GM methods criticized by dealers in Senate hearings
Harlow H Curtice GM president told senators his firm will present documentary evidence to refute dealer complaints. He spoke after GM executives testified while Sen. O Mahoney and the antitrust subcommittee pursued questions about dealership losses and alleged abuses. More hearings are set for Tuesday as dealers claim excessive pressure and arbitrary franchise terminations.
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Washington
Harlow H. Curtice
General Motors Corp
Curtice
Sen. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Wyoming Democrat
Senate Antitrust and
Senate Group
Lutheran Brotherhood Officers Named At BAF Church
Newly elected officers of the Lutheran Brotherhood will be installed at a Sunday fellowship hour in the Evangelical Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall at 7 30 p m. The Rev Raymond Huss announced officers for several church groups including Mrs Martin Field as Ladies Aid president Mrs Norman Larkin as vice president Mrs I S Hollenbeck as secretary and Mrs George Vaughtal Sr as treasurer Mrs Emc Johnson heads the Mission Circle and Mrs I S Hollenbeck is secretary for the year Mothers Club will be led by Mrs Stanley De Boer with secretary Mrs Robert Pratt Brotherhood officers to be installed Sunday include Norman Raynum president Sigferd Peterson vice president Michael Peterson secretary and Rollin Nortman treasurer.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lutheran Brotherhood
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Raymond Huss
Martin Field
Ladies Aid
Norman Larkin
I. S. Hollenbeck
George Vaughtal Sr
Emc Johnson
Mission Circle
Stanley de Boer
Mothers Club
Robert Pratt
Brotherhood
Norman Raynum
Sigferd Peterson
Michael Peterson
Rollin Nortman
Dogs Fail To Trace Thief In City Snatch
Police used bloodhounds to pursue a purse snatcher who fled with about 30 dollars from Mildred Hunter at 215 S 8th St. The thief, a 16 to 18 year old man, disappeared after an alley escape, with the discarded purse found near the public library and the scent leading to Doerflinger's Department Store window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Hunter
S. 8Th St
King Street
Public Library
George Brooks
Doerflinger
Chief Warns Drivers and Pedestrians During Holiday Rush
Chief of Police George C. Long urged motorists to be alert and pedestrians to obey crossing laws in the congested shopping areas. He called for extra caution as holiday shopping peaks. The city completed its 70th consecutive day without a traffic fatality.
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George C. Long
Long
Informer Rewarded In Parking Meter Cases
The City Parking Utility Board announces two rewards of 50 dollars each for information leading to arrests and convictions of teenagers recently arrested for burglarizing parking meters. Identities of the reward recipients will not be made public to avoid retaliation and protect ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Parking Utility Board
Auditorium rental revisions cut rates and add fees
The La Crosse auditorium board debated scaling back rentals for conventions and trade shows from 225 to 200 dollars or 10 percent of receipts, while preserving 10 percent gross on Globetrotters and Grand Old Opry. New conference room rates and special services charges were established.
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Howard
la Crosse
Grand Old Opry
Robert Gaumer
Aquinas High School
Khrushchev Outburst Clouds Russian Asian Tour
Khrushchev attacked the West in a Buddhist temple in Burma while Bulganin praised dialogue with Burma. U S officials condemned the outburst as a blunder likely to erode goodwill from the Soviet tour and urged restraint.
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Khrushchev
India
Goa
Portugal
Bulganin
Russia
Washington
Keys Reported Lost by Dorothy Cassidy in La Crosse
Dorothy Cassidy of La Crosse Clinic at 11th and Main streets reported to police the loss of a key chain containing four keys and a religious medal on Saturday.
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Dorothy Cassidy
la Crosse Clinic
11Th and
Main Streets
Death notices for Lyle A Stetzer and Michael O'Meara
Funeral services are announced for Lyle A Stetzer 46 of Town of Barre who died Friday. Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at West Salem Presbyterian Church officiated by Rev William J Slosser with burial at Onalaska Cemetery. Friends may call at the Jostad home in West Salem Sunday. Separately Michael O'Meara 57 of 60014 Main St died Friday. He is survived by his wife Pearl and two brothers. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at Hellwig Morris Funeral Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday at the chapel.
