Suspect in heroin smuggling case impersonates soldier
FBI agent testified that Thomas E. Southerland, 31, of Castle Hayne, N C, posed as an Army sergeant using fake IDs to travel on military aircraft in a ring smuggling heroin sewn into war dead. Magistrate Goetz held him on impersonation and forged documents with bail set at 50 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
FBI
Armed Forces
Joseph Stehr
Thomas E. Southerland
Castle Hayne
N.C
Southeast Asia
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Dover
Del
Southerland
Andrews Air Force Base
Dover Air Force Base
Stehr
Bangkok
Thailand
US S. Army
Paul E. Moe
U.S
Clarence E. Goetz
Marriages Planned in La Crosse and Surrounding Areas
Multiple couples across La Crosse, Onalaska, Sparta and nearby towns announce planned marriages. Names include Peter G Hurtgen and Jennifer J Yeskie in La Crosse on December 22, Kenneth V Dahl and Nancy C Weigel on December 20, with additional couples listed for December 24 27 and 30 in various Wisconsin locales. Local addresses and partner details are provided for each intended ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse
Peter G. Hurtgen
S. 4Th St
Jennifer J. Yeskie
East Ave. S
Kenneth V. Dahl
Maple Drive
Nancy C. Weigel
Lawrence J. Kopf
S. 9Th St
Pamela Jo Eastman
Lake Zurich
Ill
Janesville
Dennis N. von Ruden
Barlow St
Cheryl A. Winkle
West Salem
Sparta
John L. Sterling
Charles St
Carol C. Loveland
S. 13Th St
J. Carleton Heller
Sunrise Drive
Jane R. Cameron
Losey Blvd
Obituaries Hit With Dec 22 Deaths In Wisconsin Area
Multiple deaths reported on Dec 22 in La Crosse area and surrounding towns. John Trussoni aged 96 of Genoa and Adolph Starch aged 88 of La Crosse, plus Frank G. Thompson aged 76 of Barron and Alice Elaine Peterson aged 57 of La Crosse area are listed with family details and funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Trussoni
S. 11Th St
Genoa
la Crosse
Campodolcino
Italy
Joseph Trussoni
Martina
David
Tony
Rockford
Ill
Frank
Jim
Durand
Martha Zielke
Frankfort
Germany
Oscar
Madalen) Zink
Stoddard
Herold
Delia) Finley
Tom
Alberta) Clark
M. Trujillo
Lorena McKinnon
Lucille Fanello
Margaret
Hellwig-Morris- Fossum
St. Charles Catholic Church
O. W. Schulte
Adolph Starch
N. 13Th St
A la Crescent
Minn
Irving
Frances) Gilbertson
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Llewellyn Lee
Allen Starch
Chicago
Milward Starch
Mary Lorenz
Andrew Starch
Fred Starch
Frank G. Thompson
E. Franklin St
Barron
Robin Thompson
S. 9Th St
Barron Hospital
Ethel
Larry
Racine
Rousch-Rockman Funeral Home
Alice Peterson
Alice Elaine Peterson
N. 12Th St
Dresbach
Casper
Jon Bergstad
Kenneth Bergstad
Boston
Mass
Charles Johnson
California
Robert
Sally) McConnell
William
Bonnie) Connor
Ruby Bergstad
Alice Bergstad
Katherine Bergstad
Penny Bergstad
Charlotte
Mich
Dolores Frank
Hastings
Phyllis) Carroll
Bartlett, Ill
Steve
Helen) Boatman
Eaton Rapids
Mary Ann Johnson
Byron Peterson
Colorado Springs
Colo
Berlie Peterson
Madison
Larry Peterson
Beloit
Diane Picka
Janesville
Sandra Martin
Donna R. Kluck
Milwaukee
Ray Dickson
la Crescent
Emery Dickson
Maurice Johnson
Fossum Funeral Home
Onalaska
Dennis Brovo
Teamsters ILWU Near A Merger
Officials of the ILWU and the Teamsters report a tentative merger agreement draft in Washington. The dispatch says international officers will draft a full merger accord for rapid submission to both boards, with ratification by ILWU members and no Teamster vote required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Teamsters Union
ILWU
Dispatcher
Washington
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Teamsters
Holmen woman 82 hurt in hip fracture fall
Mrs. Haakon Peterson, 82, of Holmen, is hospitalized in La Crosse after fracturing her hip in a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmen, Wis
Haakon Peterson
Holmen
la Crosse
Deaths of Hulda Moe Martha Petterson Gertrude Seymour
Notices report Hulda Moe 89 of North Bend Oregon died Dec 23. Graveside service Jan 1 at Pigeon Creek Cemetery. Martha Petterson 81 of Melrose died Dec 21. service Jan 1 at Melrose Evangelical Lutheran Church with burial Hardies Creek Cemetery. Gertrude Seymour 74 of Viroqua died Dec 22. service Dec 27 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Several other late December births and deaths listed across Wisconsin towns and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda Moe
Pigeon Falls
Wis
Hulda P. Moe
North Bend
Ore
Pigeon Creek Lutheran Cemetery
Gordon Tryggestad
Johnson Funeral Home
Oregon
Martha Petterson
Melrose
Black River Falls
Melrose Evangelical Lutheran Church
M. Albrecht
Hardies Creek
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Norway
U.S
Otto
Norman Erickson
Onalaska
Edwin
Strum
Archie
la Crescent
Marvin
Bright Lorde
Viroqua
Gertrude Seymour
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Duane Nelson
Walnut Mound Cemetery
Arneson-Olson
de Soto
Melvin Olson
Prairie du Chien
Harlan
Selmer Peterson
Rhoda White
Arthur Anderson
Frank Pionke
Plainfield, Il
Orin Torger
Arthur Mellem
Ferryville
Vernon County
Robert Mellem
Harold Seymour
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Derbyshire
England
Cresswell
Orld
18Th Airborne Brigade
Ft. Bragg
WO Ben Jones
Peter J. McNulty
Watertown
N.Y
Laura L.whitehead
City of
Steven E. Lanxon
Pamela S. Beck
Grand Meadow
Mark E. Gegenfurtner
Tomah
Donna J. Folcey
S. 33Rd St
Walt D. Henderson
Kathryn A. Kime
Elm Drive
Ronald L. Joern
S. 16Th St
Rita J. Rachubinski
Sisson Drive
Thomas J. Stuber
S. 21St Place
Mary M. Skemp
S. 26Th St
Schumacher Funeral Home
R. Francis Jones
Woodlawn Cemetery
U.S. Navy
Byrd Station
Antarctica
Vernon St
Elaine Pedretti
Kubiak
St. Mary’s Hospital
Richard M. Fossum
R. 2
Norwalk
Violet Rose
Orville Koopman
S. Black River St
Terry Jewell
Jewell Hagen
Whitehall
Julia Johnson
Michael Lyle
Ralph Prindle
Humbird
Deborah Doers
Amy Jean
Robert Hudson
Hazel Conley
Port Washington
St. Alphonse Hospital
Eric Arthur
James Plitzuweit
Cedarburg
Kathleen Allsage
Plitzuweit
Caledonia
Cowie
Roth’s Flor-Mart
South Ave
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