Education Plan Is Dead Issue in Wisconsin
Wisconsin lawmakers deny chance for decentralizing general higher education for youths while nine state teachers colleges gain authority to offer liberal arts courses. Gov. Rennebohm pushes a plan for Milwaukee area higher education consolidation as part of 1951 aims. Colleges expect more funds, libraries, labs in next session.
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All-Star Sunday Lineup of Mystery and Adventure Posts
WKTV and WKTY present a packed Sunday slate featuring Roy Rogers and others in Reign of Terror in the Mineral City at 5 p.m. Nick Carter, Master Detective follows, then General Foods House of Mystery with Roger Elliott solving The Beacon For the Dead. The Saint on WKTY threads embezzlement and murder. William Gargan stars as Martin Kane, Private Eye. Johnny Desmond sings at 6:55, Count of Monte Cristo at 8 p.m. Western Varieties opens 6:00 a.m. Monday.
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Dale Evans
Gabby Hayes
Nick Carter
General Foods
House of Mystery
Roger Elliott
the Saint
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Private Eye
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Monte Cristo
Background Of Names Explored By Professor
Northwestern professor Joseph G. Fucilla presents Our Italian Surnames detailing how names formed in America from immigrant roots. He catalogs animal and religious origins, occupations, physical traits, and even plant and flower names, noting anglicization and preservation in city directories. The report also notes highway striping costs at $2.8 million annually, about $28 per mile.
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Lupino
Orselli
Pulci
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Cheval
Hahn
Fink
Nightingale
Adler
Strauss
Joseph G. Fucilla
America
Fucilla
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Rizzo
Caruso
Capone
Fiorello LaGuardia
Harris Returns to WKBH NBC Fall Lineup With Family Comedy
Harris is set to return to the WKBH NBC schedule with a family comedy program premiering September 18, two weeks ahead of initial expectations. The announcement highlights his comeback and aligns with the fall and winter lineup.
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Merrill to star on NBC Symphony Tonight
Opera and radio standout Robert Merrill will perform on the NBC Symphony broadcast at 7 30 tonight on WKBH NBC. He will sing the Whiffenpoof Song Chi Ma River and a Barber of Seville selection. Sunbeam Spotlight begins its second week tomorrow from Hollywood Theater at 8 30 p m. Ken Allen hosts. Noon News on WKBH at 12 15 compiles four regional newscasts with world La Crosse regional and Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa segments.
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Young Dentist Starts Practice In City Office
Dr. David E. Hopkins a 28 year old from Philips South Dakota begins his local dental practice in the Exchange Building 516. He earned his Northwestern University dental degree in 1949 after earlier study at Minnesota and Georgia and four years in the army dental corps. He will reside at 233 South Ninth Street in La Crosse.
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Army Dental Corps
Army General Hospital
la Crosse
South Ninth Street
Water and X Ray Plans Shelved as Polio Outbreak Grows
The city health department reported during July polio demand limited attention to major issues such as safeguarding the water supply and chest X rays for workers. It cites 12 polio cases, 39 total illnesses, 103 births, 69 deaths, and measures like two block spraying, physician seminars, and public guidance amid an epidemic warning.
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E. P. Hartl
Henry W. Streicher
State Health Department
State Receives Swedish Grouse On Apostle Islands
Milwaukee reports 27 capercaillie arrived Saturday to join six survivors on the Apostle Islands near Lake Superior. Wildlife manager George Haleton says the birds, reared in Sweden, are being established to ease pressure on native game, a Wisconsin and U S Fish and Wildlife Service joint project.
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Panama’s sole domestic airline marks three-year record
Panama's only domestic airline, in its third year, has carried 25 503 passengers with no accidents or emergencies to mar its record.
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Vegetarians Gather for Lake Geneva Convention
About 325 vegetarians from around the world will attend the first American Vegetarian convention at Camp Aurora near Lake Geneva Wisconsin on Sunday. Neil L. Ehmke says the group aims to unite American vegetarians into a single body modeled after the long-standing European Vegetarian Union.
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Neil L. Ehmke
International Vegetarian Union
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Howard B. Bishop
Human Engineering Foundation
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Summer Playground Activities Are Closed
Summer playground and other city recreation department activities were closed last week. Inquiries should go to the recreation department office, not the board of education, says Walter H. Bigelow, president of the board. Recreation programs are now run independently from the board.
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Rifle Award Given Soldier at Camp Kilmer
Pfe. Leonard Pitt of La Crosse Wisconsin a member of the 1277 ASU station complement detachment 1 N ordnance at Camp Kilmer New Jersey earned expert rifleman for his M 1 rifle range performance at Kilmer Sea Girt range. Camp Kilmer the East coasts largest troop processing installation handles reception feeding housing and dispatching for troops moving to and from overseas through the New York Port of Embarkation for Great Britain Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Switzerland to Trial 90 mph Gas Turbine Locomotive
Switzerland will begin trial runs of a gas turbine electric locomotive designed for Br' railroad delivery soon. The 90 mile per hour unit is built locally for testing and potential service.
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