Christmas in Berlin Divided by the Wall Keeps West Berliners Apart
AP reports in Berlin as Christmas arrives under the 1961 wall. West Berliners face restricted visits to East Berlin with passes limited to rare hardship cases and special family events. About 7,000 monthly passes and 50,000 East-to-West visitors are allowed, while East Berliners cannot come west. A nine year old West Berlin hospital patient recalls his brother in East Berlin, illustrating the personal toll of the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Wall
St Pauls Plans Three Christmas Services at Church
St Pauls Lutheran Church at West Avenue and Division Street will host three Christmas services. A 5 p.m. Christmas Eve choral and candlelight service features the senior chapel and youth choirs under Mrs. John Mangan Dr. John Cleveland and Mrs. Lawrence Coleman with Glenn Riske Ann Feroe. Vocal soloists include Mrs. Marlene Wills James Regelein and David Peterson. Instrumentalists include Mrs. C A Lokken bells Mrs Arthur Feroe flute and Nancy Mangan cello. Rev Arthur Feroe will speak on How Far Is It to Bethlehem. The festival service on Christmas Day at 10 a.m. features the senior choir and soloists Jean Tryggestad and A Grimholt Anderson with Rev Dean Fodness speaking on Gods Word at Christmas.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
West Avenue
Division Street
John Mangan
John Cleveland
Lawrence Coleman
Glenn Riske
Ann Feroe
Marlene Wills
James Regelein
David Peterson
C. A. Lokken
Arthur Feroe
Nancy Mangan
Bethlehem
Jean Tryggestad
A. Grimholt Anderson
Dean Fodness
Seventeen Get Christmas Dinner in La Crosse County Jail
Seventeen persons are definite to spend Christmas Day in County Jail Thursday with one possible addition if bond is posted. Those remaining will share a Christmas dinner consisting of ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, cabbage salad, rolls and coffee. No dessert listed.
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la Crosse County
Burglars Loot Soft Drink Machine at Campus School
Police report burglars looted a soft drink machine for 24 dollars during a weekend break in at La Crosse State University Campus School. Entry was gained by slipping a lock on a school door and burglars accessed a janitor’s quarters for tools. The office was entered but nothing else is believed missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse State University
la Crosse
Christmas concert on WCOW-FM at Cash ton High
Radio Highlights notes a Thursday Christmas concert airing at 8 p.m. on WCOW FM. The event is set at Cash ton High School with local talent performing seasonal pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wcow-Fm
Cashton High
Minnesota Soldier Killed In Vietnam
FOX LAKE Minn AP Army Pfc Craig Smithson 20 son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Smithson of Fox Lake killed in action in Vietnam His parents were informed Monday He joined the Army last February and went to Vietnam in July An infantryman Smithson was killed on night defensive duty near Saigon His parents said he was salutatorian of his 1968 graduating class at Welcome Minn High School He was engaged to marry Sharon Gordon of Alpha Minn
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Fox Lake
Minn
Craig Smithson
Leonard Smithson
Vietnam
Army
Smithson
Saigon
Welcome, Minn
Sharon Gordon
Alpha
Milk Cost Rises Five Cents Per Hundredweight
Washington AP reports prices paid by dealers for milk used for bottling Class I averaged 6.98 dollars per hundredweight in December at major markets, up five cents from November and 29 cents above a year earlier. Store milk in 25 cities averaged 56 cents per half gallon for whole milk, about three cents higher than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Ex Spartan Dies in Milwaukee
Sparta native George H. Allen, 68, formerly of Sparta, died Tuesday in Milwaukee. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St Patrick Catholic Church in Sparta. Visitation Friday afternoon and evening at Kirchof Funeral Home with Rosary at 8:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
George H. Allen
Milwaukee
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Kirchoff
Driver Hurt In Crash On Bunker Hill Road Washington
A rear end crash on Bunker Hill Road in the Town of Washington sent Phillip Korn, 20, Rockland, to St. Francis Hospital with a cut lip and a broken tooth. Korn struck a stopped car driven by Daniel Jones, 19, of Rockland, about a half mile west of Korn Coulee Road. He was treated and released.
