Woman Who Started 1st Hospital Dies
Mrs. Peter Green, 93, a Jackson County nurse who opened the county’s first hospital in her home in the early 1920s, died at the Jackson Home for the Aged in Black River Falls. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Alice Mack and a son Earl, with four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services planned Saturday at 2 p.m. at Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev. T. A. Rykken presiding. Burial in Brookside Cemetery at Millston.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Peter Green
Jackson County
Jackson Home
Green
Alice Mack
Earl
Downers Grove
Ill
Evangelical Lutheran Church
T. A. Rykken
Brookside Cemetery
Millston
Torgerson Chapel
Alabama Judge Charles H. Brown Dies on Bench
Senior City Judge Charles H. Brown 77 collapsed on the bench and died Thursday in Birmingham. The longtime jurist served on the city court for decades before his sudden death.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles H. Brown
Tree Orders Available At Allamakee SCS
The State Conservation Commission Nursery accepts orders for trees and shrubs for landowners in reforestation. Prices include walnut seeds six dollars per thousand, shrubs for wildlife sixteen, multiflora rose twenty two for evergreens twenty two, with ACP cost sharing for most projects. Order blanks at the SCS office in Waukon, first come first served.
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Waukon
Lowa
State Conservation Commission
James Barnes
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
ACP
SCS
Cooper’s 34 hour flight boosts military space ambitions
Air Force officials hailed Gordon Cooper’s 34 hour 20 minute orbital mission as proof that humans can operate efficiently in space for long periods. The civilian project showed quick thinking after control loss, supporting plans for military space patrols and manned orbiting stations.
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Washington
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Air Force
United States
Westby Junior Class To Stage 3 Act Comedy
Westby High School presents Ask Any Girl a three act theater in the round produced by the junior class under David Hassell. A large double cast supports Joyce Stendahlen Mary Ann Gald and Corrine Gilbertson with multiple students handling leads and ensemble roles across three performances Friday and Saturday.
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Westby
Westby High
Gail Ansen
Brian Koula
Steve Power
Chery
Westby High School
David Hassell
Bear Creek
Wis
Harold Hassell
Appleton
Whitewater State College
Hortonville
Joyce Stendahlen
Mary Ann Gald
Corrine Gilbertson
Hassell
Gail Aasen
Karen Munson
Jenny Gilbertson
Annette Constale
Diane Smith
Nancy Weissenberger
Linda Erickson
Pete Roehl
Ronald Asher
Donald Raitzer
Lon Olson
Paulette Haakenson
Linda Olson
Barbara Schlicht
Miss Stendahlen
Miss Gald
Miss Gilbertson
Cheryl Skundberg
Jeanne Larson
Anola Hogden
Vicky Nustad
Judy Perkins
Gail Shields
Judy Johnson
Eugene Eckler
Robert Christianson
ElRay Dock
Philip Oinonen
Karen Gokey
Sonja Gilbertson
Karen Johnson
Mary Stenslen
Darlene Helen
Marilyn Brye
Terry Storbakken
Duane Leitke
Gary Leum
Russell Hellwig
Martin Stenslen
Dennis Helen
Gary Gilbertson
Nancy Stromstad
Tony Jefson
David Rude
Church official Raphael Miller dies at 89 in Martinsville
Raphael H. Miller, 89, former president of the International Convention of the Disciples of Christ, died Thursday in Martinsville Indiana. The longtime church leader was known for his national role and service to the denomination.
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Martinsville, Ind
Raphael H. Miller
International Convention of the Disciples of Christ
Reynolds Aide Seeks Two Milwaukee Assembly Seats
Reynolds aide tells Assembly Elections Committee Milwaukee County should get two extra assemblymen. The move accompanies a constitutional amendment proposal backed by Milwaukee Democrat Allen Flannigan. Republicans quickly moved to kill the resolution as the state debates reapportionment.
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Reynolds
Assembly
Milwaukee
Aide
Madison
John W
Milwaukee County
Assembly Elections Committee
Leonard Zabrenski
Allen Flannigan
Commission
Zabrenski
Flannigan
McEssy
Wisconsin Assembly Seeks Thompson Arbitrate Betting Question
In a late session, the Assembly invited Attorney General George Thompson to rule on the constitutionality of parimutuel betting on dog races. If permissible, the bill's authors would extend to horse racing. Senate bills raise railroad crossing protection cost share to 70 percent and create a tax exemption law review panel. Also, veteran bonus ranges from 30 to 400 dollars and youth beer age rules set by education status.
