Corps Names New St. Paul District Engineer
Lt. Col. Leslie B. Harding assumed the post as district engineer of the U S Army Corps of Engineers in St Paul succeeding Col. W B Strandberg who retired after 26 years. Harding 44 a Worcester Mass native and West Point graduate 1943 earned a civil engineering master's from Illinois in 1947. He served in Europe during World War II and with the 811th Engineer Aviation Battalion in Guam 1947-49. He will oversee the water resources development program for a district spanning Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota parts of Michigan Iowa and South Dakota and three major drainage areas including the Mississippi River Red River of the North and Lake Superior region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minn
Leslie B. Harding
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
W. B. Strandberg
Army
Col. Harding
U.S. Army War College
Carlisle Barracks
Worcester
Mass
Army Corps of Engineers
West Point
University of
Harding
Army Engineers
Corps of Engineers
United States
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Michigan
Iowa
South Dakota
Mississippi River
Guttenberg
Red River
Lake Superior
Winona Livestock Quotes From Swift & Company Report
Swift & Company reports noon quotations for hogs cattle and produce. Hogs are 20 to 40 cents lower for various weight ranges with liveweight discounts. cattle markets show steer heifer and cow classes steady to firm. veal and bulls mixed. Chicago produce notes butter eggs and potato markets alongside St Paul livestock movement and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Swift & Company
Bologna
Chicago Produce
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
ST. Paul
ST Paul
Minn
API
USDA
Ward Near Death From Drug Overdose in London
AP report from London states Dr. Stephen Ward, 50, was placed in an iron lung with bronchial pneumonia and in a deep coma after a massive barbiturate overdose on the day of his Old Bailey verdict. He had been convicted on two counts of living off prostitution linked to Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies. sentencing postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stephen Ward
Britain
Society Osteopath
Ward
Old Bailey
W. Mayne Butcher
Christine Keeler
Home
Henry Brooke
Profumo
Christine
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Vicky Barrett
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Eugene Ivanov
Mandy
20Th Century-Fox
Stephen
North Central Receives Top Safety Award for 1962
North Central Airlines in Minneapolis St Paul received the National Safety Council Award of Honor for a perfect 1962 safety record. The citation notes no fatal accidents, a below average accident rate, and marks 15 years of honors since 1948 with 1.21 billion passenger miles and 7.5 million passengers carried without a fatality. President Hal N. Carr praised staff safety efforts. The carrier serves 90 cities across 10 states and Canada on a 7000 mile system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Central Airlines
National Safety Council
North Central
la Crosse
Hal N. Carr
Mindoro School Districts Merge In Wisconsin
Mindoro voters and officials approve unification of Mindoro Area Grade School District and Mindoro Union High School District. The new Mindoro Area School District takes effect Aug. 31 with an annual meeting set for Sept. 3 at 8 30 p m to elect a five member board and adopt a budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mindoro
Wis
la Crosse
Jackson County
Mindoro Area
Mindoro Union
New Orleans Man Held For Trial
Dennis W. Fontenot a 32 year old New Orleans man accused of burglary waived a preliminary hearing in County Court and was ordered held for trial He allegedly broke into Robert W Hausner s home at 818 Charles St and stole a steam iron and a purse Judge Leonard F Roraff set bond at 1000 and Fontenot remained jailed after failing to post bond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
la Crosse
Dennis W. Fontenot
Robert W. Hausner
Charles St
Leonard F. Roraff
Fontenot
Stock Quotations By Shearson Hammill Co. Market Snaps
Readout lists active quotes from Pepsi-Cola to Wisconsin Fund with multiple firms and indexes. Highlights include Reynolds Metals 31% and General Motors 71% with varied percentages, bonds, mutual funds, and commodity prices. Data notes indicate swings in industrials railroads and utilities amid sector activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepsi-Cola
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Phillips Pete
Alleen, Inc
