Christmas Party for Diplomats’ Kids at White House
Washington First Lady Pat Nixon hosted a Christmas party for 515 children of foreign diplomats. The New Zoo Review entertained with Henrietta Hippo Freddie the Frog and Charlie the Owl leading songs and activities. Santa arrived as Alicia Ventura of Argentina asked if the President was present.
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Washington
New Zoo Review
Henrietta Hippo
Freddie the Frog
Charlie the Owl
515
East Ballroom
Pat Nixon
White House
Santa Claus
Nixon
Alicia Ventura
Argentina
Walkers Warned for Christmas Holiday Pedestrian Safety
The National Transportation Safety Board warns of up to a thousand pedestrian deaths this December. Chair John H. Reed urges visibility at night, light clothing, and flashlight use in unlit areas, with highest risk between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. The National Safety Council estimates 550 to 650 traffic deaths during the Christmas weekend nationwide.
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Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
John H. Reed
Safety Board
Reed
Chicago
National Safety Council
Convicts To Fast At Walpole Prison Christmas
More than 400 prisoners at Walpole State Prison pledge to skip Christmas dinner to aid the needy elderly and sick. Ann Brandon of the Massachusetts Lawyers Guild says 431 inmates offered the sacrifice to show they are not unfeeling animals in a cage. AT and T expects 11.5 million long distance calls on Christmas making it busiest day, with 135000 overseas calls handled by international centers.
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Walpole, Mass
Walpole State Prison
Ann Brandon
Massachusetts Lawyers Guild
Brandon
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Christmas parachute mishap and festive beer drive in England
In Chipping Norton children watched for Santa Claus while Cpl. George Shone landed miles away after his parachute jump. He joked his beard kept flapping and he went down blind. Santa Shane planned to pin the beard next year. In Leicester, St Luke’s Wine Circle hosted 50 pensioners serving 200 pints of beer and 72 bottles of wine.
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Chipping Norton
England
Santa Claus
Cpl
George Shone
Royal Signal Corps
Santa Shane
Leicester
St. Luke’s
Pope Paul VI to celebrate Christmas and New Year in Rome sites
The Pope will say Mass at a midnight Christmas Eve service on Mt Soratte with railway workers and on New Year’s Day visit and Mass for maimed children at Orione Institute atop Mt Mario in Rome. He will address Vatican cardinals Friday and celebrate Christmas Day Mass in St Peter’s Basilica. In Maryland burglars steal tickets cash and jewelry from Aberdeen Proving Ground headquarters.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Mt. Soratte
Rome
Vatican
Orione Institute
Mt. Mario
Paul
St. Peter’s
Aberdeen
Army Ordnance Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Proxmire Opens Hearing On Weapons Buying
Senator William Proxmire launches four days of hearings into Pentagon weapons procurement. He questions Litton Industries about possible dumps of financial trouble on the Navy after seeking a $40 million preyear cash infusion, disputed shipbuilding claims, and interest-free funding on a $1.2 billion contract for five LHA ships. He also notes ongoing scrutiny of Lockheed’s C5A program and the F14 status.
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Washington
Pentagon
William Proxmire
Litton Industries
Litton
Roy Ash
Nixon
Office of Management and Budget
Fred W. O’greene
Vitation
Proxmire
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Navy
Lockheed Aircraft
Wisconsin Democrat
John W. Warner
Securities and Exchange Commission
Pascagoula
Miss
Death notices from La Crosse area
Obituaries list Hazel G Wisler James Lofgren Dorothy Yarborough Ruth Pretasky, all La Crosse residents, died December 18 19 and arrangements noted. Survivors include spouses children and siblings with services and locations in Wisconsin and Maryland. Funeral details provided by Schumacher Funeral Home and local churches.
