La Crosse Pianist Jonson Falls Short on Ted Mack Show
Local pianist Don Jonson, 72, lost in the semifinals of the Ted Mack Amateur Hour at Madison Square Garden before 12,000 fans. He blamed the rock and roll trend and noted seven finalists would perform on national TV October 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Jonson
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Jonson
la Crosse
Ted Mack
Mack
the Garden
Mozart
Gabriel
Rep. Withrow Tour in Lafayette County Endorses Eisenhower Record
Rep. Gardner R. Withrow, Republican candidate for re election in the 3rd District, canvassed Lafayette County Tuesday and cited the Eisenhower administration’s actions on Korea and Lebanon as evidence of GOP world peace leadership, contrasting with Democratic Party records.
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Gardner R. Withrow
Congress
Lafayette County
Rep
Withrow
Darlington
Korea
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Lebanon
Local hospitals serve Alaska’s 200000 people
A Tribune Classified ad notes Alaska’s 200 000 residents depend on 26 hospitals for care and offers a way to raise cash by selling unused household items. Call 2-8040 to start your ad.
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Alaska
Tribune
State Medic Technologists To Meet Here
The fall convention of the Wisconsin Association of Medical Technologists will be held Saturday and Sunday in the St Francis School of Nursing auditorium. Speakers include Sister M Verona from St Joseph's Hospital Milwaukee James L Jaeck pathologist La Crosse Lutheran Hospital Sigurd E Sivertson MD Gundersen Clinic and John A Ulrich PhD Mayo Clinic Rochester. The banquet at 6 30 p m will be in St Wenceslaus Hall Sunday morning speakers include Ruth M Dalton MD St Francis Hospital and Ruth Hovde MT University of Minnesota. Medical technology analyzes body fluids and tissues to aid diagnosis and treatment with technologists working under a pathologist.
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Wisconsin Assn. of Medical Technologists
St. Francis School of Nursing
Sister M. Verona
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Milwaukee
James L. Jaeck
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Sigurd E. Sivertson
Department of Internal Medicine
Gundersen Clinic
John A. Ulrich
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
St. Wenceslaus Hall
Ruth M. Dalton
Department of Pathology
St. Francis Hospital
Ruth Hovde
M.T
University of Minnesota
Local Couple Files Absentee Ballots From La Crosse
Wayne W. Wilson a United States postal inspector in La Crosse and his wife who recently moved filed absentee ballots Monday and mailed them to their Missouri community ahead of the November 4 election.
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Wayne W. Wilson
United States
la Crosse
Missouri
Missing black rabbit prompts local search at Hood Street
David Holtze of 927 Hood St reports his all black rabbit vanished from an unlocked pen Sunday night. The creature is described as uniformly black with some areas appearing darker. A local search is underway.
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David Holtze
Hood St
David
Budget votes trim city departments for 1959 deficit drop
City aldermen in finance committee approved tentative 1959 budgets for health and inspections departments, cutting total costs by 3,464 and reducing property tax mills from 50.22 to 50.11. Health totals 92 414 with multiple line items. inspections total 31 620 with line items for salaries, supplies and equipment. Two more budget sessions set for Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Three PTA Candidates Named for Wisconsin District Office
Mrs Leslie Burch of La Crosse announced three nominees for the 3rd District Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers offices to be filled at the district conference in Tomah next Saturday. The recorded secretary candidate is Mrs E J Skert of Rockland, the treasurer is Mrs Glen Zielsdaaf of Black River Falls, and the second vice president is Mrs Ruel Young of Melrose. Nominations from the floor were also possible.
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la Crosse
Stoddard
Emerson Walling
James D. Peterson
Register of Deeds Everette Range
Julian Johnson
Walling
Tribune
Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers
Leslie Burch
Tomah
E. J. Skert
Rockland
la Crosse County
PTA Council
Glen Zielsdaaf
Black River Falls
PTA
Ruel Young
Melrose Pta
Burch
Milwaukee Merchants to Visit La Crosse Next Week
Seventy five Milwaukee businessmen will arrive in La Crosse Wednesday at 11 15 a.m. for a goodwill trade stop. Speakers include Thomas R. Gettelman and George Tebbetts. The group will attend a noon luncheon at Hotel Stoddard and a plan to underwrite expenses for Admiral Forrestal’s Nov 5 visit is approved.
