Rails Lifted Streets Resurfaced In City Program
Completion of the 1949 rail removal and street resurfacing project approved a final cost of 97 268 77 dollars. Materials and contracts awarded to Mathy Construction Co. covered rail removal and resurfacing on multiple streets including Third Main Fourth Vine Rose Caledonia Sill and related segments. Some rails remained under concrete on Sill Kane to Caledonia and Caledonia Clinton to Sill were added later at merchants' request.
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Mathy Construction Co
Third Street
Main
Badger Streets
la Crosse River
Main Street
Fourth
Vine
Vine Street
Monitor Street
Rose
Copeland Avenue
Board of Pub
Asphalt Paving Totals 8 020 5 Tons For 81 446 Sq Yds
Asphalt mixture used totals 8 020 5 tons covering 81 446 square yards on multiple streets including Third Street from Cass to the river, Fourth Street sections, Monitor Street, Rose Street, James to Sill Streets, and this Street with 7 1/2 tons reserved for patching.
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Third Street
Cass
la Crosse River Bridge
Fourth Street
Jackson
Vine Streets
Main Street
Third
Fourth
Vine Street
Monitor Stret
Copeland Avenue
Rose Street
Monitor
Gould Streets
Caledonia Street
St. James
Sill Streets
Wherry Attacks Brannan Plan In Broadcast Debate
Senator Wherry of Nebraska criticized the Brannan plan as socialization and cost prohibitive. He proposed a farm program to convert surpluses into industrial goods and foreign markets with a national security stockpile. States to be represented at the Democratic conference include Colorado Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Wisconsin Wyoming Illinois Indiana Ohio.
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Kenneth S. Wherty
Nebraska
Senate
Alliance
Neb
Wherry
Brannan
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Government bans Catholic term in state bodies in Czechoslovakia
Prague government targets Catholic hierarchy claiming Vatican interference in sovereignty. Priests must destroy church bulletins and a June 26 sermon order urges preaching on the pope’s primacy and power while constitutional rights are cited to defend church autonomy.
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Ministry of Education
Vatican
Frenchman Addresses Ripon Commencement Amid Honors
Ripon Wisconsin Pierre Bedard director of the French Institute in the United States spoke at Ripon College commencement delivering a line about security in self mastery. Bedard joined two others Weimer Hicks of Beaver Dam and Meyer Krestnbaum of Hart Schaffner and Marx Chicago as honorary doctors of laws.
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Ripon
Wis
Pierre Bedard
French Institute
United States
Ripon College
Bedard
Weimer K. Hicks
Academy
Beaver Dam
Meyer Krestnbaum
Hart, Schaffner and
Arx
Chicago
Rotary International Delegates Arrive For Convention
Twenty thousand delegates from fifty nations began arriving in New York for the 40th annual Rotary International convention. The event opens with ceremonies and promises discussions on global service and community projects.
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New York
Rotary International
Snyder to Receive Honorary Degree in Arkansas
Clarksville Arkansas ceremony Sunday will award an honorary doctor of laws to Secretary of the Treasury John W Snyder from the College of the Ozarks.
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Snyder
Clarksville, Ark
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
College of the Ozarks
Atomic Talks Continue Over AEC Mismanagement Charges
Senator McMahon says public airing of credible mismanagement charges against the Atomic Energy Commission will proceed Monday in open session if Senator Hickenlooper is ready. McMahon may present additional matters if not. The joint committee previously voted 9 to 8 for closed hearings on loyalty issues involving AEC employees.
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Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
AEC
Printing worker Kingston Weisbecker Dies in Ephrata
Kingston Weisbecker 53 of 511 Jackson Street died Thursday in Ephrata Pennsylvania after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Winifred, his son Lieut. Robert predeceased in World War II. Also he left a brother Elden and his mother. He was active in Masonic circles past master of Frontier lodge 45 and past high priest of Smith chapter. Funeral Monday 2 pm at the Masonic temple with Frontier lodge 45 F and AM and Rev. Mark Andrews officiating. Friends may call Sunday at Hellwig Morris funeral chapel and at the Masonic temple Monday from noon.
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Kingston Weisbecker
Jackson Street
Ephrata
Winifred
Lieut
Robert
Elden
la Crosse
The
Frontier Lodge No. 45
Smith Chapter
Masonic Temple
A. M
Mark Andrews
Hellwig- Morris
Machinery spending in British Guiana hits six million
British Guiana plans to spend six million dollars this year on new machinery aimed at boosting industrial capacity and productivity.
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British Guiana
Northwestern commencement lists La Crosse area graduates
Evanston special reports that five La Crosse students and two area students will receive degrees at Northwestern University’s 91st commencement on June 13. La Crosse graduates include Richard Lytle Carey and Robert Panke in electrical engineering, Edward P Oines in business administration, Patricia OBrien and Kate Lyga in dental hygiene, with area students Robert Dahnert of Neillsville earning a Master of Music and Martha Hamerschmidt of Galesville earning a Bachelor of ???.
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Evanston
la Crosse
Northwestern University
Richard Lytle Carey
State Street
Robert Panke
Winnebago Street
Edward P. Oines
Charles Street
Patricia O’brien
North 21St Street
Kate A. Lyga
Madison Street
Robert Dahnert
Neillsville
Martha Hammerschmidt
Galesville
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden Plans Poems for Convicts
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden will visit a prison to read his poems to inmates, sharing literary works and discussing art as part of a cultural outreach effort. The event underscores royal involvement in rehabilitation and education.
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Prince Wilhelm
Sweden
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