Orchestra To Play Concert Aboard Barge
The American Wind Symphony Orchestra performs on a 122 foot barge with 57 musicians on a 44 by 60 foot stage in Levee Park Winona. Four civic groups sponsor the 8 30 p m event inviting attendees to bring chairs or cushions.
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American Wind Symphony Orchestra
Levee Park
Winona
Fairmont
W. Va
Wind Symphony
Rotarians
Kiwanians
The
Lions
Exchange Club
Pittsburgh
All-Sports Day Highlights Softball and Bicycle Contests
All-Star softball games pitting North Side against South Side stars plus midget and intermediate age group games headline All-Sports Day at Houska Park. Bicycle skill finals and events such as bean bag throwing croquet shuffleboard and more start at 1 p.m. with recreation department supervision closing city playgrounds for the day.
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Houska Park
North Side
South Side
Wind Symphony Plans River Tour Through Midwest
Conductor Robert Austin Boudreau, a Juilliard graduate and Fulbright scholar, leads the Wind Symphony on a river tour with concerts in Moline and Rock Island Illinois Davenport Iowa and Winona Thursday. The ensemble then heads to Minneapolis on August 9 and Stillwater Minnesota on August 11 to end its 1963 tour.
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Robert Austin Boudreau
Julliard
Columbia University
Boudreau
Paris Conservatory
Ithaca
Lehigh University
New York
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh
Wind Symphony
Moline
Rock Island
Ill
Davenport
Iowa
Winona
Minneapolis
Stillwater
Minn
Girl, 2, Drowns On Lake Beulah Pier Fall
Pamela Kapen two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Kapen of Glenview Illinois drowned early Sunday after apparently falling from a Glenview pier into Lake Beulah authorities said.
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East Troy
Pamela Kapen
Robert Kapen
Glenview
Ill
Lake Beulah
Promotion Assured In Air Force Trial Enlistment Plan
A trial Air Force enlistment program offers promotion on enlistment and again after basic training. It runs through late September with applicants needing knowledge of machining and metalworking from technical schools or apprenticeships. Acceptance depends on passing the Air Force job knowledge test and the program may expand or end after Sept. 30.
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Air Force
George F. Kropp
Air Force Recruiting Office
la Crosse
Working With Car Youth Burned In La Crosse Incident
La Crosse police report Michael Niles age 21 of 525 Liberty St. was burned when flames leapt from his car carburetor as he worked on it. He was taken by squad car to St. Francis Hospital for treatment.
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la Crosse
Michael Niles
Liberty St
St. Francis Hospital
Niles
Navy Mothers Picnic Postponed After Planned Saturday Date
The Navy Mothers picnic scheduled for Saturday August 10 has been postponed. A new date will be announced later.
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Navy
Record attendance at La Crosse Interstate Fair tops 12658
A Sunday attendance record of 12 658 was set at the La Crosse Interstate Fair with 4 128 in the grandstand for late model stock car races. Overall turnout fell about 2 000 from last year's 55 490 due to weather disruptions and an early Friday storm damaging tents and displays.
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la Crosse
Joseph Frisch
Frisch
West Salem
Boat and motor stolen from river behind Hideaway Tavern
Donald Swartz reports his boat and 15 horsepower Evinrude outboard motor stolen from the river behind the Hideaway Tavern on French Island. The boat was recovered nearby but the motor with cover and rewind removed and the tank also stolen. both were chained and locked to the boat originally.
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Donald Swartz
French Island
la Crosse County
Swartz
La Crosse Band Plans Salem Concert
The La Crosse concert band will play at 8 p.m. Wednesday August 7 in West Salem village park under conductor D Russell Wartinbee who has led the band since 1939 Two band members Floyd Larson and Kenneth Sterandt hail from West Salem The event is under the Music Industries Trust Fund with Samuel R Rosenbaum trustee The band will also perform at Veterans Memorial Park on Sunday August 18.
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West Salem
Wis
la Crosse
Village Park
D. Russell Wartinbee
Floyd Larson
Kenneth Sterandt
Music, Industries Trust Fund
Samuel R. Rosenbaum
New York City
Veterans Memorial Park
Eight Injured In Weekend City Accidents
Accidents in La Crosse Saturday and Sunday injured eight people. Five hurt Sunday when cars driven by Earl Bonsack and Richard Smith collided at 9th and Vine Street. Bonsack and two passengers treated at Lutheran Hospital, others at St. Francis. Saturday crashes involving Jeanette Ruff and Richard Stokke caused head bumps and knee bruise with medical aid for Ruff party.
