Move To Keen McCarthy's Office Open
Senator Alexander Wiley leads a plan to keep Joseph McCarthy’s Wisconsin office open until a successor is named. With McCarthy dead on May 2 and no immediate gubernatorial appointment, the office may stay open 60 days or until a new senator is elected, to avoid mail and staff disruption.
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Washington
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
McCarthy
Senate
Wisconsin
Wiley
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Senatorial Policy Committee
Vernon W. Thomson
Thomson
Him
Bridges
Congress
Armed Services
Veterans
Injured Elroy Residents Seek Hospital Care
Two Elroy residents were confined to a Manston hospital after separate accidents this week. Mrs. Hattie Grant fractured a limb in a kitchen slip. Keith Grilley severed a big toe and part of the second toe by catching his foot in a power mower while mowing near his lawn edge.
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Elroy
Wis
Manston
Hattie Grant
Keith Grilley
Sinatra DiMaggio Sued Over Marilyn Monroe Raid
Los Angeles file charges name Frank Sinatra Joe DiMaggio and seven others in a 200000 damages suit over a wrong door raid on Marilyn Monroe. Florence Ross says the incident caused hysteria and medical costs after men battered her door late November 5, 1954. Two detectives are named. Sinatra says he drove but waited in the car.
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Los Angeles
Frank Sinatra
Jove DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe
Florence Katz Ross
State Senate
DiMaggio
Monroe
New York Yankees
Ross
Sinatra
Police and Ambulance Reports From La Crosse May 30
May 30 entries record Mrs. G J Winter taken to Lutheran Hospital after a fall. Fire calls note no fire at a junk yard odor investigation and a gasoline spill cleaned at Martin's Pure Oil Station. Multiple arrests and charges include drunk driving licenses, unregistered vehicles, permit violations, set line and minor alcohol cases with bonds and trials scheduled for Tuesday.
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G. J. Winter
Main St
Lutheran Hospital
Junk Yard
6Th and
la Crosse Streets
Martin's Pure Oil Station
George St
Burden Learns Giant Cottonwood Trees Drain Water
Sayre Oklahoma farmer Jewel Burden learned from a soil conservationist that each giant cottonwood tree on his drought affected farm removes about 600 gallons of water daily from the soil.
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Sayre
Okla
Jewel Burden
Crime in Rural Wisconsin Rises 65 Percent in Five Years
The Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare reports rural crime up nearly 65 percent from 1952 to 1956 among 35 rural communities. Incarceration rose from 222 to 266 inmates, with increases in auto theft forgery bad checks abandonment non-support and narcotics violations. Parole violations climbed from 15 to 24.5 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Public Welfare
Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kughier’s Murals Put N. Carolina On Canvas
New York article profiles Francis Vandeever Kughter, commission to paint a mural history of North Carolina for the Knapp Auditorium at UNC Chapel Hill. He canvases colonial and English scenes, using real faces and models, and insists he is a lifelong painter studying origins and life.
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New York
NEA
Francis Vandeever Kughter
North Carolina
Charter
Knapp
Chapel Hill
Williamsburg
England
Elizabeth
Charles I
Kughler
Kughter
Tri-State Deaths Feature Louis Gade and Andrew Brunner
Funeral services were held for Louis Gade 57 at St John s Evangelical and Reformed Church Wheatland Iowa with burial in the church cemetery. He died suddenly in Eitzen Minnesota and is survived by two sisters. Andrew Brunner 8 died at home after a long illness in Moulton Wisconsin with services at St Patrick s Catholic Church and Crandall and Sons Funeral Home in charge. He leaves a wife two children and extended family.
