Crown Prince Harald to Visit Minnesota Colleges
Crown Prince Harald of Norway arrives in Minnesota for a 40 mile motor tour through autumn countryside to St Olaf College Northfield and Augsburg College Minneapolis hosts a governor's mansion reception. He visits Luther College Decorah Iowa and muskies fished on Lake Wisconsin during a busy two day itinerary with Norwegian and American dignitaries.
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Minneapolis
Nor
Rolvaag
Harald
Norway
Minnesota
Augsburg College
Norprince
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Karl Rolvaag
Prince
Long Island Sound
New York
National Guard
Twin Cities
Prince Harald
Wisconsin
Lake Minnetonka
Axel Moltke-Hansen
John S. Pillsbury Sr
Pillsbury Co
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
Richard Horswill Joins Fourth Year Institute at UW
Richard Horswill of Black River Falls is among 30 students in the University of Wyoming fourth annual NDEA counseling and guidance institute funded by a 243000 U.S. Office of Education contract. Participants from 15 states receive 75 dollars weekly stipends plus allowances and earn more than 30 semester hours of graduate credit.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Richard Horswill
University of Wyoming
U.S. Office of Education
Kentucky
Hawaii
Wisconsin Entries Win At Waterloo
Bulls from Wisconsin herds won reserve championships at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa. Dutch Mill Balors Ace owned by Roy E Jacobs Sons Sparta was reserve junior champion in the Guernsey division. Pfaffs Autumn Dewey owned by Red Brae Farm Eagle took reserve grand and senior championship in Brown Swiss.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Wisconsin
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Dutch Mill Balor
Ace
Roy E. Jacobs & Sons
Sparta
Pfaff
Dewey
Red Brae Farm
Eagle
Westby Men Honor Crown Prince Harald with Ski Club Gift
Judge Lincoln Neprud and Dr. P. T. Bland of Westby attended a Madison banquet for Crown Prince Harald of Norway. Neprud presented the prince with a lifetime Snowflake Ski Club membership, a first for a foreign guest.
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Westby
Wis
Lincoln Neprud
P. T. Bland
Crown Prince
Harald of
Norway
Madison
Neprud
Interstate Now Almost Half Done
United States Department of Commerce data as of June 30 1965 shows 19 396 miles of the 41 000 mile interstate system open to traffic. An additional 3 649 miles have not progressed beyond preliminary stages and 11 280 miles remain in engineering and right of way. Total federal aid program spending exceeds 23 3 billion since 1956 with 13 5 billion expended since July 1 1956. Minnesota will total 905 miles placing it nineteenth among states Texas leads with 3025 miles and DC has 29 3 miles. Minnesota has spent 350 2 million with 313 9 million federally funded.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Minnesota
Texas
District of Columbia
Studded Tire Ice Traction Tests Reported
The Minnesota Highway Department reports traction tests at Stevens Point last winter comparing studded tires with regular snow and chain tires. Studded tires show 136 percent traction gain on ice and 110 feet stopping distance at 20 mph, with chains at 70, snow tires 167, and regular tires 180 feet. The ad hoc committee warns of potential rear-end collisions and urges studs only on new tires.
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Stevens Point
Minnesota Highway Department
Wisconsin
Highway Research Board i
50 000 Expected For Corn Picking Contest In Prairie du Chien
About 50 000 people are slated to attend the State Corn Picking contest held October 5 to 7 in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Events include soil judging, parades, multiple corn picking contests, dances and a concert by Boys Town Choir with Governor Knowles and Senator Nelson slated for the award presentation.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Hilltop Twirlers
Eastman
Gene Knutson
FFA
Erdenberger Farm
Mill Coulee Farm
Former Rail Official Sentenced for Tax Evasion
Harry B. Nordstrom 66 of St Paul, former purchasing director for the Great Northern Railway, received three years in prison on an income tax evasion charge. He was found guilty of one count for 1962 after a dispute over $93,040 reported income versus $173,485 actual, with embezzlement alleged from his employer.
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ST. Paul
Harry B. Nordstrom
Great Northern Railway
Nordstrom
Earl R. Larson
U.S
Asst
Hartley Nordin i
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Larson
De Soto Couple To Attend Mississippi River Meet
De Soto Wisconsin Mr and Mrs J C Gillespie travel to New Orleans for the Mississippi River Parkway Commission and Great River Road annual meeting Oct 10 18 He represents Vernon County on the commission serves as treasurer and chairs the awards committee and sits on the executive board.
