Former City Soldier Receives Bronze Star for Korea Service
Sergeant J C James A Fuchs US Army Reserve receives Bronze Star Medal for leading wire section under heavy enemy fire from July to December 1953 in Korea. A Ban gor High School and La Crosse State College alumnus, Fuchs served with Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 180th Infantry 45th Division. married to Dawn Vaughn of La Crosse. employed by Nolop Construction Co.
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Korea
J.C
James A. Fuchs
State Road
Fuchs
Bangor High School
U.S. Army
180Th Infantry Regiment
45Th Infantry Division
United State Army Reserve
Federal
Dawn Vaughn
la Crosse
la Crosse State College
Nolop Construction Co
Paulsons Return From Spokane Vacation Visit
Acting Postmaster and Mrs. Os car F. Paulson concluded a two weeks vacation at their Spokane daughter’s home with Mr and Mrs Homer D Michels. Traveling with them was their son Lt William Paulson who has since returned to duty at Grosse Isle Naval Air Station Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar F. Paulson
Homer D. Michels
Spokane
Wash
Paulsons
William Paulson
Grosse Isle Naval Air Station
Mich
City To Open Bids For New Traffic Lights
La Crosse plans four stop and go traffic signals at Rose and St James, Rose and Clinton, 7th and Main, with a pedestrian and master controller system. Bids due 2:30 p.m. June 18. work to start within 20 days of award and finish in 40 days.
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City of la Crosse
M. R. Birnbaum
Board of Public Works
Rose and
St. James Streets
Rose and Clinton Streets
7Th
Main Streets
Rose Street
St. James
Clinton Streets
Auto Collision on Highway 14 Damages Two Cars
A New Glarus woman, Mabel H Schoch, 56, driving west on Highway 14 near County Trunk YY, collided with Cleo M. Quarberg, 23, Mondovi, who was eastbound. Schoch’s car sustained about 300 in damage. Quarberg’s about 150. No injuries reported. Witnesses said Quarberg was forced into the wrong lane when traffic stopped.
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Glarus
Wis
Highway 14
Mabel H Schoch
Cleo M. Quarberg
Main St
Mondovi
Quarberg
Schoch
Lightning Strikes Home Of Counsel Ray Jenkins
A thunderbolt hit the Knoxville home of special counsel Ray Jenkins during a storm. The bolt damaged the breakfast room and ignited a small appliance that burned the curtains. Jenkins and his wife were away in Washington.
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Ray Jenkins
Knoxville
Tenn
Jenkins
Real estate suit to prove commission claim in Hinsdale sale
A La Crosse Circuit Court jury is to hear testimony in a civil action over a 1951 Hinsdale real estate transaction. Plaintiff J Leonard O'Brien seeks 1200 dollars plus costs from James E Myrick for a 5 percent commission after Myrick allegedly canceled O'Brien's contract and sold the house to the same buyer for 24000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinsdale
Ill
la Crosse
Lincoln Neprud
J. Leonard O'Brien
James E. Myrick
R. J. Onalaska
O'Brien
Myrick
O’brien
Illinois
Ethel Hoglund
Loma Kraus
Pauline McDonald
John W. Nekola
Irene Freeman
Gerger Jolivette
Wenzel Bina
Washington
William Cain
Hamilton
Warner Kish
John Nelke Jr
Shelby
Frances ‘Lund
John Westerhouse
Onalaska
Death notices for Ellen Pishaw and George Wolff
Ellen Pishaw of 2135 Kane Street died early Wednesday in a local hospital after a lingering illness. George F. Wolff aged 51 of 508 Windsor Street died Tuesday afternoon in a Rochester hospital. foreman at La Crosse Trailer Corp and owner of Wolff Truck Lines. Funeral for Wolff Friday at 2 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday 7 to 9 p.m. at Sletten McKee North Side Chapel.
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George F. Wolff
Windsor St
Rochester
Johnson Creek
Wis
la Crosse Trailer Corp
Wolff Truck Lines
Maude
George E
Air Force
Columbus
Ohio
E. J. Wolff
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Walter Gutzke
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sletten
McKee North Side Chapel
Rain Expected Tonight Across La Crosse Region
Showers and isolated thunderstorms are forecast for La Crosse between 5 and 7 p.m. with rainfall of about half to three quarters of an inch. The broader Midwest storm center moved from northern Oklahoma, bringing heavy rain to eastern Kansas and western Missouri, while snow and frost affected other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
U.S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Central States
Kansas
Missouri
St. Lawrence Valley
Great Lakes
Milwaukee
Lynxville
Prairie du Chien
Youth Council Dance Attracts 1000 Pupils
La Crosse's Youth Council sponsored a May 28 dance at the Myrick Park shelter house. About 1000 students from Central, Logan, Aquinas and area junior highs attended, many showing interest in active council membership. No adults supervised. students ran concessions and admission. Planning for more gatherings over vacation months follows.
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la Crosse
Myrick Park
Central
Logan
Aquinas
Youth Council
Florida City Drops Out Of Golf Business
In Saint Petersburg Florida City Council unanimously voted to terminate Pasadena golf course lease and return the 18 hole course to private owners. The move followed a petition from Negroes seeking access and a study by a special committee.
