Power of Faith Shaped Jimmy Stewart Says Father Gifted Psalm Book
AP News features profile of Jimmy Stewart highlighting his faith in God as a source of strength. Brig. Gen. James Stewart U S Air Force retires after a distinguished career and credits his belief and a Bible booklet titled The Secret Place a Key to the 91st Psalm for guiding him through WWII bomber missions.
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Jimmy Stewart
James Stewart
United States Air Force
Jimmy
Gallup Poll Finds McCarthy Leading Rockefeller and Nixon
Gallup surveys of 1,220 voters show Eugene McCarthy favored over Richard Nixon in a McCarthy Nixon Wallace matchup with 39 percent to Nixon's 36. In McCarthy Rockefeller Wallace, McCarthy leads 37 to 35 with 8 percent undecided. Humphrey leads Nixon by five and ties Rockefeller at 40 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N.J
Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Gallup
McCarthy
Humphrey
Nixon
Rockefeller
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Today in History highlights from 1960 to 1969 events
On this date various historical milestones are noted including Kennedy clinching the Democratic nomination in 1960, Congress creating a territorial government act in 1787, 1863 draft riots in New York, the Russo Turkish War ending in 1878, and the R34 airship crossing the Atlantic in 1919. Other entries cover de Gaulle on Algeria in 1959, China’s nuclear era debate in 1965, and Newark clashes in 1968 with National Guard involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Los Angees
U.S
New York City
France
Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
China
Newark
N.J
National Guard
Sr. Citizen Picnic Set for Wednesday at Myrick Park
All persons aged 50 and over may attend a potluck picnic at 5 30 p.m. Wednesday in the Myrick Park large shelterhouse. Coffee and entertainment will be provided by the South Side Senior Citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrick Park
South Side
Viroqua
Wis
Arthur C. Olson
Odd Fellows Lodge
Eckhardt Park
New Lodge
E. Decker Street
County Plans Park Expansion on Airport Land
La Crosse Common Council approved county use of a tract of airport land at the north end of French Island for a park until April. The plan centers on a picnicking area with youth workers clearing the site under a renewal lease tied to the expanded Neighborhood Youth Corps program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Nelson
French Island
la Crosse
Marriage Licenses Lead to July 27 Holmen Union
Roger J. Ryan of St. Paul and Fern G. Brye of Holmen plan to marry on July 27 in Holmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger J. Ryan
St. Paul
Fern G. Brye
Holmen
Picnic Set Tuesday for Senior Citizens Bowling League
The stag picnic for the senior citizens bowling league will be Tuesday at 12 30 p m in Ona laska Park. Attendees should bring their own table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Citizens’ Bowling League
Onalaska Park
Sirhan to Enter Plea in Special Armored Room
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, 24, will plead guilty next Friday in a fortified armored room on the 13th floor of Los Angeles Hall of Justice. A judge’s bench and news seats will be installed inside the cell-block fortress amid high security after threats since Kennedy’s June 5 shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Hall of Justice
Sirhan
Kennedy
Peter J. Pitchess
Birth Announcements From Area Hospitals
July births listed from Grandview St Francis and Lutheran hospitals include Maxine Droessler and Elisa De ann daughters to Skemp and Kjos families in Bangor and Onalaska, Gloria Krushek and Kathleen Schlicht newborns. Patricia Derouin, Rebecca Franzese, Judith Flocken, Karen Wood, Sharon Storlie with notes of birth dates and home addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Skemp
Bangor
Maxine Droessler
Elisa Deann
Spencer Kjos
Onalaska
Constance Kirchner
Bernard J. Mickschl
Prospect St
Gloria Krushek
Joseph M. Rendler Jr
Harvey St
Kathleen Schlicht
Peter Kendhammer
Brownsville
Minn
Patricia Derouin
Albert Rettenmaier
N. 10Th St
Frances Koenig
Bruce Russell
Stith St
Rebecca Franzese
Melvin Kneifl
