City Opens Bids for Water Well Pumping Units
Bids on pumping equipment for three new city water wells were opened by the board of public works. City Engineer Zenno Gorder said tested wells can supply ample water. Low bid came from Egerer-Galloway Well Corp of Milwaukee at 16550.
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Fairgrounds
Emerson School
Pine Street
Myrick Park
Hillview Avenue
la Crosse Street
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Egerer-Galloway Well Corp
Milwaukee
Fairbanks-Morse and Company
St. Paul
Minn
Tart Ide Corporation
Minneapolis
Milwaukee Jury Convicts Claud Thompson of First Degree Murder
A Milwaukee Municipal Court jury found Claud Thompson, 39, guilty of first degree murder in the July 7 shooting of Doris Dehne, 24, a mother and divorcee. He received a life sentence. Dehne’s visitor Manuel Anderson, 26, was wounded in the trailer home shooting reportedly sparked by jealousy.
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Milwaukee
Claud Thompson
Doris Dehne
Scouts Worldwide Aid Sparks Local Growth and News
La Crosse Scout office reports thanks from Europe for clothing aid sent in 1951. Germany and Willie Kaus express gratitude amid wartime hardship while local units expand with Cub packs and troops across Franklin Blessed Sacrament St. John's Hamilton St. Thomas More and Washington schools.
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Europe
Gertrude Grindler
Germany
Willie Kaus
Kenneth Dahl
Franklin School
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
St. John's Catholic Church
Hamilton School
St. Thomas More Catholic
Central High School Debaters Finish Second in New Richmond
The Central High School debate squad placed second at the New Richmond tournament held December 5 and 6, earning 396 points behind winner Duluth Deerfield High School with 428. Jon Bunge earned first negative speaker and a best speaker trophy, while teammates Edward Werner, Richard Hoglund, and James Mack contributed to an 11 win 1 loss record under coach Wilbur Sperling.
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Richmond
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Centrals
Duluth Deerfield High School
Central
Jon Bunge
Bunge
Edward Werner
Richard Hoglund
James Mack
New Richmond
Wilbur Sperling
Aquinas
Merrill
Invalid Dies Of Burns In Milwaukee Home
Sharon Hall, 36, an amateur artist and semi invalid, died Thursday after her clothes caught fire while lighting a cigarette at her Milwaukee home. Her mother returned home to find Hall severely burned near the front door. the house sustained no fire damage.
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Milwauker
Sharon Hall
Ahere
La Crosse State College Training School Yearly Christmas Pageant
The Christmas pageant will be held at 3 p m on Thursday December 18 in the Little Theater. The pageant features Penny Brindley as Spirit of Christmas with a large cast including Mary Cavouras Stewart Miller and Joseph as King Herod and James Taylor among the Three Wise Men. Various roles include numerous shepherds guards fathers herald angels angel chorus and an accompanying chorus with a large list of student names and staff directing the production led by Howard Fredericks with several faculty supervising costumes staging and music.
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Mary Cavouras
Mary
Stewart Miller
Joseph
Richard Kuhlen
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Robert Howard
Peter Nustad
James Taylor
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Charles van Koren
John Schilling
Kent Quisel
Perry Walters
Laurie Brewer
Michael Swanson
Alan Lockett
Garet van de Steeg
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Dennis Niebuhr
Richard Hays
Bernard Lieder
George Marquardt
Clarence Netwal
Richard Walters
James Myrick
Barry Dellenbach
Fritz Schubert
Sven Midelfort
Leif Gundersen
Gary Molzahn
John Peters
Warren Knapp
Barbara Thompson
Ann Wheeler
Penny Wolf
Sybil Ginsky
Mary Ellen Hebberd
Nancy Hoelzer
Paula Pokhandt
John Rooks
Joel Fantle
Howard Fredericks
Marjorie Smith
Marion Hammes
Lenore Wilson
Rhea Peterson
Agnes Breene
Lester Steinhoff
Florence Prybylowski
Polio Strikes 3 In Family
Chicago story notes Thomas Michiels 31 paralyzed from the neck down after polio halted his dental practice in Park Ridge. His wife and son Robert 5 also affected. family seeks help as friends form a fund raising $500. Grandchildren cared for by grandparents while two other sons escape illness. Eire bans trading stamps.
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Chicago
Thomas Michiels
Robert
Michiels
Park Ridge
South Side
Thomas A. Michiels
Ridgway Declares Western Europe Goals Achievable
General Matthew Ridgway told an American Club luncheon that the military objectives to safeguard Western Europe are obtainable and will be attained with God’s help. He spoke ahead of the Atlantic Alliance meeting as ministers from fourteen nations gathered in Paris.
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Paris
Matthew B Ridgway
Europe
NATO Leaders Meet in Paris Approve Ridgway Plan for 1954
NATO nations gather in Paris as the military committee ends its sessions and is reported to have approved General Ridgway's military plans for next year 1954.
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Tlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
NATO Military Committee
Ridgway
Patterson Named Next Oregon Governor After McKay Resigns
In Salem Oregon Paul L Patterson a 52 year old Republican attorney will become governor once Douglas McKay resigns to join the Eisenhower administration as secretary of the interior Patterson inherits the role by virtue of being State Senate president A state Supreme Court ruling settled the line of succession saying the Senate president is next in line even between elections and the new legislative session
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Paul L. Patterson
Douglas McKay
McKay
Eisenhower
Interior
Patterson
State Senate
State Supreme Court
Earl Newbry
Senate
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