Cars Damaged At Intersection Injuries Reported In Crashes
A series of crashes across the region caused injuries and property damage. At Fourth and Cass Streets William Klug's northbound car, valued for $30, collided with Robert Elsen's eastbound vehicle, $125 damage to the panel truck. Lydia Millman of Minneapolis, 64, overturned on Highways 12 16 near Manston, suffering leg injuries and cuts. she was hospitalized. A Camp McCoy serviceman, Sgt. Norval Chapman, 25? raced a police car on U S Highway 16 west of Sparta, with speeds up to 100 mph. other soldiers were treated for minor injuries. Several other local collisions produced varying damages on STH 21 and in Sparta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth
Cass Streets
William Klug
S. 4Th St
Robert Elsen
Manston
Lydia F. Millman
Minneapolis
Camp McCoy
U.S. Highway 16
Sparta
David H. Stephens
McCoy Station
Herbert Garvis
la Crosse County
Dewey Reinstra
Monroe County
Paul G. Jacobson
U.S
George R. Birkholz
Warrens
Robley
Birholz
Walrath Street
Alvin C. Steffen
Juneau
Dana Franks
Steffen
Franks
Chester
Monroe
Earl Weininga
James Motel
Franklin Gilbert
Ralph E. Cook
Owen Vieregge
Ripe Tomato Report From Clive McBain
Clive McBain of 1602 Loomis Street reported to The La Crosse Tribune on Thursday that he has a ripe tomato in his garden the season’s first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clive McBain
Loomis St
la Crosse
Grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln Noted in Lincoln Tomb
The fragment indicates the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, tied to Lincoln’s tomb or site, mentioning Lincoln memorial or locality. The readable text points to a Lincoln family burial context and a Lincoln related location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Ty
GOP Committee Set To Rule On Delegates In Seven States
The Republican National Committee will rule in July on convention delegate disputes in Texas and six other states. The decision could affect the nomination contest between Robert Taft and Dwight Eisenhower, with a July 1 hearing in Chicago and possible appeals to the convention credentials committee. Texas dispute centers on 38 delegates with Taft and Eisenhower factions differing on how they were elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Washington
Republican National Committee
Texas
Chicago
Ohio
Robert Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Charles P. Howard
National Committee
National Committee For
Convention
How
Taft
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Howard
Florida
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas
Births June 17 many families named in Wisconsin notes
Birth notices list multiple families with June 11 to June 18 dates across Wisconsin locations including Viroqua Readstown and Westby. Individuals named include Rev Winslow Wilson and Mr Mrs George F Abner with daughters Karen Georgia Ann and Vicky Lynn, plus sons and other newborns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow Wilson
Redsfield St
Maxine Dopkins
St. Ann’s
Karen June
George F. Abner
Dakota, Minn
R. 2
Marcella L. "Thesing
James E. Wagner
Hackberry Lane
Mary P. Desmond
Georgia Ann
George A. Klaus
Mtd
Betty Ann Barrett
Vicky Lynn
Archie F. Rogers Jr
Rose St
Oletta F. McHenry
Anita Marie
Miles A. Carshart
Galesville
Wis
Shirley E. Severson
Richard D. Hanson
Island St
Rita C. Modahl
Whitehall
Joan Bernice
Otis Offerdahl
Viroqua
Arlene Christianson
Patricia Ann
Roland McClurg
Audrey Buros
Philip L
Virgil Muller
la Farge
Ruth Coleman
Gary Dean
Dean Reed
Mildred Sidie
Deborah Jean
Albert Ellefson
Rozella Hanson
Vicki Lynn
Charles Holcombe
Readstown
Genevieve Jacobson
Rodney Christian
Harlan Yttrie
Family listening to safety program as car moves kills man
In Green Bay a parked car with ignition on while occupants listened to a safety program backed into by a light colored vehicle. It rolled onto the sidewalk hitting Michael Meagher 59 who was reclining in a lawn chair. Coroner inquest found ordinary negligence by the driver. district attorney plans no prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Harry Vaile
I Safety
Vaile
Michael Meagher
Dist. Atty
B. J. Bertrand
Mississippi Parkway on WKBH Friday Night
The proposed Mississippi Parkway from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico along the Father of Waters will be discussed on Freedom Speaks. Paul Hartwig of La Crosse County highway department and Terpstra of Midway will discuss the project on the Junior Chamber of Commerce radio program at 9 45 p m Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Parkway
Gulf of Mexico
Father of Waters
WKBH
Freedom Speaks
Paul Hartwig
la Crosse County
Terpstra
Midway
Chamber of Commerce
Green Bay Committee Backs Mayor Aldermanic System
