La Crescent Scoutmaster among four injured in crash
Four youths were hospitalized after a two car crash in front of the American Legion Club in La Crescent Minnesota around 6 55 p m David Gittens 21 the La Crescent scoutmaster sustained a deep head cut and was taken to a La Crosse hospital Lola Mae Carlson 16 Margaret Carlson 12 and Paula Carlson 10 suffered injuries treated at a La Crosse hospital The Grodevant vehicle driven by Mrs Ernest Grodevant of Brownsville struck Gittens car The incident marked the third La Crescent scoutmaster injured in a year
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LA Crescent
Minn
American Legion Club
David Gittens
la Crosse
Lola Mae
Margaret
Paula Carlson
Paula
Gittens
Legion Club
Ernest Grodevant
Brownsville
Grodevant
Carlson
Farmer Dies After Tumble Into Farm Loader Near Kolberg
Elmer Matzke, about 30, was fatally injured Monday when he tumbled onto the rotating heater unit of a self unloading machine on his farm one mile east of Kolberg in Door County.
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Algoma (Ap
Elmer Matzke
Kolberg
Door County
House Leaders Await Ike Plea On Five-Year Trade Plan
President Eisenhower was expected to send a personal appeal to House leaders to press for a five-year extension of the reciprocal trade program. The plan faces a pivotal vote with two options: a five-year extension backed by the President and Speaker Rayburn or a two-year alternative backed by Republicans and several Democrats. The outcome appeared a tossup as administration pressure moved wavering Republicans.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Martin
Sam Rayburn
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Richard M. Simpson
Rpa
Tariff Commission
Parking plan for Cameron Park rejected by aldermen
City aldermen voted 9 to 7 to reject a study proposal to convert Cameron Park into a public parking lot. The plan urged a study of the park and its west portion for possible parking and cost estimates. final action set for Thursday night.
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Cameron Park
Board of Public Works
Sheldon Nerby
Grasshopper Spraying Expands Across Plains States
The State Agriculture Department launches a 300000 acre commercial spraying program funded initially by the state. Governors of Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma seek federal aid with Kansas told to expect a third of costs covered by spraying material. Infestations vary from 15 to 50 hoppers per square yard across counties in Kansas Oklahoma and Wyoming.
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State Agriculture Department
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Eisenhower
U. S
Federal
Crop Pest Control Office For
Wyoming
Goshen
Niobrara County
Eisenhower Macmillan meet in White House talks on war plans
In a two and a half hour White House conference yesterday President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan discussed Cold War issues. They planned another briefing at dinner after sessions with Dulles and British officials on sharing atomic secrets and Thor missile deployments.
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Milton S. Eisenhower
Macmillan
Eisenhower
White House
Dulles
State Department
U.S
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Nathan Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Edwin Plowden
Britain
Norman Brook
James C. Hagerty
England
Bermuda
Livestock Quotations from Winona Swift & Company
Winona Minnesota market report shows hogs 25 cents lower with varied weights priced 20.00 to 22.50 per cwt and sows 17.25 to 20.25. cattle steady with steers 20.00 to 26.50 and bulls 18.00 to 21.50. calves 16.00 to 29.00. lambs steady with prime 10.00 up to 19.00 and ewes 4.00 to 6.00. Chicago futures referenced with hogs 21.50 to 23.50 and cattle 25.00 to 32.00 per cwt.
