City Starts Search For Bigger, better water Supply
La Crosse launches a 1950 program for a larger water supply. A new well at Losey Green Bay street, two test wells, and plans for a third test well are funded. Units wells advised by state geologist E F Bean guide site choices and future development.
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la Crosse
E. F. Bean
Losey
Lee
Losey Green Bay
Layne-Northwest Co
Milwaukee
Losey and Green Bay
Henry Ahrens
Bean
Only Woman In City Naval Unit Recalled
La Crosse's sole female member of the surface division at the local naval reserve training center is ordered to report for active duty at Great Lakes Kil on January 29. Geneva Banks, a geography teacher at La Crosse State Teachers College, earned first class personnel trainer rating and previously served as a link trainer instructor in World War II. She holds BA and MA degrees and hopes for a commission during this next period of service.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Naval Reserve Training Center
Great Lakes
Kil
la Crosse State Teachers College
Geneva Banks
Minneapolis
Miss Banks
Teachers College
Navy Reserve
la Crosse Navy Reserve Training Center
Banks
Navy
Corpus Christi
Tex
Thieves Strip Disabled Veteran’s Home in Westwood
Westwood Massachusetts. Miss Catherine O Riley a totally disabled paraplegic and former Wac long saved to build a home here. On moving day she found thieves had stripped the dwelling of all furnishings leaving only a bedroom set.
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Westwood
Mass
Catherine O'Riley
Wac
Ham's Appeal for Ham Radio Love Amid Prague Tuberculosis Tale
A Czech teen recovering in Prague is linked to a radio ham story as a young man appeals on air for a fiancé amid tuberculosis reports. The fragment hints at personal romance intersecting early broadcasting and public health concerns.
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Prague
Northern States Power Plans Many Area Projects in 1951
Northern States Power Company outlines extensive 1951 works in the La Crosse area. Projects include rerouting the Stoddard 12,000 volt line behind the Lutheran hospital, a new underground vault near Jay street, and a 4,000 volt feeder to the Trane Co. plant. Construction also covers a 6,900 volt line rebuild between Barre Mills and St. Joseph's ridge, a new substation near Cataract, and numerous underground system upgrades.
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Northern States Power Company
Northern States Power Co
John G. Felton
Lutheran Hospital
Ward Avenue
Third
Fourth Streets
Jay Street
16Th and
Green Bay Streets
Trane Co
Barre Mills
St. Joseph’s Ridge
Cataract
Wis
la Crosse
Felton
Winona
16Th
Green Bay Street
Fairgrounds
Caledonia Street
Market Square
la Crosse Telephone Co
Seventh and King Streets
North Salem
Five-Year-Old Calls Police In Toy Box Turmoil
In Arcadia California a panicked call led officers to a yard where several youngsters fled. One left behind a five year old who said his friends were not playing fair so he rang for help. The officers contacted his parents and sorted the incident. The piece notes Beatrice Webb first used the term collective bargaining in 1891.
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Arcadia
Calif
Beatrice Webb
Plan to Expand Scout Activity in Gateway Area
Carrol J. Weigel and John Sleik announce a county wide expansion of the Boy Scout program in La Crosse County. A 17 member staff will assist with new units at sponsoring churches or neighboring areas, aiming to complete unit creation by February 1951 and survey schools for interested boys thereafter. Reorganizations may occur due to leadership changes or sponsor interest.
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Carrol J. Weigel
John Sleik
Gateway Area Boy Scout Council
la Crosse County
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Ike
Common Council
la Crosse River
G. Heileman Brewing Co
City
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Britain
Tribene Phote Geneva Banks
George Street
Main Street
Ham
Easthean
Mary Quinlan
Kathleen Mary Quinlan
Quinlan
Eest Avenue
Kay Ashton
Fantle
Chatham
Wilendur Brand
Quaker
Columbia
Rayon Yard
Lacrosse
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