Monroe Cheese Days to honor helpers after tornado
Monroe Wisconsin plans 1965 Cheese Days on Sept 18 and 19 to honor volunteers who rebuilt after Palm Sunday tornado that damaged the town injuring 100 and causing near 1 million in damage. Townspeople rebuilt shops, homes, and services as plans proceed for a two day Swiss themed festival led by parade marshal Maj. Gen. Don S Wenger.
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Monroe
Wis
Ger
Nathan F. Twining
Robert Rieder
Alphorn
Tion
Don S. ‘Wenger
Bethesda
New Glarus
Green County
Canton Gallus
Switzerland
Today in History highlights and events
On August 13 the history page notes Manila’s 1898 surrender after a U S bombardment led by Adm George Dewey, Lucy Stone’s birth in 1818, Los Angeles capture in 1846, Nightingale’s death in 1910, Czech recognition in 1918, Nimitz’ 1944 forecast, and past events from 1955 to one year ago including Cyprus UN force requests.
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Associated Press
Manila
Wesley Merritt
U.S
George Dewey
Lucy Stone
Henry Blackwell
Lucy Stoners
Robert Stockton
Los Angeles
Florence Nightingale
Czechoslovakia
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Moscow
Wendy
Japan
U Thant
U.N
Cyprus
State Butter Cheese Winners Are Announced
Milwaukee Wis Six Cou lee Region men win in 1965 butter and cheese classes to be shown at the Wisconsin State Fair. Eugene Crevitson Hiawatha Valley Dairies Sparta takes second in sweet cream butter. Milan Hallingstad Viroqua Cooperative Creamery Viroqua places fourth in cultured cream butter. Louis Briddle Golden Glow Cheese Sol diers Grove wins first and Floyd Burt Bud Cheese Co Viroqua places second in aged cheddar with Burt fifth in fresh cheddar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Coulee Region
Eugene Crevitson
Hiawatha Valley Dairies
Sparta
Milan Hallingstad
Viroqua Cooperative Creamery
Louis Briddle
Golden Glow Cheese Co
Soldiers Grove
Floyd Burt
Bud Cheese Co
Viroqua
Louis Biddle
Burt
Local rummage and sale notices across neighborhoods
Rummage sales and auctions listed for multiple addresses including 303 W Ave N and 413 Caledonia St. Items include clothing dishes glassware furniture and household goods. Food items offered at La Crosse Street Market and other spots with times Friday and Saturday notes.
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W. Ave. N
VFW
VFW Club
Jackson St
Caledonia St
Kane St
Arcadia
la Crosse Street Market
la Crosse St
Tyler
King
Viroqua Council Approves Continued Street Surfacing
VIROQUA Wisconsin The Common Council votes to continue the hot mix bituminous street resurfacing project begun in 1964 with Mathy Construction Co in charge The five year program excludes concrete streets and may include a new city lighting system Officials also noted plans for a Friday recreation committee fun day at the swimming pool Alf Walley announced the event
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Viroqua
Wis
McCarthy Released From Hospital After Kidney Infection
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota has been released from Georgetown University Hospital after a kidney infection and will convalesce at his suburban home for two to three weeks. He was hospitalized since July 26 and returned home on Wednesday.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
McCarthy
Georgetown University Hospital
Business Leaders Of 1964 Still Set Pace
New York AP reports 28 U.S. corporations earning more than 100 million in 1964 show first half 1965 profits mostly higher, with gains from 5.3 to 41.5 percent. Notable movers include Eastman Kodak Bethlehem Steel General Telephone Consol Edison and Caterpillar Tractor.
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New York
U.S
Eastman Kodak Up
Bethlehem Steel
General Telephone & Electronics
R. J Reynolds Tobacco
Phillips Petroleum
Monsanto
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
Goodyear Tire
Consolidated Edison
Commonwealth Edison
Continental Oil
Cities Service
Dow Chemical
Kennecott Copper
U.S. Treasury
Treasury
Jersey Standard S Oil
du Pont Chemical
du Pont
General Motors
A.t.&t
Ford Motor
Texaco
IBM
Gulf Oil
California Standard Oil
Socony Mobil
General Electric
U.S. Steel
Union Carbide
Chrysler
Shell Oil
Indiana Standard Oil
Births Reported Across Wisconsin Iowa and Arizona
Birth notices list newborns in La Crosse Wisconsin Cedar Rapids Iowa and Glendale Arizona Aug. dates include Aug 11 Aug 12 Aug 10 and Aug 7. Daughters Arlene Schmeckpepper Marschelle Helen and son born to families including Terlson Pasvogel and Gage with listed addresses.