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Hazel G. Wisler
Cecil
Hazel) Wisler
Glendale Ave
Schumacher Funeral Home
Grain Elevator Fire Destroys Springfield Facility
Damages from a Sunday fire in Springfield Minnesota are estimated between 700000 and 800000 dollars. The seven hundred fifty thousand bushels of grain were stored in the nearly new elevator and firemen from four towns fought the blaze for over six hours. Norman Danielson of Springfield Farmers Elevator Co. said the building was just over a year old and packed with 275000 bushels of corn 22000 of soybeans and more than 1000 of oats. The cause was not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Minn
Norman Danielson
Springfield Farmers Elevator Co
Springfield
New Ulm
Sleepy Eye
Danielson
Minnesota
Deaths in Tri State: Andrew Scott and Francis Gorham
Andrew Scott 81 of Prosper Minn died Saturday December 16 in a Spring Grove hospital. Funeral Monday at Burr Oak Lutheran Church Ridgeway Iowa with burial in Lutheran Cemetery. Francis Gorham 53 of Mabel Minn died December 16 at his home from an apparent heart attack. He was born September 12 1919 in Warba Minn and was a World War II veteran.
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Andrew Scott Mabel
Minn
Burr Oak Lutheran
Andrew Scott
Prosper
Spring Grove
Bernhardt Polesky
Ridgeway
Iowa
Winneshiek County
Helge Scott
Charlotte Hovey
Casimir Zdun
Orville Hovey
Cresco
Joseph Tofte
Kanawha
Clarence Iverson
Clarion
Mabel, Minn
Francis Gorham
Mabel
Warba Minn
Lester Gorham
Marriages Licenses and Obituary Details From Sparta La Crosse and Taylor
Licenses issued for Dennis D Dockerty and Susan Kay Beebe to wed in Tomah on Dec 23. In La Crosse Richard C Twite and Marion L Ristow to wed Dec 30. Twite a milk route operator and Legion VFW Lions Church member. survivors listed with multiple relatives. Taylor Wis Mrs Lanth Star 62 a teacher died of heart attack. services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Taylor Lutheran Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. she taught second grade and is survived by two sons, two daughters, a brother, two sisters and 12 grandchildren.
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James Lofgren
Shawnee Mission
Kan
la Crosse
Jane
Dale
Vicki
James
Ruth Lofgren
Tucson
Ariz
Richard
Seattle
Wash
Lutheran Church of Our Savior
Thomas Yarbrough
Thomas
Dorothy) Yarbrough
Hyattsville
Edward Schrieber
Central High School
Thomas Jr
Riverdale
Timothy
Michael
Tony
Mary) Pilostomos
Emilie Schreiber
Robert
Raymond
Florence) Reininga
South Bend
Ind
Harry
Ruth) Harnish
Marilyn) Lee
Rochester
Ruth
Harold
Ruth) Pretasky
Milwaukee
Henry Moers
Harold Sr
Roger
Carol Lee) Novak
Harold Jr
Bud
David
Wausau
Norman
Dorothy) Redfuss
California
Irene Sciborski
Edmund
Alicia) Woestman
Ralph
Helen) Roellich
Ruthie
Schumacher Funeral Home
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Peter J. Butz
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
Sparta
Wis
Dennis D. Dockerty
R. J, Sparta
Susan Kay Beebe
Depot St
Ted W. Schleicher
McCaul St
Tomah
Wanda Kay Wagner
Woodard Ave
American Legion
VFW
Lions Club
Hesper Lutheran Church
Meadowland Dairy
Sonja Tranaas
Hesper
Darrell
Minneapolis
Marvin
Mabel
Kathleen
Monica
Fannie Sherburne
Myrtle Odegaarden
Houston
Clinton Opsahl
Leland Sagdalen
Dale Thompson
Decorah
Marvin Sherburne
Milton Sherburne
Jamestown
N. D
James Eide
Alma Sherburne
Nora Newman
Prosper
Bernhardt Polesky
Taylor
Lanth Star
Taylor Lutheran Church
Vern Barlow
Woodlawn
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Star
Theodore Thompson
Northfield
Jackson County
Taylor School
Frederick
Black River Falls
Re Ave
Menomonie
Maynard Clipper
Whitehall
Donavon John
Onalaska
Orphis Thompson
Osseo
Leonard Pederson
Babson Park, Fla
Fern Thompson
County Court records and rail derailment report
County Court records list multiple cases including Raymond Deer charged with drunkenness and Melford Grizzlybear serving 10 days under the Huber Law. A La Crosse Circuit Court divorce case involves Gertrude Foley and Thomas Foley with custody granted to the mother. A Burlington Northern derailment near Carlton detours rail repair for days with 90 loaded cars causing extensive track damage but no injuries.
