Imjin River navy patrol aids 1st Cavalry in Korea
In Korea the Ist Cavalry Division operates a river patrol along the Imjin to deter North Korean infiltrators. Company A of the 8th Engineer Battalion leads a improvised naval fleet from small rafts to 27 foot boats with riflemen supplied by the 8th and 9th Cavalry Regiments. Commander Capt. James Z. Metalios and S Sgt Osko Baccus describe a growing, lightly trained fleet as troopers adapt to water duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1St Cavalry Division
Korea
United Nations
First Cavalry Division
Imjin
U.S
James Z. Metalios
Tuckahoe
N.Y
Joe Communist
Metalios
8Th
9Th Cavalry
Navy
Osko Baccus
Security
Colo
Gilbert Spearman
Fayetteville
N.C
Pfc
Carl Sayers
Seymour, Conn
John Young
Laurel Hill
Fla
Alfred Baker
Alderson
W.va
Appeals heard on numerous home permit refusals in La Crosse
The Board of Appeals will hear appeals from several building permit refusals including attached garages at 2102 Market Street 817 Hood Street and 2100 Onalaska Avenue among others and a porch addition at 1432 Loomis Street The hearing is set for Monday August 19 1963 at 7 30 PM in City Hall Council Chambers and is open to the public Also notices for estate actions and a divorce case are listed with hearing dates and attorney details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County Court
Carl A. Matheson
la Crosse
la Crosse County
County of la Crosse
Eugene A. Toepel
Edwards, Hainer and McDonald, Ltd
Exchange Building
State of Wisconsin
Ada C. Richards
City of
Clarence J. Weber
Grandview Place
Fis
Wyatt Ray McGonegal
Steele, Smyth, Klos and Flynn
Lynne Tower
Ada Kallish
Johns, Pappas and Flaherty
State of Wisconsin Juvenile Court
Darrell Robert
Pamela
Daniel
Randy
Jeffrey Brooks
Selvia Brooks
Dorothy Brooks
E. Wilson Street
Madison
Board of Appeals
City of la Crosse
W. J
Dorothy Koelb
Market Street
Salter Terrace
Setles
Hood Street
Locat
E. 8
Smith
Guy
Viola Stellingwert
Onalaska Avenue
Johnston
Albert Brunke
South 15Th Street
M. Funk
Harvard A. Netzer
Charles Street
P. &. Davidson
Clifton A. Aspesler
Loomis Street
East Avenue
Usher
Alice A Dickson
Anna Bartsch
Greenfield
J. C. Franzini
Minnesotan Killed Three Hurt In Cass County Crash
A Hackensack man died and three others were injured when a car failed to negotiate a curve on a Cass County road four miles east of Hackensack. Vincent Moran, 23, died. Mike Osburnson 19 and Jim Tresler 18 were hospitalized in critical condition. John Baade 20 was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hackensack
Minn
Cass County
Vincent Moran
Park Rapids
Mike Osburnson
Jim Tresler
John Baade
Morgan
Redwood County
Highway Patrol
Laurence Morse
Karen Larsen
Russell Zummach
Kennedy Baby in Critical Condition After Premature Birth
A police escorted ambulance rushed the newborn to Boston Hospital less than five hours after birth. Doctors used a three compartment breathing device to force oxygen into the infant and reported improvement despite ongoing critical condition. President Kennedy visited the hospital four times and stayed overnight as Caroline and John Jr remained at Hyannis Port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Air Force Base
Boston
Salinger
Children’s Hospital
Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Squaw Island
Hyannis Port
White House
Cape Cod
Ritz Carlton
Weather record and five day forecast summary
The report notes sunrise at 6 03 am and sunset at 8 17 pm with zero degree days to date. It forecasts five day temperatures 62 to 84 degrees with less than an inch of precipitation from Friday night through midweek. Regions forecast include lacrosse and vicinity and Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with clearing and showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi River Forecast Little Change Report
River readings show flood stage and 24 hour changes for stations at Winona La Crosse Lansing Prairie du Chien Trempealeau and Dodge tributaries with stage and pool values and minus or plus adjustments. Overall Mississippi River forecast indicates little change across monitored points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prec Winona
C.P
Dem
Dam
T.W
Dakota
Lacrosse
Lansing
Pr du Chien
Trempeleau
Dodge
Winona Livestock Quotations From Swift & Company Report
Swift & Company reports noon quotations for Winona livestock with prices for hogs and cattle. Hogs show a steady market with various weight ranges and sow, stag classifications. cattle remain steady with dry fed steers, yearlings, heifers, cows, and bulls listed by quality. Additional notes cover Chicago potatoes and South St. Paul livestock markets with regional price ranges and on-track figures.