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la Crosse
Earl T. Bonsack
Pewaukee
Richard A. Smith
S. 23Rd St
9Th
Vine Streets
Lutheran Hospital
Bonsack
Sophie Bonsack
Lloyd Bonsack
Milwaukee
St. Francis Hospital
Jill Gray
Kenosha
Fred Ulrich
Brookshire Place
Smith
Jeanette E. Ruff
Alma
Richard Stokke
S. 14Th St
8Th
King Streets
Jeanette Ruff
Cynthia Ruff
Stokke
Three Drown In Minnesota
Water accidents in Minnesota over the weekend claimed three lives. Larry Bierl 21 of Wanda drowned at Lake Shetek while swimming to a raft. Herman Paulson 45 of St. Paul drowned in the St Croix River from cramps during a swim. Eugene Densmore 19 of St. Paul drowned when his canoe overturned at Lake Phalen. Luellen Hungerholt 26 of Rushford died in the Mississippi near Winona after stepping into a dropoff. Jardiene Overland survived as Walter Britt failed to rescue Hungerholt.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Larry Bierl
Wanda
Minn
Lake Shetek
Slayton
Herman Paulson
St. Paul
St. Croix
Stillwater
Eugene D. Densmore
Lake Phalen
Luellen Hungerholt
Rushford
Mississippi River
Winona
Wisconsin
Hungerholt
Jardiene Overland
Walter Britt
Overland
Apartment Addition Permit Granted at 218 South West
A building permit is issued for an eight family addition to the apartment building at 218 S West Ave owned by Albert Wernecke. The 24 by 72 foot addition is valued at 32000 dollars and planned for late summer completion as the Enterprise reports recent calls in Genoa Italy and Rhodes Greece while based out of Norfolk Virginia.
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S. West Ave
Albert Wernecke
U.S
Enterprise
6Th Fleet
Genoa
Italy
Rhodes
Greece
Norfolk
Navy Names Two Sailors Serving Aboard Carrier Enterprise
Navy Lt Cmdr Harvey W Miller and Kenneth L Schumacher serve aboard the nuclear powered USS Enterprise with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. Miller is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl W Miller of 703 Pine St Schumacher is the son of Mrs Kenneth D Schumacher of 2222 Ferry St. The Enterprise operates in the Mediterranean theater.
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USS Enterprise
Navy
Harvey W. Miller
Carl W. Miller
Pine St
Kenneth L. Schumacher
Interior Communications Electrician
Kenneth D. Schumacher
Ferry St
Enterprise
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Airman Mikkelson Transferred From Amarillo to Westover AFB
Airman 3.C. Arthur A. Mikkelson of La Crosse receives transfer to Westover AFB Massachusetts after completing the Air Force technical training course for administrative specialists. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mikkelson of 1428 Adams Street and a Central High School graduate.
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Amarillo Afb
Tex
Arthur A. Mikkelson
la Crosse
Westover Afb
Mass
Air Force
Mikkelson
Gordon Mikkelson
Adams St
Central High School
Banana Tree in La Crosse Yard Defies Climate Odds
A banana plant stays alive in a La Crosse yard for five years. Leonard and Mrs. Gautsch transplant the seven foot tree each fall to a tub, take it to the basement, and bring it out in spring to cope with frost. Horticulturist Gordon Van Akkeren notes the plant is rare outside greenhouses.
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la Crosse
Leonard Gautsch
S. 28Th St
California
Gautsch
Gordon van Akkeren
Hobby Show At Hood Playground Winners Named
A hobby show held at Hood Playground last week showcased children explaining their hobbies. Winners included Steve Heilman bird watcher Gary Graw model cars Kenneth Buck model airplanes Virginia Buck Susette Buck Timmy Henry model kits Richard Jones stamp collecting and Kathy Betz model airplanes.
Army Man and Two Others Enlist in Navy
The Navy Recruiting Substation in La reports Orville O. Gooden a former Army man enlists for two years as a construction mechanic third class in the Sea Bees after four years in the Army. Donald L. Burmester, radioman third class, re-enlists and is sent to Washington, D C. Gerald M. Lokken joins through the high school graduate program for four years.
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R. F. Alberts
Orville O. Gooden
Floyd Gooden
R. J. Ettrick
Seabees
Gooden
Army
Donald L. Burmester
Raymond Burmester
Red Wing
Minn
Washington, D.C
Gerald M. Lokken
Vernon Lokken
Blair
Nusbaum Leaves Nelson Staff for West Coast Opportunities
Senator Gaylord Nelson announced longtime aide Joe E. Nusbaum will depart to pursue opportunities on the west coast. Nusbaum served as administrative assistant since 1958 and led the Wisconsin departments reorganization, with William R. Bechtel and Walter Thoresen named as successors and Warren Sawall assigned additional duties.
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Washington
Gaylord Nelson
D.wis
Joe E. Nusbaum
Nelson
Nusbaum
Wisconsin
William R. Bechtel
Madison
The
Milwaukee Journal
Walter Thoresen
la Crosse State College
Bechtel
Warren Sawall
Department of Administration
University of Minnesota
Wisconsin State Budget Division
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Dianne Miller
Waterloo Club
Anne Schomberg
Barre Badgers
Ruth Ann Johnson
Bangor Township
Elizabeth Hansen
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WLCX
Hood Playground
Skeeter Schedule
Joe Nusbaum
Sen
Reddie
Armour Star
Oscar Mayer
Smokie
Pork
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Northwestern Mutual
Ronald Ping
James R. Burns
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