Rescue Mission Tested a Success by Civil Air Patrol
Pilot Elmer Anderson led a Civil Air Patrol target search from La Crosse Municipal Airport to Lone Rock Wisconsin. A downed Cessna and its pilot were found with a CAP unit, cadets, and officers coordinating ground and air observers. The mission wrapped by 3 p.m. with official praise for teamwork and youth involvement.
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la Crosse Tribune
Elmer Anderson
Anderson
la Crosse
Civil Air Patrol
Lone Rock
Wis
CAP
Coon Valley
Air Force
Harold Polzin
Chippewa Falls
William Harter
Tribune
George W. Glass
Harold W. Polzin
Norman B. Larson
Hank Rosenbaum
Eau Claire
Black River Falls
Official Denies Removal of Rail Terminal
F. H. Ryan, Milwaukee Road superintendent, emphatically denied rumors that La Crosse railroad terminal facilities would be removed. He noted car cleaning has occurred locally and a Bensonville option was suggested but no action has been taken, as any move would require lengthy union negotiations and time.
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Milwaukee Road
la Crosse
F. H. Ryan
Ryan
Bensonville
Brotherhood
House And Garden Club Meets At 1 30 PM
The House and Garden Club will gather at 1 30 p.m. Tuesday August 5 at the Northern States Power Building. The program features a litterbug presentation by junior garden club members led by Mrs. Hugh Largent who is in charge of the junior gardeners.
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House and Garden Club
Northern States Power Bldg
Hugh Largent
Gardners
Changes in business reply mail rules in La Crosse
Firms using the business reply mail system were told of extensive new regulations effective Friday. Officials at 102 Federal Building were asked to contact them. The service name changed from business reply envelope to business reply mail reflecting broader use beyond cards and envelopes.
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la Crosse
Woman Hurt In Crash Of Automobile Truck
An area woman was injured in a car truck collision at 7 21 a m Monday at 3rd and Cass streets Mrs P Engles 61 Manston suffered a right side bruise and right hand injury Police took her to St Francis Hospital The other Sunday crashes injured Arlen Artus 17 and Richard Secrist 26 prompting medical aid and hospital visits
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3Rd
Cass Streets
P. Engles
Manston
Robert McFadden
Onalaska
Engles
St. Francis Hospital
Arlen Art
John Schneider
Pine St
Artus
State Rd
Richard Secrist
East Ave. S
14Th
Johnson Streets
Secrist
Grandview Hospital
James Jirsa
S. 16Th St
Elmer Anderson
Johnson St
Boy Held For Reckless Use Of Motorboat
A 16 year old La Crosse boy was picked up by the police river patrol at 3 40 p m Sunday for reckless operation of a motorboat. He followed a barge and rode in dangerous swells. Neither operator nor passenger wore life jackets. The incident occurred north of the Mississippi River bridge. He was placed in the custody of the welfare department.
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la Crosse
Mississippi River Bridge
Welfare Department
Army Movements Draw 5000 To La Crosse Airport
About 5000 visitors watched a Sunday aviation movement at La Crosse Municipal Airport as 15 flying boxcars delivered 519 soldiers from a Kansas Army camp for training at McCoy. C119s and a Fairchild troop carrier brought officers and 22 Reservists. a chemical jeep directed arrivals. The operation ended by 6 pm with plans to reverse August 16.
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la Crosse Municipal
Theron Clark
Kansas
McCoy
Clark
la Crosse
Purdue University
406Th Inf. Reg
William Harrison
102Nd Inf. Res
Joseph H. Crawford
Tribune
Young Prowler Reported Near Hyde Avenue Residence
A youthful prowler was seen Saturday night in the 1300 block of Hyde Avenue. A girl in the residence noticed a young man peering into the living room window, screamed, and he fled. A neighbor also saw him. described as 16 to 18, slender, about 5 feet 9 inches with light crew cut hair. Police investigated but found no trace.
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Hyde Avenue
Three Local Firms Entered. No Losses Reported
Three local business places were entered Sunday but nothing appears stolen. Independence Bottling Co. of La Crosse at 1201 La Crosse St. had a window left open Sunday evening. Industrial Brush Co. at 908 S. 3rd St. had a back door found open Sunday afternoon. Klein and Son Inc. at 2111 South Ave. was entered Sunday night.
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Independence Bottling Co
la Crosse
Rain brings relief as heat lags across the region
Showers and thundershowers across the Tri-State Region ease a heat wave that hit 92 at La Crosse. La Crosse recorded .30 inch, with other towns reporting varying amounts as a cold front and Dakota low pressure forecast more rain by Tuesday. The Inter-State Fair opens in West Salem with fair skies and no major temperature change anticipated.
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Tri-State
la Crosse
Dakotas
United States Weather Bureau
West Salem
Six Swimmers Lectured By Police Over Unauthorized Swim
Three adults and three youths were lectured by city police Monday for swimming Sunday in unauthorised waters at Black River. No charges were filed. Officers warned them of the dangers of swimming in restricted areas off a dock in Black River.
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Black River
Spray Areas In City Announced
City mosquito control will use mist sprayers from Cass to Winnebago between Swift Creek and 6th street and Swift Creek to West avenue to city limits. Thermal foggers will operate on both sides of the Causeway and Lang drive and in Indian Hill from Monitor to St. Cloud between Black River and east city limits.
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Cass
Winnebago
Swift Creek
6Th Street
West Avenue
Causeway
Lang Drive
Indian Hill
Monitor
St. Cloud
Black River
Local La Crosse Sailors Serve In Middle East
Several La Crosse area Navy men serve with units in the Middle East. Richard J. Degenhardt of La Crosse sails aboard the U S S Essex with the Sixth Fleet. Darrell D. Cole of Tomah serves on the U S S Des Moines. James R. Lienlokken, formerly a La Crosse Tribune photographer, flies from Little Creek to Beirut to cover the Eastern Mediterranean, aboard the Pocono. Mrs Diane Becker and son James D. have returned to La Crosse.
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Howdy
James R. Lienlokken
PH3
USN
la Crosse Tribune
Paul Vidani Jr
la Crosse
Beirut
Vidani
Middle East
U. S. Atlantic Fleet Amphibious
Little Creek
Lienlokken
Amphibious Group Four
Amphibious Force
U. S. Atlantic Fleet
U.S
Richard P. Cole
Tomah
U.S. Atlantic
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Paul Vidani
Newfoundland
Azores
Morocco
Naples
Diane Becker
James D
Norfolk
Sisson Dr
Upper Midwest Camera and Art Clubs Convene in Red Wing
Red Wing hosts the first annual Upper Midwest Camera and Art Clubs conclave on Sunday August 17 at Flaming Spring Gardens. Hundreds of clubs from Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and the Dakotas were invited to photograph paint and discuss media amid the gardens fire and water springs and themed guides and regalia on display.
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Red Wing
Minn
Upper Midwest
Flaming Spring Gardens
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Joe R. Kernan
Girl Bitten by Family Dog at Myrick Park Picnic
Two year old Linda Forer of 1720 Weston Street was bitten on the left hand by a dog owned by Robert Jackel of 1412 Adams Street during a family picnic in Myrick Park. She was treated at St. Francis Hospital.
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Linda Forer
Weston St
Robert Jackel
Adams St
Myrick Park
St. Francis Hospital
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Madison
Pewaukee
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Spencer
Des Moines
Moline
Ill
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Houston
Galesville
Dodge
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Theileman
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Wate
By E. R
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Itzner’s
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