Prominent BRF Auto Dealer Dies
Theodore Silvernail 43 longtime Black River Falls Chevrolet dealer died after a heart attack while driving home from the garage. Born 1912 near Highmore SD he served in the Army and settled in Black River Falls founding Falls Chevrolet. Survived by wife June and two sons, services set. Lions Club plans to attend. Burial at Riverside Cemetery.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Theodore Silvernail
Mr. Silvernail
Highmore
Brookings
The
Falls Chevrolet Co
Black River
Lions Club
Lions
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Jackson
Silvernail
Langlois-Galston
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Rev. L. A. Koopman
Riverside Cemetery
Dulles Questions Need for $200 Million Aid Increase
Dulles at a news conference questioned why a $200 million rise in economic aid was necessary and attacked Soviet aid as a potential Trojan Horse. Senator Potter warned against hastily approving $5 billion in new aid, while Senator Mansfield called the figure too large and warned it could betray congressional leaders.
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Dulles
Kee Dulles
Russia
Sen
Potter
R-Mich
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Rockefeller resigns as Ike to discuss NATO council result
The President accepted with deep regret the Dec 31 resignation of Nelson A. Rockefeller, his special assistant on psychological strategy. Eisenhower will meet with Secretary Dulles to review the NATO council outcomes reported from Paris last week.
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Tysburg
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Rockefeller
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Paris
Weather Record for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Weather record notes mostly cloudy skies with moderating temperatures across Wisconsin through tonight and Wednesday. Occasional snow possible in northern areas and near Lake Michigan. Minnesota shows considerable cloudiness with light snow northward and gradual warming. Iowa remains largely cloudy with snow flurries in the northeast tonight and early Wednesday and moderating temperatures tonight and Wednesday.
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U.S. Department OF Commerce
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
River Flood Forecast and Levels Across Counties
River readings show varying flood stages with several dams and pools at zero or trace changes. Sunrise Wednesday is 7 36 a m and sunset 4 29 p m with a general forecast for poor levels to hold and minor fluctuations, urging protection to the north and west.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Weather forecast for Pacific coast and central plains area
The Weather Bureau forecasts warmer conditions for the central great plains and along the eastern slopes of the Rockies. Pacific coast and northern California see changes. An inset chart shows areas of cloudiness and temperature lines.
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Pacific Coast
California
Great Plains
Rockies
Unifax
Great Lakes
Plains
Blood donors fill local drive for distant hospital patients
Mrs. R. B. Horschak chaired the drive as seven United States Marine Corps Reserve members pledged blood. Twelve pints were donated for distant hospital use with gifts for a New York City hospital patient’s niece and another for a local man’s hospitalized mother in Upper Darby. Twenty one registrants were turned back for colds and other reasons.
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United States Marine Corps Reserve
New York City
Upper Darby
American Missionaries Bradshaws Freed From Red China
Dr and Mrs Homer W Bradshaw longtime Pittsburgh medical missionaries in China were escorted across the Hong Kong border to freedom after nearly five years in Chinese custody. Mrs Bradshaw, ill and unresponsive to officials questions, was taken to a Hong Kong hospital by ambulance.
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Hong Kong
Homer W. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Red Cross
Bradshaws
Pittsburgh
China
Canton
Red
County Court Daily Records From La Crosse
Oscar Lefko 43 of St Paul charged with lewd and lascivious cohabitation with $125 bond forfeited. Grace Peterson 24 of Milwaukee charged with end and lascivious cohabitation. John Dwyer 38 of 1013 Vine St disorderly conduct 30 days county jail suspended three months probation to stay out of taverns and stay sober. Bruce Mahoney 21 of Winnebago St drunk and resisting arrest fines $385 and costs. Defendant ordered to pay torn uniform of Patrolman Richard Campbell. Clifford Wilder 911 S Losey Blvd drunk on highway $25.
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Oscar M. Lefko
St. Paul
Grace Peterson
Milwaukee
John E. Dwyer
Vine St
Aaron Sanford
Bruce Mahoney
Winnebago St
Richard Campbell
Clifford Wilder
S. Losey Blvd
Chicago Produce Prices Hold Steady Across Commodities
Butter remains steady with 703 948 receipts and unchanged wholesale prices. Eggs firm with 12 311 receipts and prices largely steady to up slightly. U S large whites 60 69 9 percent A s 51 5 mixed 51 5 mediums 49 standards 49 dirties 38 checks 375 current receipts 42.
