Woman Driver Held 95 Percent Negligent In Damage Suit
A Circuit Court jury found Mrs. Florence D. Klapperich 95 percent responsible for a February 1956 collision with James Fehring, an year old boy, stating she failed to stop and yielded improperly. The boy’s guardian sought $8,000 for damages. father’s medical bills totaled $1,530 with future costs. The verdict assigns 95 percent fault to the driver and five percent to the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence D. Kapperich
Losey Blvd
Lincoln Neprud
James A. Fehring
Wisconsin
Robert J. Fehring
Wilmer Hesselberg
Burns
Fehrings
Fehring
Hold Fatima Devotions At St. Dominic's
Fatima devotion events begin Wednesday at 2 p.m. in St. Dominic's Monastery La Crosse. Monthly visits invite residents to pray with holy hours all day Thursday for Peace in Our Day. Prioress Mother Mary of the Immaculate Conception notes believers should kneel for true peace. A Thursday 8 p.m. sermon closes the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Dominic's
la Crosse
God
Virgin Mary
Mother Mary of the
Christ
Ramrods Hold Wiener Roast at Pettibone Park
The Ramrods safety club sponsored a wiener roast in Pettibone Park on Sunday. About 90 people attended with guests from the Piston Poppers and Winona Dragons car clubs. Honored guests included Police Officers Haverson and Black, adviser and Bill Joseph WLCX announcer and honorary member, plus the members’ wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramrods
Pettibone Park
Piston Poppers
Winona Dragons
John Haverson
Willan Black
Bill Joseph
WLCX
Man on Birthday Dies in Carlisle Crash
Lyie Mc Guire of Antigo Wisconsin was killed on his 25th birthday when his semi truck collided with another tractor trailer Monday night about 15 miles west of Carlisle Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Lyie McGuire
Antigo
Wis
Girard Appeal Decision Seen Next Week
A federal judge weighed whether William S. Girard should be tried in an Army court or a Japanese court for a fatal 1950 incident in Japan. Judge McGarraghy indicated a decision next week while an order bars Girard from custody by any foreign power. Dulles said he had no knowledge of events but supported honoring treaties that allow Japan to try Girard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William S. Girard
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Ottawa
Ill
Girard
U. S
McGarraghy
Oliver Gasch
Dulles
U.S
Wilson
Japan
United States
Statewide relief law signed and tax changes approved
Gov. Thomson signed a year residence requirement for public assistance in Wisconsin and a part time county attorney option for towns under 40 000 population. Other bills allow dog license tax increases within prior year costs and mandatory blood tests in paternity cases. Walter Merten introduced the relief measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Thomson
Wisconsin
Walter Merten
Milwaukee
Winona Livestock Quotations Reported by Swift & Company
Market quotations as of noon with bids from hogs to cattle and calves. Hog prices mostly steady to 25-50 cents lower with weight grades. sows and fat hogs varied. Cattle bids show steady to higher ranges for dry fed steers and yearlings, cows and bulls, with calves and lambs also listed. regional markets include South St. Paul and Chicago updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Bologna
Wility
Cattle Market Movement Shows Mixed Steady to Skid
Fairly active market after a slow start with steers and heifers mostly steady to 25 lower, bulkable weights in the 23.00 to 24.50 range for choice steers and 21.00 to 23.00 for good to low choice. High end prime and high choice fetch 25.00 to 27.25, heifers similarly tilting higher with loads at 24.00 to 25.25. Cows run 13.00 to 16.90 for utilities, with canners and cutters 11.00 to 14.50 and bulls at 18.75.