Butter and eggs hold steady on Chicago Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter prices steady with wholesale buying prices unchanged. Prices listed for various grades and scores. Eggs also steady to firm with wholesale prices unchanged to up three higher and specific grade whites and mixed lots noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Bomb-Rigged Auto Blows Up In Sicily
A TNT loaded car exploded in Palermo as police press a crackdown on the Sicilian Mafia. It was the fifth such blast in five weeks with no injuries reported in this incident. the earlier blasts killed nine people, seven of them police officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palermo
Sicily
Radio Highlights Schedule For Friday And Saturday
Friday at 7 p m WLCX Vox Pop 7 45 p m WKTY baseball Milwaukee Braves vs St Louis Cards 7 55 WKBH Twins vs Red Sox Saturday WKTY 1 15 p m Cards 8 15 p m Packers vs Steelers WKBH 1 25 p m Twins vs Red Sox
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLCX
WKTY
Milwaukee Braves
St. Louis
Green Bay Packers
Pittsburgh Steelers
WKBH
Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox
State issues nine page list of items taxed August fifteenth
Wisconsin Tax Department releases a nine page guide covering personal property and services subject to the August 15 sales tax. Cigarette excise shifts burden to wholesalers raising consumer tax to six percent. list mailed to retailers. Local telephone service and long distance calls taxed starting August 15. Post exchanges exempt due to federal status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Tax Department
Wisconsin
Armed Services
Tax Department
Camp McCoy
ITU to Continue Merger Talks at 105th Convention
The International Typographers Union approves continued merger efforts with other printing craft unions. President Elmer Brown calls the move a safeguard against automation. Civil rights program passes by voice vote amid Southern objections as debates focus on a past president and merger opposition. Per capita tax may rise from 1 to 1.75 dollars to fund the Typographical Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
International Typographers Union
ITU
Elmer Brown
Kennedy
Woodruff Randolph
Colorado Springs
Colo
Randolph
Eggs survive crash then crushed by driver in police car
In Hibernia New Jersey a man Robert E White was in a crash when his car hit a telephone pole. He suffered lacerations but twelve eggs in the car remained unbroken until he sat on them and broke them all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibernia
N.J
Robert E. White
White
Camp McCoy population to drop as units depart for end of summer training
Camp McCoy Wisconsin will see its population fall from 11 000 to 4 000 as units depart this weekend with summer training ending. Incoming units include the 497th Army Postal Unit Cresco Iowa and several Minnesota Nebraska and Illinois outfits. Departures include the 102nd Infantry Division Missouri and Southern Illinois and the 129th Transportation Company Ft Snelling Minnesota. Units finishing their first week of two weeks encampment include the 33rd Division Artillery Chicago and the 12th Special Forces Group Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Wis
497Th Army Postal Unit
Cresco
Iowa
353Rd Transportation Company
Faribault
Minn
875Th Replacement Company
Marshall, Minn
653Rd Quartermaster Co
Sioux Falls
S.C
809Th Quartermaster Battalion
Fremont
Neb
5048Th Usar
Wichita
Kan
102Nd Infantry Division
Missouri
Southern Illinois
217Th Chemical Company
Anderson
Ind
795Th Apu
St. Louis
129Th Transportation Company
Ft. Snelling
Quartermaster Battalion
Chicago
5042Nd
USAR
St. Paul
33Rd Division Artillery
Racine
Ft. Wayne
716Th Transportation Company
Aberdeen
364Th Ordnance Battalion
Milwaukee
Des Moines
32Nd Ordnance Battalion
Springfield
Ill
12Th Special Forces Group
Robbery on Mail Train Sparks Security Overhaul Debate
In a bold 15 minute raid on a mail train, masked thieves beat engineer Jack Mills and handcuffed him to a fireman while unloading thousands of pounds in currency. The incident prompts editorials across London calling for armed guards on mail trains and stricter railway security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Mills
Dave Whitby
Dave
Mills
London
London Mint
Only Two Justices To Get January Pay Hike
Wisconsin Supreme Court members face salary boosts under a new omnibus bill. Justice Currie will rise to 25 000 annually as Chief Justice in January, replacing 17 500 as an associate, while Justice-elect Beilfuss will earn 24 000 next term. Other justices keep current salaries of 14 000 or 17 500 until new terms begin.
