Orientation for new voters in La Crosse at Central High
About 125 newly eligible voters attended a League of Women Voters meeting at Central High School to learn voting rights and responsibilities. City figures showed low turnout in recent elections while officials explained registration rules and how to use the voting machine before a discussion of a forthcoming auditorium referendum.
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Central High School
League of Women Voters
Alf Gundersen
Fred Kramer
Kramer
Ray Plamadore
Plamadore
la Crosse
Fred L. Kramer
Ancient Project Start of Grand Canal Section
The central section of China's Grand Canal began five centuries before Christ, marking an ancient engineering milestone.
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Grand Canal
China
Paper Consumption in 1945 Surges in United States
The 1945 average American used about 250 pounds of paper material per person, reflecting high demand for wartime and postwar needs across households and industries nationwide.
Civil War Battle at Hampton Roads
The Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack was fought at Hampton Roads on March 9 1862. The event is noted in Civil War history as a pivotal naval engagement between ironclads.
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Hampton Roads
Red Cross Certificates Granted For Water Safety Class
The Red Cross issued water safety and first aid instructor certificates at State Teachers College under B G Southall. Recipients of water safety instructor certificates include Catherine Arenz Betty Baird Alfred Barry Barbara Burroughs James Bosanny Jr Don Brown Dorothy Bryce Daniel Buschatz Virginia Congreve and many others with a second group earning first aid instructor certificates led by Leora Anderson Elizabeth Corbin Phyllis Dunn Jean Foss Edith Jeske Ann Livingston Iona McKenzie Mary Pawlak Kathleen Roberts Geraldine Schuette Barbara Sorenson LaVon Thronson Vern Williams and Harold Johnson.
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Red Cross
B. G. Southall
National Red Cross
State Teachers College
Catherine Ann Arenz
Betty Jane Baird
Alfred Leonard Barry
Barbara Jean Burroughs
James Bosanny, Jr
Don J. Brown
Dorothy Bryce
Daniel Paul Buschatz
Virginia Congreve
Shirley Marie Dyrud
Leora Ellsworth
Marjorie Marie Erickson
Cora M. Forbush
Charles Emmett Ford
Claude Cyril Kaczmarek
Frieda
Susan Kidder
Richard C. Leighton
Jane Orvis
Stan Plumb
Patricia Jean Pollock
Mildred Rose Schumacher
Betsy Ann Thomas
Gerald Thomas Thompson
Jim Luther Timmel
Rosemarie Walsh
Emma L. Wilder
Jink Katherine Frank
Arthur John Fregin
Marvin Grier
Marshall Allen Goff, Jr
Caroline Lydia Hackbarth
Dolores May Hanser
Marie Eleanor Hanson
Ruth Alice Huebner
Leora Mae Anderson
Elizabeth Corbin
Phyllis Adele Dunn
Jean Lois Foss
Edith Dorothy Jeske
Ann Jean Livingston
Iona McKenzie
Mary Jean Pawlak
Katherine Jane Roberts
Geraldine Mary Schuette
Barbara Pauline Sorenson
LaVon Mae Thronson
Vern Estelle Williams
Harold Alex Johnson
Ship Brings Parts Together After Three Years Split
The Norwegian tanker Thorshovdi was torpedoed during the 1942 North African landings and split in two. The fore half reached Gibraltar and the stern Bonn Algeria. Postwar repairs joined both halves in Scotland, and the ship returned home to Norway.
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Thorshovdi
Gibraltar
Bonn
Algeria
Scotland
Thorsvhovid
Norway
It's All Off Snakes Shed Skin Eye Cornea Fact
A quirky note states that snakes shed skin and that even the corneal covering of the eye is shed. It adds a curious claim that France has 25 000 miles of railroad.
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France
Solon Pushes Vote Machines as Lawmakers Balk at Pushbutton Congress
Rep. Arthur L. Miller proposes installing electric voting machines in Congress to cut time spent on roll calls. He cites 80th Congress data showing hundreds of hours wasted on voting in the House and Senate. Thompson International Roll-Call says its devices are used in 25 percent of state legislatures.
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Solon
Washington
NEA
Congress
U. S
Army
Navy
Arthur Lewis Miller
R.neb
Miller
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Thompson International
Roll-Call Corporation
Mt Parnassus The Seat Of Ancient Worship
Mt Parnassus in Greece served as the shrine for worship of Apollo and Dionysus, reflecting ancient religious practice and temple culture at the site.
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Mt. Parnassus
Greece
Apollo
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