Seven Highway Deaths By Weekend Toll Rises In Wisconsin
Wisconsin reports seven more highway fatalities over the weekend raising the 1961 toll to 854. Victims include Alex Stroik 34 of Stevens Point killed in a city street crash, Stanley Meier 36 of Winona Minn after a Sunday icy Highway 35 collision, and Jeannette Fenske 23 Appleton who died after a two car crash on Highway 10. Other deaths involve Harold Thurber 17 and James Armbruster 15 in rural crashes along Highway 73, plus Andrew Pondre 69 of Milwaukee who died after being struck in a Milwaukee intersection.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Alex Stroik
Stevens Point
Stanley Meier
Winona
Minn
Buffalo County
Edward Carpenter
Weyauwega
Waupaca
Jeannette Fenske
Appleton
Highway 10
Forest Richardson
Sparta
Arthur Fenske
Monroe County
Tomah
Wisconsin Rapids
Harold Thurber
Highway 73
James Armbruster
Andrew Pondre
Milwaukee
Allied Radio
Allis-Chalmers
Can
Amer
Tel & Tel
Anaconda Avco
Oe Boe
Boston Capital
Brunswick Caterpillar
Ford
Pruehaus Trailer
Gamble
Skogmo
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Tele
Glass Tire Inc
Great North
Greyhound
Illinois Central
Inter
Harvester
NS Interstate Power
Iones & Laughlin
Lax Cooler
Lockheed
Ludlow Type
Mack Trucks
Minn. Mining
Montgomery Ward
Funeral set for Elroy Police Chief John Weger
John Weger 60 longtime Elroy chief of police and Juneau County deputy sheriff died of a heart attack Saturday. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elroy Methodist Church with burial in Elroy Cemetery Masonic rites. Survived by wife Hilda son John Jr daughter Mrs Andrew Rice two brothers sister and ten grandchildren.
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Elroy
Wis
John
Jack) Weger
Juneau County
Elroy Methodist Church
Alfred Attwood
Zenner and Haire
Weber
Vienna
Austria
Madison
Wisconsin
Maneliffe Co
Shad, Boldt and Boyd
Milwaukee
Weather Outlook Recaps Cities by Rank
The report lists cities including Billings Bismarck Boston Chicago Dubuque Galveston Huron Jacksonville Kansas City Knoxville Lacrosse Los Angeles Madison Memphis Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York St Louis Washington with weather outlook notes for the period. Temperature and precipitation expectations vary by location and date.
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Billings
Bismarck
Boston
Chicago Dubuque
Galveston
Huron
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Knoxville
Lacrosse
Los Angeles
Madison
Memphis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
St. Louis
Washington
Local obituaries list Larson Wilkie Nagle Kriz in La Crosse area
Death notices for Sophia Louise Larson 65 West Salem Alfred V Wilkie 72 Bangor Bernard C Nagle 55 Dakota and Mrs Elizabeth Kriz 94 Saint Wenceslaus Church memorials note multiple survivors relatives and funeral details across La Crosse area with services and burial plans announced.
Obituary for Leo C. Bezosky
Leo C. Bezosky, 75, of 1315 Market St., died Sunday in a local hospital. He was born in Vernon County on November 5, 1886, and worked for the Milwaukee Railroad for 47 years retiring September 9, 1958. Survived by Amy and two sons Ray and Roy.
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Leo C. Bezosky
Market St
Vernon County
Milwaukee Railroad
Amy
Ray
Roy
Funeral services announced for Ernest J. in Viroqua
In La Crosse one brother Ernest J of Viroqua and one grandchild are noted. Services are set for Wednesday at 3 30 p m at Sletten McKee Funeral Home with Rev Deane Irish officiating at Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday from 7 to 9 p m at the funeral home.
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Bernard C. Nagle
Dakota
Minn
Maurice
Dalles
Oregon
Herman
Alice Marie) Thill
la Crosse
Hellwig-Morris
Frank Glynn
Catholic
Elizabeth Kriz
Hood St
Nelson Funeral Home
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Albert Herbert
Hillsboro
Wis
Howard Farra
Hart Funeral Home
Sylvia Lee
Sherman Cemetery
Forrest
Ardella Bugbee
Armed Services
Howard
Ft. Campbell
Edward
Ft. Eustice
Lee
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Richard
Mary
Virginia
Corbin
Viroqua
Westby
Mathea Homstad
North Coon Prairie Lutheran Church
Anderson Funeral Chapel
Mathea Olson
Hundorp
Norway
Charles Homstad
Homstad
Eddie
Clarence
Elmer
Cannon Falls
Oscar
North Clayton
Sugar Grove Church of Christ
Bryan Thiel
Sylvan Cemetery
Chitwood Funeral Home
Henthorn
Volga City
Iowa
Warren Randall
Perry Henthorn
Gerald
Soldiers Grove
Theron
Viola
Herbert
Beloit
Minneapolis
Carl Salmon
Deliavan
George Smith
Billy Salmon
Prairie du Chien
John Belint
Milwaukee and Chicago Live Stock Markets Report
The report covers Milwaukee and South St. Paul bidding. Hog prices rise 25 cents for butcher and sows steady with various weight ranges listed. Cattle and calves show mixed gains and weak trade in spots. Chicago Mercantile Exchange prices for butter eggs and grains noted, with regional potato and poultry figures.
