Braves sweep Giants as Roach injures knee in Milwaukee
Milwaukee fans hailed a four game Braves series sweep over San Francisco 4 2 10 0 4 3 6 0 with strong pitching and defense led by Johnny Logan and Eddie Mathews. Roach and Mantilla were injured. Spencer drew boos after a risky play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brew City
Braves
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Mel Roach
Felix Mantilla
Don McMahon
Lew Burdette
Carleton Willey
Bob Trowbridge
Warren Spahn
Johnny Logan
Frank Torre
Roach
Eddie Mathews
del Crandall
Covington
Adcock
Red Schoendienst
County Stadium
Daryl Spencer
Spencer
Mantilla
Pittsburgh
Miller Open Set This Week at Tripoli Country Club
Forty seven year old Sammy Ruskin of Milwaukee won the medal with 70 at Tripoli Country Club as ten amateurs earn spots in the 72 hole Miller Open. Ken Berke had a 125 yard hole in one, while Gene Howard and others posted 71s and 73s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Sammy Ruskin
Tripoli Country Club
Tripoli
Ruskin
Ken Berke
Berke
Gene Howard
Glenview
Ill
Roy Steves
Delavan
Archie Dadian
Wisconsin
Bill Cummings
Winnetka
Til
Bill Diederich
John Jennings
Chenequa
Jim Martin
Jim McCoy
Ed Luedtke
Martin
McCoy
Luedtke
Wally Moynihan
Dick Sucher
Bobby Brue
Paul Kaste
Tripoli Club
Tom Veech
Manuel de la Torre
George Vitense
Madison
Bob Below
Neenah
Tom Puls
la Crosse State College
Mike Bencriscutto
Racine
Lou Warobick
Manitowoc
Bencriscutto
Warobick
Badger
Courtney Aims for World 800 Meter Record in Budapest
Tom Courtney, former 880 yard world record holder and Olympic champion from Livingstone New Jersey, seeks the 800 meter world mark in Budapest as part of a strong American track squad facing Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Assistant coach Payton Jordan notes fatigue after Soviet and Polish meets, while Dan Ferris explains a rare split of the 1600 meter relay team to maximize exposure and competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Tom Courtney
America
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Fordham
Livingstone
N.J
Athens
Roger Moens
Belgium
Courtney
Payton Jordan
Soviet Union
Poland
U.S
Glenn Davis
Eddie Southern
Dan Ferris
Sherry Wheeler Medalist in Western Junior Golf
Defending champion Sherry Wheeler of Glasgow Kentucky shot a one under par 75 to earn medalist honors in the Women's Western Junior Golf Championships at Inverness Country Club in Palatine. Wheeler led the field with five birdies as 16 players advanced to match play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sherry Wheeler
Glasgow
Miss Wheeler
Inverness Country Club
Palatine
Judy Eller
U. S
Tennessee
Fed Board Raises Margin On Stock Purchases To Seventy Percent
The Federal Reserve Board lifted margin requirements to 70 percent effective today, restoring the level last in place in April 1955. The move, aimed at curbing excessive credit use, follows a year of rising stock prices and a recent rally, drawing mixed reactions from market leaders and exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
John H. Averill Washington
Wall Street
Reserve Board
Keith Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Funston
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Edward T. McCormick
American Stock Exchange
New York
Police Court Fines and Accidents Across Wisconsin
La Crosse judge fines William D. Petrosik 100 for drunk driving and revokes license a year. In Onalaska a trailer mishap spills gasoline after a broken hitch. Tomah sees Joseph Jessup bound over on negligent homicide changes with a 1500 bond. two deaths in the Norwalk crash. Whitehall and Blair residents plead guilty to reckless driving and failing to report an accident with 25 fines plus 6.95 costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rumppe Jr
