Oktoberfest Emblem Unveiled Sparks 1963 La Crosse festival
The 1963 Oktoberfest in La Crosse gains momentum with the public unveiling of this season’s official emblem on booster buttons. The emblem features a single autumn leaf and a Bavarian beer house. Events run Oct 3–6 with a major parade, Bavarian soccer, skydiver exhibition, concerts, and a large beer tent.(Local observances include RCA records, Currier and Ives prints, and Miss Oktoberfest contest.)
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New Orleans
National Bowling Proprietors Association
Roy Wasmuth
South Lancs
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Richard Schueler
St Paul
Max Kottmer
la Crosse
Memorial Field
Blackhawk Skydivers
Frankie Yankovic
Central Business
Arthur Dugan
RCA
WKBH
Currier and Ives
la Crosse Society of Arts and Crafts
Ronnie Eastman
Coulee
Robert Mehren
Marilyn Otto
Mary E. ‘Sawyer
la ‘Crosse
Lincoln Junior High School
Sawyer Auditorium
Willard Webb
Coulee Region
Copeland Park
Schueler
UW Scientist Ill on Polar Island in Arctic Ocean
A University of Wisconsin scientist, Jay Hirshman, at the Geophysical and Polar Research Center, is reported ill with pneumonia on Arliss II, a floating ice island 1,000 miles northwest of Pt. Barrow. A doctor diagnosed the illness via radio while flying over the site. medical supplies were dropped after a radio message. The nine man team operates under Arctic Research Laboratory at Pt. Barrow. plane could not land due to a slushy airstrip.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
University of Wisconsin
Arctic Ocean
Jay Hirshman
University
Geophysical and Polar Research Center
Arliss II
Arctic Research Laboratory
Pt. Barrow
Hirshman
U N plans traffic protection in Congo
The U N Command announced convoys will run daily starting Monday to guard civilian traffic on a 60 mile bandit infested road from Northern Rhodesia to Elisabethville.
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Elisabethville
the Congo
U.N. Command
Northern Rhodesia
Sweden Contributes To U N Congo Costs
Sweden contributed an additional 134809 to U N Congo operations in protest of Hungary's racial segregation policy. Initial 1391 304 was made in December 1960.
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United Nations, N.Y
Budapest
Hungary
Sweden
U.N
South Africa
Congo
Rescuers Find 3 Missing Boys In Abandoned Mine
Rescuers locate three boys missing in an abandoned mine after a search by local authorities. The incident prompted a coordinated effort across multiple agencies to ensure the boys’ safety and assess the mine’s hazards. No further details on identities or ages were provided.
Smiths Share Jefferson City Wedding Details
In Jefferson City Missouri an AP report describes a wedding where the groom Tom Smith and bride Jannette Smith wed esteems. The best man Charlie Smith and bridesmaid Shirley Smith are siblings of the groom, with the bride also sharing the Smith name alongside the ringbearer Ross Smith and flower girl Carrie Smith.
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Jefferson City
Tom Smith
Jannette Smith
Charlie Smith
Shirley Smith
Ross Smith
Carrie Smith
Smathers Favors Tax Cut Over Civil Rights Legislation
Sen George A Smathers says a tax cut to boost jobs and the economy would aid Negroes more than civil rights bills He plans to filibuster against administration measures while backing five of seven civil rights proposals The Southern bloc may need Republican help to block action and consider a national referendum on the plan
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Washington
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Senate Finance Committee
Kennedy
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Dixie Group
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
British sub Trenchant to be scrapped at Fal Sane Yard
London AP reports the World War II submarine Trenchant once credited with sinking the Japanese cruiser Ashigara in July 1945 is being broken up for scrap at Fal sane Shipyard.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Red China
Peking
London
Trenchant
Ashigara
Falsane Shipyard
Trio Rescued From Abandoned Mine In Pittsburgh
Three teenage boys, Robert Abbott 15 Danny O Kain 13 and Billy Burke 13, crawled 2000 feet to safety from an abandoned coal mine in Castle Shannon near Pittsburgh. They were hospitalized in good or satisfactory condition with observation. Rescue crews, aided by a firecracker detection, battled black damp gas to reach the boys after three days of searching.
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Pittsburgh
St. Clair Memorial Hospital
Robert Abbott
Danny O’kain
Billy Burke
W Hospital
Abbott
O’kain
Burke
Everett Turner
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Jim Hutchens
Turner
Hutchens
Castle Shannon
O'Kain
He Burke
National Officer Talks To DAY
Douglas McGarrity, national senior vice commander of the Disabled American Veterans, urged Wisconsin delegates at the Department convention banquet to recruit new members. He said support for disabled veterans and dependents hinges on outreach through membership drives amid a pool of more than two million veterans.
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Francis F. Awe
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Awe
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
DAV
John Hansen
Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
Douglas McGarrity
McGarrity
Explosion Rocks Sparta Home No Injuries Reported
An explosion shattered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Benson at Montgomery and Benton Streets in Sparta Wisconsin. The Bensons and two sisters were inside but unharmed. Windows, walls, and the furnace area sustained damage. Fire officials will have a state fire marshal investigate the cause. Neighbors heard the blast as it rattled nearby blocks.
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Sparta
Wis
Keith Benson
Montgomery
Benton Streets
Benson
Stormer
Donald ‘McDonough
Davenport
Iowa
Carol Raith
la Crosse
Matt Rice
Charles Grill
Jim Spink
Mrs. Benson
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Polar Island
U.N. Congo
Kremlin
Soviet Party Central Committee
Communist Parties
Pravda
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Mikoyan
U.S
United States
China
Main Street
4Th Street
5Th Avenue
Smiths
Trio
Ene
T. J. McDonald
Jim
Hutchns
Breedon
la Crosse Bank
Italy
By Terence Boschert
Francis Awe
Werel
Beloit
Matthew Werel
Sanford Goltz
Russell Cleary
G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc
John C. Hansen
Albert Crouse
Long Beach
Calif
Robert Crouse
Gary
Tee
Ee Tree Eene
Eweerens
Eewes
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