Wisconsin Methodist Church names Fritz treasurer
The Rev. Clifford M. Fritz former pastor of West Allis First Methodist Church is named treasurer of the Wisconsin Conference of the Methodist Church by Bishop H Clifford Northcott of Madison. He succeeds retiring Rev. Ernest John Mathews. The bishop also announced 16 ministers receiving first assignments in Wisconsin and listed district appointments across Appleton Watertown Milwaukee and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus E. Olson
Waupaca
First Methodist Church
Wausau
Marvin A. Schilling
Watertown
Dis
Trict
Northcott
Wisconsin
Appleton
James Collins
Angelica
Advance
J. S. B. Skagen
Loeb
Rosendale
Quenten Meracle
Fall River
Lost Lake
Gerald M. Cross
Sharon
Milwaukee
Marvin Baker
First Methodist Church of
Sheboygan
Robert Clune
Waldo and
Hingham
James C. Talmadge
West Bend
Paul Bretzel
Caldwell and
Vernon
Robert W. Kuhn
Eagle and
Troy Center
William E. Morton
Franksville
James Scott
Genoa City
Fred W. Whitlock
Paris Corners
John Stilts
Pleasant Prairie
Wesley Chapel
Carroll Usher
Salem
Wilmot
Lawrence Winebrenner
Racine Bethel Church
Wright Hails London For Lack Of Skyscrapers
Frank Lloyd Wright visiting London from Baghdad praised the city for not building tall towers. The 87 year old architect, who summers near Spring Green Wisconsin, noted London’s restraint as an achievement by local architects and said he would not want to see skyscrapers in the city.
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London
Frank Lloyd Wright
Baghdad
Iraq
Spring Green
Wis
Tigris River
Wright
Chicago
Maude Sinks While Smuggling Beer On Detroit River
The 100 foot black-hulled tug Maude, used to smuggle Canadian beer into Detroit in 1923, foundered on a moonless night. Dredgers uncovered the wreck near the Michigan shore, buried in mud twelve feet deep.
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Detroit
Customs
Canada
Wallaceburg
Ont
Michigan
William Conway
Death notices from La Crosse area honor several residents
Obituaries list Edmund L. Marking aged 58 of West Salem died of a heart attack in La Crosse. Other deaths include Olive Smith 79 of La Crosse and John A. Ekland 99, with services planned in West Salem and La Crosse Catholic and Lutheran churches.
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Edmund L. Marking
West Salem
la Crosse
Mr. Marking
Laura Staff Marking
Donald
Lois) Willinger
William
Barbara) Willinger
Pella
Iowa
Geneva Marking
South Milwaukee
Richard
Ray
Esther) Jostad
Clifford
Lorraine) Hanson
Oscar
Ruth) Oines
Holmen
Hubert J
Olga) Schleiter
William C
Anne) Keppen
Harold M
St. Petersburg
Fla
Adolph
Robert
Edmund Russell
Olive Smith
George St
Khrushchev TV Interview Highlights Soviet Trade and Peace Talk
Khrushchev said the Soviet Union would outpace the United States in milk and butter by 1958 and meat by 1960 or 1961. He urged reciprocal troop withdrawals to calm tensions and proposed normalization of relations, trade, and cultural exchanges as steps toward peace, while rejecting war or enmity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
America
Kremlin
Janos Kadar
Hungary
Stuart Nevins
B. J. Cutler
Moscow
The
New York Herald Tribune
Daniel Schorr
CBS Moscow
Livestock and grain quotations from Chicago and St Paul markets
Stock quotations from Shearson Hammill show hogs up 50 cents with varied weights and good sow prices. Cattle and calves list steady to mixed, with steers 12.50 to 20.00 and cows 9.00 to 15.50, calves 14.00 to 34.00. Chicago produce and UBDA LIVESTOCK notes slow hogs, lighter demand, and mixed cattle, calf, and sheep prices. South St Paul stock trade opens slow then steady, with slaughter steers and heifers around 20.00 to 23.50, cows 14.50 to 16.00, bulls 15.50 to 17.50, hogs unsettled. Wheat and grains unavailable. soybeans and soy products continued nominal.
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Winona
Swift & Company
Bologna
Chicago Livestock
Chicago If
UBDA
South ST. Paul Ivestock
South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
Fastteeth Powder Promises Firmer Comfortable Dentures
An old ad copy touts Pastreth plates for firmer and more comfortable false teeth. It claims the powder helps with chatter droop and wobble, with no paste taste and neutralizes plate odor. Available at drug counters as Fastheeth.
