Proxmire Labels GOP a Single Interest Party in Wisconsin
Wisconsin U S Senate candidate William Proxmire charges the Republican Party serves a wealthy minority, urging a Democratic victory to restore balance. He says GOP officials act as if they have an eternal right to statewide wins, while Glenn Davis and Rep. O K O n s k i criticize federal spending and Eisenhower foreign aid.
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Associated Press
William Proxmire
U. S. Senate
Wisconsin
Elkhorn
Proxmire
Republican Party
Joseph McCarthy
Walworth County
Glenn Davis
Waukesha
2Nd District
Washington
Davis
Rep
O’konski
Mercer
Milwaukee
Nixon
U S Steel May Cut Price Instead Of Raising It
U S Steel could lower prices by six dollars a ton rather than raise them and still report top profits, said United Steelworkers President David J McDonald. He joined others criticizing a 21 cent hourly wage boost under a three year contract, with both changes taking effect Monday.
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Pittsburgh
US. Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Robert Anderson
Secretary of the Treasury
Steel
USW
McDonald
U.S. Steel
Early GI Joe Enshrined in Philadelphia Memorial
The remains of one of America's first GI Joes were rediscovered last year and were placed in a sarcophagus at the base of a life sized statue of George Washington in Philadelphia. The memorial honors Revolutionary War comrades and marks the unknown soldier's burial site.
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Philadelphia
America
George Washington
Fireflies Sold For Half a Cent Each In Topeka Pick
Fireflies in good condition are sold at half a cent apiece in Topeka. Assistant county attorney Richard Foth buys them for Dr. William M. Balfour of the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Balfour studies energy in rat brain cells using the insects.
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Topeka
Kan
Richard Foth
William M. Balfour
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Balfour
Broader Exchange Plan With Russia Wins Favor
A nationwide survey shows 55 percent favor allowing more Russian tourists to visit the United States if Moscow similarly expands American tourism to the Soviet Union. Fifty two percent support US and Russian educators exchanging visits to learn each other’s culture. Education level affects views, with college graduates more supportive than those with less schooling.
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American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N.J
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
U S
Salt Lake City
Bogalusa
Guentz Takes Part In Army Gun Tourney
Second Lt. Douglas V. Guentz Jr. fired in the all Army rifle and pistol matches at Fort Benning Georgia as one of 750 Army marksmen from U.S. and overseas installations. He is stationed at Camp Roberts California as assistant executive officer of Battery C 46th Field Artillery Battalion. A Korean War veteran, Guentz joined the Army in July 1948 after basic training at Fort Knox. His father resides in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Fort Benning
Douglas V. Guentz Jr
Beatrice Guentz
Ellott Ave
Tacoma
Wash
Guentz
U.S
Camp Roberts
Calif
46Th Field Artillery Battalion
Guents
Army
Fort Knox
N. 15Th St
la Crosse
Wis
Births at area hospitals list new babies this month
Lutheran Hospital reports June births including a daughter to George J Hickey on Ona laska Ave and a daughter to Clarence McManer at 819 Rose St. Grandview Hospital records a June 26 daughter for Elwin Hesselberg and Evelyn Miller. St Ann's notes June 26 a son to James E Jirsa, 1226 Park Ave, and other newborns at Stoddard Caledonia Black River Falls Melrose with multiple parents and residences listed.
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Clarence McManer
Rose St
Barbara Stock
Robert Huxsahl
2Nd Ave. N
Onalaska
Patricia Russell
Elwin Hesselberg
West Salem
Evelyn Miller
James E. Jirsa
Park Ave
Elizabeth Sinniger
Stuart G. Rhimenstein
Stoddard
Clare Olson
Arthur S. Blum
Strong Ave
Dorothy Young
Chester H. Fruechte
Caledonia
LuEtta Werthein
Local Jr Red Cross Program Explained
Mrs George Thompson Jr La Crosse Tribune report details a Junior Red Cross workshop at Lake Forest Illinois showcasing a public relations example. Seventeen Midwestern states sent workers to the meeting and Thompson was appointed to her post this spring.
Tri State Deaths From Wisconsin News
Obituaries from Mauston Blair Viola Sparta Readstown list John Carpenter Evelyn family survivors and funeral plans for Olai Leque Anna Hankins Arthur Thompson Solseth Dregne with church services graveside details and burial locations across Wisconsin towns and townspeople.
Fund drive to build shelter at Ft. Reno HQ site
Memorial drive seeks 2000 dollars to erect a shelter over the long cabin used by Gen. Philip Sheridan as headquarters at Ft. Reno in 1874. Sheridan commanded cavalry forces in Indian Territory after the Civil War.
