Workshop Students Show Their Talents
Music students from the Coulee Regional Festival of Arts presented an evening workshop in the Crystal Ballroom of the Stoddard Hotel to about 100 guests. The program featured instrumental and vocal groups, a string quartet, wind and brass ensembles, and three solo vocalists, with future festival events and a free Music Under the Stars program planned at Myrick Park Saturday night.
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la Crosse Tribune
Coulee
Stoddard Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Myrick Park
Isabelle Ruetten
Petzer
William Brady
Robert Emery
Thomas Ringdahl
George Italiano
Linda Anderson
Jeff Kile
Karen Druliner
Terry Wright
Sarah Bissen
Laura Schlicht
Eli Levenstein
Judy Warnecke
Jennie
Jean Tryggestad
Kum Mo Kim
Madison
Mozart
Nancy Schennk
Galesville
Jan Varney
Austin
Minn
Nina Fleyer
Elmhart
Ill
Bach
Mary Roggensack
David Robillard
William Neff
Harry Holmes
Thomas ‘Rodman
Lauderdale Addition Nears Reality in Wisconsin Towns
The Lauderdale Addition moves toward reality after a prolonged water and sewer hurdle. City Council approves the preliminary plat and sends final plat to committee for a 36 lot development by Wittenberg and others on the Black River area near Onalaska and La Crosse. George Street access proposal and Island Park Addition plat also advance. Joseph Callaway develops a 985 lot project near the Campbell airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Wittenberg
I. E. Wittenberg
Harry Woods
Norbert Schaeffer
Albert Miller
Black River
Onalaska
la Crosse
Highway 53
Intern Family To Be Honored At St Pauls Lutheran Farewell
A congregational open house for Mr. and Mrs. Fred Landdeck, intern family of St. Pauls Lutheran Church at West Ave and Division St, runs 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Landdeck will preach at 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday before leaving for Compton, California, to be ordained in the American Lutheran Church. He will join a parish in the Northern Wisconsin District. A 3 p.m. program in the chapel includes a gift from A. H. Wege, with devotions led by LaVern Olson and music by Mrs. Earl Patterson and Ann Feroe. Refreshments follow in the parish house lounge.
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Fred Landdeck
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
West Ave
Division St
Arthur M. Ferce
St. Paul's
Landdeck
Compton
Calif
American Lutheran Church
Wisconsin
ALC
A. H. Wege
LaVern Olson
Earl Patterson
Ann Feroe
Wisconsin 32nd Division Won't Be Activated
Rep. Robert Kastenmeier says Defense Department told him Wisconsin's 32nd National Guard Division will not be called to active duty under current mobilization plans. McNamara letter notes units from Berlin and Cuban crises would not be reused if alternatives exist.
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Washington
Robert Kastenmeier
D-Watertown
Defense Department
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Kastenmeier
Defense
Robert McNamara
Viet Nam
Watertown Democrat
McNamara
Berlin
City’s 93 Ties Record for Aug 13
La Crosse ties its Aug 13 high with 93 degrees matching 1947. Eau Claire records 94 the state high. Park Falls and Superior log 72 overnight lows. La Crosse and Green Bay reach 70. Cooler weather and showers forecast for Coulee Region Sunday with 60s to 80s. Aberdeen, S D, at 112 leads nation.
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la Crosse
Eau Claire
Park Falls
Superior
Green Bay
Lone Rock
Beloit
Milwaukee
Wausau
Coulee
North Dakota
Aberdeen
S.D
Huron
Redwood Falls
Minn
Mason City
Iowa
Sioux Falls
Watertown
Fargo
Jamestown
N.D
Cyclist Thrown Over Car in La Crosse Crash
A 17 year old cyclist John J. Schaller of 3001 S 26th St was injured in a Friday evening collision with a car driven by Katherine J. DesRosier 44 of 1205 S 28th St near Ward Ave and Losey Blvd. He suffered compound fractures and head and body cuts. DesRosier’s children Christine 12 and Peter 2 were treated for cuts at St Francis Hospital. Schaller was taken by ambulance to St Francis.
