Pierce Sontag may seek to head La Crosse County Board
La Crosse County Board faces a leadership shuffle as Pierce and Sontag consider running for chairmanship vacated by William Bush. Sontag weighs a campaign while Pierce, acting chairman, cites farm duties and tentative support. Others including Gundersen Ipsen and Beslj discuss potential roles amid calls to strengthen the chair position and resist a full time county executive.
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Charles Pierce
la Crosse County
Ferdinand Sontag
Sontag
Trane Co
Pierce
Bush
Board Planning Committee
County Corp
Ray A. Sunder
Elizabeth Gundersen
Wilbert Ipsen
William Ipsen
Gundersen
Ipsen
la Crosse County Taxpayers Association
Carl Bruhnke
Gerald Bes
Dist
Wilbert
James Grenisen
18Th Dist
Beverly Hills Club Fire Kills At Least 40 In Kentucky
A massive blaze at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate Kentucky killed at least 40 people as panic spread. Fire Chief Dick Riesenberg said many were trapped inside and that the fire was out of control. Singer John Davidson was about to perform when the fire began.
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Southgate
Dick Riesenberg
Kentucky
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Beverly Hills
Midwest
John Davidson
Ernie Doctor
Columbus
Ohio
Rose
Empire
Davidson
Teter & McDonald
Local man 94 visits grave of Civil War veteran father
A 94 year old Minnesota man John Smith visits the hillside grave of his father John Schmidt in Prospect Hill Cemetery near La Crescent. The piece traces family history from German immigrant roots to name change during World War I and notes the faded Civil War era inscription on the tombstone.
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John H. Smith
Father
John Smith
S. 13Th St
Smith
Prospect Hill Cemetery
John Schmidt
Schmidt
Minnesota
Ernestina
Germany
la Crescent
Anna
Mathilda
Lina
South Ridge
la Crosse
St. Francis Hospital
Johann Heinrich Schmidt
Berlin Street
Liberty Street
Houston County
Caledonia
Minn
Tillie Huebner
Basel Monument Association of
Chicago
United States
Shiloh
Iuka
Corinth
Waterford
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Ft. de Russy
Pleasant Hill
Cane River
Marksville
Red River
Cloutierville
Yellow Bayou
Louisiana
Tupelo
Old Town Creek
Augusta
Ark
Nashville
Valley of Death
Mississippi River
First Woman Indy 500 Driver Starts 26th in 61st Race
A McCall's Magazine crew notes 27 women in Clayton Iowa. The Indianapolis 500 marks the first woman driver in its 61 year history to start in 26th position.
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McCall’s Magazine
New York
Clayton
Iowa
Pipers stage peppy sendoff for former La Crosse D A
Former La Crosse County district attorney Burleigh Randolph sails to Scotland for a two week vacation with his wife. A champagne sendoff at La Crosse Municipal Airport featured bagpipes and drums led by friend John Jenks. Randolph learned pipes four years ago and taught bagpipe classes at Western Wisconsin Technical Institute last fall.
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Burleigh Randolph
Scotland
Randolph
Losey Blvd
la Crosse
Chicago
Great Britain
Mary Jane
John Jenks
Main St
la Crosse County
Rochester, Minn
Manterville Grenadiers
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
No Tribune on Memorial Day
The La Crosse Tribune will not be published on Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday.
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la Crosse Tribune
The Bluffs Preservation Question in La Crosse
A three week Tribune Special Report by Jerome R. Rosso examines whether the scenic bluffs are endangered. Experts, homeowners, environmentalists, and conservationists weighed pressures from housing, highways, recreation, and material extraction on the bluff areas.
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Bluffs
Tribune
la Crosse
Sunday Tribune
Jerome R. Rosso
Rosso
Jerome R. Rossetion
Ken Wesely
Steve Noffke
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Gil Broadbeck
Larry Manfield
Ashland
South Point
Vermont
Army
MNB Smith Co. K
Wis. Inf
Cape Smith
Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Statistical Reporting Service
In Wesely
Stuart McIlhraith
Gary Bender
Lloyd Bogart
Stephen Webster
McCall
Indy
Holmen High
Oenese Eeeeneeerenanes
Onan
Pipers
D.A
Jenks
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