Food Exempt Sales Tax May Be Introduced
Appleton Wisconsin Assemblyman Paul Alfonsi said a general sales tax bill with food exempt may be introduced in 1963. He explained Gov Reynolds will submit a tax bill including income tax increases, while Alfonsi hinted at a sales tax bill with food exemption. Speaker Haase asserted broad support for a sales tax as a fair revenue source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Paul Alfonsi
R-Minocqua
Wisconsin
GOP
Outagamie County
John Reynolds
Alfonsi
Robert Haase
R-Marinette
Haase
Reynolds
Efforts to Keep La Crosse Firm Fail to Retain
La Crosse County Board heard that Standard Design Inc. will move to Black River Falls despite hours spent by County Resource Agent A. J. Francour and others to assist. The firm, once 50 employees strong, had 12 by December and contracts worth 500000. The plant at 216 S. Third St. needed a fireproof building to fulfill government work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Standard Design Inc
Black River Falls
Jerome Klos
West Salem
Klos
A. J. Francour
Standard Design
George Bautsch
S. 3Rd St
Bautsch
Raymond Nibbe
la Crosse 10Th Ward
Public health units offer five day testing in La Crosse
La Crosse will host state mobile health units five days next week testing for lung disorders diabetes and blood pressure variances. Dr. Clinton K. Higgins city health officer lists venues and times including Telephone Corp Garment Co Coulee State Bank Bethany Lutheran Home with registration at marked buildings near the units.
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la Crosse
Clinton K. Higgins
Higgins
Births January 13 son to Mr and Mrs Corder Hampton
Eloise R. Miller formerly of La Crosse reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs E A Corder at 1500 Canavan Drive Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Corder
Canavan Drive
Hampton
Eloise R. Miller
la Crosse
Weather Outlook Brings Mixed Scores Across Cities
A compact summary of regional game scores shows teams like Billings, Bismarck, Boston, Chicago, Denver, and others recording a range of wins and losses. The list includes sudden shifts in momentum with high scoring in some matchups and narrow margins in others, followed by a weather outlook.
Skemp Becomes Seventh Partner at La Crosse Firm
William P. Skemp joins Hale Hale Hanson Schnurrer and Skemp as the seventh partner. A 1958 Marquette Law School graduate, he is a 1952 Aquinas High School alum married to Doris Munster with three children. The firm, at 515 State Bank Building, is now the largest in La Crosse.
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Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Schnurrer and
Skemp
William P. Skemp
Main St
Marquette University Law School
Marquette
St. Mary’s College
Winona
State Bank
la Crosse
Quincy H. Hale
Hale
Thomas Skemp
Ernest Hanson
Rudolph Schnurrer
Robert Skemp
Joseph Becker
Robert
William Skemp
Thomas
Aquinas High School
Doris Munster
Christine
Timothy
Kelly
Theodore Muellenberg of Norwalk Dies at 75
Theodore Muellenberg 75 longtime Norwalk tavern operator died at his son Edward's home in Norwalk. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine's Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation after 2 p.m. Sunday at Ferries Funeral Home. Rosary at 8 p.m. Sunday. He was born May 21, 1887 in Jefferson Town. Survived by two sons Wanda and Edward. a sister Sister Winanda. a brother John. two half sisters Mrs. Emil Janisch and Mrs. Albin Hericks. a half-brother Matthew Muellenberg. 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Wis
Theodore Muellenberg
Edward
Aloysius Baumann
St. Augustine’s Catholic Church
Ferries Funeral Home
Muellenberg
Winand Muellenberg
Jefferson
Theresa von Ruden
St. Mary's Ridge
Winand
Bangor
Win
Traffic Club Annual Dinner in La Crosse 1963
Final arrangements are set for the La Crosse Traffic Club's 10th annual dinner on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Cavalier Inn. Chairmen include Raymond Wetterlin, Willard Larson, Robert Wiggert, Edward Instenes, Richard Markwed, and Kenneth Burke as outgoing president will turn over the gavel to the new president, Wetterlin, for 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Holes In Park Declared Legitimate Protest
Bavaria's state supreme court ruled that digging holes in a public park is a legitimate form of protest. The decision canceled 50 mark fines against three men found digging foxholes in Munich's Maximilian Square last year. They said the act mocked an atomic survival pamphlet and the court affirmed their freedom of expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Bavaria State Supreme Court
Maximilian Square
Break-In Attempt at Schmauch's Drug Store
La Crosse police reported a break-in attempt at Schmauch's drug store at 11th and Market Streets on Friday night. A clerk found the outside rear screen door forced and the inside rear door glass broken, with the door barred on the inside.