Kennedy Defends Nuclear Test Ban Pact Ahead of Senate Vote
President Kennedy urged the Senate to approve the treaty saying it advances world peace, reduces tensions, and can lead to further agreements while not ending the nuclear threat. He stressed no secret understandings, readiness to resume atmospheric testing if needed, and continued underground work for peaceful uses. Senate hearings span three weeks with floor debate to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack R. Miller
Iown
Goldwater
Senate
United States
Kennedy
Moscow
U.S
Rev Oscar J Nauman Re elected Wisconsin Synod President
Milwaukee AP Rev Oscar J Nauman was elected to his sixth two year term as president of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod at its 37th biennial session. Delegates elected Irwin Habeck first vice president and G L Press second vice president. The convention added five new congregations and welcomed 23 pastors, 3 professors, and 16 teachers. Delegates plan centennial services at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Oscar J. Nauman
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Wisconsin
Irwin Habeck
G.L. Press
Wayne
Mich
Edmonton
Alberta
Monte Vista
Colo
Minneapolis
Owensville
Peshtigo
Wis
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
Deaths list includes Devine, Schiess, Grant and Smith
Marian Devine 57 formerly of La Crosse died Aug 9 in Florham Park NJ burial Morristown. Joseph Schiess 68 of 1315 Madison died Aug 8 with arrangements later by Schumacher Funeral Home. Fern Grant 62 died Aug 9 in Milwaukee burial Sletten McKee Funeral Home. Lucy Smith formerly of La Crosse funeral Saturday 2 pm Sletten-McKee with Rev Robert C Light. burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call noon to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S
Marian) Devine
la Crosse
Florham Park
N.J
Michael
Donald
Robert
Elizabeth Packman
Long Beach
Calif
F. W. Elizabeth Wingers
Omaha
Neb
Harry Packman
Stoddard
Cyril
Biloxi
Joseph C. Schiess
Madison $T
Schumacher Funeral Home
Fern E. Grant
S. 13Th St
Milwaukee
Sletten McKee Funeral Home
Lucy Smith
Sletten-McKee
Robert C. Light
Oak Grove Cemetery
Knute Nelson 1886 Norway native dies at 76
Knute Nelson 76 of 2119 Prospect St dies Thursday in a local hospital. Survived by widow Olga one son Clarence six grandchildren three great grandchildren and sister Mrs Karen Anderson of Oslo Norway. Born August 9 1886 in Gulbransdalen Norway he came to the United States at 19. Services Monday 2 p.m. Bethel Lutheran Church Rev Norman Nelson officiating burial Onalaska Cemetery. Visitation Fossem Funeral Home Onalaska Sunday evening and church from noon to 2 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knute Nelson
Prospect St
Olga
Clarence
Stoddard
H. J
Mary) McGinnis
Waupaca
Wis
Carl
Helen) Hoeth
Bartonville
Ill
James
Mabel) Fossum
Omaha
Neb
Karen Anderson
Oslo
Norway
Gulbransdalen
Bethel Lutheran Church
Norman Nelson
Onalaska
Fossum Funeral Home
Grant Assemblyman Hugh Harper Dies
Grant County Republican Assemblyman Hugh Harper died at 77 in a Lancaster hospital after a heart attack. Serving his 11th term, he chaired the Highways Committee and sat on the Labor Committee and Legislative Council. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lancaster Congregational Church. He held a UW degree earned in 1907 and retired to the Lancaster area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Hugh Harper
