Nine Babies Born Christmas Day In City Hospitals
Nine infants arrived in La Crosse hospitals on Christmas Day 1961. Seven were born at St Francis Hospital with one each at Lutheran and La Crosse Hospitals. First born to Lenis and Mary Berg at 12:57 a.m. in Lutheran Hospital. Names and addresses of parents listed. multiple births across three facilities with times from 12:57 a.m. to 10:59 p.m. including several first names and maiden names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
St. Francis Hospital
Lutheran
Lenis S. Berg
Box
Whitehall
Mary A. Aimster
Phyllis Ann Dahl
Lutheran Hospital
Calvin Grosskopf
Badger St
la Crosse Hospital
Iris Olson
Pls Paulson
Avon St
Mary A. Armstrong
Quinton Jeffers
West Salem
Olive M. Sainsbury
LaVern Mickelson
S. 4Th St
Sherry L. Davey
Jack Ammerman
R. 2
Onalaska
Barbara A. Briggs
St. Francis
Kennedy Family Christmas Update From Florida Hospital
Former ambassador to Britain reports Kennedy in serious yet improving condition after pneumonia fever subsides, with partial paralysis from stroke unchanged. Caroline receives pedal horse and plastic animals. Kennedy family gathers for Christmas dinner at Palm Beach home with relatives and staff. Officials visiting include Budget Director Bell, Sorensen, Feldman, and Bundy for two to three days of talks.
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Kennedy
Britain
Salinger
Edward
Pat
Peter Lawford
Lee Radziwill
Ann Gargan
Joseph Kennedy
Luella Hennessey
David Bell
Theodore Sorensen
Myer Feldman
White House
McGeorge Bundy
Western leaders seek peace amid Berlin, Palestine, and world tension
Western leaders urged peace and unity in Christmas messages as Berliners faced the Wall and Queen Elizabeth II urged patient effort. Kennedy pledged support to West Berlin, while violence loomed in Colombia and Algeria. Snow and cold affected Europe and the United States as traffic deaths rise.
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Associated Press
Kennedy
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Algeria
Anti- de Gaulle
Juliana
Netherlands
Sukarno
Indonesia
West New Guinea
Goa
Formosa Strait
Quemoy Islands
Taipei
United States
Europe
Scandinavia
Germany
Florida
National Safety Council
Boy Struck by Car on Caledonia Street
Six year old Wayne L Lackmaster of 613 Liberty Street was treated at St Francis Hospital for bruises after darting from between parked cars into the path of a car driven by Karen L Jensen of 1333 Charles Street. The incident occurred Saturday evening in the 1200 block on Caledonia Street.
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St. Francis Hospital
Caledonia Street
Wayne L. Lackmaster
Liberty St
Karen L. Jensen
Charles St
Jail Prisoner Slashes Wrist in Cell on Christmas Day
Eulis Collins 43, held on probation violation, slashed his left wrist with prison scissors in a jail cell at the La Crosse County Jail. He was treated at St Francis Hospital after the incident around 6 45 p m and had six stitches. Collins had surrendered the day before on probation instructions from his officer.
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la Crosse County
Eulis Collins
Earl Severson
Collins
St. Francis
Sheriffs Department
La Crosse County Sees Business Volume Rise in 1961
A Standard Rate and Data Service survey shows La Crosse County in 1961 moved upward with retail sales reaching 101.226 million dollars and per household spending capacity at 6,403 dollars. Gains occurred mainly in the latter six months as consumers spent more cautiously on soft goods and services whereas hard goods held back. Personal after tax income totaled 136.457 million, up from 130.957 million, signaling improving confidence and debt reduction alongside savings. Automobile sales surged in the current quarter as economists note momentum in the local economy.
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New York
la Crosse County
Standard Rate and Data Service
United States
Salispank
SRDS
Jailbreak escape attempt leads to arrests and confinement
Nutley and Welter surrendered after a failed escape at the Madison jail. Nickl remained in a separate cellblock, not involved. Sheriff Franz Haas said the men had not been together since August 21, and their attorney met them in Baraboo for five hours. The three defendants face trial February 21 before Circuit Judge Bruce Beilfuss.
