Pool Remains Open In City During Polio Outbreak
Edward Peters acting health officer cautioned parents not to panic as the municipal pool stays open amid polio concerns. He noted only one police case with city contacts this year and a 12 year old La Crosse girl now in Sparta with no local contacts. He said there is no need to close the pool but warned against long sessions and fatigue while promising ongoing precautions and updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Peters
la Crosse
Sparta
Peters
Health Department
Youngsters Entertain Rotary With Radio and Video Coverage
La Crosse Rotary Club heard a lively program by the Conservatory All-Star Band at a regular meeting. Mary Grosskopf and Barbara Voelke skit to Turkey in the Straw, Evelyn Froegel and Judith Kirkett played accordions, Christine Hether sported an old woman costume and John Fitzhold played two piano pieces without pedals. Leonard Anderson of WKBH spoke July 31 on radio and television coverage of the recent Chicago conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Rotary Club
Conservatory
Minneapolis
Mary Grosskopf
Barbara Voelke
Evelyn Froegel
Judith Kirkett
Christine Hether
John Fitzhold
Leonard Anderson
WKBH
Rotary
Chicago
La Crosse Man Fined For Disturbing Peace
Kenneth Witt of La Crosse was fined fifteen dollars and costs after a trial in County Court for using obscene language and creating a breach of peace during the Centennial Celebration in Onalaska. State witnesses included Onalaska auxiliary police and local officers. Witt did not testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Onalaska
Kenneth Witt
Mississippi St
Roy V. Aflstrom
Asst. Dist. Atty
Ray A. Sunder
Francis Anderson
Raymond Stein
Arthur H. Walker
Witt
Billfold Stolen From 11 Year Old At Fair
An afternoon at the Inter-State Fair turned sour for La Crosse girl Nancy Keller 11 when three boys snatched her billfold containing 3 dollars and fled despite police reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Nancy Keller
Kane Sr
Nancy
Plane Crash Near Berryville Kills At Least Two
A twin engined private plane crashed on a foggy mountainside ten miles east of Berryville Virginia, killing at least two people. Wing Agnew of the Mt. Weather weather station said two persons were ejected and killed, with identities not yet known. The aircraft struck the mountainside near the West Virginia line, exploded and burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Here
Wing Agnew
Agnew
West Virginia Line
Theft reported in Overland with parts
Robert Barrett of Overland Missouri told police that two fender skirts and a headlight rim were stolen from his car. The theft occurred while the vehicle was parked on East Avenue near La Crosse Street, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Barrett
Overland
East Avenue
la Crosse Street
Rodeo On Wrong Side Of Fence Ends In East End Garage
A Milking Shorthorn heifer ran loose from a cattle judging event, chased by Polizei Gordon Engebretson and several boys. The herd led the pursuit across streets and into the open garage at 101 South 17th, ending after 25 minutes when the cow was recaptured and carted back to the fair. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Grandview Hospital
Robert Raymer
Badger Street
Raymer
State
15Th
King
17Th Place
Fairground
Hospital
Gordon Engebretson
Engebretson
Lawrence Anderson
Rockland i
Main Street
Karl A. Schaettle
South 17Th
Anderson
Harlan Lash
Mindoro
Charles Evans
Bangor
Agree To Pay German Debts End Bankruptcy
A 27 nation conference approved an agreement to pay off prewar private German debts and end West Germanys bankruptcy status. The plan moves to a US British French debts commission with terms largely preserving original amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West Germany
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Obituary notices for Palmer Koenig Zeisler filed in La Crosse area
Obituary notices report Mrs. W. W. Palmer of San Leandro Calif died after a long illness. Survived by husband and two children Harvey and Marjorie Wood and Ada Lomax. Funeral set for Saturday. Infant Steven Michael Koenig died Thursday. services held at Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Leonard Zeisler died suddenly at 62 Jackson St La Crosse. survived by husband and son Erwin and four granddaughters. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery after services Sunday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Drake
la Crosse
W. W
Millie) Palmer
San Leandro
Calif
Harvey
James
Marjorie) Wood
Oakland
Carl
Ada) Lomax
Steven Michael Koenig
Leo Koenig
S. 8Th St