GREEN BAY The city council advisory committee voted to recommend replacing the modified city commission with a mayor aldernic system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Baby Strangles To Death On Plaything
A six month old baby died in Milwaukee after a wooden knob from a plaything became lodged in the infant's throat. Authorities reported the accident as a fatal choking incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby
Milwaukee
Patrick Casey
Communist Attack Fails to Regain Hill After Strong Push
In Korea, Chinese forces attacked two UN out posts near Kamsong and a T shaped hill west of Chorwon after six days of heavy fighting. Fifth Air Force jets and B26 bombers hit front line positions as enemy infantry strength swelled but did not press the assault Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Kamsong
Chorwon
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Kumsong
14 South Koreans Put On Trial For Conspiracy
In Pusan Korea a secret trial began for 14 men charged with conspiring with Reds to overthrow the UN backed government. Seven defendants are National Assembly members. The closed hearing drew a 84 to 0 call from the National Assembly to be public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusan
Korea
Republic of Korea
United Nations
Won Yong Duk
Fashion Model Free After Murder Trial
Dorothy Kornarens a 24 year old fashion model from Silver Spring was found insane at the time of shooting her husband and released four months after the killing. The verdict followed an eight hour jury deliberation in Hagerstown Maryland. Kornarens spoke of an unhappy life including two suicide attempts and two prior marriages ending in divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Dorothy Kornarens
Silver Spring
Dorothy
Lester Gaskins
Washington
Marriage Licenses La Crosse Wis Area Matches
Gerald E. Berger of Bay City Michigan and Marie L. Kapanke of 2701 S 26th St to wed in La Crosse on June 29 Caledonia Minnesota Douglas J Elsberry of Surrey Indiana D and Ethel Mae Benson Brownsville Minnesota Clarence C Nielsen and Evelyn Caledonia Mae Webster read as listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Gerald E. Berger
Bay City
Mich
Marie L. Kapanke
S. 26Th St
Caledonia
Minn
Douglas J. Elsberry
Surrey
Ethel Mae Benson
Brownsville
Clarence C. Nielsen
Evelyn
lMae Webster
Obituaries: Multiple deaths and funeral notices
Mrs Katherine Michaels aged 65 of 2108 Pine Street dies in a local hospital. Survived by husband William, daughter Vera Elis of La Crosse, four sons, two sisters, five brothers and 12 grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 9:30 a.m. at Hellwig Morris Chapel and 10 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church Losey Boulevard. Rosary Friday 7:30 p.m. Also notes funeral services for Bessie Knapp age 88 at Nelson Funeral Home Friday 2 p.m. and for Mrs Howard Kelberger age 46 at Nelson Funeral Home Saturday 2 p.m. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Colleen M. Schlegel funeral Saturday 2 p.m. Sletten McKee Southside Chapel. Burial following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Michaels
Pine St
William
Vera) Elis
la Crosse
John
Salt Lake City
Floyd
James
William la Crosse
Clara
Lawrence Ziegler
Leon
Wis
Edward
Sparta
Carl Lenz
Hellswig-Morris
Blessed Sacrament Church
Losey Boulevard
King
Francis Wallace
Rosary
Death Notices: Henry Fischer 81 La Crosse Resident
Henry Fischer 81 of 2315 Mississippi Street died in a local hospital Thursday morning. Born May 19 1871 in La Crosse he is survived by three daughters Mrs. Charles Carr Mrs L J Sobotta and Mrs Henry Schultz one son Ervin Fischer a sister and a brother both of La Crosse six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Services set for 3 30 p m Saturday at Sletten McKee Southside Chapel with Rev Winslow Wilson officiating burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Friday 7 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fischer
Mississippi St
la Crosse
Charles
Helen) Carr
L. J
Irene) Sobotta
Henry
Mildred) Schultz
Winona
Ervin Fischer
Mary Forschler
John Fischer
Sletten-McKee Southside
Winslow Wilson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Man Charged With Drunken Driving Faces July Trial
James M. Callan of Bangor pled innocent to drunken driving in Campbell Township on June 16 and was ordered to stand trial July 7 at 2 p.m. Bond set at $150. Ralph Arbitell of Camp McCoy was fined $25 and costs for speeding in Burns Township on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Callan
Bangor
Campbell Township
Ralph Arbitell
Camp McCoy
Burns Township
Local Justice Fines and Bonds From Sparta Court
