Onalaska Raises 1450 For Field Lights Auction
Onalaska High School's PTA auctioned white elephants and refreshments to cut debt on the football field lights. The event in the old high school gym drew a large crowd and yielded $1,450, reducing remaining costs to about $2,600.
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Onalaska
Onalaska High
Wallace London
Onalaska Pta
London
Stanley Helm
Russell Schroeder
Virginia Brueske
Carol Poukey
Charles Deeth
Roland Peterson
Roy Grade
Linda Cleary
Marlene Humfeld
Tribune
Wisconsin approves narrow vote on national phone contract
The contract ending an 18 day strike by about 200000 workers nationwide was approved in Wisconsin by a narrow margin. About 7500 Wisconsin strikers may return to work today. The three year pact includes roughly 19 percent wage and fringe benefits gains and drew mixed local reactions across the state.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Edward V. Peil
Communications Workers of America
Afl-Cio
CWA
Wisconsin i Telephone Co
Cre P
Madison
Area Boy Scouts Plan Camporee At Goose Island
The Gateway Area Council Boy Scouts will hold a council wide camporee May 24 to 26 at Goose Island Park. Events include a patrol competition on May 25 and a family picnic Sunday at noon. Sam Hagerman of Camp Decorah organized a friendship campfire for 1000 scouts. The Blue Star Drum and Bugle Corps lead the parade and review at 1 45 p.m. Sunday.
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Gateway Area Council
Boy Scouts
Goose Island Park
Ray Arnoldy
Sam Hagerman
Camp Decorah
Blue Star Drum and Bugle Corps
Trophy Night Honors Luther College Coach At Boys Club
Edsel Schweizer Luther College head football coach and athletic director will speak at the second annual Trophy Night at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Boys Club. Awards go to winners of game room events and to boys who excelled in athletic events and Boys Club tournaments in Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Parents may attend.
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Edsel Schweizer
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
Rose and Gillette Sts
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Minn
West Salem Scouts Win Canoe Derby
Explorer Scout Post 477 of West Salem won the fifth annual canoe derby down the Black River with a time of eight hours eight minutes. Twenty-one eight man teams from 15 explorer posts competed. Post 7 La Crosse finished second and Post 61 Galesville third. The course ran from Perry Creek State Park to Camp Decorah where a chicken fry followed.
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West Salem
Black River
Gateway Area Council Cabinet
la Crosse
Post
Galesville
Perry Creek State Park
Black River Falls
Camp Decorah
Scouts Plan For 1969 National Jamboree at Farragut Idaho
Sixty Gateway Area Scouts will attend the 7th National Jamboree at Farragut State Park Idaho from July 16 to 22 1969. Qualified boys must be 12 before Sept 1 1968 and achieve star rank by Apr 1 1969. Leaders may apply. selections by the jamboree committee.
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Gateway Area
Farragut State Park
Idaho
Victor Bakke
Westby
George Spencer
la Crosse
Tom Golden
Dale Stoll
Manston
Ruwal H. Freese
Whitehall
Ronald O. Blair
Richard B. Whitlock
Indiana Man To Head Campaign For Rocky
New York AP Gov Nelson Rockefeller names J Irwin Miller an Indiana industrialist as national chairman of the Republican presidential campaign. Robert R Douglass, 36, is appointed campaign counsel in Albany. Miller previously led a Rockefeller for President committee formed last April.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
J. Irwin Miller
Indiana
Rockefeller
Robert R. Douglass
Albany
Miller
Douglass
Mouse Bite Leads to Rabies Check in La Crosse
A La Crosse man Robert Hickisch, 2010 Leon ard Sr., was bitten on the finger by a runaway pet mouse that escaped a cage about a week earlier. He received treatment at Lutheran Hospital and the mouse was killed and sent to the city health department for a rabies test.
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la Crosse
Robert Hickisch
Leonard Sr
Hickisch
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse City
City Woman Wins Her 6th State Chess Championship
Mrs. William Schuetze of 2540 S. 17th St. won her sixth Wisconsin Women's Chess Championship in Wausau after a playoff. She previously held titles from 1953 to 1956 and 1962, and also won the U.S. Women's Postal Chess Championship in 1957. Rev Ambrose Blenker of Holy Trinity La Crosse competed in the men's division and earned more match points than he lost.
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William Schuetze
S. 17Th St
Wisconsin
Wausau
Schuetze
Death notices for Arnold J Holberg and Mrs Strommen
Arnold J Holberg 56 of 503 Avon St died Saturday at a local hospital. Funeral 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Schumacher Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at St Johns Catholic Church. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Survivors include Evelyn and Jeff, a daughter Judy Becker, a granddaughter, two brothers, two sisters. Services for Earle Goodrow at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. West Allis: Mrs John A Strommen 41 died Sunday in Milwaukee hospital. Survived by husband two daughters Linda Mary and two sons Stephen Scott. parents. sisters. brother. Funeral Wednesday Mount Hope Lutheran Church with burial West Allis. Wilson memorials and callers listed.