Guanesa
Allis-Chalmers
Republic Steel
Central Tele Es American Can
Rexall Drug
Clark Oi
Reynolds Metals
First Bank Skesisreaie
American Motors
Royal Dutch
Wrantz Mfg
Nekoosa
Eastman Kodak
Swift
North
Financial Fed
Texaco
Ford
Trane Co
Rap Industries
Fruehauf Trailer
Union Oi
Rockwell Mfg
Gamble Skogmo
U.S. Rubber
Royal Co. N.Y
General Dynamics
U.S. Steel
Warner Elec
General Electric
Western Air Lines
Western Power
General Motors
Westinghouse
Elec
Western Tool
General Telephone
White Motors
Great Northern Ry
Zenith
Tausche Bonds
Greyhound
Boston Capital
Gulf Oil
Na. C. B
Boston Fund
Tllinois Central Ind
la Cr
Chemical F
Inter. Harvester
Ludlow Type
Eaton & Howard Interstate Power
Wallace Press
Bal
Jones & Laughlin
Dow Jones
Eaton & Howard Lockheed
Fidelity Fund
Magnavox
Incorp
Montgome
Monsanto Chemical
Nat. Invest
Pacific
St. Power
Puritan Fund
Olio Mathieson
Wisconsin Fund
Family Wipes Out As 10 Die In Crash
A fiery collision near Genoa Ohio killed 10 people including eight children. The Campos migrant family perished in a six seat wagon that carried Felix Campos and his relatives after an evening at the movies. Charles Strong survived after jumping from a flaming semi truck cab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, Ohio
Genoa
Felix Campos
Campos
Emil Webert
Elmore
Ohio
Charles Strong
Swanton
Highway Patrol
Strong
Camilo Chico
Dredging Permits Granted for Hiawatha Islands Project
Army Corps of Engineers approvals pave the way for years of dredging on French Island near the Black River. Owners Levi W. Swett say 1320 feet of east shore will be elevated by fall freeze up as Fauver and Miller Dredging teams take material from the Black River and Richmond Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Corps of Engineers
Hiawatha Islands
French Island
Levi W. (Lee) Swett
Black River
P. G. Terpstra Fuels
Fauve
Man Hospitalized After Altercation Outside County Tavern
A La Crosse man Ronald Wilhelm 2929 W Fairchild Sr was hospitalized with head injuries after a fight at Shorty s Tavern Highway 33 Town of Shelby around 1 am six persons involved Wilhelm and two companions James McMorrow Racine and David Miller Kenosha were treated and released and planned to press charges. In a separate incident Peter Opitz son of Mr and Mrs Robert J Opitz 1627 Adams St was struck by a 15 year old La Crosse youth at the Interstate in Fair had a broken nose the juvenile was taken to Juvenile Court welfare department custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Ronald Wilhelm
W. Fairchild Sr
St. Francis Hospital
Shorty
Peter Opitz
Robert J. Opitz
Adams St
Fair Wednesday
Opitz
County Welfare Department
La Crosse Debris and Legal Notices Summary
The record lists fire and police calls on July 31 and Aug 1 in La Crosse and surrounding areas, including a plastic bucket fire on St Andrew Street, medical transfers to St Francis Hospital for Louis Koblitz and Mrs Leslie Pfaff, a maternity transfer, and several court outcomes. It notes cases of nonsupport, child neglect, divorce, improper passing, inattentive driving, reckless driving, driving with no license, disorderly conduct, and probation with fines or jail terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Pfaff
Mindoro
St. Francis Hospital
Francis Anderson
Rose St
Nancy J. Cilley
Loomis St
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
Anita (Knoeth) Edmondson
Shelby Road
William M. Edmondson
Fannel Drive
Caroline St
William R. Sokolik Jr
Paul Wuest
Thomas E. Prucha
George St
Edward Tabbert
Four Policemen Hurt In Chicago Racial Clash
Four police officers were injured, one seriously, as about 100 officers faced roughly 500 protesters in a South Side district on a third consecutive night of racial disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Side
HolmenYouth Captures Grand Champion Steer at La Crosse Fair
Richard Zietlow of Holmen showed the grand champion Aberdeen Angus steer in the junior fair beef show at the La Crosse Interstate Fair on Wednesday. Blue ribbon breed class winners included Ray Niemeier, Alan Labus, and Larry Gilbertson, among others. Market class blue ribbons went to Willie Hauser and Sobkowiak, with Anderson and Manke also noted. Beef showmanship honors in the 10 to 14 age group went to Alan Labus, Kenneth Anderson, and Eric Manke, while senior showmanship results listed Hauser, Daffinson, and Anderson in top slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Zietlow
Holmen
la Crosse
Ray Niemeier
Douglas Brevig
Bangor
Alan Labus
Niemeier
Larry Gilbertson
Onalaska
Dennis Labus
West Salem