Four Hearings Scheduled by Commission in La Crosse
The State Industrial Commission will hold four workmen's compensation hearings Friday in the La Crosse Courthouse. Cases include Raymond Wiait versus Witte Transportation Co and Merle J. Skadron versus Trane Co with others listed for 1 30 p.m. Fred Linse versus Nelson Cooperative Creamery and Arthur Genan versus Electric Auto-Lite Co. The day also includes informal consultations for employers and employees on compensation act rights, from 8:30 to 9 a.m. The hearings are typically held in County Board chambers on the courthouse’s top floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Industrial Commission
la Crosse
Raymond Wiait
Witte Transportation Co
Merle J. Skadron
Trane Co
Fred Linse
Nelson Cooperative Creamery
Arthur Genan
Electric Auto-Lite Co
Ralph E. Gintz
County Board
Resume Hearing On Gas Rates For Michigan-Wisconsin Co
The Washington Power Commission resumes a hearing on a proposed wholesale gas rate increase for Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co of Detroit. The company seeks a 4 074 500 dollar annual rate rise affecting 16 wholesale customers in Wisconsin Michigan Iowa and Missouri. The hearing began last January and has been in recess since April 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington W
Power Commission
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Co
Detroit
Michigan-Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Missouri
Tourist information booth opens Wednesday at 3rd and Cass
The tourist information booth maintained by the City County Publicity Committee will open Wednesday at 3rd and Cass streets. It will be redecorated for what is expected to be another busy year for visitors, marking the fourth year of operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
3Rd
Cass Streets
Immunization Clinic Set for Thursday in Courthouse Basement
County nurse Helen Hanson announced an immunization clinic Thursday for children of out of county parents who cannot afford shots. It will immunize against diphtheria tetanus smallpox whooping cough and measles. Parents may register by calling her Courthouse office. clinic starts at 8:30 a.m. in the Courthouse basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hanson
Hanson
Mothers Help Five Children Escape As Car Hits Train
In Milwaukee area Oak Creek at a crossing two South Milwaukee mothers shielded and guided their five children to safety as a train moving at five mph struck the car. Shirlee Lex 25 jumped last to safety followed by Linda Lex 6 and Gary 2. Carol Wolf 25 with Dennis 6 Michael 5 and William 3 escaped as the car was demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Shirlee Lex
Linda Lex
Gary
Carol Wolf
Dennis
Michael
William
Oak Creek
Cool spell drags into midweek with cooler nights
A cool spell from Canada brings near normal to below normal temperatures through Wednesday. Monday night may dip to 50 with a 72 high Tuesday and 80 possible Monday afternoon. Skies partly cloudy, sun returns today, with light rain in Rochester and Black River Falls and isolated storms in South Dakota.
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Gulf States
Middle Atlantic
Unifax
Canada
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Rochester
Minn
Black River Falls
South Dakota
Texas Weather Streak Worsens Across State
Texas endured renewed flooding with rivers rising from the Oklahoma border to the Rio Grande after weekend rains. Tornadoes touched down with little damage. seven deaths were linked to the weather yesterday and a two-car crash in rain killed five. Two airmen from Randolph AFB were swept away and presumed drowned as crops suffered heavy losses, especially cotton and grains in north Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Rio Grande
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy skies persist tonight through Tuesday across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with cooler conditions in western areas. Central and eastern portions see warmer spells today into tonight with clearing and gradual warming across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi River Forecast Rocks Stability Across Dams
Weathery river reading from Hastings Minnesota to Guttenberg Iowa shows little change in high water levels at all dams over the next 24 hours. Forecast includes times for Tuesday dawn and sunset and notes on heating degree days accumulating for the fiscal year totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minn
Gutteneberg
Iowa
Eisenhower asks Congress for supplemental Post Office funds
President Eisenhower seeks 149 million dollars more for the Post Office Department to avert mail service cuts on July 1. The request covers restoration of a prior cut, increased workload, salary raises, and claims payments, plus restoring the earlier 57.4 million reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Post Office Department
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Summerfield
House
Senate
Department
Percival Brundage
Brundage
Post Office
Oshkosh Appoints First City Manager Hans S. Thorgrimsen
Hans S. Thorgrimsen named as Oshkosh city manager in a 14 000 a year post approved by voters in April. He currently leads Rapid City South Dakota and has held similar posts in Sweetwater and Wichita Falls Texas. He will assume office June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Hans S. Thorgrimsen
