Wisconsin motor fuel tax dispute returns to Legislature
The fight between motor fuel retailers and bulk distributors over the 2 percent gasoline tax rebate resumes as Wisconsin lawmakers prepare for the 1953 session. Retailers seek a split granting them 1.5 percent, claiming losses from evaporation and spillage equal to bulk losses. Current refund estimates place rebates at about 1 billion dollars, a practice unlikely to be abolished.
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Viterbo Graduation Program Set in Maria Angelorum Chapel
Viterbo College will hold commencement on Thursday May 29 at 8 p.m. in Maria Angelorum Chapel. Degrees include Bachelor of Arts for Eleine Theisen and Bachelor of Science in Education for Sister M Ardelle De Clerck Sister Mary Gabriel Soong and Sister M Marine Wachtl. The Rt Rev Monsignor Peter Pape will be the speaker and diplomas will be awarded by Rev Joseph H Rohling. An 8 a.m. baccalaureate mass is scheduled Sunday May 25 with Rev Victor J Pax delivering the address.
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Viterbo College
Maria Angelorum
Eleine Theisen
la Crosse
M. Ardelle de Clerck
Mary Gabriel Soong
Shanghai
China
M. Marine Wachtl
Wausau
Guilmant
St- Rose
M. Pierre
Ravanello
Peter Pape
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Joseph H. Rohling
Viterbo
St. Rose Convent
Pero‘si
Mohr
Singenberger
Karg Elert
M. Lucilda
Victor J. Pax
Cats Out Of Luck In Richmond
Public safety director Richard R. Foster instructs Richmond firefighters to ignore calls to retrieve cats from trees. He notes the city pays 50 to 100 dollars per incident and that it is not the fire department’s business to handle such rescues.
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Richmond
Richmond Fire Department
Public Safety
Richard R. Foster
Foster
Ridgway Named Supreme Commander Under NATO Heads
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway becomes Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe but reports to 14 NATO chiefs of staff and the three Standing Group chiefs. In an emergency he would bypass them to issue orders to deputy commanders and regional commanders in Northern Central and Southern Europe.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
Allied Forces
Europe
NATO
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mittee
Area Extension Classes Slated For Full Time By Local College
La Crosse State College will sponsor nine extension courses next fall for teachers seeking diploma or degree credits. Courses cover geography, crafts, music for elementary teachers, creative dramatics, local government, physical science, modern poetry, and Shakespeare. First meetings Sept 20 at 9 a.m. with credits offered as junior or senior college.
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la Crosse State College
Maurice O. Graff
Whitehall
Robert Novak
Tomah
Lester Steinhoff
Hillsboro
Thomas Annett
Gays Mills
Margaret Oleson
Emerson G. Walling
Viroqua
Wisconsin
Walter Thoresen
Richland Center
W. B. Rasmusen
la Crosse
O. O. White
White
Graff
Studnnts
Redwoods Thrive in Tropics as Hawaii Welcomes Coast Redwood
Hawaii grows redwood popularity with the felling of the first coast redwood in the islands. The 1g8 ft tall, 14 in diameter tree was transplanted from California 25 years ago and is praised for durability and beauty. National Geographic Society notes its termite resistance and low shrinkage.
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U.S. West Coast
Hawaii
Washington, D.C
California
National Geographic Society
Oregon
Sierra Mountains
China
Hemisphere
New Midsummer Sale Book Offers Budget Savings
See a parade of values in the Midsummer Sale Book with reduced prices on play clothes fishing and camera gear and picnic supplies. Get free copy in store or order later via the Catalog Department and direct-line telephone service.
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