Ontario
Richard Beinlick
Camp McCoy
Ralph Needham
Cass St
la Crosse
Joseph Jessup
Justice of the Peace
Lawrence F. Curry
Curry
Jessup
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Norwalk
Tomah City Hall
la Venne Westphal
Tomah
Frank Berendes
R. 5
Sparta
George Quackenbush
Whitehall
Clarence Christopherson
Blair
Moore Cups Stock Feature Races Highlight North Side Speedbowl
West Salem driver P H Hetland in car 41 won the first heat and the feature at the North Side Speedbowl Sunday. La Crosse pilots Dubby Anderson and Dewey Moore followed in the feature with Dick Jones second and Larry Callaway third. Ed Haselton set fastest time trials. Second heat winner D Walgren with Anderson and Keith Holte placed second and third. Walt Henderson won the third heat. Bob Harley and Jim Whitewater placed second and third. Vonnie West won the women’s race in car 17. Cleda Anderson finished second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.H. Hetland
West Salem
North Side Speedbowl
Hetland
Dubby Anderson
la Crosse
Dewey Moore
Onalaska
Moore
Dick Jones
Larry Callaway
Ed Hazelton
Winona
Jim Whitewater
Vonnie West
Cleda Anderson
Make-Up Games Highlight Trans Co Plant League Night
Three make-up games were played as Blue Lions beat the Labs 13 8 at Lueth Field with Schmidt Kokott Scheit zach and Gilles notable. Hornets routed Cards 14 7 at Hogan Field led by Harros and Roroff two home runs. Old Grandads edged T Squares 5 3 at Central Field Heath three hits and Crook held the losers to three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lueth Field
Blue Lions
Labs
Schmidt
Kokott
Scheitzach
Gilles
Hornets
Hogan Field
Harros
Roroff
Kramer
T-Squares
Central Field
Heath
Crook
Four States Hold Primary Elections In 1960 Race
Four states stage primaries shaping the Democratic and Republican fields for 1960. Michigan’s Gov. G Mennen Williams and Missouri Sen. Stuart Symington seek renomination amid crowded contests in West Virginia and Kansas. House seats and Senate stakes across Missouri Michigan West Virginia Kansas feature clashes among incumbents and hopefuls, with key figures like Phil Hart, Lamar Dye, and Robert Byrd in play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Williams
West Virginia
Kansas
William L. Johnson
Ironwood
Statehouse
Symington
Air Force
Lamar W. Dye
Kansas City
Lawrence L. Hastings
Aurora
Veterans Administration
Charles E. Potter
Philip Hart
Homer Martin
United Auto Workers
GOP
Chapman Revercomb
John D. Hoblitzell
Hoblitzell
Matthew Neely
Robert C. Byrd
Revercomb
George Docking
Fred Hall
Clyde Reed Jr
Parsons
Trio Arrested After Fighting in Main Street Brawl
Two soldiers, Larry Walter Clifton and Gary Lee Scher, were fined $15 each for disorderly conduct after a police court hearing. Gerald Arlen Smaiby, 20, of 802 S 8th St, faces the same charge and remains out on a $25 bond until Thursday. The incident occurred at 11 56 p m Monday in the 200 block on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Arlen Smaby
S. 8Th St
Sp. 3
Larry Walter Clifton
Belleville
Ill
Camp McCoy
Pfc
Gary Lee Scher
George P. Ruediger
Main Street
From City At Camp Wawbeek
Two weeks vacation for nearly 90 crippled adults began Aug 3 at Camp Wawbeek in Wisconsin Dells. The Wisconsin Easter Seal Society runs the camp, which adapts activities and provides wheelchair access. Reservations for Aug 3 16 period from La Crosse names Dean Fiedler, Richard Dahl, and Runge Sletten Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Wawbeek
Wisconsin Dells
Wawbeek
Wisconsin Easter Seal Society
Camp Wanbeek
Dean Fiedler
Losey Blvd. S
