Church merger details sent to parishioners
An open letter drafted by the Consultation on Church Union outlines the case for forming a united Protestant church. The five year effort aims to merge eight denominations including Episcopalians Methodists United Presbyterians Southern Presbyterians Christians Disciples Evangelical United Brethren and United Church.
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Dallas
Tex
Consultation On Church Union
COCU
Episcopalians
Methodists
United Presbyterians
Southern Presbyterians
Christians
Disciples
Evangelical United Brethren
African Methodist
United Church
Congregationalists
Asbury Methodist Mother Daughter Banquet Planned
At Asbury Church the Woman's Society of Christian Service will host a mother and daughter banquet in the dining room at 6 30 p m Monday. Organizers include Mrs Orval Severson chair, William Ewing head of the Men's Club and Mrs Richard Wilkinson in charge of decorations. A drama written by Mrs Deane Irish and directed by Mrs Robert Olson features a cast led by Linda Comeau and other participants with singers and accompanist Mrs Frances Spangler.
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Asbury Methodist Church Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Orval Severson
William Ewing
Richard Wilkinson
Deane Irish
Robert Olson
Linda Comeau
Roger Landmire
R. W. Blanchard
Gail Severson
Pauline Miller
Debbie Ames
Ed Witt
Winton Miller
Robert Luxford
Marvin Melbye
Oscar Lorenz
Evelyn Miller
Ruth Miller
William Fitzsimmons
Robert Morton
Floyd Hall
Kern Kielley
Don Ellingson
Frances Spangler
Nigro Beauty Salon Reopens on Market Street
The Nigro Beauty Salon at 1221 Market St. has reopened with operators Lil Sullivan Doris Buss and Mabel Scheitzach listed as staff.
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Nigro
Market St
Lil Sullivan
Doris Buss
Mabel Scheitzach
Weather Notes for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa Regions
Wisconsin shows mostly cloudy skies with showers and possible thunder or flurries north. South areas face showers or thundershowers with Sunday rain and snow mix possible north. Temperatures steady. Minnesota mostly partly cloudy with light showers possible southwest. Iowa partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Sunday and warmer east cooler west. Sunrise Sunday 5 48 a m Sunset 8 16 p m Record highs and lows listed for May 7 1924 1890 and degree days totals included.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Hubbard shoots. Dawson foe absolves opponent of links
Chicago AP Fred D Hubbard 36 political challenger to U S Rep William L Dawson says he doubts the shooter who wounded him is connected to Dawson Hubbard recovering in good condition at Michael Reese Hospital He suspects a psycho case Hubbard fired back with a gun taken from a juvenile gang member Hubbard Dawson 78 seeks 13th term and has offered a 5000 reward. Dick Gregory adds 10000 reward for conviction of Hubbard's assailant. Hubbard's wife Annette says the campaign continues.
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Chicago (Ap
Fred D. Hubbard
U.S
William L. Dawson
D-Ill
Dawson
Hubbard
United States
Congress
Washington
Dick Gregory
Martin Luther King Jr
Viet Cong Forces Suffer Heavy Losses In Allied Offensive
U S and Vietnamese forces report decisive air and ground action with the Viet Cong and 515 suspects involved. Spokesmen claim no contact since midnight and that remnants have fled. 12 U S air sorties credited with killing 85 Viet Cong. casualties listed as light to moderate per unit. Navy and Air Force missions target highways bridges rail yards and river traffic with numerous structures ships and radar sites damaged or destroyed. A bridge near Hanoi dropped two spans after a night bombing, hindering supply flows from China into the capital.
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U.S
North
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Navy
17Th Parallel
US Air Force
Hanoi
Air Force
Glenn Nix
Tampa
Fla
China
Wauwatosan Named Miss Wisconsin
Janet Driscoll a 20 year old from Wauwatosa won Miss Wisconsin and will represent the state in the Miss USA pageant in Miami Beach Florida May 13 to 20. Driscoll a professional model stands 5 feet 8 inches and weighs 125 pounds with measurements of 35 25 35.