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Winona
Swift & Company
KWNO
Chicago
USDA
U.S
Idaho
California
Reds
Alabama
Arizona
Interstate Power
Dow Jones
Indust
Allis-Chalmers
Kennecott Rails
Amn. Can
Marshall Field
NS Utilities
Amn
Motor
Montgomery Ward
Nat'l Cans
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Tel & Tel
North
Pacific
Chi Mold
Tobacco
Power
Hamilton
Armour Olin
Penn R. R
James
Ashland Oil
Pepsi-Cola
Citi. L. & F
Avco
Phillips Pet
Nat
Tool
Beth, Steel
Red Owl
Clark O. & R
Budd Mfg
Republic Steel
Nekoosa
Salway Steel
Sperry Rand la Crosse Tele
St Oil
Wis. P. & Lt
Curtiss-Wright
St Oil NJ
Royal Dutch
Gen. Foods
United Aire Gen. Motors
U. 5S. Rubber N. W. Bancorp
Gen'l Tel
Trane Co
U. S. Steel N
Getty Oil
W. Elec. & Mfg
F. Bank Stock
Goodrich
Western Union
Wis
Goodyear
Woolworth
Pioneer Fin Co
Gt North
Greyhound
Central
McQuay Inc
Motorist Killed Two Workmen Hurt In Wisconsin crash
Thomas G. Harrison a 34 year old Green Bay man died when his auto struck a road construction air compressor air hammer machine at the Highways 22 and 54 worksite about seven miles west of Waupaca Two men at the machine were injured as deputies said the car passed a flagman directing traffic this afternoon. The incident lifts Wisconsin 1958 traffic fatalities to 288 compared with 316 on the same date in 1957.
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Wisconsin
Thomas G. Harrison
Green Bay
Waupaca
Harrison
South St Paul Livestock Market Report
South St. Paul Minnesota cattle lots mix with slight price softness in slaughter steers while heifers and cows hold steady to higher. Slaughter calves and stocker classes scarce with steady softer hogs at opening sales. prices for barrows and gilts ranged 22.00 to 23.25 per hundredweight.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
Local Losses Reported Including Cash and Watch
Sally Meeks reported an envelope with five twenty dollar bills missing. Elizabeth Fuller reported a fifty dollar white gold Bulova watch lost. C Nelson said her son misplaced a baseball glove with his name and address inside. Police recovered a white 14 foot aluminum boat with motor near Shore Acres. A black Columbia 24 inch girls bicycle was found at rear of 421 North 12th Street.
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Sally Meeks
Krause Rabin Kourt
Elizabeth Fuller
N. 7Th St
C. Nelson
Mississippi St
Memorial Field
Myrick Park
Shore Acres
N. 12Th St
Weather record for Lacrosse and Midwest regions
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with a high near 65 Wednesday. Wisconsin expects scattered showers and storms fading to cooler, with a few severe storms possible this afternoon and evening. Minnesota forecast frost or freezing temps in the northwest and extreme north, cooler statewide with frost potential, and mainly fair by Wednesday. Iowa sees cloudy skies, scattered storms east, showers spreading north tonight, and a cooler, clearing pattern tomorrow.
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Pennsylvania
New York State
Maine
Upper Great Lakes
mid-Mississippi Valley
Central
Southern Plains
Montana
North Pacific States
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Bermuda Island Count Highlights Inhabited Centers
The Bermuda archipelago comprises 360 islands with 20 officially inhabited, shaping population distribution and local governance.
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Bermuda
Door to Door Drive Hopes to Nominate Hornback for Congress
Eau Claire State College professor Charles A. Hornback 60 begins his door to door campaign for signatures for the Republican nomination to the 9th District. He seeks to unseat Rep Lester Johnson D Black River Falls. The piece also notes Democratic candidate discussions on right to work laws and state education funding proposals from figures like Christ Seraphim Phillip Nash Gaylord Nelson Henry Maier and others.
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Associated Press
Eau Claire State College
Charles A. Hornback
Eau Claire
Hornback
Rural Education
Eau Claire State
Lester Johnson
Black River Falls
Wisconsin
GOP
Christ Seraphim
Milwaukee
Seraphim
Sauk County
la Valle
New York
California
Michigan
Labor bill criticized by senators over reforms
Sen. Barry Goldwater said the labor measure will not cure abuses exposed by the McClellan committee while Sen. Karl Mundt called it inadequate and hurried. Sen. Saltonstall cited concerns after a White House meeting and Mitchell argued the bill is largely ineffective despite Eisenhower backed proposals.
