Luther College Receives 23330 NSF Science Grant
Luther College in Decorah Iowa has been awarded a 23330 National Science Foundation grant for a cooperative college school science program. The five week summer institute begins June 15 and ends July 17 with three additional academic year days. Seventy two high school juniors and 10 teachers will join under Dr George Knudson for courses in mathematics and one of astronomy biology or chemistry with research oriented lab work or independent study.
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Decorah
Iowa
Luther College
National Science Foundation
Luther
George Knudson
Luther Chemistry Department
Vernon County Medical Group Picks Officers
Dr. Joseph Syty of Viroqua is elected president of the Vernon County Medical Society. Dr. Connie Lee of La Crosse serves as vice president and Dr. Carl Ender of Viroqua as secretary-treasurer. The group donates 1250 dollars to the state medical society foundation for student loans and scholarships at Wisconsin and Marquette universities.
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Viroqua
Wis
Joseph Syty
Vernon County Medical Society
Connie Lee
la Farge
Carl Ender
State Medical Society
University of Wisconsin
Marquette University
Methodists Change Place Of Service In Dakota Minnesota
The Christmas Communion candle light service moves to Dresbach Methodist Church from Dakota Church. Rev Homer Munson and wife announce an open house in the new parsonage in La Crescent from 7 30 to 9 30 p m on New Year s Eve and 1 30 to 4 30 p m New Year s Day.
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Dakota, Minn
Dresbach Methodist Church
Dakota Church
Homer Munson
New Parsonage
la Crescent
Ettrick Creamery to be rebuilt after blaze
Ettrick Wisconsin will rebuild its 73 year old cooperative creamery on the same site after a Wednesday night fire. Secretary A L Ofsdahl said crews will erect new brick walls while repair work proceeds. Milk and butter operations have been redirected to Arcadia and Fountain City plants while cleanup continues.
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Ettrick
Wis
Ettrick Cooperative Creamery
A. L. Ofsdahl
Melvin Solberg
Ofsdahl
Sever Folkedahl
Ettrick Fire Department
Fountain City Cooperative Creamery
Vernon Severson
Raymond Lien
Donovan Larson
Haaken Erickson
Arcadia
Hercules Stops Bulldozer At Roman Roadside Find
A parked old Hercules machine halted a new bulldozer on a road near Rome when its blade struck earth. Workmen uncovered a heavy sarcophagus carved with Hercules pictorials, dated by archaeologists to the third century A.D.
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Rome
Hercules
Record Hop Set At West Salem
A post Christmas record hop sponsored by La Crosse County 4-H leaders will be at West Salem High School Gym on Friday December 27 from 7 30 to 11 p m. The event is open to all teenagers from Coulee Conference schools in La Crosse County and Pete Lakin provides the music.
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West Salem
Wis
la Crosse County
West Salem High School
Coulee
Pete Lakin
Krohn Hospital to Become Black River Community Hospital
Black River Falls Wisconsin physicians plan to transform Krohn Hospital into Black River Community Hospital on Jan 1. The non profit Black River Falls Community Corporation will administer and seek Hill Burton grants Blue Cross membership and gifts. The staff includes Dr John Noble Dr John Krohn Dr Robert Krohn Dr Eugene Krohn Dr Richard Holder Dr Roland Thurrow and others. The hospital will rise from eight to fifty beds and bills will be separate for clinic and hospital services.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Krohn Hospital
Krohn Clinic and Hospital
Black River
Black River Falls Community Corporation
John Noble
John Krohn
Robert Krohn
Eugene Krohn
Richard Holder
Roland Thurrow
Mary Ann McDonald
Edger Olson
Louis I. Drecktrah
Luther College hosts student art collection display
J Thomas Lee of Goldfield Iowa lends his art holdings to Luther College Union Gallery in Decorah Iowa for public viewing. The exhibition spans engraving etching color woodcut watercolor and oil with works offered at reasonable campus prices. Edith Halpert notes Midwest art market growth during Iowa City festival.
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Decorah
Iowa
Luther College Centennial Union Gallery
J. Thomas Lee
Goldfield
Luther
Union Gallery
Edith Gregor Halpert
New York
Iowa City
Midwest
City Officers’ Terms Expire Next Spring
City Clerk Mor ris Orlich reports the mayor and eight city officers including a treasurer and attorney will have terms expire next spring. Nomination papers must be filed by 5 p.m. on Tuesday Jan 28. Expiring offices include Mayor Earl Hardy and four ward aldermen plus the city marshal.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Morris Orlich
Earl Hardy
Margaret Johnson
Louis I. Drecktrah
Alfred Young
Norman Raynum
Fred Haralson
William Radcliffe
Garth Thomas
Blair Legion Seeks Dress Uniforms At Christmas Dance
Blair Wisconsin hosts an American Legion Christmas dance in city hall on Friday December 27. Any Legionnaire in at least half of his old service uniform will enter free. A hospitality room for Legion and Auxiliary members will be open in the redecorated meeting room on the building’s lower floor.
