Public Library Showcases Adult Education Plans
The La Crosse public library hosts the University of Wisconsin extension division series Citizen Seminars from December 14 to 28. Muriel Fuller announces the exhibit highlighting 14 subjects with pamphlets, reprints, and discussion guides prepared by university professors.
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University of Wisconsin Extension Division
la Crosse Public Library
Muriel Fuller
Bureau of Information and Program Services
Public Library
Wisconsin
United Nations
Saving Wisconsin’s virgin forests and fragile rivers debated
The piece urges saving nonrenewable resources like the Flambeau forest and whitewater rivers. It outlines a Decided by Jan 14 decision on a 2000 acre forest sale and possible state funding shifts. Department officials argue for faster action, listing 35 rivers for possible dam legislation while stressing economic versus recreational values. KEPT DATE notes deer derby winner Frank Ross, 88, look toward 1951.
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Henderson
Flambeau River
Department
Ernest Swift
Commission
Swift
Radiant Floor Heating by One-Inch Pipe Installations
Radiant floor heating is achieved by laying heating pipes one inch beneath the surface in concrete floor installations. The method emphasizes embedded piping to provide efficient heat transfer through the concrete slab.
La Crosse Tribune Postal Notice From 1904
An archival line notes the La Crosse Tribune was entered as second class mail on June 23 1904 at La Crosse Wisconsin under the 1879 act. This legal boilerplate marks newspaper status and historical postal handling.
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la Crosse
Wis
Madison Reduces City Tax Rate to 30 Mills
Madison council approved a 30 mill tax rate for 1951, three dollars less per thousand than 1950's 33 mills. Acting City Manager George Forster recommended the cut after municipal department budget cuts. If final budget increases occur, they can be funded from surplus accounts.
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Madison
Wis
George Forster
Forster
La Crosse County Democrats Hear Lucey Speak
The Democratic Organizing committee met in the Hotel Stoddard Pilot room Tuesday night with Chairman L. W. Swett presiding. Patrick Lucey of Ferryville spoke praising the county group for its election work and noted that Democratic candidates for governor and U.S. senator carried La Crosse county. He said the county is now firmly two party and Republicans cannot win by default.
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la Crosse County
Democratic Organizing Committee
Stoddard Pilot Room
L. W. Swett
Patrick Lucey
Ferryville
Third District
U. S
Man Dies After Beginning New Job With County Board
Edward Criner, 63, observed his 40th wedding anniversary and started a new post as clerk to the St. Marys County Board of Supervisors. His first act was to verify the board account at a bank, where he suffered a heart attack and died.
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Leonanvit.n. Md
Edward Crier
St. Mary’s County Board of Supervisors
Truman says campaigns in five states were as low as ever
President Truman defends campaign tactics in Utah North Carolina Illinois Indiana while senate committee investigates costs and defamatory literature. The inquiry covers five states after Hebert urged a church prayer call amid political tension.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Campaign Committee
Gillette
Iowa
Utah
North Carolina
Hebert
Louisiana
Illinois
Indiana
Committee
Mr. Truman
Ex Governess Ann Pattison Dies at 101 in Illinois
Ann Pattison former governess to G F Swift Chicago meat packer died Tuesday in Indianola at age 101 she would have turned 102 December 28. She had lived with her niece Eva Pattison and had been bedfast after a hip fracture last year blind for years. Her mother Mary C Cox Pattison is recorded as Vermilion county’s first white child.
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Danville
Ill
Ann Pattison
G. F. Swift
Chicago
Indianola
Eva Pattison
Miss Pattison
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