Wisconsin District Plan Gerrymander Draws Ire
Rep Robert Kastenmeier of Wisconsin denounces a reapportionment bill that would shift Waukesha County into a new 9th District. The plan eliminates the current 9th District, expands the 3rd and 10th Districts, and prompts mixed replies from Les ter Johnson Vernon Thomson and Alvin O Kens hie about re election and county changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Kastenmeier
D-Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Waukesha County
Milwaukee County
Kastenmeier
Wisconsin
Black River Falls
Lester Johnson
Repulicans
Johnson
Vernon Thomson
Thomson
Alvin O’kenshie
Taylor
Lincoln
Milwaukee Livestock Market Report and Political Reactions
The Milwaukee market shows hogs and cattle mostly steady with varied quotes and receipts. A district political dispute features lawmakers including Melvin Laird John Byrnes Henry Reuss Clement Zablocki and others weighing a plan affecting district boundaries and voter representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Clark
Taylor
Melvin Laird
John Byrnes
Henry Reuss
Clement Zablocki
Reuss
Johnson
Zablocki
Henry Scahdeberg
William van Pelt
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Death Continues From Page One of the Company
The obituary notes the deceased is the only surviving child and lists six grandchildren, four of whom are officers of Cargill or affiliates, and 16 great-grandchildren. Private services are planned for Monday with memorials requested to Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cargill
Monsday
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Printers' union protest halts Philadelphia Inquirer editions
In Philadelphia the International Typographical Union staged a 4 p.m. Thursday meeting in the composing room to protest a firing. The Inquirer deemed the gathering illegal. By 2:30 a.m. editors halted publication and sent workers home with no settlement announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer
International ‘Typographical Union
The
Inquirer
Mrs Leonard Howard Dies at 90 in Sparta Wisconsin
Mrs Leonard Howard 90 of Sparta Wisconsin died Thursday in a Sparta hospital. Born Oceola Cameron September 30 1872 in Rushford Minnesota she married Leonard Howard April 6 1896. Survived by husband and sister in law Amy Howard St Paul. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Lanham Mortuary Rev A E Frederick officiating burial Mt Hope Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Leonard Howard
Oceola Cameron
Rushford
Minn
Duncan Cameron
Big Creek
Amy Howard
St. Paul
Teachers Drop Talk Of Mass Resignations
In Brainerd Minnesota the Brainerd Federation of Teachers and the school board near settlement as teachers abandon mass resignations. They will send a protest letter with signed contracts for next year. The board holds on a salary plan offering raises of 100 to 400 dollars yearly plus a 300 dollar boost to 4800 for new teachers with four years of college. The union had pushed for a 4900 starting salary and wants a grievance panel. Twenty one teachers have resigned this year, 11 last year. The contract deadline is April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainerd, Minn
Brainerd Federation of Teachers
Brainerd
Milwaukee man receives cornea from deceased Chicagoan
Earl Landerman 55 of Milwaukee underwent a corneal transplant at Madison General Hospital using tissue from a Chicago donor. The operation lasted 75 minutes under local anesthesia and is expected to leave him hospitalized about three weeks for final results. The Chicago donor died Wednesday and another eye was sent to a 2-year-old girl in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Milwaukee
Earl Landerman
John V. Berger Jr
Madison General Hospital
Landerman
Oklahoma City
Winona Livestock Market Report from Swift & Company
Swift & Company releases a noon market snapshot for Winona and Chicago areas. Hogs show steady demand with specific price ranges across weight classes. cattle, veal, and bulls display varied steady to weak trends. regional notes include Chicago produce and grain quotes and South St. Paul livestock activity with openers and feeder pig weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Swift & Company
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Body Of Missing Woman Found Near Wisconsin River
The body of 40 year old Viola Nass of Wausau, missing since November 6, was found Thursday night near the Wisconsin River bank by two young girls. The cause of death was not immediately determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wausau
