Auto Made For Stalin On Display At Jackson Plaza
A 7500 pound ZIS automobile reportedly made for Joseph Stalin in 1950 and later gifted to Mao Tse-Tung is on display in Jackson Plaza from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily through Thursday. The car, now owned by Supreme Enterprises of Toronto, has a storied path through Korea and New York’s Ripley’s museum.
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Joseph Stalin
Jackson Plaza
Minnesota
Mao Tse-Tung
Mao
Korea
Broaddus
Synghman Rhee
South Korea
Walton H. Walker
Ripley’s
New York
LA Crescent
Minn
la Crescent High School
Joseph Kistler
Fire Department Totals From La Crosse Announce Multiple Incidents
La Crosse fire logs show August 23 responses for a junkyard car body fire at Asfoor's Junkyard, a false alarm on Wood and Moore Streets, an overloaded gas burner fire in apartments above 124 S 5th Ave, and a light pole and street wire fire on North Salem Road at 3:49 a.m. August 24.
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Asfoor
Wood and Moore
S. 5Th Ave
North Salem Road
Safecracking hits S. M. Supply and Dolly Madison vaults
La Crosse police time-stamped the S. M. Supply Co. safecracking at 9 22 p m Saturday after a pulled time clock cord. The S. M. Supply vault yielded 975 98 dollars while Dolly Madison Dairies saw at least 877 47 from a walk in vault. Dolly Madison cash and checks totaled 3795 81 but exact cash split unknown. Police say the Walt's Restaurant incident is unrelated and describe S. M. Supply and Dolly Madison as professional work, with two prior botched efforts cited.
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la Crosse
S. M. Supply Co
S. M. Supply
S. 2Nd St
Dolly Madison Dairies
Dolly Madison
S. M
Pyroil Co
Walt
Couple Hospitalized After Illness In La Crosse
A Brice Prairie husband and wife were hospitalized for illness a few hours apart Monday afternoon. Walter Shepard and his wife were taken to Lutheran Hospital by La Crosse County Traffic Police ambulance at 2:30 p.m. and 5:14 p.m. Their physician said both were doing well Tuesday morning. The illnesses were not disclosed.
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Brice Prairie
Walter Shepard
North Shore Drive
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse County
City weighs selling Lincoln High to Diocese for use as grade school
City leaders study moving junior high operations from Central to Lincoln and selling Lincoln to the La Crosse Diocese. The cathedral seeks a replacement for St. Mary's Grade School as talks with the parish and housing authority move forward. A public housing project nearby accelerates interest. The plan requires commission review and could hinge on 1967 high school completion.
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Central High School
Lincoln Junior High
la Crosse
City Council
Eugene Leonard
Central
Lincoln
Harry Schroeder
Leonard
Joseph Kundinger
St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
St. Mary’s School
Thomas Mullen
Authority Board
Lincoln-Central
Franklin Pamperin
City Plan Commission
Pamperin
28Th
Birch Streets
Raymond Keller
2Nd Ward
George Bonsack
Sth
Citizens Education Commit
Msgr
Kundinger
King
St. Mary’s
Holy Cross
13Th
Ferry Streets
Lincoln School
Cathedral
Aquinas High School
Curtis Storck
14Th Ward
Storck
Manston
Nixon Named Administrator of Seminar
Navy Reserve Capt. Clark E. Nixon will be the military seminar administrator for the National Security Seminar to be staged in La Crosse November 1 to 12 at Coleman Vocational School Auditorium. The event, designed to inform civilians and Reserve and National Guard officers, features 33 talks and 17 films by six senior officers from the Industrial College faculty.
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Navy Reserve
Clark E. Nixon
la Crosse
Coleman Vocational School
Navy
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Greater la Crosse
Nixon
The
Industrial College
Naval Air Station and Operating Base
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Bank of Galesville
Holmen District Plans Bond Vote for High School Addition
Holmen area electors will vote on a 490000 bond referendum set for Tuesday September 7 to finance an addition to the Holmen High School. The project includes a library science and arts wing with classrooms labs band room and expanded facilities. The plan may move grades six seven eight to the old high school and close Amsterdam Prairie School to relieve crowding.
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Holmen
Wis
Amsterdam Prairie School
Skeeter Schedule Spraying Route Mapped
Tuesday night spraying will run from Gorder Road to the south city limits between East Avenue and 10th Street, outlining the targeted area for pesticide application.
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Gorder Road
East Avenue
10Th Street
Want Ads Work All Day to Buy Rent Sell Hire
A classifieds note urges readers to use Want Ads for purchasing rentals sales and hiring services. It provides a contact number 2-8040 for immediate assistance and emphasizes round the clock availability.
Apple Festival Pins On Sale By La Crescent Council
The La Crescent High School Student Council begins selling 1965 Apple Festival pins with a house to house drive to fund its budget. Pins come in teen and adult sizes for events including skating party, dances, street dance and coronation hall events across Sept. 16 to Sept. 18.