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EL Reavy
Okla
Philip Sheridan
Ft. Reno
Oklahoma
Cavalry
Indian Territory
Pioneer merchant William Grant celebrates 81st birthday
William T. Grant, founder of a vast store chain, marks his 81st birthday. He retired as company president in 1924 but has guided growth via the Grant Foundation focusing on research, education, training, and service.
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William T. Grant
Grant
Grant Foundation
Improving Trend In Driving Reduces July Fourth Highway Deaths
The Institute for Safer Living notes an improving trend toward safer driving may cut expected highway deaths during the four day July 4 weekend from 600 to about 550. It cites speed alcohol impatience and fatigue as the four deadly horsemen of the highways.
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Boston
Institute For Safer Living
Institute
Daily Records Fires La Crosse June 27 3 48 p m
A La Crosse Daily Records brief lists fires and numerous traffic and court dispositions. It notes meat burned in a gas stove at Mrs Richard Pouzar’s residence 1222 S 6th St and carries docket items for speeding driving after suspension unlicensed drivers improper passing dis orderly conduct and burglary among others with names ages addresses and penalties.
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Richard Pouzar
S. 6Th St
Tomah Area Boy Shot Accidentally
Frederick Rezin nine year old son of Mr and Mrs John Rezin cran berry marsh operators northeast of Tomah is in critical condition in a Tomah hospital with a gunshot wound to the throat. The accident occurred Friday at 10 30 am while Frederick and his 12 year old brother Jimmy played with a pistol they believed unloaded.
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Tomah
Wis
Frederick Rezin
John Rezin
Frederick
Jimmy
Pennsylvania makes false bomb scares a crime
Governor George M. Leader signed a new law making bomb hoaxes a crime in Pennsylvania. Perpetrators face up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine, effective September 1, after months of repeated false bomb scares across the state.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George M. Leader
Army dog tags notch and loan questions answered
Readers from across the country submit Army related queries. Notch on dog tags secures the tag in stamping equipment. Veterans ask about overpayments and installment repayment options. Guidance covers loan release before sale, changing courses, VA court limits, base pay comparisons, and hospital eligibility. Editor invites letters with self addressed envelopes and coins.
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T. P
Oakland
Calif
Two Motorists Killed In Wisconsin Traffic Toll Rise
The 1957 Wisconsin traffic fatalities reach 3582 with deaths of Douglas F. Harmer 29 Green Bay after his pickup overturned near Casco in Kewaunee County. Edwin P. Neuser 48 Green Bay dies in a Friday collision with a train in Manitowoc. Albert Raffensperger 27 Brookfield suffers fatal injuries when his car hits a culvert in Brookfield Waukesha County.
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Green Bay
Brookfield
Wisconsin
Douglas F. Harmer
Casco
Kewaunee
Edwin P. Neuser
Manitowoc
Albert Raffensperger
Waukesha County
Sentence Of Stoddard Man Is Suspended
A Stoddard man Daniel F. Bendel, 27, received a 90 day jail term suspended on probation after pleading guilty to carrying a concealed weapon. A disorderly conduct charge was dismissed. Bendel, arrested June 14, faced a 15 year old in his car and a loaded revolver with 40 cartridges found in his belt.
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la Crosse
Harry E. Quardakus
Camp McCoy
Jack L. Rueckert
Beaver Dam
James W. Luedke
Green Island
Wendell D. Barnes
Kane St
Paul E. Schams
Edward A. Motz Jr
Waukesha
John W. Mallan
Newton
Towa
Joseph B. Ryan Jr
Eau Claire
Don Ammerman
16Th St
Glenn C. Powell
Hass St
Viola Bottcher
la Crosse County
Kenneth Knudtson
Mindoro
Charles L. Smith
Houston
Smith
Karl Schams Jr
S. 28Th St
Aaron Sanford
Daniel F. Bendel
Stoddard
State Dept. of Public Welfare
Eugene A. Toepel
Bendel
Sunday School To Be Dedicated In WAUKON Iowa
The remodeled Sunday school building of St. John’s Lutheran will be dedicated at 2 30 p m Sunday with Dr C Richard Evenson directing parish education of the Evangelical Lutheran Church leading the ceremony A silver tea and open house follow the service Rev Nelson Preus of Fargo N D former pastor will preach at 830 and 10 a m A congregational dinner will be served at noon Rev W K Benbow is the present pastor
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Blair
Wis
Olai Leque
Bella Amanda Harreid
Ettrick Township
Lever Harreid
Leques
North Beaver Creek
E. E. Olson
Frederixon Funeral Home
Waukon
Iowa
St. John's Lutheran
C. Richard Evenson
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Nelson Preus
Fargo
N.D
St. John's
W. K. Benbow
St. John’s
Ethiopian Commission Member Dies in Eau Claire Fall
Melesse Tekle, 34, chief of municipalities in Shoa Province, an Ethiopian commission observer, fell to his death from a fourth floor room at the Eau Claire YMCA. A note was found but its contents were not released. Tekle and fellow members Betele Sawde and Walde Assefa arrived last September and had begun a year long tour of U S communities.
