County Board defers land decision amid school land dispute
County finance and institutions committees delay action on adding 220 acres to county farmlands at County Hospital. They seek West Salem School Board bids for 39 acres the district wants for a new school and examine proposed land sales and interstate highway land transfer. A separate salary and institutions measure tightens county residency rules for hires, to be reviewed at the November board meeting.
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County Board Finance and Institutions
County Hospital
West Salem
Finance Committee
Institutions
Leonard Yeske
Yeslie
Floyd Buol
Koe
Yeske
Buol
Com
Mittee
Onalaska 2Nd Ward
Charles Guenther
Plumbing group endorses Withrow in re election bid
The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry endorsed Congressman Gardner R. Withrow for reelection on November 4 citing his votes on four wage earner priorities. The endorsement, received at Withrow’s Washington office, highlights federal funding for school construction minimum wage enforcement aged and disabled benefits and unemployment insurance extensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner R. Withrow
Congress
United Assn
United States
Canada
Association
Rep. Withrow
Washington
Coffee Case Reported Lost by Transportation Co
Witte Transportation Co reports a case of coffee lost from a truck on Thursday between Briggs Transportation Co and its terminal. J J Bruske reports finding a box of cooking utensils on the street at 11th and Main streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witte Transportation Co
21St Street
Ward Avenue
Briggs Transportation Co
J. J. Bruske
Cameron Ave
Llth
Main Streets
League Aids Patients To Cast Ballots In La Crosse
League of Women Voters volunteers helped four La Crosse hospitals distribute absentee ballots and inform patients on registration and voting procedures. Members and hospital auxiliaries urged ballots, forwarded names to County Clerk Esther Domke, and sent voters service postcards and letters to new residents with polling places and ward numbers.
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la Crosse
Voters Service
League of Women Voters
League
Esther Domke
la Crosse League
Vision
Frank Salek
Harry Lockett
Margaret Easton
Arthur Moody
Jake Hoeschler
Triton Haritos
Marvin Schirmacher
St. Francis
St. Ann
Robert Luxford
Allen Schilling
la Crosse Hospital
Lutheran Hospital Auxiliary
Beth Saenger
Carsten Christiansen
Grandview Hospital
Paul Anderson
Lockett
Boat and bike stolen reported to sheriff
Richard Peterson reported a 12 foot plywood skiff stolen from Goose Island after using it Friday Oct 24. Paul Kolden said his bicycle was left at 2809 S 21st St and disappeared after confirmation class. Mrs Johnson heard the Johnsons' dog barking when the boys were gone.
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Sheriff's Office
Richard Peterson
Grandview Pl
Goose Island
Paul Kolden
Shelby
Cliff Johnson
S. 21St St
Johnson
Public Hearing Sparks Patch Budget Talk in La Crosse
City aldermen wrapped the first phase of budget talks after a 16-person public hearing on the 1959 calendar budget. Four speakers backed restoring a $500 La Crosse Traffic Bureau membership. the proposal awaits later action. The county taxpayers association urged a $402,815 cut to keep the 47 mill tax rate, noting the difficulty but possibility of a balanced budget. The police budget faced most scrutiny with moves to delay new equipment and seven new positions pending a plan to use meter maid nonpolice staff for parking violations.
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la Crosse Traffic Bureau
la Crosse County
Wichita
Kan
Speeding Cracking Down Leads to Court Arraignments
Seventy three people faced charges in Police Justice Court on 79 ordinance violations with 47 speeders, four drunk drivers and three overtime parking cases. Police plan intensified enforcement on 3rd Street Losey Boulevard and 4th Street. Three paid fines totaling 40 for four overtime tickets with warrants and 31 for 31 other tickets. Three pleaded guilty on drunk driving. one pleaded innocent with trial set.
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Police Justice Court
Robert Loeffler
3Rd Street
Losey Boulevard
4Th Street
Wisconsin Machinists Plan La Crosse Conference
The Wisconsin State Council of Machinists will meet in La Crosse next Friday and Saturday to discuss labor in politics and council business. Delegates from Lodges 21 546 and 1115 will attend with about 45 000 members represented statewide. A luncheon for delegates and visitors is scheduled at the Eagles Club on Saturday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin State Council of Machinists
la Crosse
Heileman Brewing Co
Machinists
Political League
Labor
Labor Temple
King St
Norman Nelson
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
James C. McDonald
Diocese of la Crosse
Norman Clapp
International Assn. of Machinists
State Council
Dale Nafe
Grand Lodge
Wisconsin
Walter
Trane Co
DeLuxe Engineering
Wittcross Engineering
la Crosse Brush Co
Lodge 21
Lodge 546
Milwaukee Road
Eagles Club
Harry Olson
Victor Lamb
Lodge 1115
Ex-Ontario Mayor Harold Stoddard Dies in California
Harold Stoddard longtime Ontario resident and former mayor died Thursday in Lodi California while on a West Coast vacation with his wife. Funeral arrangements by Hanson Funeral Home pending arrival of the body. He owned a large dairy farm near Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Wis
Harold Stoddard
Lodi
Calif
Plans Discussed for Cancer Crusade in La Crosse County
La Crosse County American Cancer Society unit leaders met at Mrs. W E Sherman 2615 5S 25th St to review the 1958 crusade and map the 1959 fund raising and education drive. Carrol Weigel will again serve as county crusade chairman. An area crusade meeting is set for January 19 1959 in Sparta.
