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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1951
Page
14
Dorothy O Keefe announces a two month reading contest from June 11 for grades one through six. Programs run at the main library and north and south branches with a mercury style progress display. Boys and girls compete for a prize, and a chart records each participant's books read while hours patrol the summer schedule.
The Schmitt Brothers of Wisconsin won the 1951 SPEBSQSA international barbershop quartet title at the 13th annual convention in Toledo Ohio. Competing with 39 other quartets, they formed and sang together for 16 months, led by their parish priest in Two Rivers.
The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, founded in 1812, is the oldest scientific institution of its kind in the United States.
Philip S. Davy announces the summer resident camp staff for Camp Decorah with Lester Vanderpan of Sheboygan Falls as director for his fourth year and 23rd on the staff. Dale Bjorklund of Minneapolis becomes waterfront director, Lester Stine returns as camp chaplain, and unit leaders include Gerald Edwards Rob ert Figgie and Dale Peterson. Junior staff spans several towns including Alma Elroy La Crosse Mauston Cochrane and more. The program features swimming canoeing Indian lore rifle marksmanship and nature study with physicals required before attendance and a staff training conference planned for June 20. Approximately 400 reservations are on file with more still possible.
Naples dispatch reports Charles Lucky Luciano, the former U S crime figure expelled from the United States, is accused by authorities in Italy of criminal involvement. The case centers on his alleged activities while abroad and potential ties to organized crime networks.
The eight inch steel door was cut by Garageman Charles Pride after nine hours of work watched by townspeople. The opened safe yielded only damp sales slips from the late Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly’s summer home. With Kelly's Catfish Lake estate auction nearly finished, five bids ranged from 50 000 to 75 000 dollars.
Barstow California reports the deaths of Robert Van derzyl 33 and Irene 30 in a traffic accident while en route to Lake Geneva Wisconsin Their sons Bobby seven and Terry nine were injured Vanderzyl a noted tennis professional had toured with Bobby Riggs and Bill Tilden and coached at Riverside High School and junior college
A partial notice from downtown La Crosse lists recruits Brown Cataract Ro L Pul da Olson Brown River Falls and Starkey. Olson is noted as 17. The referenced contact phone is 24565.
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