Record Cold Widespread Across Wisconsin and Nation
Wisconsin and other states faced severe winter weather with subzero readings. La Crosse hit -10 and forecasts predicted -15 to -20 by Thursday night, while Bemidji reported -24 and Chicago endured seven straight subzero days. Snow and ice trapped cattle in South Dakota and disrupted travel and schools across multiple regions.
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la Crosse
Airport
Carl Peterson
Peterson
Associated Press
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Superior
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Florida
Texas
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Illinois
Bradford
Chicago
Louisville
Mobile
Ala
Tallahassee
Tampa
Miami
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Tenn
Demonstration Triggers Soviet Police Seal Ghana Embassy
In Moscow police sealed off approaches to the Ghanaian embassy after a Wednesday demonstration by about 500 Ghanaian and African students. Police barred male Africans from the entry while two female students reached the doorway and found the embassy closed. The protest followed reports that a Ghanaian student, Asare Addo, 29, died near Moscow after being found frozen in a field. authorities said autopsy showed alcohol influence.
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Moscow
J. B. Elliott
Vyacheslav Yelutin
Asare Addo
Tass
Red Square
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Wisconsin Seaman Drowns Off Toledo on Ice Water
A Wisconsin seaman aboard the Lake freighter J. L. Reiss moored in the Maumee River fell overboard into 25 feet of icy water and drowned. The victim was Gordon W. Anderson, 33, of Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, and his body has not yet been recovered. No ruling has been made.
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Toledo, Ohio
Wisconsin
J. L. Reiss
Maumee River
Gordon W. Anderson
Ellison Bay
Wis
Slain Wisconsin housewife found with infant unharmed
Florence Kilsdonk 28 was stabbed multiple times in the neck and chest in her kitchen in BLACK CREEK Outagamie County. Her husband Marvin returned from work to find her dead and their two month old son Jeffrey on a table. Police seek motive as evidence and the crime scene are examined.
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Black Creek
Outagamie
Bernard Kemps
Florence Kilsdonk
Kemps
Marvin
Menasha
Jeffrey
Calvin Spice
Spice
City Hall to close early before Christmas
La Crosse City Hall will shut at 1 p.m. Tuesday before Christmas. Mayor Milo G. Knutson directed department heads to operate with skeleton crews for the day.
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la Crosse
Milo G. Knutson
Merchants Set Concern Over Night Openings Dates
Merchants chose the dates indicated below in dark numbers as their night openings, signaling plans for evening sales events and potential impacts on daytime markets.
December 1963 Weekday Calendar Fragments
A concise fragment listing days from December 1963 Tuesday to Friday with dates 16 17 18 19 20 21. The text presents a partial calendar snippet without context or events.
Canadian Killed In Crash At Two Harbors
An elderly Canadian, Hjalmar W. Hygaard, 75, of Port Arthur Ont., died when a car along U S Highway 61 near Two Harbors veered into a driveway approach. His son Richard Hygaard, 26, was injured and hospitalized. Minnesota's 1963 traffic toll rose to 761.
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Two Harbors
Minn
U.S. Highway 61
Hjalmar W. Hygaard
Port Arthur
Ont
Richard
Highway Patrol
Minnesota
IRS Sells Cohen's Jewelry for 19000 in Los Angeles
Flashy jewels once owned by ex mobster Mickey Cohen sold by the Internal Revenue Service for about 19000 to help cover roughly 375000 in back taxes. The 43 pieces were appraised at about 50000.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Internal Revenue Service
Senate Defeats Cuts to Foreign Aid Bill in Senate
The Senate rejected two amendments aimed at reducing the 3.2995 billion foreign aid measure. Morse sought to cut support for defense pact allies from 380 million to 300 million, and Ellender pushed a 380 to 350 million cut. Debate highlighted tensions over aid to Formosa, South Korea, and bordering nations as a test of Johnson administration priorities.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Wayne Morse
Core
House
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Morse
John O. Pastore
Hubert H. Humphrey
Santa helper urges shoppers to browse gift pages
The Santa helper announces readers should check the advertisement pages for gift ideas and holiday specials. It emphasizes shopping early and using the paper's ad sections to find suitable presents.
Electric meters reveal farm monthly power costs
On a Nicollet farm 26 meters tracked power use across dairy beef swine and sheep. Totals show hot water at 5.85, TV at 0.56, washing and drying 4.85 and overall monthly bill just under 22 dollars.
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Nicollet
Minn
Roland Engel
Engel
Wetherill
Wisconsin's 1963 Top News Events Named by AP
The Associated Press polls Wisconsin editors to list the ten leading 1963 news stories. Highlights include state tax and budget crisis, a Kenosha crime case, the insanity verdict in a deputy chief’s secretary killing, judicial appointment controversy, Reynolds vs Senate power dispute, a Green Bay family massacre, stock disclosure by politicians, Gronouski named postmaster general, a Milwaukee police morale inquiry, and a deadly tent heater explosion at a state camp.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Associated Press
Kenosha
Anthony Biernat
Sanley Haukedahl
David Rabinovitz
John W. Reynolds
State Senate
Supreme Court
Harry Hebard
Green Bay
Fabulous Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp
John Gronouski
John Doe
West Berliners Cross Into East With New Passes
West Berliners began crossing into East Berlin using newly issued communist passes to visit relatives for the first time in over two years. Police said six people, three adults and three children, crossed in the early afternoon, with a separate crossing reporting 22 people. Officials noted the crossings came as a surprise since passes were not to be valid until 5 a.m. Friday, and a government spokesman suggested East Germans may have granted exceptions as a large rush was anticipated to start Friday.
Judges From Other Districts Set For Western Wisconsin Docket
U S District Court in Western Wisconsin will hear cases Jan 13 through March 14 with judges from other districts rotating. The Madison court has lacked a regular judge since Patrick Stone’s death. David Rabinovitz’s appointment stalled in the Senate. The schedule lists Dil lin Indianapolis, Pool Springfield, Grant or Eschbach South Bend or Fort Wayne, Grubb, and Will Chicago across the period.
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JU. S. District Court
Kenneth P. Grubb
U.S. District Court For
Western Wisconsin
Western District Court
Madison
Patrick Stone
David Rabinovitz
Sheboygan
Senate
Grubb
John S. Hastings
7Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
S. Hugh Dillin
Indianapolis
Omer Pool
Pringfield
Ill
Robert A. Grant
South Bend
Ind
Jesse E. Eschbach
Fort Wayne
Hubert L. Will
Hicago
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