Vacationing city man recalls JFK shock in Jerusalem
Erwin L. Schreiber of 919 Cass St and his wife on a three week National Retired Teachers Association tour visited Jerusalem on Friday November 22 the day Kennedy was assassinated. He said locals were deeply shocked feared America’s fate while nations admired Kennedy and the United States. In Cairo a requiem Mass for Kennedy drew 5000 attendees with dignitaries including U S Ambassador John Badeau. They traveled 34000 miles visiting multiple countries and noted Indian schools were poorly equipped.
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Holy Land
Egypt
John F. Kennedy
la Crosse
la Crosse Tribune
Erwin L. Schreiber
Cass St
Jerusalem
Kennedy
Schreiber
United States
America
Tele
Schreibers
St. Joseph’s Pro- Cathedral
Cairo
U.S
John Badeau
USS
Coleman Vocational School
National
Retired Teacher's Association
American Association of Retired People
Hawaii
Japan
Hong Kong
India
Siam
Singapore
Ceylon
Lebanon
Israel
Turkey
Greece
Athens
Witnesses Heard In Appeal Case Involving Aid for Dependents
Judge Leo Murphy heard witnesses in Caledonia Minnesota in the case of Rita Sauer seeking aid for dependent children. The Houston County Department of Public Welfare cut aid after Walter Arndt died of acute alcoholism and roomed in Sauer's home. The department appeals a state referee's decision to again allow aid to Sauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Leo Murphy
Rita Sauer
Houston County Department of Public Welfare
Walter Arndt
Arndt
Houston County
Lane
Foreign Field Trips Set For Two Colleges
The regents approved plans offering summer 1964 foreign field trips for La Crosse and River Falls students. River Falls will run an art trip to Europe and a social studies trip to Mexico. La Crosse will offer a geography trip to Mexico led by Prof. Margaret Chew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
la Crosse
River Falls
Europe
Mexico
Margaret Chew
Infirmary Open House in Pleasant Acres Wisconsin
An open house for the Juneau County Infirmary at Pleasant Acres in New Lisbon will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, December 8. The event invites the public to tour the facilities and meet staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lisbon
Wis
Pleasant Acres
Juneau County Infirmary
Vernon County 4-H Leaders Banquet Set for December 12
The Vernon County 4-H leaders banquet will be held at the Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church on Thursday December 12 at 7 30 p m honoring club leaders wives husbands and extension personnel The Tribune had previously misdated the event in its December 6 issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Westby-Coon Prairie Lutheran Church
the Tribune
River Readings Show ILA Crosse Flood Stage
River readings indicate flood stage at ILA Crosse with 24 hr change and current stage noted. Precautions issued as water levels rise.
Death notices for Mrs Charles Anderson and Erwin Diersen
Mrs Charles T Anderson, 80, died in a Preston nursing home. Survived by two sons Norman and Ernest, three daughters, two sisters and two brothers. Services Monday at Rushford Lutheran Church with burial in Rushford Cemetery. Erwin H Diersen, 54, died suddenly of a heart attack in Caledonia. Survived by his wife Ruth, two sons Laraine and Gerald, two daughters Armon Gengler and Neldene, and several relatives. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery after services at St John Evangelical Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Anderson
Rushford
Minn
Charles T. Anderson
Preston
Norman
Ernest
Los Angeles
Harvey
Mabel) Nicolai
la Crosse
Robert
Charlotte) McKay
Canton
Leslie
Helen) Spear
Elk River
Andrine Olstad
Sarasota
Fla
Emma Jean
Jenson Funeral Home
Caledonia
Erwin H. Diersen
Daniel Malchow
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Germany
Evergreen Cemetery
Potter-Haugen
Diersen
Martin Diersen
Jefferson
Ruth Schroeder
Land O'Lakes
Mr. Diersen
Laraine
Gerald
Armon (Darlene) Gengler
Neldene
Emma Diersen
New Albin
Iowa
Elmer
Harry
Milwaukee
Arthur
Julius
Elmer Schroeder
Roy
Mary) Schneider Gretley
Kenosha
