Sheep judged at La Crosse Inter-State Fair breeding show
More than 100 open class sheep were judged at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair on Wednesday. Holden Hankee of Cashton led Oxford Down and Corriedale winners, Kirk Hauser won Shropshire championships, and Allen James and Molly Rommel took multiple Hampshire and Cheviot honors with a slate of ram and ewe awards throughout breeds.
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la Crosse
Oxford Down
Holden Hankee
Cashton
Orland Vieregge
Norwalk
Molly Rommel
Melrose
Vieregge
Corriedale
Ram— Hankee
Allen James
North Freedom
Edward A. Bakken
Onalaska
ram—James
Ram lamb—James
Hankee
James
flock—Hankee
Bakken
Montedale
Kermit Gasper
Tomah
Southdown
Hampshire
Storm Winds May Close La Crosse North Side Beach
City Board of Health orders closure after heavy flash storms with south wind create pollution hazards when the Logan Street lift station storm gate opens. Raw sewage and storm waters spill into Black River, raising bacteria counts in beach water. Sanitarian Charles Trevallee linked overflow to weather, noting pollution lasts 24 to 36 hours and has occurred six times since 1963.
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la Crosse
Trevallee
Dairy Cattle Judges Name Junior Fair Winners at Inter-State
Three hundred ninety five junior fair dairy cattle were judged at the Inter-State Fair on Wednesday. Holstein and Guernsey breeds produced multiple champions with winners named from West Salem La Crosse Bangor Holmen Mindoro and other communities. Showmanship prizes went to top locals including Vicki Hendrickson Duane Witte Ronald Hendrickson and others.
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Jean Hoyer
West Salem
Philip Johnson
Holmen
Daniel Jones
Bangor
Roger Walter
Linda Jones
Curtis Burg
la Crosse
Keith Heinze
Michael Sullivan
Mindoro
Eric Manke
Vicki Hendrickson
Duane Witte
Ronald Hendrickson
William Bosshard
Vicki Nuttelman
Joleen Pralle
Onalaska
Paul Schwier
Sandra Ruud
Barbara Gollnick
Marla Walter
Red Cross Flood Relief Costs In La Crosse County
The American Red Cross spent 27793 for flood relief in La Crosse County with May totals of 26273 up to May 28 and 1041 for rehabilitation plus 479 in bills since then. Mass care, building repairs and furnishings dominated a large share while local donations and space donated by local firms helped limit costs. About 20 national workers operated in the area from April 11 to the week of May 23 assisting with mass care and rehabilitation.
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American Red Cross
la Crosse County
Celeste Mack
Red Cross
la Crosse Area
National Red Cross
la Crosse
Mack
Dubuque
Iowa
Meek
Trane Co
la Crosse Cooler Co
Two Exhibitors Win Blues in La Crosse Fair Junior Sheep
Only two exhibitors showed junior fair sheep at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair Wednesday. Kirk Hauser of Onalaska won three blue ribbons and Douglas Bakken of Onalaska received eight blues in the breeding stock and market classes.
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la Crosse
Kirk Hauser
R. 2
Onalaska
Douglas Bakken
Calf Show Awards Highlight Ruud and Duane Witte
Ruud named best senior purebred Guernsey calf and Duane Witte honored as best Jersey senior calf as Tri-State Breeders Cooperative presents show trophies.
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Ruud
Duane Witte
Jersey
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
Cars Skirt Barricades Stemming Traffic on 4th Street Area
Police Chief George Long said Thursday that all east west streets within one block of 4th Street except Jackson and Market are barricaded. Residents and those with business may pass. others drive through and use alleys, which also violates city codes.
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4Th Street
Jackson
Market Streets
Ben
George Long
Opera at Coleman Tuesday Presented Free of Charge
Down in the Valley, a one act opera, will be performed at 8 30 p m Tuesday August 10 in the Coleman Vocational School Auditorium. The event corrects an earlier misprint listing Monday August 9. Local talent appears in the free Festival of Arts program in Coulee Region.
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Down In the Valley
Coleman Vocational School
Coulee Region
la Crosse
Finest String Concert Of Coulee Region Festival
The Wednesday night string orchestra program drew praise for its outstanding ensemble under conductor Frank Italiano. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 opened the show with clear polyphony though some intonation wobbles. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante featured James Fischer and James Hammond with strong rhythm and notable final movement.
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LCU
Coulee Region
Frank Italiano
Coulee
J. S. Bach
Italiano
James Fischer
James Hammond
Mozart
Paradoxical U S View Shifts After China Nuclear Test
Harvard professor Dr. Morton Halperin outlined a paradoxical shift in U S thinking after China detonated an atomic bomb. He noted Washington now plans broader anti ballistic defenses while reassessing China as a nuclear power and a political force within a Communist bloc.
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United States
China
Harvard
Morton H. Halperin
la Crosse State University
Halperin
Harvard University
Harvard Center For International Affairs
Washington
Russia
Peiping
U.S
Samuel Barber
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Viet Nam
British Widow Cycles From Newcastle Through La Crosse to Seattle
Mrs. Ann Wade Thompson, a fiftyish widow from Newcastle on Tyne England, pedaled into La Crosse after a ride from Harvard Illinois and heads toward Seattle coast to Mexico and beyond. Her decades of global cycling include Berlin for 1936 Olympics and a wartime ride to Malta and Africa. she recalls rail and road delays, hostelless nights, and a friendly reception in the United States.
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Three Continents
Ann Wade Thompson
England
la Crosse
Seattle
Mexico
Panama
Tribune
Newcastle-on Tyne
Harvard
Minnesota
Panama Canal Zone
Bolivia
Thompson
Shelby Town Board Hears Two Assessment Complaints
The Shelby Town Board conducted a board of review hearing Wednesday, hearing cases from William Schnell concerning a 370 acre farm and Harold and Carl Schams owning an 80 acre farm at Greenwald Coulee. No action was taken on either case. The board approved a road survey for Sunshine Gardens Addition to be performed by the county and announced soon dustproofing and pre mix projects for Riverhills, Forest Hills, and Green Island. The Hills of Home and Maple Grove additions were approved as plats, and a typewriter for the town health officer was authorized.
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Shelby Town Board
Board of Review
William Schnell
Harold
Carl Schams
Greenwald Coulee
Sunshine Gardens
Riverhills
Forest Hills
Green Island
Hills of Home
Shelby
Osborne Nolop
Maple Grove
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E. L
Bob) Burgess
Shropshire
Richard Martin
ewe—Hauser
Ewe
Ewe Lamb
Martin
Rommel
Wisconsin
la Crosse Trust Company
Tri-County Finance, Incorporated
Boscobel
Viroqua
Sparta
Richland Center
Tri-County Finance Incorporated
Richard E. Morgan
Sec’y & Treas
Wabasha
Minn
Houston
Fillmore
Winona
Buffalo
Marathon
Trempealeau
Crawford
Alan Labus
Barrow
Robert Mountford
Center
Rural Credit Association
Robert Konkel
Farmers Union Soil Service
Coleman
Ator
William V. Estes
Mahler
DiCecco
Grieg
Kenneth Larson
St. Losey
Bach
Crosse County
Elmer Strong
Green Bay
Holmen, Wis
Berlin
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France
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Norway
Danzig
Malta
Gibraltar
Egypt
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Arctic Circle
New York City
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Ontario
New England
George Washington Bridge
London
Board
Louis A. Pamperin
Cass Street
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