John Coleman Honored At La Crosse Recognition Dinner
More than 600 leaders from government labor industry religion welfare agencies and education attended a tribute dinner for John B Coleman retiring after 47 years as director of the La Crosse Vocational and Adult School renamed in his honor A plaque a portrait and a bound volume of letters were presented as part of the ceremony highlighting his long service and leadership in local and state education.
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Coleman
John B. Coleman
Raymond C. Rice
Roy Kumm
Rexford Mitchell
Tribune
Terence Boschert
la Crosse Trbune
Wisconsin
John K. TePoorten
la Crosse Vocational and Adult School
TePoorten
Wisconsin Vocational Schools
Coleman Vocational and Adult School
Warren E. Hicks
Madison
la Crosse School
Hicks
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Vocational School Board
la Crosse Vocational School
Vocational Board
la Crosse State College
Longtime school director lauds boards and staff in farewell remarks
Coleman praised 47 years of backing from school boards and a strong faculty. He noted no interference from board members and thanked his secretary Aileen Pinker for 47 years of service.
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Coleman
Martin
Aileen Pinker
Bank Hold Up Suspects Plead Guilty in Edmund Incident
Madison AP report states 49-year-old Thomas A. Brownie of Friendship and 18-year-old Margaret Ann Converse of Grand Marsh pleaded guilty or no contest to armed robbery for a Edmund Iowa County bank holdup last month. $1,636 stolen. couple traced by abandoned car. arraignment in federal court before Judge Kenneth Grubb. Lois Wright, 42, a former Eau Claire teller, received two years probation after pleading guilty to embezzlement at American National Bank and Trust Co.
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Thomas A. Brownie
Friendship
Wis
U.S
Mineral Point
Margaret Ann Converse
Grand Marsh
Kenneth Grubb
UPI
Madison
Iowa County
Edmund
Brownie
South Dakota
Grubb
Lois Wright
Eau Claire Bank
American National Bank and Trust Co
Cooper Receives NASA Medal From Kennedy in White House
Gordon Cooper, 36, the 22 orbit astronaut, traveled to Washington to receive the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President Kennedy. The ceremony at the White House included the Coopers, Vice President Johnson, and a crowd of officials. Cooper expressed gratitude while Kennedy praised his space program leadership and hinted at moon goals for the 1960s.
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Washington
Gordon Cooper
Kennedy
NASA
America
Andrews Air Force Base
Cape Canaveral
Fla
White House
Washington Monument
Air Force
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cooper
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Trudy
Daughers
Cam
Jan
Hattie Cooper
Carbondale
Colo
Capitol
Johnson
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Senate House Committee On Space Sciences
Pennsylvania Avenue
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Houston
Tex
Canaveral
Andrews
The
Eugene Zuckert
Curtis E. LeMay
Alan Shepherd
Wally Schirra
Scott Carpenter
Cows Fall Dead at Sousa Band Practice in Pasture
Hornchurch Drum and Trumpet Corps rehearsed in Peter Read's pasture. Fifty cows watched as John Philip Sousa's Semper Fidelis rang out and five cows dropped dead. The rest stampeded. Read apologized and said he would not sue, noting the incident was unfortunate but possible.
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Hornchurch
England
Peter Read
Read
Brian Keeler
John Philip Sousa
Keeler
Compromise on Nuclear Force Faces Nato Ministers in Ottawa
Atlantic pact statesmen gathered in Ottawa to approve a French backed compromise for an allied nuclear force. The plan names no unit or command but assigns 180 British V bombers and three Polaris submarines to General Lemnitzer. De Gaulle critics fear it changes nothing andWAR games loom as ministers discuss broader NATO policy.
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Arthur L. Gavshon
Ottawa
Charles de Gaulle
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
U.S
Lyman Lemnitzer
Europe
United States
Lemnitzer
Alliance
de Gaulle
Saceur
NATO
Brand Names Week Highlighted In La Crosse Tribune
In observance of Brand Names Week May 16 26 the La Crosse Tribune publishes 33 pages of advertising and information showcasing trademarks of leading national manufacturers in the Brand Names sections.
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la Crosse Tribune
Optimism in Geneva as tariff pact nears agreement
U S and Common Market delegates reported near full agreement on reducing trade barriers at a GATT ministerial conference in Geneva. European ministers proposed new special rules to address tariff distortions while Kennedy and Herter mediated a compromise to avoid stalling the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
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Geneva
U.S
Ludwig Erhard
Washington
Valery Giscard D'Estaing
Kennedy
Christian A. Herter
United States
Kennedy Herter
Herter
Project 66 Would Borrow for Wisconsin Highways
Gov. Reynolds unveils a 500 million program called Project 66 to complete 502 miles of interstate and four-lane highways by 1966. A five member Wisconsin Freeway Development Commission would borrow 360 million, with auto and truck fee hikes adding 15 million yearly to fund construction and repay loans.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Wisconsin Freeway Development Commission
Illinois Line
Dane County
Beloit
Milwaukee
Portage
Tomahawk
Brown County
Suamico
Milwaukee County
North Avenue
Project
Legislative Highway
State Highway Commission
Freeway Commission
Highway Commission
Lion Shot After Killing Loo Attendant At Ross Park Zoo
At Ross Park Zoo in Binghamton New York guards shot Timba the male lion after it killed attendant Guy E Carey 43 who was cleaning the cage Tina the female lion remained in another section. A relief attendant found Carey’s body at 530 am and police noted doors to the four part cage were closed Timba had previously escaped and damaged a zoo office.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Ross Park Zoo
Guy E. Carey
Zoo
Tina
Timba
Carey
Ralph Landis
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