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Milwaukee
la Crosse
North Western Railroad
la Crosse County
Thomas R. Gettelman
Trade Promotion Committee
Milwaukee Assn. of Commerce
George
Birdie) Tebbetts
Milwaukee Braves
Tebbetts
Cincinnati Redlegs
Decherne
FE. P. Forrestal
9Th Naval District
Great Lakes
Ill
United States Naval Reserve
Robert Schilling
Cmdr
Durwood D. Forbus
Naval and Marine Reserve Training Center
Allis Chalmers Reports 1958 Third Quarter Results
Allis Chalmers Mfg Co posts 1958 Q3 sales of 124 million, down about 7 percent from a year earlier. Earnings after preferred dividends total 4,929,106, or 60 cents per share on 8,216,014 shares. Nine month sales reach 393,748,854 with profits of 13,646,017, yielding 1.62 per share on 8,216,014 shares, versus 1.76 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
R. S. Stevenson
Industrial Council Committee Named For November Report
A nominations committee to select a report for November has been named by President Norman E. Schulze of the La Crosse County Industrial Development Council. The council meets at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Chamber of fice. Members include George A. Sarazin chairman and D H Hansen Gordon H Feinberg Bernard Thill and R W Nibbe. City Engineer Zenno A Gorder and City Atty John K Flanagan will appraise the Grand Grinding Indian Hill site for industry. The finance and development corporation committee led by Donald E Rice will render its report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman E. Schulze
la Crosse County
John K. Flanagan
Finance and Development Corporation Committee
Donald E. Rice
Taxpayers urge 1959 budget kept at 1958 47 mill rate
La Crosse County Taxpayers Assn tells city aldermen that the 1959 budget can be pared to retain the 47 mill tax rate of 1958 while leaving room for small capital outlays. They cite potential savings of about 402 815 and suggest applying surplus for levy reduction.
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la Crosse County
N Association
Davis
Walter Rose
Association
Pastors Appeal for Charity Emphasizes Love’s Value
The Rev. Ralph Kuether of St. John's Reformed Church cites Paul’s Corinth letter on charity as the highest gift. He notes faith, hope, and love endure, with love the greatest, a standard for 1958 as in ancient times.
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Paul
Corinth
Apostle Paul
Ralph Kuether
St. John’s Reformed Church
City Grantsburg Tie For Warmest Spots In State
Official weather watchers reported La Crosse tied with Grantsburg for the warmest spot in Wisconsin at 79 degrees on Monday. La Crosse led the region with 62 degrees overnight while Mason City Iowa and Rochester Minnesota logged 48s. Winds around 36 mph with gusts to 48 mph observed from the south. Cooler weather with light rain possible tonight and Wednesday.
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Mercury
la Crosse
Grantsburg
Wisconsin
Badgerland
Mason City
Iowa
Rochester
Minn
Minnesota
Lewiston
Mont
Big Piney
Wyo
Montana
Dakotas
Johnson Milk Bill Passage Urged By Norman Clapp
Norman M. Clapp, Democratic candidate for Congress in the Third District, urged passage of the Johnson bill at Blanchardville to remove interstate barriers against selling Wisconsin fluid milk. He said a single federal inspection standard would expand markets and raise farmers returns from quality fluid milk relative to manufacturing milk. The bill was introduced in the last Congress by Rep Lester Johnson of Black River Falls.
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Norman M. Clapp
Congress
Blanchardville
Lafayette County
Clapp
Wisconsin
Johnson
Lester Johnson
Black River Falls
Record theft at Jansky residence adds loot
City police report a portable Coronado record player valued at 19.95 stolen from 2922 Farnam St. Also taken were about 70 dollars in costume jewelry and six phonograph records. A two wheel trailer, missing from 2833 Ward Ave, is linked to a recovered pickup ride incident. Detectives suspect the thief backed the truck, breaking the trailer.