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la Crosse
Raymond B. Deer
Roseville
Minn
Melford Grizzlybear
Everett L. Hulberg
Winona
Wisconsin
Senate
E. Baker
Caroline St
Leonard C. Zumach
Hyde Ave
Circuit Court
Gertrude (Wild) Foley
Cedar Drive
la Crescent
Thomas L. Foley
S. 3Rd St
Carlton, Minn
Burlington Northern Railroad
Carlton
Hanna National
Nashwauk
Minnesota
Iron Range
Allouez
Superior
Wis
Burlington Northern
Hanna
Births in Wisconsin Area Mark Dec 13 to Dec 17
Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse reports a Dec 13 birth a son to Mr and Mrs Alan Abraham R 4 Tomah Sharon McMahon. Dec 15 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Ronald Sherry 106 S Sheridan Houston Minn Sheryl Unnasch. Dec 15 a son to Mr and Mrs Charles Moen 2425 Hoeschler Drive Gretchen Looft. Dec 16 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Schams Dakota Minn Ruth E Koeller. Dec 16 a son to Mr and Mrs Lee L McGuire 162 N Shore Drive Fountain City Lola Stuart. Mrs Richard A Kiedrowski R 2 Ettrick Mary Johnson. St Francis Hospital Onalaska Janet Ruppert. Robert Chambers 3414 Robinsdale Ave Janet Gilkeson. Dec 17 a son to Mr and Mrs Rick Vogel Onalaska Debra Hamburg. Dec 17 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Ronald Paulson Galesville Lorraine Koepke.
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Carol Jean Gorman
Kenneth Schams
Dakota
Minn
Ruth E. Koeller
Lee L. McGuire
N. Shore Drive
Fountain City
Lola Stuart
Richard A. Kiedrowski
Ettrick
Mary Johnson
St. Francis Hospital
John P. McConaghy
Onalaska
Janet Ruppert
Robert Chambers
Robinsdale Ave
Janet Gilkeson
Rick Vogel
Debra Hamburg
Ronald Paulson
Galesville
Lorraine Koepke
Power Plants Nearer Cities Are Proposed
The Interior Department recommends building coal powered plants near cities needing electricity rather than shipping coal long distances. The plan faces a federal court case and environmental scrutiny over air quality and impacts on the Southwest Colorado River basin. The report says reducing plant emissions is essential, but no alternative meets projected 20 year power needs.
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Washington
Southwest
Interior Department
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Colorado River
Higher Taxes Proposed For Mobile Homeowners
A Wisconsin Legislative Council committee heard proposals to raise taxes on mobile home owners. Ed Johnson of the Wisconsin League of Municipalities argued homeowners now bear a larger share of community costs under current tax rules based on fair market value minus furnishings. Halverson of the Mobile Home Association opposed a minimum tax as discriminatory, noting Elm Grove as the only known community with full-cost payment. The committee was formed last summer at the urging of the Wisconsin Towns Association.
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Madison, Wis
Legislative Council
Ed Johnson
Madison
Wisconsin League of Municipalities
HE. Halverson
The
Mobile Home Association
Johnson
Mobile
Elm Grove
Halverson
Wisconsin Towns Association
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Rockies
Santa
Dallas
Smokey Cannon
Smokey
Wells Fargo Special
Tombstone
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South Avenue
la Crosse, Wis
Lacrosse Richard C. Twite
Losey Blvd. S
Marion L. Ristow
Mrs. Lanth Stai
Charles Sanders
Istmas C
la Crosse Tribune
Place of Jazz
Jay St
Rossor
Txcrosse
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