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la Crosse
John J. Schaller
S. 26Th St
St. Francis Hospital
Katherine J. DesRosier
S. 28Th St
Ward Avenue
Losey Boulevard
McDonald’s Drive-In
Schaller
Guard mobilizes as riot rages in South Side
More than 2,000 guardsmen and 3,000 in reserve moved in after rioters looted and burned buildings across several miles. Deputy Ronald E. Ludlow, 27, died from a stomach wound. Mayor Yorty and Police Chief Parker had urged National Guard help as 1,000 officers struggled.
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Ronald E.ludlow
St. Francis Hospital
Lynwood
National Guard
Samuel Yorty
William H. Parker
Radio Highlights and Baseball From Pike's Peak Cog Train
Radio highlights WCOW at 1 p.m. feature Braves versus Cubs in baseball. The report notes over one million riders reached Pike's Peak summit via the world famous cog train.
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WCOW
Braves
Chicago Cubs
Pike’s Peak
Tenor Gary Glaze Featured in Coulee Region Concert
The season finale by the Coulee Region Symphony presents tenor Gary Glaze performing Verdi and Donizetti arias. Conductor Frank Italiano selects Verdi The Force of Destiny Overture Dohnanyi Suite for Orchestra Chabrier Bouree Fantasque and Enesco Romanian Rhapsody No 1. 8:30 p.m. at Myrick Park with rain plan fallback to Vocational Auditorium.
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Coulee Region Symphony
Gary Glaze
Verdi
Donizetti
Frank Italiano
Dohnanyi
Chabrier
Enesco
Myrick Park
Vocational
State Chartered Bank Assets Rise in Wisconsin
Wisconsin state chartered banks total assets reached 3.7 billion as of June 30, up 237.2 million from a year earlier according to Commissioner of Banks William E. Nuesse.
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Madison
Wisconsin
William E. Nuesse
Nuesse
Weather Outlook For Major Cities With Lows And Highs
Nightly low temperatures across a list of cities and yesterday's high are noted. The report provides a regional weather outlook for Bemidji Bismarck Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Duluth Fairbanks Fort Worth Honolulu Helena Kansas City La Crosse Los Angeles Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Phoenix Rapid City Rochester Salt Lake City San Diego Seattle St Louis Washington Winnipeg with 94 degree readings mentioned. The piece emphasizes hot conditions and forecasts for upcoming days.
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Bemidji Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Honolulu
Helena
Kansas City
Lacrosse
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Phoenix
Rapid City
Rochester
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Seattle
St. Louis
Washington
Winnipeg
Death notices from La Crosse area detail Nelson Mader and Prentice
Obituaries for John L. Nelson age 93 of Kent Washington with services in Marlatt Chapel and burial in Meridian Cemetery. Also notice for Mary Mader age 80 of 931 S 16th St with sister in La Crosse and funeral plans at Schumacher Funeral Home. And Carl M Prentice age 80 of 2011 Adams St with service at Sletten McKee Funeral Home and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John L. Nelson
Kent
Wash
Monnday
Marlatt
Mr. Nelson
la Crosse
Louis
Soap Lake
Weipert Lillian obituary in Lansing Iowa
Mrs Samuels Weipert 54 of Lansing Iowa dies at La Crosse hospital. Services at 9:30 a m Monday Immaculate Conception Church burial in Gethsemane Cemetery. Rosary at 8 p m Sunday at Burke Chapel with viewing after 7 p m Saturday. Survived by husband three daughters Rosemary Dill Racine Florence Snitker Lansing Gladys Decker Osian sons Robert Dubuque Thomas Lansing Samuel at home 19 grandchildren three brothers three sisters. Funeral home in Coon Valley 7 to 9 p m Monday. Also surviving parents sister Colleen Dawn and grandparents include Mr and Mrs Henry Grefle Readstown Mr and Mrs Orvin Madson La Crosse. A brother Melvin preceded her in death.