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Bunker Hill Road
Washington
Korn Coulee Road
la Crosse County
Phillip Korn
Rockland
St. Francis Hospital
Korn
Daniel Jones
La Crosse Tribune Publisher and staff details
Publication data for the La Crosse Tribune lists W. T. Burgess as publisher and Sanford Goltz as editor. It notes daily and Sunday editions, office at 4th and Cass Streets, La Crosse Wisconsin, and its division under Lee Enterprises and the Associated Press. Postal and rate information is included for subscriptions and delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
AP News
Wisconsin
Bengtson Breaks Hip Carrying Gift In Home Accident
Green Bay Packers head coach and general manager Phil Bengtson fractured his right hip in a fall while loading a Christmas gift into his car trunk. He was taken to St. Vincent's hospital and will remain there at least two weeks.
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Green Bay
Wis
Green Bay Packer
Phil Bengtson
Bengtson
St. Vincent's Hospital
E. S. Brusky
Kids Loot Dads Liquor Supply On French Island
Thirteen La Crosse area teens face Juvenile Court action for theft and drinking after a basement liquor stock went missing over six to eight months. The parents reported about 20 bottles of whiskey and vodka stolen and sold at four dollars per bottle. The trio allegedly delivered liquor during parties at several French Island homes.
Eveleth School Vandalism Causes 15000 Damages
Vandals broke into Eveleth junior senior high school between midnight and 8 a.m. causing about 15000 in damage. They smashed a window entered through it, trashed biology and chemistry labs, the business and superintendent offices, overturned desks damaged equipment and telephones. A computer was also damaged while the junior high area saw minor harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveleth
Minn
Everleth
Sig Rimestad
Rimestad
NineYearOld Girl Dies In Car Truck Crash
A fatal crash in Wisconsin involves Cheryl Rosengren nine, and her father injured as a car and a truck collide on Highway 141 near Port Washington. In Iowa County a 48 year old mother of seven, Mrs Gerald Bussan, dies when her car collides with a road grader on Iowa County Trunk B, southwest of Dodgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Iowa County
Wisconsin
Gerald Bussan
Livingston
Dodgeville
Cheryl Rosengren
Cedarburg
Lester
Highway 141
Port Washington
Ozaukee County
Demo Reform Meeting To Be In Minneapolis
A Democratic party reform commission will hold a five state hearing in Minneapolis on January 15 to gather recommendations for changes in the Democratic National Convention machinery. It will be the first in a series of meetings around the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Chicago Produce Prices and USDA Potatoes Report
Chicago AP report notes USDA potato shipments totaling 267 and Idaho, Minnesota, and North Dakota varieties with prices from 3.15 to 5.00. Mercantile Exchange butter and egg prices are listed with grade A whites and current standards around 4.45 to 4.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
U.S
Idaho
Mercantile Exchange
Go Ahead Signal From Northern Lights Santa’s On His Way
Rediscovered Hal Boyle Christmas column sketches Santa’s televised voyage from the North Pole as the green northern lights flash go ahead. Santa, Mrs Claus, elf Cluny, and eight reindeer embark with a gift filled sleigh headed for every home tonight.
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Hal Boyle
North Pole
Santa Claus
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Santa
Cluny
Deaths of Sister Hermanita Blum and Rea Archibald
Sister Hermanita Blum, 73, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, died Tuesday December 23 at Villa St. Joseph Nursing Home after 49 years in religious profession. Services Saturday at St. Rose Convent Chapel, La Crosse, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Rea Archibald, 83, of Dakota Minnesota, died December 22 in a La Crosse hospital. Funeral Friday at Blaschke Funeral Home, La Crosse, burial at Mt Hope Cemetery Hokah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermanita
Magdalena
William, Vincent and Frank
Harlan
Iowa
St. Rose Convent Chapel
Benedict J. Kenkel
Dubuque
Obituary notices sweep La Crosse area names
Multiple obituaries recount deaths in La Crosse area and Rochester and list survivors. Mrs. Ethel L Scholl aged 70 died in Rochester after a La Crosse birth in 1899. John P Schmitz 73 and Arthur C Schroeder 57, with wives and families, are noted with funeral details. Raymond Grisen 62 of La Crosse died at home. Services and burial locations are given with call times and churches.
