Vehicles Issued to NG Engineer Battalion at Camp McCoy
The 173rd Engineer Battalion National Guard based in Onalaska receives a mix of trucks bulldozers and a wrecker for its annual encampment at Camp McCoy July 2 16. Additional vehicles including bulldozers road graders and a lowbed trailer will be allocated to armories in Onalaska and Prairie du Chien.
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Mccoy
Chris Nielson
Neenah
National Guard
Onalaska
Camp McCoy
173Rd Engineer
Tribune Photo
173Rd Engineer Battalion
Anthony Wise
Hayward
Prairie du Chien
Lawrence V. Karl
Eugene A. Rogers
Robert H. Bay
Kennedy Signs Bill Increasing Benefits for Social Security
President Kennedy signed legislation to raise Social Security benefits for about 4.42 million Americans and allow退休 beneficiaries to draw at age 62. The bill, approved by Congress with minimal debate, costs $825 million in its first year and funds increases through higher payroll taxes for employers, employees, and the self employed.
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Washington
Kennedy
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Senate House
Agency seeks to close offices in four Wisconsin towns
The Railway Express Agency seeks authority to close offices in Appleton Fond du Lac Neenah Menasha and Rio Wisconsin. A public hearing on Appleton Fond du Lac and Neenah Menasha is set for August 17 at Winnebago County Courthouse Oshkosh with plans to expand the Oshkosh terminal and add branch offices. Rio office closing hearing is July 31 at Rio Village Hall. The PSC also approved Linden Telephone Co sale to General Telephone Co for 7500.
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Rio
Commission
Linden Telephone Co
Iowa County
General Telephone Co
Wisconsin
Madison
Harmer F Root to Lead Commerce and Industry Division
Harmer F Root a stock broker with Shearson Hammill and Co will head the commerce and industry division in the fall Community Chest campaign. The division includes businesses with fewer than five employees and Root previously chaired a section. Campaign chairman Philip S Davy notes broad support and Root’s task to work with small businesses to further the prior year’s gains.
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Harmer F. Root
Shearson, Hammill and Co
Philip S. Davy
Community Chest
Root
Tribune
Rev Blinco to Lead Graham Crusade in La Crosse
Rev Joseph D Blinco 49 associate evangelist of the Billy Graham team will open the Upper Midwest Crusade in La Crosse at 8 p m daily in the Mary E Sawyer Auditorium He is a former Manchester England pastor and will fly from Manchester to La Crosse Rev Edwin P Sheppard pastor of Wesley Methodist Church La Crosse is general chairman of the week long events opening July 9 at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds St Paul and including La Crosse Rochester Duluth Aberdeen and Sioux Falls with a similar two city crusade pattern used in Africa in 1960.
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Chris Nielsen
Neenah
Anthony Markevitch
Sheboygan
Oklahoma
Okla
Manchester
England
Joseph D. Blinco
Graham
Mary E. Sawyer
Blinco
la Crosse Municipal Airport
Edwin P. Sheppard
Sheppard
Wesley Methodist
Whitehaven
Cumberland
St. James School
Cliff College
Southhampton
London
British Methodist Conference
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Ethelwynne
Pauline
Stephen
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Minnesota State Fairgrounds
St. Paul
Rochester
Duluth
Minn
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
S.C
Africa
Roads Closed For Repair Across Wisconsin For July 4 Period
Wisconsin State Highway Commission reports that except for one section all major highways remain closed for repairs during the July 4 period. Opened now is State 153 in Marathon County between State 13 and Stratford. Closed segments include State 70 in Washburn, State 152 in Marathon, State 49 in Fond du Lac, State 28 in Dodge, State 59 in Rock, State 176 in Lafayette, State 36 near Waterford and State 20, State 80 between Pittsville and Dexterville, State 106 in Dane, State 67 in Waukesha, State 144 near Slinger, and State 78 near Portage to Merrimac.
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Portage
Merrimac
Burglary Report At 318 South 22nd Street
Elizabeth Wolf of 318 S 22nd St told police the house was entered while she visited her sister nearby. A rear window screen was removed and her dresser drawers were ransacked though nothing was reported missing during the 40 minute incident.
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Elizabeth Wolf
S. 22Nd St
Wisconsin Senate Blocks Two Major Human Rights Bills
The Wisconsin Senate refused to refer two sweeping human rights measures to calendar, keeping them in Sen. Leo P. O'Brien's committee. Sen. Horace Wilkie urged withdrawal, but failed in two 18 to 14 votes. The chamber instead passed a separate insurance bill 20 to 12, sending it to the Assembly.