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DE Soto
Wis
J. C. Gillespie
Great River Road
New Orleans
Vernon County
Gillespie
Milwaukee Boy Dies In Apparent Accidental Strangling
A 12 year old boy, James E. Weir, accidentally strangled after a dog chain looped around his neck. His 11 year old brother Donald found the body in an upstairs bedroom while parents watched TV. A leather end hung from a crib post, police said.
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Milwaukee
West Allis
James E. Weir
Donald
James
Clement Weir
Noisy airport closure spawns makeshift drag strip
In Miami, residents report an abandoned Aero Country Club runway now hosts drag racing after a court-ordered closing. Mrs. Juanita Moore recounts a car leaving the air strip, crashing onto her lawn, and notes aircraft were safer than the current activity.
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Miami
Fla
Aero Country Club
Juanita Moore
Appre ciation Day at Ettrick draws big crowd
Weather aided a large Ettrick crowd for Appreciation Day with a kid ride parade featuring 50 entries across five categories. Winners in doll buggies, bicycles, tricycles, comic entries and individuals received cash prizes, followed by a pony pulling contest for Class A and B ponies, with bands and a tug of war at night.
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Ettrick
Wis
Elaine Murland
Rhonda Truex
Brush Brothers
Kim Harshbarger
Tammy Berg
Laurie Johnson
Timothy Briggs
Ann Helstad
William Casey
Carolyn Stevenson
Frederick Truax
Eleva
Gale-Ettrick High School
Frenchville
French Creek
Kenyon Named Assistant GOP Leader in Wisconsin Assembly
Madison Kyle Kenyon of Tomah was elected assistant Republican leader of the State Assembly at a GOP caucus meeting. Assemblyman Paul R Alfonsi became Republican Assembly leader, succeeding Rob ert Haase who was moved to state insurance commissioner. Kenyon has represented Monroe County since 1957 and has served on key committees while serving as veterans service officer. He is an attorney with a wife and five children in Tomah.
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Madison
Kyle Kenyon
Tomah
State Assembly
Kenyon
Paul R. Alfonsi
Minocqua
Republican Assembly
Alfonsi
Warren Knowles
Robert D. Haase
Marinette
Alfonsis
Monroe County
Republican
Insurance and Banking
Judiciary Committee
Legislative Council
Board On Government Operations
Veterans’ Service
Assembly
World's Largest Cheese Returns to Wisconsin in November
The 34,591 pound cheddar from Denmark Wisconsin will travel to Eau Claire for the 74th Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association convention on November 3 and 4 after its stay at the New York World's Fair.
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Madison
Denmark
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Foundation
Eau Claire
Wisconsin Cheesemaker’s Association
Minneapolis Man Dies Of Injuries In Crash
Edwin J. Olson, 78, of Minneapolis, died Monday afternoon in a hospital from injuries suffered in a two car collision at a city intersection on September 26. Olson's death raises Minnesota 1965 traffic fatalities to 590, compared with 626 last year.
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Minneapolis
Win J. Olson
Olson
Minnesota
Salem EUB Church Services Amid Redevelopment
In Norwalk Wisconsin services continue at Salem EUB Church while Immanuel Lutheran Church undergoes redecorating. The move updates parishioners on location during the church renovation.
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Norwalk
Wis
Salem Eub Church
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Sparta Red Cross Fund Chairmen Named for 1965 Drive
Sparta Wisconsin leaders assemble the 1965 Red Cross fundraiser in October with James Kirchoff as chapter chairman naming precinct chairmen across the western county. Ward village and town coordinators include Mrs. John Krembs and Mrs. Dan Hornett among others directing drives in Sparta Angelo Wilton Leon Cataract and adjacent communities.
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Sparta
Wis
Red Cross
James Kirchoff
Peter Bomber
Robert Page
Ward
John Krembs
John Wieczorek
Charles Ambelang
Vern Hobson
Keith Kenyon
Eric Parsons
David Hendricks
David Abbott
Dan Hornett
Angelo
Blaine Erickson
Melvina
Janet Perse
Cashton
Gerald Flock
Wilton
James Brieske
Leon
Pauline White
Warren Johnson
Little Falls
Joe Blinston
New Lyme
Orlin Roeske
Earl Molstad
James Wells
Holden Hankee
Portland
Paul Flock
Jefferson
Myron Kortbein
Ridgeville
Carl Keene
Edward O'Rourke
Wellington
Harold Saxby
Thomas Sullivan
Sheldon
Farm Bureau Plans St Paul Bus Trip
Houston County Farm Bureau will sponsor a bus tour to the open house and dedication of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation building in St. Paul on Friday October 15.
