Visiting presidential birthplaces for summer trips and fishing
The piece humorously recalls summer auto tours to presidential birthplaces as a familiar hazard of family travel. It notes common trials like mosquitos and flat tires while sharing the author’s rambling memories of Virginia sites such as Westmoreland County and Wakefield Shadwell Port Conway Staunton, plus Quincy Massachusetts birthplace pair John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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New York
United States
James Monroe
Monroe
Westmoreland County
Virginia
Wakefield
Washington
Shadwell
Jefferson
Port Conway
Madison
Staunton
Wilson
Quincy
Mass
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Methodists Adopt Social Action Report
The Wisconsin annual conference of the Methodist Church adopted a social action plan endorsing state television, free enterprise, and racial non-segregation. A brief dispute arose over a statewide educational TV network item raised by Rev. Lloyd Foster of Beaver Dam. The report urges equal housing and employment opportunities, expansion of Native American rights, and civic education to counter communism.
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Beaver Dam
Wisconsin
Methodist Church
Lloyd Foster
America
Logan Holds Annual Picnic
Logan seniors and faculty gathered for the annual Senior Faculty Picnic on Tuesday evening. Burton Smith led arrangements with help from Miss Beverly Hanson Miss Vivian Johnson D E Field Walter Ranis and most male faculty. Separate baseball games entertained attendees while Linda Lehman read the class will and prophecy to the assembly.
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Logan
Burton Smith
Beverly Hanson
Vivian Johnson
D. E. Field
Walter Ranis
Linda Lehman
Bond Set at 100000 for Suspect in Zerk Home Holdup
Kenosha Wisconsin authorities set a 100000 bond Friday for Americo De Pietto 40 of Chicago charged with armed robbery in the 154000 art theft at inventor Oscar A. Zerk residence. The prelim hearing is scheduled for June 11 after De Pietto arrived from Chicago. Zerk remained under protective custody at the jail amid fears of reprisals.
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Kenosha
Chicago
Americo de Pietto
W. W. Davis
de Pietto
Oscar A. Zerk
Zerk
Jobless Claims Drop in Wisconsin May
The Wisconsin Industrial Commission reported a decrease in unemployment benefit claims for May, paying 3,258,000 dollars in benefits. This was 1,153,000 less than April. Weekly claims fell from 46,351 in March to 34,518 in May, while starting claims declined from 15,818 in April to 14,980 in May.
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Madison
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Good Pickin Charcoal Barbecued Ribs at Chicken Supreme
Charcoal barbecued meaty back ribs touted as the best eating and pickin at Chicken Supreme's Carteria. A complete satisfying meal is promised with today’s taste sensation.
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Chicken Supreme
Carteria
Adv
Questions and Answers From The Haskin Service
A reader asks about fractional currency and other fact questions. Answers cover topics from currency denominations to India’s circular parliament building, bird life by Texas, and the origins of the can can and china.
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Texas
United States
La Crosse Tribune Publisher and Editorial Staff Listing
The La Crosse Tribune lists its publisher W. T. Burgess and editorial staff including R. L. Bangsberg J. J. Lienlokken Alfred W. Rice Gerald G. Moriarity and department heads in advertising circulation and production. It publishes daily from La Crosse Wisconsin and details mail and home delivery rates within and beyond 75 miles.
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W. T. Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
J. J. Lienlokken
Alfred W. Rice
Gerald G. Moriarity
Howard Colvin
A. E. Teachout
Luther Wilkins
Ed Keefe
E. L. Burgess
la Crosse
Sunday Tribune
Amateur Photography booklet guides economical darkroom setup
A practical manual for amateurs outlines building a cheap darkroom, camera selection, negative development, printing, and selling photographs. Written in accessible English, it includes full directions and a coupon offer: 30 cents postpaid to Information Bureau, 1200 Eye St NW, Washington DC.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Retail Sales Rise With Memorial Day Shifted Impact
New York reports a pickup in retail sales for the week ended Wednesday, with total dollar volume estimating unchanged to four percent above last year. Regional variation ranged from five to nine percent gains on the East and Pacific Coast to four percent declines in the Southwest, while Memorial Day shifted a portion of heavy shopping from 1953.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
East
Pacific Coast
Northwest
New England
Midwest
South
Southwest
Warrens Area Man, 62, Dies in Self Destructive Act
Arthur Straight, 62, a farmer near the Monroe Jackson County line, was found dead at his Sandy Plain homestead near Millston. Coroner ruled death by own action after a 10 gauge shotgun blast with a rope around his neck. Two notes were left in his car. Funeral arrangements pending at Colonial Funeral Home. The death is Jackson County’s third in five weeks.
