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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
2
The first in a Summer dance series for teenagers of Jive Hive and Swing Shanty will be held Friday night June 16 at Logan high school gym. All 10th to 12th graders from Logan Central and Aquinas invited. Members bring cards. new cards at the door. Dancing from 8 30 p m.
Music will be provided by Larry Ziemann's orchestra. The Summer dances are supervised by Harold Wheelock and William Baker under the city recreation department.
In Oakland Maryland a gas explosion tore through a mountain cabin where Homer Ash and his family gathered to welcome a sixth child. Five-year-old Tommy two-year-old Peggy and Wanda Lee died. Mrs Ash and Mrs Knox died hours later at the hospital after the blast and fire left the others badly burned.
A 558 foot 13500 ton motor tanker constructed in the Netherlands for Argentina features large oil tanks refrigerating and cold storage facilities and cabins for 60 passengers.
Washington report shows both chambers deadlocked on a six month rent control extension with local option for longer terms. Senator Cain opposed passage after a long Senate debate while Senator Maybank urged House action and promised Senate conferees would push the Senate version.
William A. Roseberry, 74, co publisher of the Creston Newsvertiser from 1919 to 1928, died in Creston. He was born in Chicago. Rev Dr Charles Drake Skinner, 72, noted Methodist clergy man and director of the Advance for Christ and Church movement, died in Chicago. born in Wayne County Pennsylvania.
London aviation figure Griffith Brewer is described as the first Englishman to ascend in an aircraft. The claim attributes pioneering flights to him and marks a milestone in British aviation history.
Partly cloudy with occasional showers tonight and Friday across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Cooler northwest portions Friday as conditions clear in the west and north with lingering thundershowers ending by forenoon.
River readings show the Mississippi cresting near Dresb and La Crosse at 9.6 feet by tomorrow noon, with Prairie du Chien rising another 1.5 feet. The Black River recedes, but an Upper Iowa flash flood is underway. scattered showers and thunderstorms band across the Midwest, with heavy rain and local flooding from Spring Grove to Lansing, Iowa. Temperatures run 5 to 10 degrees above mid June normals. a high pressure system brings cooler air into Montana.
Washington reports adjournment fever running high in the Senate several weeks early as lawmakers prepare for a break.
More than 3700 University of Wisconsin students will receive degrees Friday. The class includes 2992 bachelors 500 masters and 215 doctors with honorary degrees for John Callahan Lily Ross Taylor Frank Morrison George Mead Philip Reed. Average ages 22 24 for women men 79 to 21 percent men outnumber women. 50 year certificates to 50 year Half Century club members and reunions for several earlier classes.
An electrical storm in Stoddard Wisconsin at 12 10 a m caused a bolt to strike a tree near the J D Magnuson residence occupied by the Jesse Butterfield family. Fire spread via radio aerial and rug wiring scorching window sills and curtains. Mr and Mrs Butterfield were treated for shock.
The La Crosse Tribune is listed as second class matter at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office under the 1879 Congress act.
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