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Schmauch’s
11Th
Market Streets
la Crosse
Bank Debits Rise in Minneapolis La Crosse
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis reports December 1962 debits for Minneapolis and La Crosse were 10 percent higher than December 1961. Total 1962 debits rose 18 percent from 1961, indicating continued banking activity growth.
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Minneapolis
Minn
la Crosse Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Obituary: Mrs. Marcus Gunderson of Janesville dies at 47
VIROQUA Wis Mrs Marcus Gunderson 47 formerly of Black River Falls died Thursday She was born in Viroqua She is survived by husband two sons Roger of St Paul and David of Janesville a daughter Mrs Richard Tetzlaff of St Paul parents Mr and Mrs John Wedwick of Viroqua four brothers Wilmer of Viroqua Norman of Westby Arden of Eastside Ore John of Rockford Ill and three sisters Mrs Harold Dahl of La Crosse Mrs Raymond Bogie of Whitewater and Mrs Conrad Fortney of Viroqua Services set for 2 pm Monday at Viroqua Lutheran Church Burial in Viroqua Cemetery Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 Sunday at Overton Funeral Home Janesville and noon to service time Monday in church A prayer service will be at 830
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Viroqua
Wis
Marcus Gunderson
Janesville
Black River Falls
Roger
St. Paul
David
Richard Tetzlaff
John Wedwick
Wilmer
Norman
Westby
Arden
Eastside
Ore
Westby man 54 dies at Viroqua hospital
Everett Morris Hagen of Westby dies Thursday afternoon at Viroqua hospital aged 54. Military services set for Monday 2 p.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with Rev. J. C. Paulsrud officiating. burial in church cemetery. Born October 18 1908 in Westby, he lived here all his life and served in the European Theater during World War II. He worked for Vernon Electric Co-op for many years. Survivors include his father five sisters the twin Mrs Stanley Block and Mrs E L Roberts Mrs L J Hasvold Portland Oregon Mrs Grover Sours Westby and Mrs A M Klages La Crosse and one brother Jerome Westby.
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Westby
Wis
Everrett
Morris Hagen
Viroqua Hospital
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
J. C. Paulsrud
Melvin Hagen
Vernon Electric Co-op
Stanley Block
E. L. Roberts
L. J. Hasvold
Portland
Ore
Grover Sours
A. M. Klages
la Crosse
Jerome
Belice Death Notices Former Black River Falls Nurse
Mrs. Joe Belice 51 of Chicago died Tuesday of a heart attack. Born Evelyn Moon in Winegar Wisconsin, she grew up in Black River Falls and graduated from Black River Falls High School in 1930 before nursing training at Columbia Hospital Milwaukee. She is survived by her husband a sister in Racine an aunt and an uncle in Black River Falls. Services were in Chicago with burial there.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Joe Belice
Chicago
Belice
Evelyn Moon
Winegar
Bert Moen
Black River Falls High School
Columbia Hospital
Milwaukee
Julius Walters
Racine
William Pratt
J. C. Tollock
River Readings Show Flood Stage at La Crosse
La Crosse river readings indicate flood stage at 24 hours. Stations report a 24 hour change with precise times, noting the today level and progression for river management and alerts.
