Minnesotans Complete 3923 Mile Snow Scooter Journey
James Angley and Clark Dahlin drove their snow scooters from Vancouver to Maine and into the Atlantic surf, a 3923 mile trip certified by the AAA. They traveled mostly without snow, wore wheel kits lifting skis, and sought permission to use Maine highways banned for low-slung vehicles.
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Portland
Maine
James Angley
Anoka
Clark Dahlin
Cambridge
Vancouver
B. C
American Automobile Association
John H. Reed
Langley
Dahlin
Senior Winter Dance Planned at Memorial School
The Senior Winter Dance will be held in the Memorial School auditorium at 8 p.m. Dec. 29. The event is open to the public with music provided by the George Day Trio.
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Whitehall
Wis
Memorial School
George Day Trio
Golden Weddingville: Burr Oak County’s Golden Couples
Burr Oak Iowa near the Minnesota line hosts a 18 couple gold wedding club. The latest 1966 joiners are George Kruse with his wife and Howard Rollins with his wife in December. Other 1966 joiners include Brayton Whitney and Henry Price in September. Earlier 1965 couples William Erickson with wife Roy Brown joined, plus 1963 pairs Claude Wicks and Dell McMullen. Merle Smith and wife celebrated in May 1964.
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Burr Oak
Iowa
Mabel
Minn
Minnesota
Golden Wedding Club
George Kruse
Howard Rollins
Brayton Whitney
Henry Price
William Erickson
Roy Brown
Claude Wicks
Dell McMullen
Merle Smith
Caledonia Coed Engages In Social Work Practicum
Kathy Schmitz a Caledonia senior at Winona State College participates in a field practicum for a social work course. She works with local agencies including welfare departments juvenile division YMCA YWCA Catholic Charities and Boy Scouts receiving classroom study and 4 to 5 hours of agency work weekly. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Schmitz.
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Caledonia, Minn
Kathy Schmitz
Caledonia
Winona State College
Winona State
Police Department
Watkins Memorial Home
YMCA
YWCA
Catholic Charities
Boy Scouts
Miss Schmitz
Joseph Schmitz
Soviet Lands Mostly North Of Minnesota
A concise note observes that most of the Soviet Union lies north of Minnesota, highlighting latitude contrasts between the northern extent of the USSR and the U.S. state.
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Soviet Union
Minnesota
Retired Soldiers To Teach ROTC At Waukegan High
Two area retired Army men will instruct the junior and sophomore ROTC program at Waukegan Township High School starting January 3. Lt. Col. Verde Bennett of Clifton and Sgt. Major Merle Woodliff of Sparta will teach basic military subjects. The school, in Sparta, Illinois, enrolls about 2,000 students.
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Sparta
Wis
Waukegan Township
Illinois
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
Verde Bennett
Clifton
Merle Woodliff
Bennett
Lions Club gifts funds for school projector in Christmas setup
The Black River Falls Lions Club gave a check to Supt Verne Brown of the Jackson County home to help buy a movie projector. Additional funds came from a bowling tournament run with Pine Lanes and Radio WWIS. The projector was installed in time for Christmas.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lions Club
Verne Brown
Jackson County
Pine Lanes
Radio Wwwis
Luther College Receives Endowed Scholarship
Decorah Iowa Mrs Anna Hong Rutt of Baton Rouge Louisiana endows the Engebret Nelson Sebo Hong Scholarship at Luther College in memory of her father a 1871 graduate. The fund supports annual scholarships for Norway residents majoring in language and literature education social sciences mathematics or natural sciences. Hong scholar this year is Dagfin Riddervold Oslo Norway a Luther senior and Kris Telig Gymnasium graduate who has made the dean’s list.
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Decorah
Iowa
Luther College
Anna Hong Rutt
Baton Rouge
Engebret Nelson
Sebo) Hong
Rutt
Luther
Norway
Hong
Dagfin Riddervold
Oslo
Kristelig Gymnasium
Riddervold
Northwestern University
Idaho State College
University of Southern California
University of California Extension
University of California Los Angeles
University of Washington
Iowa State Teachers
Columbia University
Norman Rutt
Louisiana State University
3M Plans Alexandria Plant To Employ About 100
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. buys a 53 acre site in Alexandria to build a 58000 square foot plant for fabricating and packaging coated abrasive products. Construction starts next spring with completion expected in early 1968. About 20 workers to begin at temporary Ketcham Building facility. plant manager is Richard G. Faleide.