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Lyle A Stetzer
Barre
West Salem Presbyterian Church
William J. Slosser
Onalaska
Jostad
West Salem
Michael
Mike) O'Meara
Main St
Pearl
Martin
Caledonia
John
la Crosse
Milwaukee Railroad
Hellwig-Morris
Burdette Wakemar
Woodlawn Cemetery
Whitehall
Wis
Adam Garthus
Conrad Garthus
Elmendorf Afb
Anchorage
Alaska
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Lincoln Cemetery
Independence and Whitehall American Legions
O. G. Birkeland
Johnson
Garthus
Independence
Conrad
Rolf
Suzanne
Bonnie
Ira
Minneapolis
Lillian
Hillsboro
Robert O. Wold
Madison
Greenwood Lutheran Church
Church
Paul Sanders l
Wold
Greenwood Township
Ethel Johnson
Orval
Devil
Tona
Ronald
Richard
Dubuque
Iowa
Robert
Vern Savils
Seattle
Wash
John Mikaelmans
la Paz
Bolivia
S. A
Ray Sebald
Manitoba
Canada
Henry
West Lima
Obituary notices for Parsch and Ross families
Louis Joseph Parsch 74 of 1426 Denton Street died Friday evening at home. Survived by wife, son Oscar, daughters Marcella and Esther Beckman, six siblings, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Hellwig Morris Funeral Chapel and 2:30 pm at First Lutheran Church. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Charles Ross 89 of 1147 Main Street died Friday after a year of illness. Survived by three sons Romeo Max Ori, all of La Crosse, and many descendants. Rosary Sunday night. funeral Monday at St. Joseph Cathedral.
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Louis Joseph Parsch
Denton St
Oscar
Marcella Parsch
Esther) Beckman
I la Crosse
Henry
Marie) Tank
Milwaukee
Ernest
Bertha) Link
Menlomonie
Wis
Ben
Emily) Reinecke
Hamburg
William
Chicago
Charles Ross
Main St
Ross
la Crosse
Mr. Ross
Sauk City
Joseph Ross
St. Joseph
Louise Gantert
5Th Ave. S
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Gall and Frank Co
I Romeo
J. Max
R. Ori
Schumacher Funeral
Funeral Home
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Louis Paquette
Ross Furniture
Jobless Pay Discussed At Session Here
Unemployment compensation was the topic at a La Crosse social meeting held Tuesday evening at the Northern States Power Co. building. Emanuel Zola of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission reviewed laws and compared benefits with other states.
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Zola
Wisconsin
L. C
Jete T& S. E. Wateski
WSES
la Crosse
Wisconsin State Employment Service
A. A. Holly
Madison
Northern States Power Co
Iowa Plans Road Jobs Along Marquette Prairie Bridge
The Iowa Highway Commission outlines 1956 projects on the Marquette side of the Marquette Prairie du Chien bridge using asphalt concrete with a tentative letting date of January 10, 1956. A 1.93 mile McGregor to Pikes Peak State Park paving is planned along with eight miles of STH 18 to Harper s Ferry graded and surfaced.
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Mcgregor
Iowa
Marquette
Marquette-Prairie du Chien
Iowa Highway Commission
Pikes Peak State Park
Clayton County
Allamakee County
Sth 18
Harper’s Ferry
Eisenhower to Play Active Role in 1956 Campaign
The President told the Republican National Committee he will take an active part in the 1956 campaign without committing to a candidacy. Mitchell plans to address the convention and notes the nation’s prosperity and employment under Eisenhower. Stevenson and Harriman are seen as potential rivals for the Democratic nomination.
