Hilltop in Korea Drives Local Soldier to Long for Home
Pfc. Sidney Nesseth describes life on the front lines near the barbed wire hilltop in Korea. He notes foggy nights, constant patrol duty, and the monotony of shifting hills while hoping to return home mid summer. He misses Lax Home for Children and asks for magazines, clarifying return plans and church attendance after the war.
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Korea
Pfc
Sidney Nesseth
Josephine Fletcher
la Crosse
Nesseth
States
la Crosse Tribune
Miss Fletcher
Local Firms Lead Wisconsin Fleet Safety Contest
Standard Oil of La Crosse Gateway Transportation and Yellow Cab of La Crosse top their divisions in Wisconsin motor vehicle fleet safety after the first quarter of the 1952 program. The statewide program ranks fleets in 22 classifications using accident experience and vehicle miles traveled.
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Madison
Standard Oil Company
Gateway Transportation Company
Yellow Cab Company
la Crosse
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle
State Motor Vehicle Department
Wisconsin
Remon Leading In Panamanian Election
Col Jose Antonio Remon led by more than 13 500 votes in Panama's presidential race with 186 of 699 precincts counted. Preliminary returns show Remon 38 431 and Chiari 24 862, as official tabulation and a nine capital recount set to begin Monday.
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Panama
Jose Antonio Remon
Robert F. Chiari
Remon
Chiari
Plan Carnival Social At City School Friday
A carnival and ice cream social will be held on the Washington School playground Friday from 2 to 8 p.m. Ice cream cake and coffee will be served. there will be fish ponds games of skill popcorn candy pop and hot dog stands. Pavement dancing with music by Mrs IL M Beck and the Washington School Swing Band. Explorer Post 130 Our Savior's Lutheran Church Indians to perform Indian dances at 5 30 p.m. Group trained by Ronald Friberg Flavian Jacobs La Crosse State College students. Indian costumes made by the Scouts. Social committee led by Mmes Norvel Buros Elmer Schams and John Kramer. Dining room chair Mrs E E Shaw kitchen Mrs Carl Violette pop Mrs R B Smith candy Mrs Russ Hetland fish pond Mrs M L Hoglund popcorn Mrs Curtis Hussa ice cream Mrs John Bichel hot dogs Mrs L C Gaute flowers Mrs E Nical ticket sales Mrs Gwyneth Johnson decorations Mrs Virgene Smith.
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IL. M. Beck
Washington School
Harald Rasmussen
Explorer Post 130
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Ronald Friberg
Flavian Jacobs
la Crosse State ‘College
Mmes
Norvel Buros
Elmer ‘Schams
John Kramer
E.E. Shaw
Carl Violette
R. B. Smith
Russ Hetland
M. L. Hoglund
Curtis Hussa
John Bichel
L. C. Gautc
E. Nical
Gwyneth Johnson
Virgene Smith
CBS Plans Huge TV Plants On Coasts
CBS announced rapid expansion of television facilities with plans for large plants on both coasts. East Coast development includes converting a Manhattan milk company depot into TV facilities, aiming for the Atlantic seaboard’s largest plant. West Coast center also planned. cost not disclosed by CBS President Frank Stanton.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
East Coast
CBS
Manhattan Milk Company
Network
West
Frank Stanton
Atlantic Seaboard
Recitals Close Viterbo Semester by Preparatory Students
Viterbo College presents a series of end of term recitals by its preparatory department in Music Hall starting May 19 through May 27. Students from grade school to high school will perform violin, piano, cello, clarinet and vocal works including the Peter Pan Suite and the San Francisco Suite.
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Viterbo College
Market Streets
Louise Robyn
Mary Buchner
Jeanette Cepek
Julie Kevin
Kathleen Hake
Dolores Weiland
Gloria Whitbeck
Oe Kreibick
Richard Schultz
Michael Coughlin
David Pedretti
Janet Billock
Mary Lou Ritter
Judith Guggenbuhl
Mary Frances Roth
Barbara Tomensky
James Coughlin
Bonnie Seils
Sharon Rhodes
Ruth Ann Hougen
Susan Larson
Jean Miller
Barbara May
Carole May
Mary Lou Pedretti
Patricia Schumacher
Mary Frances Scherdin
Audrey Hardiman
Roberta Kenney
Barbara Senn
James Pfafflin
Marjorie Sill
Joanne Drudick
Jean Daly
Jesse McDonald
Kathleen Bakkum
Lois Justinger
Grace Binner
Mary Williams
Elaine Omae
Barbara Sieger
Bonnie Baken
San Francisco
Knowlton
Ellen Betten
Dorothy Bagneski
Bonnie Jean Viner
Joseph Williams
John Michuta
Mary Crogan
Rosemary Michuta
Joseph Michuta
Helen Kaye Zoellner
David Stoffel
Kyran Clark
Sally Zoellner
Paul Hardiman
Marilyn Kleinsmith
Fred Devie
Georgia Muenzenberger
Michael Hardiman
Sharon Knox
Robert Scott
Paul Cuta
Barbara Books
Beth Erickson
Deanna Feldbruegge
Robert Howard
Marsha Liskovec
Mary Jane Liskovec
Barbara Jirsa
Annette Olson
Paula Pokrandt
Mary Pfafflin
Kathleen Scherdin
Richard Sarazin
Jean Wahlstrom
Annette Wade
Gretchen Ziel
Mary Bakkum
Richard Kuhlen
Jolene Glenz
Elizabeth Buchner
Mary Alice Kerrigan
Kathryn Howard
Patricia Hulick
Joyce Beitlich
Leah Gehrig
Rosemary Byers
Sharon Schmidt
Sandra Schmidt
Joyce Martinek
Betty Wavra
Ann Beebe
City Health Unit Reorganizes Facilities on Savings
Spring cleaning and budget savings from 1951 enabled the La city health department to re equip and renovate for 5700. New equipment includes a large laboratory work table with acid and alkali sink a two compartment stainless steel sink and portable stands. The nurses area hosts the sanitary division and dental clinic with improved lighting and storage. A microscope for dairy work is expected to arrive designed for angled use.
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Duhealth
Peters
Dental Clinic
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Safety First
Timken
la Crosse Health Department
Lillian McKnown
Bernice Messerschmidt
Royal Portable
Office Equipment CO
Main Street
McCord‘s
5Th Ave
Heeschler
Dia
Sonotone
King St
Dial
Noelke
Ta Crosse
Wisc
Rochester
MINN
State St. Dial
Jim Mercer
Health Spot Shoe Shop
North Fourth Street
la Crosse, Wis
Barron
Sacony
Acony Suits
Palm Beach
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