Death notices for Mrs. Tressie A. Root
Mrs. Tressie A. Root, 81, of 108 S. 9th St., died at home on Thursday evening December 22. She is survived by two daughters, two sons, a sister, eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sletten-McKee Funeral Home with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 3 to 5 p.m.
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Tressie A. Root
S. 9Th St
Arthur E
Audrey) Anderson
Eureka
Calif
Austin W
Dorothy) Eng
Portland
Ore
Leo M. Root
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jess S. Root Jr
Minneapolis
Sletten-McKee
Floyd Harbold
Oak Grove Cemetery
Harriet
Ces
Duluth
Minn
Obituary: Cornelius Erickson 74 Dies in Local Hospital
Cornelius Erickson aged 74 died in a local hospital Saturday morning December 24. Born in Norway January 22, 1892 he lived with a niece Mrs. Daryl Papenfuss at 3012 S. 23rd St. Survived by three sisters Mrs. Ewald Doering Milwaukee Mrs. Elida Iverson Rochester Minnesota and Mrs. Hannah Olson Minneapolis Minnesota and two brothers Julia Blair and Morris Oakland California. Preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters. Services set for Tuesday at 2.
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Cornelius Erickson
Norway
Daryl Papenfuss
S. 23Rd St
Ewald Doering
Milwaukee
Elida Iverson
Rochester
Minn
Hannah Olson
Minneapolis
Julia
Blair and
Morris
Oakland
Calif
Dr B I Pippin, Richland Center Doctor, Dies in Florida
Dr B I Pippin 74 of Richland Center died Saturday December 24 in Plantation Key Florida where he spent the winter. He founded the former Pippin Clinic and helped run Richland Hospital. Cremation after 2 p.m. services in Coral Isles Congregational Church. burial back home. Survived by widow Mildred Forsyth two sons two daughters two brothers and six others.
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Richland Center
Wis
B. I. Pippin
Plantation Key
Fla
Pippin
Richland Hospital
Coral Isles Congregational Church
Plantation
Pratt Memorial Chapel
William Kobs
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Lions International
Masons and Zor Shrine
American Legion
Mildred Forsyth
la Crosse
B. E. Pippin
Burlington, Wis
Peter Hensley
Stockton
Paul Magnusson
Minneapolis
Verne
Blue River
Eldon
Boscobel
Services for Donald Neuverth in Tipp City Wisconsin Lutheran Church
Donald Neuverth 26 of Tipp City Ohio died Thursday in a Dayton hospital. Services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. at First Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev Fritz Miller. Burial follows at Mormon Coulee Memorial Park. Friends may call at Schumacher Funeral Home Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Arthur Feroe
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
Sletten-McKee
Donald F. Neuverth
R. 2
Tipp City
Ohio
Frank E. Neuverth
la Crosse
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fritz Miller
Schumacher Funeral Home
Mr. Neuwerth
Dayton
Bombings Seen From Saigon Traveler's Report On Hanoi Targets
Pulitzer winner Salisbury recounts travel to North Vietnam visiting rail yard and truck depot near Pho Nguyen Thiap Street. He notes civilian damage from bombing, listing destroyed houses and a damaged Buddhist pagoda with casualties. North Vietnamese officials report deaths and injuries from December strikes along the Red River.
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Partment
Salisbury
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Phnom Penh
International Control Commission
Soviet Union
Pho Nguyen Thiap Street
Red River
United States
Poisonous Fumes Kill Mother and Daughter in Car
An 18 year old mother and her 2 year old daughter died from poisonous exhaust fumes while sitting in a Goshen Indiana car waiting for a slow train to pass a crossing on Christmas Eve.
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Goshen, Ind
Johnson recounts JFK succession and Air Force One heartily
New York Newsweek reports Johnson's memory of the Kennedy assassination and oath of office differs from the Kennedys' view in William Manchester's forthcoming book The Death of a President. The manuscript cites friction, Johnson's calls to Robert Kennedy, and Johnson's use of the term honey.