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Milwaukee
Janet Driscoll
Wauwatosa
Wisconsin
Miami Beach
Fla
Driscoll
Ontario Girl Hurt In Mishap
Ontario Wisconsin teen Michelle Laufenberg sixteen sustained a back injury and lacerations when the pickup truck she was driving overturned west of Ontario on State Highway 33 Friday.
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Ontario
Wis
Michelle Laufenberg
Here
Kennedy Declines to Speak at Lucey Fundraiser
Carley accuses Ted Kennedy of shunning Lucey as the Wisconsin gubernatorial race heats up. Lucey denies Kennedy was asked to speak at a charity dinner, urging no political involvement by the Kennedy brothers. Carley links the move to national reports of using stalking horses for political gain. Lucey cites past support for John F. Kennedy, while Carley backed Hubert Humphrey.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Patrick J. Lucey
David Carley
Lucey
Kennedy
Carley
Wisconsin
Ted
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
John F. Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Allis-Chalmers Declares Quarterly Dividend
Directors voted an 18 percent quarterly dividend on common stock payable June 30 to holders of record June 1. They also declared a 1.05 a share dividend on 4.20 percent cumulative convertible preferred stock payable June 5 to holders of record May 20.
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Allis - Chalmers
Death of Charles E. Giesse at 87
Charles E. Giesse, 87, of 1615 Badger St., died in a local hospital Friday May 6. Survived by twin brother John and brother William both of La Crosse and sister Mary of La Crosse. Preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Services Monday at 11 p.m. Schumacher Funeral Home officiated by Rev. J. L. Mattes. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at Schumacher on Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Charles E. Giesse
Badger St
John
William
la Crosse
Mary of
Taylor
Wis
Reinhold C. Pischke
Black River Falls
Taylor Lutheran Church
South Beaver Creek Lutheran Cemetery
W. H. Winkler
Torgerson
Pischke
Mrs. Hilda Miller 41 Dies in Local Hospital
Mrs. Hilda Miller of 1133 Liberty Street died Friday May 6 at a local hospital. She is survived by husband Roy, one son Roy Jr, three daughters May Fahy Sharon and Debra, four grandchildren, her Reynolds parents Herbert and Grace, three brothers Kenneth Le Roy and George Reynolds, and five sisters Virginia Glocker Donna Holst Mary Oreto Alma Simmons. Services Monday at 9 am Schumacher Funeral Home with Rosary Monday at 8 pm and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Roy
Hilda) Miller
Liberty St
Roy Jr
James
May) Fahy
Milwaukee
Sharon
Debra
Herbert Reynolds
la Crosse
Kenneth
Le‘Roy Reynolds
George
Logansport
Ind
Charles
Virginia) Glocker
Trempealeau
Donna) Holst
Chicago
Ill
Grace Reynolds
Vito
Mary) Ore
John
Alma) Simmons
Schumacher Funeral Home
Woodlawn
New Lisbon
Wis
Almira Harriet DeHaan
Mauston Hospital
Hare Funeral Home
DeHaan
Hebron
Arthur DeHaan
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
Illinois
Clearfield
Abel
Mauston
Leonard
Caroline) Allen
Blair
Darlene) Feak
Nellie Wanwick
Hustler
Hospital and Local Manufacturer Awarded For Safety
St Francis Hospital and La Crosse Cooler Co received safety awards from Employers Insurance of Wausau after reporting low injury rates. La Crosse Cooler logged 505 600 man hours with no disabling injuries between March 12 1965 and March 12 1966. St Francis had two minor injuries over 943 673 hours. Company officers accepted the honors with officials present.
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St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse Cooler Co
Employers Insurance of
Marie Therese
del Schmidt
Employers Insurance
Lee Lane
Jim Langley
Milwaukee Heights Miss Tall 1966 Crown Awarded
Treva A Folkers Beloit Memorial High School P E teacher was named Miss Tall Milwaukee for 1966 in a eight contestant finals. The 23 year old, six feet tall winner will represent Milwaukee in the national Tall Clubs convention in Cincinnati Ohio in July for Miss Tall North America.