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Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Labor Department
Mitchell
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Eisenhower
White House
James T. O'Connell
Labor
Saltonstall
O’connell
Switzerland
Senate Labor Committee
Explosion Kills Man at Brandes Heating Co
An explosion at Brandes Heating Co on Madison's east side killed Martin Larson 63 of McFarland and injured Dudley Johnson 28 of Madison. Johnson received hospital treatment for smoke inhalation and lacerations to both hands and left arm. firefighter Richard Means was hospitalized after smoke exposure.
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Madison (Ap
Madison
Brandes Heating Co
Martin Larson
McFarland
Dudley Johnson
Richard Means
Parents watch car roll off Arizona cliff to kill two children
Frank Qualls and his wife Katharine, vacationing from Brownsville Texas, see their sons James age five and Harold 15 months die when their car rolls 25 feet off a cliff into the Little Colorado River Gorge. Coroner says parking brake not set as they left to view scenery.
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Tots
Cameron, Ariz
Frank Qualls
Brownsville
Tex
Qualls
Katherine
Colorado River
James Brierley
James
Harold
Dulles Seeks International Posts for Test Ban policing
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States favors international inspection posts in Communist China and other regions to police any nuclear test ban. He cited Australia and the Sahara as areas needing oversight and linked talks to begin July 1 in Geneva with scientists from the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.
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Moscow
Izvestia
United States
Macmillan
Great Britain
Washington
Dulles
China
Australia
Sahara Desert
Eisenhower
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Geneva
Soviet Union
Ert
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Ernest O. Lawrence
University of California
James Brown Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Robert F. Bacher
California Institute of Technology
East Germany
Red
U.S
Khrushchev
Russia
U. S
United Arab Republic
Lebanon
Free World
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Yale Receives 15 Million for New Colleges
New Haven Yale University has been granted 15 million dollars to fund two new colleges and broaden its educational program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
Yale University
Draft Bills For Special Term Of Legislature
Madison AP hurried drafting of bills for a special session continued amid outbursts from Democrats opposing Gov Thomson calling the session for Wednesday afternoon. The governor aims to end by Thursday night with hearings Thursday at 10 a.m. and bills on public relief residency, land condemnation, and unemployment benefits.
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Madison
Thomson
la Crosse
Legislative Reference Library
Alfred Ludvigsen
Five Area Men Enlist in Army Service
Five young men from the La Crosse area enlisted in the Army. Bradley B. Burkhardt of Holmen and Douglas E. Stein of Holmen joined on June 2 in the signal and ordnance corps respectively. Myron J. Bryhn and Donald J. Bishop of Ettrick joined on June 4 in the Corps of Engineers. Len M. Martalock of Wilton enlisted June 5 in the Army Security Agency. Sworn in at Minneapolis, they began eight weeks of basic training at Fort Carson Colorado.
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la Crosse
J. C. John W. Johnson
United States Army
Bradley B. Burkhardt
Marion C. Burkhardt
Long Beach
Calif
Holmen
Signal Corps
Douglas E. Stein
Orville A. Stein
Ordnance Corps
Myron J. Bryhn
Arthur R. Bryhn
Donald J. Bishop
Starley W. Bishop
Ettrick
Corps of Engineers
Len M. Martalock
Donald F. Martalock
Wilton
Army Security Agency
Minneapolis
Ft. Carson, Colo
La Crosse Cab Driver Sustains Severe Injuries
Addi son Currie a 39 year old La Crosse Yellow Cab driver remained unconscious at St. Mary's Hospital Sparta after a collision on U S Highway 16 west of Sparta Currie suffered a skull fracture and a compound elbow fracture. Lt Jose Anes 20 charged with an act evincing a depraved mind and released on bail.
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Sparta
Wis
Addison Currie
la Crosse
U.S. Highway 16
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jose Anes
Camp McCoy
Currie
Anes
la Crosse County
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Clarence Lokken
Phillip Nash
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Madison Democrat
Milwaukee Economic Policy Assn
Henry Maier
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T.W
Dakota
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Lansing
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Houston
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