Dr Alfred Rasmussen Dies Aged 82 Former La Crosse Dentist and Conservationist
Dr Alfred T Rasmussen 82 of 1214 Ferry St died Sunday in a local hospital. A long time La Crosse dentist and oral surgeon he helped form the Wisconsin Game Protective Association and helped bring the Riverside Park fish hatchery and the Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge to the area. He is survived by two sons and three grandchildren along with a sister. Services will be held at Wesley Methodist Church with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. He retired on December 1, 1954 after a 50 year practice.
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Alfred T. Rasmussen
Ferry St
la Crosse
Rasmussen
Wisconsin Game Protective Association
Riverside Park
Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge
Stanley
Brainerd
Minn
Richard
Pelican Lake
Wis
N. Nelson
Oakland
Calif
Wesley Methodist Church
Edwin Sheppard
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sletten- McKee
Dr. Rasmussen
Racine
Northwestern University
Mary C. Peters
Thomas L. Gilmore
Truman W. Brophy
Europe
Brophy
Paris
London
Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons
American Committee
Herbert Hoover
Wisconsin
Emanuel Philipp
International Meeting of Fish and Game Commissioners
Rasnussen
American Dental Association
Wisconsin State Dental Society
Lufthansa 720B Crashes in Mainz Training Flight
A four jet Boeing 720B of Lufthansa crashed near Mainz during a training flight. All three onboard were killed, and there were no passengers aboard. The German airline spokesman confirmed the trio's deaths.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lufthansa
Mainz
Car Crash Kills Man Wife Critical From Blaze
A Spring Grove man Louis Overhang about 50 died in a highway collision with a semi near Caledonia Minnesota. His wife suffered third degree burns over 90 percent of her body and was taken to St Marys Hospital in Rochester. The truck driver Herbert B Schaffer of Spring Valley received injuries and was hospitalized.
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Louis Overhaug
Spring Grove
Highway 44
Caledonia
Minn
Here
Louis Overhang
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Byron
Whitehouse
Herbert B. Schaffer
Spring Valley
Wisconsin
Schaffer
Caledonia Hospital
Caledonia Fire Department
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Katanga Seizes Roadblocks Around U N Camp
Katanga Foreign Minister Evariste Kimba threatens to shoot down U N planes. Katanga troops block main roads to the airport and the U N Indian camp, with armored cars facing U N reinforcements. Weekend clashes leave one U N soldier dead, three wounded, and 15 hostages. Elisabethville troops dig in at a depôt as paratroopers brace for conflict. Tension reaches a flashpoint between Katanga and U N forces.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Evariste Kimba
U.N
Kimba
George Ivan Smith
New York
United Nations
Reach Accord On Maintaining Peace In Laos
Western powers and the Soviet Bloc reach a six point accord to keep Laos neutral. Britain and the Soviet Union named joint guardians and cochairmen of the peace conference. A three nation control commission monitors ceasefire with veto power for major decisions by the Soviet bloc.
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Geneva
Laos
Britain
Soviet Union
Control Commission
Canada
India
Poland
U S Tests Low Yield Device Underground and Next Planned
The United States announced a low yield underground nuclear test Sunday with plans for a second test next Sunday. The Soviet Union warned Western powers to halt all nuclear tests, including underground ones, or resume tests for defense, while Geneva talks on a test ban remain deadlocked.
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Moscow
United States
U.S. State Department
Soviet Union
Kennedy
U.S
East Germans Narrow Seven Crossing Points
East German workers spent the night reinforcing the Berlin Wall with concrete to seal seven crossing points while Allied forces in Berlin staged a show of force. United States troops in the American sector faced East German soldiers backed by sandbag barricades and weapons. British patrols increased along their border stretch near the Brandenburg Gate and French observers watched the border activity. The new barriers stand about seven feet high and five feet thick with limited traffic passages.
Budget proposal cuts tax levy by two mills in 1962
The 1962 municipal budget contemplates a two mill reduction in the tax levy, with a tentative $3.87 million city operations budget and a $3.6 million school budget. The plan includes applying a yearend surplus and other income to reduce the tax rate from $48.90 to $48.70 per thousand, while debating further school cuts.
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Milo G. Knuts
Emil C
Schultz
Addi
William Radtke
Radtke
Suter
Walker to go it alone in fight against communism
Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker says he will operate independently in his anti communism effort. He rejects affiliation with any organization including the John Birch Society and will rely only on a personal staff for his program. Walker resigned from the Army last month after a command removal in Germany amid complaints over a troop information program. An Army probe cleared him of claims that his training relied on Birch Society materials.
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New York
Edwin A. Walker
John Birch Society
Walker
Army
24Th
Germany
Nation's No 1 Christmas tree moves toward White House
A 75 foot Christmas tree from Onalaska travels via Aberdeen and Chicago to Washington with stops in La Crosse for crew changes. The tree lights up the White House on December 23 under Kennedy and will include a miniature tree for Caroline Kennedy. Sponsored by Weyerhaeuser Co and Aberdeen Lions Club, it travels in a temperature controlled, 85 foot flatcar with heaters and a refrigerating car.
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Des Pohl
Onalaska
White House
D. W. Heike
Liberty Lawn
Washington,d.c
M. L. Kundy
H. J. Hammes
S. 26Th St
Calvin Coolidge
Blackdeer
la Crosse
Burlington
St. Paul
Minn
Milo
Chicago, Ill
W. E. Tronick
23Rd St
R. B. Rye
S. 3Rd Ave
R. E. Scoville
William Thompson
Avon St
Liberty St
David Lysaker
John F. Kennedy
Voice of America
Caroline Kennedy
Aberdeen
Wash
Pacific Ocean
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington, D.C
Northern Pacific
The
Weyerhaeuser Co
Aberdeen Lions Club
Sparta Man Dies When Hit By Car
Sparta Wisconsin Louis Johnson a 61 year old man was killed Sunday evening after being struck by a northbound car driven by Raymond Chapiewski 29 as he walked along the highway near his home. Johnson died at the scene with skid marks of the Chapiewski vehicle extending 100 feet and the body carried about 48 feet. Authorities including Sheriff Dewey Reinstra and Coroner Dr Jack Brown investigated and the driver was not charged. Johnsons surviving sister Mrs Edgar Schubert of Sparta.
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Sparta
Wis
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Raymond
Chapiewski
Ulric Loeffelholz
Loeffelholz
Dewey Reinstra
Jack Brown
Dist
Atty
W. J. Gleiss
Lantham Mortuary
Edgar Schubert
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Savage
Highway 101
Robert E. Robinson
Highway Patrol
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Mississippi River
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Stanley Johnson
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Tribune
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