Lagoon Not Safe Skating Risk Delays City Rinks
Parks chief Eugene Fry warned skating at Lagoon is unsafe due to snow ice and unstable ice cover. High temperatures hinder freezing. at Powell Park rink cold Friday night or Saturday could allow limited openings, with crews standing by for other rinks while cautioning parents not to skate on the river or lagoon.
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Parks and Recreation Department
Eugene Fry
Fry
Tribune
Parks and Recreation
Powell Park
Program At Bible Baptist Christmas Program Sunday
Bible Baptist Sunday school presents its annual Christmas program Sunday at 3 p.m. The nursery and beginners directed by Mrs. James Hall perform Christmas Candies and Songs of Jesus. Primary junior depart ment under Mrs. Hiram Phillips showcases Christmas Symbols and The Shepherds Live Again. Intermediate department presents The Story of the Christmas Carols directed by Mrs. C. H. Seecamp. Sunday school superintendent Mrs. Walter Lamb says the event is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Baptist Sunday School
James Hall
Jesus
Hiram Phillips
C. H. Seecamp
Walter Lamb
One Obstacle Remains In McGuffey Dispute
Kenosha Wisconsin editors report that the main impasse in the Lakewood Elementary School case is whether McGuffey readers may be used only at the discretion of the teacher. Plaintiffs' attorney Ed Zahn and board counsel Sid Richardson agreed to the clause in a conference with state official Angus Rothwell and Judge M Eugene Baker, but the board rejected it in writing. A further meeting with the judge before Christmas was hoped for.
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Zahn
Snow forecast for Coulee Region and Tri-State Area
Fresh snow and a white Christmas are forecast for the Coulee Region with hazardous driving possible Friday night due to blowing and drifting snow. Snow, cold and possible four inches in Iowa by Saturday morning. travel warnings urged as Arctic air moves in from the Dakotas.
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Coulee
U.S
la Crosse Municipal
Tri-State
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ladysmith
Wisconsin Rapids
Wautoma
New London
Rhinelander
State
Weather Bureau
la Crosse
Duluth
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Madison
Lone Rock
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Middlewest
Missouri Valley
Great Lakes
Mauston and Sparta Meet in Friday Basketball Broadcast
Radio highlights announce WCOW-FM Sparta at 8 p.m. with Mauston vs. Sparta basketball game coverage.
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Wcow-Fm
Sparta
Mauston
Oktoberfest Group Is Incorporated in Wisconsin
The Oktober fest Corp. formed with the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce as agent has set a four day program for Oct 4 7 1963 and netted 4794 from 41153 receipts. One half of profit funds recreation and promotion with the rest for next year. The group filed Articles of Incorporation to serve civic charitable educational goals and avoid dividends. D J Petruccelli is initial agent and Joseph D Becker is incorporator and board member.
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Oktoberfest
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Oktoberfest Corp
Greater la Crosse
Milwaukee
Claude Thornhill
la Crosse County
D. J. Petruccelli
Chamber
Joseph D. Becker
Festmaster
Carl J. Mertens
Robert F. Abbott
Bruce Hines
Robert K. Mehren
Ross E. Hunt
Arthur Dugan
Harold E. Lee
Gerald A. Heberlein
Donald D. Dickinson
Robert J. McCann
Aggression Linked to Abnormal Brain Wave in Teens
Wisconsin psychiatrist Dr. Sherwyn M. Woods reports an abnormal brain wave pattern in some teens who commit murder and other violence. He says the abnormality amplifies aggression but does not trigger violence and tends to fade with age. no effective treatment is known.
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Chicago
University of Wisconsin
Sherwyn M. Woods
Wisconsin Medical School
Woods
General Psychiatry
American Medical Association
Arson Suspect Sought After UW Campus Fires
Madison police and fire investigators say they have no tips about who started four minor fires Tuesday night on the University of Wisconsin campus. The blazes occurred in Bascom and Birge halls open to the public, with Capt. George Stanek noting no late night suspects have emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Bascom
Birge
George Stanek
Damages Awarded to Holmen Couple in 1960 Collision
A La Crosse circuit court jury awarded George and Ethel Wittenberg eight thousand eight hundred eighty dollars and ninety one cents for a June 5 1960 traffic accident near County Highway S and Highway 157. Mrs Wittenberg receives four thousand five hundred for pain and disability. past medical expenses total two thousand four hundred seventeen dollars and twenty one cents with future one thousand two hundred. vehicle loss three hundred thirteen dollars and seventy cents. plus four hundred fifty for loss of her husband’s services and companionship. Jury members included Donald Cassel Julian M Anderson and Rose Wurm among others from La Crosse. Clerk Carl Schnick noted the full panel was excused until Wednesday morning.
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la Crosse
Holmen
George E
Ethel Wttenberg
Frederick Kramer
Rural Mutual Casualty Insurance Co
Wittenberg
Lincoln Neprud
Donald Cassel
Onalaska
Julian M. Anderson
Bangor
Rose Wurm
Margaret Voelker
Eva Schreiber
Stanley L. Anderson
Blanche Ashland
Ivadelle Coughlin
Margaret Kelly
Hazel Malin
Charles Lang
Daisy Lauterbach
Carl F. Schnick
Children’s Choir of Mt Calvary Records Christmas Program
The Mt Calvary Lutheran School children’s choir recorded a half hour radio program to air Christmas Eve at 5 00 and replay Christmas Day at 8 00 on WKTY. It features 11 carols with Rev Lloyd L Lambert narrating in verse. Cynthia Kuecker plays bells. Fred W Hagedorn directs.
