Lawrence Of Arabia A Hit Without Love
New York AP report notes Lawrence Of Arabia won best picture by Oscar rules out romance for four hours. John Sturges directs The Great Escape with 600 heroes and no heroines, depicting a WW II prisoner escape. He aims to avoid glamorizing war and stresses character pressure and consequence.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Cecil B. DeMille
Sam Spiegel
John Sturges
Sturges
Sweet Dixie
Localities Receive Tax Share Checks
Wisconsin localities will receive 58 116 812 as their share of 1962 state income taxes collected through March 31 1963 Tax Commissioner John Gronowski announced Checks allocating the sum will be submitted to the state treasurer Friday for signing Counties will receive 9 714 357 and cities villages and towns 48 402 455 State government will retain 94 457 337 of the 152 574 150 collected during the period This distribution is the first of three to be made to 1 900 local units of government during the year.
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Madison
Wisconsin
John Gronouski
Two Soldiers Treated At Sparta Hospital
SPARTA Wis Two Camp McCoy soldiers were released after injuries at St Marys Hospital Jose Vargis 19 treated for a chest knife wound Pvt Harold T Powell 18 treated for head injuries and bruises from a car overturn near Camp McCoy John P Lawrence 55 Westby seriously injured in a grade crossing collision with a freight train holding his own with multiple leg and rib fractures and severe lacerations
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Sparta
Wis
Camp McCoy
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jose Vargis
Harold T. Powell
John P. Lawrence
Westby
Swedish Immigrant Tells Life Story at Local junior high
Karl Oscar Gren of Palm Beach Florida shared his life journey with Longfellow Junior High School students. He left Sweden at 13 and arrived penniless in America after jumping ship in a Maine port. Gren worked as a farmer, then owned a restaurant and moved into real estate before seeking U.S. citizenship.
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Karl Oscar Gren
Palm Beach
Fla
Longfellow
America
Sweden
Maine
United States
Wisconsin Legislature Nearing Adjournment and Recess
Tired and dispirited, Wisconsin lawmakers plan to adjourn in about three weeks and recess until October 1. Republicans target June 7 to end regular session amid a budget tax stalemate with Gov. Reynolds. A court question on calling a special session looms, likely unresolved until fall.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Reynolds
Machines Can't Take Man's Place in Defense say Hershey
AP report from Madison quotes selective service director Hershey as saying machines cannot replace humans in defense. He notes calculators and punch cards aid government but warn substituted machines leave the nation exposed. He spoke at an Armed Forces Week luncheon in Madison.
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Hershey
Madison
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Armed Forces Week
St Norbert Names Graduation Speaker
Dr. Douglas M. Knight president of Lawrence College soon to be Duke University president will be Commencement speaker and receive an honorary degree at St. Norbert College on June 2. Msgr. Maurice S. Sheehy of Cedar Rapids Iowa will speak at the Baccalaureate services the night before and will also be awarded an honorary degree.
Wisconsin Synod elects executives at Green Lake convention
At Green Lake Wisconsin the Wisconsin Upper Michigan Synod elected its Synod Executive Board including Rev Beryly Knudzen and Rev Rudolph Kempparnen along with other church leaders. The convention approved a $1 150 000 financial campaign for the theological school and elected 14 lay and 14 clerical delegates to next year’s LCA convention in Pittsburgh.
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Green Bay
Herbert G. Hoelzer
la Crosse
Lutheran, School of Theology
Chicago
Robert B. Anderson
Milwaukee
Thomas V. Asuma
Marquette
Mich
O. V. Anderson
Charles Burmeister
Marinette
Edwin S. Pedersen
Luck
Gustaf A. Peterson
Madison
Ed Seig
Augustana College
Rock Island
Ill
Karl O. Werwath
Lutheran Church In America
Pittsburgh
Vernon 4-H To Observe Soil Steward Sunday
Vernon County 4-H Junior Leaders plan their 7th annual interdenominational soil stewardship Sunday service on May 19 at 8 p.m. in Viroqua city park. Rev. Howard Knox of the Lutheran Church in Lancaster will deliver the message. If weather fails, the service moves to the courthouse courtroom.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Viroqua City Park
Howard Knox
Lutheran Church In
Lancaster
Sheboygan County
Pastor Knox
Grant County
Court‘house
Jobless Rate Up Despite New Highs In Employment
The May unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent while total employment reached a record 68.9 million and factory output hit 122.4 percent of the 1957 59 average. Non farm payrolls rose to 55.9 million and unemployment dropped to 4.1 million due to seasonal effects. Factory and contract construction payrolls expanded, while retail trade was estimated at 4.8 billion for the week ending May 11.
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Washington
Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Department
Reserve Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce Department
End Racial Imbalance At School in Orange NJ
New Jersey Education Commissioner Raubinger ordered Orange School Board to end extreme racial imbalance at Oakwood Elementary. He called 99 percent African American enrollment a deprivation of educational opportunity and set a July 1 plan submission for 1963-64 implementation, noting Englewood's Lincoln Elementary similarly under review amid two years of protests.
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Trenton
N.J
Frederick M. Raubinger
Orange School Board
Oakwood
New Jersey
Raubinger
Englewood
Lincoln
Final Onalaska PTA Meeting Set Monday
The final Onalaska Junior-Senior PTA meeting is scheduled for Monday at 7 30 p m in the old gymnasium. Officers will be installed. Student vocal and instrumental numbers from district music festival first ratings will be performed including Barbara Mundt singing a solo that earned an A rating at the state festival in Madison.
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Onalaska
PTA
la Crosse
Barbara Mundt
Madison
Directors Named By Phone Association Directors Named By Phone Association
Madison Wisconsin election of new directors for three year terms announced by the Wisconsin State Telephone Association. Members include H A Hahl beck of Madison president of General Telephone Co F H Schafer president of Urban Telephone Co Clintonville Byron Dale manager of Nelson Telephone Co Durand W W Wiswell general manager of State Long Distance Telephone Co Elkhorn Tony M Gotstein president of Casco Telephone Co Sturgeon Bay and George F Griffin president of Amery Telephone Co The directors reelected Phil Bigley of Viroqua president Ray Riordan of Madison named executive vice president and Griffin vice president
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Madison
Wisconsin State Telephone Association
H. A. Hahlbeck
General Telephone Co
F. H. Schafer
Urban Telephone Co
Clintonville
Byron Dale
Nelson Telephone Co
Durand
W. W. Wiswell
State Long Distance Telephone Co
Elkhorn
Tony M. Gotstein
Casco Telephone Co
Sturgeon Bay
George F. Griffin
Amery Telephone Co
Phil Bigley
Viroqua
Ray Riordan
Griffin
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Menominee
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Eau Claire
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Carthage College
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