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Milwaukee
Treva A. Folkers
Beloit Memorial High School
Milwaukee Toppers, Ltd
Folkers
American Affiliation of
Tall Clubs
Cincinnoti
Ohio
Army Junking Jeeps Cited Despite Viet Nam Shortages
Senate investigator Joseph Lippman told a subcommittee that the Army discarded hundreds of used vehicles in Asia and junked a Jeep that could have been repaired for 4.47 dollars. He said foreign aid agencies then repair and distribute this equipment, despite unfilled combat needs in South Viet Nam.
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Washington
Senate
Viet Nam
Joseph Lippman
Agency For International Development
Lippman
Subcommittee
Army
Pentagon
Ernest Gruening
D-Alaska
Gruening
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
South Viet Nam
Weather Forecast Preview for Multiple Cities
Preview of the U S Weather Bureau forecast through 7 00 A M EST May 8 1966 lists nightly low and prior day high figures for Bemidji Bismarck Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Duluth Fairbanks Fort Worth Honolulu Helena Kansas City La Crosse Los Angeles Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Phoenix Rapid City Rochester Salt Lake City San Diego Seattle St Louis Washington Winnipeg with a range of 42 to 79 degrees and a 7 40 reading for several cities. The summary compiles last night lows and yesterday highs for the listed locations.
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Bemidji Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Honolulu
Helena
Kansas City
Lacrosse
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Phoenix
Rapid City
Rochester
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Seattle
St. Louis
Washington
Winnipeg
A 42
Premier Confident Military Role Persists in Viet Nam
Ky says military men will continue to play a major role in Vietnam. He warns that a neutralist or Communist victory would trigger fighting and notes the possibility of increased Viet Cong agitation in cities before elections. He also cites potential restive young officers tired of rear political troubles.
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Ing
Saigon
Viet Nam
La Crosse Tribune May 7 1966 Issue Note
Newspaper notice indicating the La Crosse Tribune edition date May 7 1966 with delivery on May 9 by RFD.
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la Crosse Tribune
RFD
Tri State Deaths and Distant History Note
Tri State summarizes obituaries from Taylor Wisconsin New Lisbon and Sparta with Reinhold Pischke Alma DeHaan and Peter Bomber. Obituaries list birthplaces, spouses, children and survivors. services and burial details. last moves and occupations. and a historical aside about Columbus doubting Santa Maria’s seaworthiness.
Auto recalls rise with GM Ford Chrysler AMC totals
Senate inquiry notes GM conducted 171 recall campaigns affecting 4.8 million of 23 million cars built in seven model years. Ford listed 184 recalls including 257,000 cars in 1963 for air cleaner issues. Chrysler ran 24 recalls involving about 1 million of 7.5 million cars since 1960. AMC reported 47 recalls since 1960 correcting about 92 percent of 759,744 cars. Ribicoff spoke at a news conference and pledged data review by Commerce Secretary John Connor.
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Oldsmobile
Ford
Sen. Ribicoff
Chrysler
Dodge
Coronets
Belvederes
AMC
Ribicoff
Secretary of Commerce
John Connor
Birth announcements list May 5 deliveries in Wisconsin towns
A string of May 3 to May 6 births is reported from St Francis and St Marys Hospitals and homes in Sparta Rushford La Crescent Bangor Galesville Onalaska Stoddard and surrounding areas. Parents include LeRoy G Kerska John Proudfoot Thomas Gilbertson Donald J Richmond Gennady Hlushko William Naas Edward McManimon Richard Christopher and John Tappe with several newborns named Diane Claire Shari Lynn Bradley Paul and others.
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LeRoy G. Kerska
Stoddard
Diane Claire Hericks
Bradley Paul
John Proudfoot
la Crescent
Minn
Linda Stahr
Shari Lynn
Thomas Gilbertson
Liberty St
Karen Johnson
Donald J. Richmond
Division St
Jean A. Johnson
Genady G. Hlushko
Mary K. Lund
Henry M. Stall
Caledonia St
Joan A. Abraham
William C. Merwin
Wood St
Patricia A. Byrne
August E. Zabel
Bangor
Lou Ann Dunnum
Maurice G. Schaller
Galesville
Ada M. Bignell
William L. Naas
Onalaska
Ardis I. Erickson
Edward J. McManimon
R. 2
Rushford, Minn
Rose A. Hurt
Camp McCoy Soldier Charged In Stabbing Incident
SPARTA Wisconsin Alvin Banzack 35 of Camp McCoy charged with assault after stabbing Nathanial Barbosa 19 at the Sportsman s Bar Barbosa treated for a left chest wound Bond set at 500 Banzack arraigned with request for counsel. Also Tomah resident Michael Huber 18 pleaded guilty to vandalism for breaking 300 worth of windows at Memorial Manor. pre sentence investigation ordered.