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Lansing
Iowa
Samuel
Lillian) Weipert
la Crosse
Immaculate Conception Church
Gethsemane
Burke Chapel
Weipert
Rosemary Dill
Racine
Florence Snitker
Gladys Decker
Ossian
Robert
Dubuque
Thomas
bertson-Leland
Coon Valley
Colleen Dawn
Henry Grefle
Orvin Madson
Melvin
Westby
Wis
John Lee
Viroqua
Mr. Lee
Norway
United States
Dena Larsen
Alfred
Rachel) Benson
Stevens Point
Edgar
Dagmar) Schenecker
Lake Mills
Luther
Elna) Borgen
Stoughton
Francis Ross
Our Savior’s Lutheran
Jacob Andreason
Coon Prairie
Anderson Chapel
Mrs Darrell Gilbert Dies After Long Illness
WAUKON IOWA Mrs Dar rell Gilbert 53 died at a local hospital Saturday Aug 14 after a long illness Services will be held at 1 30 p m Monday in Zion Reformed Church Rev D D Kauffman will officiate and burial will be in Oakland Cemetery She is survived by her husband two daughters Mrs John Diane Lindbloom Wheaton Illinois and Mrs Kirk Elaine Tumulity Shullsburg Iowa
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Waukon
Iowa
Darrell Gilbert
Zion Reformed
D. D. Kauffman
Oakland Cemetery
Gilbert
John
Diane) Lindbloom
Wheaton
Ill
Kirk
Elaine
Shullsburg
Records: Aug 14 La Crosse fire call and court notices
Fire department report from La Crosse notes a false sprinkler alarm at Trane Plant 2 at 12 09 a m Aug 14. County court records list a divorce for Dolores Manske Mallette from Stanford Mallette with child custody to mother and several civil judgments including debts to Credit Bureau of La Crosse and others and minor criminal matters resulting in jail time for two habitual drunkards and a disorderly conduct case dismissed or set for trial.
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Trane
Dolores (Manske) Mallette
State St
Stanford Mallette
Rockford
Ill
Credit Bureau ‘of
la Crosse
W. J. Campbell
Caledonia St
Ronald G. Arentz
Charles St
Daniel M. Lebakken
Danny
Black River
James R. Higgens
Copeland Ave
Arlen L. Martinson
Avon St
Bernard Misch
Brice Prairie
Death of 18 Month Old Nancy Gjefle in Wisconsin
Nancy De nise Gjefle, 18 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Gjefle of R J Stoddard died Saturday in a La Crosse hospital. Services set for Tuesday at 1 30 pm at Upper Coon Valley Lutheran Church with Rev R G Verle officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Gil-
Rioting erupts on Pulaski Road after police clash
Crowds of about 200 chanting for revenge pursued Wiens as darkness fell. Over 500 residents roamed the district with bottles and bricks. white youths were attacked with bats, an empty police car burned, and windows shattered. Police sealed off blocks as looting resumed near the Eisenhower Expressway.
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Wiens
Pulaski Road
Eisenhower Expressway
Man accused of stealing father’s life savings
Milwaukee man Michael C. Makovich, 23, was bound over to circuit court for trial on charges he stole his father’s $58,000 life savings. A $5,000 bond was set at a preliminary hearing before County Judge F. Ryan Duffy Jr.
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Milwaukee
Michael C. Makovich
F. Ryan Duffy Jr
Births Across Wisconsin and Boxdorf Germany Reported
Lutheran Hospital in Lacrosse Aug. 12 records a son to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moulis at 907A 17th St Two Rivers Karen Bjor ge. St Francis Hospital Aug. 11 marks a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Donald L Haag Mindoro Wis Margaret Storandt. Aug. 11 son born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L Stensven Ettrick Wis Kathryn Thorson. Hokah Minn see Mrs John W Schlegel and Mrs Frank W Kimball. Oak Park Ill lists daughter to Dr and Mrs Paul J Dunn Kathryn Dooley. Adams St Marilyn J Fryer Aug. 12 daughter to Richard D Puент Donna L Zellmer. Ona laska Mrs Dennis Hanrahan Margaret Beg. Aug. 13 son to Edwin R Hansen Brownsville Minn. Boxdorf Germany Aug. 7 daughter Barbara Christine to Sgt and Mrs Walter G Wiebke.