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Chicago
U.S
Approve Airport Construction Jobs in Milwaukee Oshkosh Merrill
Gov. Kohler announced funding for three airport projects in Milwaukee Oshkosh and Merrill. Gen Mitchell Field runway improvements receive 322000 with state 25000 Milwaukee County 136000 and federal 161000. Oshkosh builds terminal and apron and taxiway with state 38000 Winnebago County 51000 and federal 89000. Merrill land purchase and runway paving share state 17500 federal 35000 and city 17500.
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Madison
Milwaukee
Oshkosh and Merrill
Kohler
Gen. Mitchell Field
Milwaukee County
Oshkosh
Winnebago County
City of
Merrill
Innocent Plea Filed in County Court Assault Case
Robert Knight of 1322 Market Street pleaded innocent to assault and battery charged by Larry Mauch of 918 South 10th Street. Police say Mauch reported the Doghouse Tavern incident at 124 North Street, where his coat was ripped and his watch smashed during a scuffle. Judge Roy V. Ahlstrom set a Thursday 8 p.m. trial. no bond was posted.
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Robert Knight
Market St
Larry Mauch
S. 10Th St
Mauch
Knight
Nrd St
Roy V. Ahlstrom
Cooking Extends Shelf Life of Meat and Fish
Cooked meat or fish stays edible longer at 45 degrees than when raw. The cooking heat destroys many bacteria and enzymes that cause spoilage.
1955 Farm Production To Be Greatest In History
Washington reports the Agriculture Department’s final 1955 production estimate shows crops at 105.4 percent of the 1947 49 average and total crops plus livestock at 112 percent. Despite high output farmers earned about 10 percent less income due to price declines and surplus pressures.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Livestock Market Quotes FromSwift & Company Report
Swift & Company market report shows hogs and cattle prices with a steady hog market and a range of weights and prices for good to prime cattle and calves. Chicago and South St Paul bids reflect slower trade with varied prices for barrows gilts sows steers heifers and stockers.
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Swift & Company
KWNO
Bologna
Chicago Livestock Chicago
USDA
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
U.S
Farms Shrink, Size Rises in 1954 Census Report
The Census Bureau reports U.S. farms declined by 599,769 from 1950 to 1954 bringing total farms to 4,782,393. The South fell 335,817 to 2,316,606 farms, while the North and West also showed declines. Average farm size rose nationwide from 215.3 to 242.2 acres with the West largest at 798.4 acres and the South smallest at 166.8 acres.
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Washington
Census Bureau
South
United States
North
West
WKBT Holiday Sports Schedule Telecasts Browns Rams and Bowl Games
WKBT will air the NFL championship Browns versus Rams at 2 45 p m on Monday December 26. Two major games follow on Monday January 2 the Cotton Bowl at 12 45 p m and the Rose Bowl at 2 45 p m. A Roses Parade telecast at 11 45 a m on January 2 is hoped to be added.
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WKBT
Cleveland Browns
Los Angeles Rams
Chicago Cold Yet Rail Conductor Keeps Daily Lake Swim
The winter chill hit the Midwest as Chicago readings barely rose above zero. William Wohl, 47, a railroad conductor, braved the cold to swim daily in Lake Michigan despite a low of 2 degrees and a 9 degree high.
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Chicago
William Wohl
Lake Michigan
Wohl
Manitowoc Jogger Fatally Struck in Downtown Incident
Otto Heinig, 70, was fatally injured Monday after being hit by a car while crossing a downtown street. The driver, Frank A. Buresh, lost control after the impact and struck a parked pickup truck. Heinig died four hours later from a skull fracture.
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Manitowocp
Otto Heinig
Frank A. Buresh
Death notices of Reinhard Loveland Lassig Rommel and others
Obituaries from La Crosse area include Peter P. Reinhard 43 president founder of North Star Theater, survived by wife Linda Nelson and son Peter Michael. Clara E. Loveland 74, burial at Oak Grove. Alfred C. Lassig 66, burial at Oak Grove. Emma Elizabeth Rommel 83, Bangor burial Burns Cemetery. George F. Rommel 65 Mindoro burial Burns Cemetery. Julene Krokum 66, longtime Highland Park worker with several siblings. Funeral services scheduled across Sletten McKee Fossum Schumacher and local churches.
