Five Criminal Cases Before Circuit Judge Lincoln Neprud
Five defendants faced court in late morning motion day proceedings. Max Francis Richards Jr. drew one to three years in Green Bay State Reformatory for breaking and entering the Maple Grove Tavern. placed on probation to the State Department of Public Welfare. Henry Dewey Meinertz received probation under sexual deviate law for indecent liberties with a two year old girl. Lloyd Reynolds of Houston pleaded guilty to forging a check with intent to defraud the National Bank of La Crosse. case continued to Sept. 21. Archie Thompson alias Lyle Parker of Winona pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the Totten Hotel Bar. proceeding continued to Sept. 16 for pre sentence investigation. Oscar Small of Olympian Hotel was sentenced to one to two years in Waupun for nonsupport. placed on probation to Donald Hole. proceedings continued to Sept. 2.
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Lincoln Neprud
Max Francis Richards Jr
Maple Grove Tavern
A.I
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Richards
State Department of Public Welfare
Henry Dewey Meinertz
Egin
Qnd
Pearl Streets
Lloyd Reynolds
Houston
Texas
National Bank of
Oscar Small
Olympian Hotel
Waupun State Prison
Verna Hoefke
Small
Donald Hole
Hyde Ave
Patricia
Sen
Police closing in on girl pal of suspect
El Paso authorities chase leads linking Jo Anne Severson to Leon ard LaFond who traveled toward Little Rock Arkansas. Severson and LaFond face charges for transporting a stolen car tied to Lewis Finn of Chicago. LaFond held for questioning after regional arrests. Severson allegedly traveled by taxi to Las Cruces then bought a bus ticket. FBI notes Severson left Milwaukee with LaFond around July 6.
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EL Paso
Tex
Jo Anne Severson
Leonard LaFond
Little Rock
Ark
LaFond
Severson
Milwaukee
Lewis A. Finn
Chicago
West Palm Beach
Fla
Yuma
Ariz
la Fond
N. M
Las Cruces
Corpus Christi
FBI
Miss Severson
Melrose Woman Mrs James Curda 76 Dies Following Heart Attack
Clara E Stratton born May 24 1879 in Town of Irving married Joseph Kunes in 1895 and had six children. She later married James Curda in 1932 and lived in Melrose Wisconsin where she was active in church and clubs. Survivors include husband three sons two daughters and a brother. Funeral will be August 29 with services at the home and Melrose Methodist Church.
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Melrose
Wis
James Curda
Clara E. Stratton
Irving
Albert
Jane Stratton
Joseph Kunes
Royal Neighbors of America
Melrose Homemaker Club
Forrest Kunes
Harold Kunes
Rice Lake
Harley Kunes
Sparta
Grace
B. A. Finch
Black River Falls
Lillian
Clark Granhund
Ben Stratton
Miles City
Montana
Melrose Methodist Church
Smith Funeral
Dulles Proposes U.S. Role in Middle East Peace Plan
Secretary of State Dulles outlines a four point program to secure Arab Israeli boundaries with a U.S. treaty, international loan for refugee compensation, defined borders efforts, and regional water projects. The plan seeks Arab and UN sponsorship, with a total price tag estimated at 200 to 300 million dollars.
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Gaza Strip
Voice of America
Dulles
Middle East
Arab League
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Eisenhower
United States
Israel
Senate
United Nations
Palestine
Death of August Parsche at 93 in local hospital
August Parske, also spelled Parsche, aged 93, of 321 S. 8th St., died Friday at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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August Parsche
S. 8Th St
Two Air Force bus crash kills two injures fourteen
In Texas a tire blowout caused an Air Force bus from Bryan Air Force Base to crash into a dry creek bed en route to a baseball tournament at Barksdale. Two airmen died and 14 were injured, with some reported critically. The victims were A1C Lloyd D. Buresh and A1C James Clyde Kirkpatrick.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Air Force
Bryan Texas Air Force Base
Barksdale Afb
Shreveport
Lloyd D. Buresh
Genevieve Audry Buresh
Bolivar
James Clyde Kirkpatrick
Mary A. Kirkpatrick
Bluff City
Tenn
Welcome Rain Brings Warmth Then Storm to Coulee Region
A sudden warm start gave way to an overcast sky and rain in the Coulee Region on Saturday. Thunder rumbled as a northwest wind cooled the day, with a high around 90 expected Sunday amid nationwide heat records and a 111 degree high in Thermal, California.
