Nelson Challenges Thomson in Wisconsin Finance Debate
Gaylord Nelson, Democrat, challenged Gov Ver Thomson Republican to a public debate on state finances and building debts. Thomson defended financing changes totaling about 21 million dollars and argued funds go to university and state buildings paid by rents, not taxes. Lt. Gov Knowles criticized Nelson for insinuating scrapping the building program. Also Democratic attorney general hopefuls spoke against GOP officeholders and the labor movement.
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Associated Press
Gaylord Nelson
Vernon Thomson
Nelson
Thomson
Wisconsin
Madison
Thorson
Warren Knowles
Christ Seraphim
Milwaukee
GOP
John Reynolds
Green Bay
Old Guard
Fair opens with children day and low carnival prices
Secretary Joseph W. Frisch praised the fair’s reception as crowds filled the midway from 9 p.m. until midnight. Officials expect attendance to top last year if weather stays clear after a rain-delayed start.
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Joseph W. Frisch
One of Founders of State Legion Dies
George F. Plant, 78, former Wisconsin state commander of the American Legion, died at his Elm Grove home. A founder of the Legion in Wisconsin, he chaired the first national Poppy Day campaign and organized Milwaukee’s Electric American Legion Post, serving as its first commander and being chosen state commander in 1935. Funeral services set for Saturday.
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Milwaukee
George F. Plant
American Legion
Elm Grove
Legion
Wisconsin
Plant
Electric Co
Electric American Legion
Allis-Chalmers Declares Two Quarterly Dividends
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. announced a 25 cent per share quarterly dividend on common stock payable September 30 to holders of record September 2. The board also declared a 1.02 dollar per share quarterly dividend on 4.08 percent cumulative convertible preferred stock, payable September 5 to holders of record August 22.
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Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
City Weather and Scores Snapshot From Last Night
Report lists a series of city names with paired numbers indicating low and high values from the prior night. Included are Bismarck Boston Chicago Denver Dubuque Duluth Galveston Huron Jacksonville Kansas City Knoxville Lacrosse Los Angeles Madison Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York St Louis and Washington with varied low and high figures.
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Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Dubuque
Dulut
Galveston
Huron
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Knoxville
Lacrosse
Los Angeles
Madison
Memphis
Miami
Ae Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
St. Louis
Washington
Livestock Quotations From New York Market Report
Market report from Swift & Company lists hogs and cattle prices in detail with weights and ranges. Hogs and sows show mixed gains and declines. cattle and calves quote steady to firm values across categories. grains and potatoes noted in Chicago with price ranges.
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Winona
Swift & Company
KWNO
Bologna
Death of Raymond G Ruud at 36 in Coon Valley
Raymond G Ruud 36 of 8272 Green Bay Street died at a local hospital. He leaves a brother Verdel of Westby and sister Verna Larson of La Crosse. He preceded them in death. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Middle Coon Valley Lutheran Church with Rev. George Alvilden officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Friends may call at Schumacher Funeral Home Sunday 3–5 and 7–9 p.m. and at church Monday from 1 p.m. until services.
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Raymond G. Ruud
Green Bay St
Verdel
Westby
Milton
Verna) Larson
la Crosse
Middle Coon Valley
Winnebago Sts
House panel weighs social security bill spending and tax hikes
The committee plans two days of hearings on a bill to boost federal grants to states by 288 million dollars annually and change the social security law. It would raise monthly benefits, increase payroll taxes by 0.25 percent for workers and employers, and lift the wage base to 4800. Flemming urged delaying action to craft a new formula that preserves state role while expanding federal support. Chairman Byrd signals possible floor action mid next week as senators push to finish by August 16.
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Flemming
Treasury
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Senate
House
Hansen Completes First ITA Management Program Class
Donald H. Hansen of La Crosse is honored as a member of the first graduating class of the Management Development Program for independent telephone company executives. The four week course at the University of Kansas, presented by the United States Independent Telephone Association and KU, covered administration, rate regulation and the American business climate.
