Tall Negro Sought In Wauwatosa Murder
Milwaukee officers pursue a tall Negro suspect in the murder and rape of Edna Mauch 57 in Wauwatosa. Detectives report a brick wrapped in a sock and looted cash 240 dollars found at the scene. The case gains federal lab testing with hair prints and dirt from 30 sex crime records.
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Wauwatosa
Milwaukee
Edna Mauch
William J. McCauley
Alvin Basting
Mauch Home
Air Express
FBI Laboratory
Washington, D. C
Ettrick Area Farmer Found Hanged In Barn
Milfred Tranberg a 38 year old farmer from North Beaver Creek was found dead in his barn. coroner ruled death by self harm. He was an active 4 H club leader and married Ber nice Legue with two young children. Funeral set for North Beaver Creek Lutheran Church with Runnestrand Chapel death described in Ettrick Wisconsin.
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Ettrick
Wis
North Beaver Creek
Milfred Norval Tranberg
J. E. Garaghan
Trempea- Jeau
Tranberg
Trempealeau County
Blair
Albert Tranberg
Harold
Garaghan
Bernice Legue
North Beaver Creek Farm
North Beaver Creek Lutheran Church
K. M. Arberg
Runnestrand Funeral
Gary Lee
Jean Marie
Oscar
Glenn
Beach
John
Bluff Siding
Minn
Orvis Anderson
South Beaver Creek
Multiple Local Incidents Reported in August Event Log
Aug 7 3:30 p.m. freed 19 trapped in stalled elevator at Doerflinger's Store. Aug 10 3:04 a.m. false fire alarm at 1924 Rose St with police notification. Aug 10 2:13 p.m. gasoline ignition caused minor car damage to Robert Reynolds's 343 S 23rd St garage. Aug 10 4:45 p.m. search and drag for Patrick Seitz, 16, Eau Claire, at French Island. Aug 10 5:08 p.m. false box alarm from La Crosse Hospital. Aug 10 9:02 p.m. grass fire on Grandad Bluff. Aug 10 6:56 a.m. Mrs Harvey L Herken, 72, 230 S 16th St, admitted to St Francis Hospital.
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Rose St
Robert Reynolds
S. 23Rd St
Reynold
Patrick Seitz
Eau Claire
la Crosse Hospital
Grandad Bluff
Harvey L. Herken
S. 16Th St
St. Francis Hospital
Ilness
Deaths in Caledonia and Viroqua Obituaries
Mrs. William Deters 81 dies after six year illness in Caledonia Minnesota funeral Thursday Friday details include service times and burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Sidney Thompson 59 of Viroqua Wisconsin dies after long illness with services planned at Viroqua Lutheran Church and burial at Viroqua Cemetery. survivors listed.
Classified Ads Offer Solutions to Your Problems
An advertisement showcases FITS YOUR PROBLEM services with contact number 2-8040. It emphasizes quick, practical help through classifieds for local needs. The text suggests a broad range of solutions via a simple phone call.
Two Local Men Die. funerals set in West Salem and Hillsboro
William C. Walters 83 of West Salem dies at a La Crosse hospital after birth in 1875 in Town of Barre. Survived by wife Birdie Heider Walters and two brothers. funeral Wednesday at his home with burial in Hamilton Cemetery. Roy Marshall 57 of Hillsboro area dies at home. survived by wife Carol and two children. funeral Wednesday at St Pauls Lutheran Church with burial in Burr Cemetery.
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Viroqua
Wis
Sidney Thompson
Viroqua Lutheran Church
H. F. Mastad
Jacobson-Vance
Thompson
William C. Walters
West Salem
la Crosse
Barre
Christian
Marie Walters
Walters
Birdie Heider Walters
John
August
E. Garland St
William C. Slosser
Hamilton Cemetery
Jostad Funeral Home
Roy Marshall
West Ave. S
Hillsboro
Hake’s Frozen Foods
Carol
Sharon
Dean Marshall
Grace Marshall
Harold Woods
Nathan Woods
Ontario
Beulah Marshall
Espanola
N.M
Ray
Hallie Marshall
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Arthur Foroe
Burr Cemetery
Sletten-McKee
Births in Wisconsin and Missouri announce three newborns
La Crosse Lutheran Hospital reports a son born August 8 to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Gilster of Ona laska, with LeLaney Hall noted. Black River Falls records a son born August 5 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kolberg of Elmhurst, Illinois. Jefferson City lists a daughter born August 9 to Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Cardwell of Jefferson City.
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Kenneth W. Gilster
Onalaska
LeLaney Hall
Black River Falls
Wis
Paul Matthew
Paul Kolberg
Elmhurst
Ill
Verna Carlson
Jefferson City
Cliff Cardwell
R. 5
Dorothy Leiselt
la Crosse
Two Postmasters Installed In Area
Wayne W. Wilson announces installation of two postmasters in Black River Falls and Wyeville. Ellsworth Thompson becomes postmaster at Black River Falls, a longtime local resident and World War II veteran. William T. Parch is installed at Wyeville after moving there to open a general store. he also is a World War II Air Corps veteran.
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United States
Black River Falls
Wyeville
Wayne W. Wilson
Ellsworth Thompson
Thompson
Army Air Corps
William T. Parch
Parch
Blue Island
Ill
Charles Buswell
Air Corps
Robeson and Bellafonte Share London Night of Sings
In London Robeson at Royal Albert Hall with a first English concert in nine years, and Bellafonte opening at Movie House on a London debut. Bellafonte won critics praise while Robeson drew praise from fans but harsh reviews for microphone use and political overtones, including altered lyrics in Ol Man River.