Marion
Kans
Freemont
Neb
Harold Schneider
Chula Vista
Calif
Darwin Gjetley
Memphis
Levi Buller
Hillsboro
Kan
First Lutheran
Church
Decorah
Nelson
Herington
Steine
Births in Wisconsin and Washington scattered across hospitals
Multiple birth notices across La Crosse area and beyond list dates in December and November. Daughters named Mary Janet Ries Ruth E Broderick Jean A Krueger Janice B Flotte Meyer Shirley A McConnelly Edith Mae Hubbard Marian Nelson Lori Lynn Kerry Sean and more born to families including Ott Pribek Scherr Johnson Olson Jandt Jermyn Coleman and Violette with locations in La Crosse Trempealeau Mindoro Onalaska Decorah Cashton Sparta Portage Seattle Rancho Mirage and Reese AFB Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse
St. Francis Hospital
William D. Ott
la Crescent
Minn
Mary Janet Ries
Robert A. Pribek
Cliffwood Lane
Ruth E. Broderick
Charles D. Scherr
Trempealeau
Jean A. Krueger
Spencer C. Olson
Mindoro
Shirley A. McConnelly
Herbert Jandt
Bangor
Delores M. Libke
Lutheran Hospital
Raymond N. Thompson
Poplar St
Onalaska
Edith Mae Hubbard
Herbert I. Amundson
Decorah
Iowa
Marian Nelson
Donald Victorian Erickson
Mabel
Helen Kathleen Kimball
Grandview Hospital
Lori Lynn
Leonard Klahn
Rita Kleinsmith
Rancho Mirage
Calif
Louis Guanella
Jeanette Huber
Cashton
Sparta
Wis
St. Mary’s Hospital
James A. Rasmussen
E. Montgomery St
Shirley J. Synner
Ronald von Ruden
N. Court St
Karen J Kirking
Francis M. Coleman
Walrath St
Yong Soo Shin
Obituaries Chronicle Deaths in La Crosse Area
Joseph H Maxwell 50 of Florence Arizona formerly La Crosse died Dec 5 survived by wife Irene Crawford and six children. Rose McKagan 85 died Dec 6 survived by two daughters and five great grandchildren. Rev William J Kuisle 38 assistant pastor died Dec 6 with funeral in La Crescent Minn and remarks by Bishop Fitzgerald. Burial in Rochester Calvary Cemetery and La Crosse servicemen honors noted.
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Joseph H. Maxwell
Florence, Ariz
la Crosse
Irene Crawford
Stephen
Tennessee
Richard
Arizona
Paul
Michigan
Matthew
Gergory
Mary Jo) Yehle Jr
Pamela
Irene
Rose McKagan
Badger St
Henry
Ruth) Daffinson
Clarence
Janet) Homstad
Dickinson Jackson Street
William J. Kuisle
Edward Fitzgerald
Winona
Minn
Schurmacher
la Crescent
Macken
Rochester
St. Francis of Assissi Church
Calvary Cemetery
la Crescent American Legion Post
Father Kuisle
C. C. Lennon
Richard Shearer
Owatonna
Msgr. Kuisle
Waseca
Joseph Kuisle
St. Paul
Weather record for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa summary
Wisconsin reports cloudy windy colder with snow Saturday night and snow flurries Sunday with 2 to 4 inches possible in northwest by Sunday night. Minnesota windy and colder with scattered light snow or flurries Saturday night and Sunday. Iowa partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday with sunrise at 7 26 and sunset at 4 27. Degree days total 1250 this year 32 to date. record highs and lows listed from 1916 and 1882.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Weather forecast snapshot December 8 1963
U S Weather Bureau delivers a forecast up to 7 00 a m est for December 8 1963 noting last night's low and yesterday's high temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.s.weather Bureau
Midwest Weather Outlook Reads Cloudy With Scattered Flurries
Considerable cloudiness predicted across the Midwest with scattered snow flurries. The forecasted minimums include Phoenix 40, Chicago 28, New York 39, Miami 65, and New Orleans 52, reflecting a varied regional pattern.
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Bemidji
Bismarck
Boston A
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Duluth
Fairbanks
Midwest
Phoenix
Les Ree
New Orleans
New York
Miami
UPI
Polaris Sub James Monroe Commissioned at Newport News
Newport News shows off the 14th Polaris submarine James Monroe named for the Monroe Doctrine author and fifth president. Congressman J Vaughan Gary cites Cuba missile crisis as proof the doctrine endures while Kennedy acted decisively. The 7000 ton 425 foot nuclear sub was built by Newport News Shipbuilding.