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Coronado
Donald Jansky
Farnam St
Jansky
Raymond Bros
Ward Ave
Relief funds nearly exhausted for county aid program
The County Relief Department nearly uses up its 1958 appropriation reporting a$7,293.28 balance from a$129,946 allotment. Expenditures in September reached $13,006.51 with 502 people receiving relief, up from 344 in September 1957, prompting a deficient appropriation request of $40,000 to sustain the rest of the year.
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County Relief Department
Mae
Bellerue
Bellevue
Soviet Shopping Tests Stamina and Endurance
The Rev. Melvin Lynn Frank describes shopping at Moscow's Gum Department Store as a lengthy, staged process with many steps from locating tea to wrapping and payment. He and 19 church leaders observed long lines and complex procedures, noting the store’s abundance but criticizing the cumbersome routine.
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Russia
Moscow
Melvin Lynn Frank
First Congregational Church
la Crosse
Red Square
Frank
England
Europe
Georgia
Ship Captain To Give Talk To Traffic Club
Capt. David Jones of Isbrandtsen Steamship Lines will speak at the La Crosse Traffic Club meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Linker Hotel. He is a former master of the S S Flying Arrow and now district regional agent for Isbrandtsen in Chicago. Jones began seafaring with his father at seven and left the sea after a highway accident ended his sailing career.
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David Jones
Isbrandtsen Steamship Lines
la Crosse
Capt. Jones
S.S. Flying Arrow
Isbrandtsen
Chicago
United States
Wednesday Deadline To Register To Vote
A last reminder to city residents that they must be registered before 5 p.m. Wednesday to be eligible to vote in the Nov. 4 general election. All local residents including those in annexed areas must register in City Hall by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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City Hall
Post Office Receipts Rise Ahead of 1957 Levels
Four week period receipts reach 70 218 dollars versus 62 441 dollars in 1957. The three month quarter ending last week totals 266 271 dollars, up from 241 401 dollars. Beginning June 28, increases in first second and third class postage went into effect August 1, with officials noting the growth lag relative to rate hikes.
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United States Post Office
Charles G. Harder
Post Office
Harder
One in Four Cars Found Deficient in Safety Checks
County Traffic Police Chief Edward Tabbert notes about one car in four is defective in the current safety checks. In this fall series 533 vehicles have been inspected and 142 five day warning tickets issued. Motorists issued a five day ticket must fix the deficiency and have it rechecked by an officer.
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Edward Tabbert
Ex Local Pastor Named To Office By Baptist Group
Former La Crosse minister Rev Folke Ferre now of Green Bay was named chair man of the department of Christian Education by the American Baptists at their Green Lake convention on Oct 16. About 350 delegates from 82 churches attended and several resolutions were adopted urging church deacons to oppose beer sales, commending Gov Vernon Thomson for liquor stance, and praising enforcement against liquor and gambling violations. Churchmen at the gathering included Rev Floyd Harbold, Rev Warren Zinn, and Dr Gustave Edwin Anderson.
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la Crosse
Folke Ferre
Green Bay
Wisconsin
American Baptists
Green Lake
Ferre
Department of Christian Education
Vernon Thomson
Floyd Harbold
First Baptist Church
Warren Zinn
Calvary Baptist
Gustave Edwin Anderson
Prowler Reported on George Street
Police checked the 1600 block of George Street at 3 21 a m Tuesday after a resident heard someone at the rear screen door. Mrs Valentine Krajewski of 1616 George Street reported the disturbance and her dog barked. No prowler was found.
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George Street
Valentine Krajewski
George St
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Kirk
Mack Group
New York
Joseph Kneeland
Nyc
Kneeland
Zeker
The
la Crosse Federation of Republican Women
Myrtle Larsen
15Th Street
Roland Steinle
Wis
Supreme Court
U. S. Senate
U. S
Proxmire
Ross E. Hunt
C. L. Seaquist
Vernon W. Thomson
Madison
South Side
Harry Hummell
Edward S. Keefe
la Crosse Country Club
Reuter
la Crosse State College
Trane Co
Industrial Council
la Place
Robert Tate Jr
Tate
Lincoln
Norman Clapp
Lacrosse
Commercia
Credist Plan Incorporated
Prowler Reported
Stapler
Oliver Office Equip., Inc
Pearl St
Lad
Schumacher
Hoome
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