Richard Dahl
Main St
Runge Sletten Jr
Losey Blvd. N
la Crosse
Thefts Include Gun Radio Boat Reported in City
City police were alerted to three thefts Tuesday. Dwayne Becker reported a theft of an Iver Johnson 22 caliber revolver from his car at 5th and Main between 9 and 11 p.m. Monday, valued at 15 dollars. Gene Weibel reported a Motorola portable radio stolen from his office desk Monday, valued at 53 dollars. Charles Price reported last Friday the theft of a red 14 foot flat bottom boat from Birch Point shore, valued at 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwayne Becker
Charles St
Iver- Johnson
5Th
Main Streets
Gene Weibel
George St
Charles Price
Crescent St
Birch Point
Infant Dies. Graveside Services Set at Greenmound
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sacia Krause Rabin Kourt died at a local hospital Sunday. Graveside rites were Tuesday at 4 30 p.m. at Greenmound Cemetery Holmen with Rev. Richard Holleque officiating. Survived by parents, maternal grandparents Robert Marking Holmen and paternal grandmother Lila Lacia Holmen. Halfway Creek Cemetery near Holmen. Visitation Fossum Funeral Home Onalaska Tuesday evening and church in Spring Grove from 12 30 p.m. Wednesday until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Sacia
Krause Rabin Kourt
Greenmound
Holmen
Richard Holleque
West Salem
Robert Marking
Lila Lacia
Halfway Creek
Fossum Funeral Home
Onalaska
Spring Grove
Alva McCune
Nelson Funeral Home
la Crosse Lodge 44
IOOF
Oak Grove Cemetery
Elmer O. Moe
Minn
Spring Grove Lutheran Church
W. I. Ramoth
Richard L. Hansen
Funeral services for Graham Blackwood and others
Funeral services for Graham Blackwood 42 of 1507 Caledonia St will be held Thursday at 3 30 p m at Hellwig Morris Funeral Chapel with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. He died Sunday after a brief illness leaving a son Terrant in the Navy and siblings in California Connecticut and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Blackwood
Caledonia St
Hellwig-Morris
Otto Larson
Woodlawn
Blackwood
Terrant
U.S. Navy
Gordon
Donald
Los Angeles
Calif
James
Floodwood
Minn
Walter Schultz
Darien
Three Traffic Deaths Raise Toll To 433
Wisconsin's highway fatality toll rose to 433 as three more deaths were reported. John Curt Felix, 82, of Sturgeon Bay, died after his car left Bay Shore road and hit a tree. George Kimball, 24, a WFRV-TV cameraman in Green Bay, died in a highway crash. Joseph Munn, 30, a WFRV-TV announcer riding with Kimball, was seriously injured as the car overturned in a wheat field on Highway 57 south of Sturgeon Bay. Kenneth Nack, 17, of Oconomowoc, was killed when an auto struck a tree on Highway 67 near Oconomowoc. James Jardine, 17, of Oconomowoc, was injured critically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
John Curt Felix
Sturgeon Bay
Bay Shore Road
George Kimball
Wfrv-Tv
Green Bay
Joseph Munn
Kimball
Highway 57
Kenneth Nack
Herman Nack
Oconomowoc
Highway 67
Waukesha County
Retired Banker Knight Dies at 68 in Winnetka
Francis M. Knight 68, former senior vice president of Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co Chicago, died Sunday at Memorial Hospital. A Winnetka Illinois resident, he retired from the bank in 1955 and earlier taught business at the University of Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Francis M. Knight
Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
Memorial Hospital
Knight
Winnetka, Ill
Bank Post
University of Wisconsin
Birth notices from Wisconsin area hospitals multiple families