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Ettrick
Wis
Kathryn Thorson
John W. Schlegel
Hokah
Minn
Frances G. Tschumper
Frank W. Kimball
Linda M. Lorenz
Paul J. Dunn
N. Euilid Ave
Oak Park
Ill
Kath‘ryn Dooley
Robert W. Faught
Marilyn J. Fryer
Richard D. Puent
Adams St
Donna L. Zellmer
Dennis P. Hanrahan
Onalaska
Margaret M. Beg
Edwin R. Hansen
Brownsville
Dorothy L. Meek
Boxdorf
Germany
Wisconsin toll rises to 571 with three highway deaths
An Illinois motorist, Miles Abbott, 58, of Skokie, died when his car overturned on I 90 in Dane County after a blowout. The weekend toll also includes James McCabe, 21, of Fond du Lac, found after his car left a gravel road into Green Lake, and truck driver Leo McLennon, 45, from Duluth, in separate I 90 94 crashes nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Dane County
Miles Abbott
Skokie
Ill
Madison General Hospital
Dane- Columbia County
Kavalske
Virginia Mae Agnew
Ripon
Leo McLennon
Duluth
Minn
Dane - Columbia County Line
Portage
Civil Air Patrol Units In Wisconsin Put On Alert
Civil Air Patrol units in 50 Wisconsin cities were placed on alert Friday night for statewide search and rescue tests. The Appleton control center and posts at Chippewa Falls and Janesville will coordinate operations as U.S. Air Force observers rate the weekend tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Civil Air Patrol
Wisconsin
Appleton
Chippewa Falls
Janesville
U.S. Air Force
Death notices for Bernadette Canary and Curtis Vincent
Bernadette B Canary 59 of 804 Cass St died Friday Aug 13 in a local hospital. Survived by sister Lorraine Gummer of Long Beach, Calif. Services 2 pm Monday at St Joseph Workman Cathedral Chapel officiated by Rt Rev Msgr Joseph Kundinger. burial Catholic Cemetery. No visitation. Curtis Vincent 57 of Truth or Consequences NM and formerly of La Crosse died Wednesday Aug 11 in Truth or Consequences. He worked with Fish and Wildlife Service in La Crosse and NM. Burial in Edenton NC. survived by widow Mildred and three sons Curtis Jr Philip John and daughter Ann.
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Bernadette B. Canary
Cass St
Lorraine Gummer
Long Beach
Calif
St. Joseph
Workman Cathedral
Joseph Kundinger
Catholic
Curtis Vincent
Truth Or Consequences
N.M
la Crosse
Fish and Wildlife Service
New Mexico
Madison St
Mildred
Curtis Jr
Philip
John
Ann
Edenton
N.C
Lift Station Contracts Approved for Onalaska Ave Site
Contracts totaling 56099 were awarded for a lift station at Onalaska Avenue and George Street to replace the Taylor Street sewer outfall. The project aims to end portable pumps during floods and to close the outfall due to an Interstate 90 interchange. Awarded to Carl W. Frank 51693 Clark-Bracken Electrical 3571 Bagnierski Sheet Metal 340 Pipeline Construction 495. Other bidders were Fowler and Hammer 72527 Neumann Electric 4900 Schneider Heating and Air 435.
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Onalaska Avenue
George Street
Taylor Street
Carl W. Frank
Winona
General
Clark-Bracken Electrical
Bagnierski
Bats Emit High Frequency Echoes
Bats emit and respond to ultrasonic vibrations ranging from 45 000 to 50 000 cycles per second.
Obituary: Funeral set for Mr. Brown of Galesville
Trempealeau County obituary for Mr. Brown born April 20 1892 in Stevenstown La Crosse County. Top 4H leader recipient, 25 year 4H service pins, Trempealeau County Selective Service Board chairman, Galesville Common Council member. Survived by Grace widow LeRoy three daughters two sisters and many grandchildren. Service at St Marys Catholic Church Galesville 10 am Monday with burial Pine Cliff Cemetery. Rosary Sunday 8 pm.