Professor Miller to Speak at Men’s Club Talk
Prof. Albert Miller of St. Teresa's College in Winona will address the First Presbyterian Church Men’s Club after a 6:30 p.m. dinner on Wednesday. Reservations available through the church. Miller, a former review editor, has written for Perspective and Today and taught at multiple colleges while living in Winona with his wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Miller
St. Teresa’s College
Winona
Minn
First Presbyterian Church
Miller
St. Teresa
Critic
Thomas More Association
Chicago
Thomas More
UCLA
de Paul University
University of Chicago
Ave Maria
Winona State College
Viterbo College
la Crosse
Use Tax Forms Are Available In Wisconsin Office
Use tax forms for purchases made out of state are available in the La Crosse office. The use tax is three percent of the purchase price. Forms for declaring the tax are in the courthouse office of state tax auditor Ray Gilson. taxpayers may mail a check to the central office or drop to a local office with a letter. The tax aims to match revenue if bought in Wisconsin and to equalize retailers with border competitors.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Tax Department
Wisconsin
State Tax
Ray Gilson
Gilson
W. Gorham St
Madison 2
Department
Bates Files For Mayor Primary Set In Three Man Race
James P. Bates filed papers for mayor joining Richard Becker Warren Loveland and Harold Otto in a late Friday field. Bates, a former 6th Ward alderman of 2250 S. 14th St. and Allis Chalmers employee, joins other candidates who filed before January 29. Two candidates will advance to the March primary, with the remaining two facing off in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Bates
Bates
S. 14Th St
Allis Chalmers
6Th Ward
Richard Becker
S. 13Th St
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Warren Loveland
2Nd Ward
Harold Otto
Sparta Youths Given Probation
Ronald Sutton and Marvin Dinger both from Sparta were placed on probation to the State Department of Public Welfare by Judge Lambert Hansen after waiving juvenile jurisdiction. They faced charges for taking 155 dollars from a 13 year old who had cashed a check for his mother in a Sparta restaurant. sentence was withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Ronald Sutton
Marvin Dinger
State Department of Public Welfare
Lambert Hansen
Stamp Revenue Increases At PO
Revenues from sale of stamps stamped envelopes and similar postal matter totaled 1 039 821 during calendar year 1962 compared with 1 024 750 in 1961, assistant Postmaster Ralph H Topel said Friday. He noted the figure excludes money order fees and miscellaneous receipts, which include commissions from sale of refused perishable merchandise and other items.
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Ralph H. Topel
Topel
Storck files papers for 14th Ward alderman bid
Curtis J. Storck a lawyer of 2211 King Street filed Friday afternoon his nomination papers seeking re election as alderman of the 14th Ward Storck is a attorney at law and appears set to seek another term.
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Curtis J. Storck
King Sr
Storck
Amish Parents Face Arrest Over School Laws in Iowa County
Independence Iowa AP The showdown over northern Buchanan County Amish private schools resumes with parents slated for court action for not sending children to state approved schools. J J Jorgensen says 7 to 10 families face up to 20 dollars fine or seven days in jail per offense.
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Independence
Iowa
Buchanan County
J.J. Jorgensen
Jorgensen
William O’connell
Hazleton
O'Connell
First Baptist Church Holds 110th Annual Meeting
The 110th annual meeting of First Baptist Church was held Wednesday in the church fellowship hall at West Ave and Main St. Membership rose to 330, up 25 from a 1926 peak of 334, with Sunday school attendance up 11 percent. Officers elected include Moderator Jerald Wittenberg and many board, committee, and usher positions.
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First Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall
West Ave
Main St
Jerald Wittenberg
Clarence Rezek
Myrtle Moore
Doris Lange
Building Fund
Donald E. Neumann
John E. Johnson
Walter Reschlein
Russell Holman
Matt Moser
Olga Caspersen
Board of Christian Education
Albert Dannhoff
George Morrell
Andrew Stangl
Harold Scholberg
Art Bruner
Main
Floyd Harbold
Baptist Evening Fellowship
Hwy
E H. Pals
Southside
10Th and
Adams
Leo Hill
First Church OF Christ Scientist
King
Irst Evangelical
Cameron
Fritz H. Miller
W. Godfrey
Grace Evangelical
Ward Ave
South 26Th
Immanuel Evangelical
St. Paul and Avon
Walter E. Gutzke
MT. Calvary Evangelical
16Th and
Park Ave
Lloyd Lambert
Holy Communion
ST. Paul's Evangelical
Sand Lake Rd
Onalaska
Wayne Schmidt
4Th Ave. N
David A. Passet
Gomer Finch
Methodist Youth Fellowship
ST. Luke’s
Caledonia St
Lee H. Holmes
Wesley
8Th and
Edwin P. Sheppard
WKBH
School of Missions
Local churches list and schedules across La Crosse area
A long listing of many churches with their addresses pastors service times and programs including Sabbath and Sunday worship Sunday school Bible study prayer meetings and special services across denominations such as Seventh Day Adventist Assembly of God Catholic parishes Church of Christ Lutheran and more in La Crosse and nearby towns with mixed daily and weekly offerings and events.