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Sparta
Wis
Alvin Banzack
Camp McCoy
Nathanial Barbosa
James W. Rice
Banzack
Barbosa
Post Hospital
Sportsman’s
Michael Huber
Tomah
Memorial Manor
Planning Association Elects Officers in Minnesota
The Minnesota Planning Association elected John Schwarzwalder as president. He is general manager of the Twin Cities Area Educational Corp and succeeds Gerald Dillon. Ronald Kalisewski was named vice president and Lawrence M. Irvin was reelected secretary treasurer. The 1967 convention will be in St. Paul.
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Rochester, Minn
Minnesota Planning Association
John Schwarzwalder
Schwarzwalder
Twin Cities
Ronald Kalisewski
Shoreview
Lawrence M. Irvin
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Two Minnesota Soldiers Killed in Vietnam Identified
Defense Department named two Minnesota servicemen killed in Vietnam. Army Pfc. Thomas D. Eastman, son of Dell and Eastman of rural Faribault, and Marine Pvt. Marvin E. Hart, son of Robert E. Hart of Minneapolis, were identified Friday.
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Washington
Defense Department
Viet Nam
Army Pfc
Thomas D. Eastman
Dell E. Eastman
Faribault
Marine Pvt
Marvin E. Hart
Robert E. Hart
Minneapolis
Obituary: Local Woman Passes Away with Funeral Service
Fatal will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. kleson Funeral Home to host viewing Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. A prayer service is set for 8 p.m. Sunday. Born August 24, 1946, she graduated Cashton High in 1964. Surviving: parents, two brothers Alan of Winona Minnesota and Jeffery at home, two sisters Mrs Ronald Griggs of Knoxville Tennessee and Mary at home, and grandmother Mrs Rubie Winchell of La Farge.
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Church
Torkleson
Cashton High School
Alan
Winona
Minn
Jeffery
Ronald Griggs
Knoxville
Tenn
Mary
Rubie Winchell
la Farge
Fillmore County Probe To Continue Monday
The Fillmore County Grand Jury resumes Monday hearings in Preston on alleged irregularities in issuing marriage licenses tied to a suspected marriage mill. Witnesses testified as the jury, in secret deliberations, probes irregularities in fees and waiving the five day waiting period, while Iowa officials complain of hasty cross state marriages ending in frequent divorces.
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Preston, Minn
Fillmore County
Grand Jury
Preston
Minnesota
Iowa
Minnesota to Furnish 360 Recruits for July Draft
Minnesota will provide 360 men for the July military draft, about 1.3 percent of the national call. State selective service director Robert P. Knight said the July quota is set by the percentage of 1-A registrants rather than population.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Robert P. Knight
Selective Service
Ex Fillmore County Engineer Dies
Arthur F. Stegner, 66, former Fillmore County engineer, died Thursday in Windom Minnesota. He served as county engineer from 1927 to 1956 and later became a state highway engineer before retiring from that post.
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Windom
Minn
Arthur F. Stegner
Fillmore
Stegner
Marriages Planned in Wisconsin Town and Cities
Charles A. LaMere of Ona laska and Betty J. Funmaker of 1033 Liberty St. are to wed May 7 in Town of Komensky Monroe County. Gary J. Buchner of 208 Sumner St. and Marietta A. Kendhammer of 627 N. 17th St. are to wed May 14 in La Crosse. Eugene Cole of 1615 S. 30th St. and Helen Stavle of 408 S. 6th St. are to wed May 14 in La Crosse.
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Charles A. LaMere
Onalaska
Betty J. Funmaker
Liberty St
Town of
Komensky
Monroe County
Gary J. Buchner
Sumner St
Marietta A. Kendhammer
N. 17Th St
la Crosse
Eugene Cole
S. 30Th St
Helen Stavle
S. 6Th St
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