Reunited Jew Recalls Auschwitz Escape by German Helper
Arthur Werthauser, now 39, meets Hedwig Neumann of Hanover, the German woman who saved him as a seven year old in 1942 by posing him as German. Neumann visited in St. Paul after financing her own trip, recalling fear and risk. The tale ends with a touching reunion and a Hanukkah gift.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Arthur Werthauser
St. Paul
Auschwitz
Germany
Poland
Arthur
Hedwig Neumann
Mrs. Neumann
Hanover
Fritz
Werthauser
Berlin
Heileman Presses Grain Belt Deal Across Midwest Markets
Heileman officials discussed extending Grain Belt wholesaler rights to cover Grain Belt brands in a regional purchase strategy. The firm cited assets like kegs and cases as part of a broader sales package while noting the exact money figures were not disclosed. Cleary referenced a past conditional withdrawal from a Philadelphia brewery acquisition and detailed Heileman’s breweries in La Crosse and St Paul, plus holdings in Kentucky and Indiana. He also highlighted a large bakery operation, Er ickson Bakeries Inc. in La Crosse, and Machine Products Co. in La Crosse, a jet engine parts maker, as part of the company profile.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Grain Belt
Heileman
Cleary
C. Schmidt and Sons Brewery
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Schmidt
la Crosse
St. Paul
Kentucky
Indiana
Erickson Bakeries Inc
Machine Products Co., Inc
Knutson Recovers From Hernia Surgery In Wisconsin
State Sen. Milo Knutson of La Crosse has returned home at 804 Cass Street after hernia surgery at St. Francis Hospital. His wife said he will return to Madison once his doctor gives permission.
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Milo G. Knutson
R-La Crosse
Cass St
St. Francis Hospital
Madison
Groom and 27 horses perish in Walworth County fairgrounds fire
A Sunday blaze at the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn, Wisconsin destroyed a barn housing 27 horses and a groom named George R. Anderson. The incident caused an estimated 350000 in horse losses and less than 100000 in barn damage, with winds spreading flames to the second structure and delaying containment. The cause was not yet determined.
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Elkhorn, Wis
Walworth County Fairgrounds
George R. Anderson
Sheriff's Office
Fair
Elmer Rntcliff
Ani
Midwest
Fairgrounds
Boy Scouts Face First Aid Test At Viroqua Meet
More than 100 Boy Scouts compete in the second annual Great Rivers District first aid contest at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Viroqua Wisconsin. Classes A and B judge teamwork and first aid proficiency with judges from nursing police teaching and ambulance services. Plaques go to top finishers and sponsors include the Viroqua Jaycees and Lions Club.
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Viroqua
Wis
Great Rivers
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Roger Harlem
The
Viroqua Jaycees
Viroqua Lions Club
Trial Begins For 5 In Takeover Siege Near Gresham
Five defendants from Neopit and Green Bay faced armed robbery and armed burglary charges plus false imprisonment for the 34 day siege of the Alexian Brothers estate near Gresham. Perote and Waubanascum faced additional endangering safety counts. The occupation began New Year’s Day as Menominee Warrior Society members occupied the estate claiming it would serve a tribal hospital or school.
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Juneau
Wis
Alexian Brothers
Gresham
Michael Sturdevant
Robert C. Chevalier
Doreen K. Dixon
John D. Perote
Neopit
John Waubanascum
Green Bay
Menominee Warrior Society
LaCrosse Tribune Masthead Details
LaCrosse Tribune announces contact numbers for missed papers and classified ads with facade details of publication location and pricing. It lists address 401 N 3rd St La Crosse Wisconsin 54601 and subscription rates plus the two week carrier price. It identifies volume 71 number 198 and dates the afternoon and Sunday editions.
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Tribune
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
Ford Visits Peking Advances Chinese American Ties
Ford and family arrive in Peking for a state visit as Teng Ying-chao and Chu Teh attend tea with the Fords. Talks will cover Korean peninsula security and U.S.-Soviet relations amid wary detente. The White House says no major shifts on Taiwan but promises strengthened friendship and steady policy.
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Teng
Nixon
China
Ford
U.S
Chou
Li Hsien-nien
Susan
Kissinger
Chiao Kuan-hua
George
Bush
Peking
Korean Peninsula
Cho
Taiwan
America
Soviet Union
Henry A. Kissinger
Thanksgiving weekend traffic deaths far below safety council forecast
The AP reports 357 holiday traffic fatalities, well under the National Safety Council's 450 to 500 predictions for the Thanksgiving period. Council president Vincent Tofany credits slower speeds for reduced crashes, noting last year had 504 deaths.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Vincent Tofany
The
Safety Council
Fewer Hurricanes Mark Atlantic Season Ends
The 1975 Atlantic hurricane season closed after six hurricanes and two tropical storms. Neil Frank of the National Hurricane Center notes a continuing lull with no super hurricanes, with major storms forming in the Gulf of Mexico rather than across the deep tropics.
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Miami
Eloise
National Hurricane Center
Neil Frank
Frank
Gulf of Mexico
Tropics
Atlantic
Proxmire Pushes Curbs On Banking Concentration
Senator William Proxmire introduces legislation to curb banking power by barring acquisitions or mergers that give a bank or holding company more than 20 percent of state banking assets. The bill targets 33 large institutions that hold about 12 percent nationwide and would limit non banking expansions by bank holding companies.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Dwis
Proxmire
Senate Banking Committee
Postal workers to vote on tentative contract
Striking 22,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers members plan a decisive vote tonight on a tentative contract reached Saturday. Union national director Arnold Gould says leadership recommends rejection, though about 2,700 have already returned to work and broad acceptance sentiment is noted among the rest.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Arnold Gould
Ontario
Travel Weather Update Skies Cloudy With Snow Across Regions
Snow is forecast from the northern Rockies to the Great Lakes and Midwest with flurries to the eastern Plains. Rain targets the northern Pacific coast while the East remains mild and the West cold. Wisconsin and Minnesota expect mostly cloudy skies with light snow possible. Iowa notes a traveler advisory as snow accumulates one to three inches in parts. Flood stage data shows Dresbach Dam traffic activity and river flow increasing.
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Great Lakes
Midwest
Plains
Pacific Coast
Iowa
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