Wisconsin River
Viola Nass
House Panel Approves $500 Million Transit Aid Bill
The House Banking and Currency Committee voted 22 to 7 to back a $500 million three year administration transit aid measure. It would grant $100 million first year and $200 million in each of the next two years to cover up to two thirds of mass transit equipment costs. The Senate postponed debate to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Senate Banking, and Currency Committee
Senate
Eastern and Midwestern rails gain bigger freight share
Eastern and Midwestern railroads won a larger portion of through freight charges under an Interstate Commerce Commission order. The change affects revenue division among carriers on cross country shipments, potentially delivering up to 50 million dollars a year more for Eastern and Midwestern roads and a loss for Western lines. The policy does not raise shipper charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Lines
Lull in church becomes halftime for sports fan
In Alexandria Minnesota a church service lull becomes a teaching moment as Dale Serun six year old son of the city recreation director asks his father what halftime means while attending dozens of sporting events together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria, Minn
Dale Serun
Direct Khrush-Kennedy Line Urged By U S
The United States proposed a direct permanent communications link between leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union to reduce the risk of war by accident or miscalculation. Other ideas include advance notice of military movements and exchange of small military missions, with Soviet negotiator Tsarapkin cautious on negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
United
Soviet Union
United States
Jtwo
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Stelle
Denial Of New Trials Appealed To High Court
Two of three Chicago men convicted of first degree murder in the James Jantz patrolman killing in Sauk County have appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Attorneys mailed notices to the high court seeking new trials for Lawrence Nutley and Richard Nicks. a court spokesman said notices had not been received. William Welter, Nutley, and Nicks were sentenced to life in prison at Waupun. Vaughn Conway, Welter’s attorney, has not announced plans for an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Chicago
Sauk County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jack McManus
John M. Wiley
Lawrence Nutley
Richard Nicks
High Court
Bruce Beilfuss
Nutley
McNamara warns on nuclear standoff and civil defense
McNamara argues that fallout shelters and a broad civil defense program are necessary if anti ICBM measures are pursued. General Taylor notes we are in a period of mutual deterrence but McNamara warns the United States must anticipate Soviet ingenuity to limit damage even with a smaller surviving force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Hemisphere
McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Ozaukee County Woman Killed Crossing Road
An Ozaukee County woman Miss Gertrude Frank aged 79 died after being struck by a car while crossing a road in Mequon. The incident raised Wisconsin 1963 highway fatalities to 136, one higher than the prior year at this date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Ozaukee County
Gertrude Frank
Mequon
Senior Citizen of Jackson County Dies
Mrs. Mary Posvic 99 oldest Jackson County resident died Thursday afternoon in a Black River Falls hospital after a fall on March 16 left her with a fractured hip. Born December 8, 1863 in Bohemia she came to the U.S. as a child, married Frank Posvie in 1896 and farmed in Irving Township before his 1932 death. She had lived at Misenko Nursing Home since 1955 and funeral services were planned for Melrose Methodist Church with burial in Irving Cemetery. Surviving are two sons Charles and Clyde one daughter Mrs Clara Hill and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Mary Posvic
Jackson County
Mary Ruzecka
Bohemia
United States
Chicago
Frank Posvie
Irving
Misenko Nursing Home
Langlois-Galston Funeral Home
Charles
Melrose
Clyde
Naples
Fla
Clara Hill
Tampa
Rubber contract talks set for May 6 in New York
United Rubber Workers Union announced that negotiations on a new master contract with U S Rubber Co will open May 6 in New York City. The current contract expires June 1 and the union seeks job security larger job opportunities and a fair share of benefits from productivity. The agreement would cover 24 000 workers at plants in 16 cities including Eau Claire Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Burdon
