Missouri Synod Aims 6000 Mission Boards Across Churches
In San Francisco 900 delegates to the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod convention urged establishing almost 6000 mission committees, one in each congregation, to expand evangelism amid urban and rural change. The plan reaffirms 1965 goals to open 1350 new congregations, surveys mission opportunities, and urges inclusive outreach to all persons within each parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Synod
Board For Missions
North
South America
Shinto comeback fears voiced by Japanese church leader
J Newland Pfaff of the Japan Bible Christian Council warns that state Shinto and emperor worship could revive under Liberal Democratic influence. He fears civil and religious liberties would shrink as Ise Shrine regains official recognition, despite postwar constitutional limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
J. Newland Pfaff
Japan Bible Christian Council
Yomiuri
Saeies
Pfaff
Liberal-Democratic Party
Ise
Iseshirine
Shinto Shrine
Local church schedules fill weekend services across city
A long list of church services across many denominations fills the weekend calendar. Pastors Ralph D. McGann, Donald Skaggs, Warren G. Zinn and others lead 9:30 a.m. worship or Sunday school sessions while midweek prayer meetings and Bible studies are slated at multiple locations including Seventh Day and Calvary. Special speakers include Rev. John R. Bryant in Gillett, Wis. and Rev. E Koons in Kasson Minn.
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Ferry
Donald Skaggs
John R. Bryant
Gillett
Wis
Jackson St
Edgar Pals
Missionaries Honored in Indiana Retirement Ceremony
Florence Salzer of La Crosse retires after 32 years as an educational missionary in India. She is among 10 Methodist missionaries honored at the Furloughed Missionaries Conference closing session on DePauw University campus in Greencastle Indiana. The group includes eight women and two men from eight states serving in seven countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Salzer
la Crosse
India
Methodist Board of Missions
Greencastle
Ind
DePauw University
Woman’s Division of Christian Service
Division of
World Missions
Lucile Colony
New York
Southern Asia
Board of Missions
Car Windows Broken Reported Behind Cavalier Inn
Herbert Morey of 2218 Charles Street reports to city police that unknown person(s) broke windows in two doors of his car while it was parked behind the Cavalier Inn Thursday night.
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Herbert Morey
Charles St
Cavalier Inn
Paralyzed steamfitter awarded $200000 settlement
Felix Kowalski, 47, paralyzed from the shoulders down, signed a settlement for 200000 cash and 20000 annually in medical payments for life, approved by Circuit Court Judge Cornelius J. Harrington. Abbott Laboratories to pay the cash, Northwest Heating and Plumbing Co to provide medical payments. Kowalski fell from a scaffold on March 7, 1958 while working at Abbott's building, alleging unsafe scaffolding.
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Chicago
Felix Kowalski
Cornelius J. Harrington
Kowalski
Abbott Laboratories
North
Northwest Heating and Plumbing Co
Abbott
Marine Promoted to Lance Corporal at El Toro
Lance Cpl. Richard J. Smith son of Mr and Mrs Raymond V Smith of La Crosse Wisconsin was promoted May 29 while serving with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Santa Ana California.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Richard J. Smith
Raymond V. Smith
George St., la Crosse
3Rd Marine Aircraft Wing
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Lions Banquet for the Blind Draws 100 Attendees
About 100 people attended the annual Lions Club banquet for the visually handicapped and blind at Maple Grove Country Club. Dwaine Anderegg served as toastmaster, with Le s ter A. Loken as principal speaker. The event announced seven La Crosse area children will attend Lions Camp at Rosholt in July and a caravan will visit July 26.
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Lions Club
Maple Grove Country Club
la Crosse
Monroe
West Salem
Lions Clubs
Dwaine Anderegg
Lester A. Loken
Eau Claire
State Department of Public Welfare
Lion Henry Schuster
Ronald Gerald
la Crosse Club
la Crosse Lions Club
Linker Hotel
La Farge picnic for Knights and Sisters set Sunday
La Farge Wis The annual Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters auxiliary picnic will be held at La Farge Park Sunday starting at 1 p.m. Attendees should bring their own dishes sandwiches and a dish to pass. Coffee and soft drinks will be furnished.
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LA Farge, Wis
Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters
la Farge Park
Interfaith Marriage Discouraged By Synod
SAN FRANCISCO AP The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod adopted a statement discouraging interfaith marriages and offering counseling, urging preservation of rights without premarriage agreements, and advising against marriages to non Christians or to those of other faiths with wide belief divergence. Delegates approved a principle denying racial superiority or inferiority, with the Southern District backing the measure. Detroit to host 1965 and Cleveland to host 1962 conventions.
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San Francisco
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Convention
Synod
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
Detroit
Cleveland
Image Minorities on NBC Monitor Summertime Series
NBC radio presents a four week monitor summertime series titled Image Minorities highlighting contributions of minorities to American life. Executive VP Matthew J. Culligan frames the effort as exposition not exposure and features voices from diverse figures including Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and Gene Tunney while Bob Considine narrates.