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First Assembly OF God
16Th and
Ferry
Donald Skaggs
First Church OF Christ
8Th and
Cass
Don Robinson
Charles Street Church OF Christ—Charles and Logan
Burdette W. Wakeman
WLCX
Church OF Christ
Leonard E. Weldon
Church OF Jesus Christ
George and Sill
Apostolic Tabernacle
Liberty and Sill
Arthur Mansur
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Christianson 77
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Christianson 77 of 1922 Kane Street who died in a local hospital Friday will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Dickinson Funeral Home Rev Leland Evenson will officiate and burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery Friends may call at 4 p.m. at the funeral home
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Emma Christianson
Kane St
Dickinson Funeral Home
Leland Evenson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Welfare Sunday Observed in Nine La Crosse Churches
Lutheran Welfare Sunday will be observed in nine La Crosse area churches with guest speakers from Lutheran Welfare Service of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Speakers include Revs. E. T. Anderson, Soine Torma, E. T. Roe, Finn Hansen, Quentin Goodrich, Armand Nordgren, G. W. Lokensgard, M. E. Silseth, and Henry Krikau, reflecting the social welfare arm of the National Lutheran Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Welfare
la Crosse Area
Lutheran Welfare Service
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
National Lutheran Council of Churches
la Crosse
E. T. Anderson
Bethel
Soine Torma
Good Shepherd
Bourguiba accuses Algeria in plot against Tunisia
Tunis president Habib Bourguiba told a rally that the recent attempt on his life involved Algeria. He announced the recall of Tunisia’s ambassador to Algiers and warned that Tunisia would tighten its border with Algeria while seeking a restored but respectful relationship. He blamed Premier Ben Bella’s policies and said not all Algerian officials were involved.
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Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
Algeria
Algiers
Bourguiba
Tunisia
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Weather Record Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa forecast details
Wisconsin sees occasional snow tonight with four inch lake shore accumulations near Lake Michigan and colder north west areas. Minnesota cloudy with snow and drifting, turning colder. Iowa partly to mostly cloudy with east snow end and strong northerly winds and two to four inches in the east. Sunrise Sunday 7 33 a m sunset 4 59 p m moon rise 1 49 a m degree days 71 total 3692 last year 3844 normal 3800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Patient and Doctor Die Of Heart Attacks
In Chicago a physician and his patient died of heart attacks within minutes of each other on Friday. Mrs. August Quiss, 83, suffered a heart attack and died after ambulance arrival at Belmont Hospital. Dr. James Leach, 71, arrived to treat her and died in the emergency room ten minutes later.
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Chicago
August Quiss
Belmont Hospital
James Leach
Tve
Raising of the widow's son featured in Sunday service
A Christian Science service Sunday will present Luke's account of the widow's son raised from death with a lesson-sermon on life. The golden text cites Matthew 4 4 about living by every word from God. Readings from Science and Health emphasize sacred Scriptures and spiritual understanding lifting humanity from disease and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke
Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
Universalist Church History To Be Presented
The La Crosse Universalist Church history program to be presented by Mrs. Arthur Hebberd at the YWCA fellowship meeting at 10:30 a.m. Sunday includes notes on the church founded in 1860 and dissolved in 1930 and mentions trustees Mrs. James Davis Paul Schuster Kenneth Fish Gunnar A. Gundersen. The association formed in 1961 unites American and Universalist churches. A roll call will occur after a coffee hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship OF