Survey on Feasibility of New Lutheran Congregation
LA CRESCENT Minn Special The Board of Home Missions will survey feasibility of establishing a local Lutheran congregation over the next months. A local committee including Donald Schlich Norris Johnson G R Spaude Orville Kiel and Harold Oelke was named to cooperate. Rev G B Odegaard of Northfield led the meeting and explained mission functions regarding financial and other aid to new congregations. La Crosse ministers Revs George Alvilden Arthur Fevoe LaVerne Hanson Norman Hanson attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Missions
la Crosse
Deaths John S Mitchell 60 GM statistician dies in Detroit office
John Sidney Mitchell 60 of 4660 Burnley Dr Birmingham Michigan died suddenly at his Detroit office Tuesday afternoon. Born July 4 1896 in La Crosse he was a UW engineering graduate and GM statistician. Survived by wife Flora and daughter Fern Lund. Funeral Friday 3 p.m. Bell Chapel Birmingham. Burial White Chapel Memorial Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sidney Mitchell
Burnley Dr
Birmingham
Mich
Detroit
la Crosse
Louis and
Grace Daniels Mitchell
University of Wisconsin Engineering School
General Motors
G.M. Sales
Mitchell
Flora Gray Mitchell
John
Fern) Lund
Lansing
Bell
William R. Hamilton Co
Maple Ave
White Chapel Memorial Cemetery
Bob Hope Group Buys Rockford TV Station
Louis E. Caster announced that comedian Bob Hope with associates agreed to purchase WREX-TV in Rockford Illinois from Greater Rockford Television Inc The deal marks Hope's entry into television ownership in the Midwest via a Rockford station purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hope Group
Rockford, Ill
Louis E. Caster
Greater Rockford Television, Inc
Bob Hope
Wrex-Tv
Rockford
Man Killed by Train in Madison Incident
A Madison man identified as Elmer Sprecher was killed when struck by a freight train on the near West Side. Police said Sprecher apparently fell under the moving train while attempting to jump onto a car for a ride. His age was not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Elmer Sprecher
Near West Side
Sprecher
Caution Urged On Stassen In Disarm Talks
Washington reports Secretary Dulles urged disarmament chief Harold Stassen to use more cautious methods in private talks with the Russians. Europeans fear back channel talks without Britain France and Canada, after Stassen showed Zorin a 23 page informal summary of Western ideas. Dulles and Stassen now agree on a united allied front and cautious future moves to avoid misunderstandings as Stassen plans to return to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Zorin
London
Britain
France
Canada
State Department
Stock Market Moves To New Highs For 1957
New York stocks pushed into new highs in active trading as 1957 gains broadening. Industrials led the advance after Eisenhower's stomach issue news, with some oils and chemicals rallying while nonferrous issues dipped and bonds eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
Youngstown
Lukens Steel
Amerada
Chemical
Allied Chemical
du Pont
U. S
Viola Man Elected By Wisconsin IOOF
Hugh Raether of Viola was elected master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Wisconsin Tuesday. Vern McMillan of Endeavor was elected deputy master Reinhold Ganzer of Neenah was named treasurer Marvin C. Sorensen of Milwaukee was reelected to his 10th term as secretary. The Wisconsin Rebekah Lodge elected Clara Garthwaite of Bloomingon to president Mollie Hassenthalfelt of Oconomowoc to vice president Mildred Myers of Lancaster to secretary and Clara Brechler of Fenimore to treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Hugh Raether
Viola
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Wisconsin
Vern McMillan
Endeavor
Reinhold Ganzer
Neenah
Marvin C. Sorensen
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Rebekah Lodge
Clara Garthwaite
Bloomington
Mollie Hassenfelt
Oconomowoc
Mildred Myers
Lancaster
Clara Brechler
Fennimore
Weather notes for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and La Crosse
Weather overview shows a mix of clouds and warmth across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Tonight and Thursday feature showers and thunderstorms with warmer conditions anticipated tomorrow and overall mild temperatures across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Fearful LAPD hunt for crazed killer stalks city
Police fear a sex crazed strangler is on the loose in Los Angeles after a 24 year old nurse was found strangled with a nylon stocking and a wash cloth gag. Detectives questioned Charles L Dahlquist a 34 year old caddy linked to the Hipperson case as investigators seek ties to prior killings in Chicago and New York, while neighbors report prowler activity and threats in the apartment district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New York
Bud Shottmiller
Marjorie Hipperson
Charles L. Dahlquist
Hipperson
Dahlquist
Chicago
Ruth Goldsmith
Assembly Votes Hike In Jobless Pay
MADISON A Democratic sponsored bill to raise weekly unemployment benefits from 36 to 38 dollars passed the Wisconsin Assembly 89 to 4 without dissent. The bill, amended from a 42 dollar max, also supports recruiting UW students for civil service with 1200 dollar yearly stipends in exchange for three years state employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Hardie
Taylor
Molinaro
Kenosha
O'Connell
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Joint Finance Committee On Finance