John
Dean Koenig
Shirley
Sharon
Jean Koenig
Matt Koenig
Arthur O' Heron
Caledonia
Minn
E. Sobi ‘Czyk
Leonard A. Zeisler
Elsis Techmer
Jackson St
Erwin
la Crosse J
Fred Techmer
Ladies Aid Society
Fritz H. Miller
Oak Grove Cemetery
Kewaskum Man Dies After Being Hit Crossing Street
KEWASKUM Wis P Ed Bassill 57 of Kewaskum dies after a car strikes him while he was crossing a local street Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewaskum
Wis
Ed Bassill
Madison Meeting Seeks Path for La Crosse School Bond
La Crosse officials met in Madison Friday with state officials and bond firm Chapman and Cutler to determine how to proceed with the proposed 875000 southeastern area school bond. The firm has refused approval due to annexation legal issues, with no AG opinion yet. options include court action or legislative steps as bids wait on bond sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Madison
Fred Steele
Harry Blair
Common Council
Ways and Means
J. B. Brenner
Melvin Knutson
Board of Education
Ernest Candahl
J. R. Wedlake
State Department
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Attorney General's
Southeastern Area
Strike Plan Canceled For NY Central Line
Cleveland report says chiefs of three major railroad unions canceled a strike on New York Central lines east of Buffalo. They accepted a Railway Mediation Board plea to postpone beyond 1 p.m. EST and urged delay while government mediation continues. They cited exhaustion of mediation under the Railway Labor Act two years ago and said they would postpone for a reasonable period pending board efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York Central
Buffalo
Railway Mediation Board
New York
Mediation Board
La Crosse County Court Fines Range For Multiple Offenses
Albert J. Jensen fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to fishing without a license in Campbell Township. He was arrested August 6 by Conservation Warden Kenneth R. Kazmar. Other cases list speeding fines from five to twelve fifty, reckless driving, driving without a license, leaving the scene of an accident, and related offenses with various suspects and locations in La Crosse and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Jensen
Wood St
Campbell Township
Kenneth R. Kazmar
Local man treated after heart attack at 7 58 a m
Police report John Schams 77 of 1510 West Ave S was hospitalized after a heart attack at 7 58 a m Friday. Fire crews responded Aug 7 at 1 50 p m with one engine to Third and State Streets for a fire wire burning under the instrument panel in a car owned by Howard Kelly of Chicago causing slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schams
West Ave.s
Howard Kelly
Chicago
Speed limit violation results at Campbell on Aug 7
Roy J. Kauper of Camp McCoy paid a $15 fine and costs after pleading guilty to exceeding the 55 mile per hour night speed limit on Highway 16 Campbell on Aug 7. Kenneth C. Lyman of Camp McCoy forfeit a $15 cash bond for driving without due caution on Aug 7 on Highway 16 Campbell. Raymond L. Jones of La Moille Minn forfeited a $25 cash bond for failure to appear on speeding charges on Aug 7 on Highway 16 Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy J. Kauper
Camp McCoy
Campbell
Kenneth C. Lyman
Raymond L. Jones
la Moille
Minn
Kendall man sentenced for failure to support wife and child
Dan Steinbrink Kendall was sentenced by Judge Lambert Hansen to one year to eighteen months in jail at Waupun for failing to support his wife and 12 year old child. He was paroled to Deputy Ernie Huschka of Kendall for eighteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Steinbrink
Kendall
Lambert Hansen
Waupun
Ernie Huschka
Local motorists post small bonds in Sparta Camp McCoy list
George Williams of Sparta posted a 5 dollar bond for a boulevard violation Kenneth Womsly of Sparta posted 5 dollars for a stop sign violation James E Heard from Camp McCoy posted 5 dollars for running an arterial Dayle Griffin of Camp McCoy posted 10 dollars bond for speeding Francis Skluzecek of Camp McCoy posted a 5 dollar speeding fine Read Tribune Want A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Williams
Sparta
Kenneth Womsly
James E. Heard
Camp McCoy
Dayle Griffin
Francis Skluzecek
Dilweg Named To Probe Post
Washington Atty Gen McGranery named former Wisconsin congressman LaVern R Dilwey of Green Bay as a second special assistant to press a federal grand jury investigation into an alleged international oil cartel. Emmerglick leads the grand jury presentation with Disney as his assistant. The evidence points to a small group of major oil firms aiding an international cartel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McGranery