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Horace Wilkie
D-Madison
O’brien
Governor's Commission On Human Rights
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Governor’s Commission
Wilkie
Senate
Allen Busby
Milwaukee
Ernest Keppler
Sheboygan
Assembly
Wisconsin
Sewage Operators Pass Examinations in Wisconsin
Names of successful candidates announced for certification in sewage works operations. Grant M. Haugstad of 2107 S. 17th St. and Ralph V. Anderson of Holmen passed examinations. Certification committee includes representatives from the Conference of Wisconsin Sewage Works Operators the League of Wisconsin Municipalities the State Board of Health and the University of Wisconsin. The voluntary exam aims to raise operator caliber and allow personnel to demonstrate competence and advance.
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S. 17Th St
Ralph V. Anderson
Holmen
Conference of Wisconsin Sewage Works Operators
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
State Board of Health
University of Wisconsin
Fertility Ratio in La Crosse County Surpasses National Level
Census data show La Crosse County women had a high fertility ratio from 1955 to 1960 with 492 under five per 1000 women aged 15 to 49, compared with 488 nationwide. The report links larger families to greater demand for juvenile furniture, foods, and housing, noting average local household size of 3.30.
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New York
la Crosse County
Census Bureau
Bureau
Leach
United States
Department of Commerce
Boy Recovers After Heel Cut At North Side Beach
A 10 year old boy named Thomas R. Reuter of 311 Rose St. cut his heel while swimming at the North Side Beach early Thursday night. Police transported him home then to Grandview Hospital for treatment.
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North Side Beach
Thomas R. Reuter
Rose St
Grandview Hospital
Record Water Use in La Crosse Reaches Peak
Water usage in La Crosse set an all time high as 23,225,000 gallons passed through the Myrick Park pumping station on Thursday. The prior record stood at 22,548,000 gallons on July 21, 1960, according to Clyde Allen chief engineer at the station.
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la Crosse
Clyde Allen
Myrick Park
Allen
Rider Denies Attending Red Seminar in Mississippi
Milwaukee man Robert Wahlstrom, 24, jailed in Mississippi for desegregation acts, denies attending a Communist directed seminar on Freedom Rides. Jackson officials linked riders to a Soviet Cuba seminar. Wahlstrom and Katherine Pleune, 21, were named as attendees. Wahlstrom claims Cuban trip involved Fair Play for Cuba Committee members and says no Soviet seminar occurred.
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Madison
Milwaukee
Mississippi
Robert Wahlstrom
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Jackson
Miss
T. B. Birdsong
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Cuba
Birdsong
Wahlstrom
Katherine Pleune
Chicago
Grasshopper Invasion Threatens Drought Plains
Grasshopper invasions add to drought stricken Great Plains in five states and three Canadian provinces. Fires, 90 degree heat, and a blaze along the Little Missouri River test firefighting efforts as authorities suspend grazing rules and prep emergency aid.
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Great Plains
Williston
North Dakota
Little Missouri River
Norris Ellertson
Callaway speaks at Rotary Club about a life in business
Joseph Callaway, senior Rotary member, delivers a classification talk detailing his path from farm boy to builder and developer. He describes early jobs, insurance advice, and his 35 years with Rotary as he explains his work from radio station owner to land developer on French Island.]]
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Rotary Club
Joseph Callaway
Callaway
WAPM
WKBH
Glendale
French Island
City Spraying Schedule Aims at Pleasant Weekend
Skeeter Schedule sprays city parks Friday night at 9 p.m. All parks and the area from Monitor Street and Causeway Boulevard to Clinton Street between Black River and the east city limits will be treated Sunday night. Streets and alleys in the area will be sprayed.
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Causeway Boulevard
Clinton Street
Black River
Council Cuts Ramp Bond to 395000 in Special Meeting
The Common Council reduced the parking ramp bond from 495000 to 395000 and shortened the term from 30 to 25 years by a 15 to 0 vote. Bids for bonds will be opened July bn three hours before the regular meeting. Construction can begin after sale, with 3000 monthly set aside for operations and debt service and funds to accumulate for emergency use. Issues sent to committee include paving on 6th Street and sidewalks on Hamilton Street and pool depth markings.
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Common Council
New York City
Market Square
M. R. Birnbaum
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