La Crosse Schools Embrace Peacetime Literacy Challenge
La Crosse Public Schools pressed to raise literacy standards in 1946 after wartime duties, with 19 veterans returning as teachers at Logan Central and Lincoln schools. The district partners with University of Wisconsin clinic for reading support and updates handwriting, health, safety, and citizenship programs across 13 schools.
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America
la Crosse
Army
Navy
D. E. Field
Arthur Bronson
Frank Italiano
William Spears
Marold Blank
Logan High School
Kenneth Hough
al Mikelson
Willard Hanson
Val Butterwick
Dwaine Anderexe
Central High School
F. W. Edwards
Robert Roelligete Stephens
Lincoln
University of Wisconsin Reading Clinic
University Clinic
Wisconsin
WKBH Increases Power to 5000 Watts for Anniversary
Radio station WKBH marks 26 years by boosting output from 1000 to 5000 watts at its Gillette street site near US 16. The move expands coverage at 8 am on Oct 27 and reduces noise in closer areas. Plans call for a 10000 watt FM station later, with a 390 foot antenna atop a bluff near Stoddard.
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WKBH
Gillette Street Road
U. S. Highway No. 16
Howard Dahl
Mormon Coulee Road
South Crosse
Stoddard
Federal Communications Commission
Retrenchment Policy Slows Upper Mississippi River Work
Col. W. K. Wilson Jr of the St. Paul district U S Army Engineers said construction on the upper Mississippi nine foot channel is drastically curtailed due to war expenditures cuts. He pledged to maintain pool levels for fish and wildlife while outlining progress on lock and dam No 2 at Hastings and planned work for 1947 48 with funds limited and many projects deferred.
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Mississippi River
W. K. Wilson, Jr
St. Paul
U. S. Army
la Crosse
Hastings
Minn
Col. Wilson
Department
St. Anthony Falls
Minneapolis
Congress
Badger State Sportsmen's Club
War Department
Nord
Proper Direction Of Teen-Agers Advocated To Curb Delinquency
County Probation Officer urges parental involvement to curb teen delinquency in La Crosse. He cites cases of immoral conduct and runaways among youths, urges parents to supervise teens’ contact, vehicles, and curfews, and stresses 24 hour responsibility through home guidance and collaboration with schools and churches.
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la Crosse
Plan Hearing On Cheese Holding Rule In Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture will hold a hearing January 16 at Beaver Dam on a request by brick cheese makers to shorten holding orders. Director Milton H. Button says the industry seeks 14 day winter and 10 day summer limits trimmed to seven days to reduce shrinkage improve rind color and speed cash returns.
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Madison
State Department of Agriculture
Beaver Dam
Milton H. Button
Department
Button
Railroads Hit 1946 Freight Tonnage Record in La Crosse
The Burlington Milwaukee and North Western lines boosted La Crosse freight by 2 708 carloads in 1946, a nine percent rise from 1945. inbound shipments rose by 3 654 while outbound fell 946 due to Allis Chalmers strike. The year saw 87 016 tons moved in less-than-carload lots and plans for many new cars to arrive.
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la Crosse
Burlington, Milwaukee and North Western
Association of American Railroads
Allis-Chalmers Company
Japs Exaggerated Quake Casualty Toll
Two American health officers said that Japan's central region quake and tidal wave caused localized damage but not a national disaster. They found reports of minor damage inflated casualty tallies but confirmed 1 289 killed 2 364 injured and 30 missing after a week of inspection.
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Tokyo
Japan
Lucius Thomas
Paso Robles
Calif
Charles Lecket
Santa Monica
County Boards Group Declines To Seek More Road Funds
MADISON Wisconsin advisory committee of the County Board association says it will not ask the legislature for higher highway aids now. The group will “go slow” on teacher and school aid until other groups are aided. Thelen notes highway aid increases could hamper the state’s road program.
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Madison
Wisconsin County Board Association
A. J. Thelen
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Sharon Davison
Wood
Tribene
Kenneth Christenson
Avon
Richard Schaefer
R. J
Onalaska
Duane Wenzel
Prospect
Aquinas
Logan High
Forum
Tribune
Beverly Hollett
Green Acres
Mark Sutton
South 22Nd
Nancy Hanson
Jackson
Joseph Michalke
Dahl
Coulee
Coat Wkbh
Hasting
Warren H. Nord
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ing Fish and Wildlife
Minette Sprain
Wiggert Bros
Jay St
South Front Street
County Boards Group
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