Birth announcements from St Francis Hospital St Ann's Annex Grandview Hospital and other Wisconsin locations list numerous newborns including sons and daughters born Aug. 1 2 3 4 to families such as McLees Janisch Eastman Stello Levendoski Beers Brueggeman Gaye and others with addresses in Genoa Market Street Bangor Brownsville La Crescent Coon Valley Blair Sparta Norwalk and Milwaukee with guardians named alongside hospital and city details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin M. Janisch
Market St
Hazel Richmond
Daniel M. Eastman
Hillsboro
Joyce Schwier
Eugene G. Ritter
King St
Margaret Costello
Herbert J. Stello
Bangor
Jeannette Plenge
Appeals Court faces new ground in Little Rock school case
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs a 2 1 2 year suspension of integration at Central High School in Little Rock. The NAACP appeals Judge Lemley’s delay ruling, while attorneys clash over legality and federal enforcement amid unrest and past violence. The case traces to federal troops ending segregation actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Little Rock
U.S. Dist
Harry J. Lemley
Arkansas
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Ano
Ert
Richard C. Butler
Wiley A. Branton
Pine Bluff, Arkxte
Butler
Supreme Court
A. F. House
Eisenhower
Central High
House
Herbert W. Brownell
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Tri State Deaths Records Local Obituaries
Roy Campbell 70 retired Milwaukee Railroad switchman died at home in Marquette on Saturday. Services were held at the Methodist Church with Masonic involvement and burial in Monona. Survived by daughter Dorothy Thein. Donald Luckesson 75 of Cashton died in La Crosse after brief illness. Funeral at Immanuel Lutheran Cashton with burial there. survivors include two daughters and siblings. Donald L Schultz 54 former Elroy resident found dead in Mankato Minnesota from heart attack. Funeral services held in Mankato with burial in Elroy and Masonic rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Iowa
Roy Campbell
Milwaukee Railroad
Schultz Funeral Home
Monona
Methodist
Masonic Lodge
City
Donald
Dorothy) Thein
Elkader
Ver Luckesson
Cashton
la Crosse
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Elmer Larson
Torkelson
Luckesson
Lester
Luella) Mitchell
Rockland
Harold
Beatrice) Anderson
Viroqua
William Luckesson
Joseph Anderson
Axel Olson
Elroy
Wis
Donald L. Schultz
Mankato
Minn
Mr. Schultz
North Western Railroad
Elma Board of
Bertha Schultz
Richard
Donna Mae) Crawford
Springfield
Mass
Darrell
Jean Marie) Thiesen
Austin
Mueller Funeral Home
Mother III GI Receives Leave in Wisconsin
Sgt. Philip Kulig of Ft. Eustis Virginia arrived in Whitehall on an emergency 15 day leave to visit his mother Mrs Bert Kulig who is critically ill at Community Hospital. Kulig will complete his three year enlistment next February.
Public Hearing on Zoning Change in La Crosse County Wisconsin
La Crosse County Zoning Committee will hold a public hearing August 20 1958 at 7 30 PM in La Crosse Wisconsin to consider Petition 79 by Orin Bentzen and Inez Bentzen to reclassify land from Agricultural 4 District to Commercial. Also notices bids for Farmington highway work and a termination of parental rights hearing for David A Walgren and Susan L Walgren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Esther M. Domke
Farmington
la Crosse County Highway Department
Court House
Eugene A. Toepel
Sal Forty
Onalaska
la Crosse County
Wisconsin
Milson Coreporation
Herbert V. Fuller
Burlington& Quincy
Range 7
Register of Deeds Office
Youth's Body Recovered From River Near Trempealeau Dam