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Pieper
Nutley
Welter
Nickl
Madison
Welters
Franz Haas
Baraboo
Sauk County
Haas
Bruce Beilfuss
Neillsville
Milwaukee Live Stock Market Report
AP Milwaukee market summary shows hogs with receipts around 1400 and cattle receipts about 1400. prices quoted for hogs range from 11.00 to 17.75 per hundredweight depending on weight class, while cattle include canners to utilities 14.00 to 20.00 and good to choice steers 22.50 to 26.00 with calves at 14.00 to 34.00 for various grades.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Chicago
USDA
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Monsanto Chemical
Northern Pacific
Clark Oil
Allied Radio
P. First
Bk. Stk
Allis Chalmers
Olin Mathieson
American Can
General Merch
Pfizer
American Motors
Phillips Pete
Godfrey Co
Amer. Tel. & Tel
Hamilton Mfg Heileman Brew
Anaconda
Republic Steel
Avco
Rexall Drug
Koehring Co la X Tel. Co
Roe Reynolds Metals
iBoston Capital
Marine Cap
Brunswick Safeway
eQuay, Inc
Caterpillar Trac TM G. D. Searle
Nekoosa
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair’ Oil
States
Columbia Gas
Bocony
North
Banc Commonwealth Ed
Consolidated Foods
Standard Oil
Ind
Standard Oil of
Royal Dutch
Curtiss Wright
Stud-Packard
Mid-Cent
Texas Eastern
Eastman Kodak
Swift
Trane Co
Financial Fed
Texaco Western Power
Trane
Wis, P. & L.fruehaus
United Airlines
Tausche Bonds
Gamble
Skogmo
General Dynamics
U.S. Steel Boston
General Telephone
Western Union
Bal Fund Glass Tite
White Motor
Eaton & Howa Great Northern
Woolworth
Stock Fund
Greyhound
Zenith
Fidelity Fund
Illinois Central
Commodities
Incorp. Invest
Int Harvester NS
Mass
Interstate Power
Mar.com
Trust Jones & Laughlin
Lockheed Dow Jones
Natl. Invest
William Street Fund
Puritan
Wis
Montgomery Ward
Stolen Religious Books From Mail Box
Mrs. Roger Leithold of Route 2 Ona laska reported a box of 30 religious books mailed to her was stolen. The package, unable to fit the mailbox, was left on the ground near the box and disappeared sometime between 3 45 and 7 p m Thursday.
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Roger Leithold
Onalaska
Leithold
la Crosse
Hounds Track Grocery Burglar
Readstown burglary suspect traced by two bloodhounds after a call to Vernon County. Deputy Hammes and local officers questioned a youth in the home and obtained a statement admitting the break in. About half of the $14 cash taken was recovered.
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la Crosse
Greer Granted Christmas Eve Visit After Slay Confession
Thomas Greer, 23, who confessed to killing Mrs. Delores Parkison, owner of All-State Cafe in Tomah where he worked as a chef, was taken from Monroe County Jail on Christmas Eve for a family visit. Sheriff Dewey Reinstra and Deputy Duane Daniels escorted him. Mrs. Greer visited Christmas Day.
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Sparta
Wis
Thomas Greer
Delores Parkison
Tomah
Greer
Monroe County
Tech Terrace
Dewey Reinstra
Duane Daniels
Reinstra
Locals Offer Repairs and Photo Services
Modah Horn Shop at 205 South Fourth repairs instruments. Universal Photo Service at 514 State Street offers film development with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
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Modah
Universal Photo Service
State Street
Winona Livestock Stock Quotations Reported by Swift & Company
Winona Livestock quotes hogs cattle calves and small items with price ranges and day notes. The text lists hog weights from 160 pounds up to 500 pounds with price bands and discounts for thin hogs and sows, then cattle including dry fed steers and yearlings and cows, plus calves and vealers, followed by South St. Paul and Chicago price summaries and market activity.
Weather Record for Lacrosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with colder temperatures tonight. Wednesday remains mostly cloudy with slightly warmer details. Snow flurries possible late tomorrow. Lake Superior area sees snow flurries midweek. Minnesota shows cloudiness and scattered snow flurries across the north and south. Iowa reports cloudy to partly cloudy skies with possible snow in the extreme south tonight or Wednesday. Colder conditions prevail into midweek.
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Lacrosse
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Weather and shipping forecast for La Crosse region
Flood stage and temperature degree day data show 2552 to date through December 25 1960 with normal 2640. A shipper forecast outlines perishables within a 156 mile radius toward La Crosse noting minimum temperatures and directional trends for the night.
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Mid-Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Great Plains
Great Falls
Seattle
Duluth
Milwaukee
New York
Miami
la Crosse
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Solk
W. Berliners
Jerusalem
Judean Hills
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Buga
Colombia
Jesus
India
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Nehru
Zion
Billings
Bismarck
Boston
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Galveston
Huron
Jacksonville Kansas City
Knoxville
LA Cross
Los Angeles
Memphis
Minneapolis
New Orleans
St. Louis
Washington
Weather Outlook
Olean
N.Y
Edward J. Morris
City Hall
Milwaukee Livestock
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Bologna
Bernard Zielinski
10Th St
Tell & Farrell, Inc
Midwest Stock Exchange
Exchange
Wisconsin
James C. McCord
Peter G. Hurtgen
Loyd Lamb
Warner
Slimwear Department
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