U.S. Rubber
Eau Claire
Wis
Woman Admits Setting Fire To Barn In Family Dispute
Dorothy Erickson forty four of Bowler Wisconsin admitted in Shawano County Court on Thursday that she set fire to her husband’s barn during a family dispute. Judge R H Fischer ordered a pre sentence examination at Central State Hospital after her guilty plea to arson. The March six blaze caused about eight thousand five hundred dollars in damage. Some of the olive trees brought to California by the Spaniards as early as 1769 remain alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawano
Shawano County
Dorothy Erickson
Route 1
Bowler
R. H. Fischer
Central State Hospital
Erickson
California
Estes Guilty Of Fraud In Farm Finance Schemes
Federal court jury convicts Billie Sol Estes on four counts of mail fraud and one conspiracy after an 18 day trial. Prosecutors say he defrauded about 100 individuals and up to a dozen finance companies of about 24 million dollars through phony mortgages on fertilizer tanks. He faces potential sentences up to 25 years if appellate courts disagree. sentencing set in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finis
EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
U.S
Estes
Pecos
Texas
Patsy
Nashville Man Convicted in Burn Torture Case
Thomas Riley Rediker, 30, was convicted of assault with intent to commit murder and mayhem for forcing his 6-year-old stepson Johnny Tosh to sit in scalding bath water at knifepoint. The boy sustained second degree burns over about 20 percent of his body and is in his grandmother's temporary custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Thomas Riley Rediker
Johnny Tosh
King Presents Princess Caroline Kennedy With Golden Saddle
King Hassan II of Morocco gave a gold and blue saddle and bridle to Caroline Kennedy for her pony Macaroni. The gift, sized for a five year old, features a royal blue seat, brass stirrups, and a gold brocade saddle blanket with blue trim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Caroline ‘Kennedy
Kennedy
Hassan II of
Morlocco
Kay Jameson Named Miss Wisconsin REA
Kay Jameson a 17 year old Tomah High School senior from Wyeville was named Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification at the 27th annual Wisconsin Electric Cooperative meeting. She succeeds Linda K Benson 19 of Superior the previous holder. Eight girls competed for the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Kay Jameson
Tomah
Wyeville
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Electric Cooperative
Linda K. Benson
Superior
Surgery Corrects Two Heart Defects In Girl
A Mayo Clinic cardiac team in Rochester repaired two congenital heart defects in 5-year-old Scottish girl Mary Margaret Stewart. She arrived from the Isle of Skye in mid February and is in satisfactory condition after open chest surgery using a heart lung bypass to fix a septal hole and pulmonary artery narrowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester, Minn
Mayo Clinic
Mary Margaret Stewart
Isle of Skye
Saturn Rocket Power Test Shows Overtake Potential
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida The Saturn booster may soon overtake the Soviet lead in rocket power with a six month projection for a major propulsion breakthrough and a 33 000 pound satellite in orbit The first phase of test flight lasted 121 seconds with one engine failure simulated and the remaining engines compensating to minimal loss in performance The test craft reached 77 miles and sank after splashdown NASA and Von Braun officials hailed the results as a step toward Apollo moon missions with second stage tests planned for September or October and the use of high energy liquid hydrogen fuel shown as safer after extensive ground testing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral, Fla
United States
Saturn
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Canaveral
D. Brainerd Holmes
Wernher von Braun
Space Agency
Marshall Space Flight Center
von Braun
Soviet Union
von. Braun
Luther Juniors Stage Play Tramps Teens and Terrors
Onalaska Wisconsin Luther High School junior class presents a one act play Tramps Teens and Terrors in the school auditorium at 8 p.m. Cast includes Marlis Wrobel Anita Thomack Diane Bakken Doug Willer Ted Lambert Tom Niedfeldt John Schulz Dick Raabe and Robert Huebner. A science fair follows at 6 30 p.m. Projects cover mathematics and science. Both events are open to the public with a free will offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onalaska
