Air Force and Army honors spill from Wisconsin families
S Sgt John Stanton of Elroy received the Air Force Commendation Medal at Ent AFB Colorado after 20 plus years in service with WWII Asiatic Pacific and Vietnam duty. Other area families note promotions and assignments in Vietnam and Germany, including Duane McElhose at Tuy Hoa AB and Maj George Trayer in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stanton
Maria Stanton
Elroy
Ent Afb
Colo
Air Force
Vietnam
Reno
Nev
A.J.C. Duane McElhose, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. McElhose
la Farge
Tuy Hoa AB
Lowry Afb
Franklin Reck
Rudolph Reck
Arcadia
Torrejon AB
Spain
George Trayer
Lansing
Iowa
Nha Trang AB
Washington, D.C
Arizona State University
Gerald Blaken
Norman Blaken
Yvonne
Melrose
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Allan Rumppe
Alfred Rumppe
Cashton
Lackland Afb
Tex
Merwin Kokkeby
Milton Kokkeby
Stewart Afb
Floyd M. Hanson
Fred O. Hanson
Whitehall
577Th Engineer
Tuy Hoa
Ft. Riley
Kan
Ft. Wood
Elizabeth
Whitehall High School
Bobby Taylor
Pete Taylor
Ontario
Army Armor Center
Ft. Knox
Army
Robert Bishop
Gerald Bishop
R. 1
Ferryville
Americal Division
196Th Infantry
Chu Lai
Plan May Bring NASA Aid To Isolated People
A New Mexico plan would use NASA facilities near Las Cruces and White Sands Missile Range to create remote health centers and mobile units. Paramedics would transmit patient vitals by microwave to doctors, enabling diagnoses and treatment before hospital transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NASA
Space
Earth
Las Cruces
N.M
White Sands Missile Range
Three States Share In Senate Public Works Approval
A $4.7 billion public works bill passed the Senate with Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota receiving specific allocations. The measure, $228 million above the House version, moves to a conference committee for a compromise. Funds include $2.6 billion for Atomic Energy Commission operations and $1.2 billion for Army Corps of Engineers flood control navigation and power projects. Minnesota would receive $3,071,000 North Dakota $7,847,000 and South Dakota $3,798,600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Minnesota
Dakotas
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wheat price leap from U S farm to European mill
The Department of Agriculture notes U S hard winter wheat bought at 1.27 a bushel in South Dakota rises to 3.42 a bushel in Rotterdam after duties and freight. Costs include handling 5 cents, ship to Gulf 38 cents, ship to Rotterdam 11 cents, duties 1.55, plus port to warehouse movement. The Rotterdam price exceeds April farm price by 2.15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Europe
Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
Department
Rotterdam
Gulf of Mexico
Onalaska Farmer S Durocs Consigned For Sale
NEW HAMPTON IOWA Three Duroc boars consigned by Paul Linse of Onalaska will sell at the Northeast Iowa Swine Testing Station on Tuesday July 23. The event starts at 8 p.m. and features 43 market boars across Duroc Hampshire and other breeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampton
Iowa
Paul Linse
Onalaska
Hampshire
Landrace
Poland
China
Yorkshire
Minnesota Jobs Hit Record High in June
Total non farm employment in Minnesota reached a June record of 1 254 100 with the prior peak in September 1967 at 1 241 300. The rise comes despite a 15 000 increase in unemployment largely among recent high school graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Paul
Minnesota
George Vavoulis
Mary Queen of Scots and the origin of caddie term
The article notes Mary Queen of Scots as the first known woman golfer and states she called her clubs carrier a cadet, lending the word caddie its French pronunciation and meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Queen of Scots
France
Minnesota Tax Revenue Rises 1.7 Percent to 659.9 Million
Minnesota reports 659.9 million in tax revenue for the year ending June 30, up 1.7 percent from initial estimates. Income tax receipts grow 3.6 percent while sales tax drops 5.7 percent, amid possible future levy changes as lawmakers convene next January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
ST. Paul
Rufus T. Logan
Logan
Harold LeVander
Farm Home Office To Be Host On Tour
Trempealeau County FHA office will host a Tuesday tour of technical assistance projects starting at Brookside Apartments Whitehall. Visits include Olin Winsad and Kenneth Han vold farms with agency aid, a Pigeon Falls park plan, forest management at Pleasantville farms, the Constance Steam Gift Shop rug weaving site, Osseo lunch, Strum winter sports area, Arcadia Golf Club and Jens Vosseteig irrigated farm, ending in Blair with rental housing and water projects plus a whey drying facility proposal by the Wisconsin Dairy Cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Farmers Home Administration
Brookside Apartments
Olin Winsad
Kenneth Hanvold
Pigeon Falls
Lennis Helgeson
David Steen
Pleasantville
Constance Steam
Cyril Morrison
FHA
Morrison
Osseo Country Club
Strum
Arcadia Golf Club
Jens Vosseteig
Blair
Western
Wisconsin Dairy Cooperative
Trempealeau Fair Crowned Champion Swine Champs
Gale Entry Dale Betz of Galesville claimed the grand champion boar in Trempealeau County Fair swine. Chester White boar led by Tim Hovre and Gary Severson surfaced in gilt and crossbred categories, with multiple blue ribbons across breeds. Showmanship crowned Bruce Westlie as senior winner and Tim Hovre as junior winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Dale Betz
