Ocean Hop Ahead as Max Conrad Heads to Spain
Max Conrad pauses in La Crosse on the 29th Atlantic crossing leg en route from California to Madrid in a World War II P38. He plans to overhaul in Boston then deliver the plane to Marquis del Meri in Spain, with fuel-use testing aboard to gauge transatlantic range.
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Max Conrad
la Crosse
Atlantic
Madrid
Spain
Conrad
California
Amarillo
Tex
Winona
Boston
Marquis del Merito
Marquis
Gander
Newfoundland
Greenland
Iceland
Ireland
Christian Science Monitor
North Atlantic
Azores
San Francisco
New York City
Paris
Washington, D.C
United States
Canada
Ike Keeps In Close Touch With Rescue
President Eisenhower ordered all federal facilities to aid rescue and relief in hurricane ravaged southwest Louisiana. He sent Val Peterson to survey damages and potential relief needs while army units assisted civil defense workers. The disaster declaration was anticipated after damage assessment. Local note mentions Eisenhower’s 41st wedding anniversary and a brief golf attempt amid rain. Two runaway girls were later located by Muscoda police in a separate item.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Louisiana
Washington
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
Army
Alfred M. Gruenther
American Red Cross
Fisherman, 63, Falls From Canal Wall in Miami
Robert H. Mulls, 63, was fishing from a wall along a Miami canal when he fell six feet to coral rock. He broke his arm and sustained multiple cuts and bruises after being pulled or losing balance during the struggle with the fish.
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Miami
Fla
Robert H. Mulls
Former Area Banker Dies In Milwaukee
Louis McDirmid 86 longtime Hixton Bank executive and vice president died Saturday in a Milwaukee rest home. Born in Northfield Jackson County he moved to Hixton 1896 and ran Miller Hardware until 1911 then helped organize Hixton Bank. He retired in 1953 and later lived with his foster daughter in Milwaukee. He is survived by a foster daughter and two sisters. Funeral arrangements are handled by Jenson Funeral Home Hixton.
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Hixton
Wis
Louis McDirmid
Jackson County Bank
Milwaukee
McDirmid
Northfield
Jackson County
Miller Hardware and Lumber Co
Miller
Hixton Bank
Norman Sankerson
Mille Enerson
Taylor
Fred Sheffer
Black River Falls
Jenson Funeral Home
Storm toll rise predicted after Audrey devastation
Lake Charles American Press estimates Cameron Parish death toll could reach 250 based on a full-area survey. Civil defense officials and Mayor Gray offer differing counts, while rescue teams use helicopters and cranes amid widespread debris. Damage includes offshore rig losses and cattle fatalities, with President Eisenhower declaring major disaster areas.
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Lake Charles
Black Bayou
Civil Defense Office
Dallas CD
Copter Pilot Joins Hunt for Audrey Victims
Lt. James E. Richards, 25, from Munster Indiana, conducts air searches over the Louisiana coast near Lake Charles for hurricane survivors. He flies in a 15 square mile sector with 21 crew from Army, Air Force and Navy helicopters.
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Lake Charles
James E. Richards
Audrey
Louisiana
Richards
Munster
Ind
Navy
Legislature Ends Session with Record 328 Million Budget
Wisconsin lawmakers wrapped the 1957 session after approving a record budget of about 328 million dollars. The late session set salaries and expenses for legislators, officials, and staff, with raises taking effect in July and a return to vote on vetoes by Gov. Thomson.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Thomson
Assembly
Senate
Supreme Court
State College
House
Seven Killed In Head-On Crash At Farmington NM
Seven people died in a head on automobile collision in Farmington New Mexico last night. Victims include Ronald Perkins 9 Tulsa Oklahoma Bobby Hale 20 Sterling Oklahoma Jimmy McIlroy 21 Farmington Retha Marshall 19 Tokio Texas Doyle Marshall 3 Farmington and Richard Bernard 28 Farmington Charles Pace 26 Farmington. A 1957 sedan with a blown tire reportedly swerved to the shoulder then across the road and was struck broadside by Pace's pickup.
