Sahara Oil Camp Hunger for Wives Among French Workers
About 3,000 men labored at Hassi Massoud in the Sahara for French oil companies building a future oil empire. They enjoy air conditioned huts, meals, and high wages but face a shortage of women as family housing isn’t ready and costs deter firms. Most workers are French citizens including former Legionnaires. frequent flights to Algiers and occasional trips to France supplement life in the desert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign
Hassi Messaoud Oi
France
Hassi Messaoud
Algiers
Insurance Agents Announce Traffic Safety Campaign
The Wisconsin Association of Insurance Agents announced a public safety drive at a meeting with officials. Governor Vernon Thomson endorsed the project. The plan urges motorists to demand safety features, keep both hands on the wheel, remove sharp vehicle projections, and avoid unsecured objects on back shelves that can become missiles in sudden stops.
Boy Shoots His Mother and Sister in Flint
In Flint Michigan a 15 year old boy Roger St Pierre killed his mother Martha 42 and sister Donna 19 with a shotgun saying they would be better off in heaven. He telephoned police saying I ve just shot my mother and my sister. A mental examination is likely and a Probate Court petition will be filed to take jurisdiction and consider adult trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint, Mich
Mothher
Roger St. Pierre
Martha
Donna
John Burton
William Doran
Burton
Roger
Governors Race Sparks Fierce Wisconsin Campaign
In a heated primary battle, Vernon W. Thomson and Gaylord A. Nelson trade charges over state finances, building programs, taxes, and debt limits. Thomson cites a record of tax relief and local aid, while Nelson attacks debt via building corporations and advocates constitutional amendments. Both are seasoned speakers, with Thomson offering decades in public service and Nelson presenting a rising political profile from Dane County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bystrom Madison
Vernon W. Thomson
Gaylord A. Nelson
Thomson
Wisconsin
Nelson
Death notices of Fleming Kerr and Clarke
Deaths include Hugh J. Fleming 82 of Bangor with services at Lanham Mortuary and burial at Rockland Cemetery. Ruth Colman Clarke dies in San Diego with funeral to be held there. Edward C. Kerr, 77, of La Crosse dies. funeral at Schumacher Funeral Home with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Obituaries for Fryseth and Lehmann with funeral plans
Mrs. Serenia Fryseth aged 57 of 1621 Badger Street died in a local hospital Friday morning. Funeral arrangements are directed by Sletten McKee. Harry H. Lehmann aged 71 of 919 King Street died at a local hospital Friday morning. He owned Lehmann Tire Service for 20 years and later worked with Cargill Inc. He was a member of Masonic Orders Elks and the U C T. Surviving wife Gertrude daughter Bernice Klehm and two grandchildren. Masonic services will be at Sletten McKee Funeral Home at a time to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Kerr
St. James St
Kathryn
F. R. (Rowena) Nanscawen
la Crosse
Alex Kerr
Bess Ashton
Austin, Minn
Ruth Horsch
Elkhorn
Wis
Schumacher Funeral Home
7Th and
Winnebago Sts
Robert Smith
Woodlawn Cemetery
Serenia Fryseth
Badger St
Sletten McKee
Harry H. Lehmann
King St
Lehmann Tire
Cargill, Inc
the Elks
The
U.C.T
Lehmann
Gertrude
David
Bernice) Klehm
Sletten-McKee
Soldiers Grove
Henry Bailey
Soldiers Grove Methodist Church
G. Thompson
North Clayton
Chitwood
Bailey
Richland County
William Bailey
Viroqua
Ever Hermanson
Jacobson and Vance
Carl Berry
Viroqua Cemetery
Hermanson
George Baumgartner
Adolph Wrobel
Raymond Krause
Clinton
Andy
Floyd
King
Mike
LeRoy
Minn
Karen Bjjerk
Pleasant Ridge
Viroqua Lutheran Church
B. A. Lund
Bjerk
Christopher Fortney
Pioneer Soldiers Grove Area
Deaths in Tri-State Area Across Wisconsin and Iowa
Obituaries from Wisconsin and Iowa note services for Henry Bailey of Soldiers Grove Henry N Wagner of Lansing Henry Hermanson of Viroqua Karen Bjerk of Viroqua and others in Westby and Hillsboro with funeral rites, church services, burials, and survivor details.