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Lawrence
Kan
Donald H. Hansen
State St
la Crosse
United States Independent Telephone Assn
Hansen
State Hansen
la Crosse Telephone Corp
John H. Nelson
Graduate School
University of Kansas
University of Kansas Chool of Business
Poultry Receipts Reported at Chicago Market
Chicago receipts show 60 000 pounds of live poultry on Thursday with no prices reported due to insufficient information.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Butter and Eggs Report
USDA cattle and calves market activity noted at South St. Paul with slaughter steers and heifers active and steady. Butter receipts high while eggs show weakness and varied grade prices amid wholesale trading.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Camp McCoy GI Fined After 100 MPH Chase
A Camp McCoy soldier, Robert Guinn, was fined 100 and jailed 10 days after leading Monroe County traffic officer Dewey Reinstra on a 90 to 100 mile an hour pursuit on Highways 21 and 173 north of Sparta. Guinn and three companions were detained at a Valley tavern after the chase.
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Tomah. Wis
Camp McCoy
Monroe County
Robert Guinn
Justice of the Peace
Lawrence Curray
Tomah
Dewey Reinstra
Guinn
Sparta
Reinstra
Gas Tank Theft Reported At Frankson's Boat Dock
John Collins of 702 N 1st St La Crescent complained to the sheriff Thursday night that a five gallon red Evinrude Cruise a Day gasoline tank was stolen from under a building at Frankson's Boat Dock on French Island. The tank valued at 16 dollars was taken sometime between July 30 and August 5.
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John Collins
1St St
la Crescent
Sheriff's Department
Collins
Frankson
French Island
Sparta council to decide fate of political sign on Water street
Sparta Wisconsin. The Common Council will decide at 8 30 a m Saturday whether Harold Jenkins may keep his Democratic sign over Water Street reading Jenkins for Assemblyman. Mayor Joseph Larson says the city ordinance bans signs on public streets. Council may grant an exception or allow the sign to stay until action is taken.
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Sparta
Wis
Water Street
Sparta Common Council
Joseph Larson
Harold Jenkins
Monroe County
Jenkins
Larson
Dewey
VFW Post To Hold Annual Family Picnic
Members of VFW Post 1530 and auxiliary are reminded of the annual family picnic in Onalaska Park Sunday. Serving starts at 12 30 p m in the large stone shelter house. Beef stew is the main dish. Each family brings its own table service sandwiches and a separate covered dish. Elmer Lysaker post commander said next regular meeting will be Wednesday Aug 27. auxiliary meets Aug 20. A card party is held each Saturday night in the clubrooms.
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VFW
Onalaska Park
Elmer Lysaker
Wife of UW Classics Chairman Dies After Short Illness
Mrs. Walter P. Agard, wife of the University of Wisconsin classics department chairman, died Wednesday after a brief illness. A Madison resident for 31 years, she was active in university and civic affairs.
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Madison
Walter P. Agard
University of Wisconsin
Pedestrian Rights Explained by Police
Capt. Lyle Gilbert of the police traffic bureau clarifies pedestrian rights at intersections. Drivers must yield to pedestrians starting to cross or crossing on green signals and at marked or unmarked crosswalks where signals are not present. Pedestrians must yield to vehicles proceeding on a green signal, and drivers turning must yield to correctly crossing pedestrians.
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Lyle Gilbert
Police Department
Traffic Bureau
Capt
Gilbert
Steinle Attacks Proxmire Over Spending Claim
Roland J. Steinle Republican candidate for the U S Senate at the Inter State Fair denounced Senator Proxmire saying his four month record would deplete the U S Treasury by 23 billion dollars and that Proxmire offers no real remedies The Republican urged Wisconsin voters to elect a Republican to halt what he termed irresponsible spending efforts.