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Coulee
Mercury
la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass
A. D. Sanial
Nebraska
Kansas
Thermal
Calif
Kalispell
Mont
Morocco Leader Threatens to Level Everything in War Rhetoric
Morocco's military governor in Casablanca told thousands of Moroccans that France would be crushed if it shows no mercy. He warned of troops artillery and planes able to reduce all to dust. Eighty French civilians were killed at Oued Zem last Saturday. Reports from Algeria claim about a score of terrorists killed in scattered incidents there yesterday.
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Joine Franchi
Casablanca
France
Oued Zem
Algeria
Judge Clears Court To Examine Evidence In Stripper Case
In Newark New Jersey the court room was cleared after stripper Lynn York began describing her dance steps. Magistrate A Milton Jacobs said the testimony should not be admitted publicly and the private session lasted about ten minutes. York a 29 year old burlesque queen from Westwood Massachusetts is charged with a lewd indecent performance at the Empire Theater on August 5.
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Newark
N. J
Lynn York
A. Milton Jacobs
Miss York
Westwood
Mass
Empire Theater
Jacobs
Nesco to Move Executives to Granite City Illinois
Nesco leaving Milwaukee after 50 years as a division of New York Steamship Corp. The firm moves executive offices to Granite City Illinois. About 40 sales and office staff will lose their jobs. about 100 production workers remain with Ritepoint Inc. after Nesco sale of cartridge case operation.
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New York Steamship Corp
Louis Wolfson
Montgomery Ward & Co
Nesco
Ritepoint Inc
Ritepoint
Schmidt Recounts His Red Prison Ordeal and Honeymoon
Airman Danny Schmidt, a B29 gunner captured in Korea on January 13 1952, recalls 32 months held by Chinese forces. He describes solitary confinement and harsh cells, his wife Una believing him dead, and their reunion at a cottage in Delaire Oregon for a second honeymoon. He hopes to pursue wildlife studies at Missoula Montana.
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Delare
Ore
Danny Schmidt
Una
Schmidt
Danny
Gerry
Pratt
Portland Oregonian
Delaire
Schmidts
Weather Bureau Forecast Snapshot
Morning forecast indicates cooler conditions for New England and warmer trends for the Northern Plains and North Pacific States. Elsewhere expect little temperature change with cloudiness and temperature lines shown in the set chart.
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New England
Northern Plains
North Pacific States
Unifax
Appeal Promised Over Texas Segregation School Funds
Dallas attorney Ross Carlton for the Texas Citizens Council said the appeal would climb to the U S Supreme Court if needed after Judge Charles Sullivan refused to block Big Spring Independent School District from integrating classes and using state funds for nonsegregated districts. The ruling tests Gilmer Aikin laws tying state aid to segregated schooling.
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Big Spring
Tex.s
Texas
Ross Carlton
Dallas
Texas Citizens Council
U.S. Supreme Court
Charles Sullivan
Big Spring Independent
Ioe
Gilmer-Aikin Texas
State Supreme Court
Sullivan
J. W. Edgar
Robert Caljvert
Allan Shivers
East Texas
Atty
Guilford Jones
Supreme Court
West Texas
British Labor Party Faces Key Treasurership Showdown
London reports a clash between leftist Aneurin Bevan and moderate Hugh Gaitskell for the Labour Party treasurer post. The Margate conference October 10 to 14 will decide, with unions backing Gaitskell. The seat also affects a future fight for party leadership, as Attlee, 72, aged and frail, may retire after a recent brain clot.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Hugh Gaitskell
Gaitskell
Margate
Bevan
Socialist Party
Clement Attlee
Atlee
Man scales George Washington Bridge to talk to God
Chester Daniels of Justell Kentucky, 30, climbed 400 feet up the George Washington Bridge to seek work and talk to God. Police aided by four officers using a bridge elevator after an hour. He said he left his wife for New York three weeks ago and ran out of money.
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New York
Chester Daniels
George Washington Bridge
Daniels
Justell
Pilot lands on moving truck in Idaho near Kamiah
Merel Bowler, 45, parachuted onto a speedily moving truck trailer while attempting a routine landing near Orofino. Driver Lloyd Coons, 27, unaware of the close pass, continued 200 yards after a light collision. No injuries, minor damage reported. deputy sheriff called it the darndest thing he ever saw.
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Orofino
Idaho
Kamiah
Merel Bowler
al Mobile Landing Field
Lloyd Coons
Bowler
Rex Yates
Chris Fredrickson
Fire Destroys Cargill Plant Near Carnegie
Pittsburgh reports a large section of the Cargill Corp chemical and oil plant near Carnegie destroyed by fire after violent explosions. Firemen battled intense heat and exploding drums for hours before control. Loss estimated at 350000 with no casualties.
