Freeman Plans Fresh Approach to U S Farm Policy
Gov Orville Freeman of Minnesota designated to be secretary of agriculture in the Kennedy administration says he will pursue fresh thinking on farm programs after Jan 20. He met Ezra Benson for a 75 minute briefing, as a forecast of a record winter wheat crop underscores ongoing surplus issues and debate over government involvement in farming.
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Washington
Orville L
Freeman
Minnesota
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Department
Five youths held for marsh fire startings
Five boys were arrested Sunday after being seen lighting grass in a marsh area on Oak Street. Police officer Carl Stahr escorted the five suspects to the station. The group includes two 16 year olds, two 18 year olds, and one 15 year old. They are to report to Fire Chief Adolph Kessel on Saturday as directed by the fire chief.
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Adolph Kessel
Carl Stahr
Oak Street
Fluid milk prices rise in December
The Agriculture Department reported higher fluid milk prices in major urban marketing areas at about 5.71 dollars per hundredweight in early December, up 10 cents from a year earlier and 20 cents above the 1954-58 average. Retail home delivery quarts averaged 26.8 cents in 25 cities, up 0.1 and 0.7 cents from a year earlier. Whole milk sales for fluid use in the first ten months were similar to last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Child Found Dead In Bed In Local Home
A 20 month old girl, Tamara Jean Beyer, was found dead in her bed Wednesday morning at 1307 East Ave S. County coroner Dr. Michael J. Watunga ordered an autopsy to determine the cause. Mrs Beyer found the child and called the fire department after unsuccessfully resuscitating. She said the girl had been ill and she believed she was sleeping when first checked.
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Tamara Jean Beyer
John Beyer
East Aves
Michael J. Watunga
Beyer
Fire Department
Wisconsin Annexation Plan Thrown Out By Council
Madison report notes the Legislative Council rejected a unilateral annexation bill aimed at letting cities add unincorporated contiguous land with urban traits without a referendum. Backed by 18 city leaders including Fox Valley executives and La Crosse Mayor Milo G. Knutson, the proposal sought to ease growth strain and tie territory to school districts amid a rural-leaning legislature.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
State Division of Planning
Fox Valley
la Crosse
Milo G. Knutson
Tax rolls under way as clerk moves toward midweek finish
City clerk Alice Dickson reports tax roll preparation began Tuesday with real property added after. Mayor Knutson’s stance avoids a veto on the municipal budget and the National Cash Register computer aids rate of 48.9 mills, printing subtotals for city subdivisions as rolls are completed.
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Alice Dickson
Mil G. Knutson
Common Council
Miss Dickson
Wesley M. Denny
The
National Cash Register Co
Mail Past Peak Clerks Laid Off
Thirty four temporary mail clerks at the United States Post Office were laid off Wednesday noon. Twenty temporary carriers will work a couple more days. Sectional center mail volume was heavy Tuesday night with little overflow in the workroom on Wednesday morning. Mail cancellations totaled 124 245 Tuesday versus 156 000 Monday, the season’s peak day. A further decline was expected Wednesday. The top work day was Friday with 522 500 items processed locally.
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United States Post Office
la Crosse
Two La Crosse youths charged in interstate car theft
Ronald Matiak 19 of Caledonia Street and LaVern Mickelson 21 of Caroline Street face federal charges under the Dyer Act for allegedly stealing a 1951 model car in Kenosha, driving to La Crescent and abandoning it. Matiak did not post bond. Mickelson posted bond in U S District Court in La Crosse.
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la Crosse
United States District Court
James J. Bannen
United States
Ronald Matiak
Caledonia St
LaVern Mickelson
Caroline St
Kenosha
la Crescent
Teen Dance to Be Held at Central High
The City Recreation Dept sponsors a pre Christmas Swing Shanty dance at Central High School Center after the basketball game Thursday night. Central High’s Swing Band under the department will provide music with Eugene Fry, the director, guiding the program. Parents and interested persons are welcome to observe.
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City Recreation Dept
Central High School
Central High
Recreation Department
Eugene Fry
La Crescent man sentenced to three months for no account checks
Wendell Zumach 25 was sentenced to three months in La Crosse County Jail under the Huber Act after pleading guilty to no account checks totaling about 90 dollars. The judge, Eugene A Toepel, ordered nighttime serving to allow restitution. The district attorney’s report noted many checks were drawn against local taverns.
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la Crescent
Wendell Zumach
la Crosse County
Eugene A. Toepel
Zumach
Reading Demonstration At PTA Reveals Grade One Methods
At the Christmas PTA meeting St. Wenceslaus School showcased an upper first grade reading group mastering a new story. Sr Mary Goretti FSPA outlined a four level class plan with groups for language arithmetic independent work and guided reading to fit varied reading abilities.