Trempealeau County
Chester White
Timothy Hovre
Ettrick
Mark E. Nelson
Blair
Gary Severson
Carol Ann Severson
Donna Betz
Barrows
Berkshire
Cheryl Farley
Mark E.nelson
John Coburn
Whitehall
John Hovre
Bruce Westlie
Tim Hovre
Vernon Conrad
Diane Smikrud
Trempealeau District Names New Chief Jerry Hammer
Jerry V. Hammer began duties as Trempealeau School District administrator succeeding Lloyd Anderson who moved to Cassville. Hammer, 35, is a Fairmont Minnesota native with degrees from Mankato State College and experience as a Minnesota teacher and Fairchild superintendent. He served two years in the Army, is married, and has daughter Kolette aged eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry V. Hammer
Trempealeau
Lloyd Anderson
Cassville
Hammer
Fairmont
Minn
Mankato
Students excavating Pueblo Indian ruins in Arizona
About sixty California high school students spend the summer at Bloody Basin Archaeological project near the excavation site. Dr. Charles H. Stephens, director and archaeology teacher, says they raised $30 per person for room and board through pony rides and car washes. Sites were chosen for archeological potential and lack of prior proper excavations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
California
Bloody Basin
Charles H. Stephens
A la Vuente
Calif
Norse Night At Luther Ends Month-Long Institute
Decorah Iowa residents will view dances songs and slides at Luther College as 41 Scandinavian students present the annual Scandinavian night closing the month long Institute in American Studies for Scandinavian Teachers. The event begins about 8 p.m. in the Centennial Union with all five nations Norway Denmark Sweden Iceland and Finland represented. The institute runs from June 28 to July 26 and the group travels to Washington August 11 before returning to Scandinavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Iowa
Luther
Institute In American Studies
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Iceland
Finland
Washington
Scandinavia
Poisonous Castor Bean Seeds Warn of Lethal Poison
The castor bean plant offers oil and industrial uses but its seeds carry a poison lethal in small quantities. Reports note three seeds can kill an adult, highlighting danger from an otherwise ornamental plant.
Golden Eagles Size and Wingspan Facts
The article notes golden eagles measure about three feet long and weigh eight to 12 pounds with a wingspan of six to seven feet. It highlights their impressive size and flight adaptations.
Tremple Fair Beef Division Judging Told
Trempleau County Fair beef results show David Gabriel of Whitehall with the grand champion registered Hereford female. Nolan Goplin of Osseo earned the champion over all breeds steer. Senior showmanship honors went to Nolan Goplin with Joyce Gandera and Gretchen Erickson in second and third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
David Gabriel
Whitehall
Trempealeau County Fair
Gretchen Erickson
Osseo
Nolan Goplin
Jane Bartle
Jane Brenengen
Ettrick
Betty Kokott
Arcadia
Frank Flikkeshaug
Shirley Gandera
Joyce Gandera
Patty Gandera
Kathy Buttman
Warren Zastrow
Only 6 Sheep Entered In Fair at Trempealeau County
GALESVILLE Wis Only six head of sheep were entered in Trempealeau County Fair two in purebred classes and four in the market division Blue ribbons went to Glenn Krackow of Ettrick for ewe lamb Shropshire and Southdown Lonnie Krackow of Ettrick for one lamb Hampshire and Oxford Steve Kopp of Galesville for wether lamb in the market division and Steve Kopp for a pen of two wether lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Trempealeau County
Glenn Krackow
Ettrick
Ewe Lamb
Shropshire
Southdown
Lonnie Krackow
One Lamb
Hampshire
Oxford
Steve Kopp
Wether Lamb
Wether
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Ben) Sweeney
Main Street
Mississippi River
Pat
Yoruna
Sweeney
Tribune
Uncle Sam
Gary Wohless
Earl Wohless
New Albia
Garrett County
Mekong Delta
Raymond Harry
William Harry
Prairie du Chien
Ing
Amarillo Afb
James Rathbun
Lawrence Rathbun
Waterville
Kincheloe Afb
Mich
Cecil Brown
Eva Brown
Sparta
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
McClellan Afb
Gregg Eaton
Mayhew Eaton
Waukon
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Memphis
Tenn
LeRoy Addleman
Proxida Addleman
Gerald Pederson
Melvin Pederson
Eleva
Ft. Sill
Okla
David Foellmi
Armin Foellmi
Brownsville
Germany
Gerald Kistler
Charles Kistler
Keesler Afb
Miss
Gene Brownell
Charles Brownell
548Rd Transportation Company
Long Bing
Brownell
C. Mertin A. Rumppe
Mertin O. Rumppe
Black River Falls
4Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
Santa FE
Socorro
New Mexico
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Onalaska Farmer's Durocs Consigned
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Peterson
Business Men's Assurance
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Ene
Annuities Group
DIAL
Linker Hotel
Lynne Tower
Farm Home Office
Gale
Trempeleau Fair
Ronald Waller
Greg Gartner
Mary Waller
Steve Ravnum
John Byom
Lon Sonsalla
Larry Sonsalla
Roger Byom
Dan Byom
Barrow
Pen of
No Blues
Kathy Butman
Two Barrows
Robert D. Johnson
Randall Thompson
John Pederson
Jimmie Johnson
Mt. Hosmer
Tremple Fair
Hereford
Lisa Gabriel
Barbara Ganders
Candy Blankenhorn
Land
Gretchen K. Erickson
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