Sparta residents face fines and bonds for traffic and safety violations. Gary Edmison paid 25 dollars after license revocation. Raymond Koopman posted 10 for speeding. Fred Hefner posted 5 for failure to stop. Francis Cutro fined 15 for unregistered vehicle. Clarence Seibert kept overnight then released on condition to leave the city. Wayne Webster posted 5 for failure to stop at an arterial. LeRoy Anderson forfeited 15 for speeding. Richard Miller fined 5 for dog at large. Gordon Lennox and Mrs Gordon Lennox each 20 for drunk and disorderly conduct. Richard Strelow fined 5 for driving with due caution. Wallace Solberg fined 7.50 for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Edmison
Sparta
Justice H. C. Fanning
Raymond Koopman
Fred J. Hefner
Francis Cutro
Camp McCoy
Clarence J. Seibert
Oshkosh
la Crosse
Justice Fanning
Sagan
Ity
Wayne Webster
Kendall
LeRoy Anderson
Ettrick
Wis
Richard Miller
Onalaska
Gordon Lennox
West Salem
Richard Strelow
Denton St
Wallace Solberg
Blair
Milwaukee Man Dies After Car Collision
A 63 year old Milwaukee man Henry Fredericks died yesterday from injuries after being struck by a car on a Milwaukee street. Police report the incident occurred a week earlier. The death follows the earlier accident and the city’s latest census shows changes in population figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Henry Fredericks
FPC adjourns dam hearing over Namakagon project
The Federal Power Commission halted the Namakagon River hydroelectric dam hearing in Washburn County after two FPC engineers testified the project is sound and feasible. Opponents argued it would ruin scenery and recreation. a cross-examination was set for October or November in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spooner
Wis
Federal Power Commission
Namakagon River
Washburn County
FPC
State Conservation Department
Ralph E.coomes
Joseph J.A. Jessel
Asst
Roy Tulane
Washington
William J.costello
Tulane
Secretary of the Interior
Namekagon Hydro Co
Walter M. Jensen
Grantsburg
Retiring Patrolman Mobbed By Children
Brookline Mass patrolman Thomas E Killion was mobbed with hugs by 525 pupils of Runkle School after it closed for the summer He retires next month after 40 years service 25 directing traffic at the school The pupils gave him a check and memory book with signatures and notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Mass
Thomas E. Killion
Runkle
Killion
Hicks Seeks 10th District Seat Now Held by O Konski
State Sen. Clayton Hicks of Phillips, aged 33, announced plans to seek the Republican nomination for the 10th District congressional seat held by Rep. O Konski of Mercer. O Konski has filed for re election. Roland E Kannenberg of Mercer, a former state senator, is the sole announced Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Wis
Clayton Hicks
Rep
O’konski
Mercer
Roland E. Kannenberg
Kefauver Sees Isolationism Returning If Ike Taft Win
Senator Estes Kefauver predicts Republican isolationism will rise whether Eisenhower or Taft wins the White House. He spoke in Detroit during a CIO convention address and news conferences. Kefauver said he could be nominated on the first ballot but expected five or six ballots with over 300 delegates pledged. He criticized Eisenhower as more conservative on domestic issues and noted common ground with Taft on the Taft Hartley Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
Taft
White House
Detroit
Tennesseean
CIO Communications Workers of America
Kefauver
Gen
Europe
Sen
Ohio
Gen. Eisenhower
Reuss Attacks GOP on IMC Half Truths in Milwaukee
Atty Henry Reuss campaigning for the Democratic senatorial nomination accused 10 Republican congressmen of spreading half truths about the International Materials Conference. He said the IMC, created by 28 anti Communist nations after the Korean War, allocates strategic materials, stabilizes prices, and ensures supplies we lack. He urged readers to consider Sen Alexander Wiley's plea to avoid cheap partisan politics over national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Henry Reuss
IMC
Reuss
Alexander Wiley
Competition Drives Banks To Challenge Loan Groups
Milwaukee report says a purely competitive situation prompted Wisconsin bankers to demand a congressional probe of savings and loan associations. John Seramur of the Wisconsin Savings and Loan League dismissed the call as ridiculous and noted banks feel the pinch in a competitive scene. He cited a 292 percent rise in investment savings since 1939 and noted a similar Illinois bankers resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Bankers Association
John Seramur
Wisconsin Savings and Loan League
Seramur
Bankers’ Convention
Savigs and Loans Organizations
Savings and Loan
Illinois Bankers’ Association
New Round Old Battle Over Flood Control Budget