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Pittsburgh
Cargill Corp. Chemical and Oil
Carnegie
Massive explosion at Whiting refinery spurs state-wide fire
A hydroformer blast at the Standard Oil plant near Whiting Ind caused a blaze covering over two acres with flames over 200 feet high. Fire units from Whiting Hammond and East Chicago fought the fire as residents fled and 700 to 800 people evacuated. Damaged homes and a crater formed in 1822 Ann St while many telephones failed. Red Cross reported 450 families evacuated with 80 major home damages and 100 minor damages as two homes were destroyed and 180 damaged in the refinery explosion and fire.
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Crown Point
Ind
Standard Oil Co
Whiting
Hammond
Chicago
Gary Post Tribune
Standard Oil
Ann St
the Post Tribune
Gary
Valparaiso
129Th St
Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Plan Payments For Potatoes Plan Payments For Potatoes
The Agriculture Department will provide benefit payments for diverted potatoes amid a potential 400 million bushel crop. Secretary Benson said surplus would go to starch feed and flour, with payments at 50 cents per 100 pounds through year end, then 40 cents and 30 cents into 1956. The plan aims to operate in states with approved plans and is described as an industry responsibility.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Benson
Deadlock in Talks on Prisoners Seen
In Geneva talks on the release of 41 American civilians Red China appears to be deadlocked. Ambassador Johnson postponed a meeting with Wang Pingnan to next Wednesday. Of the Americans 25 are in prison 12 under house arrest and 4 detained for lack of permission to leave. Red China proposes a third country such as India determine if they have free choice.
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Washington
Geneva
Red China
U.S
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Pingnan
Johnson
United States
Dulles
India
Tax policy clash signals 1956 tax cut push
D P from Pennsylvania says Humphrey's remarks lay groundwork for a tax cut in a political year while Eberharter predicts both parties will seek tax cuts next year. Rep Dingell of Michigan vows excise tax cuts first, then income and corporate levies.
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D-Pa
Humphrey
Eberharter
Rep
Dingell
D-Mich
House
Ways and
Means Committee
Village Bursts Reservoir Kalu Streams Devastate Indian Village
Indian Express reports a swollen reservoir burst killing 180 and injuring 200 near Jodhpur 200 miles southwest. The disaster washed away trout streams and thousands of acres of trout lakes, affecting sports areas and New Mexico locations.
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New Delhi
India
Indian Express
Jodhpur
New Mexico
Trempealeau County Reports Three Polio Cases
Trempealeau County doctors report three polio cases in the past week, the first this year in the county. The patients include a 2 year old, a seven year old, and a 20 year old, all in the southern part of Trempealeau County.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Fern Lasiter
Weather Record U8 Partly cloudy and storms in the upper Midwest
Wisconsin forecasts show partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers tonight and Sunday and little temperature change. Minnesota anticipates scattered storms mainly in the south and southeast with similar temperatures. Iowa expects fair but hot conditions through Sunday with isolated thundershowers in the northeast tonight and northwest Sunday afternoon.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Notice of Probate Hearings in La Crosse County Wisconsin
Multiple notices announce hearings on final settlements and wills in La Crosse County Wisconsin. Cases include Minnie Gorder estate final account and inheritance tax, John B. Rogers will probate, A J Bruha estate final account, and Blanche Grover probate with creditor claims and heir proofs. Dates range September 12 1955 to September 27 1955 with claims due by November 1955. Proceedings before Judge R V Ahlstrom with local attorneys listed.
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Minnie Gorder
Minnie B. Gorder
la Crosse
Eva Flag
Minnie E. Gorder
Onalaska
R. V. Ahlstrom
Hale
Skemp, Nietsch
Hanson & Schnurrer
State Bank
Wis
John B. Rogers
City of
County of la Crosse
la Crosse Tribune
R. V
Ahlstrom
Thompson, Smyth & Flynn
A J. Bruha
Anton J. Bruha
Reid County
Carl J Bruha
A. J Bruha
Sad County
RV. Ahlstrom
Hale, Skemp
Blanche Grover
Blanche Groever
Blanche B. Grover
Said
Court House
Hale, Skemp, Nietsch
State of Wisconsin
County of le Crosse
EF. K. Gansen
Justice of the Peace
Leonard Schnick
Helen Schnick
Charles Baird
Phyllis Baird
BEPF
K. Gansen
FE. F. K Gansen
Rivoli Building
le Crosse
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Rose St
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