George St
Judith Flocken
Lutheran
Negro Promoted To Navy Captain
Washington AP reports Navy Cmdr Paul Stewart Green promoted to captain becoming the first Negro to reach the rank in the medical corps. He is 48 and one of three Negro captains among 380 Negro officers on active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Paul Stewart Green
Green
City Native Named Assistant Provincial for Capuchins Midwest
Brother Stephen Flottmeyer a La Crosse native and Capuchin priest has been named assistant provincial pro curator of the Midwest Capuchin Province based at St. Bonaventure Monastery Detroit the provincial headquarters. He is the first to hold the post in the province and is the son of Mrs. Caroline Flottmeyer. He graduated from St John the Baptist Parochial School in 1958 and entered St Francis Brothers School Calvary Wis. He joined the Capuchin Order in 1963 and made solemn profession in 1967 and studied accounting and secretarial science at North Central Technical Institute in Wausau. He plans to study accounting and business administration in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Flottmeyer
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
la Crosse
St. Joseph
St. Bonaventure
Detroit
Brother Flottmeyer
Caroline Flottmeyer
Hagar St
Edward Flottmeyer
Church Plans Midweek Service For Busy Folks
English Lutheran Church at 16th and Cass will hold three midweek summer services starting Wednesday at 7 p.m. The experiment aims to help those who miss Sunday worship during summer sessions. Each 45 minute service emphasizes family participation and accommodates camping trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Lutheran Church
16Th
Cass Sts
S. T. Guttormsson
Scout to Receive Church Award at English Lutheran
Eagle Scout Thomas Sill the son of Mr and Mrs Willard Sill of 1911 Main St will receive the Pro Deo et Patria award at English Lutheran Church during 9 30 a m services Sunday. Sill earned 150 hours of service and built a bookshelf for the church library as part of his religious project and program of service to his church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sill
Willard Sill
Main St
English Lutheran Church
Sill
Good Conduct Medal Given 66 Years Late
Marine Sgt. William Charlie Horton, 92 and the oldest living Medal of Honor winner, received the Good Conduct Medal 66 years late from Marine Commandant Gen. Leonard M. Chapman. His wife There sa Horton looked on as the ceremony followed his 1900 Boxer Rebellion Medal of Honor citation. A Marine Corps spokesman said the delay was an oversight.
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Washington
William Charlie Horton
Horton
Leonard M. Chapman
Theresa
China
Marine Corps
Welfare Square aid program preserves dignity through work
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints runs a vast welfare system that gives aid through work not handouts. Harold B. Lee and Thomas S. Monson say dignity is kept when recipients do something for what they receive, with facilities including 650 farms and 30 canneries and Welfare Square as the main outlet in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Square
Salt Lake City
Harold B. Lee
Council of 12
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Bishops
Thomas S. Monson
Monson
Sparta Board Adjourns Hearing on Engraving Co Assessment
The Sparta city board adjourned to 10 a.m. Friday July 19 to hear Northern Engraving Co. complaint on its assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Northern Engraving Co
Church listings across La Crosse area and Onalaska
A comprehensive roster of religious services across La Crosse and Onalaska noting church names, locations, pastors, and weekly schedules for Mass worship Sunday schools Bible study and prayer meetings across multiple denominations including Catholic Protestant Latter Day Saint and Jewish congregations with times spanning early morning to evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly OF God
Ferry Sts
R. Francis Jones
S.S
Baseball radio highlights for Sunday games listed
Radio highlights show at 1 15 p m on WKBH features Twins against the Indians in baseball. WKTY airs at 12 30 p m with Cubs facing the Pirates in baseball.