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New York
Matthew J. Culligan
NBC Radio
Culligan
New York Times
Joe Culligan
NBC
Monitor
Richard M. Nixon
Gene Tunney
U.S
Edward Corsi
Harry Golden
America
Bob Considine
Rev Kundinger Installed as Cathedral Rector
The Very Rev. Joseph F. Kundinger will be installed as rector of St. Josephs Cathedral in a 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday. The rite will be led by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas OShaughnessy, with Most Rev. John P. Treacy, bishop of La Crosse, represented. Kundinger succeeds Rev. Louis Paquette, who moved to St. Marys in Bangor. A parish reception followed last Thursday hosted by the Parish Council of Catholic Women.
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Joseph F. Kundinger
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Thomas O’shaughnessy
Blessed Sacrament Church
la Crosse
John P. Treacy
Louis Paquette
St. Mary’s, Bangor
Father Kundinger
Lyle Mason
La Crosse Health Dept Reappointed Agent of State Board
Edward F. Peters announced that the La Crosse Health Department has been re designated as an agent of the Wisconsin State Board of Health. The board approved the reappointment for the license year ending June 30, 1960, noting compliance in enforcing hotel, restaurant and tourist rooming house regulations.
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Edward F. Peters
la Crosse
Idealist Kassem Remains Hero To People Of Iraq
Rome AP profile portrays Premier Abdel Karim Kassem as a popular, cautious leader who combined idealism with political shrewdness. It notes his stance between British Labor and Liberal ideas, his push against Mosul era Communists, and his aim to balance West ties with the Communist bloc while restraining violence. He was born in Baghdad on November 21, 1914, and has devoted himself to toppling the old regime, never marrying to focus on his mission.
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Rome
Baghdad
Abdel Karim Kassem
Iraq
Kassem
Defense Ministry
Britain
Mosul
National Front
Mahdawi
Hass
Tigris
Air Force
Abdul Jabbar Jawad
Regents Denied A Rehearing On Prof Ball Case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court denied a rehearing request over the dismissal of Prof. George M. Ball from Superior State College in 1957. Regents claimed academic freedom was not at issue. Ball now teaches at State Teachers College Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Court had upheld a lower ruling that Ball was fired without a proper hearing.
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Jim Dan Hill
Supreme Court
Dane County Circuit Court
Ball
Hospitality trap set up by Dixie City in Mount Airy
Mount Airy officers run a hospitality trap every Wednesday by selecting out of state license plates, stopping tourist drivers, and offering a free hospitality package that includes supper, an overnight stay, a movie, and a city tour.
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Mount Airy
N.C
Doctors urged to aggressively promote immunization
In Madison the Wisconsin Medical Society president Dr William B Hildebrand urges physicians to push immunization for infants against diphtheria tetanus smallpox polio and similar diseases He cites studies showing public health standards not being met and cites reasons including complacency cost and parental ignorance or apathy.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wisconsin Medical Society
William B. Hildebrand
Menasha
Sistent
Milton Junction Improvements Okayed by PSC
The Public Service Commission authorized Milton Junction to build a well and elevated storage tank at about 114000 dollars. The project ends the village’s water purchase from nearby Milton.
Easy stages to convert GI life insurance in old VA guidance
Veterans in the La Crosse area can convert World War II term policies to permanent plans in small steps. VA official E. L. Dahlen explains initial conversions as low as 1000 dollars, with future additions in 500-dollar increments, potentially reaching a permanent policy in ten years. He notes permanent plans offer loan, cash value, and extended coverage features beyond term policies.
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la Crosse
E. L. Dahlen
la Crosse VA
Dahlen
Vocational School
Returned To Prison
Rhinelander man Delbert Fletcher 46, alias John Owens, was returned to Waupun State Prison for five years after pleading guilty to four counts of breaking and entering, one grand larceny, and three petty_larceny. He had just completed a five-year term and was tied to robberies of two churches and two factories before police caught him in a boxcar in Sheboygan freight yards.
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Sheboygan
Waupun
Delbert Fletcher
Clars F. Whiffen
Fletcher
John Owens
Court Reorganization Measure Advances in Wisconsin Assembly
The Wisconsin Assembly approved with 86 votes to 2 a court system reorganization bill, sending it to the Senate after adding three Milwaukee County amendments. The measure retains the state Supreme Court and circuit courts while consolidating other courts into county courts, keeping justices of the peace.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Milwaukee County
Rent
Justice of the Peace
Legislative Council
Gaylord Nelson
Airborne camera to photograph sun on stratospace mission
Scientists unveil the stratoscope project to lift an 1850 pound payload to 80000 feet via unmanned balloons. A television camera, tied to a remote controlled telescope, will film the sun while ground operators steer the aim. Sponsors include the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation. General Mills will launch and recover the gear.
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Minneapolis
Martin Schwarzschild
Princeton University
Eisenhower
Office of Naval Research
National Science Foundation
General Mills
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