Explosion on Chanticleer Yacht Kills Worker in Jacksonville
In Jacksonville a blast and fire on Ralph Evinrude’s 118 foot yacht Chanticleer in drydock killed 24 year old Dexter C. Richards and injured five. Fire officials cite several possible causes with no definite conclusion yet. Owner Ralph Evinrude and wife Frances Langford frequently voyage aboard.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ralph Evinrude
Dexter C. Richards
Alvin J. Ross
H. J. Mahoney
Evinrude
Milwaukee
Frances Langford
Death notices list six local residents' obituaries
Rose Clifford 92 of 2415 Cass S J died at home Thursday. Services Saturday 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's Home for the Aged. burial Catholic Cemetery. Rosary Friday 7:30 p.m. at South Side Blaschke Funeral Home. Survived by cousins Michael McHugh and Mary Heagney. Josephine Sagen 72 died Thursday in Rochester Minn after long illness. Survived by daughters Ellen Stupka and Eleanor Sullivan. sons Robert and Leonard. sisters Angie Orwell and Hazel Kimball. nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Burial Catholic Cemetery. Hannah C. Remp 84 died Thursday in local hospital. graveside Monday 10 a.m. Woodlawn Cemetery. Elmer Hendren 52 of Hanford Calif formerly La Crosse died Wednesday night in Hanford hospital. survived by wife Myrtle and three sons Dale James John. Anna Marie Ottersen 59 died Friday in West Salem. funeral arrangements pending.
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Rose Clifford
Cass S J
St. Joseph's Home For
Cass St
Richard Rossiter
Catholic Cemetery
South Side
Blaschke
Miss Clifford
Telephone Company
Michael McHugh
Holmen
Mary Heagney
Chicago
Josephine Sagen
la Crosse
Rochester
Hannah C. Remp
Gould St
Woodlawn
Elmer Hendren
Hanford
Calif
Myrtle
Myrtle Horde
Dale
James
John
California
Hendren
Josephine Barbour
Hillsboro
Wis
Hart Funeral Home
J. Paul Tatter
Champion Valley Cemetery
Hart's
Union Township
Barbour
William
Robert
Joe
Anna) Housner
Yuba
Kristina) Yansky
Wonewoc
Wendl
William Tvydrich
Frank
Richland Center
Alley
Elroy
Paul Stanek
Edward Urban
Viroqua
Waukesha
Patrick O'Boyle
Kendall
Tomah
O'Boyle
Milwaukee Railroad
Catheryn Faucett
Seattle
Wash
Milton
St. Mary's Catholi Church
Francis Mulligan
St. Mary's Cemetery
Ninneman Funeral Home
Ninneman's
Records County Court La Crosse Case Highlights
Roger Held, 24, of route 1, disorderly conduct. Donald Melcher, 28, of 2022 Farham Street, nonsupport with six months in County Jail, sentence stayed. Donald Brogier, 24, 827 Green Bay Street, burglary continued to December 23 with Patrick Doyle appointed for defense. Charles Blackdeer, 26, route 2 Onalaska, enticing a child to a secluded place for immoral purposes, up to two years in Green Bay Reformatory.
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Donald Melcher
Farham St
Donald G. Brogier
Green Bay St
Patrick Doylee
Brogier
Charles Blackdeer
Onalaska
Green Bay Reformatory
Births At La Crosse Hospital Named Coleen Jo And Son
La Crosse Hospital reports a December 7 birth a daughter Coleen Jo to Mr and Mrs Richard McCurdy 508 South Oak Street Onalaska. On December 8 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Bert Hendrickson 619 Avon Street.
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Coleen Jo
Richard McCurdy
S. Oak St
Onalaska
Carol Clott
Bert Hendrickson
Avon St
Margaret Parker
Weather and temperature standings across cities last night
Data shows city by city readings with low and high temperatures for the previous night. Notable values include Duluth 29 to 67, Jacksonville 55 to 75, Memphis 42 to 66, and New Orleans 46 to 64, with several other metros listed. The report concludes with an apparent weather outlook.
