Deaths in Tri-State Dena Olson Sam Hovell and Richard Rabe Jr
Dena Olson 72 of Viroqua died June 11 in a Viroqua hospital. Services set for June 14 at Southwest Prairie Lutheran Church with burial in church cemetery. Sam Hovell 79 of Trempealeau died June 10. services June 12 in Federated Church, burial Evergreen Cemetery Center V. Burials at Smith Mortuary Galesville and church service details. Richard Rabe Jr. 14 of Tomah died June 10. services June 12 at Congregational United Church of Christ and burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Burial and calling details listed for each family.
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Dena Olson
Viroqua
Wis
Southwest Prairie Lutheran Church
Alfred Weltzin
Bever ‘Funeral Home
Miss Olson
Crawford County
Halver Olson
Felix Department
Sam Hovell
Trempealeau
Arcadia
Richard Rabe JR
Tomah
Richard Rabe Sr
R. 2
Congregational United Church of Christ
Paul Kehle
Oak Grove
Governors opinion on welfare funds tied to work
Wisconsin Attorney General says AFDC funds may be cut if welfare mothers refuse work. He notes the 14th Amendment does not prohibit termination and a county may require a mother of school age children to take remunerative work. The Talmadge Amendment is silent on disallowing such terminations under the WIN program.
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Madison
Wis
Atty
Robert Warren
Warren
Dane County
Humphrey J. Lynch
Talmadge
Local deaths and funeral notices in La Crosse area
Obituaries list Beulah Johnson 59 of 1640 Redfield St died June 10 of a heart attack. Buried at Woodlawn after services at Schumacher Funeral Home and Holy Trinity. Lucille Ness 43 of 922 Hood St died June 10 of cancer. Services at Schumacher with burial at Mormon Coulee Memorial Park. Harris O Haug 51 of Holmen died June 10 of cancer in Oak Forest Nursing Home. Military and church services planned with family visitation slots noted.
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Eleanore L
Beulah) Johnson
William H
Redfield St
Richard Benton
Jo Ann Melby
Blair
Rufus Jackson
Appleton
Schumacher Funeral Home
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Eugene Klink
Woodlawn
Lucille G. Ness
Walter W
Lucille) Ness
Hood St
la Crosse
Daniel Gibson
Nancy
Daniel
Thomas
James
Rena Gibson
William
June) Hauser
Onalaska
Ness
Ernest Nelson
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
Winnebago Street Chapel
Harris
Haug
Harris O. Haug
Holmen
Oak Forest
James Haug
Morris- Snuggerud American Legion
John
Madison
Eric
Charles
Rebecca
Elroy
Jill) Gaarder
Jeanne
Gwen
Heidi
Mary
Lillie Haug
Orel
Moorhead
Minn
Donald
Galesville
Lucille Brudahl
Milwaukee
Rueben Thom
William Glaeser
Waconia
Lloyd Olson
Brainerd
Karen Haug
Ralph Spearing
Bloomington
Holmen Lutheran Church
N. A. Berntson
Greenmound Cemetery
Fossum Funeral Home
Dance To Be Held For Walkers
An appreciation dance for youths who joined a walkathon for cerebral palsy will be held Tuesday from 8 to 11 p.m. in Central High School gym. Bittersweet, a local rock band, will perform. Admission requires the I Did It button from the walkathon for United Cerebral Palsy of the Coulee Region, per chairman Terry Felt.
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Central High School
Bittersweet
United Cerebral Palsy
Coulee
Terry Felt
Commuter Express Slams Local Train In Mount Vernon
A packed Penn Central commuter express collided with a local train at Mount Vernon station killing one man and injuring about 140. Passengers reported brakes did not engage before the impact and witnesses noted a lack of screech or stop. Colin Hughes and 107 others were treated for injuries. Dominic Gomes of Port Chester died.
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Mount Vernon
N.Y
Penn Central Railroad
Colin Hughes
New York
Armstrong Sues Over Jail Health For Jeopardy Claim
Karleton Armstrong, accused UW bomber, filed a Dane County suit against Sheriff Ferris alleging health and life are at risk due to inadequate medical care in the county jail. He, 27, is jailed on 450000 cash bail and seeks screenings for communicable diseases amid prior rejected complaints.
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Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
Karleton Armstrong
Dane County
Armstrong
William Ferris
Army Mathematics Research Center
Bodyguard For Queen Elizabeth Retires At 65
London AP Albert Perkins has retired after 20 years as Queen Elizabeth II personal bodyguard and a previous decade with King George VI. On his 65th birthday he leaves royal service to live near Windsor with his wife, to fish and watch soccer, still eager to see the Queen in passing.
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London
Albert Perkins
Britain
Elizabeth II
George VI
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Tropics
Cashton Man Mitby Installed International Odd Fellows Grand Master
Cashton resident Lester Mitby was installed as grand master of Wisconsin’s International Order of Odd Fellows at the Milwaukee grand lodge convention held June 10 11 and 12. Mitby has 40 years in the Sparta and Cashton lodges and 25 years with U S Military Organizations. He led a district association including La Crosse Sparta Melrose Viroqua Cashton and Fountain City. his wife Alice leads the Rebekah order in Cashton. He chaired Monroe County Promotions Inc which produced the 1974 National High School Rodeo Finals in Tomah and previously served on the Monroe County Board for 12 years.
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Cashton
Wis
Lester Mitby
International Order of Odd Fellows
Wisconsin
Grand Lodge
Milwaukee
Mitby
Sparta
U.S
Sparta Lodge
la Crosse
Melrose
Viroqua
Fountain City
Alice
Rebekah Order
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Dspt. of Commerce
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Great Lakes
Plains
Ninneman Funeral Home
Beth
Ellen
Wilda Syverson
William Rabe Sr
Sletten l Furniture
Caledonia
Newburg
Brewington
Elizabeth
PORK
13Th and
South Avenue
State
Odd Fellows Chief
Viterbo College
Viterbo
THE
Black Literature” Workshop
Viterbo College LA Croise
Wii
VITF
RBO College
Handy Builders
Black « Decker Power Tools
Jig
WSU
Weber Grills
State RD
Black & Decker
MODEL
Elec
H.P. Lawn Edger
Creative
Pittsburgh
6Th St
Goodyear
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