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Bologna
Chicago Mercantile Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
South 8St. Paul
ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
Kennedy aims for alliance support amid Latin trip
President Kennedy tours Latin America with Bogotá Caracas and Bogota crowds cheering. He pushes the Alliance for Progress a 20 million plan to lift living standards and seeks backing from Betancourt and Lleras Camargo to rally hemispheric support against the Berlin crisis. He itineraries include a two day meeting in Bermuda with Prime Minister Macmillan to discuss Berlin tensions.
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Kennedy
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Washington
Berlin
Bermuda
Harold Macmillan
Great Britain
Thhreat
Alliance For Progress
Caracas
Bogota
Romulo Betancourt
Alliance For Peace
Betancourt
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Colombia
Cholera-Like Disease Kills 745 in Philippines
Manila reports 745 deaths from choleriform enteritis since September and about 4,000 people afflicted. Health department officials warned the outbreak resembles cholera. The illness prompted urgent public health measures across affected areas and ongoing monitoring by authorities.
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Philippines
Manila
Health Department
Multistate Obituary Roundup Includes Hutchins and Ellenz
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Orin Hutchins in OsKaloosa Iowa aged 79 a former Friends pastor and Mabel Minnesotas Hesper area death. Other notices list John Ellenz 89 of Caledonia Howard Farra 67 Westby Mathea Homstad 96 Blair area Mrs Olaf Engebretson 83 Blair and Mrs Perry Henthorn 69 Soldiers Grove plus correction on Minnie Pittenger widow of John Sanders.
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Mabel, Minn
Hesper Friends Church
Orin Hutchins
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Richard Hartman
Naomi Lock
Hesper Public Cemetery
Mr. Hutchins
Walton
Wis
William Hutchins
Oshea McFarland
Friends Meeting
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Hutchins
Osa Shafer
Rene Jane Driggs
le Mesa
Calif
Edna Hutchins
Stuart
Ethel Peterson
Baraboo
Edith Brauer
Wonewoc
Sparta
John Sanders
Minnie Pittenger
Eunice Pittenger
Wiley Outlines 10 Point Plan of Legislation
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin proposes a ten point program for the new session. Key items include port and flood control projects, a Madison diary products lab, and a park reserve for ice age features. Other aims cover education funding, fair trade, school meals, a watchdog on federal spending, welfare expansion, Social Security earnings limits, and tax loophole closing.
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Washington
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Wiley
Madison
Far East Tourist Sphere Urged in Japan White Paper
Tokyo reports the transport ministry calls for a Far East tourist sphere modeled on Europe to boost regional tourism. The white paper urges Japan and neighboring nations to take positive steps to develop the industry.
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Tokyo
Transportation Ministry
Japan
Weather Record and Five Day Forecast for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
The report lists degree days to date and for the normal period through Dec 17 1960. Five day forecast covers Tuesday through Saturday with much colder temperatures and light snow or freezing drizzle in La Crosse Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa regions. Winds northwesterly 20 to 40 mph with lows around 10 above and highs near 10.
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Great Plains
Great Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Ihe
Doerre Home Advertises Wide Gift Selection
Doerre Hdme at 302 Pearl St offers a broad holiday gift lineup including tools kitchen items and household goods such as a hacksaw level taperule trouble light candy thermometer and electric shaver. It promotes durable enduring gifts for families.
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Doerre Hdme
Pearl St
Renk Opens Campaign Tour For Wisconsin Governor
Wilbur M. Renk of Sun Prairie announced his 1962 bid for governor visiting La Crosse and planning a statewide primary push. He backs a 2 percent sales tax with credits for food and medicine, expands higher education, funds farm research, and aims to start a state campaign on January 15 with a new organization. Renk, 52, UW alumnus and farmer, has two children and runs a 1400 acre seed corn farm with brothers.