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Farm Bureau
St. Paul
Eitzen
Wis
Houston County Farm Bureau
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
Winnebago Elder John Thompson celebrates 92nd birthday
John Thompson, said to be the oldest Winnebago man in Wisconsin, marks his 92nd birthday born Sept 29 1873 at Bear Bluff. He lived in Mohawk and Valley Junction area, worked on the Burlington Railroad and Grandad's Bluff Quarry, ran three fishing boats in the Mississippi, and served in a Merrimac munitions plant during World War II. He and Nora Red Horn raised 153 children. survivors include Myrle, Preston, Lindley, Hershel, Sylvia and Beulah. A birthday feast was held at their Black River home with celebrations attended by Indians from across counties. A 8:00 a.m. farm bus departure to Caledonia and Spring Grove was planned with reservations due Oct. 8.
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la Crosse Tribune
Neillsville
Wis
John Thompson
Wisconsin
Bear Bluff
Tomah
Valley Junction
Nora Red Horn
Allamakee County
Iowa
Thompson
Burlington Railroad
la Crosse
Grandad’s Bluff
Mississippi
Merrimac
Black River
Bureau
Caledonia
A.m
Spring Grove
Reau
Here
Special Events For Corn Contest At Prairie du Chien
The Wisconsin Corn Picking Contest will showcase open house at Mill Coulee Angus Farm a continuous corn harvesting demonstration at Joe Gavin Farm with 79 corn varieties a sorghum Sudan plot at Canning Co Farm alfalfa sown in June with no nurse crop treated with herbicide airplane rides from the airport south of Prairie du Chien continuous demos of corn drying and handling at the main commercial area excursion rides on the Prairie Gal on the Mississippi bus tours from the corn picking headquarters covering the Industrial Park and nearby National Guard Armory on State Highway 35
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Wisconsin
Mill Coulee Angus
Joe Gavin
Canning Co
Mississippi
National Guard
Midway Sportsmen to Meet for Hunt Photos
SPRING GROVE Minn The Midway Sportsmen s Club will hold its regular meeting at 8 p m Wednesday Oct 6 at the Pine Crest. Harry Kruse will show pictures from a big game hunt.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Midway Sportsmen's Club
Pine Crest
Harry Kruse
Not Doctor Remark on Renting Versus Owning Homes
A columnist notes old views on renting and childlessness and argues for home ownership. Real estate firms advertise financing and MLS services offering assistance to buy houses, urging readers to contact Gerrard Real Estate, Ginskey Realty, Hoeschler Realty, Lois Nelson Realty, and others.
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Elkhart County, Indiana
Humane Shelter
UPI
Kickapoo Valley
Delbert Orrick
Gays Mills
Rusty Hagar
Glenn Hagar
Rob Irlbeck
Robert Irlbeck
Institute
Schumacher
Ray J. Schumacher
Roy Tichenor
Don Kish, Jr
Lacrosse, Wis
Interstate
Joe’s
Mary Ruth McFall
Pierre
Mary Ruth
Philadelphia
Gram
National Guard Armory
Boys Town Choir
SHS
Checkerboard Ballroom
Canning Company Farm
Country Club
Gov. Knowles
Sen
Nelson
Rail
Exchange Building
GOP
Norwalk Church
Mary Swan
Sparta Red Cross Fund
John Thompson State
Winnebago Patriarch
By Jess Scott
Jackson
Monroe
Juneau
Wood Counties
Loraine Boltik
Bess Bursinger
Tomah Veterans Hospital
Equitable
Living Insurance
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Lacrosse Office
Rivoli Bldg
New York, N.Y
Thomas M. Multerer
DIST
MGR
Richard A. Tausche
Merrill N. Davis, Jr
DIAL
MLS
Gerrard Real Estate Corp
A. W. Ginskey Realty Co
Hoeschler Realty CO
Lois Nelson Realty CO
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Schams Rea Aoe
Balty CO
Sias Realty
Onalaska
TOWN
Country Realty
Wae & Jiracek
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