paul Richards, a graduate of Upper Iowa University, American history: Pete Johnson, Clear Lake, American history, and J. Michael Norman. 1969 graduate of Wisconsin State University at River Falls, speech and drama.

(Daily News ohoto) NEW AT SENIOR HIGH Joining the staff at Winona Senior High School this fall are these new instnictoi s. Seated, from left: Kafhy Czaplcwski, 19fi9 graduate of Winona State College who will teach bookkeeping; Becky Dalluce, a 16 graduate of the" University of Iowa, American history; Mrs. Sally McClean, Iowa City, Iowa, composition; Margaret Lambert, 1965 graduate of the University of Minnesota, physical education; Joan Highum, 1967 graduate of Colorado Slate Collfge, French, and Karyl Enstad, 195 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, German. In nation can be stepped.

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