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WKBH
Twins
Cleveland Indians
WKTY
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Ishmael
AP News
Hubert H. Humphrey
The
Associated Press
Sr. Citizen
Market St
Rebekahs Lodge
Rebekahs
Fred Gerdl
Noble Grand
Clarence Erickson
Hudson
Ioof Lodge
Herbert Siring
Wisconsin Rapids
Robert Beaty
Grandview Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
St. Luke’s
LaCrosse Area Child Development Association, Inc
Caledonia Street
Lcacda, Inc
Crestline Place
la Crosse, Wis
Wwe
Adventist
Carl M. Lewis
R. 1
First Baptist Church
Floyd R. Harbold
Regular Baptist General Association
Gillette and Loomis Sts
M. O. Burman
Southside
110Th and
Adams
Leland Owen
Temple Baptist
N. Salem Rd
Loomis St
Charles Meliring
Faith Baptist
S. 28Th St
Richard F. Cagle
Ferry
Leon Franck
Island Park
Lakeshore
James W. Phillips
ST. Joseph’s Cathedral
Msor
John Paul
Patrick Kelley
James J. Falconer
Joseph R. Sullivan
Undercroft
Blessed Sacrament
Losey Blvd
King
Anthony Wagener
Michael McKenna
Lawrence B. Berger
ST. John the Baptist
Avon St
Robert Connolly
Jerome Kirsling
Mother of Perpetual Help
West Salem
Francis Wavra
la Crescent
Michael J. Kuisle
Our
Holy Trinity
13Th St
Park Ave
Msgr
V. J. Plecity
Robert Wagner
Ambrose Blenker
ST. James
Caledonia St
Robert Hansen
Paul Servais
ST. Patrick‘’S—Onalaska
Joseph N. Bach
Donald Klauke
ST. Thomas More
Ard Weston
Thomas E. Mullen
Delbert J. Malin
John Schultz
J. Floyd Dwyer
William Grevatch
Pius X
Francis McCaffrey
Charlies E. Lessie
Iiewman
1723
State St
George Hinger
Christian Science
First Church OF Christ Scientist
West Ave
Nyam
Church of Christ
8Th
Cass St
Stanley Chitwood
Charles Street
Charles and Logan
Burdett Wakeman
Episcopal
Christ Episcopal Church
Harris C. Mooney
Douglas E. Culver
Arthur M. G. Moody
Evangelical Free
First Evangelical Free
Campbell Rd
Eugene W. Anderson
Bethany Evangelical Free
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
Church OF Jesus
Latter-Day Saints
Liberty
Linn Rockwood
Bethel Lutheran
Livingston and
Loomis Streets
Fred Anderson
Good Shepherd
27Th
Birch Sts
J. L. Mattes
English Lutheran Church OF the Holy Trinity
Cass
Stefan T. Guttormsson
Elmer Sterner
Stotel Hall
Fhorsaéy
Olivet Lutheran
Bainbridge
James Steinbrecher
OUR Redeemer Lutheran
Weston St
Norman A. Nelson
OUR Savior’s Lutheran
Sth
Roland Schwandt
Jerry Wallerand
Trinity Lutheran
Charles and Sillers
Ernest N. Nelson
Gary W. Fehring
First Lutheran
Paul A. Roe
Lanny Knutson
ST. Paul's Lutheran
Division
Arthur M. Feroe
Dean A. Fodness
ST. Mark‘s Evangelical
First Evangelical Lutheran
Cameron St
Fritz H
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Ward Avenue
26Th St
G. F. Albrecht
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran
St. Paul and Avon
Wayne E. Schmidt
ST. Paul’s
Faith Lutheran Church and
Missouri Synod
14Th and Main
Andrew Frinke
Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Service
Conference of the Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Churches of the
la Crosse Area
MT. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran
Lloyd Lambert
Cameron Ave
Fritz H. Miller
Methodist
4Th Ave. N
Roger D. Gustafson
Else Sunday Church
Wesley Methodist
8Th and
King Sts
Edwin P. Sheppard
Creche Nursery
ST. Luke’s Methodist
Douglas G. Fraley
Nazarene
Church OF the Nazarene
Avon and Logan
Ward M. Satterlee
First Presbyterian
Charles R. Houdek
Paul Bauer
Coach House
North United Presbyterian
North Salem Road
Leonard C. Beenken
Salvation Army
N. 8Th
Janet Endres
Billie Bright
Congregation
Sons OF Abraham
Joseph Rubanowitz
United Church of Christ
First Congregational
Losey Bivd
Melvin Lynn Frank
Scott A. Cross
ST. John’s Reformed
Gary Putnam
Frinity United Church OF Christ
Rt. 1
Sheldon W. Warner
Unitarian Fellowship
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Labor Temple
King St
Helene Holstad
United Pentecostal Church
Apostolic Tabernacle
Liberty and Sill
Arthur Mansur
KWNO
National
Dickinson Funeral Homes
Jackson ST
Aid Association For Lutherans
Richard C. Emery
Ates Vern Taggatz
Agency
Arnold Schlicht
Chaseburg
Christopher
Eau Claire, Wis
Eugene Falkenberg
Alaska
Port Edwards, Wisconsin
Donald Miller
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