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New York
Newsweek Magazine
Johnson
William Manchester
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Dallas
Air Force One
Newsweek
Mrs. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Manchester
Bobby
Air Force
Godfrey McHugh
LBJ
McHugh
10 000 Cheer Hope Show In Viet
Bob Hope moved his show to the U S 1st Infantry Division at Di An and performed before about 10 000 troops in the heat. He joked about war coverage on television and noted LBJ warmed up the audience with a quip about the war. He praised the soldiers and urged them on.
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DI AN
South Vietnam
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U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Big Red
Hope
Vietnam
LBJ
Hawaii
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McNamara
Rella Faria
Bombay
India
Don Knotts
Air Force
America
Searchers fail to locate Avianca plane with 29 aboard
In Colombia search planes failed to find any trace of an Avianca twin engine DC3 missing over the Andes between Pasto and Cali. The craft carried 26 passengers and three crew members en route from Cali to Pasto. One foreign student from Ecuador aboard.
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Bogota
Colombia
Avianca
Andes
Pasto
Cali
Ministry of Aviation
Ecuador
Allen Bradley Selected National Baseball Congress Top Club
Allen Bradley of Milwaukee was named Sunday as the top industrial club in the National Baseball Congress.
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Wichita, Kan
Allen Bradley
Milwaukee
National Baseball Congress
Wis. Death Notices for Sherrick Fisher and Terwilleger
Graveside rites for Amelia Sherrick, 84, Cashton and Prairie du Chien, are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Sugar Grove Cemetery Cashton with Lake Thornburg Funeral Home handling arrangements. Minnie P Fisher, 78, Eastman, died Friday night. services at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Wesley Methodist Church with burial at National Cemetery. R J Terwilleger, 51, manager of the Federal Land Bank Association in Viroqua, died Saturday night. services Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Church of Christ with burial in Viroqua Cemetery.
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Amelia Sherrick
Cashton
Wis
Prairie du Chien
Sugar Grove
Sherrick
Lake Thornburg
Melvin G Weighner of Prairie du Chien dies at 69
Melvin G. Weighner 69 died Friday December 23 in Prairie du Chien. Funeral services held Monday at the Methodist Church with Rev. Billy Bross officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by widow Elda three daughters Alene Novey Imogene Mardauss Rita Clayton overland Park Kan one sister Mrs Earl Valley six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. He was a retired city water department employee.
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Melvin Weighner
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Melvin G. Weighner
Billy Bross
Evergreen Cemetery
Lake Thornburg
Hartwick Christianson dies. rites set at Methodist Church
Hartwick Christianson 55 of Viroqua Wisconsin died Saturday evening December 24 at the local Methodist Church. Rev. Lee Holmes will officiate the funeral with burial in Bethel Cemetery. Friends may call at Beier Funeral Home Tuesday evening and after 1 pm Wednesday at the church. He was a retired area farmer. He is survived by Irene four sons Harlan Milwaukee Michael Janesville Allan Stephen both of Viroqua two daughters Mrs Richard Sanwick Janesville and Kathrine of Viroqua his mother Mrs Carl Christianson of Viroqua one brother Harry of Viroqua and five sisters Mrs Eli Tollackson Mrs Minerva Dahl both of Viroqua Mrs Sylvester Diressel Milwaukee Mrs Merle Jacoby La Crosse Mrs John Webster Santa Monica California.