Charles Fiss
Common Council
Thorgrimsen
Rapid City
S.C
Sweetwater
Wichita Falls
Texas
Scientists urged to curb nuclear testing via international pact
Washington University researchers back a global agreement to halt nuclear tests as a first step toward avoiding a cataclysmic war. Dr. Edward B. Lewis of Caltech warned that 100 sunshine units of Strontium 9 could cause 500 to 1,000 leukemia cases annually, with one unit triggering 5 to 10 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nhow
Washington University
Edward B. Lewis
California Institute of Technology
Lewis
U. S
Two-Car Collision Kills Nurse In Wisconsin Crash
Sister Mary Eberhardt of Port Washington dies from injuries after a collision seven miles east of West Bend. James Salesky, 20, of Coleman escapes with minor injuries when the convertible rolls off a trunk highway near Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette County
Coleman
James Salesky
Mary Eberhardt
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Port Washington
West Bend
Coroner Rules Man's Death A Self Inflicted Hangs Self
An elderly La Crosse man Joseph A. Piesche 67 died in his home from hanging by his own action. The death was reported by County Coroner Dr. Michael J. Watunga who said he had been in ill health for six months. He was found by his wife around 8 a.m. Sunday after she returned from church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Piesche
Green Bay St
la Crosse
Bertha M
Joseph Jr
Elgin, Ill
Piesche
Heileman Brewing Co
Brewery Workers Union
South Side
Blaschke Funeral Home
Cathol Cemetery
Michael J. Watunga
For Sale Cheap in Blytheville after Water Moccasin Sighting
Louise Mizell received congratulations on her engagement on Main Street Blytheville when a water moccasin crawled across her shoe and climbed onto her car wheel and hood. The snake disappeared under the hood and the car was moved to a service station where a steam hose was used but the snake was never found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blytheville
Ark
Louise Mizell
Main Street
Miss Mizell
Training At Camp McCoy Under Way
Camp McCoy opens a three month summer training season with 3000 Kansas National Guard troops and 12 other Army Reserve units arriving. About 2500 active Army personnel support, bringing total summer personnel to around 19000 by mid June and about 60000 to be trained overall, the largest season yet. The effort includes extensive post preparation, vehicle maintenance, and field training to ensure rapid mobilization readiness for National Guard and Reserve units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Kansas National Guard
367Th Transportation Bn
Grand Rapids
Mich
345Th Quartermaster Group
Chicago, Ill
385Th Engineer
St. Paul
U.S. Army
National Guard
Army Reserve
Cam- McCoy
Fatal crash on highway details from witness report
A crash left a car overturned with guard posts down the embankment and the Johnsons ejected. Witness Ronald Wegner, 37, of Myrick Park Lane, said the car swerved and Johnson appeared to lose control before overturning on the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Wegner
Myrick Park Lane
Johnsons
Johnson
Police records from La Crosse report hospital transports
On June 3 at 4:56 a.m. Emil Franz Mann 57 of 938 Farnam Street was taken to St Ann's Hospital. On June 2 at 6:26 a.m. Leona West 67 of 210 North é&h Street was taken to Grandview Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Franzmann
Farnam St
St. Ann's Hospital
Leona West
N. É&H St
Grandview Hospital
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Methodist
Britain
Veal
Wettstein
Father Bureau
Rypan
L. A. Wagner
Gulf of Mexico
Desert
Southwest
Southland
Ohio Valley
United Press
Billings
Bismarck
Boston
Denver
Sy Dubuque
Duluth
Galvest
Huron
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Knoxville Lacrosse
Los Angeles
Madison
Memphis
Miami
New Orleans
Minneapolis
New York
St. Louis
Mrs
John A. Ekland
4Th St
Norway
Dahl Funeral Home
Carl E. Hanson
Oak Grove Cemetery
James Pendleton
Charles St
Joseph A. Plesche
Germany
France
Poland
Kadar
By Shearson, Hammill & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
California
Chicago Grain
Chicago (P
Nickel
Dow Jones Avera Interstate Powers Industrials
Kennecott
Allis-Chalmers Amn
Marshall Field
Mont
Ward
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Amn
Northern Pacific
Bell Farrell, Inc
Republic Steel
Cit L. & PF. Pid
Beth. Steel
Royal Dutch
Nat. Tool Sable Borden
Sears Roebuck
Clark O&r
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Nekoosa Edna
Jefferson Elec
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Southern Pacific
Elec
Ford 20Th Cent Nis Pidt
Gamble Skogmon
Union Carbide
Gen. Electric
United Airlines
T Puritan Fund
Gen. Foods
United Aircraft
Gen Motors
U.S. Rubber
Gen's Tel
US. Steel
Northw. Banc
Getton
W. Elec & Mig
Goodrich
SM Western Union
Goodgra
Woolworth
First Bank
Ryale
Greyhound
Pioneer Fin. Co
Central
Central Tel
Department OF Commerce
Mississippi River
Pree Winena
Prairie du Chien
Galesville
Williams
Eureka Williams
Jackson St
Tke
Nuclear
Arthur Murray
Main St
Spell's
la Crosse, Wis
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