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Warrens
Wis
Arthur Straight
Monroe
Jackson County
Sandy Plain
Millston
Sidney Jensen
Hixton
Straight
Paul Cooper
Guy Hobart
Lewis Drecktrah
Archie Calloway
Jackson
Elmer Rochester
Colonial Funeral
Black River Falls
Brownell Urges Studying Anti Red Laws Over Schine Affairs
Los Angeles Atty Gen Herbert Brownell Jr urged Congress to devote more time to studying proposed anti Communist laws than the Army McCarthy hearings revolving around Pvt G David Schine. He said it would honor justice and fulfill President Eisenhower's pledge to use full government power against the Communist menace in America. Brownell avoided commenting on Roy Cohn's Washington statement claiming Brownell instigated the hearings and said he would review the matter in Washington. The piece ends noting the General Sherman tree in California is 3 500 years old, 272 feet tall and wider than 101 feet at its base.
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Los Angeles
Herbert Brownell Jr
Congress
Pvt. Schine
Eisenhower
America
Los Angeles Bar Assr
Army-McCarthy
Pvt. G. David Schine
Brownell
Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
California
Consolidated sales rise for National Tea Co four weeks
Sales for the four weeks ending May 22 1954 reached 39.3 million dollars up from 3.4 million for May 23 1958 reflecting a 15.4 percent gain. Year to date sales total 192.2 million versus 173.7 million a year earlier, up 10.6 percent. stores declined from 752 to 726 over the year.
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National Tea Co
Myers couple relocate to Alma and operate hotel
Mr and Mrs Wilmer Myers will move to Alma where they have purchased and operated a hotel since January 1. The couple previously ran a flower shop and plan to continue hospitality in their new home.
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Kendall, Wis
Robert Wooliver
Glendale
Wis
Kendall
Peter Mieden
Elmer Bradley Country Home
Wilmer Myers
Fragile Girl Receives Diploma After First School Visit
Betty Sheaffer, 22, who has brittle bone disease, attended the stone Township High School commencement for the first time. She endured over 100 fractures but learned to type and hopes to work as a secretary at home.
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Pittsburgh
Betty Sheaffer
Betty
Stone Township
Township School Board
Terminate Ties With English Firm
Roger C Mixter president of Crittall Inc announced the termination of agreements with the English affiliate Crittall Manufacturing Co Ltd London. The local firm which makes steel windows and doors had reacquired minority stock holdings in the Waukesha company previously held by Crittall of London.
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Waukesha
Roger C. Mixiter
Crittall Inc
Crittall Manufacturing Co., Ltd
London
Mixter
Crittall of
Coal output per worker nears eight tons daily in US
The United States showcases coal production approaching eight tons per man day, highlighting rising efficiency in mining operations and workforce productivity across major coal regions.
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United States
Re-Elect Four DAV Officers In La Crosse Chapter
Four Disabled American Veterans officers were re-elected at the La Crosse chapter meeting. Commander Leonard Nelson will serve another year. Officers Alvin Thompson Ray E. Pfaff A E Tamesson will return to posts and Lyle Parish is new senior vice commander. The chapter plans a game booth at Tomah Veterans Hospital during the July Fourth celebration. The next DAV session is set for July 1 at the AFL Hall.
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Disabled American Veteras Organization
Leonard Nelson
Alvin Thompson
Ray E. Pfaff
A. E. Tamesson
Lyle Parish
DAV of
la Crosse
Tomah Veterans Hospital
AFL Hall
Three Midshipmen Await Security Check Before Commissions
Three U S Naval Academy midshipmen from the class of 854 await background investigations before receiving commissions. A Navy spokesman in Washington said the trio will receive diplomas but not enter service immediately, as their cases have not been finally resolved.
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Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Navy
Washington
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