Severson Burial in Lewis Valley Lutheran Church
William I Severson 87 of Holmen died December 24 in a La Crosse hospital. He was born September 4 1882 and married Anna Anderson April 29 1905. Survivors include his widow four daughters two sons six grandchildren nine great grandchildren two brothers and several siblings. Service 1:30 p.m. at Lewis Valley Lutheran Church officiated by Rev Ivan Vallen with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call Jostad Funeral Home West Salem Friday and at the church Saturday from noon until the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitestown
Peter Grisen
Frank
Oliver
la Crosse
Sam
Alice) Gullotti
Clearwater
Fla
Fossum Funeral Home
Roger Gustafson
Woodlawn
Rea Archibald
Dakota
Minn
Carrie
Robert
Charles
South St. Paul
John
Paulsbo
Wash
South Side
Blaschke
Paul R. Brown
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Hokah
Ethel L. Scholl
Harry Scholl
N. 23Rd St
Rochester, Minn
Order of Eastern Star
Burlington Vets
Grandview
Herbert
Irma) Becker
West Salem
E. L
Helen) Nicol
Dickinson Jackson Street
Melvin L. Frank
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ces
John P. Schmitz
Farnam St
Donald
Elmwood
Cudahy
Peter
Bangor
Edward
Barre Mills
Estelle
Schumacher Funeral Home
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Msgr
V. J
William I. Severson
Holmen
Hans Severson
Anna Matilda Anderson
Alice Christopherson
Theodore
Inez) Severson
Henry
Esther) Granum
Leslie
Florence) Stratman
Kenneth
Sylvan
Leonard
Clifford
Genoa
Lewis Valley Lutheran Church
Ivan Vallem
Jostad Funeral Home
Dolls Gifts Awaiting Deloris As Christmas Nears
In Altizer West Virginia 10 year old Deloris Simmons sleeping through a second Christmas after encephalitis. She remains unable to speak though she shows gradual signs of movement and recognition. Her family notes hopeful progress while the Calhoun County Junior Chamber has raised over 6000 dollars for hospital bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altizer
W. Va
Deloris Simmons
S Chamber of Commerce
Alexander Fakadej
Deloris
Bangor Youth Charged In School Burglary
Thomas Churchwell of Bangor, an 18 year old former Bangor High School dropout, is charged with burglary for taking several hundred dollars in school items during Thanksgiving vacation. Theodore Lisota of the La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department said Churchwell was arrested Tuesday afternoon and is in custody awaiting County Court appearance. The warrant lists a $151 wholesale tape recorder a $129 wholesale stereo a stopwatch a microscope and a record player with a $10 sale price for the tape recorder. A second warrant is also being issued.
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Bangor
Theodore Lisota
la Crosse County
Milwaukee Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Cattle and Hogs
Milwaukee and South St. Paul markets report steady to strong movement across cattle hogs and lambs. Prices span steers 24.50 to 27.50 for good to choice, hogs near 25 to 29 and slaughter calves 28 to 42, with varied cow and ewe ranges and 10,226 bales of tobacco noted in the Northern Area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Stock Quotations December 24 1969 Noon Quotations
National Association of Securities Dealers representative inter dealer prices as of 9:00 a.m. quotations cover Allied Stores Allis Chalmers Alcoa American Airlines Amoco American Motors Amer Tel Tel Anchor Coups Atlantic Richfield Burlington Ind Central Tel Util Chrysler Continental Can Continental Corp DuPont Eastman Kodak Ford General Dynamics General Electric General Instruments General Motors General Telephone Goodyear Great Northern Ry Button G Helleman Brewins IBM Inter Harvester Inter Tel Tel Jim Walter Kresge Marcor Minnesota Mining Mobil Oil Monsanto Chemical MGIC Natl Cash Register Northern Pacific Northern States Northwest Bancorp Olin Industries Outboard Marine J C Penney Pepsico 91 247 584 30 56 444 109 44 357 314 184 37 over the counter Lee Enterprises 2114 224
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
Alcoa
American Airlines
American Motors
Amer
Tel
Atlantic Richfield Burlington
Ind
Central Tel
Util
Chrysler
Continental Can
Continental Corp
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
Ford
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Instruments
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodyear Tire
Great Northern Ry
Button G. Helleman Brewins
IBM Inter
Harvester
Inter
Jim Walter Kresge
Marcor
Minnesota Mining
Mobil Oil
Monsanto Chemical
MGIC
Natl. Cash Register
Northern Pacific
Northern States Northwest Bancorp, Olin Industries
Outboard Marine
J. C. Penney
Pepsico
Births in Wisconsin and Minnesota Hospitals
Birth notices record a December birth at Lutheran Hospital Caledonia Minnesota a daughter to Mr and Mrs Fremont Schuttemeier Evelyn Mayer. Also at Waukesha Memorial Hospital a daughter Laura to Mr and Mrs Robert Kubiak 1022 Beechwood Ave Waukesha Elise Pitenger formerly Onalaska. An adoption for Kimberly Ann by Mr and Mrs Ronald Schwake 906 Cedar Dr La Crescent Minnesota with Shirley Henderson listed.