Willie Hauser
Arlan Anderson
Ronald Sobkowiak
David Holter
Sobkowiak
Anderson
Allan Labus
Kenneth Anderson
Eric Manke
James Hauser
William Hauser
Richard Daffinson
Police Seek Identity of Gun Fight Victim
In Minneapolis an officer involved shooting yielded a dead man identified by a California license as James T. Hoyt a 30 year old from Oakland. He was killed after firing on detectives near a hidden safe containing 7900 dollars in cash and checks stolen from Alfred Johnson Super Value Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
James T. Hoyt
Oakland
Calif
Calvin Hawkinson
South Dakota
Hoyt
Alfred Johnson Super Value
83 Year Old Man Missing From Home
Louis Reed, 83, of 2744 George St., is missing from his La Crosse home. He left at 8 30 a m Wednesday to get mail at the Exchange Hotel where he once lived. Reed is five feet eight and weighs 165 pounds with balding white hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Reed
George St
la Crosse
Reed
Exchange Hotel
Boy Admits Slaying Mother Of 9 Children
In North Hollywood California police say a 15 year old boy Thomas Kenney admitted killing a mother of nine from next door after being kept from going to the beach. Detectives describe him as intense but likable and say he has no prior trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Hollywood
Calif
George Murphy
Ralph Meade
Thomas Kenney
Howze Named Tough New Commander In Korea
General Hamilton H. Howze took command in Korea, overseeing 8th Army and all U N forces. A veteran of World War I and II, he previously led the Strategic Army Command and XVIII Airborne Corps and directed the Army Mobility Board. He is known for brisk enforcement and demanding efficiency, with a family background in the Cavalry and a base in El Paso Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hamilton H. Howze
Korea
Howze
South Korea
North Africa
Italy
Continental Army Command
Strategic Army Command
Xviii Airborne Corps
Ft. Bragg
Army Mobility Board
University of Mississippi
Oxford
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. ‘McNamara
Guy S. Meloy
8Th Army
U.S
Army
Air Force
Navy
U.N
West Point
Robert L. Howze
Robert L. Howze Jr
1St Cavalry Division
Camp
1St Cavalry
George S. Patton
Guy R
William G
el Paso
Tex
Youngsters Triumph Over Vets in Pig Show at La Crosse Fair
Youthful exhibitors at the La Crosse Interstate Fair led by Wilfred Garbers West Salem Future Farmer and William Schomberg West Salem swept open class swine honors. Champions and placings spread across Chester White Poland China Duroc Jersey Yorkshire and Spotted Poland China breeds with multiple firsts for Garbers Schomberg Manke Veum Linse and Batzel among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wilfred Garbers
West Salem
William Schomberg
Hampshires
Duroc
Elmer Schomberg
Bangor
Warren Schomberg
Roger Manke
Cedric Veam
Westby
Poland
China
Ken Batzel
Roger Walter
FFA
Kiwanis Club Discusses Goose Island Park Expansion
Coulee Kiwanis members discussed Goose Island Park expansion plans led by Al Francour the county resource development agent. They reviewed enlarging camping areas and a possible buffalo herd while keeping the site a natural wildlife setting and noted a 23 deer herd on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Island Park
Coulee Kiwanis Club
al Francour
Badger State Sportsmen's Club
Deaths Olive M. Anderson 83 King Street resident
Olive M. Anderson 83 of 530 King St died Thursday morning in a local hospital. She is survived by sister Edith Anderson of La Crosse. Services Saturday at 10 a.m. Sletten-McKee Funeral Home with Rev. Robert C. Light officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive M. Anderson
King St
Edith Anderson
la Crosse
Vern
Alda) Swan
Sletten-McKee
Robert C. Light
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bangor to Honor Dr. H. B. Rohrer with Banquet
A testimonial banquet for long time Bangor veterinarian Dr. H B Rohrer will be at 7 30 p m Monday Aug 5 at Maple Grove Country Club open to the public John Bosshard leads as general chairman Floyd Jones heads the program and gift committee Tickets are from W L Christopherson Elton Heinze Julius Severson or F J Schroeder About 30 in cash was reported missing from a vending machine at the Mileage and DS service station 1830 Rose St La Crosse the money and cash drawer were taken from a machine compartment a sliding panel door was found unlocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Wis
H. B. Rohrer
Maple Grove Country Club
Rohrer
Wisconsin
John Bosshard
Floyd Jones
Rose St
la Crosse