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LA Crescent
Minn
New la Crescent High School
Gittens- Leidel Post
Northwestern Junior Livestock Show Sees No Local Exhibitors
For the first time in 25 years the Northwestern Junior Livestock Show will open with no exhibitors from La Crosse County. Familiar names such as Schomberg Radcliffe Dahlby Hauser Jackel Labus Manke Miller Nuttleman are missing from this year’s premium book. Local exhibitors previously sold beef cattle and swine at the La Crosse County junior livestock sale tied to the 1965 La Crosse Inter-State Fair.
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Northwestern
la Crosse County
Schomberg
Radcliffe
Dahlby
Hauser
Jackel
Labus
Manke
Miller
Nuttleman
la Crosse
Gen Farrand 90 Former St John’s Military Academy Leader
Brig. Gen. Roy F. Farrand 90 longtime president of St. John's Military Academy Delafield died Tuesday. A Trempealeau County native, he joined the school in 1892, served as commandant, became president in 1923, retired 1961, and remained emeritus with trustees. Survivors include his widow Anita and daughter Dorothy. Services set for Tuesday at the academy chapel.
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Roy F. Farrand
St. John’s Miltary Academy
Delafield
Gen. Farrand
Trempealeau County
Galesville
St. John’s
University of Wisconsin
Farrand
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Council of Defense
Selective Service Board
The
State
Association of Military Colleges and Schools
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Anita
Dorothy
St. John’s Military Academy
Garfield Letter Proves A Facsimile Not Original
A basement find at National City Christian church revealed a Garfield letter is a facsimile, not a real note by President James A. Garfield. Rev. George R. Davis announced the discovery to worshippers, with President and Mrs. Johnson in attendance. The genuine Garfield letter sits in the Library of Congress manuscript division along with related papers.
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Washington
National City Christian Church
James A. Garfield
George R. Davis
Johnson
Library of Congress
Garfield
Police Ambulance Call For Francis Flume Illness
On August 24 at 1 35 a.m. Francis Flume 55 of 1803 Avon Street was transported to Lutheran Hospital by ambulance after illness authorities said.
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Francis Flume
Avon St
Dormitory Construction Approved for La Crosse State
Madison AP Gov Warren Knowles approved 2,668,492 in contracts Monday for three dormitories at La Crosse State University. General contractor named is Orville E. Madsen and Son Inc of Minneapolis.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
la Crosse State University
Orville E. Madsen & Son, Inc
Minneapolis
Albatross Coffeehouse Opens House Evening Event
The Albatross coffeehouse at 100 S Front St will host an 8:30 p m open house on Wednesday to honor donors and builders. Robert Hanson chairs the event promising attendance by all who helped establish the cafe with work and funds. Entertainment includes Kari Christianson reading with Karen Druliner on flute, a piano violin duet by Jon Olson and Mike Schallock, and a debuting jazz trio.
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Albatross
S. Front St
Robert Hanson
Kari Christianson
Karen Druliner
Jon Olson
Mike Schallock
Flying Objects Reported Again In Wisconsin Towns
La Crosse police received three calls about unidentified flying objects with several witnesses, including a self described pilot who claimed binoculared observations from Grandad Bluff. The pilot described discs dancing in the sky and a tree light before the craft headed south. A similar sighting followed in Brownsville shortly after.
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la Crosse
Grandad Bluff
Brownsville
Forget-Me-Not Campaign Planned by DAV in La Crosse Chapter
The Forget-Me-Not drive dates Sept 24 and 25 were set by La Crosse Chapter 12 of the Disabled American Veterans. Volunteers will sell the flowers on street corners with all contributions funding the chapter's assistance program for war handicapped veterans. Committees for the drive have been appointed.
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la Crosse
Herb Troyer
DAV
U Alexis Johnson to Leave Viet Post Soon
SAIGON sources say U.S. Deputy Ambassador U Alexis Johnson will leave his post in South Viet Nam soon. Johnson arrived after Gen Maxwell D Taylor became ambassador in 1964, replacing Henry Cabot Lodge who had returned for a second tour. He served as the second in command with ambassadorial rank.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U. Alexis Johnson
Johnson
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Robert W. Carlson
Johnson Sr
Carlson
Avalon Ballroom
Avalon Lot
Tribune
Stalin
ZIS
la Crosse Tribune
Fire Department
Club
Main St
Dial
Schumacher
Gfuneral Home
Ray J. Schumacher
Roy Tichenor
Don Kish, JR
Msgr. Kundinger
Clark Nixon
Manston Madonna High School
Bernard F. Maney
Peter Groves
Bonsack
Groves
Holmen Dist
Skeeter Schedule
3Rd St
James Jacobson
American Automobile Association
A. F. Ritchie
AAA
Francis J. Eckerman
Eckerman
Gale
Equitable
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Lacrosse Office
Home Office
New York, N.Y
Thomas M. Multerer
MGR
Richard A. Tausche
Merrill N. Davis, Jr
C.L.A
Thomas R. Larkin
Martin W. Hass
West Salem, Wis
George A. Sladky
Viet
Stanley W
Peterson
Assurance
Life Group
Linker Hotel
Lynne Tower
Miracle
Dahlberg Electronics, Inc
Dahlberg
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