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Ila Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Fremont Schuttemeier
Caledonia, Minn
Evelyn Meyer
la Verne Hauschildt
Youngdale Ave
Nancy Esanbeck
Waukesha
Wis
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Laura
Robert Kubiak
Beechwood Ave
Elise Pitenger
Onalaska
Kimberly Ann
Ronald Schwake
Cedar Dr
la Crescent
Minn
Shirley Henderson
Mrs Peter Hegge Dies at 84 in Wisconsin
Cashton, Wis Mrs Bella Hegge 84 formerly of Cashton and La Crosse died Tuesday Dec 23 in a Viroqua nursing home. Services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Torkelson Funeral Home Cashton with Rev Stefan Guttormsson officiating burial Moon Cemetery. She was born Oct 22 1885 in Cashton to Hans Halverson and married Peter Hegge in 1916. Surviving husband Leon son in Birmingham Mich three brothers preceded her in death.
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Cashton
Wis
Peter
Bella) Hegge
Cashton and
la Crosse
Viroqua
Torkelson
Stefan Guttormsson
Moon
Hans Halverson
Peter Hegge
Leon
Birmingham
Mich
Conrad Puts Down Plane In New Zealand
Aviator Max Conrad of Winona Minnesota landed in Christchurch New Zealand during a round the world flight via the poles. He planned no definite departure date for the next leg to Antarctica and would use Christchurch to prepare his twin engine Piper Aztec for the 2390 mile hop to McMurdo Sound.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Max Conrad
Winona
Arcadia Receives Aid for Sewage System Upgrade
Five Wisconsin communities including Arcadia Barneveld Albany Plainfield and Kieler will receive state grants for improved sewage treatment facilities totaling 238,722. Birnamwood in Shawano County had plans approved for a facility to end pollution in the Embarrass River, per the Department of Natural Resources.
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Madison
Department of Natural Resources
Arcadia
Barneveld
Albany
Plainfield
Kieler
Birnamwood
Shawano County
Embarrass
Uncirculated coins defined by distribution method
Uncirculated coins are identical to regular coins in composition and appearance but differ in that they have not been released through standard banking channels.
Prisoner Letters and Hanoi Detention Camp Details
Women visiting Hanoi report a clean detention camp and well treated American prisoners. They say mail access should ease and urge one letter monthly plus a six pound package every other month. They advocate Nixon to withdraw forces and seek a South Vietnamese coalition. Some families remain disappointed awaiting names on the POW list.
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Hanoi
Drvn
Moscow
Nixon
Brewery Told To Hike Women Workers Pay
Milwaukee AP Federal Judge John W Reynolds ordered Miller Brewing Co to raise the pay of its women lab technicians to equal that of the men who do the same work. The decision found the firm violated the equal pay provision of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by disguising a scheme to avoid higher wages for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
John W. Reynolds
Miller Brewing Co
Reynolds
Miller
Boy hit by car on Townsend Losey street
Five year old Ted Koskind of 2601 Hamilton Street was bruised when struck by a car around 1 p.m. Tuesday at Townsend Street and Losey Boulevard. The driver Ellis Crook, 51, of 2226 Johnson Street, said the boy darted into his path.
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Ted Koskind
Hamilton St
Townsend Street
Losey Boulevard
Ellis Crook
Johnson St
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By Hubert J. Erb
St. Paul's
Minnesota
W. T. Burgess
Sanford Goltz
Old Boy
Conder
South Pole
Laboard
Hoyle
Mrs. Claus
Angel of Peace
Sante
Raymond C. Grisen
Arthur C. Schroeder
S. 6Th St
Raymond
Grisen
ED Nicholls
Dennis Simmons
Arnoldsburg
Churchwell
Lisota
Milwaukee Livestock
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Pyroil
RCA
Raytheon
Sears Roebuck
Sperry Rand
Standard Oil
Calif
N.J
Swift
Texaco
Trane
TransAmerica
U.S. Steel
Universal Oil
Westinghouse
Elec
Weyerhaeuser
Woolworth
Dow Jones
Marshall Co. National
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Fabri-Tek, Inc
First Bank
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Gyrodyne
Howell Instrum
McQuay, Inc
Moore’s Seafood
Nekoosa Edn
Roanwell
Wallace Business
Warner Elec
Werner Cent
Wis. Power & L
Lee Enterprises
la Crosse Cooler
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chemical Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eberstadt
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan
Conrad
Xake
Atlanta
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