Bangor teen crowned Miss Oktoberfest in La Crosse event
Mary Kay Knudson, 19, of Bangor Wisconsin, won Miss Oktoberfest as the pageant crowned its top five finalists. She attends the University of Wisconsin as a nursing major and highlighted La Crosse's spirit in her winner answer. The ceremony drew about 7,000 spectators with local dignitaries and Oktoberfest officials in attendance.
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Mary Knudson
Bangor
la Crosse Tribune
Wis
Mary Kay Knudson
Mary Kay
University of Wisconsin
Leona Knudson
Vernon
Douglas
la Crosse
Audrey M. Vallin
St. Francis School of Nursing
Ruth Ann Johnson
Maple Grove Country Club
Gayle Dacey
Powell St
Elizabeth Hanson
Johnson St
Miss Hanson
Mary E. Sawyer
Ray Ping
Marilyn Otto
Greater la Crosse
Jim Conway
WLCX
Duane Mungan
WISYV
Viroqua
Indians and Oktoberfest Bring North Side to Life
Crowds packed the North Side fest grounds for Oktoberfest events at Copeland Park with jammed KP Hall crowds for Whoopee John’s dance. Winnebago and Wisconsin Rapids Indians performed dances while locals like David Platz and his family joined in wearing hand made costumes.
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la Crosse Tribune
North Side
Knights of Pythias
Clinton
Avon Streets
John
North Side Fest
Copeland Park
Copeland
John Winnebago
Wisconsin Rapids
la Crosse
Nekoosa
David Platz
R. J
Onalaska
Lisa
Platz
Police Stymied In Slaying Of 2 Girls
In Minneapolis police revealed a dead end in the kidnapping slayings of Melissa Ann Lee aged five and Barbara Foshaug aged four. Two suspects were cleared while an 18 year old found with a stolen car near Medicine Lake was not involved but held for car theft charges.
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Minneapolis
Melissa Ann Lee
Barbara Foshaug
Medicine Lake
U.S. Moves Against Latin American coups
The United States suspended diplomatic relations and halted military and economic aid to Honduras and the Dominican Republic after rapid coups toppled their governments. Secretary of State Rusk called the events grave and said aid missions are being withdrawn as Washington warns other Latin American regimes.
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Washington
United States
Dominican Republic
Honduras
U.S
Dean Rusk
State Department
Ramon Villeda Morales
Costa Rica
Juan Bosch
Rusk
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Buddhist Burns Self To Protest Diem Regime
A reported protest action in Vietnam describes a Buddhist monk self immolating to oppose the Diem regime. The striking event is cited amid ongoing political unrest and international responses to the crisis.
William Freise Dies Veteran Theater Manager in La Crosse
William Freise 80 longtime La Crosse theater executive died Friday in a local hospital after a 60 year career. He ran the Rivoli Theater 33 years and the Riviera from 1955 until his death and served as La Crosse Amusement Co publicity director in 1953. Survived by widow Gladys and daughter Betty Biel of Sparta.
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Wiliam Freise
la Crosse
Freise
Rivoli Theater
Riviera Theater
The
la Crosse Amusement Co
Bijou
Rivoli
Fester Tries to Crash Band at Auditorium
An elderly man wearing a wide brimmed hat attempted to join the orchestra Friday night with a miniature trumpet. He was escorted from the auditorium by a sheriff deputy after the unplanned intrusion.
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Frank Italiano
Adell Doctor's Wife Killed In Explosion
In Adell suburban home of Dr Frank Naylan Mrs Naylan aged 54 was killed when an explosion from a television set in a game room started a fire. Her body was found near a kitchen door leading from the room. Sheboygan County authorities investigated the blast.
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Sheboygan
Frank Naylan
Adell
Sheboygan County
Fair and Warmer Conditions This Weekend
Fair and warmer tonight and Sunday with comfortable margins. Tonight’s low mid-50s with Sunday high near the low 80s and a warm, sunny day anticipated.
Music and beer flow at KP Hall Knights dance
Whoopee John band led a packed Knights of Pythias event with polkas old time waltzes and schottisches. Clyde Wilfahrt headlined the group while crowds danced and beer flowed from a basement biergarten as whoops and lederhosen added to the revelry. A radio broadcast capped the night as attendees praised the lively performance.
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Hans
der Knights of
Pythias
John Band
Lederhosen
Clyde Wilfahrt
Ederhosen
John
Clyde
Vunderbar
Knights of Pythias Hall
Sherry
Jolene Schock
Leonard Schock
Ralph Jones
Lewis Jones
la Crosse
Tribune
Ninety Two Attend Mental Health Hearing Here
Ninety two persons representing state and local agencies attended an all day hearing Friday in the Congregational Church here. The event was the third in a series of 22 statewide meetings to discuss mental health needs and services for mentally ill and mentally retarded individuals.
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iLa Crosse Tribune
Congregational Church
Charles Triller
State Public Welfare Department
John Stadtmueller
Department of Public Instruction
C. D. Rejahl
Department of Vocational and Adult Education
James L. Wardaw
M.D
State Board of Public Health
Charles Trevallee
la Crosse
The
Retarded Children Inc
Wisconsin
Jack Riley
Frances Hupt
Madison
Albert J. Lorenz
N.D
Eau Claire
James Boullion
Lorenz
Chawman
Monroe
Trempealeau
Vernon
Jackson
Richard Sartz
Buddhist monk sets self ablaze in Saigon market
A young Buddhist monk in Saigon burned himself to death in the central market in a act of protest against Diem's regime. Police beat three American newsmen resisting camera seizures as security forces moved in.
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Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Central Market
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Crissie Cleary
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Vienna
Betty Mielke
Milwaukee
Chicago
Barbara Best
Bernard L. Decherne
Robert D. Smyth
Donald G. Hansen
DeWayne B. Reinhart
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Robert McCann
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Pam Hartley
Mike Young
J. Stephen Wing
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Caribbean Sea
Bahama Islands
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Arthur Pike
Grand Cayman Island
Caribbean
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Philippeau
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Paul Moore
Santiago
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Fidel Castro
Jamaica
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Per Helliesen
Willard Hurst
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William Freise
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