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Billings
Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Duluth
Galveston
Huron
Jacksonville
Kansas City
LA Crosse
Los Angeles
Madison
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
St. Louis
Washington
South Pole
Nixon Gains In Illinois Recheck But Not Enough To Upset Kennedy
The Cook County vote recheck adds Nixon votes but remains short of overturning Kennedy’s Illinois victory. Estimates show Nixon net gains ranging from 700 to 3,459, with Kennedy carrying Cook County heavily. Governors and election officials debate certification while Republicans consider a recount suit in Cook County for other races.
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Nixon
Illinois
Kennedy
Chicago
Cook County
Richard M. Nixon
John F Kennedy
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
the Election Board
GOP
Stratton
State Electoral Board
William Guild
Charles F. Carpentier
Guild
Carpentier
Joseph D. Lohman
Springfield
Benjamin Adamowski
Daniel Ward
Election Board
Adamowski
Bavarians Fail Beer Quota At Oktoberfest
Bavarians learned they did not meet this year’s beer quota at Oktoberfest with consumption totaling 2,875,000 liters, 76,100 less than 1959. Mayor Albert Bayerle cited rain cold and bad weather as the excuse for the shortfall.
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Munich
Germany
Albert Bayerle
Bayerle
Small Rise in Juvenile Court Cases in 1959
The Children’s Bureau reports juvenile delinquency court cases rose 2 percent in 1959, the smallest yearly gain in a decade, with about 483000 cases involving 416000 children. Boys accounted for over four times as many referrals as girls, and urban areas saw a 2 percent decline while semi urban and rural courts rose 7 and 15 percent.
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Washington
Children’s Bureau
The
Bureau
FBI
Young Actress Buys House Near MGM Studio
Actress Tammy Marihugh aged seven wins approval to buy a six room house near the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studio for 16000 dollars. she will live there with her parents Malcolm and Mrs Marihugh. Tammy earns 500 to 700 dollars a week at MGM.
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Los Angeles
Tammy Marihugh
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Tammy
Malcolm Marihugh
MGM
Blair meeting to feature colored slides by Mrs. Bro vold
Mrs Arnold Bro vold will show colored slides at the North Beaver Creek Luther League gathering Sunday evening in Blair Wisconsin.
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Blair
Wis
Arnold Brovold
North Beaver Creek
Luther League
Marriage License for Mickelson and Davey
LaVerne R. Mickelson of 1213 Caroline Street and Sherry L. Davey of 723 84th Street are to be married on December 16 in La Crosse.
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LaVerne R. Mickelson
Caroline
Kohler dies at 55 in apparent natural death
Carl J. Kohler Sr., a member of the Kohler family, died apparently of natural causes. He was found Nov. 16 at his hunting lodge near Phelps and likely died around Nov. 11. An autopsy failed to determine the exact cause, with no foul play suspected. His will lists more than $1 million in property and names his widow Dorothy and four sons.
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Madison
Carl J. Kohler
Kohler
Kohler Co
Walter J. Kohler Sr
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler Jr
Vilas County
Ed Stallman
J. R. Dickers
Charles Wilson
Robert Caye
Isadore Statz
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Sheboygan
Dorothy
Carl Jr
Conrad
Walter J. III
Peter
Appliance Dealers Hear Co-Op Speakers Discussion
La Crosse Independent Appliance Dealers Assn met at the Dairyland Co-op Building to hear co op speakers on objectives, problems and progress. Participants included Arvie Amason Vernon Electric Co op Robert Burns Tri County Electric Earl Cram Oakdale Co op Electrical Assn manager and Lloyd McCaskey manager with C L Fehr er Vernon Crawford County co ops plus N F Leifer Vernon EC Arnold Borgwardt Trempealeau EC Gordon Meistad Trempealeau EC. Dealer reps received system maps and home heating manuals with 1961 schedules. Alfred Roellig pres and Harry Wiggert VP.
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la Crosse
Trempealeau
Vernon
Tri-County
Oakdale
Alfred Roellig
Harry Wiggert
Marriage Licenses Issued in Whitehall and Arcadia
Dale D. Knutson in Whitehall Ohio Gordon Elena to wed December 10. Richard M. Stelmach and Jo Ann Kostner in Arcadia to wed December 27.
