Norse Meet Opens Friday At Viroqua
The golden jubilee convention of the National Sognalag begins in Viroqua Wisconsin with a registration period and social events at the high school. About a thousand delegates from the Sogn Norwegian community are expected for the two day gathering started by General Chairman Kenneth Hanson.
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Viroqua
Wis
Sognalag
Sogn
Norway
Albert Lea
Minn
Kenneth Hanson
J. P. Vigdah
Peder Hjerman
Contracts Continued for City Sewer and Storm Projects
Badger Construction and Mathy Construction bid on multiple sewer contracts from North Salem road to Hamilton street and surrounding blocks. Viner awarded separate storm sewer contracts for Muddy Flats area and Ward Madison segments. All bids near or above engineer estimates with work to begin in 10 days and finish by late summer or early fall.
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Hamilton
North Salem Road
Taylor Street
Harvey
Hamilton Street
Camp
St. Andrew
St. Cloud
Powell
Carr
Sumner
Onalaska Averilie
Livingston
Moore Streets
Badger Construction
Mathy Construction Co
la Crosse
Viner
South Avenue
Badger
Mathy
Ward Avenue
21St Place
Madison
George
Wood Streets
Wood
Rublee
Gohres
George Streets
Knutson Proposes Broad State Welfare and Health Bills
United Nations Assn notes Mrs. Knutson authored several measures including a statewide dairy act to raise dairy quality and sales, a resident emergency care program for veterans' wives, educational aid for handicapped children, and improvements to sanitoriums.
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United Nations Assn
Knutson
Wisconsin Minnesota Weather Outlook With Showers and Frost
Mostly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with showers southeast ending early tonight. Saturday partly cloudy and cool. Minnesota sees cloudy conditions with a few showers south and partly cloudy for the north. Frost likely tonight in the north with continued cool temperatures through Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Fair North
Mississippi River Forecast and Dam Readings Summary
Miss River readings list dam numbers and water levels at several sites from Dam No 6 to No 9 with temperature and tide notes. Sunrise and sunset times for Saturday recorded, along with moon rise. Forecast shows little tailwater change at Hastings to Gutenberg with a slight drop at Dan 21 and note on river orientation.
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Winone
Dakota
C.P
T.W
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Dodge
Black
Galesville
la X
West Salem
Root
Houston
Hastings
Minn
Gutenberg
Iowa
Peene Orien
20 000 Worker's Involvement Grips Auto Union Contract Fight
An army of 20 000 union stewards and plant committeemen oversee no contract operations at GM Chrysler and Ford plants. They report to regular jobs part of the day while handling grievances and pressure to resist speed ups and new work standards.
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Charles C. Cain
Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford Uaw
UAW
Ford
Good
Kercheval-Jefferson
Death of 13 year old Donald Starr in Onalaska
Donald Lee Starr 13 of Onalaska died Friday morning after a brief illness. Born May 27 1945 in La Crosse he would have started eighth grade at Holmen School in September. Survivors include his mother three sisters one brother and grandmother. Funeral and burial at 130 p.m. Saturday at David Decorah Cemetery Black River Falls with viewing at Fossum Funeral Home Friday night.
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la Crosse
Donald
Brice Prairie Boy Scout
Holmen School
Cecelia Starr
Cecelia
Carol
Richard
Caroline Blackdeer
R. J. Onalaska
David Decorah
Black River Falls
Fossum Funeral Home
Onalaska
Catholic and Lutheran hospitals unite for care and fundraising
Bishop Treacy urges area citizens to back a combined hospital campaign to build and modernize Catholic and Lutheran institutions. Randall-Graw Co. employees pledge $1,008 in payroll deductions. Campaign totals show medical and hospital sections near or above goal while other divisions trail.
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St. Francis
Treacy
Cornerstone Club
Randall-Graw Co
Monitor St
Memorial A
W. Leo Murphy
Carl Iverson
Memorial B
Ted Strehl
Bill Gerrard
Sigurd Sivertson
John Sevenants
al Levi
Catherine Franke
Ken Kastner
Wesley Denny
Charles Goerdt
Paratroopers Boost Cyprus Curfew as British Move In
Nicosia endures 100 percent curfew with British paratroopers sent to Cyprus to quell Greek Turkish clashes. Eleven killed since Saturday as pass privileges vanish and police station clashes erupt amid rising calls for annexation or partition.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Mediterranean
Greece
War Office
London
East Mediterranean
England
Wisconsin Debates Jobless Relief Law and Residency Amendments
The Senate clears Gov.Thomson relief plan expanding unemployment benefits from 26 to 42 weeks with temporary $38 to $42 boosts. A separate residency law amendment, approved by the Assembly, allows returnees to retain aid eligibility within a year. Bills await final action as sessions face opposition to urban redevelopment proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Knowles
Assembly
Thomson
Senate
William Trinke
Lake Geneva
Trinke
Lynn Stalbaum
Racine
Wisconsin
City Council Approves Long Range Capital Budget Plan
The Common Council gains authority to revise and adopt a five year capital improvement budget for fiscal 1959 onward. A finance director will compile project lists by July 1, with the City Plan Commission drafting a five year plan for submission by September 1. The plan, endorsed by the La Crosse County Taxpayers Assn., prioritizes needs and funding availability.