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EAU Claire
Eau Claire Ymca
Melesse Tekle
Shoa
Harold McLaughlin
Tekle
Betele Sawde
Walde Assefa
United States
Washington
Air Force Seeks Cadet Applicants For Aviation Program
USAF recruiting office announces openings for aviation cadet training for young men with two or more years of college. Summer vacancies are usually filled by ROTC graduates, so applications will open in winter for those with high school diplomas.
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Aviation Cadet Program
United States Air Force
USAF
Air Force
Miller Conviction Appeal and Bank Condition Report
U. S. District Judge McLaughlin refused to set aside Arthur Miller's contempt conviction but did erase one count. The document includes a 1957 condition report for First National Bank of La Crosse, listing assets, deposits, liabilities, and affiliated holdings of Northwest Bancorporation with ownership stakes and sworn attestations.
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Washington
U. S
Charles F. McLaughlin
Congress
Arthur Miller
Supreme Court
Miller
U.S. Revised
Ray A. Scott
L. A
Reserve District
First National Bank of la Crosse
la Crosse
Wisconsin
La Crosse Residents Attend B'nai B'rith District Meet in Chicago
Two La Crosse residents and district delegates, Jack Multz and David Levinstein, attend the 89th district grand lodge convention in Chicago to elect officers and review philanthropic achievements. Delegates from eight Midwest states and four Canadian provinces represent over 74 000 members in 205 lodges and 120 women’s chapters.
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la Crosse
B'nai B'rith
Chicago
Jack Multz
Johnson St
David Levinstein
Winnebago St
Midwest
Judah Shapiro
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations
Philip M. Klutznick
Supreme Lodge
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Wiscon
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
J. R. Williams
Khrushchev
Denver
Norfolk
Byers
Market St
George J. Hickey
Onalaska Ave
Mary Mar Metcalf
Grandview Hospital
St. Ann's Hospital
Krohn Hospital
Black River Falls, Wis
Harold Phil
Philip Haugstad
Black River Falls
Esther Laf
Eugene Allen
Eugene Stanton
Melrose
Yvonne Peters
Kathy Jo
Raymond Marco
Gertrude Bruley
Jr. Red Cross
John Carpenter
Mauston
Carpenter
Evelyn
Gary
Donald
Roberta
Susan
James Carpenter
William
Janesville
Gordon
Arthur Pharo
Bloomington
Tex
Alice Carpenter
Crandall and Sons Funeral Home
Rose Cemetery
Lemonweir Township
Mrs
Anna Hankins
Viola
Anna R. Hankins
Viroqua
Joseph Hankins
Vernon County
Edward Kellicot
Joseph Hawkins
Buchanan Ridge
Myron
Mandan
James
Alvin
Helen
Viola Methodist Church
Howard White
Viola Cemetery
Henthorn Funeral Home
Arthur Thompson
Sparta
Arthur C. Thompson
Wisconsin Child Center
Portland
Dorothy Finch
Erwin
Alice) Thomas
Elder
Loraine) Rosenow
Union Grove
Herbert
Harley
Earl
Otto
Spokane
Lanham Mortuary
N. R Hjermstad
Cashton
Buria
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Solseth
Dregne
Readstown
Franklin Lutheran Church
Peder Nordsletten
Lime Brothers Funeral Home
Lane
R. L. Cronk
S M Supply Co
Cronk
Batavia
N.Y
Radio and Television
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc
M Supply
Sylvania
John Hale
Stevens
Cedar Rapids
Hale
Elmhurst Drive
N.E
August Snitker
Hales
Hale Brothers
Graham
Arcadia
Odine Gabriel
Trempealeau Electric
LeRoy Woychik
Gabriel Products Co
Prairie DU Chien
Kroger
R. R Musselman
Madison
Musselman
McCord Jewelers
Pitth Ave
Dial
Circuit Court
Royal
Lee
Gannet Hotel
Leo W. Betz
Milner Hotel
Jerome Kloss
Tomah Area
Jackson Sts
F.D.S
Richmond
P.R
New York City
Veterans Administration
R. F
Rapid City
S.D
Sm.g
Fayetteville N.C
Board of Veterans Appeals
J.C
Los Angeles
Cpl. B.E
Urbana
Marine Corps
Maj. Nial
the Asociated Press
Max
Federal Reserve Bank
Ieee
R. E. Munk
Sania A
P. Newburg
John A. Murphy
Kenneth Dahl
State of
of la Crosse
Bernice M. Sprain
Anti-Defamation League
B'nai B'rith Hillel
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Nellefaire Orphan Home
Cleveland
Ohio
Leo N. Levi Memorial
Hot Springs
Ark
National Jewish
Armed Forces
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