Readstown native begins UW La Crosse probation internship
Orlan Prestegard a 43 year old former postmaster and farmer from Readstown starts a 12 week internship in La Crosse to study probation and parole operations. The UW law school graduate will observe corrections divisions and Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare practices.
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Readstown
la Crosse
Orlan T. Prestegard
University of Wisconsin Law School
Corrections
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
Clark L. Smith
Division of Corrections
National Council of Legal Clinics
American Bar Association
Wisconsin
Ruud Announces GOP Candidacy for Sheriff in La Crosse County
La Crosse County traffic patrolman George Ruud, 43, announced Tuesday he will seek the Republican nomination for sheriff. He has 12 years in traffic duty, FBI training, and lectured across community groups. Ruud served in World War II with 56 combat missions and is married to Violet Radike with five children.
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la Crosse County
George Ruud
Ruud
Liberty St
la Crosse
Logan High School
Logan High School. He Has Been A Member of the Traffic Patrol
FBI
Chiefs of Police Association
Northwestern Traffic Institute
County Civil Defense Organization
Air Force
Italy
Violet Radike
La Crosse Board Grants Zoning Variances
The La Crosse Board of Appeals granted variances for three individuals to build unattached garages and a carport at several addresses. Paul Johnson at 222 S. 10th St Minnie Horn at 2104 S. 13th St and Alex Baptie at 719 S. 22nd St received permission despite yard deficiencies. Walter Golda may subdivide 903 S. 8th St. Hoeschler Properties’ plan for a restroom at 1101 Market St. was held up with no shows.
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la Crosse Board of Appeals
Eugene Dally
Paul Johnson
S. 10Th St
Minnie Horn
S. 13Th St
Alex Baptie
S. 22Nd St
Walter Golda
S. 8Th St
Hoeschler Properties, Inc
Schmauch Drug
Market St
Man Hurt In Crash At George And Livingston Streets
A motor bicycle rider and a car collided at 7 39 p m on George and Livingston Streets injuring Robert Redig 22 of 2307 Prospect Street who was taken to St Francis Hospital with pulled tendons. The bike rider William Pickett 19 of Ashland suffered wrist and leg injuries and the car driver Roger Turk 29 of Portage was uninjured in the crash.
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North Side
George
Livingston
Robert Redig
Prospect St
St. Francis Hospital
Redig
William Pickett
Ashland
Roger Turk
Portage
Jury Chosen In Civil Suit Over 1962 Traffic Crash
A La Crosse Circuit Court jury was sworn Tuesday to hear Audrey and Donald Medinger versus Frederick Betthauser and Dairyland Mutual Insurance. The 1962 collision at Rose and Moore streets left Mrs Medinger injured. Judge Lindoln Neprud presided.
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la Crosse Circuit Court
Audrey
Donald Medinger
Redfield St
Frederick Betthauser
N. 9Th St
Dairyland Mutual Insurance Co
Madison
Rose and Moore Streets
Betthauser
Medinger
Blast Victim to Be Guest at Conclave Here
A boy injured by a dynamite blast last year will attend the 106th Knights Templar conclave in La Crosse as a guest at a Friday banquet. Jim Slabach has had his sight restored with Knight Templar Eye Foundation grants. The four day event features a grand parade, 25 white convertibles for guest transport, and attendance by officials from the Grand Encampment of the United States and other jurisdictions.
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Knights Templar
Knights In la Crosse
Jim
Dandy) Slabach
Knight Templar Eye Foundation
Educational Loan Foundation
Clarence L. Ringquist
la Crosse
Wisconsin Priory of Knights of the York Cross of Honor
Fire and Emergency Calls Reported June 15
Shelby responding to a TV set fire at 2927 Leonard St. Bertha Thompson’s water heater overheated at 1314 Pine St. Grass fire reported near Green Bay Street and Strong Avenue. Mrs Helen Meyer 51 ill from 4th and Main to St Francis Hospital.
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Shelby
David Bina
Leonard St
Bertha Thompson
Pine St
Green Bay Street
Strong Avenue
4Th and
Main Streets
Helen Meyer
Sparta
St. Francis Hospital
Albums Stolen From Car In Main Street Block
Mrs. Henry Poellinger reports three record albums borrowed from La Crosse Public Library were taken from her car between 1 and 3 p.m. Monday in the 700 block on Main Street. Items were Oklahoma The King and I and the Bishop s Choristers.