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Newport News
United States
U.S
J. Vaughan Gary
D-Va
James Monroe
Soviet Union
Cuba
Kennedy
Gary
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Milwaukee woman offers one eighth interest in mansion to UW Milwaukee
Mrs. Eleanor G. Pritzlaff widow of John C. Pritzlaff offered to donate one eighth interest in her three story Lake Drive mansion valued at 100000 to the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She presented the offer to the Board of Regents and invited members to a reception. The offer was referred to the regents land acquisition committee with the executive committee empowered to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uw-M
Pritzlaff
Regents’ Land Acquisition Committee
Meeting Rescheduled After Kennedy Death
The La Crosse AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education moves its December gathering to January due to President John F. Kennedy's death. The change affects attendees and the schedule of planned endorsements and discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Afl-Cio Committee On
John F. Kennedy
X15 Photos Aid Sky Spy Techniques
Edwards AFB Calif AP reports X15 research flight with a high altitude reconnaissance plane tested to compare ground images for improving aerial photography spy methods. The mission also tested a cross range indicator to show course deviation on a cockpit dial for possible future space return navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Sky
Earth
U.S. Space Agency
Space Agency
U.S
Scout Paper Drive fundraiser at Black River Falls
A Boy Scout paper drive will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday as a fundraising campaign. Residents are asked to leave bundled papers at the curbs for pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Ex Pastor to Preach at Trinity Lutheran Service
Trinity Lutheran Church Charles Street hosts a thank offering Sunday with a guest sermon by Rev Lavern R Hanson former Trinity pastor now at Mason City IA. He preaches at 8:45 and 10:30 with Ernest Nelson leading the senior pastor and Viseturs Pavas ars as student intern. Choirs perform The 23rd Psalm Bless This House Come Thou Long Expected Jesus with WKTY radio broadcast and Richard Schroeder on organ.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Charles and Sill Streets
Lavern R. Hanson
Trinity
Mason City
Iowa
Hanson
Ernest Nelson
Viseturs Pavasars
Bernard Bachmann
Gerald Skaar
Jesus
WKTY
Richard Schroeder
Trinity Choirs
Hwy
Tom Long
Randolf
N.Y
Southside
10Th and
Adams
Howard Nelson
Visitation
Temple
N. Salem Rd
Loomis
Lloyd Mooney
OUR Redeemer
Weston
1St
Norman A. Nelson
OUR Savior's
George Alvilden
Walter O. Larson
ST. Paul's
West Ave
Arthur M. Ferce
Dennis C. Raymond
Trinity—Charles and Sill
Ernest N. Nelson
Viesturs Pavasars
Lavern Hanson
ALCW
5Th Ave
Onalaska
Paul A. Roe
Olivet
Bainbridge
Solberg
Prince OF Peace
St. N
la Crescent
Minn
Paul S. Fransen
Church of Lutheran Confession
ST. Mark's Evangelical
Main
Jonathan Schaller
Missouri Synod Faith
Shorewood
Wedgewood Terrace
C. F. Kurzweg
Wisconsin Synodisconsin Synod Lutheran Service
Councilmen's Conference of the
Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Churches of the
la Crosse
Cameron
Fritz H. Miller
Ward Ave
S. 28Th
G. F. Albrecht
Mmanuel Evangelical
St Paul and Avon
Walter E. Gutzke
MT Calvary Evangelical
116Th and
Park Ave
Lloyd Lambert
New Climate Is Hailed By Council of Churches
The National Council of Churches praised a new climate of dialogue among Roman Catholic Orthodox and Protestant churches and urged expanded local conversations. It launched a broad anti discrimination push and called for full church support to end racial religious and economic discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Churches
Philadelphia
National Council of Churches
A O Smith Buys Mitchell Bentley to Enter Fiberglass Body Field
The A O Smith Corp announced it purchased the Mitchell Bentley Corp plant and assets in Ionia Michigan to enter fiberglass automobile bodies. Mitchell Bentley will move its HQ to Owosso Michigan but continue supplying automotive components to General Motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
A. O. Smith Corp
Mitchell-Bentley Corp
Ionia
Mich
Mitchell - Bentley
Buick
General Motors
L. B. Smith
A. O. Smith
Don R. Mitchell
Mitchell-Bentley
Owosso
Cape Kennedy Center Opens to Public Sundays
The Cape Kennedy missile and space center will be open to the public Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. starting December 15. The venue has been previously open only on Armed Forces Day in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy Center
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Cape
Local Churches Listing Adorns La Crosse Parishes
A compiled directory lists Adventist Seventh Day at 6th and King and multiple other denominations including First Assembly of God 116th Ferry and Main, Saint Joseph Cathedral, Blessed Sacrament, Holy Trinity, St James St Patrick’s and many more with service times, Masses, catechism, and prayer meetings across the city. Names include pastors Holstein Jones Harbold Bosworth Mooney and Wagener, among many priests, pastors and church officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Assembly OF God
Ferry
R. Francis Jones
Christ Ambassadors
ST Joseph's Cathedral
Joseph Kundinger
Thomas J. Etten
James J. Falconer
Joseph R. Sullivan
James Biechler
World Missions Commission meets in Mexico City
About 200 Protestant Anglican Orthodox delegates from six continents attend the World Council of Churches first full meeting in a Spanish speaking country. Speakers include Willem Visser t Hooft and Bishop Lesslie Newbigin. The aim is a new look at missions beyond colonial era images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Jamaica
England
Commission On World Missions and Evangelism
World Council of Churches
Commission
New Delhi
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Willem Adolf Visser ’T Hooft
World Council
Lesslie Newbigin
Geneva
Switzerland
Division of
World Mission and Evangelism
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Baton Rouge Ballot Boil Down on Three Minute Rule
Baton Rouge voters must finish voting within three minutes as 198 candidates appear on the ballot. Louisiana law caps voting time per voter at 180 seconds to meet legal requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
GE official dies in Waldorf room in New York
Arthur F. Vinson aged 56 living in Scarsdale New York, a vice president of General Electric Co, died in his Waldorf Astoria Hotel room on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur F. Vinson
Scarsdale
N.Y
General Electric Co
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Quote on revolts and travel warnings from unspecified source
A terse remark notes that visiting certain countries carries risks, suggesting those nations have already experienced revolts. The line implies travel warnings but lacks context or attribution.