State Conservation Congress
State Traffic Claims 311th Victim Of 57
Wisconsin's 1957 traffic toll rose to 311 with two more deaths. Jo Ann La Violette, 18, of Appleton died in a Waupaca hospital after a collision near Columbia Lake. Grayson Ross, 40, died in a Green Bay hospital after his car left Highway 41 near De Pere and crashed. he told police he had fallen asleep at the wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ann la Violette
Appleton
Waupaca
Columbia Lake
Grayson Ross
Green Bay
Highway 41
de Pere
Ross
Public Health Council Elects Officers in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Public Health Council elected officers led by Dr. R. A. Mason as president for a two year term ending 1958. First vice president Mrs. Alice Sanders of Milwaukee and other officers include Dr. Charles K. Kincaid Madison and Mrs. Roy Nelson Kaukauna. A panel urged stronger publicity for health modernization and local action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Alice Sanders
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Public Health Council
Charles K. Kincaid
Roy Nelson
Kaukauna
J. A. Riegel
St. Croix Falls
Don Wille
la Crosse
Grant Larned
A. F. Wilden
Allen A. Filek
R. A. Mason
Russell B. Roth
Erie
William D. Stovall
State Laboratory of Hygiene
Konrad Testwaide Jr
Sheboygan
Stephen D. Austin
Green, Bay
Queen Elizabeth to visit the United States in October
The White House announced that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will visit Canada first, then the United States from October 16 to 21. They will start in Jamestown Virginia to mark 1607, arrive in Washington on the 16th for three days of official duties, rest on the 20th, and end with New York City on the 21st before departing that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Britain
Elizabeth
United States
White House
Prince Philip
Canada
Jamestown
New York City
England
New York
Paratrooper Dies as Rescue Efforts Fail Over Drop Zone
An Army paratrooper died hours after his body was landed following a jump from a troop carrier. Flugum was among about 18 of 36 jumpers. slipstream and shroud lines likely caused the fatality. Lt. Gordon Havlinek Sgt. Salvidor Zumudio and A2C George Nash aided the rescue while Lt. Thomas Ansberry piloted the circling aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flugum
Gordon Havlinek
Two Rivers
Wis
Salvidor Zumudio
San Antonio
Tex
George Nash
Paolo
Kan
Thomas Ansberry
Urbana
Ohio
Ten youths confirmed at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Ten white gowned youths were confirmed Sunday by Rev. J. L. Mattes at Good Shepherd English Evangelical Lutheran Church. The confirmands include Judy Cadd Wayne Ellefson Marvin Kolden Dennis Koula Nancy Phetridge Marsha Mattison Harry Morrison Allen Saley Janes Strait and Nancy Witt. Special music by the church choir directed by Mrs. George Thaldorf with Marjorie Sill as organist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Shepherd
English Evangelical Lutheran Church
J. L. Mattes
Judy Cadd
Wayne Ellefson
Marvin Kolden
Dennis Koula
Nancy Phetridge
Marsha Mattison
Harry Morrison
Allen Saley
Janes Strait
Nancy Witt
George Thaldorf
Marjorie Sill
Minneapolis elects conservative Peterson as mayor
Minneapolis voters ousted Labor backed Mayor Eric G. Hoyer and three liberal school board members. P. Kenneth Peterson defeated Hoyer by about 7,000 votes, the first conservative mayor since 1945, with final precinct totals: Peterson 66,834 Hoyer 59,895. Liberals kept City Council control. school board swung to conservatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Eric G. Hoyer
Minnesota
Republican Party
P. Kenneth Peterson
Hoyer
Peterson
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
U.S
Citizens Committee For An Independent School Board
City Hall
Central Labor Union
Girard Named as Quiet Figure in Ottawa Aid Case
William Girard, an 18 year old Army enlistee in 1953 who later re enlisted in 1956, is at the center of an Ottawa family dispute that has drawn visitors, calls and support from local residents. Francis Connerly of the VFW calls the case a raw deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
William
Plumb
Streator
Shirley
W and
Pontiac Cadillac
Girard
Ottawa
Bill Girard
Francis Connerly
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tennessee Offers Exhibits In Natural Gas Hearing
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co presented numerous exhibits in a Federal Power Commission hearing on its plan to supply natural gas to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other Midwest states. The company seeks to raise system capacity by 456 million cubic feet daily and to supply its affiliate Midwestern Gas Transmission Co with 204 million. Midwestern would tap Tennessee near Portland Tennessee and route to the Canadian Minnesota border to receive another 204 million from TransCanada Pipe Lines Ltd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Midwest
Tennessee
Francis L. Hall
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co
Midwestern
Portland
Tenn
Canadian - Minnesota
TransCanada Pipe Lines, Ltd
State Bar Opens Annual Convention at Lake Lawn Lodge
The State Bar of Wisconsin opens its three day convention at Lake Lawn Lodge. James Ward Rector of Milwaukee presides at the first session on real property probate and trusts. Robert D. Johns of La Crosse to preside at general sessions. Sectional meetings on labor laws taxation and military laws set for Thursday.