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Arnold J. Holberg
Avon St
Schumacher Funeral Home
St. John’s Catholic Church
Robert Connolly
Woodlawn
Holy Name Society
Aquinas High School
Evelyn
Jeff
Walter
Judy) Becker
la Crosse
Ernest
Winfred
Ruby Hake
Edward
Virginia) Meinertz
The
Holy Society of St
Earle Goodrow
Sedona, Ariz
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Norman A. Nelson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Winnebago Street Chapel
West Allis
Wis
John A
Helen) Strommen
Milwaukee
Helen T.ompson
Onalaska
Strommen
Linda
Mary
Stephen
Scott
Alex T. Thompson
Eugene
Victory) Bohrnstedt
Beloit
Ruth L. Thompson
Eau Claire
William
Patricia) LaPoint
Robbinsdale
Minn
Robert
Miami, Fla
Mount Hope Lutheran Church
Services for Mrs Dorothy K Carroll Updated Times
Funeral arrangements for Dorothy K Carroll 74 of 1732 South Ave change to 10 30 a m Tuesday at Schumacher Funeral Home and 11 a m at St Joseph the Workman Cathedral.
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Dorothy K. Carroll
South Ave
Schumacher Funeral Home
St.Joseph the Workman Cathedral
Mrs N E Berland Dies After Illness in Madison
Mrs N E Mary Lou Berland 43 of 2215 Green Bay St died in a Madison hospital Sunday morning May 5. Survived by husband Nick two sons Bradley and Glenn at home a daughter Gloria at home and her ...
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N. E
Mary Lou) Berland
Green Bay St
Madison Hospital
Nick
Bradley
Glenn
Gloria
Coronado Camps by Rio Grande During 1540 Expedition
Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado camped along the Rio Grande in 1540 while searching for the legendary cities of Cibola. The voyage marked a major early contact milestone in the Southwest.
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Coronado
Rio Grande River
Cibola
Phi Delta Kappa Elects Merwin Its President
Phi Delta Kappa elected six officers and six committee chairmen Saturday at La Crosse State University. Officers include William Merwin of West Salem as president, Louis Witt of La Crescent as vice president, R J Gunning as secretary, David Hogue as assistant secretary, Bob Gowlland as treasurer, and Justin Lemke as historian, all of La Crosse. Committee chairmen are Donald Davis program Harvey Ideas public relations Wayne Kirk ethics Chester Lee projects M C Schmallenberg constitution and Rudy Meyer membership.
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la Crosse State University
William Merwin
West Salem
Louis Witt
la Crescent
R. J. Gunning
David Hogue
Bob Gowlland
Justin Lemke
la Crosse
Donald Davis
Harvey Ideas
Wayne Kirk
Chester Lee
M. C. Schmallenberg
Rudy Meyer
Coin Machine Theft Highlights Local Shop Losses
A North Star Car Wash coin machine with about $8 in quarters was stolen overnight. Weekend thefts include Bernard Hammes Jr losing an $8.95 jacket from Aquinas High School lot, Paula Stahr reporting a $3 purse theft with cash and cards from Bell Discount Store parking, and Patricia Ulrich’s $23 wedding band plus $4 from her purse at J C Penney where she works.
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North Star
Copeland Ave
la Crosse
Bernard Hammes Jr
East Ave. S
Aquinas
Paula Stahr
la Crescent
Bell Discount
Patricia Ulrich
S. 20Th
J. C. Penney Co
Injured Child and Woman Hauled to Lutheran Hospital
May 4 11 54 a m Diane Eder seven of 805 S 20th St by squad car to Lutheran Hospital with head injury from a fall May 5 8 53 p m Mrs Hedwig Rekow 66 of 115 N 13th St to Lutheran Hospital ill.
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Diane Eder
S. 20Th St
Lutheran Hospital
Hedwig Rekow
N. 13Th St
Lutheran
La Follette to Speak at La Crosse Honors Banquet
Atty. Gen. Bronson La Follette will address about 30 top students at the fourth annual honors banquet at La Crosse State University at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Whitney Center. He will discuss Crisis in America. Scholarships, awards and special honors will be presented by Dr. M. C. Graff and graduate fellowships awarded by Dr. James H. M. Erickson.
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Bronson la Follette
la Crosse State University
Whitney Center
America
M. C. Graff
la Crosse State University Foundation
James H. M. Erickson
Accident Victim Off Critical List
Michael Short twenty one of Loomis Street in La Crescent Minnesota was removed from the critical list at St Francis Hospital after a Saturday auto crash that left him with severe internal injuries. Paul Peterson twenty Stoddard driver of the car is listed in good condition with jaw injuries. A passing motorist drove Short and Peterson to hospital after the Chestnut Street crash about fifty feet north of Main Street where the car struck a tree.
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Michael Short
Loomis St
la Crescent
Minn
St. Francis Hospital
Paul Peterson
Stoddard
Short
Peterson
Chestnut Street
Main Street
La Crosse Tops State With 61 Degree Sunshine
Wisconsin cities varied in May weather with La Crosse recording a high of 61 while Lone Rock hit 59. Cooler conditions followed sunset and a cool damp weekend forecast from Meteorologist Kelly Anderson predicts showers and several inches of rain through Tuesday.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Lone Rock
Kelly Anderson
Anderson
Grass fire reported on Car Street west end
A grass fire was reported at 4:35 p.m. on May 5 near the west end of Car Street in La Crosse. Fire crews responded to contain the blaze and prevent spread to nearby property.
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Car Street
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