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Mt. Calvary Lutheran School
WKTY
Lloyd L. Lambert
Mt. Calvary
Cynthia Kuecker
Fred W. Hagedorn
Lutheran Hospital
Ladies’ Guild
Wisconsin Tax Delays Libyan Bridegroom Wedding
Red tape and tax problems in Wisconsin delay marriage plans for Barbara Hipke 28, a schoolteacher, and Kenneth Driskill 24, her airman fiancé. Their blood tests ride a circuit to Madison and potential five day waiting period waivers hinge on Barbara’s father, Assemblyman Gilbert Hipke, returning from Madison. The couple wed at a Milwaukee bus station before, but formalities persist as Driskill prepares to depart for Japan.
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NEW Holstein
Wisconsin
Barbara Hipke
Kenneth Driskill
Tripoli
Barbara
Libya
Kenneth
Wheelus Air Force Base
New York
Gilbert Hipke
Madison
Milwaukee
Warren
Driskill
Japan
Barlow
Kara
Rotary Christmas party for Emerson School orthopedic pupils
The La Crosse Rotary Club hosted a noon Christmas party in the Crystal Room of Hotel Stoddard for Emerson School Orthopedic Department students. A two part program featured instrumental and vocal numbers directed by Anne Vera and Mrs Mary Dr liner, with gifts from Santa Claus and support from visiting Rotarians and local police officers.
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la Crosse
Rotary Club
Emerson School Orthopedic Department
Crystal Room
Hotel Stoddard
Gene Luening
Karel Cejpek
Donald Stulken
Ted Strehl
Robert Moen
Anne Vera
Mary Druliner
Santa Claus
Emerson
Kenneth Storandt
Leora Ellsworth
Dorothy Poellinger
Myrtle Loftus
Dorothy Cyemanick
Robert Peterson
Harold Johnson
Emil Sciborski
I. H. Pertzsch
Onalaska
Walt Small
Portland
Ore
Henry Schwandt
Herman Tietz
Ray Lemke
Minneapolis
Don Turner
Chicago
Jim Huhn
Athrotar
la Crosse State College
Train Carb Crash Kills Sauk Rapids Woman at Crossing
A Sauk Rapids woman, 31, died at the scene when her car was struck by the Northern Pacific North Coast Limited at a marked Sauk Rapids crossing. Rev John Miller witnessed the crash. The toll for Minnesota highway accidents reached 707 for the year, matching last year’s count. A separate Wabasha crash injured 69 year old Theresa Passe.
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Sauk Rapids
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Donald Betker
Berker
John Miller
Minnesota
Theresa Passe
Wabasha
Adoula Sets Katanga Deadline for Unity Agreement
Premier Cyrille Adoula says Katanga must honor the eight point unity accord by next Wednesday or face action. Tshombe claims ratification by his Cabinet and Assembly is needed, while U.N. involvement and possible force are expected to enforce the agreement.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Tshombe
Elisabethville
U.N
Name Sought For Armed Forces Center
The Army Reserve and National Guard seek a new name for the Onalaska Armed Forces Center to honor distinguished military individuals or groups. Public suggestions with documentation are invited by Jan 10 1962 to the USAR Center at 47 Copeland Ave La Crosse. Move to Onalaska is planned for spring 1962 with dedication in April.
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National Guard
Army Reserve
Armed Forces Center
Onalaska
Raymond H. Marcks
Army Reserve Center
Copeland Ave
Marcks
Usar Center
la Crosse
Copeland Avenue
Montfort Man Dies In Tractor Crash
Irvin Day a 61 year old from Montfort died in a Dodgeville hospital from injuries after his tractor collided with a train at a crossing on Highway 80 near Montfort. The 1961 Wisconsin highway toll stood at 864 with six Iowa County deaths noted this week.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Iowa County
Irvin Day
Montfort
Dodgeville
Highway 80
Appeal Dismissed in Hootman Traffic Case
Judge Lincoln Neprud dismissed the traffic conviction appeal of James R. Hootman of 237 S. 10th St La Crosse returning the case to Police Justice Court for appropriate action. The dismissal followed a party agreement. Hootman was fined 25 dollars plus costs in Police Justice Court for failing to have his vehicle under proper control.
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Lincoln Neprud
James R. Hootman
S. 10Th St
la Crosse
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Lagoon
Bible Baptist To Be Sunday
Gamble Store
Pearl St
Dial
Tri- State
Tri-State Service
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
Westby
McGuffey
Easons
Jay St
la Crosse, Wis
Oktoberfest Group
Children’s Choir of Mt. Calvary Records Program
Oeta
Rotary
Emerson School
Dr. Kare! Cejpek
The
Adoula
Kitona
Ralph Bunche
Joseph Kasavubu
United Nations
Wwity
Washington
Sweet Shop
Caledonia St
Consolidated Builders Supply
la Crescent, Minn
Copan
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