Wisconsin
LaVern R. Dilwey
Green Bay
Wis
Justice Department
Leonard Emmerglick
Anti-Trust Division
Disney
Births in Lutheran Aug 6 1947 and Sparta notices
Birth announcements list a daughter born Aug 6 to Mr and Mrs Jean Tietze 2426 Hass St with Doris Suther as reference. Aug 7 a son to Mr and Mrs Earl Taylor 2707 Cottage Grove with Betty La Fleur. Aug 6 a son John Herbert to Mr and Mrs John Rose Sparta with Mary Lou Kenyon and note St Rose is in Korea. Aug 6 a son to Mr and Mrs Arnie Wandschneider Sparta with Jean Rudkin. George Lundy Sparta Nelson Johnson Sparta with Louise Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Tietze
Hass St
Doris Suther
Earl ‘Taylor
Cottage Grove
Betty la Fleur
John Herbert
John Rose
Sparta
Mary Lou Kenyon
St. Rose
Korea
Arnie _Wandschneider
Jean Rudkin
George Lundy
Phyllis Thurston
Nelson Johnson
Louise Peters
Insurance Company Executive Addresses La Crosse Meeting
Francis Merritt of Central Life Assurance Co Des Moines spoke to La Crosse area representatives at 1709 Ferry St meeting. Attendees included La Verne C Lewis general agent and Bill McDowell with Jim Fisher Norris Bor gen and Lawrence Freiland from surrounding areas attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Central Life Asurance Co
Des Moines
Francis Merritt
Ferry St
Merritt
New Villa
Physician-Dentist Call Slated For October
Washington reports the Army and Air Force will draft 371 physicians and 200 dentists in October. The Defense Department lists 196 doctors and 110 dentists for the Army and 175 doctors and 90 dentists for the Air Force. Including October, 1,893 doctors and 850 dentists have been inducted or ordered to active duty since last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Air Force
Defense Department
Driver Dodges Dog, Wife Dies In Crash
Newberry Michigan report states Harold Held swerved to miss a road dog, losing control and rolling the car. Mrs Ethel Held, 53, of East Dearborn, was fatally injured. the dog died in the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberry
Mich
Ethel Held
East Dearborn
Harold
Boxer Fire Survivors Honored as Heroic Crew Responded
U S Far East Naval HQ recounts how Boxer crew fought through smoke and heat to unload bombs and save the carrier after dawn explosions. Nine sailors died including a doctor and two hospital corpsmen. 32 were injured as 12 planes were destroyed and the ship reached Japan for repairs. A naval court of inquiry was ordered with Rear Adm. Regan named as senior officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
Navy Department
Herbert C. Regan
Carrier Division One
Marshall B Gurney
Japan
Wonsan
Gurney
U. S. Naval
Yokosuka
Korea
Tokyo
James E. Shropshire Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Carrier Air Group Two
Richard Smith Taylor
Noble
Ind
James Vergle Wark
el Monte
Calif
Seattle Man Is Sentenced in Burglary Case
Melville Miller, 24, Seattle, received concurrent 2 to 5 year terms in Waupun Prison after changing a plea to guilty on two break-in charges at Kennard Buick and Elfman’s Marine Service on the Causeway. Companion Charles Wilson, 23, Seattle, got concurrent 1 to 5 years. Judge Lincoln Nepard cited non cooperation with police and jail escape attempt, noting Miller’s threats to a deputy sheriff with a broom handle. Sheriff Roy B. Sampson helped stop the escape attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville Miller
Seattle Wash
Waupun State
la Crosse
Miller
Kennard Buick, Co
Elfman’s Motor and Marine Service
Causeway
Charles Wilson
Seattle
Lincoln Nepard
John Bosshard
Bosshard
Roy B. Sampson
Wisconsin 32nd Ends Field Tests at Camp Ripley
The 32nd National Guard Division of Wisconsin completed its 1952 summer encampment by finishing Army field tests. Infantry squads battled pop-up targets under mortar fire, artillery fired under time, tank teams practiced assault and defense, while special troops tested communications, engineering, ordnance, medical aid and supply services. Observing officers praised the units for using the tests to enhance training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Ripley
Minn
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Army
Chicago Post Office Deals Face Checkup
Attorney General McGranery announced an ongoing investigation into Chicago Postal Service employees alleged to pay for promotions. Postal inspectors conducted a routine review in Chicago, though no formal report has been received yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post Office
Washington
McGranery
Chicago
Post Office Department
