Farmer fakes cow search to lure neighbors then kills two
Macon Missouri police report 70 year old farmer Mike Kordash lured neighbors Claude Inman 68 and Charles Hermis 55 with a ruse of seeking a cow. After guiding them into timber, he shot them and then fatally wounded himself as a third neighbor fled a bullet. Described as despondent after his wife’s death two weeks prior, he had been staying with neighbors.
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Macon
Claude Bloomberg
Mike Kordash
Kordash
Claude Inman
Charles Hermis
Hermis
Inman
New eyesight standards ease Army enlistment rules
Army adopts new eyesight criteria allowing enlistment if vision with glasses is adequate, regardless of unaided sight. Pentagon notes 12 million of 24 million service members in U S and overseas distribution. Also reports Eisenhower sea pay for Navy Coast Guard on freshwater ships and other veteran benefits updates.
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Army
Armed Services
United States
Pentagon
Navy
Pres. Eisenhower
Coast Guard
Congress
Local Twirlers Garner 3 Prizes in Twin Cities Contests
La Crosse baton twirlers won three prizes in weekend contests in the Twin Cities. The Coulee Cadettes placed third in the corps competition in St. Paul. Barbara Gavin finished fifth in the 11 year old solo event in Minneapolis, while Vicki Butzman took fourth in the nine year old solo in St. Paul. Participants came from Minnesota and surrounding states.
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la Crosse
Twin Cities
Coulee Cadettes
Coulee-Ettes
St. Paul
Barbara Gavin
Minneapolis
Vicki Butzman
Minnesota
Twins Graduate From Different Colleges
Widowed mother Sarah Plante watched her twin sons graduate from colleges 70 miles apart. University of Massachusetts president Jean Paul Mather held a one man commencement for Dale Plante, landscape architecture major, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, allowing Mrs. Plante to reach Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, for Dana Plante’s 6 p.m. degree ceremony.
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Amherst
Mass
Sarah Plante
Fall River
Jean Paul Mather
University of Massachusetts
Dale Plante
Most Polluted River Sends Potomac Review to Capitol
Washington debate over a water pollution bill centers on the Potomac River. Rep. Gubser calls it the very stream that waters American history polluted by raw sewage. Lawmakers seek a 75 million dollar federal grant to fund sewer lines and filtration plants amid threats of action under the Water Pollution Control Act.
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Washington
Potomac River
James C. Wright
D-Tex
Charles S. Gubser
Rcalif
Gubser
Lincoln Memorial
Potomac
Federal
Wright
Nile
John F. Kennedy
Richard E. Lankford
Dmd
Lankford
John R. Foley
Congress
U.S. Public Health Service
Monu
America
Tribune
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House
Senate
Nial
la Crosse Tribune
Sclons
the Potomac
Virginia
Maryland
Mount Vernon
Chesapeake Bay
Washington, D.C
National Lutheran
DIAL
Westinghouse Service
CLARK
New York
N. Y
Ak Se TF Ag
Toh
IGA
Sandy Sever
TRA
Dat
Soell
Walgreen
Self Service
Mutual Service Ins. CO
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Main Street
Wisconsin
Quillin
Iga West Ave
Pine Sts
Kopecky
George ST
Liberty ST
Bush
Redfield ST
Ziebell
West Ave
Weiland
Coulee Ave
Art’s
Market ST
Nelson’s
State RD
Wally
LA Crosse ST
Dick and Fred
Sinclair Service
Rose ST
Erickson Oil CO
ROSE
H & G Sinclair
South Ave
HI Way Motors
Instant Service
Badger
Ken’s Champlin
LA Crosse Sts
Towner’s Cities
Academy Hobby Shop
Ward Ave
A & W Hobby Shop
Manke Hardware
Caledonia ST
Roma Liquor Store
Welch
Pee TV
South 3Rd Street
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