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London
Paul Robeson
Harry Bellafonte
Robeson
Royal Albert Hall
Belafonte
Albert Hall
The
News Chronicle
Fire Levels House Struck By Lightning
The farm home of Harley Olson and family near Black River Falls Wisconsin was destroyed by a thunderstorm lightning strike. Mrs Olson suffered a head laceration but was not seriously hurt. Fire chief estimated losses at about 12000 with insurance partial. Fireman Milborne Easley injured his back and treated at Krohn Hospital.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Harley Olson
Lawrence Larkin
Milborne Easley
Krohn Hospital
De Gaulle Plans Tour To Drum Up Support
Paris AP says Premier Charles de Gaulle will tour major French cities and visit Africa and Madagascar to drum up backing for his proposed constitution. Information Minister Jacques Soustelle said the official referendum campaign starts September 7 and lasts three weeks to stabilize France’s government.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Africa
Madascar
Jacques Soustelle
Money Cuts Cost Several Years In Missile Research
The Democratic controlled House committee charged money cuts by the Eisenhower administration cost the nation several years in missile research. Republicans attacked the report as political propaganda while urging streamlined defense research and less red tape.
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Washington
House
United States
Eisenhower
GOP
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Department
Soviet Union
Secretary of
Defense McElroy
U.S
Wilson
Seven year old drowns in Licking River tragedy at Falmouth
In Falmouth Kentucky Roger Lee Reynolds seven drowned during a final swim with three companions in the Licking River. A whirlpool pulled him under and his body was recovered later. The Reynolds siblings, orphaned after their father died in a fire three years ago, were to enter Cold Springs orphanage Monday. Their mother Theresa Reynolds worked in Cincinnati to support the family.
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Falmouth
Roger Lee Reynolds
Licking River
Roger
Cold Springs
Theresa Reynolds
Cincinnati
Estate probate and creditor notices in La Crosse County
In Wisconsin La Crosse County probate matters: Hermina Groman died testate with a 1956 will and 1956 codicil. hearings set for September 9 1958 and creditor claims due by November 10 1958 with probate court sessions on November 11 1958. Also bids invited for coal and fuel oil supplies to La Crosse County buildings and libraries with August 15 1958 deadline.
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County Court
Hermina Groman
la Crosse
la Crosse County
City of
County of la Crosse
Eugene A. Toepel
Edwards
Hafner
406 Exchange Building
West Ave. North
State St
George Herrmann
Russell E. Aldrich
Clarence E. Christopher
Leo G. Kihm
Carl F. Johnson
Stanley A. Konetchy
Leonard R. Chommacki
Eastern Kentucky Secession Threat Gathers Steam
About 100 secession proponents met in Whitesburg led by Ray Collins to demand better eastern roads and tax justice. Governor and officials dismissed the plan as lacking sound basis while the movement gains some eastern county support amid coal country frustration.
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Frankfort
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Kentucky
Whitesburg
Bluegrass
Lexington
Ray Collins
Laban P. Jackson
Eastern Kentucky
Pine Mountain
Collins
James E. Luckett
Parents Admit Trading Baby For Pickup Truck
A Pennsylvania couple admitted swapping their five month old son Paul Andrew for a 1957 pickup, with Richard Readdy and Helene Read dy facing child abandonment charges. Jesse Burger, owner of the truck, likely charged with conspiring to violate the law. The child was placed in Tulsa Juvenile Shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Pennsylvania
Walter Turner
Richard Readdy
Shamokin
Helene Margaret Readdy
Jesse Lester Burger
el Dorado Springs
Paul Andrew
Mildred Buchanan
California
Readdy
Joplin
Burger
Gladys Prather
Readdys
Here
Sisters Welcome Fourth Girls in Rockwood Twins
In Somerset, Pa two sisters Mrs Lynn Brugh and Mrs Kenneth Fox each delivered baby girls. Both infants are the fourth child for their respective mothers, with all four children being girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Stork
Lynn Brugh
Kenneth Fox
Rockwood
R.D
Fire Damages Ettrick Garage
A fire at the John Sander home east of Ettrick damaged the garage after spreading from a rubbish burner. The department responded at 6:45 p.m. Friday and contained the blaze with slight damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
John Sander
Oscar Ruhl Sporting News editor dies at 51
Oscar K. Ruhl associate editor of the Sporting News died Sunday after a cancer battle. A newspaperman for 30 years he had worked with the baseball paper since 1943 in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Oscar K. Ruhl
Sporting News
Ruhl
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Steuben
Barnum
Bruce Hutchins
Lowe
Ettrick Area
Doerflinger’s
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William Deters
CaledonIa
Potter-Haugen Funeral Home
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Karl Gurgel
Evergreen Cemetery
Jefferson Township
Gustav Pottratz
Caledonia Farm
Ove
Viola) Stigen
Ferdinand Deters
Eitzen
Herman Bierksen
Gus Wuennecke
Tillie Welper
Carl Breezer
New Albia
Otto Pottratz
Lansing
Iowa
Fred Pottratz
Lutheran Hospital
Pan Robeson
de Gaulle
By Lewis Gulick
Xkm
Virginia
Letcher County
Bureau of Advertaing
Obur
America
Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc
GMA
la Crosse Tribune
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