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Roland J. Steinle
U.S. Senate
Proxmire
John Byrnes
Senate
Congress
U.S. Treasury
Steinle
Byrnes
Despera
Tion
Uncle Sam
Wisconsin
U.S
Keller held for questioning in Flint fire case
Attorney General says Donald Edward Keller, 34, Detroit, is in protective custody for questioning. Keller drove Herman Kierdorf to the used car lot where a Cadillac was sold and denied being at the scene of the Flint fire. Herman called Keller “one of my boys.”
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Gore Renominated as Tennessee Senate Candidate
Senator Albert Gore wins renomination in the Tennessee Democratic primary and Buford Ellington appears positioned as the gubernatorial nominee with nearly complete returns.
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Nashville
Tenn
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Buford Ellington
Woman Reports Lost Driving License
Mrs. L Cantwell of 1610 South 3rd Street reports to the police that her driving license is missing.
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L. Cantwell
S. 3Rd St
Junior livestock judged on opening day at La Crosse fair
Junior fair sheep swine and beef animals were judged on Thursday at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair. Winners include Marilyn Dahlby with champion Hereford baby beef and Gordon Radcliffe with champion Aberdeen Angus. Swine honors went to West Salem youths coached by N. N. Rowe who also supervised swine and sheep. Breed winners included Rudy Garbers Poland China and Arvid Jaekel Hampshire, with Yorkshires and Landrace shown in an any other breed class.
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la Crosse
John Schiller
R. J
Mindoro
Martin Berg
Bangor
Marilyn Dahlby
Gordon Radcliffe
West Salem
West Salem High School
N. N. Rowe
Rowe
Bruce Linsey
David Schomberg
Conrad Miller
Berkshire
Carrol Schomberg
Warren Schomberg
Poland
David Manke
Arvid Jaekel
Hampshire
David Nelson
Marvin Bruemmer
Weather Snapshot North Central States
Partly cloudy with thundershowers in parts of Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Southeast Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota mostly fair tonight with warmer readings. Northwest Wisconsin and northwest Minnesota warmer tonight into Saturday with scattered storms. Iowa partly cloudy with showers northwest tonight and fair southeast and continued warmth into Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Readings Show Small Drops in Lake Superior State Ports
Mississippi River forecast from Hastings to Guttenberg notes falls of 1-3 tenths of a foot across Dams 2 through 10 in the next 24 hours. Readings list 24 hour stage changes at Winona Dakota La Crosse Lansing Prairie du Chien Trempealeau and other sites with recent slight declines.
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Ee Dam
T.W
Ee Dakota
C.P
A Lacrosse
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Trempleau
Dodge
Black
Neillsville
Galesville
la Crosse
W. Sal
Orl
Root
Houston
Hastings
Minn
Guttenberg
Iowa
Drunk and disorderly arrests flood La Crosse records
La Crosse area reports show numerous arrests for drunk driving speeding and disorderly conduct. Names ages and addresses include William Petrosik Jr 30 and Clifford Boys 52 among many others with varied fines and court dates. Whitehall and river region cases note appeals from justice court convictions and fines plus costs.
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William Petrosik Jr
Cameron Ave
Clifford Boys
S. 4Th St
Carl E. Paar
Shelby St
Donald Chernick
S. 9Th St
Charles Shinault
Clarence Breidel
Powell St
George R. Boldt
Horton St
Richard Saltz
Linker
Whitehall
Wis
la Crosse
Rockford
Ill
Perrot State Park
Justice Court
P. M. Paulson
A. L. Twelme
William F. Murphy
Hays St
Richard A. Smith
Livingston St
Jack A. Fried
Karen Kaye Smith
Jerome A. Thompson
Ellsworth Schliefer
Floyd Spinks
Park
Margaret C. Schleifer
Bucklee
Stevenson Sees Khrushchev China Hope Shaping Summit
Adlai Stevenson after a Moscow talks with Khrushchev says China loomed large in Soviet planning and that summit tactics have shifted. He arrives in Poland for a four day visit and aims to meet Gomulka and Cyrankiewicz while urging open exchange and constructive competition between the U S and USSR. He noted a gulf between the nations but agreed that common goals must prevail.
