Schools Get Summer Repairs for Next Academic Year
Custodians of La Crosse City District schools and outside workers are preparing buildings for the new year. Reported projects include boiler and burner work, ventilation system upgrades, painting, floor refinishing, locker replacement, and roof maintenance across multiple schools including Central High School, Elm Grove, Emerson, Franklin, Hamilton, Hogan, Jefferson, Lincoln Junior High, Logan, Longfellow, Roosevelt, Harry Spence, Summit, Washburn, Webster, and others.
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la Crosse City
Joseph Keller
Central High School
Hixon Annex
Elm Grove
Emerson School
Franklin School
Hamilton
Hogan
Stokes
Jefferson
Lincoln Junior High School
Longfellow
Xk &E
Roosevelt
Harry
Washburn
Webster
Nasser’s Voice Dominates Arab World Radio War of Words
Cairo Radio, the Voice of the Arabs, broadcasts a single pro-Nasser message across Africa and the Arab world. Mustafa Amin criticizes Western outlets and says Arabs prioritize living standards and liberty over imperial labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo Radio
Cairo
Nea
Middle East
Nasser
Africa
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Company
Mustafa Amin
Akhbar
Amin
Beirut
Damascus
Iran
Sudan
Radio Cairo
U.S
Lebanon
Fuad Shehab
Shehab
France
Aden
Cyprus
Iraq
Lower Temperature Reduces Radiation Injury Says Biologist
Reverend John P. O'Brien of Marquette University reports that cooling the skin reduces X ray damage even with reduced blood supply. His experiments on rabbits show low temperatures act as protection when exposed to sizeable radiation doses, described at the International Congress of Radiation Research in Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Vt
John P. O’brien
Marquette University
O’brien
International Congress of Radiation Research
Father O’brien
Committee of Teachers Plans Phonics Program
Four years of research produced a functional phonics program for primary grades taught by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. The committee studied first and second year programs, revised during summers, and began September with the La Crosse Franciscans. The aim is to strengthen word perception and foster independent reading in meaningful context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Elvia
M. Arita
Mary Venard
Mary Agnes
M. Henrita
M. Pieta
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
la Crosse
Ike Frames Arab World Area As Near East In Speech
President Eisenhower used the term Near East to identify the trouble area in the Arab world during his speech at United Nations headquarters. Geographers define the Near East as Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, and Arab states east of Suez, while Americans often refer to the broader Middle East.
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United Nations
N.Y
Eisenhower
Middle East
Greece
Turkey
Iran
East Africa
Pakistan
Near East
Cyprus
Egypt
Suez
Britain
Man Reoffends After Prison Break Near Gastonia
Frank C. Stepp, who escaped a prison camp last February, surrendered to police in Gastonia North Carolina and was taken to the prison camp. Three hours later he jumped the fence and disappeared again.
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Gastonia
N.C
Frank C. Stepp
Gaston County
VA Benefit Checks May Be Forwarded
Veterans Administration benefit checks may be forwarded if regular change of address notices are filed with the local post office. A 1936 law prohibits forwarding VA checks, while pension check forwarding has been banned since 1912.
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Veterans Administration Benefits
Ingvar M. Holter
la Crosse
The
Post Office Department
Editor Publisher Ellsworth Coe Dies at 51 in Whitewater
Ellsworth Coe, editor and co publisher of the Whitewater Register, died Tuesday night of a heart attack. The former Wisconsin Press Association president published the weekly with his brother Charles and previously taught five years at Shawano before entering journalism.
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Whitewater (Ap
Ellsworth Coe
Whitewater Register
Coe
The
Wisconsin Press Assn
Charles
Shawano
Waiting Room Pulpit Fund Reaches 277
Contributions to the Dollar Shower of the Waiting Room Pulpit, a national religious literature distribution group, total 277 dollars. Donors include Mrs R H Brabant Earl C Krause W R Lahue Miss Elsie Pedersen Albert Benson Rev J B Head Frank A Nelson and many La Crosse contributors.
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R. H. Brabant
Earl C. Krause
W. R. Lahue
Elsie Pedersen
Albert Benson
Ventura
Calif
J. B. Head
Minneapolis
Frank A. Nelson
Racine
la Crosse
Travelers Spiritual Aid Foundation
Avon St
Dollar Shower
la Crosse Tribune
Wis
Gustave Edwin Anderson
Ministers’ Council
American Baptist Convention
Green Lake
Burlingame
New Jersey
Oxygen Institute Scheduled At UW Madison
The University of Wisconsin Extension Division will host a three day oxygen therapy institute September 3 to 5 in Madison to update Wisconsin nurses on inhalation therapy practices. Chair Signe Cooper says the program, planned by nursing specialists, aims to promote safe efficient oxygen use in hospitals. Registration information is available from the Department of Nursing, Extension Building, Madison.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin Extension Division
Wisconsin
Signe Cooper
Extension Department of Nursing
Department of Nursing
University Extension Division
Coast Guard Established in 1790
The U S Coast Guard was established in 1790 as the Revenue Cutter Service to enforce duties at sea and guard U S maritime interests. It later evolved into the Coast Guard, expanding its mission to search and rescue, security, and environmental protection across U S waters.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Eight Extension Courses Set By College
La Crosse State College announces eight fall extension courses and six second term offerings. On campus first meetings occur Saturday Sept 13 for several subjects including art for elementary teachers and physical education. All classes meet 17 times for about 2 1/2 hours and carry three credits.
