Corps of Engineers Celebrates 186th Birthday
The Coulee Region and Western Wisconsin join in celebrating the U S Army Corps of Engineers 186th birthday on June 16. A fact sheet highlights years of service in navigation and flood control including the nine foot channel on the Upper Mississippi and 189 billion ton miles of commerce in one year.
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Coulee
Wisconsin
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
St. Paul
Midwest Inland Empire
Mississippi River
Corps of Engineers
la Crosse
Upper Mississippi
Upper River
Kickapoo
Coon Creek
Corps’ Water Resources Report
Army Corps of Engineers
America
Navy
Coast Guard
Skilled Jobs Go Begging Across the Nation
The nation faces widespread job vacancies as 8,300 positions in Los Angeles and centers like Pittsburgh go unfilled due to missing skilled applicants. Unemployed totaling 4,962,000 in mid April contrasts with openings, with shortages in technical and engineering fields. Programs aim to match openings, while many workers must be retrained or relocated since labor demand favors skilled roles.
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Pittsburgh
United States Employment Service
Not Immune Washington as crime shows nationwide link
The piece argues that Congress should address Washington crime as part of national issues. It contends the capital cannot be insulated from social and economic forces driving crime across the country. Only when those forces are tackled nationwide can Washington become the showcase sought.
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Washington
Mistress of the Manse Lets Breakfast Go to Drugstore Counter
Inez Robb notes how a New York wife observes breakfast culture as a New York husband eats at home. A columnist details Miss Hughes and her Britain-like view of American domestic life, revealing a one-car, one-TV household with limited appliances and the rise of breakfasting at the corner coffee pot.
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London
Chez Robb
Clan Robb
Sierra Nevadas
New York
Miss Hughes
Schwebach
Bishop Flasch
Standard
Harry Leithold
Conrad Nelson
Ben Ott
Business Women’s Club
French Island
Harriet McKinstry
YWCA
Elevator dog delivers visit to door in DC
FBI officials debunk a shaggy dog tale about two agents and a mongrel aboard a self service elevator. The dog pressed buttons and rang a doorbell before entering an apartment. President Kennedy awarded White House photographers and quipped about life with a photographer spouse.
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FBI
Kennedy
White House
Review of the News in Years Past 1941 and 1931 Notes
Summary of historical items: Army takes over Englewood plant, rioting, rubber mill resumes, British advance, Nazi arrests in Syria, car crash injuries, local events, and police warns. 1931 council debates street widening, Prohibition era notes, banking closings, tax and patrol changes, dental meeting, and stray bullet warnings.
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Englewood
Calif
Roosevelt
la Crosse Rubber Mills
Robert F. Bartl
Syria
Albert Ohlson
Logan
Donald Hauser
R. 2
la Crosse
Alf Gundersen
Great Lakes Region Board
Galesville
Il Duce
U.S
Hugh F. Fox
U.S. Brewers’ Association
International League of Prohibition
Paris
South Side
Chicago
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
J. E. Keizer
Paul Lyga
H. W. Hunt
A. T. Rasmussen
E. A. Gotterdam
Milwaukee
J. P. Carruth
Knights of Columbus
William F. Miller
Raymond Larkin
George Bates
Clarence J. Weber
G. J. Downey
Frank J. Guenther
S. J. Dennigan
Leo Schauls
Jacob J. Padesky
E. J. Gautsch
L. M. Engelhard
Fran
Portraits John C Metcalfe My Loved One
A poem recalling dreams of returning to San Antonio and a cherished partner. The verses evoke sunken gardens grey moss inn gondolas lanterns rivers and dawn light in a nostalgic romance.
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Mexico
San Antonio
Grey Moss Inn
Field Enterprises, Inc
Questions and Answers by Mail From The Tribune
Readers send in questions on iodine foods geography coinage leather and treasure in the Great Lakes. Answers cover foods rich in iodine and earth iodine levels, world center locations, silver eagles history, seed collection for saving, sunken treasure values, leather cleaning, and controlled access highways.
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Great Lakes
D.S. A
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
City of
Detroit
Astronomy 1960 booklet offer from La Crosse Tribune
The notice promotes a 40 page indexed booklet titled Astronomy 1960 edition. Readers are asked to mail 40 cents with a coupon from the La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau in Washington DC to receive a copy. Street City State fields are included for mailing.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
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N. W
Washington, D. C
Washington, D.C
Kennedy Vienna Talks Leave Congress in the Dark
The New York Herald Tribune reports President Kennedy spoke privately with Khrushchev in Vienna but provides no precise record of what was said. Congress and the American people lack detailed memoranda on Berlin, disarmament, and nuclear tests, and the State Department confirmed only after Bonn dispatches.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Khrushchev
United States
West Berlin
Mr. Kennedy
America
Soviet Union
East Germany
al- Lawrence
Mr. Khrushchev
Eisenhower
White House
Germany
Berlin
Western Europe
Mr. Khrueshchev
Moscow
Capitol
Vienna
Senate defies annexation bill amid urban growth shift
The Wisconsin Senate killed a major annexation bill despite urbanizing census trends. Sen. Zaborski defended the measure as Democrats supported reform while Republicans opposed it, revealing a partisan split on urban interests. The piece notes rural Wisconsin’s skepticism toward city boundary changes and the evolving political dynamic.
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Wisconsin
Wyngaard
Senate
Census Bureau
Commonwealth
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Sen. Zaborski
Milwaukee
Grandmother Bets on Family Shapes Not Astronauts
Coronet piece notes Evelyn Mulkern dismisses grandson’s dream of space travel. She insists there have never been circus folk in the family. The oldster’s humorous framing highlights generational gaps in career dreams.
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Evelyn Mulkern
Blackwood in Hearts and Diamonds Affects Slam Judgment
A Wisconsin reader questions the six heart slam after partner shows three aces. The columnist agrees six is correct with three aces but warns against Blackwood when holding a worthless doubleton in an unbid suit. South should have bid five hearts to allow Nat to decide.
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Wisconsin
West
South
North
La Crosse Sunday Tribune Masthead and Rates
The La Crosse Tribune lists publisher E L Burgess and managers Howard Colvin Maxine Kahler Luther Wilkins with pricing for home delivery and mail subscriptions. Details include 10 cent price, office in The Law Building La Crosse Wisconsin and service areas La Crosse Onalaska La Crescent.
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la Grosse Tribune
Wagess
E. L. Burgess
Howard Colvin
Maxine Kahler
Luther Wilkins
Law Building
4Th and
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Atlanta
Onalaska
la Crescent
Carrier Bay
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Inez Robb
Britain
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Washington News
Joseph K. Kidder
Cis Murphy
E. L. Murphy
Vine
William Reidel
Mercury
Bumpus Jones
Charlie Rawlinson
Baseball Club
Board of Trade
Dubuque
Lou Searles
Milwaukee Railroad
Black River
John Nockles
Carl Ball
John Summers
Barthold Webber
French Slough
Searles
Marvin Engh
Loomis
Pearl
Broken Gun
Albert Anderson
John Hanson
George Dolby
Joe Ryan
Robert Ray
John C. Metcalfe
W.H. A
France
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
T.F. A
Dean Richmond
A.C
David Lawrence
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
John Wyngaard
Jacoby
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R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Kenneth F. Teachout
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