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Donald Terlson
East Ave
Arlene Schmeckpepper
Clyde Pasvogel
Balsam
la Crescent
Minn
Kay Weseman
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
St. Luke’s Hospital
M. C. Gage
18Th St
Norma Jean Weaver
la Crosse
Glendale
Ariz
Marschelle Helen
M. W. McCarthy
Osage
Ann Marie Hickey
Two Security Breaches Reported In Vietnam War Coverage
An AP report notes two breaches of military ground rules on security in South Vietnam this week. A U.S. spokesman warned accreditation could be withdrawn from reporters or agencies for future violations. The specific reporters and agency were not named.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Military Command
U.S
Bien Hoa
Pleiku
101St Airborne Brigade
Duc Co
Military Assistance Command
Viet Nam
Department of Defense
Associated ‘Press
Former Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda Dies at 65 in Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda, 65, former prime minister of Japan and architect of postwar economic growth, died in Tokyo. He had led the nation from 1960 until November and had been hospitalized since July 29 for throat surgery. Death attributed to postoperative pneumonia.
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Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
Ikeda
Standards For Dress Dancing Requested In Madison
Madison Police Chief Wilbur Emery asked the city council to set dress and dancing standards for discotheque tavern entertainers. He cited eight taverns with dancing and complaints about performances and dancers with patrons. He said current ordinances fail to secure convictions for obscene dancing or indecent exposure.
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Madison
Wilbur Emery
Emery
Factory Accident Kills Milwaukee Man At Plant
AP reports John E. Haug aged 66 of Milwaukee was crushed by girders at the Harnischfeger Corp plant when a crane toppled a steel pile. He died at the scene and authorities investigated the incident.
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Milwaukee
John E. Haug
Harnischfeger Corp
Haug
Photographer William Mortensen Dies at 68
William Mortensen, a prominent Los Angeles photographer with a career spanning decades, died Thursday in La Jolla California from leukemia. He counted more than 3 000 clients including numerous famed entertainers.
Tri State Deaths
Louia Du pont 77 died Aug 11 in Sparta hospital born in Jackson County Town of Cleveland lived here all life farmer and carpenter. Services at Jensen Funeral Home Hixton Saturday 2 p.m. Rev Walker officiating burial in Town of Cleveland Cemetery. Surviving three sisters.
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Fairchild
Wis
Louia Dupont
Sparta
Jackson County
Cleveland
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Ralph Walker
Mable Olson
Violetta Powers
Eau Claire
Louisa Nelson
Waukon
Iowa
Theodore Tronna
Bettendorf
Allamakee County
Martin
East Paint Creek Lutheran Church
Neil Hilton
Church
Lester
Gertrude) Benesch
Warren
Norma) Junge
Davenport
Robert
Dorothy) Reitz
Milwaukee
Westby
Jay Clark
Cashton
Viroqua
Dell Eub
Edward Johnson
Anderson
Ontario
Sylvia Wallace
Berlyn
Orville
Garland
Tomah
Kenneth
Bonnie) Fish
Betty) Suhr
Katherine Gorges
Charlie
Chester
Ettrick
John M. Twesme
Whitehall
Anna Maria Louisa Kuhs
William Kuhs
Beaver Creek
John
South Beaver Creek
North Beaver Creek First Lutheran Church
K. M. Arberg
Larsen Co Reports Record Canning Sales in Wisconsin
Green Bay sister Larsen Co. the canning firm with plants in Green Bay Fort Atkinson and Hortonville posted record sales of 4 920 058 for the year ending May 31 up 11 percent. Net earnings rose to 623 214 a 59 percent gain and profits totaled 1.95 per share versus 1.23 last year.
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Green Bay
Larsen Co
Fort Atkinson
Hortonville
Numbering Starts The Day A Person Is Born
AP columnist Harry F. Rosenthal notes how people are defined by numbers from birth onward. He lists birth, social security, driver license, loan, policy, account, and phone codes, highlighting how machines assign and store personal identity through codes, numbers, and codes.
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Kansas City, Mo
Jim
Alice
Constitutionality Of Vote Law Challenged
NEW ORLEANS AP An attack on the constitutionality of the new federal voting rights law has been filed in a Louisiana federal court. Gov John J McKeithen says the suit has a good chance. Orleans Parish voter registrar A P Gallinghouse filed the test suit in U S District Court. State Atty Gen Jack P F Gremillion said he planned two suits and discussed the matter with district attorneys.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
Deep South
Orleans Parish
A.P. Gallinghouse
U.S
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Gremillion
Milwaukee man pleads guilty to airline fraud scheme
James G. Haig, 36, admitted defrauding more than 80 Midwest girls in a fake air line stewardess training program. He was placed on one year probation after pleading guilty to fraud and collecting over $25,000 by promising paid Hawaii and Miami vacations and Europe trips. Two co defendants faced discharged charges.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Abraham L. Marovitz
U.S. District Court
James G. Haig
Haig
Hawaii
Miami
Europe
Robert Bowden Wermayer
Jack T. Jaycox
Obituary notices list lives of Valiquette Hall Prentice Mader
Services and memorials are planned for Henry Valiquette 78 with funeral at North Side Blaschke and St James Church Aug 11. Herbert Hall 68 of Madison Street dies Aug 12 in a La Crosse hospital with military rites at English Lutheran and burial Oak Grove. Carl Prentice 80 and Mary Mader 80 die in local hospitals with arrangements pending.
