State Demo Farm Meeting Seeks Full Parity for Dairies
Wisconsin Democratic farm conference adopted a policy for price supports on dairy products and basic crops at full parity, with limited production controls if needed. The meeting to draft a farm program drew about 160 delegates from the southwestern hill country due to snow sleet and rain.
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Wisconsin Hill County
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Sauk County
Wilkie
Four Hearings Scheduled By City Council
The Common Council set four public hearings at 7:30 p.m. Monday including a rabies vaccination certificate requirement for dog licenses and a proposed higher penalty for curfew violations. The curfew terms would rise to 5 dollars for the first offense, ten for the second, and twenty five for subsequent offenses for minors 17 and under. Also planned is a two hour parking zone proposal on West avenue east of South avenue to Barlow Street. The committee meeting agenda noted a light schedule and an upcoming regular session at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Runnestrand Dies Prominent Ettrick Leader At 84
Elling E Runnestrand of Ettrick Wisconsin a pioneer in local business and church service died at his home Saturday noon after ten years of poor health He and his brother Knudt built a Trempealeau County carpentry business before founding Runnestrand Furniture and Undertaking which remains despite his passing He served as vice president and yard manager of Ettrick Lumber Co for over thirty years and treasurer of the Ettrick Lutheran congregation for more than twenty five years He was born November 27 1871 near Bergen Norway and died leaving two sons El and another survivor with wife Mary Ellen Ask who died in 1940.
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Mary Ellen Ask
Knudt
New Community Chest Drive Seeks $17 000
Stay at home warning issued across the Coulee Region and Wisconsin as a blizzard hits the Midwest. Snow and sleet began in La Crosse at 4 p.m. Saturday, with drifting conditions and temperatures dropping to near or below freezing. Weather officials cautioned drivers to avoid highways as several states reported heavy snowfall and reduced visibility.
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No Winners in Coulee Crossword No 31 Prizes Rise
No winners in Coulee Crossword Contest No 31. Prize for a perfect solution to Crossword No 32 increases to 225 dollars. Five thousand ninety three hopefuls last week, total entries about six thousand six hundred eighty five. Keywords noted across clues include soup cost and seal.
Coulee Crossword Contest Teases with Rhymes and Clues
Puzzle on page 16 offers a tougher weekly challenge with 16 rhyming answers and poems from readers. Readers debate word meanings as readers submit verses from Victor Tichenor and R E G Soldiers Grove while judges weigh the entries.
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Teamsters Rebuffed By Carey On AFL CIO Switch Bid
James B. Carey rejects the Teamsters bid to join the Industrial Union Department of the merged AFL CIO. He cites lack of industrial union status and incompatibility with CIO objectives. The move follows tensions over organizing outside jurisdiction and a mutual aid pact with Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers union.
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Early Renewal Of Magazine Plan Urged
Subscribers to The La Crosse Tribune magazine plan with expiring or soon to expire subscriptions are urged to renew promptly to keep uninterrupted service. Those with magazines due in a year may skip renewal. Subscriptions are two years total. Readers should check renewal forms for changes and mail back. If unsure of expiry, contact the magazine department or their carrier. Good Housekeeping will be added as Group A and should be written on the renewal form.
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Prolonged Search Fails To Recover Two Hunters Bodies
Five weeks after two 21 year old hunters drowned on Lake Onalaska their bodies remain unfound. James Stearns from Menasha and Glenn Gongorek of North Fond du Lac vanished when their skiff overturned in bad weather off Lower Brice Prairie. The search involved county authorities and numerous volunteers but yielded no human remains. The retriever borrowed for the trip was found exhausted but alive.
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Green Bay explores joint safety building with federal Post Office
The Green Bay City County and federal government plan a joint safety building after completion of a new Post Office in 1957. The project ties to a 1950 park sale for the federal building site and a 1957 timetable, while city plans include a new six story city hall, a temporary police station in a former supermarket, and a half block parking lot remodel at $15,000.
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Black-Square Legion Park
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Plang
La Crosse Community Chest Boosts 1956 Campaign Goal
A. L. Christensen announced plans for a supplementary drive after reporting $170,000 pledged toward the 1956 minimum goal of $187,000. Carl Iverson presented the budget noting the Chest quota is an absolute minimum and further cuts would require agency layoffs.
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La Crosse Elks Donate $500 to Chest Drive
La Crosse Elks contribute 500 dollars to the Community Chest cleanup campaign. Carl Iverson urges other groups to unite and meet next year’s minimum Chest needs. A public drive is organized with volunteer pick ups and mail donations to 313 Linker Bldg. La Crosse.
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Girl Killed While Hunting Yule Tree in Fog
In Madrid Iowa a 14 year old girl Deanna Lincoln was accidentally killed when a hunter mistook her collie for a fox and fired. Alan Mougin 38 of Woodward and four companions were fox hunting nearby when he fired in the fog and hit the girl on a knoll near the Lincoln farm.
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