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Wilbur M. Renk
Sun Prairie
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Dane County
University of Wisconsin
Renk
Helen Schultheis l
Chicago
Richard Tomlin
Pensacola
Fla
Steven
Robert
Walter
William F. Renk
Black River Falls
Norman Longfellow
Teen Couple Found Dead In Parked Car
In Waterford area the bodies of 19 year old Glenn Joseph Barry from Franksville and 18 year old Mary Dianne Collins of Waterford were found in a parked car two miles northwest of the Racine County community. Coroner Bernstein Evenson ruled death by carbon monoxide from a defective exhaust system. The car rested near the Buena Park subdivision.
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Waterford
Racine County
Glenn Joseph Barry
Franksville
Mary Dianne Collins
Bernard Evenson
Buena Park
Winker Hearing Again Postponed in Genoa Case
Viroqua Wis A preliminary hearing for Samuel L Winker 47 was postponed until 10 a m Wednesday Dec 27 at the request of his lawyers He is charged with murdering his wife Elline 32 and her father Alonzo Carter 59 of Genoa with a deer rifle the night of November 26 at the Romance Tavern five miles east of Genoa.
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Viroqua
Wis
Samuel L. Winker
Winker
Elline
Alonzo Carter
Genoa
Romance
Veteran Gale businessman John Johnson dies at 84
John Johnson 84 longtime Galesville theater operator and businessman died Sunday in a La Crosse hospital after a long illness. He was born January 1877 in Freeport Illinois and lived in Galesville 52 years. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. burial Pine Cliff Cemetery. He is survived by wife Martha two daughters, one son Arthur. He was a Modern Woodmen of America member.
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Thorvald
Sophia Louise) Larson
West Salem
la Crosse
Stener Engelstad
la Crosse County
Norman
Onalaska
Martha Munson
William
Lena) Ferris
Bertha Thompson
Helmer Engelstad
Pinehurst
Idaho
Larson
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Walter Ekern
Neshonoc
Jostad Funeral Home
Alfred V. Wilkie
Bangor
Burns
Frank
Sparta
Mattie Wilkie
Rockland
Ahart
Clara) Craig
Wilkie
Mulder
Fossum Funeral Home
Warren Zinn
Fairview Cemetery
Galesville
Wis
John
Johnson
Richard Hill
Pine Cliff Cemetery
Smith Mortuary
Mr. Johnson
Freeport
Ill
Galesvily
Gale Theater
Arthur. Ae
Modern Woodsmen of America
Martha A. Skare
Arthur
Calesville
Harold
Grace) Jones
Sheboygan
R. H
Christine) van Tassell
Kohler
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Weather Outlook
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B. F. Goodrich
R.P.M
6Th & State Sts
New York, MN
Ember
New York Stock Exchange
Monsanto Chem
By— Northern Pacific
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Olin Mathieson
Central Tele
Pepsi-Cola
Clark O & R
Pfizer
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Pete Gen
Merchan
Republic Steel
Godfrey Co
Rexall Drug
Hamilton Mfg
Reynolds Metals
Heileman B
Royal Dutch
Koehring Co
Safeway Stores
Lax Tele
G. D. Searle
Marine Cap
Sears Roebuck
McQuay, Inc
Sinclair Oil
Nekoosa Ed
Socony
No, Plastics
Sperry Rand Ind
Northw. Banc
Oil
Hy. Stud. Packard
Sunray
Royal Dutch New Swift
York
Texaco
Texas East
Trane NS Trane Co
United Airlines
Western Power
U.S. Rubber
Wis. Pow. & Lt
U.S. Steel
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Westinghouse Elec
Western Union
Boston Fund
White Motor
Chem. Fund
Woolworth
Eaton & Howar Zenith
Bal
Eaton & Howar Commodities
Fidelity Fund
Inc
Dow Jones
Anch
Puritan Fund
Swift & Company
Ichicago Poultry Chicago
U.S
Idaho Bakers
Minnesota North
Ae River Valley
Chicago Grain Chicago
Milwaukee Livestock
John Ellen
Caledonia
John Ellenz
Steffen
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Alfred Frisch
Calvary Cemetery
Ellenz
Mathew Ellenz
Olaf Engebretson
Hilda Sather
United States
Taylor
Angus
Neenah
Joseph
Rockford
Olaf Jr
Greenwich
Mrs. Perry Henthorn
Far East
Cary
Jhe
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Walter S. Goodland
Out Party
Haddad Rug and Carpet CO
Oriental Rugs
King St. la Crosse, Wis
Persia
Davenport
India
Gale
Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Medical Clinic
Excelsior
TOWM
Bernard Hake
Martin Hake
Ferry ST
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