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Viroqua
Wis
R. J. Terwilleger
Federal Land Bank Association
Viroqua Hospital
Ardelle Prosek
Tim
Joanne McCormick
Richard Zeman
Robert Bartels
Ann Arbor
Mich
Hartwick
Janesville
Allan
Stephen
Richard Sanwick
Kathrine
Carl Christianson
Harry
Eli Tollackson
Minerva Dahl
Sylvester Diressel
Milwaukee
Merle Jacoby
la Crosse
John Webster
Santa Monica
Calif
Obituary Notes Halbert Smith and Sever Trehus
Halbert A. Smith 81 of Viroqua died Saturday night in a Viroqua hospital. Funeral 1 p.m. at Jacobson and Vance Funeral Home with burial in Viroqua Cemetery. he leaves one son Harold and daughter Mrs Ernest Christianson, 23 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Sever A. Trehus 66 of Spring Grove died Friday night at home. Funeral Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in church cemetery. survivors include his widow and two sons Leslie and others. The report also recalls Christmas messages from world leaders amid global tensions and a note about a Christmas Bank in Cremona.
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Alfred Bengsch
Berlin
St. Hedwig’s
Kurt Scharf
Salisbury
Humphrey Gibbs
Rhodesia
Great Britain
Gibbs
Ian Smith
Briton
Clifford Dupont
Smith
Orient
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Formosa
Truce Parade Turkeys Mark Christmas in Mekong Delta
Lt. Col. Charles A. Gillis battles restraint after mortars hit a village near the Mekong Delta. He refrained from directing artillery as civilians returned home to celebrate Christmas with turkey and fruit. Hawaiians shared food with Vietnamese troops and pigs roamed the village for a future luau.
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Charles A. Gillis
Colorado Springs
Colo
Gillis
William C. Westmoreland
Mekong
Missing San Francisco Family Plane Vanishes Over Baja
A private twin engine plane carrying eight family members from San Francisco and two crew vanished after departing San Diego bound for La Paz Mexico. Pilot Elton Stone and co pilot Dennie Seitz were aboard with Richard Dak in his wife Susan Roger Dakin Joan and four Dak in grandchildren. The craft left Oakland December 20 stopping for fuel then failed to report in amid poor Baja communications.
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Oakland
Calif
San Francisco
la Paz
Mexico
Executive Aviation Co
San Diego
Air Force Search and Rescue
Hamilton Air Force Base
Elton Stone
Oakland Aviation
Dennie Seitz
Richard Y. Dakin
Susan
Roger Dakin
Joan
Matthew
Zachary
Alexandria
Robert W. Dakin
Dakin
Lindbergh Field
Coast Guard
Air Force
Baja California
Stone
Police Records Ambulance Log City
On December 24 at 7 14 p m Louise Miller 69 of 1119 S East Ave was taken to St Francis Hospital in ill health On December 25 at 7 55 a m Mrs John Ghelfi 40 of 1228 Avon St was transported to St Francis Hospital with illness
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Louise Miller
S. East Ave
St. Francis Hospital
John Ghelfi
Avon St
Steel Plates Fall From New York Skyscraper
A construction site at Park Avenue and 48th Street avoided tragedy when steel plates toppled from the 38th and 41st floors. No injuries were reported due to the absence of pedestrians on the street.
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New York
Park Avenue
48Th Street
Christmas Day Fires Kill 2 In Minnesota
A 14 year old girl died when an explosion and fire leveled her Coon Rapids home on Christmas morning. In Edina a retirement home fire killed 81 year old Al D. Veltum. 20 residents evacuated. Several family members were hospitalized with serious burns.
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Minneapolis
Coon Rapids
Edina
Jackie Cherne
Joseph Cherne
Gladys
Gwen
Joseph Jr
Cherne
Ralph
Diane
Keith
Kevin
Karen
Richard
al D. Veltum
Heritage Manor
Edna
Donald L. Leaf
Retirement Home
Heritage Nursing Home
Leaf
Fire Damages Home In City
A Christmas night blaze heavily damaged the upper part of a La Crosse residence occupied by Matt Lusk at 1580 Denton St. Lusk retired and home alone was away when smoke was spotted about 9 p.m. Neighbors saw smoke from the roof and a passer-by alerted the fire department. Firefighters worked for over an hour but the cause remained undetermined.
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la Crosse
Matt Lusk
Denton St. Lusk
Lusk
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