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Henry Valiquette
North Side
Blaschke
St. James Catholic Church
Henry Hoerburger
Catholic Cemetery
Knights of Columbus
Holy Name Society of St. James
Herbert J. Hall
Madison St
la Crosse
Prairie Farm
Hall
VFW
Last Man's Club
Gertrude
Rudy
Jean) Schnurrer
John
Colleen) Nagle
Elkhorn
Victor
Barbara) Strait
Whitewater
Kenneth
Delaney) Gilster
R. J. Onalaska
H. R
Bud) Hall
E. M. Hall
Frazee
Minn
Alice Carr
Onalaska
Margarite Skaar
Bellville
Ill
Stefan Guttormsson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fossum West Avenue
Carl M. Prentice
Adams St
Sletten- McKee Funeral Home
Mary Mader
S. 16Th St
Schumacher Funeral Home
Order Appointing Time To Prove Will And Heirship In Probate
Wisconsin La Crosse County Court orders hearings for estates of Carl H Fischer Katherine Schroeder and Ronald Platz. Notices fix creditor claim periods from August 1965 to November 1965 and set probate hearings at the La Crosse courthouse with appointed attorneys.
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County Court
Carl H. Fischer
Farmington
la Crosse County
City of
la Crosse
County of la Crosse
Eugene A. Toepel
Giere and Giere Attorneys
Galesville
Katherine Schroeder
Catherine Schroeder
Medary
Hubert J. Schleiter
Hoeschler
Wis
State of Wisconsin
John S. Gearhart
N. George de Dakis
Rivoli Building
Viola M. Schlicht
Wood Street
George Street
Alice A. Dickson
Raymond M. Michalko
Market Street
South 3Rd St
Local Help Wanted and Service Ads Fill Tribune Page
Classifieds list part time sales jobs accounting openings and waitress positions. Employers include Sears Roebuck Buck's Truck Stop Henninger's IF Restaurant and The Commodore Nite Club while service ads promote rug cleaning upholstery blue lustre and rug shampooing plus portrait and library notice items in Tomah Wis and Milwau kee area readers.
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Merry Madison
Lincoln Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
Sears Roebuck & CO
la Crosse
Tribune
Hen_ninger
Jay
Onalaska
Mary Poppins
South Side
Ian
Lana Lobell
Gateway Inn
10Th & Jackson St
Commodore Nite Club
Le _Crescent
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Robert O'Meara
Illinois
Ludlow
Twining Park
Frank Brennan
Skip
Viroqua Council
By Sam Dawson
LA Crosse, Wis
Weather Outlook
U.s.weather Bureau
Montreal
Denver
Kansas City ‘Fair
Bemidji
Bismarck
Boston
Des Moines
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Honolulu
Helena
Kansas City
Lacrosse
Memphis
Minneapolis
Phoenix
Rapid City
Rochester
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Seattle
Louis Washington
Winnipeg
Pacific Northwest
Northern Plateau
Southern Plains
John Twesme
Canning Company
Harry F. Rosenthal
Hal Boyle
Paducah
Mrs
Memoriam
Earl Meier
Laura
Mildred
Florence
French Island
Michael J. Kuisle
Travel
Arizona
Lappin‘’S Cleaning Service
Dial 4
National Institute of Rug Cleaning
Minnesota
H. D. Pendleton
Gambles Home Improvement Co Co
Kane
Home Service Cleaner
Kleen Air Furnace Cleaning Co
Framing Academy Hobby Shop
Tree Service
Staats CO
Yanzer Sanitarium
North 7Th Dial
Don Meyers
S. 19Th
Ward Ave
Spencer
Blanche MacPherson
Reg
Manke Hardware
Caledonia
Wenzel Strembo
Holmen
Route 2
Tomah Public Library
Fuller Brush Co
Wm. Koch
Leonard
THE
Playhouse Company
Joyce Burzinski
Daniel Flaherty
N-211
the Borden Co
Poehling’s
Ward Avenue
New Villa
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