Publisher of Melrose Panel Dies
Selmer Gilbertson 48 editor-owner of the Melrose Chronicle and Melrose village president died in a Madison hospital after heart trouble. Survived by wife Florence two brothers two sisters and a sister in the East. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Melrose Methodist Church with two pastors officiating. Burial in Melrose Cemetery Masonic rites at church and grave.
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Melrose
Wis
Selmer Gilbertson
Melrose Chronicle
Madison Hospital
Gilbertson
Florence
Culver and
Stanton
Wayne Fabian
Josephine
East
Smith Funeral Home
Traffic Safety Record In La Crosse Through 1955
La Crosse traffic figures show a long term death free run since 1954 with a 1955 year to date of 1 319 accidents and 264 injuries for the first 11 months 1955. City reporting rules and mild injuries skew the totals but rates are near 1955 averages. The record recalls a fatal December 23 16 year old death in a tubular collision that marred Christmases.
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la Crosse
Minnesota
Iowa
Gilbert
Interstate Power
Aliie-Chalmera
Kennecotti
Marshall Field
Dow Jones
Amn Motor B
Montgomery Ward
Indust
Amn Radiator
Nat Biscuit
Tel & Tel
States
Tobacco
Penn
Armour
Hell & Farrell
Atch. T
Republic Steel
Royal Dutch
Chi Mold
Heth. Steel
Sears Roebuck Ham'ton
Borden
Inter
Cellucot
Case
Sinclair Ot
James
Sorong
Caterpillar Trae
Southern Pacific
Cit. L. & FP
Chrysler
Standard Brands
National Tool
Cities Service
Standard Oil and Clark O&r
Comwith
Edison
Nekoosa
Stewart-Warner
Curtiss-Wright
Ludebaker-Packard
Swift Koehring Co
Biec
Goodyear
Flood Devastation From Klamath Glen To Orick Spreads
Floods from the Klamath River and Redwood Creek devastate Kla math Glen and Orick with towns washed away or ruined. Rail service on the San Francisco to Portland line halted by floods and slides. Gov Knight declares a state of emergency in northern counties with Red Cross and civil defense aiding thousands of displaced families.
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Klamath River
Klamath Glen
Orick
Frank Brown
KHUM
Eureka
Sacramento River
Lake Shasta
Oregon
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Portland
California
Goodwin Knight
Goodwin Night
Humboldt
Red Cross
Civil Defense
National Guard
Willamette
Albany
Corvallis
Salem
Stevenson Youth in Accident Reported in Good Condition
Chicago bulletin says John Fell Stevenson son of Adlai Stevenson is in good condition after a highway collision in Indiana that killed two Harvard classmates. He was returning home for Christmas from college when injured Wednesday.
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Chicago
John Fell Stevenson
Harvard
Stevenson
Adlai FE. Stevenson
Indiana
Pope Pius XII Christmas Message to Be Broadcast Worldwide
Pope Pius XII will deliver his 17th annual Christmas address from Vatican City at 4 a.m. CST Saturday. The Italian speech will be translated for broadcasts in English at 5 a.m. CST with further language translations following. His Midnight Mass from the Vatican chapel airs at 5 p.m. CST Saturday with no U.S. rebroadcast planned.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Vatican
Winona Livestock Market Quoted by Swift & Company
Swift & Company broadcasts cattle hog and lamb quotes from Winona with hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Market notes include steady hogs and cattle with price ranges for various weight classes and categories, and a notice the market is closed Monday December 26.
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Swift & Company
South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
U.S
Rites Held for Four in Trempealeau County Crash
About 400 attended funeral services at Elena Lutheran Church for Mrs. Herman Austin, 33, and her children Kim 6 months Craig 2 and Jerry 13 who died in a Saturday night auto crash at Eau Claire city limits. Surviving spouses and four other children aged 4 to 15. driver John Wurtz 31 of Eau Claire faces negligent homicide warrants.
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Trempealeau County
Herman Austin
Kim
Craig
Jerry
Eau Claire
J. P. Hulterstem
P. C. Danielson
Elena Lutheran Church
Mr. Hulterstom
John Wurtz
Wurtz
Egg Co Op Expands Reach With Winona Plant Acquisition
The Lake Land Egg Cooperative has acquired the egg grading division of a Winona Minnesota plant owned by Land O Lakes Creameries. The co op now handles over 200000 cases of eggs annually and plans to run pickup trucks in Minnesota territory including Winona and Houston counties, with grading and packaging centered in Sparta. The Sparta branch began operations last April after merging with the Wisconsin Poultry Producers Association.
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Valders
Wis
Lake Land Egg Cooperative
Winona, Minn
Land O'Lakes Creameries, Inc
Minneapolis
L. E. Mowrer
Lake Land Cooperative
Minnesota Territory
Winona
Houston
Sparta
Mowrer
Wisconsin Poultry Producers Association
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Melrose Panel
Mer Gilbertson
The
Chronicle
Helmer
Yugoslavia
Rijeka
Creetings
BC Murplus Stores
Central Warehouse
Denver
Rocky Mountain News
Iman
Arthur J. Nanastiel
Alfred Nanstiel
Pope
United States
Rose St
F.D.I.C
Shearson Hammils & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Winona Livestock
Cate
Chicago Livestock
Imore
Idaho
Ichicago
Chicago Grain
Chicago (P
Egg Co-Op
Mort
Es UA
North Fourth Street
la Crosse, Wis
Best
Radatz Chop House
North Third ST
Tribune
Andereggs
Anderegg Fuel Co
Tenth and
Green Bay Streets
Melly
Maytag
Midwest Bottle Gas
North Third Street
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