Respect For Flag Stressed At Ceremony
Ray Fink former Elks president urged dedication to the nations ideals during the Flag Day program at Riverside Park. The event featured a parade, color guards, drum corps, Boy Scouts, and a Liberty Bell made of flowers, with awards given to Aquinas and Central High School students for the U.S. Constitution contest.
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Ray Fink
Menasha
Order of Elks
Riverside Park
Fink
Courthouse Square
Anderson Memorial
Riverside
Catholic War Veterans
VFW
Conservatory
Girl Scouts
Brownies
American Legion
la Crosse Boy Scout
Elks
la Crosse
Frank Italiano
Bernard Ingli
John Flynn
Carrol Weigel
Weigel
Wisconsin
Aquinas High School
Judy Boehm
Gregory Lawrence
Sharon Bartschenfeld
Central High School
Miss Boehm
Woman Recalls Clean Car Twist in Maryville
In Maryville Tennessee a woman reported that a wash left her car looking brand new. Police then advised her the vehicle was indeed hers and she retrieved it driving away in a surprisingly clean car that belonged to her.
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Maryville
Tenn
Births Report From Vernon Memorial and Memorial Hospital
Birth notices from Vernon Memorial Hospital Viroqua Wis and Memorial Hospital Tomah list a series of newborns with dates from May 27 to June 10. New parents include Leslie Young James Hurtz Kenneth Erickson Charles Rood and others with residences in Viroqua Cashton Westby Victory Camp Douglas and Wilton. Named mothers Irene Ostrem Marie Fredrick Betty Brinkman Lorietta Tollackson Joyce Edwards Donna McGary Barbara Geddes Berniece Rowell Joan Jones Dorothy Quackenbush Liliam Frusher Marion Reineke Joan Schmidt Imelda Thom Heidi Briggs and others.
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Leslie Young
Viroqua
Irene Ostrem
James Hurtz
Cashton
Marie Fredrick
Kenneth Erickson
Betty Brinkman
Charles Rood
Loretta Tollackson
Donald Berg
Gays Mills
Jeanette Calhoun
Charles Oinonen
Westby
Joyce Edwards
William Phillips
Lois Trepte
Norman Getter
Donna McGary
Roland Fox
Victory
Barbara Geddes
Myron Johnson
Marlis Alexander
Leo Stratton Jr
Rockford
Ill
Berniece Rowell
Wayne Raese
Janesville
Joan Jones
Arthur Rebmann
R. 2
Camp Douglas
Pat Warner
Cyril Gerke
Tomah
Dorothy Quackenbush
Robert Powers
Warrens
Liliam Frusher
Eugene Creviston
Wilton
Marion Reineke
Chet Follansbee
Joan Schmidt
Virgil Finnigan
Imelda Thom
Robert Rezin
Margaret Schultz
Donald Anderson
Heidi Briggs
Robert Sleeman
Emma Jean Pickle
Cecil Parker
Donna Davis
Ross Arttus
R. 1
Police Chief Dismisses Lottery Odds Then Wins Lottery
Albany Georgia police chief Billy Lee lectured on the foolishness of illicit lotteries. Immediately after, the Lions Club held a charity lottery with Lee as the winner. odds were 270 to 1 and the prize was men’s wear.
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Albany
Billy Lee
Lions Club
Lee
Help With World War I and Korean War Service Questions
A Richmond reader asks where to obtain a copy of a WWI draft registration card. A Newport mother seeks widow’s pension eligibility after her husband’s service. Indiana and Wisconsin correspondents request details on disability pension increases at 65 and overseas tours. A Washington man queries civilian training under the Korean GI Bill. An Ohio reader asks about overseas service length for a son in Germany. The paper directs inquiries to regional offices and Maj. Nial for service-related questions.
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C. McC
Richmond
Federal Records Center
St. Joseph St
Jast Point
J.A.M
Newport
R.I
The
Red Cross
Veterans Organization
N.H
Litton
Ind
D.A
Washington, D.C
W.E.V
Youngstown
Ohio
Germany
United States
Thomas Weller Birthday and Polio Nobel Contribution
Dr Thomas Weller born June 15 1915 in Ann Arbor Michigan shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for polio research that aided development of the Salk vaccine. He served as a U S Army major in World War II and later taught tropical public health at Harvard.
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Thomas H. Weller
Ann Arbor
Mich
Jonas Salk
Michigan
Harvard
Weller
U.S. Army Medical Corps
Race Relations Top Public Concerns in Catholic Digest Survey
A Catholic Digest survey shows Negro and white race relations ranked as the biggest problem in the United States, with 45 percent naming the racial question. The atomic bomb and cold war drew 32 percent, and juvenile delinquency 36 percent.
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New York
United States
Stockholm police redefine drunkenness after rationing end
Stockholm authorities report a 200 percent rise in drunkenness since liquor rationing ended last October. They note that stumbles and staggers are not considered proof of intoxication and that there are insufficient clinics to house all eligible drinkers.
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Stockholm
Sweden
No Diet Fad Behind Their Raw Food Habit
The text notes that neither diet trends nor cooking skills drive the choice. It attributes the habit to laziness on her part and a preference from him for raw eating over her cooking style.
Increased Funds To Fight Lamprey Asked
A House Appropriations subcommittee was urged to vote 815000 for eradicating the sea lamprey in the Great Lakes starting July 1 and 615000 for the program by the State Department Rep Reuss Wisconsin said lampreys devastate Great Lakes trout and that electric barriers on all streams entering Huron Michigan and Superior are needed where they spawn Electric barriers already exist in some streams but not all says Reuss
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Washington
House
Great Lakes
State Department
Reuss
D-Wis
Lakes Huron
Michigan
Superior
Fish and Wildlife Service
Currier and Ives Prints Now Worth Thousands
Some late 19th century Currier and Ives prints once sold for six cents each now fetch about $1,000 to collectors. The shift in value reflects rising interest in historic Americana and decorative art from that era.
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Currier and Ives
Tax Deduction For Lobbying Faces Tax Scrutiny
Sen. Anderson questioned whether oil and gas company contributions to the NGO educational program could be deductible business expenses under the internal revenue code. NGO chairman Leonard McCollum said funds supported a long-range education effort, not lobbying, while Continent Oil Co contributed 57000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Anderson
D-Nm
Senate
Natural Gas and Oil Resources Committee
NGO
Special Senate Committee
Eisenhower
Leonard F. McCollum
Houston
Texas
NGO Committee
McCollum
Continental Oil Co
Rules Committee Split Sets Up House Votes On Rights And School Aid
The House Rules Committee split along party lines to advance civil rights and federal school aid bills. By 7-3 and 6-4 votes the measures were moved to floor action next week with hopes of passage, though a Senate filibuster by Southern Democrats threatened both bills.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Howard W. Smith
Dva
Senate
Congress
Smith
Colmer
Trimble Ark
Celler
Judiciary Committee
Democratic Party
Rep
Keating
Justice Department
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Tomah, Wis
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Sth Ave
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Xareker
W.E.D
Green Bay
Wis
11Th Airborne
Maj. Nial
Thomas Weller
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Beca
Jean Lang
Jean
Fantle
William F. Arbogast
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Bob Henfield
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