Wis
Luther High School
Marlis Wrobel
Anita Thomack
Diane Bakken
Doug Willer
Ted Lambert
Tom Niedfeldt
John Schulz
Dick Raabe
Robert Huebner
Soviet Cuba crisis weighs on Moscow and US plan
U.S. officials track Soviet withdrawals from Cuba with estimates near 14 000 troops remain and high level debates over escalation. Cuban exile raids by Alpha 66 and Second National Front of Escambray prompt calls to clamp down, while White House strategy group weighs responses and potential Neutrality Act prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Washington
Soviet Union
Kennedy
U.S
White House
Andrew Hatcher
Miami
Alpha 66
Second
National Front
Escambray
Houston Girl Competes in Minnesota Typing Championship
Barbara Larson of Houston High School advances as one of 20 finalists in a Minnesota typing championship in Minneapolis. Sponsored by a Minneapolis business college, the top winners receive typewriters for themselves and their instructors, with awards ceremony at the Leamington Hotel at 7 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, Minn
Barbara Larson
Houston High School
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Business College
Leamington Hotel
Card Party Planned at Lakes County School
Hold card games Whist and 500 at Lakes County School in Blair Wisconsin on Saturday evening inviting residents to participate in a community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Wis
Lakes Coulee School
Reunion Brings Flores Family Joy After Plane Crash
Teresa Flores arrives from San Bruno California to reunite with husband Ralph Flores at Whitehorse General Hospital after his February plane crash and seven week ordeal. He, beset by injuries and frostbite, is on crutches with improving condition. Helen Klaben, 21, also survived the crash and rests in Fairbanks Alaska as doctors decide on recovery steps. The couple has six children and awaits further word on extended family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Teresa Flores
Nesta James
Flores
Helen Klaben
Brooklyn Coed
Fairbanks
Alaska
Miss Klaben
John S. Weston
Arthur
Connecticut
British Columbia
San Francisco
Yukon
Highway 131 Opens in Kickapoo River Valley
Viola Wisconsin reports flood conditions with waters of the Kickapoo River receding enough to reopen Highway 131 through the valley. Residents assess damage while crews continue cleanup and inspection of the roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
Wis
Fifth Grade Discipline Praised In New Lisbon
New Lisbon Wisconsin reports exemplary discipline among fifth grade students during spring cadet training led by Police Chief James McKegney who is finishing classes at Juneau County Teachers College and will graduate in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lisbon
Wis
James McKegney
McKegney
Juneau County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Milwaukee Livestock
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Olin Mathieson
Allis-Chalmers
Pepsi-Cola
American Can
Phillips Pete
RCA
Clark Oil
American Motors
Republic Steel
First Bk. Sik. Amer. Tel. & Tel
S Rexall
Reynolds Metals
Royal Dutch
Godfrey Co
Boeing
Safeway
Hamilton
Boston Capital
G. D. Searle
Heileman
Brunswick
Sears Roebuck Tis Koehring Co
Chrysler
Sinclair Oil
Rubber Mills
Celanese
la Cyes
Tel
Columbia Gas
Socony
Sperry Rand Marine
Consolidated Food
NS Standard Oil
Ind
McQuay, Inc
Curtiss Wright
Standard Oil
N. J
Nekoosa
DuPont
Stud
Packard
Eastman Kodak
Financial Fed
Ford
Swift
Texaco
Glass Tire
NS Wallace Press
Mutual
Westinghouse
Boston Fund
Great Northern Ry
NS Chem. Fund
Greyhound Western Union
Illinois Central
White Motor
Eaton & Howard Intl. Harvester
Woolworth
Interstate Power
Zenith
Eaton & Howard
Jones & Laughlin
Dow Jones
Law Cooler
Aldls Industrials
Fidelity Fund
Lockheed Utilities
Mass. Inv
Ludlow
Puritan Fund
Northern Pacific Aid
ITV
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Idaho
Rudy’s
Midwest Rails
Ozaukee Co
Melrose Methodist Church
Bruce Willett
Irving Cemetery
New Frontier Party
Marquardt Heating and Appliance CO
South Third St
King
Caroline
Rea
Kay
Caribbean
First National Bank of la Crosse
Federal Reserve Bank
Ode Eidele
I. R. E. Munk
Robert J. Hackner, Robert D. Johns
G. W. Milne
Houston
Charlottes Bridal and Millinery
Rose St
la Crosse, Wis
Mrs. Flores
Highway 131
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!