Carpenters Hit with New OSH KOSH Wage Proposal
Fox River Valley contractors submitted a new wage proposal to 1,500 striking carpenters. Union negotiators took the proposal back to their locals without a recommendation for acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Fox River Valley
Eight Reservists Put On 14-Day Naval Training Duty
Eight Coulee Region naval reservists depart for two weeks of active duty across the United States. Members report to ships in Milwaukee and Chicago with assignments on Portage Lamar Farmington Mitscher and Antietam while undergoing fundamental ship operations training and enjoying liberty in Es canaba and Bay City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulee
United States
USS Portage
Milwaukee
John A. Tadewald, SA
S. 23Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
Rodger W. Zastrow, SA
Camp Douglas
Lamar
Richard D. Danielson
N. 2Nd St
la Crescent
Minn
Farmington
Chicago
Larry A. Johnson
Galesville
Portage
Ninth Naval District
Escanaba
Bay City
Mich
Cyril M. Johnson
Tomah
U.S. Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Ill
Michael G. Millen
S. 7Th St
Mitscher
Newport
R.I
Marc Mitscher
Hillsboro
Millen
North Central Airlines
TWA
New York City
Eastern Airlines
R.1
Detroit Woman to Speak at St John’s Evangelical Guild
Miss Muriel Heid of Detroit Mich will address the Women's Guild of St John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church at 2 15 p m Thursday She will discuss Protestant church work in Ecuador South America including health clinics and poverty and ignorance battles She will also share many pictures The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Heid
Detroit
Mich
Women’s Guild of
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Miss Heid
Central
America
Ecuador
South America
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Black Earth Valley Damaged By Floods
Heavy rains across western Dane County caused widespread flood damage in the Black Earth Valley. About one quarter of crops were ruined as nearly four inches of rain fell since Monday night. Bridges in Berry were damaged, a Maza Manie street flooded, and a house surrounded by water with four feet depth reported. Waterways feed into the Wisconsin River near Sauk City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Earth
Wis
Dane County
Wisconsin River
Sauk City
Berry
Mazamanie
Marine on 17 day leave from Quantico
Cpl. George M. Hetherington Jr., son of Mr and Mrs George M Hetherington 426 N 22nd St, is home on a 17 day leave from the Marine Corps Air Station Quantico Va where he serves as a tower control operator He is a 1953 Central High School graduate where his father is vice principal He enlisted in November 1955 and attended La Crosse State College in 1953-54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florshop
West Ave
George M. Hetherington Jr
George M. Hetherington
22Nd St
United States Marine Corps Air Station
Quantico
the Marine
Central High School
la Crosse State College
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Losey Boulevard
Weston, St
Jeanette Duffy
Patricia Horwitz
Shelby
Alma Harnwell
Onalaska
Oscar Quall
Holland
Rolf S. Rynning
William Bonadurer Jr
Erwin A. Chinander
Janet Gelatt
William E. Ledegar
Flossie Nissalke
Clifford M. Whitney
Carl F. Sehnick
Fatima
Evue
Weather Bureau
L. A.wagner
Fathi
Central States
Thunder Arms
United Press
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Miami
Duluth
San Francisco
Denver
Karl R. Bauman
California
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Mark Poultry
Eee
Chicago Livestock
UBDA
Dow Jones
Ailis-Chalmers
Kennecott Ries
Marshall Field
Amn Tobacco NS
Chi, Mold P
Anaconda
Penn. R. R. Hamilton Armour
Pepsi-Cola
Pan Am
Atch. T
Red Owl
Ames
Aveo
Republic Steel Cit & F
Beth Steel
Royal Dutch Nat. Tool
Borden
Sears Roebuck Clark O.&r. Com
Case
Sinclair Ou
Nekoosa Edw
Jefferson Ele
Chrysler
Southern Pacific
Pigely Wiggly B
Keeht Co
Columbia Gas
St On
Racineyd
Cornwith
Edison
S St On
N. J
Safway
Steena Crane
Stewart-Warner
la Crosse Tele
Kid Curtiss-Wright
Studebaker-Pac
Douglas Aire
Swift
Royal Dutch
Elerc
20Th Cent Fox
Ford NS Union Carbide
Fid. Fund
Gamble Skogmo
Inc Inv
Elec O's
United Airlines
Puritan Fund
Gen Foods
United Aire Gel Motors
Geni Tel Vu
Bteel
Nor. Bancorp
Gel Ou
W. Elec & Mig
Oas Trane Co
Goodrich Tay Western Union
Nor
States P
Goodyear
Woolworth
First Bank
Greyhound
Grain Pioneer Pin. Co
G. Lohe
IOOF
Winona
T.W
Dakota
Ie Ile
Praine du Chien
Trempleau
Dodge Black
Salem
Houston
Moon Rise
Assemblyman
Zellinger
R Phillips
Legislative Council
Highway Commission
Commission
The
Associated Press
State Public Health Council
State Bar
William F. Cornell
15Th St
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlantic
Cornell
Pensacola
Charles W. Tyler, SR
de Soto
Tyler
Naval District Reserve
Benton Harbor
Church Guild
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