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la Crosse County
American Cancer Society
W. E. Sherman
Sherman
George Kathan
Carlin Dahler
Edwin Sage
George van Aelstyn
Carrie Olson
J. C. Morgan
Carrol Weigel
County Crusade
Area Crusade
Sparta
Noelke Enters St John’s University as Freshman
John F Noelke son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Noelke 444 N 24th St is enrolled as a freshman at St John’s University Collegeville Minn He majors in business and economy St John’s opens its 102nd academic year with 1031 students in arts and sciences oldest college in continuous existence run by Benedictine fathers of St John’s Abbey.
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John F. Noelke
Joseph Noelke
24Th St
St. John’s University
Collegeville, Minn
College of Arts of Sciences
Minnesota
St. John’s Abbey
Pastors Appeal for Community Chest in La Crosse
The Very Rev Msgr James Finucan urges La Crosse residents to support the Community Chest campaign. He frames giving as Christian duty and warns that lack of voluntary welfare funding could push services to tax supported agencies, harming charity and community values.
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la Crosse
James Finucan
Diocese of la Crosse
Good Night Witch Watch Forecast for Weekend
The moon will rise at 7 57 p m as fair weather dominates the region. Temperatures varied across towns with highs around the mid to upper sixties and lows in the thirties. A high pressure system moving south explains the warmer daytime readings and generally flat weekend outlook.
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United States Weather Bureau
Lone Rock
Dubuque
Iowa
Rochester, Minn
Eau Claire
Madison
Big Piney
Wyo
Red Iron and Wagon Reported Stolen in City
A theft at the Hydro Chemical Ltd plant on South Avenue involved fifty pieces of red iron in five to twelve foot lengths and 25 feet of cyclone wire. Dwayne Miller reports a dark red tractor wagon with his name seen at the rear of the Friendship Cafe disappeared on Tuesday.
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Hydro-Chemical Ltd
South Ave
Dwayne Miller
S. 3Rd St
Dwayne
Friendship Cafe
IRS Office Moves Consolidate In Federal Building
Internal Revenue Service divisions in the Federal Building are consolidated on one hall. The Army Recruiting Station enabled the shift, moving the audit division from 216 to 204 205 and 206, while the Army recruiters relocate to 216. Room 203 now houses the IRS auditor and the public service facility with Tuesday hours. Other divisions occupy Rooms 207 and 208, with personnel listed for La Crosse including Floyd Burton and eight others.
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Internal Revenue Service
Federal
U.S. Army
IRS Audit Division
Federal Building
IRS
Army Recruiting Service
Public Service Facility
Army Recruiters’ Office
la Crosse
Floyd Burton
Charles Odahl
Joseph Frost
Robert W. Morrison
L. A. Vetter
Arnold R. Kahler
Elmer Koenen
William Dvorak
Darrell F. Robinson
Erie Canal Digging Began at Rome on July Fourth, 1817
The start of digging for the Erie Canal occurred in Rome New York on July 4 1817 marking the opening of a major transportation project. The event linked to early 19th century development and the growth of New York State.
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Rome
N.Y
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Richard Johnson
Bluffview Pl
Tribune
Plumbing Group
Danny
America
The
la Crosse Federation of Republican Women
Myrtle Larsen
15Th Street
Jim Gilles
Kroehler
Land
Bassett
Sealy
Englander
Spring Air
Gilles Furniture
la Crescent, Minn
Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy School
Seventh-day Adventists
Milwaukee
Beloit
Rhinelander
A. W. Bauer
Frederick Thornton
State Federation
E. E. Kidder
Columbus
Columbus, State Federation
Ralph D. McGann
Che la Crosse Tribune Local
Richard Beagles
21St St
George E. Pearce
Machinists Council
California
la Crosse Tribune
Cancer Crusade
Noelke
West Avenue
Sweet Shop
Caledonia Street
Predicta TV
Philco
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