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Common Council
City Plan Commission
la Crosse County
Wisconsin Democrats Hear Moses Outline Eight Point Farm Plan
Moses the state Farmers Union radio director and Wisconsin United Nations president told the Democratic committee that Republican farm policy, farm vetoes, and the Mrs Phillips entry into the national committee race left him no option but to push an eight point program. He criticized Thomson’s administration and the so called right to work referendum while warning against a sales tax on low income families and denouncing Eisenhower administration tax relief.
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Wisconsin
Vernon Thomson
Metzner
Johnson-Rayburn
Eisenhower
Anderson
Moses
State Farmers Union
Wisconsin United Nations Assn
Democratic Administrative Committee
GOP
Phillips
Union Strike at City Firm Enters Its Second Week
Twelve Teamsters Local 199 warehousemen walkout against Gateway Grocery Co entering the second week with no talks scheduled. Union attorney Leonard R. Chojnacki said no agreement was reached at a recent bargaining session with employer representatives and Robert Mueller of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board. The strike stems from the contract deadlock after a May 31 expiry.
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Teamsters Union Local 199
Gateway Grocery Co
Leonard R. Chojnacki
Robert Mueller
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Chojnacki
GI Completes Tank Training at Fort Knox
Pvt. Ronald J. Foellmi 22 son of Mr and Mrs Arnold J Foellmi 1319 La Crescent St La Crosse Wis recently finished eight weeks of tank training at Army Armor Training Center Fort Knox Ky He learned to drive the medium tank and passed tank gunnery tests He entered the Army last January and completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Mo Foellmi is a 1953 Logan High School graduate.
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Ft, Knox, Ky
Ronald J. Foellmi
Arnold J. Foellmi
la Crescent St
la Crosse
Wis
Army Armor Training Center
Fort Knox
Foellmi
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Foellini
Logan High School
City Theft Reports Include Personal Property and Bakery Goods
Mrs. Bernard Hegenbarth reported a rose colored girl’s swimsuit stolen from a clothesline at 403 S. 20th St. William Grode said 60 feet of yellow nylon ski line was taken from North Side Beach. W M Hogan reported a garage break in with 15 gallons of gasoline and a hubcap stolen. Harvey’s Bakery said three dozen doughnuts valued at $1.80 were stolen from the rear.
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Bernard Hegenbarth
S. 20Th St
William Grode
North Side Beach
W. M. Hogan
Kane St
Harvey's Bakery
Rose St
Livestock Market Quotations From Swift and Company
Market report from Swift and Company with live quotations for hogs cattle calves and lambs. Prices listed for Good to prime hogs and sows by weight, cattle ranges for steers heifers cows and bulls, calves and lambs with regional Chicago prices for pork futures and produce.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
France records population rise of 434 700 in 1957
France, boasting the highest birthrate in Western Europe, shows a population increase of 434 700 in 1957, reflecting continued demographic growth and shifts across the country.
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France
Europe
Weekend forecast promises cool air with scattered rain
The forecast calls for cool weekend weather with north northeast winds around eight mph. Overnight low near 54 with Saturday high near 70. Rainfall totals include La Crosse 55, Superior 46, Kenosha 0.50 and Lake Geneva 0.49 inches, with heavier rain in Indiana and Iowa triggering flood concerns along the Wabash River. A small tornado damaged homes in La Center Kentucky injuring three.
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United States Weather Bureau
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Superior
Park Falls
Shell Lake
Grantsburg
Hales Corners
Lone Rock
Madison
Missouri
LaFayette
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Flint
Mich
Burlington
Des Moines
Dubuque
Illinois
Indiana
Wabash River
la Center
Classified ads offer quick everyday solutions
Local classifieds invite readers to solve daily needs fast and cheaply with ads. Contact number 2-8040 is provided for ad writers seeking space and guidance.
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Emvan Berg
Lincoln Neprud
Soga
Vigdahl
Paget
Norman Matthews
Chrysler Department
Donald Lee Starr
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Bell & Farrell Inc
Am. Tobacco
North
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Chicago Mold
Republic Steel
CI K O.&r. C
Caterpillar Trac
Nekoosa
Rexall Drug
Jefferson E
Royal Dutch
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Columbia Gas
Sears Roebuck
Roehring Co
Q Cornwith
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Sinclair Oil
Cent
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NS Socony
NS Salway Steel
Vy Sperry Rand
la Crosse Tel
Curtiss~ Wright
St Oil Ind
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St Oil NJ
Wis, Pw. & Lt
Dow Chem. Studebaker Pack
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G. Heil, Br. Co
Draper
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Swift
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Inc
Gamble Skogmo
NS Trane
O.williams
Union Carbide
Puritan
Goodyear Elec. & Mfg
First Bank Stk
Western Union
Wis. Pub
Gt North
Woolworth
Pioneer Fin. Co
Greyhound
Cent & Gas
Central Tel
Interstate Power
McQuay Inc
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
U.S
Idaho
Alabama
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Chicago Grain
Dad
Ron
LAD Shop
Jackson Plaza
Staufger
Call la Crosse
Sparta
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Penney
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