Obituary notices from Hillsboro and Tomah
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Chlup formerly Mary Picel of Bohemia later living in Hillsboro and Burt Lynn, 86, of Camp Douglas. The Chlups include sons John Joe Frank and daughters Anna Emma plus several sisters. Mrs. Lynn born Dora Olson of Monroe County died in Tomah with services at White's Funeral Home and burial in Camp Douglas Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Frank Chlup
John
Joe
Frank
Anna Chlup
Emma Chlup
Dan Bender
Louis Jofek
Wonewoe
Frank Briskey
de Forest
William Merdick
Chicago
Tomah
A. E. Frederick
Camp Douglas
La Crosse Police Court Docket Includes Multiple Drunken and Traffic Violations
In La Crosse police court Bernard Perlmutter pleaded innocent to double parking with trial set Aug 28 at 10 a.m. Myron Beng faced a failure to control charge with no plea entered. Jacob Fry pleaded innocent with trial set Aug 28. Several defendants received continuances or guilty verdicts with fines ranging from 5 to 25 dollars for offenses including reckless driving disorderly conduct speeding and running red lights. Names include Bernard Perlmutter Myron Beng Jacob Fry Clarence Herlitzka Harvey Ferris Elaine Ferris Reuben Johnson Dorothy Johnson Kenneth Kellicot Thomas Loomis Milton Kraus Ann McLoone Arthur Fogel Florence Sage Fred Kingsley Howard Dobbins Ida Cowl Ebin Ronald Outcelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Perlmutter
Coulee Dr
Myron R. Beng
N. 9Th St
Jacob Fry
S. 7Th St
Clarence Herlitzka
Minnesota
Harvey Ferris
Onalaska
Harvey
Elaine) Ferris
Reuben Johnson
St. Joseph's Ridge
Reuben
Dorothy) Johnson
St. Joseph’s Ridge
Kenneth Kellicot
S. 11Th St
Thomas Loomis
Market St
Milton Kraus
Howard Dobbins
Lockport
N.Y
Ida Cowl Ebin
Cass St
Classified Ads Drive Jobs and Rentals
Classified ads are shown to be the top method for finding workers and securing tenants, among other tasks, according to local guidance. A contact number 2-8040 is provided for inquiries.
Liz Taylor Sues For Five Million In Plane Crash Case
Actress Elizabeth Taylor and her son filed a five million dollar damages suit in federal court against Ayer Lease Plan Trade Ayer and Michael Todd Co claiming negligence in the crash that killed Mike Todd and three others near Grants New Mexico on March 22. Also Marta Cohn widow of Art Cohn seeks twelve million dollars. The crash involved Miss Taylor and Todd who were aboard the plane The Liz along with pilot Bill Verner and copilot Tom Barclay. The Civil Aeronautics Board noted possible engine failure and altitude loss.
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New York
Elizabeth Taylor
Mike Todd
Todd
Marta Cohn
Art Cohn
Ayer Lease Plan, Inc
Trade-Ayer, Inc
Michael Todd Co., Inc
Ayer Lease Plan
Trade-Ayer
Linden Airport
Linden
N.J
Taylor
Civil Aeronautics Board
Youth 20 Fractures Knee in County Road Accident
Billy Turnmire 20 son of Mr and Mrs Grant Turnmire sustained a fractured right knee cap and right collarbone when his pickup overturned on a county road near Yankeetown school while hauling sand. He attempted to pass a car lost control and overturned. he was hospitalized at Viroqua then Madison for knee surgery.
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Soldiers Grove
Wis
Billy Turnmire
Grant Turnmire
Yankeetown
Turnmire
Viroqua
Chitwood
Madison
Cashton Band Wins State Fair Trophy at Milwaukee
Cashton High School’s 73 piece band won the Gov. Thomson Trophy in the Wisconsin State Fair high school band contest. Vivian Weber accepted the trophy Thursday night as bands were judged across music, appearance, audience interest and discipline. Superior ratings went to Oshkosh, Menomonee Falls, Shawano, Kenosha, Cashton, Columbus and Cedar Grove.
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Milwaukee
Cashton
Gov. Thomson
Vivian Weber
Fair
University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Menomonee Falls
Shawano
Kenosha
Columbus
Cedar Grove
Whitewater
Edgerton
Hortonville
Hartland-Arrowhead
Oconto
Rosendale
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ON the Sahara
By Andrew Borowiec
Algeria
Sahara
Ouargla
ex-Foreign Legion
Heke
Supreme Court
Senate
Richland Center
University of Wisconsin Law School
Assembly
William Proxmire
U. S
Clear Lake
Polk County
University Law School
Dane County
Famous Name Comics
Slim Jim
Abad
Lacrosse
Hugh J. Fleming
Bangor
Lanham Mortuary
Robert Kinkade
Rockland Cemetery
Mary Kerrigan
Denver Cole
Ruth Clarke
Ruth Colman Clarke
San Diego
Calif
Serenia A. Fryseth
Leon
Paul
Beloit
Earl Dull
Lyall Adams
Henry Wagner
Lansing
Iowa
Henry N. Wagner
Waukon
Wexford Catholic Church
Edgar Kolfenbach
Church
Wagner
Mr. Wagner
Wexford
Francis
Waterville
Mark
Rosemary
Marcelle McCabe
Margaret Miller
Rockford
Ill
Esther Allen
California
Leo Tulley
Tom Manning
Dubuque
Angeline Davis
Tennessee
Karen Bjerk
Oscar Nyhus
Westby
Oscar Nyhns
Peter
Westby-Coon Prairie Lutheran Church
H. O. Aasen
Coon Prairie
Peter Nyhns
Our Savior’s Lutheran
J. C. Paulsrud
Mrs
Mary Chlup
Yosemite
Bill Beeghley
Long Beach
Yosemite National Park
Beeghley
Glacier Point
Burt Lynn
Ronald Outcelt
Caledonia St
Liz Taylor
Todd Jr
Cashton Band
la Crosse County
Mary E. Sawyer
Roland J. Steinler
U.S. Senate
Carl Schnick
John Flynn
Hoeschler
Ray A. Sunder
Linker
Fifth Avenue
Penney
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