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Warsaw
Adlai Stevenson
Khrushchev
China
Moscow
Stevenson
Poland
Soviet Union
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Security Council
United States
Russia
A.L. Mikoyan
Andrei Gromyko
Drive To Save Spires Of Oxford Reaches Goal
The Oxford University building appeal surpasses its minimum $4.9 million target after a $1 million gift from the Ford Foundation, ending a long fundraising drive to stabilize the aging spires. Lord Bridges announced the milestone on Thursday night.
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Oxford
London
America
Lord Bridges
Historic
Ford Foundation
Bethany Home Auxiliary Ice Cream Social Aug 10
The Bethany Home Auxiliary hosts an ice cream social at the home on Sunday August 10 from 3 to 8 pm chaired by Mrs R E Hansen with co chair Mrs H O Anderson. Cakes are arranged by Mrs Manford Hanson and Mrs Anne Espeland. Coffee is managed by Tilman Johnson H B Forseth A H Erickson and Alice Klammer. Serving will be Mrs Odin Klanrud and Mrs Harold Gartner Sr. Proceeds fund debt retirement. open house marks National Nursing Home Day.
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Bethany Home
R. E. Hansen
H. O. Anderson
Manford Hanson
Anne Espeland
Mmes. Tilman Johnson
H. B. Forseth
A. H. Erickson
Alice Klammer
Odin Klanrud
Harold Gartner Sr
Arcadia and Trempealeau Court Notices and Fines
Reports from Arcadia and Trempealeau outline multiple court actions. Ernest Beck filed against Gerald Slaby and A G Creamery for over loads with $16.95 costs, while William J. Stellpflug pursued Virginia D Neuman George B Neuman and James Druall for fishing without licenses and speeding. Neumans paid $5 and $10, Druall $10. Walter Kratch bound over for furnishing beer to a minor and released on $200 bond. next circuit term opens Sept 22. Other cases involve Leonard Arentz returning property, Hugh L. Terrell's negligent driving penalty, Lavon Reynolds traffic matter, Olga Waller left turn dispute, and Donald Minger injury case with $26.95 in fines and costs.
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Ernest Beck
Arcadia Justice of the Peace
Gerald M. Slaby
Mondovi
Arcadia
William J. Stellpflug
Trempealeau
Justice of the Peace
Virginia D
George B. Neuman
James Druall
Eugene Bijold
Jean Serna
Winona
Bernard Wicka
Dodge
Jereczek
Leonard Arentz
Caledonia St
la Crosse
Justice Court
Earl Kopp
John C. Quinn
Arentz
Kopp
Hugh L. Terrell
Camp McCoy
Lavon Bryan Reynolds
Boscobel
Olga Adelia Waller
Ettrick
Woman Solves Two-Year Headache With Want Ads
A local woman plagued by shrinking storage space for two years found relief through La Crosse Tribune Want Ads. She advertised unwanted belongings and sold them in two days for cash, ending the storage headache and gaining extra spending money. WANT ADS WORK.
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la Crosse Tribune
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Onalaska
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Prospect St
Richard L. Ellis
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Thomas Bigley
George St
Louis Abraham
Pearl St
Clinton Waller
2Nd Ave. N
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Gerald Genz
Avon St
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Market St
Bernard Michel
S. 10Th St
Neal Huston
Ward Ave
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4Th St
Roderick Sand
Redfield St
Robert Burns
Ferndale
Vera Theige
Gordon Searle
Alan Butt
Birch
S. 5Th St
Patrick Ludwigson
Eugene Engler
7Th St
June Kuehl
la Crosse St
Henry Stinson
31St St
Little Tabbert
EAGLE
Mao
Khrush
Adlai
Bethany Social
P.m
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Highway 53
Beach
OUR Family
Soell’s
Neew Drug
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Eisele Pei Fell
Dept. of Horticulture
The
University of Minn
Upper Midwest
Monthru
LA Crosse Floral C0., Inc
Cass St
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