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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1958
Page
5
Hal Boyle riffs on the comic art of being sick at the right time to gain sympathy and status. A winter illness earns respect, while a summer ailment leaves one mocked and lonely, as the family and boss insist on your supposed vitality.
Memorial Day observances arranged by the American Legion in McGregor Iowa include services at 9 15 a.m. at St Marys Cemetery and at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Cemetery with Rev Francis J Phelan and Rev W O Crosby officiating respectively.
Wisconsin Governor Vernon Thomson announced plans to convene a special legislative session to extend unemployment benefits after Congress approved a bill authorizing extended federal aid. The move aims to raise to 13 weeks the duration of benefits in Wisconsin, with final plans to be set after talks with legislative leaders.
James A Farley, 70, forecaster of many election results, predicts Democratic wins this year and in 1960. He urged Congress and the public to back President Eisenhower and hinted at possible future political moves while marking his milestone birthday with a family dinner.
Dist. Atty. John C. Quinn will be the Memorial Day speaker in Trempealeau Wisconsin. The parade starts at 9 15 a m and the program at 9 45 a m with the Rev Edward J Sobzcyk delivering the invocation and benediction.
Kathleen Schlosser, a sophomore sociology major, was elected Student Council president at Viterbo College. She beat Joan Feld and Rosemarie Fritz, both of Carroll, and previously served as editor of the Lumen and as junior delegate to NFCCS. Others named include Betty Knop as vice president and LaVonne Kimmel as treasurer.
Army engineers expect to start work by July 1 on a Nike defense facility near Roberts in St. Croix County. Gov. Vernon Thomson said bids are being taken and the project should be completed within a year. The Nike installation reportedly cost about one million dollars.
A La Crosse woman reports delight at a flood of phone calls after placing a Tribune Want Ad for an old stove and refrigerator. She sold both items within hours and plans to use the money to decorate her kitchen.
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