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Henry Poellinger
George St
la Crosse Public Library
Main Street
Oklahoma
Bishop
Coast Guard and Legion Plan Queen Contests in La Crosse
La Crosse girls may enter the Princess Four or Miss Dolphin contests sponsored by the American Legion and Coast Guard Auxiliary. Princess Four targets girls born mid 1947 to mid 1949, with eliminations June 23 and a July 3 Riverside Park program. Miss Dolphin requires 16 years old, judged on water skill and poise, with both contests concluding the same day.
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la Crosse
la Crosse American Legion
Coast Guard Auxiliary
American Legion
Riverside Park
Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 10-3
S. 6Th St
Birthdate Talent to Be Presented Under Judge Rules
The birthdate talent will appear under the guidelines set by the judging committee. Performers must comply with all rules and accept the committee’s decision as final.
475 Children Sign Up For Swim Classes
Some 475 children registered Monday for swimming instruction at Memorial Field Pool and at the North Side and Pettibone beaches. Residents may register all week with Recreation Director Eugene Fry. Pool and Pettibone Beach lessons begin this week. North Side Beach on June 23. Junior and senior lifesaving classes are open, with head guard Thomas Gianoli noting an unusually low turnout. Adults get nightly access with Sunday as adult night and classes from June 21 onward.
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Memorial Field Pool
North Side
Pettibone
Eugene Fry
Pettibone Beach
Thomas Gianoli
Break-In Reported at Randall Graw Co
Burglars unlocked a door after breaking a window and pried open a soft drink vending machine at Randall Graw Co 1007 Monitor St. Police found the scene at 1 02 a.m. Tuesday and said an undetermined amount of coins was taken.
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Randall-Graw Co
Monitor St
Ames Legion Post Honored at Minnesota District Convention
La Crescent Git tens Leidel Post 595 elected Ames of La Crescent as a vice commander for Minnesota District 1 while Ralph Hughes leads the district. The post set records with 341 members and $3,141 in cash plus 3,000 man hours for child welfare. The Apple Arrows drum corps placed second in the junior parade division.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Dallas
Ames
Gittens-Leidel
American Legion
Department of Minnesota
Winona
Ralph Hughes
St. Charles
Houston
Fillmore
James Farrell
the Post
Garfield Duxbury
Henry Seidel
Charles Gavin
Winona Legion Memorial Club
The
Post
Earl Good
Edward Olson
Robert McLaughlin
Boaters Warned Of Submerged Stumps In Black River
Police warn boaters about submerged tree stumps near the I 90 Bridge project in the Black River. A pontoon operator and two other boaters reported striking what they believed were pilings. police found pilings only rise 15 to 20 feet and trees have been cut nearby.
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Black River
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Truax Field
David Holmberg
George Griffis
Milton Junction
UPI
Margaret Costa
Edward
Broadway
49Th Street
New York
Michael Massa
Massa
Costa
California
University of California At
Los Angeles
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Prestegard
Frank J. Remington
Albert Prestegard
R. J
Readstown High School
Ifantry (Texas
France
Hilton
GOP
Hulda Gross
Alice Hansen
Adolph F. Tuma
Robert E. Wiggert
Edna Bakkum
John F. Vach
Paul Finanger
Henry A. Korthals
Myron Swennes
Jean Johnson
Alice Sprain
West Salem
Russell Clair
Onalaska
Schnick
Walker
Lubbock
Tex
Jimmy Walker
Texas Tech
Edmonton
Gregory Sobkowiak
Donald Sobkowiak
Cliffview Terrace
Sobkowiak
Asbury Methodist Church
Tribune
Leithold
4Th St
United States
G. Wilbur Bell
Chandlerville
Ill
Willard M. Avery
North Eastern Department
Knightstown
Ind
Robert V. Osborne
North Central Department
Racine
Roy W. Riegle
Emporia
Kan
Social Order of the Beauceant of the World
Frank Talbot
Portland, Ore
Vermaine H. Sidles
Estherville
Iowa
James L. Lee
Galveston, Tex
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Edward Cotterwick
Muriel Onsrud
Donald Willson
Coast Guard
Legion
Schumacher
Ray J. Schumacher
Roy Tichenor
Don Kish JR
Princess
Gianoli
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
4Th and Main Lacrosse
Wis
Rotary
Pearl St
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