Civil Defense Urged as Shared Duty in La Crosse
Maj. Gen. Ralph Olson urged statewide civil defense as a community responsibility on a La Crosse Tribune program. Col. J Fitzpatrick and Walter Halstead outlined five preparedness steps including warning signals, fallout protection, first aid, and Conelrad use. La Crosse is a central support area in Wisconsin plans, with ongoing citizen cooperation requested.
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Civil Defense
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la Crosse Tribune
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Col. Fitzpatrick
Wisconsin
Hinsberger
Plane Crash Kills Illinois Man Near St Paul
A small plane ran out of gas and crashed in a corn field near St Paul Minnesota early today killing Steven Johnson of Lombard Illinois. Pilot Rudy Barta of Brookfield and passengers Richard Lehner and Ralph Johnston of Roselle were injured but not believed to be seriously hurt. The sheriff said the pilot radioed for permission to land on a highway before the crash about ten miles east of St Paul.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Illinois
Here
Steven Johnson
Lombardi
Rudy Barta
Brookfield
Richard Lehner
Ralph Johnston
Roselle
Twin Cities
Farm Prices Rise Near Three Percent, Board Admits Error
The Federal Crop Reporting Board acknowledged farm prices rose about 3 percent last month, not the 2 percent initially reported. An Agriculture Department aide called the correction a bonus as Benson had announced the earlier figure at a news conference.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Benson
Livestock Market Report South St. Paul Minnesota
USDA cattle and hog prices compared with last week show cows and slaughter steers mixed, with cows down and most steer and heifer classes holding or slipping modestly. Vealers and slaughter calves moderate to lower, hogs and sows also weaker, with feeder pigs and stocker moves noted at lower ranges.
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USDA
Jefferson PTA session introduces faculty at Jefferson School
The Jefferson School PTA opened the new year with a Sept 30 meeting led by Principal Mrs. Borghild Olson. Teachers shared facts about themselves while Olson highlighted school lunch, music, and art, noting statewide acclaim in art. A skit titled Would You Like to now Your PTA was performed by several members. Six PTA delegates were chosen for the autumn Third District conference, with Mrs. Ralph Geary and Mrs. Wendell Lovejoy co-chairing the social period and Mrs. Lunde serving as PTA president.
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Orbie Moss
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Kenneth Trehus
Albert Lesky
Ralph Geary
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Lunde
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Weather Forecast Highlights Frost Warnings and Cooling Across Midwest
Wisconsin faces frost or freeze warnings with subfreezing temps in the west and near freezing in the northeast tonight. Cloudy northern areas see light showers ending tonight, while central and southern portions stay partly cloudy and winds pick up east. Sunday brings fair, cool conditions as Minnesota and Iowa turn largely fair but cooler with frost risk and colder nights.
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Braves Rally to Plate Four in Late Inning Swing
Lumpe and Skowron anchor a tense stretch as the Braves push across four runs in the late stages. Bauer launches a 400 foot homer for the Yankees, while Schoendienst and Aaron make clutch plays in defense and base running amid a crowd disruption and tight pitching from Ditmar and Duren.
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McMahon
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Gorman
Duren
Yanks
Richardson
Will
Stengel
Crandall
Rescue on Olympus Peak Ends with Safe Return of Boys
Two boys were rescued after a climb on Olympus Peak where a two hour descent and a night ascent by rescuers followed an earlier rock rolling incident. Leroy Franke, 16, and injured D. Marden Chapman were aided by Sheriff George Beck, a radio searchlight, an Air Force jet, and 30 volunteers in a perilous, all night effort.
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Olympus
Chapman
Salt Lake County
George Beckstead
Air Force
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Teachers and tuberculin test of every school employee
Dr. Carl S. Winters urged educators to value teachers as the core of education and to pursue extended goals. He warned that today’s youth are educated for tomorrow’s world on the edge of a volcano and called for education to build good citizens, workers, and people.
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City of
Winters
Wisconsin higher education seeks 77.5 million in 1959 61
The State Coordinating Committee on Higher Education approved 77 509 210 in tax funds to operate universities and state colleges for 1959 61. The University of Wisconsin requests 55 786 369 and state colleges 21 786 369. Increased enrollment is cited for the rise. The requests advance to the governor for hearings before a legislative review.
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Madison
State Coordinating Committee On Higher Education
University of Wisconsin
Holmen teen admits gas theft at municipal airport
A 17 year old Holmen boy was arrested by La Crosse police Friday morning for stealing gasoline from a car at the Municipal Airport. He was identified by witnesses, confessed, and is in the care of welfare authorities.
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la Crosse
Welfare Department
Radio Listing Schedule for WKBH WLCX and NBC Stations
The page shows broadcast listings for WKBH WLCX and NBC 1490 with time slots from 5:00 to 11:45. Programs include Football Scores, Hall of Sound, In the Huddle, Logan Aquinas, Goal Post Mort, News and Serenade, Monitor News, Grand Ole Opry, and Night Beat.
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Aquinas
Pilot lands plane on New York street and flees
An unknown pilot made a flawless emergency landing on Amsterdam Avenue near 187th Street in Manhattan then disappeared. Police tied the craft to Donald Hulse of Paramus New Jersey and sought a man once charged after a similar 1956 landing.
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Hulse
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Teterboro
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Manhattan
Msgr. John M. Wolfe Dies at 77 in Dubuque
Msgr. John M. Wolfe 77 prelate of the Dubuque Archdiocese died Friday after a five year illness. He served 35 years as director of missions and from 1922 to 1946 as superintendent of schools and was prothonotary apostolic of the archdiocese. Funeral arrangements were being made.
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Dubuque, Iowa
Msgr
John M. Wolfe
Archdiocese of
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Wolfe
Time limit set for filing claims in Thompson estate case
In the matter of the estate of Mathilda Ophus Thompson deceased the La Crosse County Court in probate fixes claims submission by January 5 1959 for examination and allowance and schedules heirship proofs and hearing for January 6 1959 at opening of court. Dated September 25 1958. By the Court Eugene A Toepel County Judge.
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la Crosse County
Edward
Hebberd
la Crosse
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Eugene A. Toepel
Hubert V. Fuller
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Wisconsin Republic Party Ad Shaped by Claude Jasper
Paid advertisement authorized and paid for by the Republic Party of Wisconsin with Claude J. Jasper serving as chairman in Madison.
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The
Republic Party of Wisconsin
Claude J. Jasper
Madison
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