Spring Thaw Triggers Avalanches In Alps
In Courmayeur Italy a spring thaw triggered avalanches in the Italian Alps. An Austrian hiker Florian Ohnmacht 20 and Italian worker Giuseppe Trucca 31 were killed. Six companions escaped. two Italians on an aqueduct were swept away with one dying and the other freeing himself.
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Courmayeur
Italy
Florian Ohnmacht
University of Innsbruck
Grand Paradise Mountain
Ohnmacht
Aosta
Giuseppe Trucca
Study Of Civic Center To Start About April 10
TWO PERSONS SEEN NEAR WRECKAGE Plane Missing Since Feb. 2 With 2 Aboard Spotted In Yukon Wilds AP reports that an American man and a woman may have survived a February crash after private planes traced a 4,000 foot mountain near Watson Lake. Pilot Ralph Flores and Helen Klaben were en route from Whitehorse to Fort St John when lost.
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Watson Lake
Yukon Territory
Northlands
Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman
Cassiar
B.C
Chuck Hamilton
British Columbia
Howard
Ralph Flores
San Bruno
Calif
Pasenger
Helen Klaben
Brooklyn
N.Y
Whitehorse
Fort St. John
Hamilton
Flores
Lipovetz 67 Dies Founder of 700 Bowling Clubs
F J Lipovetz founder of the National 700 Bowling Clubs of America died at 67 in his home after a long career as a bowling educator and organizer. He helped establish 80 chapters, taught at La Crosse State College, and authored several books on exercise and physical education. The American Bowling Congress pledged to perpetuate the organization Lipovetz created. Lipovetz received the BWAA Rip Van Winkle award for major contribution to bowling. He was born Sept 10 1895 in Austria and later lived in Chisholm Minnesota and Wisconsin. He is survived by a widow and four daughters and several siblings.
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Bowling Writers Association of America
BWAA
Ford John Lipovetz
National 700 Clubs of America
Buffalo
N.Y
Lipovetz
National 700 Bowling Clubs of America
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
American Bowling Congress
ABC
Austria
John
Johanna Lipovetz
Chisholm
Minn
la Crosse State College
Mr. Lipovetz
Columbia University
New York
American Gymnastics Union College
Indiana University
Rush Medical School of
Chicago
Crookston
Anne Schweiger
Grandview
Lutheran Hospital Schools of Nursing
International Mark Twain Society
U.S. Army Hospital Corps
American Legion
Jane) Vorel
Greenville
D.C
William
Marion) Holicky
Oshkosh
Louis
Margaret) Winninger
Waterloo
Iowa
Joseph
la Crosse
Edward
New Haven
Federal Agency Okays Contract for Civic Center Study
City Attorney John K Flanagan announced that the Urban Renewal Administration has approved a contract with Candeub Fleissig and Associates to conduct a feasibility study on a proposed civic center. The 120 day study, starting around April 10, will map interior and exterior surveys, boundary limits, relocation issues, land use and marketability, and flood control near the La Crosse River, within the 4th and State Streets area. The federal grant totals over 27000 dollars with about 17000 to be used by the city. Proposed facilities include a new city hall a new city safety building and a new county courthouse with construction to begin this year.
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John K. Flanagan
Flanagan
Candeub, Fleissig and Associates
Urban Renewal Administration
Civic Center
la Crosse River
4Th
State Streets
Northwestern Railroad
7Th Street
State Street
State
4Th Street
3Rd Street
City study budget trims costs for public land use plan
Flanagan outlined cuts in a city study budget totaling 27 000 dollars for reviewing land use. Aimed at public purposes with some land for private business, the plan reduces administration, rental, legal, and sundry fees. He will serve as study administrator at 300 dollars monthly, with costs considered tentative and drawn quarterly.
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Flanagan
Candeub
Fleissig
Warm weekend pushes mercury toward record in Coulee Region
The Coulee Region enjoyed near record warmth with readings climbing to 71 across the area, just three degrees from the 1924 all time high. Forecasts call for highs around 50 with showers Monday, and a cooling trend as wind shifts.
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Coulee
Mercury
Coulees
Self-Imposed Hotel Fast Story of Pounds Lost
A dramatic first-person account from Mary Ferguson in Long Beach describes seven days of a self imposed hotel room fast. She details weight loss, measurements, emotional highs and lows, and reliance on coffee tea and bouillon with brief cravings for crackers and cheese. Her doctor cautions initial hunger but foresees shrinking hunger as the fast continues.
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Mary Ferguson
Associated Press
Long Beach
Calif
Arthur
Rolvaag Is Sworn In as Minnesota Governor
Democrat Karl Rolvaag was sworn in as Minnesota governor by Chief Justice Oscar Knutson at 12 01 p m with the seven member court present The crowded courtroom and reception room reflected wide civic support as Rolvaag received his election certificate from Secretary of State Joseph Donovan His family attended including wife Florence daughter Kristin and son Paul as Rolvaag began his term in the Capitol after a long election battle background notes and public greetings accompanied the ceremony
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Rolvaag
Minnesota
Sec. of State
Joseph Donovan
Donovan
St. Paul
Roseville
Capitol
Elmer L. Andersen
O. EF. Rolvaag
Northfield
Minn
Florence
Kristin
Paul
Torliff
Roseau
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D-La
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