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Republican National Committee
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Harriman
Averell Harriman
New York
Railroads Seek Permanent Wisconsin Freight Rate Increase
Wisconsin railroad representatives urged the Public Service Commission to permanentize intrastate freight rate hikes granted in 1952. Opposed by the Wisconsin Coal Bureau, the petition notes a 12 percent earnings rise for carriers, with current returns at about three percent in 1955.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wisconsin Coal Bureau
Thomas J. Halpin
Chicago
Halpin
GE Electrical Contractor Dies in Snow Shoveling Incident
A. F. Vander Heyden, 68, longtime Green Bay electrical contractor of 27 years, died Friday from a heart attack while shoveling snow at his home. His funeral arrangements are not listed.
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Green Bay
A. F. Vander Heyden
Mill Rate Cut in Denmark Reduces Tax Per Thousand
Village Clerk Henry Kellner states the tax rate fell to 34.86 per thousand from 37.15 last year after a reduced village assessment. The tax collector notes a $2.29 decrease in the rate per thousand dollars of valuation.
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Denmark
Henry Kellner
Weather Record for the Midwest and Great Lakes Regions
Weather record from the U S Department of Commerce warns heavy snow across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with blizzard conditions in the northwest zone. Accumulations range from 4 to 10 inches with drifting winds and colder temperatures Sunday. Shippers forecast advises protecting perishables within a 150 mile La Crosse radius with minimum temperatures through Sunday evening.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
River Forecast From Hastings to Guttenberg Weekend
Mississippi river forecast shows little change from Hastings to Guttenberg over Sunday and Monday. Sunrise Sunday at 7 23 a m and sunset at 4 28 p m noted. river traffic assessing Dam 5A conditions.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mississippi
Weather Synopsis for New England to Plains and Rockies
Snow is forecast for parts of the central plains and the northern Rockies with rain on the north Pacific coast. A cold air mass will drop temperatures to zero in North Dakota and near freezing as far south as San Antonio.
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New England
Central Plains
Rockies
North Pacific Coast
Plains States
North Dakota
San Antonio
Unifax
Middle West
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Lakes Region
Death notices from Wisconsin towns include multiple obituaries
Funeral services are set for Adam Garthus 57 of Whitehall with military rites at Lincoln Cemetery. survivors include wife and son Conrad returning from Elmendorf AFB. Ludwig Emerson 87 of North Bend dies. services at North Bend Presbyterian Church. Robert O Wold 66 of Greenwood Township dies. services at Greenwood Lutheran Church. Pauline Bernsdorf a noted musician. other obituaries include Mrs Sarah Paulson 81 of Elroy with services at Fountain Lutheran Church and Lutheran Home involvement.
Obituaries for Lois Whinery and Albert Bryhildson
Lois Whinery formerly Lois Van Alstine of Caledonia died in Mankato. Burial will be in Anoka Cemetery. Albert Bryhildson 84 died at a local hospital. a Jackson County farmer who lived in Black River Falls. Survivors include stepsons Ingval Peterson and Peter A. Peterson. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at Taylor Lutheran Church. Ness Funeral Chapel viewing Sunday afternoon.
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Caledonia, Minn
Lois Whinery
Caledonia
Mankato
Lois van Alstine
Anoka
Black River Falls
Wis
Albert Bryhildson
Jackson County
Taylor
Ingval Peterson
la Crosse
Peter A. Peterson
Minneapolis
Taylor Lutheran Church
B. J. Harlem
Ness Funeral
Funeral services set for Mrs. Clark Bernsdorf
Funeral services for Mrs. Clark Bernsdorf, 63, who died Friday morning, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church in Hokah. The Rev. Lee Workman will officiate. Friends may call at Potter-Haugen Funeral Home in Caledonia Sunday afternoon and evening, and at the church in Hokah.
Democratic critique and 1956 convention highlights
Delegates vented at the administration as hypocritical and dominated by limited interests, citing neglect of schools health housing highways and resources. Sen. Stevenson and Gov. Harriman spoke while three presidential candidates Bunn Metcalf and Poindexter competed, and a controversial resolutions committee praised desegregation rulings by the Supreme Court and ICC.