LA Crosse
YWCA
West Ave
la Crosse Universalist Church
Arthur Hebbered
St. Paul’s Universalist Church
S. S. Hebberd
Arthur Hebberd
James Davis
Paul Schuster
Kenneth Fish
Gunnar A. Gundersen
Davis
Charles Harder
Alf Gundersen
Robert May
Phyllis Grams
Fred de Wit
Alice Overson
Unitarian Universalist Association
Boston
American Unitarian Association
Universalist Church of America
la Crosse Fellowship
Viola church to hold annual congregational meeting
Viola Wisconsin. The Viola EUB Church will hold its annual congregational meeting after a noon potluck on Sunday. Officers will be elected and reports given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola, Wis
Viola Eub
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Linda Wittenberg
Oldin Bratland
John Caspersen
A. J. Engebretson
R. Falkenstein
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Vernon Curtis
Henry Dahl
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Falkenstein
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Harry Lohman
Dick Lyons
Les Pegra
Adventist
John Holstein
Assembly of God
Temple
N. Salem Rd
Loomis
Lloyd Mooney
Temple Baptist Bible Institute
North American Bible
7Th and Ferry
C. H. Seecamp
Southern Baptist Emmanuel Baptist
Losey Blvd
Denton, Coulee State Bank
James Fox
ST. Joseph’s Cathedral
Joseph Kundinger
Constant Chilicki
James J. Falconer
Joseph R. Sullivan
James Biechler
Blessed Sacrament
Losey Bird
King St. Rt
Thomas E. O’shaughnessy
Henry Lee
Joseph Miller
Mother of Perpetual Help
Holy Trinity
13Th St. and
Magr. V. J. Plecity
Joseph Keating
Leonard Stashek
Newman
Anthony Wagener
Edward Bertz
Henry R. Hoerburger
John Lemke
Richard A. Wisnewski
Francis A. Wavra
ST. Patrick’s—Onalaska
Joseph N. Bach
William Jablonski
ST. John the Baptist
Avon St
Albert P. Roemer
Thomas Langer
ST. Thomas More
Weston Sts
Thomas E. Mullen
Michael T. McKenna
Delbert J. Malin
T. Wenceslaus
Winnebago
Alfred Hebert
Donald Wilger
ST. Pius
Francis V. McCaffrey
James Bailey
First Congregational Church
Melvin L. Frank
David Roberts
Episcopal
Christ—9Th and Main
Kenneth E. Trueman
Evangelical Free
Bethany
North St
Onalaska Ave
Carl P. Cornelius
MOODY
Campbell Rd
Carroll Anderson
God
Evangelical and Reformed
ST. John’s Reformed Church
West Ave. and
Market
John Staton
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
Bible Studies
Swanson
Harold Yanzer
Liberty
Edward Iverson
Lutheran
Livingston and Loomis
16Th
Stefan T. Guttormsson
R W. Anderson
E. T. Roe
J. L. Mattes
South Lanes
OUR. Redeemer
Weston
Norman A. Nelson
Arthur M. Feroe
James J. Janke
G. W. Lokensgard
Progressive Supper
Trinity
Charles and Sill
Ernest N. Nelson
Joseph E. Lunde
Visitation
David Stewart
5Th Ave. S
Paul A. Roe
Olivet
Bainbridge
Oliver S. Solberg
Prince OF Peace
St. N
la Crescent
R. F
Church of the Lutheran Confession
ST. Mark’s Evangelical
8Th and Main
Jonathan Schaller
Missouri Synod
Shorewood Dr
Wedgewood Terrace
Robert H. Bernhardt
Lutheran Hour
Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Hour
Councilmen’s Conference of the
Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Churches of the
C. Nommensen
Methodist
Asbury
Redfield
Dean W. Irish
Alfred Knorr
Family Service Association
Oak &T
H. I. Munson
Nazarene
Church OF the Nazarene
Jackson
Burton Artz
NYPS
N.J.F
West Ave. S
James H. Bell
Robert C. Light
Logan
Leonard Beenken
Salvation Army
N. 8Th
Citadel
Alvin Clark
Congregation Sons OF Abraham
Tempile
Bernard Reichman
Unitarian Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
Market Street
Mueller
Sahara Desert
Bob’s Sheet Metal
Standorf Heating Service
Prairie du Chien, Wis
Flom & Forsyth
Houston, Minn
Joseph Fritsch
Clarence’s
George Poehling
Sampson Heating
Black River Falls, Wis
Frank
Onalaska, Wis
Kensmoe Heating and Air Conditioning
Galesville, Wis
Jeffries
Elroy, Wis
Viroqua, Wis
Hixton, Wis
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