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New Albin
Iowa
Louis Gade
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Wheatland
E. M. DeBuhr
Fred Weimersinge
August Staggemeier
Eitzen
Maulton
Wis
Andrew Brunner
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Crandall and Sons Funeral Home
John Murphy
Mr. Brunner
Juneau County
Mary Ann Brunner
Chicago
Patrick
Madison
Space satellite plans loom as world eyes launches
Global brief notes Russia ready to launch an artificial satellite with no date set while U S scientists aim for a 1958 lift. Hungary reports Mindszenty in refuge as New Man reappears after revolt. Saigon selects Pham Van Nhu as head of the MNR backing Diem. Mumbai reports six flu deaths in 24 hours and drug price rises prompting stock assurances. Turin hosts 6000 physicians for a world congress with U S exhibits on heart and organ functions.
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London
U. S
Turin
Italy
U.S
First Lutheran School Picnic Set for June 7 at Myrick Park
The First Lutheran School will hold a student and family picnic at Myrick Park on Friday, June 7. Organizers invite all students, staff, and their families to attend for games snacks and community fellowship.
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First Lutheran
Myrick Park
Marriages Listed For Individuals Across Multiple States
Iowa and neighboring states list proposed marriages with pairs including Reich and Rodgers in Waukon La Crosse and Hokah. Traeder and Diamond in Sheboygan. Haberichter and Helen Egan in Harpers Ferry. Other couples include Hauser Meyer in La Crosse and Zoerb Balmer in La Crosse. Hastings Grosskopf in La Crosse. Immenschuh Mis tle in Tomah. Nonstad Hendrickson in La Crosse Arranged dates range May 31 to June 15 in Wisconsin and Minnesota venues.
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Waukon
Iowa
Robert Reich
la Crosse
Helen Rodgers
Hokah
Dwaine Traeder
Maxine Diamond
Sheboygan
Vennis H. Haberichter
Laara
Amd
Helen Egan
Harpers Ferry
Dwight Brown
Minnie Strike
St. Paul
Minn
Clifton Chistianson
Charlotte Hansmeier
Alvin Sweitz
Battle Ground
Wash
Billie Hensley
Elkhart
Kan
Norman
Douglas H. Maas
Lincoln
Jane A. Hess
Greenfield
Joseph C. Hauser
Pine St
Janice G. Meyer
West Salem
Frederic W. Zoerb
Cass St
Mary L. Balmer
Jerry Hastings
Genoa
la Venne Grosskopf
Johnson St
Housewives Diaper Rage Sparks Home Fire Trial
Nancy Joyce Stoner a 20 year old Los Angeles area mother faced arson charges after setting fire to seven diaper stacks in her Norwalk home to protest housework. She admitted the act saying she was fed up with diapers and isolation. bond set at 500 dollars. court date June 10.
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Los Angeles
Nancy Joyce Stoner
Superior Court
Stoner
Gene
Pomona
Debbia
Dianna
Stoners
Mrs. Stoner
Sigmund
Gabrielle Csisery
Hungary
Dayton
Ohio
Otto
Theresa
Lawrence Protsman closes D X service station in Lansing
Lansing Iowa special reports Lawrence Protsman ceases operation of his D X service station on May 27 after almost three years. He leaves for Leavenworth Kansas to pursue a prison guard interview after a civil service exam. The piece also lists management moves at Sears including Gordon M Metcalf’s rise.
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Lansing
Iowa
Lawrence Protsman
Leavenworth
Kan
Metcalf
Herbert F. Murphy
Northwestern University School of Commerce
Sioux City
Decatur
Kansas City
Chicago
Parade Slated For Broiler Day Sunday Arcadia Event
A parade of more than 60 units will highlight the Sunday afternoon Arcadia Broiler Dairy Day Festival. Lineup at 1 30 p m, start 2 p m with Lions Club parade committee in charge. Units include bands floats antique cars horses and more from Galesville Arcadia Winona Cochrane La Crosse Holmen Ettrick Independence Mondovi Fountain City Reedsburg Whitehall Dubuque Blair Spring Grove and others.