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Masons
Masonic Order
Frontier Lodge 45
Roy F. Collins
Leo H. Sill
Francis J. Matson
Lodge
Ernest R. Hiegel
Tribune
JFK
Ila Crosse
Lubbock, Texas
Reese Afb Hospital
James Ronald
Ronald Violette
Barbara Ristow
Portage
Divine Savior Hospital
David
Noel Violette
W. Pleasant St
Joyce Abbott
Seattle, Wash
Kerry Sean
Terry Leberman
Sand Point Way
N.E
Seattle
Kay Donaldson
Roy Gjetley
San Francisco
Kansas City
Ft.worth
Montreal
Boston
Weather Outlook
RFD
Monroe
UW M
Adventist
John Holstein
Assembly of God
Floyd R. Harbold
Baptist Evening Fellowship
North American
7Th and Ferry
M. Vanderbeck
Southern Baptist Emmanuel Baptist
Losey Blvd
Denton
Coulee State Bank
Robert Bosworth
Blessed Sacrament
King St. Rt
Thomas E. O'Shaughnessy
James Coke
Donald Wilger
Mother of Perpetual Help
Holy Trinity
13Th St
Msgr. V. J Plecity
Joseph Keating
Joseph Martinson
Newman
Anthony Wagener
Edward Bertz
ST. James
Caledonia St
Henry R. Hoerburger
Edmond Doerre
Richard A. Wisnewski
Francis A. Wavra
ST. Patrick's
Joseph N. Bach
Joseph Miller
ST. John the Baptist
Avon St
Constant Chilicki
Thomas Langer
ST. Thomas More
21St
Weston Sts
Thomas E. Mullen
Michael T. McKenna
Eugene Klink
Delbert J. Malin
ST. Wenceslaus
Winnebago
Alfred Hebert
Thomas Dempsey
ST. Pius
Francis V. McCaffrey
James Bailey
Christian Science
First Church OF Christ Scientist
King
Church of Christ
First Church OF Christ
Don Robinson
Charles Street
Charles and Logan
Burdette Wakeman
Cloyd Christman
WLCX
Leonard E. Weldon
Episcopal
Kenneth E. Trueman
Evangelical Free
Bethany
North St
Onalaska Ave
Bernard Hamilton
Campbell Rd
Carroll Anderson
Jehovah's Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
Watchtower
Bible Studies
H. Tucker
Soper
Coon Valley
W. Koula
B. Barnes
A.m
ST. Paul's Evangelical
Sand Lake Rd
Ruben A. Kettenacker
Methodist
Asbury
Redfield
Deane W. Irish
Church OF Jesus Christ
Liberty St
Gary O'Brien
Reorganized
Church OF Jesus Christ—George and
Lutheran
Bethel
Livingston
Loomis Rey
Leland Evenson
Cass
Stephan T. Guttormsson
R W. Anderson
Good Shepherd
Birch
J. L. Mattes
4Th Ave. N
David A. Passet
Methodist Youth Fellowship
ST. Luke’s
Lee H. Holmes
Wesley
8Th and
Edwin P. Sheppard
Nazarene
Church OF the Nazarene
Jackson
James Steele Jr
James H. Bell
Robert C. Light
Inquirer
Logan
Leonard Beenken
Salvation Army
N. 8Th St. Citadel
Alvin Clark
Young People’s Legion
Salvation Meeting
Congregation
Sons OF Abraham—Temple
1820
Bernard Reichmann
Unitarian Fellowship
Unitarian Fellowship OF
YWCA
Deowraj Surajpaul Buddha
la Crosse State College
British Guiana
Coach House
United Church of Christ
Melvin L. Frank
Thomas Moller
ST John's Reformed Church
West Ave and
Market
John Staton
United Pentecostal Church
Apostolic Tabernacle
Liberty and Sill
Arthur Mansur
Columa
Danny’s
Citroen Electronics Corp
TV & Electric
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