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Blair
Wis
American Legion
District Scout Officers Elected At Annual Meet
CASHTON Wis The Kicka poo Blackhawk District of Boy Scouts of America elected officers at its annual meeting Walter Weihrouch Westby district chairman Vic Bakke Westby vice chairman Gordon Bishop Viroqua district commissioner Roland Felix and Robert Roach Viroqua Bill Breuer Gays Mills Moe Shiha ta Prairie du Chien members at large Ralph Leum Westby received a plaque for long service John Bjorge La Crosse schools superintendent was guest speaker Bennet Smallman Viroqua district scout field executive also spoke
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Cashton
Wis
Kickapoo-Blackhawk
Boy Scouts of America
Walter Weihrouch
Westby
Vic Bakke
Gordon Bishop
Viroqua
Roland Felix
Robert Roach
Bill Breuer
Gays Mills
Moe Shihata
Duane Thornburg
Prairie du Chien
Ralph Leum
John Bjorge
la Crosse
Bennet Smallman
High church membership reported in Knoxville area
A Southern Baptist survey specialist Orrin Morris of Atlanta reports that more than 84 percent of Knoxville's 200,000 residents over age nine are church members, a figure in the nation's top tier while the national average stands at about 63.4 percent.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville
Orrin Morris
Atlanta
Southern Baptist Survey
Sparta Man's D Day Cable In Museum
Newsweek war correspondent Kenneth Crawford deposited a D Day cable in the State Historical Society Madison center. The June 6 1944 invasion account, more complete than the published story, was written from the first wave at the Bay of Seine and featured in the June 19 issue.
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Madison
Newsweek
Kenneth Crawford
Mass Communications Center
State Historical Society
Crawford
Sparta
Society
Leslie H. Fisher Jr
Newsweek London
Bay of Seine Beach
Furnace Blaze In 20 Below Zero at Alma Center Farm
Firemen from Alma Center and Humbird were called to John Schroeder’s farm home 1.5 miles west of Alma Center after the furnace blower ignited. The fire caused mainly smoke damage but the extreme 20 below zero temperature made conditions uncomfortable for volunteers.
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Alma Center
Wis
John Schroeder
Humbird
Bids Open To Remodel PO In Trempealeau
Trempealeau Wisconsin bids to remodel the Trempealeau post office site must be submitted before February 3, 1964. The facility will measure 1100 square feet of interior space 80 square feet of platform and 2000 square feet of paved area. The winner will lease to the Post Office Department for five years with two two year renewal options.
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Trempealeau
Wis
Cong
Lester Johnson
John Gronouski
Washington, D.C
Post Office Department
Marvin W. Clem
Regional Post Office Department
Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis 2
Minn
Photographer Philip LeVine Dies After Long NY Daily News Career
Philip Le Vine aged 62 a longtime photojournalist for the New York Daily News died on Monday after retiring in October. He documented major events with the newspaper and left a lasting legacy in sports and city news photography.
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NEW York (Ap
Philip Levine
New York Daily News
Keller pleads guilty to issuing three bad checks
In Whitehall Michael W. Keller 22 of Tomah pleaded guilty to three counts of writing checks under the name A H Johnson. He received 30 days per count to run concurrently under the Huber Law and was ordered to pay court costs.
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Whitehall
Wis
Michael W. Keller
Tomah
A. L. Twesme
Keller
Orris Klundby
A. H. Johnson
Blair
Herried Hardware
Gamble
Huber
Lois Tompkins
Garfield
Jackson County
Nyle Tompkins
Elk Creek
Trempealeau County
Merrill Farr
Eau Claire
Ettrick Church Bell To Ring In Christmas
Living Hope Lutheran Church in Ettrick Wisconsin tolls its bell from 4 30 to 5 p m on Christmas Eve to chime the season A candlelight carol service is at 11 p m the bell rings at midnight a 9 a m Christmas Day festival service follows A family fellowship night coffee hour and watch night service occur on New Year Eve into New Year.
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Ettrick
Wis
Living Hope Lutheran Church
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