A teenage boy, Prodzinski, drowned in the Mississippi River a mile north of Trempealeau. He fell from a boat driven by Milton Uhl while riding with Arlan Lee and Kenneth Sonsalla. The body was found about 500 feet below Trempealeau Dam around 7 15 p m Sunday. Funeral service set for Thursday at St Bartholemew's Trempealeay. Burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. Rosary to be said Wednesday at Smith Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trempealeau
Trempealeau Dam
L. T. Lee
Arlan
Young Prodzinski
Milton Uhl
Kenneth Sonsalla
Mississippi River
Uhl
Bijold
Prodzinski
St. Bartholomew’s Catholic Church
Trempealey
Edward J. Sobezyck
Holy Cross Cemetery
Smith Mortuary
Galesville
Whitehall Man Burns From Fertilizer Accident
Edmund F. Woychik manager of the Co-op Oil and Produce Co. and employee Allen Hijelsand were dousing a nitrogen applicator when the hose sprayed the liquid fertilizer. Woychik suffered eye and facial burns and was taken to Community Hospital. He was later reported to recover without serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Edmund F. Woychik
Co-op Oil and Produce Co
Allen Hijelsand
Voychik
Community Hospital
Church Receives Three New Members at Trinity Church
Three new members were received into the Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church in Mormon Coulee. Mrs. Elmer Johnes Arthur Olson and Willis Clark were received on profession of faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mormon Coulee
Elmer Johnes
Arthur Olson
Willis Clark
Giraud and Maca Granted Marriage Licenses
Sparta Wisconsin issued marriage licenses to Dean E. Giraud of Adrian and Margaret A. Maca of La Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean E. Giraud
Adrian
Margaret A. Maca
la Grange
La Crosse County Zoning Hearing and Probate Court Notices
Public hearing set by the La Crosse County Zoning Committee for August 20 1958 at the Court House La Crosse on petition 77 by Bernard Balduzzi and Marie Balduzzi to rezone land from Agricultural to Commercial. Also probate matters for Otto C Zielke estate with deadlines November 3 1958 for creditors and November 4 1958 for exam/adjustment. Judge Eugene A Toepel presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Otto C. Zielke
la Crosse
City of
County of la Crosse
State of
Fugene A. Toepel
N. George de Dakis
Rivoli Bidge
Wis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Giants
Kearns
Charles Kearns
WKTY
Earl Gillespie
WEMP
Blaine Walsh
Wtmj-Tv
Chuck Nevias
Wha-Tv
Mike Walden
Oliver Kuechle
Bob Wolf
Milwaukee Journal
Lloyd Larson
Ray Grady
Milwaukee Sentinel
Lew Cornelius
Madison Capital Times
Police Court
William Dale Petrosik
Cameron Ave
3Rd Street
Don Collins
Francis Erickson
Redfield St
Justice Court
Monroe County
Tomah, Wis
Sam Muhr
Kenneth Olson
Lambert Hansen
State Welfare Department
Muhr
Whitehall, Wis
Ken
J. R. Williams
Iron Horse
Francis L. Erickson
Francis L
Lucky) Erickson
Elmer
Moe
la Crosse, Wis
St. Francis Hospital
St. Ann’s Annex
Kenneth J. McLees
Genoa
Joan Johnson
Ronald R. Levendoski
Brownsville
Marlene L. Miller
Clifford R. Mulholland
Lansing
Bernadine Whelan
Marlin F. Walters
Ardys Tovesen
Francis W. Corcoran
Marceline Rohrer
Albert B. Ohmann
la Crescent
Margaret Kraemer
Herbie W. Erickson
Whalen
Beverly Lero
Grandview Hospital
Jerry L. Swartz
Coon Valley
Marilyn Pierce
Holly Jean
Clarence Retzlaff
19Th St
Verna Mae Olson
Black River Falls
Raymond Gaye
Independence
Charley Becker
Leo Albrecht
Belle Plaine
St. Mary’s Hospital
Gallis M. Schmitz
Betty Lou Crocker
Robert E. Page
Doreatha Betthauser
Leslie Riley
Beverly Kirchner
Robert E. Menn
Dorothy Weiland
Donald Stelter
Cozette Miller
Leroy E. Erickson
Carol H. Storandt
Donald G. Kowitz
Delores Brooks
By Allan Merritt
Appeals Court
Thurgood Marshall
NAACP
Oliver Luckesson
Donald Schultz
Mother III
Church
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