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Arcadia Broiler
Lions Club
Galesville
Arcadia
Winona
Cochrane
la Crosse
Holmen
Ettrick
Independence
Mondovi
Fountain City
Reedsburg
Whitehall
Dubuque
Blair
Spring Grove
Dynamite Topples Tree Injures Miner Watcher
In New Kensington Pennsylvania Arthur Henderson aged 34 from Apollo watched miners prep dynamite at a strip coal operation. A blast toppled a nearby tree onto him causing a broken left shoulder and several fractured ribs. He is in fair condition at New Kensington General Hospital.
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New Kensington
Arthur Henderson
Apollo
Henderson
New Kensington General Hospital
Confirmation Set At Wilmington Lutheran Church
A class of six will be confirmed at Wilmington Lutheran Church in Caledonia Minnesota on Sunday June 2 at 11 a.m. The Rev Richard Hanson will lead. Confirmands are Stanley Danielson Alana Rask Sidney Sanness Larry Sanness Darlene Trehus and Mary Jane Wisland. A dinner follows the service.
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Caledonia, Minn
Wilmington Lutheran Church
Richard Hanson
Stanley Danielson
Alana Rask
Sidney Sanness
Larry Sanness
Darlene Trehus
Mary Jane Wisland
Hungarian Refugees Find Their Level in Milwaukee After Six Months
Six months after fleeing the October revolution, Milwaukee’s 302 Hungarian immigrants, aided by St Vincent de Paul Society and National Catholic Welfare Council, are self supporting with homes, English, and jobs. Most attend church. few face legal trouble. Families adapt on farms and in urban jobs while some pursue professional training and education.
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Milwaukee
Budapest
Wisconsin
Austria
St. Vincent de Paul Society
National Catholic Welfare Council
Camp Kilmer
Nwt
United States
Charles O'Neill
St. Vincent Society
Marquette University
O'Neill
Coty Reacts To Massacre Of Algerian Village Melouza
President Coty urged civilized peoples to reject the rebels after Melouza villagers were slain. French officials say 302 villagers died amid nationalist clashes as Paris launched a large military hunt with helicopters planes and armor.
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Paris
Rens Coty
France
Algeria
Melouza
Algiers
Coty
Tunisia
Births notice from multiple hospitals and towns
Several births listed in late May across Wisconsin and Indiana. At St Anns Hospital a May 30 boy to Norman and Mrs Deml. a May 30 girl to Clarence Bushek and wife. a May 31 girl to John Hanson and wife. St Marys Sparta reports May 27 boy to Nicholas Antony. May 29 girl to Quinien Witzman and wife. Additional births include May 29 son for Charles Hansen in Terre Haute. May 23 son for Donald Trowbridge in Tomah. May 25 son for James Brooks in Tomah. May 28 daughter for Harold Eggleson in Tomah. May 31 son for Robert Sorenson in Tomah.
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St. Ann's Hospital
Norman C. Deml
Vine St
Janice Stange
Clarence J. Bushek
Cashton
Filomena Lentini
John N. Hanson
S. 6Th St
Karine Kletzke
St. Mary's Hospital
Sparta
Wis
Nicholas F
Antony
Rockland
Janice Young
Quinien P. Witzman
Mary J. Pitt
Terre Haute
Ind
Charles Hansen
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Tomah
Donald Trowbridge
Wyeville
Anna Peay
James Brooks
Margaret Lebrick
Howard Kueh
Gertrude Schmieder
Harold Eggleson
Jean Mark
Fishing rods stolen at Modern Motel Onalaska
Al Berg reported a fly fishing rod and a Higgins casting rod were stolen from the Modern Motel in Onalaska. The theft occurred sometime Wednesday or Thursday night, according to the caller.
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Onalaska. Wis
Onalaska
al Berg
Dire Disease Highlights Cancer Burden and Advances
The American Cancer Society estimates 450000 Americans will develop cancer this year while about 150000 will be saved due to improved diagnosis and treatment methods.
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The
American Cancer Society
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Ettrick, Wis
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