Spirit of 76 Diesel Engine Brings Freedom Train
The Spirit of 1776 diesel electric locomotive, a 2000 horsepower Freedom Train engine from American Locomotive and General Electric, will tour the nation. Painted white with red and blue trim, it weighs 304,500 pounds and reaches speeds up to 120 mph.
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Strea
la Crosse
American Locomotive Company
General Electric
American Locomoive
Robert B. McColl
Union
United States
Early Response In Cancer Fund Drive Urged In La Crosse
La Crosse county campaign committee of the American Cancer Society led by U S Snellbaker Jr and J B Coleman reports slow letter responses and urges immediate returns to fund the drive. The city notes 60 percent of state funds are returned and outlines services including a cancer detection center meetings, a cancer information service, a dressing center coming to the seventh district, and a project gathering old shirts for Johnnie coats to aid home patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
American Cancer Society
U. S. Snellbaker, Jr
J. B. Coleman
la Crosse
Cancer Detection Center
Cancer Information Service
Public Health Department
Field Army of American Cancer Society
Aggies Crown South Track Kings After SWC Title
Texas A and M builds a dominant track season by winning the Southwest Conference championship and defeating Oklahoma A and M and Louisiana State in dual meets. Oklahoma A and M leads the Missouri Valley Conference. LSU takes the SEC title.
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College Station
Tex
Texas A
South
Aggies
Oklahoma A
Louisiana State
Steel production hits two million tons for 1947 railways
Two million tons of rail steel were produced in 1947 for American railroads, marking a strong annual output. The figure highlights sustained steel industry activity supporting railway infrastructure and freight traffic amid postwar recovery.
Ballad for La Crosse set by mass choir for centennial
Wayne R. Bohrnstedt composes Ballad for La Crosse to be sung July 15 16 17 by 150 to 200 singers with a bi weekly rehearsal starting Monday in Washburn auditorium. Johannes Fossum leads orchestra arrangements as the composer directs the chorus in the Jaycee pageant finale.
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la Crosse
Wayne R. Bohrnstedt
Washburn Auditorium
Eighth
Main Streets
Johannes Fossum
Veterans Rest Camp Seeks Area Rest and Recuperation
Communications go to veterans organizations to identify county veterans needing rest and recuperation. Frank N Daily leads the survey for Camp American Legion site oversight. admission is open to any veteran not ill or contagious, with free care under medical supervision. Over 3,000 veterans have used the camp, benefiting from fishing, boating, meals, and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank N. Daily
Service Heads
Camp American Legion
American Legion
Daily
Nazi built air raid shelter in Berlin damaged again
German reports say Allied demolition teams used eight thousand pounds of a new type plastic explosive but only blew a hole in the Nazi built air raid shelter in the Tiergarten. A second fruitless attempt to destroy the steel and concrete structure followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tiergarten
Morning and Twilight Sessions Emphasized in Playground Program
Recreation department outlines a playground season stressing morning and twilight activities after a three year attendance study. The plan includes teen afternoon programs with expanded twilight, with weekly special events from pet parades to folk dances and handicrafts.
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E. P. Hartl
City Recreation Department
Public Library
Walter Weigent
Clarice Oren
Harold
Agate Once Believed Antidote Worn For Poison
The agate was once thought to neutralize poisons if worn on the body. This belief framed its medicinal and protective reputation in historical practice.
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Frank W
Tribune
Phete Crane
American Heritage Foundation
C. A. Beranek
Clarence Witt
Everett Woehrmann
Chamber of Commerce
Bohrnstedt
Nathan Myrick
Prairie la Crosse
Mississippi River
Wate
America
Logan High School
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Northwestern University
Northwestern
Bowling Green State University
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Kinney
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Pearl
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Bernice Thrun
Roosevelt
Joanne Nau
Franklin
John Ellison
Dorothy Fregin
Copeland
Armin Scheurle
St. Andrew
Scheurle
Washington
Ruth Thomas
Emerson
Longfellow
Elwood Towsen
Anne van Zandt
Hogan
Herbert Fregin
Dorothy McEvoy
West
Sumimes
Travel
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Petre
Fantle
ORR Health
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Holland
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