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Republican Party
Resolutions Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
David Bunn
Denver
Neil Metcalf
Ala
William Poindexter
Kansas City
Suspect Released in Enen Slaying Case
Walter Brocca, held for questioning in the Enen murder near Milwaukee, was released by Waukesha County authorities after state Crime Laboratory reports are received. He agreed to be available for further questioning. The case involves the death of Jack Enea, whose body was found in a northeast Waukesha ditch. police examined seven 388 caliber bullets and clothing sent to Madison for analysis.
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Waukesha
Walter
Blacky) Brocca
Milwaukee
Harold Hanrahan
Brocca
Hanrahan
Allan D. Young
Waukesha County
Jack Ewea
Dominic Frizi
Enea
Frinzi
D'Amato
Wisconsin
Young
Mike Lombardi
Toepel Attends Conference At St. Paul
Assemblyman Eugene A. Toepel of La Crosse attended the North Central Legislative Conference in St. Paul Minnesota with leaders from South Dakota North Dakota Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin The agenda covered taxation truck regulation financing government social security retirement conservation and uniform property tax assessment Teeple serves on Wisconsin Legislative Council and chairs the interim conservation committee.
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Eugene A. Toepel
la Crosse
St. Paul
Minn
South Dakota
North Dakota
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Central States
Teeple
Legislative Council
State of
Eisenhower health slows 1956 term decision outlook
Rep. Martin and Sen Knowland weigh the President's next moves as Ike recovers from a heart attack. Doctors' late January update on health will influence whether Eisenhower runs again. Leonard Hall says Ike will run if able, while the State of the Union and GOP plans loom alongside Democratic tax and policy aims.
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Martin
Knowland
Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Congress
House
Senate
Two Waukon Men Hurt in Separate Falls
In Waukon Iowa Simon A Bregan 76 fractured his hip after falling at home and is hospitalized. Alfred Dravis a local jeweler was admitted after a fall down stairs from the second floor of a business building breaking his collarbone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Simon A. Bregan
Alfred Dravis
Woman Burns Faces Or Arms In Fire Attempt
Mrs. Kenneth Dahl of Galesville is hospitalized in La Crosse with facial and arm burns after trying to start a fire with kerosene. She did not realize coals remained in the stove. She was transported by ambulance and expected to stay several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Kenneth Dahl
la Crosse
Daily Records FIRES La Crosse False Alarm
A false alarm was reported at 3 57 p m in front of a fire alarm box at the Copeland Avenue Carr Street corner in La Crosse. No fire responders were dispatched and no injuries were recorded.
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Copeland Avenue
Carr Street
Locals Run Holiday Ads With Crafts and Food Offers
Beautiful home sewn aprons advertised at 1808 Madison with afternoon availability and a phone number. New Villa Carryouts lists seafood ribs and sides, accepts Christmas party bookings, and promotes personalized photo ecards. Various shops offer hats and gifts, plus a Christmas sale at Caledonia Street Methodist Church on Monday December 5.
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Madison
New Villa
Universal Photo Service
State Street
Farrington
Art’s
West Avenue
State
Charlotte’s
Caledonia Street
Norwalk Firemen Respond to Two Summit Ridge Fires
Norwalk Wisconsin special report firemen answered two alarms on Summit Ridge. A chimney fire at the Langrehr home in the morning and a second at the Haus farm where sparks threatened the barn. No serious damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Wis
Summit Ridge
Langrehr
Haus Farm
Boy Bitten by Dog In City Report
A teenage city boy, Donald Davis, 14, was bitten on the right ankle on Thursday. The injury was slight. The dog belongs to William Stark, 1807 Liberty St. Police ordered Stark to confine the animal for 10 days.
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Donald Davis
Avon St
William Stark
Liberty St
Stark
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