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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1948
Page
3
Rev. Jess Norenberg of the Wisconsin Congregational Power speaks to a Madison audience, urging resistance to fears about foreign nations. He argues power starts within, from mind and heart, and warns indifference and mental dirt block divine influence, calling for cleansing to gain hope and courage.
Charlie Russell's orchestra will provide music for dancing at Central high school gym from 8 30 to 11 30 p m Friday. Central students enter on activity tickets while others pay admission.
Flower lovers flock to New York for the annual international flower show drawing an estimated 150 000 spectators. Exhibitors recruit help from rivals, guards deter flower thieves, and landscape contractor Don Roehrs wins grand prize for his Normandy garden display aided by fellow exhibitors. An orchid from Princess Elizabeth’s wedding cake captivates women attendees as nurses assist overheated fans and a 78 year old plans a return.
Aquinas high school seniors Thomas Dwyer and Donald Sieger won a $25 prize in a La Crosse Recreation Department contest directed by Omeed Fredericks. Their script Four Bags of Gold, tied to the Black Hawk era, is to air on WKBH as part of the Wisconsin Yarns series.
Fellenz confirms he will not run for another term after his current term ends next fall. He will focus on private law practice after eight years representing the 18th district, covering Waushara Green Lake and Fond du Lac counties.
Fair and warmer conditions dominate in Wisconsin and Minnesota with tonight and Saturday forecasts. Iowa expects fair to warm with similar layering, while the Shippers' Forecast covers a 34 hour period for La Crosse region shipping routes in all directions.
Forecasters expect continuing falling tendencies in all upper pools but anticipate no major changes elsewhere through the weekend. A general thaw is not yet in sight, with easing temperatures needed to alter conditions.
A cold air mass deepens across eastern Texas with a ridge toward the Middle Atlantic states. Unseasonably frigid readings dip into southern Missouri and along the Gulf coast, while Montana and Wyoming rise to 13 to 246 above. Wausau records the nation’s coldest at 14. Precipitation mainly concentrates in the northeast over the last 24 hours.
Sporting co ed visitors from seven Wisconsin State Teachers colleges will gather at La Crosse Teachers College on Saturday for Play Day events from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. General Chairman Veronica Janecek of Richland Center announced plans for registration, rotating teams, and a noon lunch followed by skits. Colleges attending include River Falls Ripon Stout Stevens Point Oshkosh Platteville and Eau Claire with events in basketball volleyball swimming badminton shuffleboard and square dancing.
Madison report cites a Red Cross briefing by Peter Murphy that 66 of Wisconsin’s 87 chapters cannot offer home nursing courses due to lack of registered nurses as teachers. He notes demand is high amid housing show crowding and hospital understaffing.
Lincoln proposed purchasing enslaved people from owners to free them, aiming to preserve the Union. The plan centered on compensation to owners and manumission of the enslaved as a path to ending slavery.
Graduating seniors of Central High School receiving senior privileges for exemplary scholarship and good citizenship were announced Thursday. The list includes Roy Abegglen, William Affeldt, David Anderson, Sue Anderson, Lillian Bess, Beverly Bluske, Elinor Brieske, Wendy Brink, Donna Brinker, Pat Brinkley, and many others.
In Annapolis Maryland Mrs Helen J Lock 42 was given ten years in a state reformatory after an 11 year old girl burned down a neighbor’s house on instruction from Lock. The girl Louise Morrison testified Lock directed the arson three times and said she had to mind her.
Operations at Shannon Airport in Ireland resumed today as a mobile control truck took over directing aircraft after a four story control tower was destroyed by fire yesterday. Runways remained lit by flare illumination as traffic returned to normal.
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