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la Crosse State College
Charles Frothingham
Margaret Oleson
Kenneth Lindner
Emerson Walling
Eileen Orr
Robert Batchelder
Robert Jackson
Blair High School
Walter Thoresen
Tomah High School
Russia
Jerry Culver
Viroqua
Theodore Rozelle
William Hyde
Theresa Gritzner
Carl Wimberly
Harold Classen
George Gilkey
Viroqua High School
Fortune Teller Warns Against Spending Backfires
In Van Nuys California a fortune teller warned patrons not to spend money. Roy Owens and his wife Eleanor left $200 at home for a weekend trip a can in the stove for safekeeping. Mrs Owens burned the money while cooking. A bank sent the burned funds to Washington for possible redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Nuys
Calif
Roy Owens
Eileen
Actress Jean Seberg to Wed In Marshalltown
Jean Seberg a 19 year old actress will marry Francois Moreuil 24 an attorney with the French legation in New York City in Marshalltown Iowa on Sept 4 The couple plan a small simple wedding Seberg rose to fame at 17 as Joan of Arc in Saint Joan and also starred in Bonjour Tristesse.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Jean Seberg
Francois Moreuil
Paris
Moreuil
New York City
Joan of Arc
George Bernard Shaw
County School Boards Run 35 Districts In Region
Thirty five boards oversee twenty seven rural one room and eight state graded schools in the county. Separate boards govern Onalaska city Holmen West Salem and union high schools Bangor Mindoro.
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Onalaska
Holmen
West Salem
Union Free High
Bangor
Mindoro
Mourning Color Across Cultures Reflects Purity and Grief
The mix of meanings shows white as a symbol of purity in the United States and many parts of Europe, while in other nations it denotes mourning and loss, illustrating how color symbolism varies by culture.
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Logan Senior High School
Logan
Spence School
Summit
By Tom A. Cullen
Hitler
Israel
Mideast
John Foster Dulles
Radio House
Columbia University
el Sayed Bassioni
United Arab Republic Broadcasting
America
Erty
Committee of Teachers
Ike
Yardley
Bond Street
PLAIR
Fation
Floor
England
Oxygen Institute
Sandy
Barron’s
Sth
Rcer
Good Housekeeping
Prairie School
Myrtle Amborn
Elmer Hatz
Clarence Johnson
Fish Creek
Bernard Repky
Lawrence Everson
Allyn Piper
Dutch Creek
Charles Morris
George Gehrking
Aloysious Antony
Barre
Oakhurst
Rudolph Lee
Harold Tauscher
Robert Hanson
Barre Mills
William Meyer
Marlin
Burns
Burns Corner
William Miller
Vernon R. Jones
Phyllis Meyer
White
Arnold Niedfeldt
Raymond Heuer
Arnold Schmidt
Lower Big Creek
Howard A. Stark
Alfred Herman
Herbert Zabel
Adams Valley
Milford Brevig
Harold Barclay
Myron Pfaff
Striped
Norman Berg
Leo Hoth
Clyde Pierce
Upper Burns
Raymond Parmenter
Marvin Schiller
Levi Craig
Farmington
Union Mills
Anse Drogseth
Walter Gilbert
Howard Ross
Pleasant Valley
Walter Batzel
Wilfred Walters
Eugene Pierce
Medary
William A. Gautsch
Walter Stuhr
Georgina Tichenor
Smiths Valley
Edward Oertel
Roman Kendhammer
Alfred Werner
Shelby
Wilson
Paul Kilian
Donald Rude
Richard Meier
Hillside
Armin Bendel
Frank Lorenz
Herbert Schroeder
Washington
Meadowbrook
Matt Muenzenberger
Victor Korn
Albin Urbanek
Cleveland
Wenzel Bina
Emil Hundt
Clarence Hundt
Dahlen
Alton Paulson
George Stakston
Glenn Olstad
North Ridge
Henry P. Holte
Emil Brye
Fredrick Schlicht
Alvin Eide
Grace Pfaff
Larry Timm
Lewis Valley
Austin Wild
Alfred Wehrenberg
James Alens
Valley View
Lester Hoeth
Lester Kapanke
William Servais
Fauver Hill
Walter Hansen
Orvil Johnson
Bernard Pralle
Rockland
Ralph Young
Fay Olson
Jim Beron
State Road
Robert Coe
Carl Hass
Velma Pederson
Ervin Kapanke
Herbert Kramer
Lee Broadhead
E. R. Roberts
R. W. Hansen
Elmer Kastenschmidt
Foley
Ring
Jewelers
Hemingway
Jersey
Missy
Iparrows
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