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Brown
Wisconsin
Trempealeau County
Selective Service Board
Galesville
Brown and Son
LeRoy
Grace
Loyd
Marian) Johnson
Russell
Vivian) Grant
Fred
Alice) Jones
Onalaska
Haakon Peterson
Edward McCabe
Holmen
Steven
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Pine Cliff Cemetery
Joseph Brake
Smith Mortuary
Minnesota Escapee Gives Self Up
One of three prisoners who slugged a jailer and escaped from St. Louis County jail turned himself in. Kenneth L. Matzer, 19, said he spent the night in the woods and was bitten by mosquitoes. Remaining at large were Herbert T. Jovin, 23, Duluth, and James Sledge, 32, Omaha, seen near old houses and armed with sharpened jail spoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Minn
St. Louis County
Kenneth L. Matzer
Herbert T. Jovin
Duluth
James Sledge
Omaha
Neb
Jovin
Ernie Zwyscki
Matzer
Armed Services
Rolvaag To Lead Delegation To Farm Hearing
Gov Karl Rolvaag will lead a Minnesota delegation of farm business and civic leaders to Washington for hearings on farm legislation and the jobless compensation law. He will testify before the House Ways and Means Committee to back strengthening the compensation law. The group flies out Monday and includes breakfast meetings with Minnesota senators and representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Karl Rolvaag
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Farmers Union
Minnesota
Clarence Myers
Blue Earth
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
American Farm Bureau
Two Accidents Reported In Monroe County Wis
Sparta Wis two accidents were reported in Monroe County Friday night and Saturday morning. Ronald Miller 24 Baxter Iowa crashed after falling asleep at the wheel on route 21 near Camp McCoy injuring himself and a passenger David Davis head injuries and chest and arm wounds were treated at St Marys Sparta. The other crash a head on collision on route 27 near Cashton involved Kenneth Scherren 40 Greenwood and Herbert Egeness 23 Viroqua with minor injuries. Traffic Chief Brown and Deputy Pearson investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Ronald Miller
Baxter
Iowa
Camp McCoy
David Davis
Newton
Miller
St. Mary’s Hospital
Wallace Brown
Davis
Keith Warner
Cashton
Vernon Memorial Hospital
Viroqua
Kenneth Scherren
Greenwood
Herbert Egeness
Scherren
Egeness
Ronald Pearson
Two Iowa Men Hurt In Crash Near Waukon Iowa
WAUKON Iowa Dennis Hillmar 23 Postville and Willard Goeke 42 rural Waukon were seriously injured when their cars collided three miles southwest of Waukon at 10 30 p m Friday. Hillmar suffered a fractured jaw and cuts while Goeke had a possible brain concussion lacerations and fractured ribs. Both cars totaled and landed in a ditch. both men were hospitalized in Waukon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Dennis Hilmar
Postville
Willard Goeke
Hillmar
Goeke
Locals For Sale Household Furnishings and Clothes
Local rummage sale with good household furnishings dishes glassware clothing and misc items. Held Saturday and Sunday at 303 West Avenue N and 1514 West Avenue South during the week Monday to Wednesday.
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W. Ave. N
West Ave
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Lauderdale
Boyfriend
Theater Under the Stars
MT. LA Crosse
CITY
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New York Giants
Schneider
Glaze
Weather Outlook
U.s.weather Bureau
San Francisco
el Ees
Ft.worth
Atlanta
Tain
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
UPI
John Nelson
Mrs
Mary Mader
S. 16Th St
Martha Rick
Joseph
Frank Grosch
Schumacher Funeral Home
Stefan Guttormsson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Carl Prentice
Carl M. Prentice
Elizabeth Gertrude DeLato
Katherine Swett
Portland
Ore
Prentice Meat Market
Sletten McKee Funeral Home
James Bell
Woodlawn Cemetery
Friends
Funeral
Samuel Weipert
Stanley Simpson
Mary Simpson
Readstown
Joe Shafer
Millston
Black River Falls
LaValle
A. O. Smith Corp
Ada Shafer
Edward Gardner
Orville
Arthur
Langlois-Galston
Oaklawn
Fire Department
Nancy Gjefle
Man
Dad
Sletten Furniture
Caledonia ST. Shopping Center
Lacrosse, Wis
Barbara Christine
Walter G. Wiebke
The
Associated Press
CAP
Bernadette Conary
Council
Fowler and Hammer
Neumann Electric Co
Schneider Heating
Ila Crosse
Nybo’s
Red Wing
Rolvaag
Monroe
State Farm
Robert Campbell
North Shore Drive
DIAL
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Hi
OUR Gospel
FBI
South 27Th Street
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