La Crosse Blue Stars Sweep VEFW Show In Wisconsin
La Crosse Blue Stars won drum corps class A at the VFW Pageant of Music at Memorial Field and followed with more victories in Cedarburg and Viroqua. They posted 74.5 points to top Imperials of St Patrick, 63.5, in Viroqua, and 84.9 to edge Racine Kilties in Cedarburg, after an 85.5 score Saturday night. Other results feature YMCA Kilties, Racine. Racine Explorer Scouts. Spectacle City Mariners. and multiple color guards and drill teams across Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Eau Claire. The Lake Band of Milwaukee led bands. Racine Elks Youth Band took second. In drum corps B, Our Lady of Mercy Milwaukee won, with Crusaders Milwaukee second and Racine Kiltie Cadets fourth.
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Blue Stars
VFW
Memorial Field
Cedarburg
Vernon County
Viroqua
Imperials
St. Patrick
Ymca Kilties
Racine
Racine Explorer Scouts
Spectacle City Mariners
South
Milwaukee
Imperials of
Milwaukee County Council
Sussex Color Guard
Regals
VFW Silhouettes
Waukesha
Crusaders
St. Mathias Cadets
Chorda Lier
Belle City Vanguards
Vet-Teens
Buccaneers of Sheboygan
Cameos
Cudahy
Bankesha
Royal Bravados
Lake Band of Milwaukee
Racine Elks
Our Lady of Mercy of Milwaukee
Crusaders of Milwaukee
Racine Scouts
Racine Kiltie Cadets
Kenosha Shoreliners
Wisconsin Rapids Zephyrs
Buckley Baldwin
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Our Lady of Mercy
Blue Stars of
Tribune
Profit Sharing To Be Topic Of Lecturer at La Crosse
J J Jehring director of the center for the study of productivity motivation at Wisconsin speaks on profit sharing and productivity at 10 am Tuesday in Science Hall room 121 La Crosse State University summer institute on poverty. He recently returned from Peru where he worked on a productivity project assisting industrial groups with employer employee relations. He formerly led the Profit Sharing Research Foundation and held graduate studies at Loras College the State University of Iowa and the University of Chicago.
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J. J. Jehring
Center For the Study
University of Wisconsin
Graduate School of Business
la Crosse State University
Science Hall
Jehring
Peru
Purdue
Cornell
Profit Sharing Research Foundation
Loras College
State University of Iowa
University of Chicago
Three Named to St Francis Hospital Advisory Board
Richard H. Pearse Jr William Tierney and D B Reinhart named to St Francis Hospital Advisory Board enriching La Crosse and the Coulee Region with governance input. Reinhart leads Gateway Foods and chairs multiple groups. Pearse with Trane Co has aeronautical engineering pedigree. Tierney BP Bank exec with extensive local service and hospital ties.
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Richard H. Pearse Jr
William Tierney
D. B. Reinhart
St. Francis Hospital
M. Francita
St. Francita
St. Francis
la Crosse
Coulee
Reinhart
Gateway Foods, Inc
Greater la Crosse
State U Regents OK Journalism Majors at La Crosse
Regents endorse undergraduate journalism majors at La Crosse Oshkosh Superior and Whitewater to meet rising demand. Expanded staffs and new departments aim to alleviate shortages while aiding non journalism careers and improving campus publications. Approval from the Coordinating Committee is also sought.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
State University System
la Crosse
Marquette University
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Eau Claire State University
State University
Oshkosh
Superior
Whitewater
Coordinating Committee For Higher Education
Regents
Board
Coordinating Committee
Supervisor Of Safety Appointed In Southwest Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Industrial Commission named William J. Ward supervisor of industrial safety for southwest Wisconsin with offices in La Crosse. He will oversee five safety specialists across Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau, La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon, Adams, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette, Waushara, Crawford, Grant, and Richland counties, enforcing safe place codes for public buildings, workplaces, mines, elevating devices, and amusement venues. Ward, with nine years at the commission, moves from Madison to Onalaska with his wife Carola and three children.
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The
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
William J. Ward
Wisconsin
Commission
la Crosse
Ward
Five Commission Safety Spe
Clark
Jackson
Trempealeau
Monroe
Vernon
Adams
Green Lake
Juneau
Marquette
Waushara
Crawford
Grant
Richland
Industrial Commission
Madison
Milwaukee
Carola
Onalaska
Employment In County Off From Year Ago
La Crosse County mid May employment was 300 fewer than in May 1966 with a 4.2 percent unemployment rate or 1,470 people jobless. May 1966 showed 3.7 percent unemployed. Total employment mid May about 33,000 across reporting industries, up 1,200 since mid March. Manufacturing rose about 400, aided by apparel hiring. nonmanufacturing up due to seasonal gains in agriculture, construction and retail trade. Registrations seeking work reached 1,200, up 20 percent since March end, including 409 women.