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Farmington
N. M
Ronald Gene Perkins
Tulsa
Okla
Bobby Leo Hale
Sterling
Jimmy Carl McIlroy
Retha Nell Marshall
Tokio
Tex
Doyle Wayne Marshall
Richard E. Bernard
Charles Wayne Pace
Floyd Miles
Pace
Manufacturer trims material instead of raising prices
A manufacturer responds to inflation by using less material rather than increasing prices. The note highlights cost management decisions and potential impacts on production and pricing strategy.
High School District Plan Debate Draws 600 in Wisconsin
More than 600 people attended a Vernon and La Crosse county meeting at Davidson Hall to clash over the proposed Coon Valley-Chaseburg High School District. Proponents seek a new district including Stoddard and excluding Coon Valley. opponents warn of losses to Westby and question boundaries and valuations. Attorneys linger for a ruling from the state attorney general as a new meeting date remains unsettled.
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Chaseburg
Wis
Davidson Hall
Vernon
la Crosse
Coon Valley
Stoddard
Halver Allness
Vernon County
Atty
Elmer May
Westby
Lindon Lawrynk
P. T. Bland
Bosshard
May
Hurricane Audrey leaves Cameron families rebuilding after destruction
In Lake Charles Louisiana survivors describe loss of homes boats and personal belongings from Hurricane Audrey. Henry H Ratcliff vows to rebuild with his family while Jane Ratcliff and 600 others receive care at McNeese State College. Raymond Barber mourns his wife and three children as he plans to return for his missing family. Louis Sponte seeks aid to restart with clothing and shelter.
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Eisenhower
Texas
Louisiana
Gettysburg
Raymond Hufft
Lake Charles
Henry H. Ratcliff
Red Cross
Cameron
Ratcliff
McNeese State College
Audrey
Pure Oil Co
Raymond Barber
Barber
Margaret
Brewster Keeps Top Union Post Amid Board Expansion
Los Angeles Frank W. Brewster remains head of the Western Conference of Teamsters as a secretary-treasurer and a 15-man executive board are added. Brewster, under contempt of Congress for defying union queries, was slightly injured in a Pacific Coast Highway collision while traveling to discuss the conference.
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Los Angeles
Frank W. Brewster
Teamsters
Brewster
Seattle
San Diego
Wilmington
Los Angeles Harbor
Girl From Gillette Elected Governor at Badger Girls’ State
Janet Ansorge of Gillette was chosen governor of Badger Girls State at the University of Wisconsin campus. The Nationalist winner defeated Oshkosh’s Sarah Mayer, with Sue Larson of West Salem as lieutenant governor and other officers named: Marcia Kirkpatrick Milwaukee secretary of state Priscilla Walter Janesville treasurer Elizabeth Icke Green Bay attorney general.
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Madison
Janet Ansorge
Gillette
Badger Girls’ State
University of Wisconsin
Janet
Sarah Mayer
Oshkosh
Sue Larson
West Salem
Marcia Kirkpatrick
Milwaukee
Priscilla Walter
Janesville
Elizabeth Icke
Green Bay
High Water Forecast Revisions Light up Mississippi Forecast
Fourth report this week warns of high water on the Mississippi from St. Paul to Guttenberg. Crest projections include 17 feet at St. Paul by Saturday night and 12 feet at Winona on July 4, with other readings at La Crosse Hastings Red Wing and Red Wing noted.
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Mississippi
St. Paul
Guttenberg
Iowa
Carl G. Peterson
United States Weather Bureau
Twin Cities
Winona
Minn
Red Wing
Lake City
Wabasha
Lan
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R. 2
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Gulf Coast
Jack Moss
Abbeville
Pecan Island
Holly Beach
Bill Mertana
Peterson
Mass
Houle
Creole
Renee Galery
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John Bosshard
Jane
Louis Sponte
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