Grant County
Assembly
Lancaster Congregational Church
Harper
Legislative Council
University of Wisconsin
113th State Fair Opens At West Allis
The 113th Wisconsin State Fair opened at West Allis with officials hoping for record attendance. Fair officials expect strong crowds for a 10 day run featuring judging, auto show, youth events, fashion show, and new exhibits including a southwestern Wisconsin lead mine model and a 17th century Indian village reconstruction. Barns showed abundant livestock with about 800 cattle 800 hogs and 500 sheep entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
West Allis Grounds
Willard Masterson
Wisconsin
Boy Hurt by Stick Falls in La Crosse County
Midway boy Russell Klinkenberg, 7, fell on a stick near the left eye injuring his face. Police took him to Grandview Hospital at 2:30 p.m. where he was treated and released, then returned for further care that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Russell Klinkenberg
Amos Klinkenberg
Grandview Hospital
Milwaukee Livestock Market Report
Milwaukee livestock prices show steady cattle and calf markets with varied grades for steers, heifers, cows, and calves. Hogs rise with No 1 and 2 butchers at 18.00 to 18.50 per hundredweight and sows and boars in lower ranges. Friday receipts expected around 200 cattle 300 calves 200 hogs and 100 sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bologna
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Milwaukee
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Ist Cavalry
Joe
BY Conrad Fink
Edna Hanson
South 3Rd Street
Leo Hanson
South 3Rd St
Frank R Schneider
Rivoli Building
Frank R. Schneider
By Shearson, Hammill & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Pepsi-Cola
Bell & Farrell
Phillips Pete
Aileen, Inc
Allis-Chalmers
RCA
Republic Steel
Clark Oil
American Motors
Reynolds Metals
First
Royal Dutch
Amer
Tel & Tel
Gateway
Avco
Sears Roebuck
Godfrey Co
Hamilton
Brunswick
Sinclair Oil
Helleman
Chrysler
Socony
Roehring Co
Sperry Rand
Columbia Gas
Standard Oil
la Crosse Tele
Consolidated Foods
Curtiss Wright
Studebaker
McQuay, Inc
DuPont
Sunbeam
Mtg. Guar
Ins
Eastman Kodak
Swift
Nekoosa
Financial Fed
Texaco
North Plastics
Trane Co
Tos
Union Oil
Pyroil Co
NS Rap Industries
Gamble Skogm Us, Rubber
Rockwell Mfg
Ceoneral Dynamics
U.S. Steel
Royal Dutch N.Y
General Electric
Western Air Lines
Warner Elec
General Motors
Westinghouse Elec
Western Power
General Telephone
Western Tool
Great Northern
Zenith
Wis P&l
Greyhound
Boston Capital
Tausche Bonds
Gulf
Mutual
Illinois Central Ind
City Bank
Boston Fund
Intl Harvester
Interstate Power
Eaton & How Jones & Ludlow
Laughlin
Wallace Press
Dow Jones
Eaton & Howard Mack Trucks
Magnavox
Fidelity Fund
Incorp. Invest
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Totes Mass Inver
Northern Pacific
Natl Invest
N.W. Bane
Puritan Fund
Olin Mathieson
Winona
Swift & Company
Texas
Nebraska
Cary Corner
la Crosse, Wis
Cheddington
Rev
Nauman
Ava
W. S. Devine
Mrs. Glenn (Fern) Growt
Grant
West Allis
Stick
Milwaukee Livestock
South Third St
First Federal Savings and Loan Association OF Lacrosse
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