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Florida City
ST. Petersburg
Fla. P
Pasadena
U. S. Supreme Court
Houston
Tex
Jaycees Plan 1955 Greater Home Exhibit
The Junior Chamber of Commerce board voted to stage the 1955 Greater Home and Food Show February 14 to 16, aiming to build on last year's record attendance and add entertainment from radio TV and theatrical acts, a cooking school and home appliance displays.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Crooks Set to Graduate From Thunderbird Trade Institute
Howard H. Crooks son of Mrs Martha Crooks Saukville Wisconsin will graduate May 28 from the American Institute for Foreign Trade at Thunderbird Field Phoenix Arizona He specializes in the Far East and has completed the intensive course for a career in American business or government abroad He attended Wisconsin State College La Crosse the University of Washington and earned a B S in political science from Wisconsin in 1952 His wife Nancy Schwanzle accompanies him at Thunderbird learning the language and customs of the country in which he plans to work French is taught with the Far East Mrs Crooks a UW arts education graduate belongs to Alpha Phi Sorority.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Howard H. Crooks
Martha Crooks
Saukville
Wisconsin
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Thunderbird Field
Ariz
Crooks
Wisconsin State College
la Crosse
University of Washington
Seattle
Wash
University of Wisconsin
Nancy Schwanzle
P. A. Schwanzle
Grandview Pl
Thunderbird
Far East
Alpha Phi Sorority
J. I. Case reports six month loss in fiscal period
J I Case Co farm equipment maker posts a net loss of 82 906 651 for the six months ended April 30 after a 480 000 federal tax credit. The prior year six months showed a net profit of 118 237.
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Racine
J. I. Case Co
Two injuries from bus and car crashes on La Crosse streets
A 14 year old La Crosse boy was accidentally pushed in front of a bus at 4th and Main, suffering a possible left ankle fracture. He and three year old Sherry Marsh were treated at a local hospital after separate collisions. police investigate a Division Street truck crash injuring parked cars.
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4Th
Main Streets
la Crosse
Jack Hansen
Charles St
Raymond A. Clark
S. 11Th St
Sherry Marsh
R. J. Genoa
Ralph Marsh
West Avenue
Johnson Street
Division Street
4Th Street
5Th Avenue
Roger Ingham
Ear Kish
Division St
Nelson Flag and Display Service of
Ingham
Denise Grabinski Unconscious after family tragedy
Denise Grabinski, 7, has remained unconscious for 102 days since February 20 when a playmate’s rod struck her in a tree top incident. She received care in Rochester and La Crosse. locals raised 9800 dollars to cover medical costs for her family of nine, parents Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Grabinski.
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Denise Grabinski
Denise
Rochester
la Crosse
Vernon Grabinski
Green Bay St
Marines Begin Northland Badger Platoon Recruit Drive
U S Marines launch a three-site Northland Badger Platoon recruitment from La Crosse Eau Claire and Ashland aiming to enlist 75 youths. Swearing in at Eau Claire June 25. recruits train 10 weeks in San Diego after three to four year enlistments.
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la Crosse
Eau Claire
Ashland
U.S. Marine Corps
Federal Building
Marine Recruit
San Diego
Calif
Northland
Minneapolis
Local Marriage Licenses List For La Crosse And Area
A roundup of couples filing for marriage licenses in La Crosse and nearby areas. Entries include William Fregin and Phyllis Wrobet in La Crosse, Verne Seiler and Mary Ann Isler, plus several couples for Milwaukee Madison and other locales with planned wedding dates in June and May.
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William Fregin
S. 16Th St
Phyllis Wrobet
S. 8Th St
la Crosse
LaVerne, Seiler
Farnam
Mary Ann Isler
S. 30Th St
Fred Hagen
Ramona Joyce Hall
Milwaukee
Penn Narrum Upland
Galesville
Wis
Corrine Alice Felt
N. 21St St
Madison
Waldo Grooms
Acworth
Jo Ann Eastling
7Th St
Clue Probed in Hartley Abduction Case
Deputy sheriffs Leon ard Mach and Mark Hewitt investigated a tip north of Holmen about a car seen near Evelyn Hartley’s disappearance last October. Sheriff Scullin said lie detector tests of Central High students and staff found no suspects, and local residents should report suspicions. Investigators continue piecemeal tests through summer as Josephson reviews the case.
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Hartley
Leonard Mach
Mark Hewitt
Robert E. Scullin
Mach
Hewitt
Holmen
Evelyn Hartley
A. M
Joe) Josephson
Central High School
Scullin
Josephson
la Crosse ‘State College
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J. G. Simmerling
10Th St
Tribune
New North Side
Mrs
Gilbert Liersch
North Side Dairy Way
Rose St
Ellen Pishaw
Kane]St
Park Falls
Cranberry
Elko
Nev
Presidio
New Home Beauty
Florshop
Ann Hemker
Miss Hemker
Akew
Jaycees
Homer
Jethro
Howard Alvey
Fairground
Ryser
Fairgrounds
Russ Hefti
la Crosse County
WLS
Trade Institute
Tak
Lloyd Viner
Farwell St
Judith Ann Sagen
Hixton
Jensen Funeral Home
Pigeon Falls Lutheran Church
Judith Ann
Oliver Sagen
19Th St
Evan Hegge
U.S. Marines
Sparta
Frederick C. Selkey
Clifton
Julie K. Elhiney
St. Louis
Thomas Owen
Baraboo
Eileen PD. Short
Wellington
Ronald F. Schroeder
Cashton
Shirley J. Brown
Angelo
Donald C. Muehlenkamp
Ridgeville
Donna G. Bernhardt
Whitehall, Wis
George Ronald Mathhey
Whitehall
Mavis Carolyn Peterson
Osseo
Stanley Mervin Becker
Inez Marie Tollefson
Eleva
Henry James Walker
Marjorie Joyce Rogniien
Tillman's
Osel
Silliman Ome Furnishings
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