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PTA
St. Wenceslaus
M. Goretti
FSPA
Mary Goretti
Lister
La Crosse Central Meets Wausau in Thursday Basketball Broadcast
WKTY radio highlights Thursday cover La Crosse Central versus Wausau at 7:30 p.m. with 7:20 p.m. courtside chatter. The game spotlights local prep basketball and fan interest in the match.
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WKTY
la Crosse Central
Wausau
Local Retail Trade In La Crosse Tops National Level
A nationwide SRDS survey shows La Crosse retail activity for the year ending June 30 1960 at $85 246 000 in gross sales and $95 338 000 in earnings. The city’s per household income averaged 6681, above national and state figures, with strong sales in children’s clothing shoes drugs household equipment and food amid a growing birth rate.
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New York
la Crosse
United States
Standard Rate and
Wisconsin
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
SRDS
Mt Calvary School Choir Broadcast For Christmas Eve
Mt Calvary Evangelical Lutheran School choir of 32 students will broadcast a half hour Christmas program on WKTY Christmas Eve from 5 to 5 30 p m narrated by Rev Lloyd Lambert pastor of Mt Calvary Church. The program features soloists and instrumentalists and will also be sung at Mt Calvary Lutheran Church Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. The choir formed in 1958 and has aired a Christmas Eve program since then.
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Mt. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran School
16Th and
Park Ave
WKTY
Lloyd Lambert
Mt. Calvary Church
Fred W. Hagedorn
Barbara Brinkman
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
26Th Street
Ward Avenue
Cheryl Spettel
Donald Krause
Bethlehem
Steven Deyo
Mary Bay
J. H. F. Hoeker
Cheryl Berg
Nancy Albertsen
Carol Beffa
Laurel Berg
Susan Berg
Charles Brenner
Mary Alice Cermak
Judith Christianson
Kay
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Scout District Leaders Are Re-Elected
Kenneth V. Dahl remains district chairman with Ernest O. Hanson as vice chairman and Ralph V. Steele as commissioner for the Gopher La Crosse District of the Boy Scouts of America. Donald Field and Carroll Weigel join the district to represent it on the council executive board, with seven operating committees under Dahl’s appointments. All officers and members come from La Crosse County.
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Kenneth V. Dahl
Ernest O. Hanson
Ralph V. Steele
Donald Field
Carroll Weigel
Houston
la Crosse
Dahl
Thomas McGovern
Gordon Sayner
Harvey Haskell
William Raudebush
Robert Gilbert
Raymond Nibbe
Carl Matthusen
James Kelly
Fred Davenport
Earl Kolcinski
Harold Nida
Charles Burch
William Luedke
Darrel Robinson
Clifton Johnston
Earl Buswell
Henry Funk
Marvin Schirmacher
William Winkelman
Office Closures Observed For Christmas And New Year
The La Crosse office of Wisconsin State Employment Service and the unemployment compensation department will be closed Monday December 26 and Monday January 2 for Christmas and New Year holidays. Denmark, the smallest of the Scandinavian countries, has about 4 500 000 residents.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Unemployment Compensation Department
Denmark
Kiwanis Replaces $30 Stolen From Coon Valley Children
The La Crosse Kiwanis Club sent Bonnie Vicki and Phillip Rundhagen each a $10 check after a purse theft in La Crosse. A calf had funded gifts. the incident drew a note from Kiwanis President Eugene A. Toepel urging continued Christian spirit. The club highlighted its long support for farm youth and soil conservation in La Crosse area.
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Julian Rundhagen
Coon Valley
Bonnie
Vicki
Phillip
la Crosse
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Eugene A. Toepel
Toepel
Jesus Christ
Christ
Extra Trains To Be Operated For Holidays
The Milwaukee Road will run additional trains and coaches for Christmas and New Year. The afternoon Hiawatha from Chicago at 1 p.m. on Dec 23 24 and Jan 2 will operate in two sections to Milwaukee and St Paul Minneapolis with intermediate stops. The Minneapolis to Chicago Hiawatha at 12 30 p.m. arriving 7 20 p.m. will run in two sections on Dec 26 and Jan 2, with extra cars on all trains through Jan 3 to handle more passengers.
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Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Milwaukee
St Paul-Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Boy 12 Dies After Tree Fall While Hunting
Ronald R. Triggs, 12, died from head injuries after a 20 foot fall from a tree while retrieving a squirrel he had shot. He had been hunting Tuesday with a new bow and arrow set. his parents reported the accident occurred Wednesday in Madison.
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Madison
Ronald R. Triggs
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