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Peter P. Reinhard
N. 15Th St
North Star Theater
Malinda Nelson
Peter Michael
Miss
Lucile Rein- Reinhard Hard
Richard
Mary) Zeisler
James
la Crosse
Blaschke
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Joseph Marx
Kate Ir
Michael
Dorothy) Jordan
Walter J
Amelia) Gudie
Alfred C. Jr
Emil Hertzberg
Edward
George Charles
Peter
Rudolph
Ernest
Sletten- McKee Chapel
Fritz Miller
Emma Elizabeth Rommel
Bangor
Burr Oak
Rommel
Bert
Gertrude) Morley
Frank
John
Fossum Funeral Home
Bangor Baptist Church
Gordon Swedburg
Burns Cemetery
George F. Rommel
Bell's Coulee
Mindoro
Mindoro Lutheran Church
Winston Grant
Jostad
West Salem
Agnes Staff Rommel
Lester
Louis Borchert
Birmingham
Mich
Julene Krokum
Jackson St
Westby
Wis
Coon Valley
Highland Park
Emma Helgeson
Lakota
N.D
Lena Hauge
McVitie
T. H
Tena)g
Winnebago Sts
Larry N. Boyd
Woodlawn
Infant Louise Ann Fischer Dies in La Crosse Hospital
Louise Ann Fischer infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Laverne Fischer died Sunday evening in a La Crosse hospital. She was born December 16 1955 in La Crosse. Survived by her parents one sister Mary Lou and her grandparents.
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Louise Ann Fischer
Mrs Nic Ritter Dies at 58 in Local Hospital
Evelyn Ritter aged 58 of 829 Division St died Tuesday morning in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Nic
Evelyn) Ritter
Division St
Corn and Wheat Crops Forecast to Beat Goals
The Agriculture Department's final year report estimates this year's corn at 3,184,836,000 bushels and wheat at 938,159,000 bushels. Corn exceeds the November forecast and aims past the 3,000,000 bushel goal. wheat also tops the 870,000,000 bushel target with a higher revised forecast than last month.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Violence Flare Near Jerusalem Consulate Amid Protests
In Jerusalem crowds attacked the American consulate as anti Baghdad Pact demonstrations continued. American citizens near Mandelbaum Gate awaited crossing instructions while an Arab legion unit dispersed the crowd after it pulled down the U S flag. UNWRA plane denied landing at Amman Airport. Jordanian newspapers failed to appear.
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Sonnel
Jerusalem
Old City
Jordan-administered
U.S
William Cole
Israel
Jordan
Mandelbaum
Arab Legion
UNWRA
Amman
Girl Born Without Limbs Takes First Steps With Artificial Legs
West Orange New Jersey reports 2 year old Cindy Ann Inman of Sherman Texas who was born without arms or legs made four to five tentative steps at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation using artificial limbs. Her mother Vida Inman notes the progress gives hope she will not grow up helpless and Sherman contributes to a See Cindy Walk fund. Cindy is to return at age three to be fitted for artificial arms. Lloyd Inman, a power company lineman, awaits the updates on her progress.
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West Orange
N.J
Cynthia Ann Inman
Sherman
Texas
Cindy
Vida Inman
Kessler Institute For Rehabilitation
Mrs. Inman
Lloyd
Wisconsin tobacco declines cut into year’s crop totals
The Agriculture Department estimates Wisconsin will produce 2 592 000 fewer pounds of Type 55 tobacco and 733 000 fewer pounds of Type 54 tobacco for cigar binders this year. Type 55 drops from 15 132 000 in 1954 to 12 54 0 000 in 1955 and Type 54 falls from 7 548 000 to 6 815 000 pounds. Minnesota also shows declines in Type 55. Overall tobacco production is down while synthetic binders gain ground.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Department
Dorothy Warren Marries UCLA Professor at Coastal Chapel
Dorothy Warren daughter of Chief Justice Warren wed Dr. Carmine D. Clemente a UCLA anatomy professor last night at Wayfarers Chapel Portuguese Bend Los Angeles. The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev Kenneth W Knox with Nina Warren Brien as matron of honor and Dr Stuart Brien as best man.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Warren
Earl Warren
Carmine D. Clemente
Church of the New Jerusalem
Portuguese Bend
Here
Kenneth W. Knox
Miss Warren
Nina
Honey Bear
Stuart Brien
Beverly Hills
Dr. Brien
Clemente
Ucla Medical Center
Warren
Marriage Licenses La Crosse Pairings
La Crosse records list couples James F. Kunkel and Norman Lowe Scott to wed in La Crosse on December 28, John D. Paisley and Diane Eileen Baldwin to wed December 23, and Robert Freisinger with Donna Dobbs for La Crosse nuptials.
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James F. Kunkel
King St
Norman Lowe Scott
Melrose
Wis
la Crosse
John D. Paisley
Wood St
Diane Eileen Baldwin
Harvey St
Robert Freisinger
Market ‘St
Donna Dobbs
Bainridge St
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