Minnesota ballot still not ready for the computer age
The Minnesota Voting Machine Commission refused to authorize continued use of the Harris IBM Votomatic system in Bloomington and Coon Rapids. It cited high spoiled ballots, voter intent uncertainty, and fraud risk from computer tabulation, while inviting IBM to revise and reapply for experimental use.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Voting Machine Commission
Twin Cities
Bloomington
Coon Rapids
IBM
Minnesotan Receives Posthumous Carnegie Medal for Heroism
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded a bronze medal posthumously to Donald N. Harwood 38 of Pine Bend Minnesota for losing his life June 15 while saving his boss Ernest T. Hilborn 39 of the same ammonia plant in a nitrogen filled manhole. Harwood will have his widow Hastings Minnesota receive 60 dollars monthly for up to five years or until remarries. Also honored was Near Herron 39 of Williston North Carolina with bronze and 750 dollars for rescuing a man from a burning garage after jet fuel exploded.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Minnesota
Donald N. Harwood
Pine Bend
Minn
Harwood
Hilborn
Carnegie Commission
Herron
Williston
N.C
Boy Scouts Awarded At Whitehall Court of Honor
In Whitehall Wisconsin Troop 78 of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church held a Court of Honor advancing members to second class and awarding Tenderfoot and merit badges. Recipients included Mike Burkhart Steve Dascher Greg Jurowski Gary Pientek Mark Shepherd Bruce Larson Mark Risberg and others. John Boehm John Staats and Andy Johnson earned the one mile swim badge. Scoutmaster John Brown and advancement chairman Ralph Rasmuson presided as Ray Steuernager of Blair was reelected district chairman and Rasmuson commissioner of the Buffalo Decorah district which serves 1103 boys across 22 packs 23 troops and 7 posts.
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Whitehall, Wis
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Mike Burkhart
Steve Dascher
Greg Jurowski
Gary Pientek
Mark Shepherd
Bruce Larson
Mark Risberg
Jim Ritland
Andy Johnson
Brian Nordhagen
David Knudtson
John Ritland
Don Nelson
Wayne Knudson
John Boehm
John Staats
John Brown
Ralph Rasmuson
Advancement Committee
Buffalo-Decorah
Ray Steuernager
Blair
Rasmuson
Joint Installation Planned By Lodges
Coral Rebecca Lodge will hold a joint installation with Trempealeau Valley Lodge 249 Tuesday January 10. Elected by the Coral Lodge were Mrs Inga Jahr noble grand Amy Kins vice grand Mrs Helen Hanson recording secretary Laura Thompson financial secretary Mrs Theodore Duebert treasurer and Mrs H N Larson trustee.
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Whitehall
Wis
Coral Rebecca Lodge
Trempealeau Valley Lodge
Coral Lodge
Inga Jahr
Noble Grand
Amy Kins
Helen Hanson
Laura Thompson
Theodore Duebert
H. N. Larson
Cigarette Sales By Dispenser To Minors Illegal
ST. PAUL AP It is illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone under 18 even through a vending machine according to Atty. Gen. Robert W. Mattson. He said the person in charge of the place with the machine can be prosecuted. The ruling answers Faribault City Atty. Johnson’s question. Under state law furnishing tobacco to a minor can bring up to 30 days in jail or a $50 fine. The operator is responsible when a business allows a machine on the premises.
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Faribault City
Winston C. Johnson
Johnson
Mattson
Far East Course Slated In Caledonia
Wina na State College will offer a course titled The Far East in our modern world at Caledonia High School starting Monday January 9. Each class begins at 7 p.m. and is designed for graduate or undergraduate students. Enrollment available at Caledonia High School until capacity is reached.
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Caledonia, Minn
Winona State College
Far East
Caledonia High School
Replica Old Church Hangs From Halfway Creek Church Ceiling
In Holmen Wisconsin a replica of the first Lutheran Church on Halfway Creek is suspended from the basement ceiling of the present Halfway Creek Church. The original 1868 church and the 1913 Lutheran Church stood near the Halfway Creek Cemetery on the Oscar Lee farm. The replica was carved by Nels Tolvstad before his death. The site marks Luther College’s cradle at the Lee farm, once a Norwegian college. a fire in 1860 destroyed the parsonage and 1912 burned the first church.
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Halfway Creek
Holmen
Nels Tolvstad
Wis
Pioneer Church
Oscar Lee
Lee
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
Halfway Creek Lutheran
Uncas Leads Mohegan Rebellion After Pequot Chiefdom
Uncas, once a Pequot chief, later rebelled and established his own tribe named Mohegan. The move created a distinct indigenous group with its own identity and leadership.
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Uncas
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