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Dale D. Knutson
Vivian Lorraine Gordon
Elena
Richard M. Stelmach
Jo Ann Kostner
Arcadia
Nine Workmen's Compensation Hearings Set in La Crosse
An examiner from the Wisconsin Industrial Commission will hold nine hearings in La Crosse on Tuesday and Wednesday. Cases include Otto Kreger versus J. P. Cullen and Son and Raymond Pasewaldt versus Selzer La Crosse Corp with times from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Kenneth Berger versus Buffalo County and Jesse Schulz versus Dried Milk Products Coop on Wednesday. Informal sessions run 8:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday. consults with the examiner are available on other compensation act matters.
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Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Wll
la Crosse
Otto Kreger
J. P. Cullen and Son
Frank Rhoades
Carroll Fields
Raymond Pasewaldt
Selzer la Crosse Corp
George Stone
Super Valu
Lawrence Thrune
County Board
Ralph E. Gintz
Death notices from Wisconsin communities memorialize several residents
Obituaries for Minnie W. Rick of Stoddard and others list funeral details, burial sites, and survivors. The longer notice includes Oscar E. Everson of Cashton with service details, Edith and Grace White among others, plus dates and locations across Wisconsin towns.
Federal Case Against Can Co. Dumped
New York AP U S District Court Judge Frederick Van Pelt Bryan dismissed the Justice Department case seeking to block Continental Can Co and Hazel Atlas Glass Co merger. The judge ruled the government failed to prove the 1956 merger violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act. Continental Can may move for dismissal in its favor.
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NEW York
USS
Frederick van Pelt Bryan
Justice Department
Continental Can Co
Hazel-Atlas Glass Co
Bryan
Continental Cannon
Aid Meets Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church
SPRING GROVE Minn St Peter s Lutheran Ladies Aid will gather at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church for their meeting and activities.
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Spring Grove
Minn
St. Peter's Lutheran Ladies Aid
Trinity Lutheran Church
World Briefs Roundup Highlights Global Events
In Chalindrey France Carlos Ruiz, who lost a leg, recalls a dog attack as an incident. In New Delhi Nehru resists Congo troop withdrawal, preferring a brief delay. Tokyo signs a trade treaty with the Philippines, Japan's first with a Southeast Asian nation postwar. In Lome Ethiopia's Haile Selassie tours Africa urging unity for liberty. Prague reports 14 million dollars invested to rebuild Lidice, a village razed by Nazis, now home to 143 residents.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Lidice
CTK
Church Council backs push on race and denominational barriers
The National Council of Churches, representing 40 million members, urged unity across denominations and an end to racial discrimination. J Irwin Miller, named president, supported integrating church ministry with all denominations. The resolution called on New Orleans and Louisiana to align policies with Christian principles and law, promoting joint ministries and cross-denominational trust.
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San Francisco
United States
National Council of Churches
Council
General Assembly
New Orleans
Louisiana
J. Irwin Miller
Columbus
Ind
Thelma Stevens
New York
Methodist
South
Nashville
Alabama
Little Rock
Jordan
Beongs
Foreign holdings draw Americans abroad in stocks bonds and hot money
Individual American investors have moved dollars overseas seeking higher returns in foreign stocks and bonds. In this first article Sam Dawson notes about 4 billion in foreign bonds and 5 billion in foreign securities and real estate held by individuals, with flows driven by stock market cycles and high overseas rates, contributing to a small US current account deficit and dollar pressure.
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U.S
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Caus
Washington
London
Africa
Latin America
Locals Offer Millinery and Services In Town
Better Millinery promises a Christmas hat gift with Aletta's at 5th and Market open daily from 1 p.m. Modahl Horn Shop repairs Music Instruments at 205 So 4th. Universal Photo Service at 514 State Street offers film development with satisfaction guaranteed. Rummage sale at 725 Birch St La Crescent features 5 rooms of furniture 200 knickknacks and 50 potted plants on Sat and Sun after 9 a.m. at 2821 So 22nd.