Senate debate opened on trimming a $666,774,699 flood control and navigation bill. Sen. Douglas of Illinois pledged to cut at least $150 million, facing strong opposition. The civil functions measure followed the Senate’s approval of a $1,413,380,350 deficiency bill to cover armed services costs from the Korean War for the current fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Deaths in Tri-State Area Highlight Infant and Adult Losses
HOUSTON Minnesota infant Kir by Bruce ten day old son of Mr and Mrs R C Haralson died Saturday at a La Crosse hospital Graveside services were held at Stone Church Cemetery on day morning June 17 Rev M R Braaten officiating SPARTA Wisconsin Mrs Ruth Parsons wife of Lloyd Parsons formerly a resident of Big Creek near Sparta died at Madison Wednesday The Congregational Church at Sparta Saturday at 10 a m Rev Joseph G Morgan will officiate and burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery Friends may call at the Plummer Funeral Home in Sparta Friday evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Knapp
Harvey St
Nelson Funeral Home
Lavern Hanson
Onalaska
Funeral
Howard
Julia) Kelberger
N. 22Nd St
New Process Dry Cleaners
Christ Episcopal Church
Ruth
Order of Eastern Star
Marilyn
Lydia Burdick
la Crosse
R. D. Winter
Ruth Chaper
Oak Grove Cemetery
Houston, Minn
Kirby Bruce
R. C. Haralson
Sparta
Wis
Ruth Parsons
Lloyd Parsons
Big Creek
Madison
Congregational Church
Joseph G. Morgan
Woodlawn
Plummer Funeral Home
Secrecy Charged in Wisconsin Legislature by Proxmire
William Proxmire, Democratic candidate for governor, accuses Wisconsin Republicans of secret sessions and closed committee decisions. He cites 11 GOP Senate chairmen proposing bills to hide income tax returns and says newspapers thwarted the secrecy drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Slavs Near Break With Bulgaria After Staff Recall
Belgrade says Yugoslavia on the verge of a break with Bulgaria after recall of all but one Yugoslav Embassy staff in Sofia. Premier Tito’s government stripped the embassy of its regular personnel in protest over three notes on the alleged kidnapping of an employee. A single attache remains to handle current business as tensions rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Sofia
Marshal Tito
Pastors Lay Leaders Plan July Crusade
A local United Evangelistic Crusade organizes a three week revival July 6 to 27 at the Inter-State Fair Grounds. Pastors and lay leaders from Charles City Iowa join evangelists from Baptist Bible Seminary and Bethany Baptist Church to outline aims to save souls curb juvenile delinquency and oppose communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Libbey Jr
Charles City
Crusade Party
Leonard Thompson
Bethany Baptist Church
Iowa City
Iity
Ronald Truax
Baptist Bible Seminary
Johnsson City
N. Y
Truax
Ethel Mary
Libbey
Pharmacist Found Dead In Mauston Cemetery
Mauston Wisconsin police report pharmacist Robert W. Genrich 47 apparently shot himself in the head and was found Wednesday morning in the Mauston cemetery with a 22 caliber pistol on his chest He had threatened suicide the day before and left behind wife Helen and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauston
Wis
Robert W. Genrich
Preston McEvoy
Genrich
Wausay
La Crosse Family Relocates to Stoddard
The Carl Ikert family moved from La Crosse to Stoddard and rented rooms in the Adeline Anderson home once occupied by the Conrad Bankes family, who have moved to California. Ikert works in La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoddard, Wis
Carl Ikert
la Crosse
Adeline Anderson
Conrad Bankes
California
Ikert
Switchboard Blast Shuts Bergstrom Paper Mill in Neenah
An auxiliary switchboard exploded in the turbine room at the Bergstrom Paper Co mill in Neenah Wisconsin. No injuries or other damage were reported. the mill will stay closed until investigators complete checks and repairs. The plant employs about 300 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neenah, Wis
Bergstrom Paper Co
Nathan Bergstrom
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Briggs & Stratton Motors
Pennsylvania
Briggs & Stratton
Adam Kroner Company
Pearl ST
Ard
Lodds
Lutheran
Spring Grove
Ford Engelhart
Violet Sheriff
Lansing
Roger Halverson
Vernon Memorial Hospital
S. Koreans
William Jorden
Howard Kelberger
Colleen M. Schlegel
I. Hoveland
Daily Records County Court
Police Court
Justice Court
Jackson St
Clifford Hefti
Walt
Clifford Randall
Northern Ireland
Jane Norseen
Pittsburgh
Jane
Spreckles
Robin
Little Jane
Namakagon
Betty Carr
Betty
Don Trimm
Ike
Haralson
Stoddard
R. E. Clayton
Louis Bantle
Swift
SHELL
Rose Jewelry, Inc
Leithold Piano CO
Rita
Bud’s Shell
Electric Supply CO
General Electric
Armstrong Studio
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Community Camera Center
P&w
Arthur Ee
Holland Furnace Co
Ian
Stoddard Hotel
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