La Crescent field sod laying draws 250 volunteers
In La Crescent Minnesota a two day sod laying bee completed the new high school football field. About 250 volunteers worked on rolling laying and preparing 700 squares of sod. The Booster Club bid $675 for sod and contractors supplied freight. Local groups provided meals refreshments and support.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Joseph Kistler
la Crescent Board of Education
Gittens Leidel
American Legion Auxiliary
DeJarlais
Six Teachers Join Coleman Vocational Staff
Six teachers join Coleman Vocational and Adult School. New staff include John T. Boecker technical mathematics and science from Stout State University, Leota Archer with a University of Chicago PhB, Richard Butkiewicz machine shop from Stout State, William Campbell guidance counseling with an MS from Stout, Mrs Maddeline Schuldes coordinator of practical nursing with a BS from Ohio State, and Richard G. Post homecraft instructor with an MS from Kansas State Teachers College. Existing staff list continues with Charles G. Richardson director, Victor E. Larsen trades and industry coordinator, and Harry M. Hutchison business education.
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Coleman Vocational and Adult School
John T. Boecker
Stout State University
Leota Archer
University of Chicago
Aurora, Ill
Richard Butkiewicz
William Campbell
Pinehurst
N.C
Maronesco
Mich
Maddeline Schuldes
Ohio State University
Alliance City Hospital
Alliance
Ohio
Molly Stark
Kan
Charles G. Richardson
Victor E. Larsen
Harry M. Hutchison
Education coordinators and staff listed for CCC orientation week
The CCC invites new students Rick and Harry Sweet and faculty to a church breakfast and morning services with church groups. A movie and two convocations introduce newcomers to student activities as part of orientation week events.
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Leander Hammerla
Harold Hawkins
Ansel Heram
Ralph Hermann
George Hinkley
C. Ray Ihle
Meta Jonas
Robert Maas
Dallas S. Moser
Lowell D. Morton
Marie Peterson
Hedwig Rekow
Alph M. Sorenson
Carl J. Stori
Neal Stromstad
William Temte
Barbara Walter
William Welch
Eugene Schumann
Marion H. Baker
Elsie McDowell
Marian Meinert
Dorothy Stromstad
Clifford Dansberry
James B. Kellicott
Glen Kircheis
Raymond
Associated Women Studyers
Carl A. Panke
Large Incoming class at La Crosse State University for fall
Beginning Sept. 7 new students arrive on the La Crosse State University campus for orientation week activities. Fall semester classes start Sept. 13 with an expected 4 000 students, about a 33 percent rise from last year.
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la Crosse State University
Soviet to Sell Up to 750 Million in Gold to Pay for Wheat
The Soviet Union is expected to sell as much as 750 million dollars in gold to the West to finance foreign purchases of wheat this season.
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London
Soviet Union
Concert Under Stars Delights Coulee Region Festival
Lawrence M. Engelhard reports on the final Saturday concert in Myrick Park. Gary Glaze, guest soloist and opera workshop conductor, performed Donizetti and Verdi arias with a strong dramatic touch. Enesco Romanian Rhapsody 1 and Chabrier Bourree Fantasque closed a season praised for its growing orchestra and bright program material. The review urges continued support for next season.
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Lawrence M. Engelhard
Coulee Region
Gary Glaze
Glaze
Chabrier
George Enesco
Bach
Ormandy
Coulee
Dogs Used To Control Crowd At Reno Fire
Crowds swarmed from Reno casinos to view an early morning fire at the Nevada Bank of Commerce branch. Police dogs were deployed to keep onlookers back from firefighters as smoke and water damaged several adjoining offices.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada Bank of Commerce
State Income Tax Withholding To Be Increased 0.4% on Oct. 1
Wisconsin employers are told to raise state income tax withholding by 0.4 percent for pay periods starting October 1. The rate rise, part of a bracket revision enacted by the legislature and signed by Gov Knowles, will be retroactive for 1965 and offset by additional increases next January. The changes include tax simplification benefits and altered exemptions and deductions affecting dependents, unemployment, sick pay, and various credits.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wisconsin Department of Taxation
Warren Knowles
Wisconsin
Motorist Fined in La Crosse Court for Multiple Violations
Gifford E. Orr a 29 year old from Johnson Street and Kenosha received 589 in traffic fines in La Crosse Municipal Court for drunk driving leaving the scene driving without a license and unregistered vehicle plus court costs. The officer found Orr driving a damaged car after a hit run on Lang Drive near George Street. He started serving the six month jail alternative at county facility.
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la Crosse
Gifford E. Orr
Johnson St
Kenosha
Orr
George Street
Lang Drive
Local Duplicate Bridge Scores Lead Friday Play
Ella Hagen and Marie Fleis won with 53 points in Friday duplicate bridge. Bruce Hines and Richard Sartz took second with 51, while Alfred Liepold and Kenneth Twite finished third with 42 points.
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Ella Hagen
Marie Fleis
Bruce Hines
Richard Sartz
Alfred Liepold
Kenneth Twite
Marry Rather Than Be Drafted: La Crosse County Trends
Amid a national draft expansion for Vietnam a surge in marriage licenses emerges. In two weeks 42 couples applied in La Crosse County versus 32 the prior year reflecting a 30 percent rise. Some couples rush for draft exemption, while others seek different motives. Experts warn rushed marriages can lead to regret.
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St. Paul
la Crosse County
Pres. Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
Pres. Kennedy
Johnson
Esther Domke
Selective Service
Woman Hospitalized After Street Car Crash In La Crosse
A 19 year old woman Lois J. Gisboe was injured with a broken nose when her car struck a Milwaukee Railroad trestle support on Hag ar Street near Charles Street. She was taken to St. Francis Hospital. Passenger Elizabeth J. Tooke ages 20 suffered bruises to legs and arms.
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la Crosse
Hagar Street
Charles Street
Lois J. Gisboe
S. 14Th St
St. Francis Hospital
Elizabeth J. Tooke
West Ave. N
La Crescent Council OKs TV Signal Franchise
La Crescent votes unanimously to grant American Cable Corp TV Signal a 25 year non exclusive franchise. Construction must start within 60 days and service to begin within six months with free service to public and parochial schools and churches. Ace Telephone opposed but will not block TV Signal.
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LA Crescent
Minn
la Crescent Village
American Cable Corp
la Crosse
L. L. Duxbury Jr
TV Signal
Joseph Becker
John McDonald
George M. Robertson
Winona
Obertson
Robert Bunke
Ace Telephone
Ace
TV Signel
Shore Acres
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