Average In County Cost Of Interstate Highway System
La Crosse County car owners pay about 30 dollars yearly toward the 41000 mile Interstate Highway System. A typical driver using 10000 miles yearly at 14 mpg funds come from a four cent gasoline tax. Total local highway taxes amount to 744300 dollars annually, with future years projected to 1972 and beyond. Congressman Bolton argues highway bills are paid by users through fuel and equipment taxes, not federal funds.
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la Crosse County
Bureau of Public Roads
Highway Trust Fund
Oliver P. Bolton
Ohio
Harmony Under the Stars Barbershop Songfest Tonight
The Coulee Chordsmen directed by Henry Aronson present Harmony Under the Stars at Myrick Park bandshell at 8 p m Tuesday. Eight numbers plus performances by local quartets Kross Kords Four Funs and Monotones and guest quartets from Sparta Viroqua and Winona.
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Coulee Chordsmen
Myrick Park
Chordsmen
Henry Aronson
Kross Kords
The
Four Funs
Monotones
Sparta
Viroqua
Winona
Oak Forest Sanatorium
Onalaska
County Hospital
West Salem
St. Joseph Villa Convent
Two Injured Secondarily Improve After Highway 53 Crash
John Ehrhardt and Thomas McKinley have been removed from the critical list at St. Francis Hospital and are progressing satisfactorily. Larry W. Coates is reported as improved and in satisfactory condition. Three others died in the two car crash including William Muench, his wife Jeanne, and Alberta Ehrhardt.
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John Ehrhardt
Elkader
Iowa
Thomas 0. McKinley
Rock Island
Ill
St. Francis Hospital
McKinley
Larry W. Coates
Moline
William M. Muench
Jeanne
Ehrhardt
Alberta
Barge Symphony To Perform Monday in Winona
The American Wind Symphony on a decorated barge will give a Monday night concert at Levee Park Winona. The barge passed La Crosse Sunday morning and arrived in Winona about 3 p.m. The 8 30 p.m. start includes a Nigerian art display aboard the barge after the concert.
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Winona
Minn
American Wind Symphony
la Crosse
Levee Park
Marriage Licenses Record for Blytheville Couples
Samuel P. Gann of Blytheville Arkansas and Ruby J. Nelson of 900 Copeland Avenue to wed August 16 in La Crosse. John P. Barrett of 513 North 14th Street and Sandra K. Sleik of 145 South 17th Street to wed August 24 in La Crosse.
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Samuel P. Gann
Blytheville
Ark
Ruby J. Nelson
Copeland Ave
la Crosse
John P. Barrett
N. 14Th St
Sandra K. Sleik
S. 17Th St
Construction Boom Here But Not In State
Wisconsin state contracts in June 1963 fell seven percent from June 1962, while La Crosse saw a surge with June 1963 contracts totaling 2.816 million, nearly 17 times the prior year. For the first half of 1963, Wisconsin contracts rose 14 percent to 402.439 million, with La Crosse up about 300 percent to 6.2 million.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Burglar Given Suspended Term
Roger A. Arenz an 18 year old of 626 Pine Street was convicted of burglarizing three drive ins in Onalaska and La Crosse including Dari Delite totaling 160 dollars. Judge Leonard F. Roraff sentenced him to up to two years in Green Bay Reformatory but suspended the sentence and placed him on probation for three years.
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la Crosse
Roger A. Arenz
Pine St
Onalaska
Arenz
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
Leonard F. Roraff
Green Bay Reformatory
Welfare Department
Japanese student Katsue Namise to attend La Crosse State College
Katsue Namise 18 of Fukuoka City Japan arrives in La Crosse Sunday to live with the Louis H. Lemke family while attending La Crosse State College. A foreign student scholarship will fund her study and she hopes to become a teacher. Sponsors include the Lemkes their daughter Jean and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eklov, with support from a Galesville contributor.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Katsue Namise
Fukuoka City
Japan
Louis H. Lemke
Vine. St
State College
Lemkes
Katsue
United States
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Western Airlines
Minneapolis
North Central Airlines
la Crosse State
Lemke
Jean
St. Francis Hospital
Arthur Eklov
Westby
Eklov
Galesville
Jean’ Lemke
the Tribune
Takeshi
Kazue Namise
Richard Sauer
S. 11Th St
Jehovah's Witnesses Plan La Crosse Assembly September 13 15
A three day circuit assembly for Jehovah's Witnesses will be held in La Crosse September 13 through 15 at the Mary Sawyer Auditorium. More than 600 delegates from Southwestern and West Central Wisconsin are expected. Eugene R Brandt of Brooklyn NY will speak daily and deliver the Sunday principal address The Bible Triumphs in a Scientific Age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovah's Witnesses
la Crosse
Mary Sawyer
5Th and
Vine Sts
Wisconsin
Fred Vonan
Coon Valley
Eugene R. Brandt
Jehovah's Witnesses’ World
Brooklyn
N.Y
Brandt
Iowa
Minnesota
Upper Michigan
Assembly
Skeeter schedule calls for spraying area Monday night
If rain does not interfere, spraying will be done in this area Monday night from Gorder Road to the south city limits between East Avenue and 10th Street.