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Aletta's
Music Instruments
Modahl
Universal Photo Service
State Street
Birch St
la Crescent
Weather Record for Lacrosse and Vicinity
Variable cloudiness through Saturday with southwest winds 18 to 30 mph. Not as cold tonight with lows near 18 and highs around 10 on Saturday. Wisconsin partly cloudy in south and central portions with light snow in the far north. colder with possible snow in central and southern areas. Minnesota windy in the south, very cold in the north, warming to south and central tonight. Iowa generally fair tonight and Saturday with slowly rising temperatures. Five day forecast shows normal to slightly below normal temps 13 to 39 across the area, colder late Saturday into Tuesday, with snow flurries less than a tenth of an inch Tuesday.
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Lacrosse
Isconsin
Baturcay
Minnesota
Iowa
Beturday
Iate Tureday
Tuesay
Plead Btage 24-hr Stage Today Change
Fragmentary OCR note references a 24 hour stage and a precautionary change but lacks clear names, places, or key facts to confirm details. The readable items suggest a time sensitive update or schedule adjustment. Further context needed for precise summary.
Kennedy Leads Nixon by 144 844 in Popular Vote
AP tally shows Kennedy with 34 189 718 votes to Nixon 34 044 874 and others 460 162 from 42 states official returns and eight states incomplete. Electoral vote stands 300 for Kennedy to 223 for Nixon though recounts continue ahead of December 19 electors meeting.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
Arizona
West Virginia
Idaho
Ilinois
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Cook County
Kennedy
Nixon
Probate notices in La Crosse County Wisconsin 1960
Multiple legal notices from La Crosse County probate court announce hearings for final accounts, inheritance tax determinations, and heirship in the estates of Louise Meyer Lena Monville and Charlotte Basch. Dates set for December 20 1960 and December 27 1960 with claims deadline February 27 1961.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Louise Meyer
la Crosse
County of la Crosse
Court House
City of
Eugene A. Toepel
Hale
Skemp
Hanson
Shelby
le Crosse County
Alsace
County
la Crotee
Eugene A Toepel
Johns
Roraff, Pappas & Flaherty
Meuse
Tate
Menheing
Ofer
Fugoene
Torpel
Coun Mubert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Anna Marie Ottersen
West Salem
Jostad
Roger L. Held
Circuit Court
Weather Outlook
Cow L A Wagner
U.s.weather Bureau
Atlanta
New England
Lower
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast Region
Southern Plains
Mississippi Valley
Northern Plains
United Press
William G. Stratton
Whitehall, Wis
P.m
Lennox
Palmer Hanson Heating
George
Minnie Rick
Stoddard
Minnie W. Rick
Stoddard Methodist Church
John M. Potter
Sletten- McKee
Rick
Harry
William Stellner
Genoa
Oscar Everson
Cashton
Oscar E. Everson
Harland
Edgerton
Portland Lutheran Church
N. R. Hjermstad
Torkelson
Mr. Everson
Leon
Francis Welch
Mayme O'Boyle
Mayme O’boyle
Frank Raimer
Sparta
Frank G. Raimer
Clifton
Monroe County
Charles Pitel
Raymond
Howard
Alice) Stark
Ness Ness
Markeson
Robert Pitel
Hustler
Lanham
Virgil Nurton
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Miss Grace White
Grace White
Ada Olsen
Harold Salisbury
Clarion
Cora White
Woodstock
Ill
Clyde Ellis
Waukegan
H. Raymond Voss
Can Co
Aid
World Briefs
Chalindrey
France
Carlos Ruiz
Ruiz
New Delhi
India
Nehru
U.N
Congo
Tokyo
Japan
Philippines
Lome
Togo
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Sylvanus Olympio
Church Council
Harold V. Streeter
By Sam Dawson
Sunriee
Sumeet
Kroner
Dad
Mom
American Legion
Stoddard, Wis
Santa
Claus
Rogers Standard
4Th and
la Crosse Streets
Fred
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