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la Crosse County
Wisconsin State Employment Service District
WSES
Mississippi River Crest Reaches 10.6 Feet At La Crosse
The Mississippi River at La Crosse crested at 10.6 feet Monday as forecast by Meteorologist Carl Peterson. It should hold near that level with no exceptional rainfall expected, then decline later in the week. Flood stage is 12 feet. rainfall for June totals 9.08 inches, above normal 4.20. The record June total was 11.56 inches in 1899.
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Mississippi
la Crosse
Carl Peterson
Peterson
Four girls report purse theft at Concordia Hall dance
Four women say their purses were looted in a car while at a Concordia Hall dance on La Crosse Street early Sunday. Diane Springer 20, reported $130 missing. sister Carol 18, $4. Mary Elsen 19 of 2018 S 15th St., $15. Carol Leis 19 of 2018 S 15th St., $5. Their unlocked car was on North 12th Street.
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Concordia
Symphony Musicians Are Needed in Coulee Region
Frank Italiano conductor of the Coulee Region Symphony seeks musicians for a summer concert series. Needed are one oboe player one bass clarinet two trumpets one tuba one snare drum two French horns four violins two violas one cello and one string bass. Call 784-5483 for an audition August 1 to August 19. Qualified players may join a workshop for training from pro artists.
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Frank Italiano
Coulee
Stolen Boat From Bud's Marina On French Island
Harold Swanson of 1910 Wood Street reported to the La Crosse County Sheriff that during the night his $5,000, 18 foot Larson inboard outboard boat was stolen from Buds Marina on French Island. The craft bears Swanson 3 on both sides and the registration number was not available.
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Harold Swanson
Wood St
la Crosse County
Larson
Bud
French Island
Swanson 3
Shotgun Stolen From Furniture Store Burglary
Oliver Smith of Buy- Rite Furniture at 1920 Ward Ave reported to the La Crosse County Sheriff that a $450 Remington 12 gauge over-and-under shotgun was stolen by burglars who entered the store the night prior by removing hinge pins from a door.
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Oliver Smith
Ward Ave
la Crosse County
Juveniles Quizzed Over La Crosse House Fire
La Crosse detectives questioned juveniles suspected of starting a fire in a vacant house owned by La Crosse State University at 1631 Pine Street. The structure was gutted and the roof collapsed after flames filled the building. Firefighters battled the blaze for about an hour as neighboring houses had earlier fire damage in May.
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la Crosse
la Crosse State University
Pine St
Tree trimming accident injures La Crosse man Ter ry Tharp
Ter ry Tharp a 21 year old of 1635 King Street La Crosse suffered a scalp cut when a tree limb fell while he was trimming a tree sunday afternoon. He was taken by police to St. Francis Hospital for treatment.
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la Crosse
Terry Tharp
King St
Tharp
St. Francis Hospital
Fire Department Report Brief La Crosse Details
June 24 at 11 a.m. a resuscitation call sent to Colenan Technical Institute for Harold York of Shell Lake. June 25 at 10 19 a.m. to Burns Park Oscar Meyer 84 of Nor walk given oxygen en route to St Francis Hospital by police ambulance.
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Colenan Technical Institute
Harold York
Shell Lake
Burns Park
Oscar Meyer
Norwalk
St. Francis Hospital
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Jerry Kranz
Kenton St
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Iowa
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Trane Co
Aquinas High School
Notre Dame
Trane
Tierney
Batavian National Bank
Greater la
William J. Tierney
State U Regents OK
Leslie C. Erickson
C.S.A
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Ron Ping
Richard Erickson
Sparta
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
211 Exchange
By Richard Nelson
Earth
Washington
Franklin
Jay
Jefferson
Hamilton
Nelson Funeral Home
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Metropolitan Life
Amily Security
Alvin Nienast
Jack Ray
Arnold Knutson
Lacrosse
Robert Anders
William Baum
Merlin Eggen
Anthony Gorth
Ervin Baudhuin
William Clark, Tomah Wit
Harley Gullickson
Mont Horswill
Loren Johnson
William Leisgang
Richard Meir
A. Robert Peterson
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Paul Richling
Robert Sieber
James Sokolik
Lloyd Tryggestad
Virgil Wohlwend
Ralph Zielke
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