Check Forgery Soars As 5 Million Government Checks Targeted
Sylvia Porter reports a record rise in forged U S government checks with potential losses for widows seniors veterans and retirees. The Secret Service notes thieves study mail routes to steal checks from unlocked mailboxes then forge names and cash them. Rising issue stems from more checks in circulation and lenient penalties. To protect yourself, keep mailboxes locked and monitor checks arriving by mail.
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U.S
Secret Service
James J. Rowley
U.S. Secret Service
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Guard Your Checks and Guard Your Identity
A 1964 public notice advises caution against check forgers and outlines safeguards. It warns to have someone home to receive checks, verify on time, endorse only in the recipient presence, and cash at the same location each month. It notes Secret Service focus on forged government checks and cites youths under 21 as a rising forgery source.
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Secret Service
The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Six Injured In Car Crash Near Waukon Iowa
Six people were injured at 5 p m Thursday in a two car collision 11 miles east of Waukon at Thompson Corners. Cars were driven by Carol Brazell 22 Harpers Ferry and Ann Delaney 19 rural Lansing. Injured include Delaney with internal injuries and her brothers James 12 with fractures and Joseph Jr 9 with jaw and wrist fractures. Sisters Lucy 6 lacerations and Mary 10 leg fracture also among those hurt. All were taken to the hospital.
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Waukon
Iowa
Here
Thompson Corners
Carol Brazell
Harpers Ferry
Ann Delaney
Lansing
Delaney
James
Joseph Jr
Roosevelt Hires Department Manager Myers at Plumbing Unit
Rhea B. Myers joins W. A. Roosevelt Co. as plumbing heating and well supplies department manager. He comes from Baker Manufacturing in Madison as district manager with 13 years in sales and management. Myers is married with three children. The firm is remodeling its warehouse for self service. The largest comet observed 1811 had a diameter of 1,225,000 miles.
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Rhea B. Myers
W. A. Roosevelt Co
Baker Manufacturing Co
Madison
Myers
Roosevelt
Local ads and community notices span La Crosse region
A sequence of listings and brief items from La Crosse Tribune weekly pages highlights advertising promotions for various brands and stores. It notes display window use in Minneapolis, snake bite prevention gear in a La Crosse drugstore window, a historic pump prize in ViRoqua, store sales changes in Whitehall, Abbott Laboratories sales council meeting in North Chicago, a bank convention in Ettrick, beauty shop leases in Mabel, rug cleaning certification in La Crosse, and appliance dealer tours in Newton Iowa.
Christopherson Firm Cited in Blocking Insurance Bill
The Wisconsiner editorial credits the Western Wisconsin Town Mutuals Association and its leaders for preventing a bill in the Wisconsin Legislature that would let town mutuals write home owners and farmowners policies. McKenna says the group has repeatedly opposed expanding the mutual concept.
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Wisconsinsurer
Wisconsin Association of Independent Insurance Agents
Western Wisconsin Town Mutuals Association
Mutuals
Association Pres
Robert M. McKenna
WWTMA
W. L. Christopherson
Bangor
Wisconsin
Town Mutuals
McKenna
Western Wisconsin
Sewer Petition OKd By Board In West Salem
La Crosse County Board approved a petition to extend sanitary sewer and water lines along Hamlin Street by the new high school. The county owns land opposite the school to be subdivided for homes. The county plans paving, sewer, and water costs totaling about 12000 dollars and will install laterals for future hookups.
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Paul Weigel
la Crosse
Weigel
United States
Wisconsin
Whitehall
Wis
IGA
Selmer Galstad
Galstads
Maynard Clipper
Galstad
Ralph Jacobson
West Salem
Hamlin Street
Five Sponsor Signs Park Goose Island Publicity
Local sponsors have joined to place signs publicizing Goose Island Park. Signs line Highway 14 south of La Crosse and Highway 35 south of the park. Sponsors include Badger Lumber Co Collins Sign Co Robert Stephan WKTY and the Burlington Railroad.
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Goose Island Park
Park
la Crosse
Badger Lumber Co
Collins Sign Co
Robert Stephan
WKTY
Burlington Railroad
A Look At The American Voter Analysis Of Voter Apathy And Attitudes
Social researchers report that many Americans show indifference to politics in hot campaigns. The piece argues voters rely on personal convictions and perceptions of national direction more than issue debates, with many voters disengaged yet decisive in elections.
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Survey Research Center
University of Michigan
Institute For Social Research
Campbell
Kennedy
Washington, D.C
Brue Opens National Open With 40 40 80 Card
Former Milwaukee pro Bobby Brue now at North Brook Illinois posted a 40 40 80 in the first round of the National Open Golf Tournament. He finished ten over par while competing under AP coverage from Washington.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Bobby Brue
North Brook
Named To 450-Lb DHIA Honor Roll
WHITEHALL Wisconsin R E Christophersen of Pigeon Falls is named to the DHIA 450 pound national honor roll. His 41 cow dairy herd averaged 12 792 pounds of milk and 477 pounds of butter fat for 1963.
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DHIA
Whitehall
Wis
R. E. Christophersen
Pigeon Falls
Christophersen
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