Donaldson
Mill Worker Battles To Remain In U.S. Asks Bond Continuance
Boston report on 49 year old mill worker Carl Latva of New Hampshire who signed a Communist card 18 years ago and faces deportation to Finland. He seeks a continuance of a $2,000 bond in federal court and may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court under the McCarran Act, with his sons urging presidential support. A Senate and House debate on the act’s impact follows, with Lehman criticizing the law and Walter defending its provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston P
New Hampshire
Boston
United States
Carl Latva
Finland
Frederick Frank Cohen
Newport
N. H
New’ Party
U. S. Supreme Court
Latva
Carl
Paul
Truman
Sen
Lehman
Dlib-Ny
Rep
Walter
D-Pa
Reno
Pat McCarran
Tri-State Polio Strikes Caledonia and Blair
Special correspondence reports two new polio cases in Sparta and three in Manston, with Caledonia Blair Lyndon Station and Mauston affected. Gerald Allen Skifton of Beaver Ridge hospitalized in La Crosse, Jackie Cole of Spooner in Eau Claire isolation ward, James Lyden and Geraldine LaDue in Tomah and La Crosse hospitals, Sharon and Jerry Larson near Mauston, Donnel Mae Joseph in La Crosse, Lyle Bickford in Wisconsin General Hospital Madison, Ann Curran reportedly improving at home, and Patricia King in Sparta linked to Col Ryan King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Caledonia
Blair
Gerald Allen Skiffton
Julius Skifton
Beaver Ridge
la Crosse
Jackie Cole
Donald Cole
Spooner
Wis
Jackie
John Hellekson
Eau Claire Hospital
James Lyden
Veterans Hospital
Tomah
Geraldine LaDue
Spencer LaDue
Manston
Jueneau County Fair
Sharon
Jerry
Arthur Larson
Mauston
Donnel Mae Joseph
Leo Joseph
Lyndon Station
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Lyle Bickford
Ann Curran
Charles Curran
Ann
Patricia King
Monroe County
Patricia
Col
Ryan
Pat) King
Obituaries From Westby Area Vary in Losses and Burials
Helanius Emil Hollien 91 of Westby dies in Viroqua hospital born November 11 1861 on Hollien farm East Ridge survived by three daughters three sons and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren funeral Saturday at 1 pm Coon Prairie Lutheran Church burial in Coon Prairie Cemetery Helma Larson 54 of Westby dies in Viroqua hospital formerly in New York City Hospital survived by father five sisters three brothers and three grandchildren husband and eldest son killed in 1948 dynamite quarry blast burial in Coon Prairie Cemetery also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Hollien
Westby
Wis
Helanius Emil Hollien
Viroqua
Hollien
East Ridge
Joe
Nilda Davidson
I le
Mabel Thompson
William
Ethel) Hoff
Chaseburg
A. H
Geneva) Cummings
Rome
N.Y
Willard
Helmer
Girdwood
Alaska
David
Coon Prairie Lutheran Church
Rev. H. O. Aasen
Coon Prairie Cemetery
Helma Larson
Larson
New York City
Helma Hagen
Olaf Larson
Hans Hagen
R. Ronnie Helgerson
Hjal
H. O. Aasen
Car Leaves Highway In Walworth County Killing Chicago Youth
A Chicago businessman, Robert S. Hills III, 21, of Saint Charles Illinois, was fatally injured when his car left highway 120 south of here. The vehicle rolled several times and crashed against a tree in a deep ditch, pinning Hills under the car. Identification was made via a prescription in his pocket. He had no driver's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Geneva
Wis
Chicago
Robert S. Hills III
Route 1
Saint Charles
Ill
Highway 120
Walworth County
Hills
Marriage Licenses Issued in Sparta Wisconsin
Gordon W. Damrow of Little Falls and Donna Mae Winscher of Little Falls received a marriage license in Sparta. William Evans of Sparta and Lee K. Surrier of San Diego were also issued licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon W. Damrow
Little Falls
Donna Mae Winscher
William Evans
Sparta
Lee K. Surrier
San Diego
Alif
Zero Leaves Sparta for Hobbs Visit
Sparta resident Les Zero travels to Hobbs New Mexico to visit his brother Kenneth a field technician with an oil company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Les Zero
Hobbs
N.M
Kenneth
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. W. Palmer
Steven M. Koenig
Tribune
Air School
NY Central Line
Daily Records County Court
Harold Ritter
Onalaska Ave
Warren Pettis
Mtd
South Avenue
Jack King
Louisville
Henry Fillner
N. 24Th St
State Street
John A. Coleman
Hemp
Leonard Hass
Johnson St
Raymond Clarkin
15Th St
Clarence Braun
Valparaiso
Joseph Ebner
S. 19Th St
Ernest Tauck
Megal
Edwin Peet
Crookston
Police Court
Dilweg
George McArthur
U.S
Bond
Sparta, Wis
New Mexico
Magnavox
Terry
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