County Hires Nurse as Districts Dissolve in Houston County
Houston County Board held dissolution hearings for three districts with two dissolutions effective July 1 and annexations to Spring Grove and Rushford. A county nurse was hired with duties starting June 1, and several appointments and requests for funds and debris removal along the Root River were discussed.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County Board
Charles Sheehan
Black Hammer
Spring Grove
Vinegar Hill
Rushford
Heard
Cullen Gorilla
Lanesboro
Warren Detters
Eitzen
Jack Welch
la Crescent
Joe Lorenz
Leslie Sheehan
Hokah Township
Arthur Butcher
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Hokah
Houston
Viola Horse Show Association Plans 1966 Event
The Viola Horse and Colt Show Association will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Kickapoo High School agriculture shop to begin plans for the 1966 Horse and Colt Show to be held September 24. The gathering is open to the public. The article notes the early barbed wire history with Joseph Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois.
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Viola
Wis
Viola Horse and Colt Show Association
Kickapoo High School
Jackson Official Lyle V. Larson To Run Again
Lyle V. Larson Jackson County register of deeds announces Democratic bid for re election. First elected 1952 and re elected since. He is married with four sons. wife Elva Jacobson is from Garden Valley. They live in Pleasant View. born in Northfield with schooling at Alma Center High School and La Crosse Vocational School.
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Larson
McCoy Ends Second Week of Training at Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy Wisconsin reports the second week of summer training for Reserve and National Guard units ending with 882 returning home from an initial 1,000. Several units departed including the 972nd Engineer Battalion Indianapolis and Terre Haute and other detachments in Indiana Michigan South Dakota Wisconsin and Kansas. Strength grows to about 600 as renovations and facility improvements progress for the summer program.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
National Guard
Indianapolis
Terra Haute
Ind
Battle Creek
Mich
Sioux Falls
S.C
242Nd
Wichita
Kan
826Th Ordnance Company
Madison
402Nd Engineer Company
Hurley
468Th Engineer
Bismarck
N.D
Ordnance Battalion
Milwaukee
Waveland
Yugoslavia Ranks Fourth in Europe for Alcohol Consumption
Yugoslavia is fourth among European countries in per capita alcohol consumption, averaging nine liters per person each year. The report highlights substantial variation across the region and underscores ongoing public health concerns.
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Yugoslavia
Caledonia High Names 12 Honor Students in 1970s
Caledonia Minnesota lists 12 honor students alongside valedictorian Mary Groeschner and co salutatorians Roxie Rolfing and Mary Heiller. The group includes Leland Anderson Jon Ask Sharon Bolduan Neil Diersen Mary Fruechte Barbara Grob Gary Haugen Theresa Janikowski Cheryl Kruse Helen Lewis Rae Pottratz and David Schultz. Baccalaureate is May 29 and commencement June 3 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym.
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Caledonia, Minn
Caledonia High School
Leland Anderson
Jon Ask
Sharon Bolduan
Neil Diersen
Mary Fruechte
Barbara Grob
Gary Haugen
Theresa Janikowski
Cheryl Kruse
Helen Lewis
Rae Pottratz
David Schultz
Mary Groeschner
Roxie Rolfing
Mary Heiller
New Albin Raises 164 44 for Cancer Fund Drive
New Albin Iowa reports total of 164.44 raised in a cancer fund drive chaired by Mrs Deloris Meyer with assistants Clara Pohlmann Dorothy Visgar Reta Carroll Lucille Mauss Velma Mack Norman Freuchte Phyllis Bresser Maxine Keaster and Millie Darling. The item mentions multiple fundraisers and notes 45 wire collectors nationwide, contrasting with 13 in 1941.
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New Albin
Iowa
Deloris Meyer
Mines
Clara Pohlmann
Dorothy Visgar
Reta Carroll
Lucille Mauss
Velma Mack
Norman Freuchte
Phyllis Bresser
Maxine Keaster
Millie Darling
Madonna High School to close in Mauston this term
Madonna High School in Mauston Wisconsin will close at the end of the current term. Rev Edward Hartung pastor and principal cites new Manston Public High School opening this fall and plans to move Madonna students to the public facility after review by parents and the Home and School Association.
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Mauston
Wis
Madonna High School
Edward Hartung
Father Hartung
Madonna
Manston
Home and School Association
Manston High School
Adolfson and Peterson
Minneapolis
Amazon River Flows Vastly Faster Than Mississippi
An historical report notes the Amazon River moving about 7.5 billion cubic feet per second, roughly twelve times the Mississippi's flow, highlighting the river’s immense discharge and scale.
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Amazon
Mississippi
Air Force seeks Volk Field housing in Camp Douglas area
Volk Field housing gap prompts leasing plan for 1st Detachment of the 343rd Fighter Group based at Volk Field. Col. Ben Emmert Jr. urges area landlords to offer 2 3 and 4 bedroom homes for yearly lease with renewal option. Contact M Sergeant Jack Swanson at Volk Field Camp Douglas 427 3343 ext 233 or 221.
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Camp Douglas
Wis
Volk Field
Air Force
Ben H. Emmert Jr
343Rd
Duluth
Minn
Col. Emmert
Jack Swanson
Douglas
Spring Grove High School concert May 22 programs
Spring Grove Minn. The junior and concert bands with selected soloists perform at 2:30 p.m. Sunday May 22 in the high school auditorium. Band Boosters sponsor radio award winners to be announced, with lunch served after the program. Shop La Crosse All America City.
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Spring Grove, Minn
Spring Grove
Viola and Liberty residents donate to cancer crusade drive
Viola Wisconsin and the Town of Liberty residents contributed 182.35 dollars to the 1966 Cancer Crusade drive. Co chairmen were Mrs Joe Potter and Mrs Chester Goode assisted by Mmes Leon Mellem Ross Groves Harold Oliver Amos Schroeder Alfred Chroninger Daryl Fish Elizabeth Warren Donna Mikkelson Betty Peck and Leola Gabel.
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Viola, Wis
California Man Discovers Way to Hold False Teeth
Bakersfield Calif Acryline claims a new vacuum principle that fits denture plates with an airtight seal and a natural feel like real teeth The effect lasts six months before reapplication is needed and is sold at drug counters.
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California
Bakersfield
Calif
Holmen Graduation Date In Error
Holmen High School will hold commencement Tuesday May 24 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym correcting a misprint that listed Friday May 20 in the Tribune Sunday report.
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Holmen
Holmen, Wis
Holmen High School
the Tribune
First practical TV camera named iconoscope patent year 1938
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, a Russian born American, patented the iconoscope in 1938 as the first practical television camera.
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Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
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