Norwegian Prince Receives Honorary Degree at Luther College
Crown Prince Harald of Norway visited Decorah Iowa to tour the Norwegian American Museum and receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from Luther College. He spoke on the ties between Norway and the United States and between Norwegians and their descendants in Decorah.
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la Crosse Tribune
Decorah
Iowa
Crown Prince of
Norway
Crown Prince
Harald
Luther College
Luther Field House
United States
Iowa-Minnesota
Highway 52
City
Leif Erickson Bridge
Hans Engen
Axel Moltke-Hansen
Minneapolis
Jan Orner
Royal Norwegian Navy
Water Street
Decorah High School
E. D. Farwell
B. B. Anundsen
Museum Board
Gunnar Gundersen
la Crosse
Marion J. Nelson
Farwell
Crown Prince Harald
Robert Fulton
Frank Miller
Anundsen
Luther
Olav
Twins Open World Series With 8 2 Win At Met Stadium
In the 1965 World Series opener Minnesota defeated Los Angeles 8 to 2 at Metropolitan Stadium. A fan’s view section 28 in left field captured the crowd energy as Earl Battey caught a first pitch from Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Zoilo Versalles hit a third inning homer into the stands.
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la Crosse Tribune
Metropolitan Stadium
Twins
Red Sweater
Zoilo Versalles
Twin Cities
Hubert Humphrey
Earl Battey
Highway Bonding Measure Rejected by Wisconsin Committee
The 9-3 vote by the Legislative Joint Finance Committee blocks a highway bonding bill aimed at speeding I-90 La Crosse Tomah and I-94 Eau Claire work. Gov Knowles backed it. opposition rises from Democrats and some Republicans amid debates over bonds and constitutional amendments.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Statehouse
la Crosse
Legislative Joint Finance Committee
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Highway Commission
G. H. Bakke
la Crosse-Tomah
Tomah
Eau Claire
Bakke
Tomah-La Crosse
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin highway bonding plan defeated by committee
The Joint Finance Committee recommended rejecting a Knowles backed highway bonding bill by a 3 to 3 vote. Three Republicans supported the measure briefly, while the panel adopted a substitute allowing borrowing through existing corporations. The committee also advanced a separate school aid bill boosting local aid by 8.4 million dollars.
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Wisconsin
The
American Automobile Association
Prairie Area Man Wins Wisconsin Corn Picking Contest
John Gillitzer won first in the two row machine division using International Harvester gear and will represent Wisconsin in the national contest in Michigan. Joseph Wood won the picker shelter division and will also advance with John Erreham and LeRoy Thun placing second and third in their division. The event featured 500 boys in land judging preliminaries, a second parade planned, and speeches by Lt. Gov Lucey Gov Knowles with Sen Nelson unable to attend.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Wisconsin
Michigan
John Gillitzer
International Harvester
Pat Esch
Dodgeville
Ford
Anton Helbing
Cuba City
New Idea
Roger Ackerman
New
Warren Reppen
Edgerton
Allis-Chalmers
Joseph Wood
Randall
John Erreham
LeRoy Thun
Lancaster
Gaylord Nelson
Pres. Johnson
Patrick Lucey
Sen
Nelson
Warren Knowles
La Crosse finalist again for All-America Cities award
La Crosse has been named a finalist for the All-America Cities Awards for the second time in five years, among 24 finalists out of 142 entrants. The effort highlights citizen action in downtown renewal education industry and flood recovery with notable projects like Montgomery Ward courthouse, new South Side High School and the Alba tross youth coffeehouse.
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la Crosse
James Conway
WLCX
D. J. Petruccelli
Greater la Crosse
Alfred E. Driscoll
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Chamber
Conway
Montgomery Ward
Courthouse Square
South Side High
Citizens Education Committee
League of Women Voters
Coulee
Smyth
All-America City finalists expand to 24
Industry leaders note expansions including Trane Co and G Heileman while the All-America City program widens to 24 finalists from 22. Alaska cities Anchorage Seward Valdez join to recount 1964 Good Friday earthquake recovery alongside Crawfordsville Enfield Flat River and others across twelve states.
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Trane Co
la Crosse Cooler
Gateway Grocery
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Continental Can
Waldorf Paper Co
Alaska
Anchorage
Seward
Valdez
Crawfordsville
Ind
Enfield
Enfield, Conn.; Flat River, Mo
Florence
S.C
Kirkwood
Littlefield
Tex
Michigan City
Mount Vernon
Ohio
New Castle
Ogallala
Neb
Paramount
Calif
Pasco
Wash
Peoria
Ill
Pikeville
Red Bluff
Trenton
N.J
Tucson
Teen-Aged Malaprop Star Targets Distinction
Santa Barbara based 17 year old Tessa Tracy gains sudden fame for mangled phrases. Readers flood in as she defends her quips while pursuing future goals as a social worker, airline stewardess, interior decorator, and writer.
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Gene Handsaker
Santa Barbara
Calif
Tessa Tracy
Tessa
Marymount Girls School
Johnson preps for gall bladder surgery amid busy White House day
President Johnson maintains a heavy workload on eve of gall bladder operation at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He signs a rural water and sewage bill, hosts a Congressional reception, then walks with aide Jack Valenti before heading to the hospital for an estimated 10 to 14 day stay.
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Washington
Johnson
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
White House
Jack Valenti
Pennsylvania Avenue
West Executive Avenue
George D. Aiken
Vermont
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Serican
Tribune
Ken Blanchard
Prince
Lucey
David Carley
Knowles
John W. Reynolds
Frank Nikolay
Clark County
Assembly
Harold Froelich
Outagamie County
Building Corporation
Joint Finance Committee
Walter Hollander
Rosendale
Glen Pommerening
Wauwatosa
Walter Terry
Baraboo
Pommerening
State Highway Commission
Hudson
David Obey
Wausau
Obey
A. J. Kornder
Oshkosh
Winnebago
R. H. Galland
Beloit
Harry Meikensperger
Fond du Lac
Oliver Fleming
Delavan
Walter Klug
Juneau
Thomas Barland
George Borg
Boy
Morris Baetzold
Hinckley
UPI Telephoto
Machine Division
Prairie Area
Kenneth G. Brown
Robert Smyth
Petruccelli
St. Louis
Distinction
Malaprop
University of California At Los Angeles
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