Stolen Cars Recovered Quickly by La Crosse Police
Police recovered two vehicles reported missing in La Crosse during the overnight period. Philip Strand’s car at 1521 Johnson Street was found at 22nd and Green Bay Streets with keys inside. Ronald Mroch’s car at 1327 Adams Street was located at 1500 Ferry Street with no keys left inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Philip Strand
Fanta Reed Road
Johnson St
Green Bay
Ronald Mroch
Adams St
Ferry St
Weather summary for Lacrosse and vicinity
Occasional showers and thunderstorms through tonight and Friday with mid 60s tonight and upper 80s Friday. Wisconsin sees showers in the northwest and northern portions, warmer. Minnesota and Iowa also report scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday with warmer conditions. Degree days to date show 0 for today and 18 total through Aug 1, 1962, normal 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Readings and Forecast Update
River readings show minor changes with levels near flood stage at Winona and Lansing. Mississippi forecast indicates little change as sunrise occurs at 5 54 a m and sunset at 8 38 p m Friday, with tributary and dam readings listed for several stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
C.P
T.W
Dakota
Lacrosse
Lansing
Prairie du Ch
Dodge
Gales
la Cr
Root
Houston
Note to Mom Lock Up Pills A Harsh Warning from Ann Landers
A reader recounts a niece Betsy’s accidental death after a mother left pills in a medicine cabinet. Aunt Mae urges locking medicines and guns away as dangers to children. Other letters advise on teen dating hair perms and handling canceling friends with care, all in classic Ann Landers Q&A style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Betsy
Aunt Mae
Negroes Sue Railroad For Discrimination
Seven Black men sue Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks in U S District Court seeking 10 million dollars asserting racial discrimination in job assignments. They allege automation shifts work from laborers to clerks and messengers, with seniority as the fair basis for positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.S. District Court
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Wilson Gray
Gray
Missouri-Pacific
Milwaukee Law Proposes Access Rules and Appointment Remakes
Public accommodation bill would fine or jail violators for racial discrimination and allow license suspension or revocation. The measure names Allen Flannigan Isaac Coggs and Raymond Lee Lathan as authors. Lucey Reynolds move includes updates to several state boards with appointees Walter Morton Robert Elkins Thomas Wells Zeidler Schlitz Beuscher Beyer and others across Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Flannigan
Isaac Coggs
Raymond Lee Lathan
Milwaukee
Lucey
Reynolds
Walter A. Morton
University of Wisconsin
Frank M. Graner
Madison
State Investment Board
Robert E. Elkins
Thorp
Thomas W. Wells
Beaver Dame
Veterans Affairs Board
Bertell McDonald
Wausau
Ralph J. Olson
Frank Zeidler
George Schlitz
Kenosha
Jacob Beuscher
William Beyer
Racine
Surplus Property Development Commission
Radio Highlights Unemployment Laws and Local Issues
A Thursday radio schedule lists Vox Pop with Keith B. Straight on unemployment compensation laws on WLCX at 7 p.m. Mayor Milo Knutson appears on WKTY at 10:30 p.m. followed by baseball from WSES. Sr M Thea of Viterbo College discusses racial problems on WKBH at 8:05 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLCX
Vox Pop
Keith B. Straight
WSES
Milo Knutson
WKTY
Braves
Cubs
Knutson
WKBH
Sr. M. Thea
Viterbo College
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la Crosse Tribune
RFD
New St. Paul Dist
California
Texas
Nebraska
Idaho
John D. Profumo
House of Commons
West End
Aloysius
Lucky) Gordon
Gordon
Ronna Ricardo
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Man
Fire Department
St. Andrew St
5Th Ave
Louis Koblitz
By Elton C. Fay
Berkshire
Stolum Brothers
Tomah
Chester White
Robert G. Miller
Miller
Sjolum Brothers
Garbers
Young Herd
barrow—Miller
Sjolum
Barrows
Hampshire
Kenneth Hauser
Schomberg
Hauser
Fred Miller
Barrow —Hauser
Duroc Jersey
Paul Linse
Linse
barrow—Linse
Yorkshire
Manke
Cedric Veum
West Iby
Paul Veum
James Schmitz
Gedric Veum
Roger Wolter
Batzel
Wolter
Ken Tauscher
Get of
Walter
Barrow
Oliver. Anderson
W. L. Christopherson
Elton Heinze
Julius Severson
F. J. Schroeder
Dear Ann Landers
Alex
Ann
Bridge
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
Herbert E
Fis
Ainisia St
Himsel
Naik
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