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Gorder Road
East Avenue
10Th Street
Legion Post Honored For Programs
Roy L. Wingers Post 52 Ameri can Legion earned national honors for its child welfare program and state honors for Americana ism and school awards. C. B. Wiemann received the post’s Friend of the American Legion award. The citation, given annually, was presented Saturday at installation of new commander Stephen J. Leszcynski and auxiliary president Helen McDonald, the retired florist. McDonald is a retired florist and Leszcynski manages the local Social Security office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Wingers
American Legion
Edward Cotterwick
C. B. Wiemann
Legion
Stephen J. Leszcynski
Helen McDonald
McDonald
Leszcynski
Vending Machine Looted at Local Laundry
Police report says a soap vending machine at Giant Wash Laundry on Charles and Gillette Streets was broken into at 3 p.m. Sunday. Not much money was missing but the machine and a nearby wall suffered considerable damage.
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Charles and Gillette Sts
Local man rescues boy from Mississippi River near Winona
A La Crosse man Norman A. Wood saved nine year old Hubert Jps wick from drowning at the Winona levee. He dove into nine foot water after the boy slipped off the sea wall and pulled him to safety. Ricky Parker witnessed the incident and helped. Wood criticized the slippery sea wall.
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la Crosse
Winona
Minn
Norman A. Wood
King St
Hubert Jpswick
Gillmore Ave
Mississippi River
Wood
Hubert
Ricky Parker
River Falls students embark on Europe Quarter Abroad program
Thomas C. Knutson and 30 others at River Falls State College will start the 1963 64 year in a Quarter Abroad program. They sail from New York aboard the Groote Beer September 13 to study research projects in England Scotland Norway Sweden Denmark Germany Holland Belgium Luxembourg France Switzerland Italy and Greece. They return November 26 aboard the SS New Amsterdam. Dr. Robert B Bailey III will direct the group aboard ship.
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Thomas C. Knutson
Kane St
River Falls State College
Europe
River Falls
New York
Groote Beer
New Amsterdam
Robert B. Bailey III
England
Scotland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Luxemburg
France
Switzerland
Italy
Greece
La Crosse June Clears Decline Bank Activity Mixed With Gains
The Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce reports June 1963 bank clearings at 13.6 million dollars, down from 1962, while mail processing, building permits, utility services, and new homes show varied gains. Inbound and outbound air passengers rise, and 87 new families arrive, with 12 new homes started.
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la Crosse
Greater la Crosse
la Crosse Municipal
La Crescent Scouts Complete 64 Mile Canoe Trip
Scoutmaster Donald Ott and two sons with Ronald Hurm of La Crescent finished a five day 64 mile canoe trek from La Crosse to Prairie du Chien earning the Scout Fifty Miler award. They left Pettibone Beach Aug 4 and returned Aug 8 spending service hours cleaning beaches. Eighth graders also did a Melrose to North Bend trip. older scouts completed two 36 mile journeys to Lansing.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Donald Ott
Mike
Tom
Ronald Hurm
John Hurm
la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Ott
Pettibone Beach
Troop 98
Melrose
North Bend
Black River
Lansing
Camp Wawbeek Hosts Camp Session for Handicapped Adults
Three attendees join Richard Dahl of 1611 Main St Les Forss of 1202 Kane St and Charlotte Muth of Holmen for the second camping session at Camp Wawbeek Wisconsin Dells. The Wisconsin Easter Seal Society owns and operates the camp.
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la Crosse
Camp Wawheek
Wisconsin Dells
Richard Dahl
Main St
Les Forss
Kane St
Charlotte Muth
Holmen
The
Wisconsin Easter Seal Society
Six Injured In Causeway Collision On Sunday
A two car crash on the Causeway near Causeway Boulevard left six people injured Sunday afternoon. Laura A. Hines 31 of 1623 South Ave drove left from northbound into southbound lane striking John W. Oslun 52 of 7192 S West Ave. Injured: Mrs. John Ross 42 Hammond Wis left shoulder pain leg cut. Mrs. John Oslun 51 719% S West Ave broken left shoulder facial cuts bruised knees. Jenna Ross four months Hammond Ind fractured skull. John Oslun leg cut. Laura Hines driver cuts bruises. Eugene G. Filler 18 924 Main St forehead cut. Filler to La Crosse Hospital. others to Lutheran Hospital.
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Causeway
Causeway Boulevard
Laura A. Hines
South Ave
John W. Oslun
S.west Ave
Oslun
John Ross
Hammond
Wis
John Oslun
S. West Ave
Jenna Ross
Ind
Hines
Laura Hines
Eugene G. Filler
Main St
Filler
la Crosse Hospital
Lethers
Lutheran Hospital
Stolen 1957 Buick Reported From Cathedral Lot
A green over white 1957 two door Buick with dealer plates was reported stolen Sunday morning from the St Joseph the Workman Cathedral parking lot. The vehicle owned by DeMann Motors at 62 Copeland Ave carries license numbers 2624 or 274. Police do not know if the ignition was left in a locked position.
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DeMann Motors
Copeland Ave
St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
Primatene Tablets Offered Without Prescription
Doctors widely prescribed Primatene for asthma and tests show the formula relieves attacks in minutes. The tablets open airways, loosen congestion, and ease nervous tension, providing hours of relief without injections. Available at drugstores in most states without prescription.
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New York
N. Y
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Salem
Maple Grove Country Club
Aeronca
Maple Grove
Tribune
WLCX
South Third St
LSC
Skeeter Schedule
Lowell M. Peterson
American Legion Post 52
Peterson
Riverview Dr
Waupaca
Noel H. Violette
Richard
la Crosse Naval Reserve Training Center
Carl H. Violette
Farwell St
Violette
Navy Reserve
Winona State College
Portage
Legion Post
James Horn
Thomas Sletten
Charles. Hanson
Sletten-McKee
Seventh and King Streets
Len Midtlien
Cities Service
Len’s Cities Service
State Sts
RAU Distributors
la Crosse County Courthouse
Wawbeek
Culligan
Wey
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