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Madison
State Assembly
George Thompson
Wisconsin
Assembly
Thompson
Senate
Davis Donnelly
D-Eau Claire
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Today in History highlights from May 17
Events include the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that school segregation is unconstitutional. Montreal founded in 1642. New York Stock Exchange organized in 1792. First US telephone exchange opened in 1877 in Boston. 1945 plans to mint Roosevelt dime coins announced. 1960 Paris summit collapse over U2 flight. 1970s to recent items touch US tensions with Israel, missile tests, and Hong Kong border barrier builds.
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Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court
Montreal
Paul de Chomedy
New York Stock Exchange
Boston
U.S. Treasury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paris
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
John Foster Dulles
U.S
Israel
United States
Skemp Receives Sky-Hi Prefix For Holstein Herd Names
Brattleboro Vermont The Holstein Friesian Association of America grants exclusive use of the Sky-Hi prefix for all Registered Holstein cattle bred by Robert C Skemp of La Crosse Wisconsin. The prefix becomes a permanent part of breed records at national headquarters.
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Brattleboro
Robert C. Skemp
la Crosse
Wis
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro, Vt
Births at Grandview and Lutheran Hospitals Listed
May 14 to May 16 births recorded at Grandview and Lutheran hospitals include multiple boys and girls. Parents and addresses span Mississippi Street Caledonia Minnesota Winnebago Street Spring Grove Minnesota Cochrane and Mobile Homes Addition with names Burke Slindee Pfaff Gates Stocks Bentley Williams Wuttke and others listed.
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Todd Alfred
Lewis Thompson
Mississippi St
Shirley Burke
Bennet Elton
Elton Krueger
Caledonia
Minn
Kathryn Slindee
Michael John
John Bradley
Winnebago St
Nancy Pfaff
Jene Bendel
Losey Blvd
Virginia Gates
Lutheran Hospital
Robert J. Duresky
S. 7Th St
Ann Loveng
Thomas R. Wuttke
Mobile Homes Addition
Mary Lou Thomas
Roy Jacobs Guernsey Shows High Record
Sparta Wisconsin dairy notes Roy E Jacobs owner of Dutch Mill farm reports Guernsey cow Molly completed DHIR production test with 10030 pounds of milk and 533 pounds butterfat for 305 days. Molly a three year old was milked twice daily during the Wisconsin supervised test by the University of Wisconsin.
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Sparta
Wis
Molly
Roy E. Jacobs
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Peterborough
N.H
University of Wisconsin
Arraigned Racine man charged with killing officer
Thomas C. Morris 26 was arraigned on first degree murder and attempted murder charges for the Wednesday night shooting of Detective James Hantschel 38 and wounding Officer Lawrence Albro 38. Morris held without bond. case adjourned for counsel. Hantschel died. Albro in fair condition. Morris later found with gun and stolen service pistol after forging a store charge slip.
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Thomas C. Morris
Racine
Morris
UPI
Oscar M. Edwards
James Hantschel
Lawrence Albro
Hantschel
Albro
Durand
Wis
Wisconsin birth control bill sparks Senate hearing
At a Wisconsin Senate Public Welfare Committee hearing the bill to provide birth control information and devices to women on relief at state expense drew strong opposition and support. Opponents called it foreign to decency and criminal while supporters argued it would curb immoral reproduction and reduce taxpayer burden.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Senate Public Welfare Committee
Edward M. Kinney
Roman Catholic Church
Davis Donnelly
D - Eau Claire
Donnelly
Winona Judge S J D Bruski Dies at 62
Winona Minn AP Municipal Judge S J D Bruski died of a heart attack at home late Wednesday night. Bruski, 62, born in Winona, served as city attorney and probate court judge before Gov. Freeman named him to the municipal court in 1959. He is survived by his widow and one daughter.
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Winona, Minn
S. J. D. Bruski
Bruski
Winona
Orville Freeman
Three Named To State Agriculture Board
Gov. Reynolds appoints Russell McCarthy of Cottage Grove Clayton Nichols of Wisconsin Dells and James Nolan of Marion to the State Agriculture Board. McCarthy already faces Senate confirmation for a term ending June 2 and is slated for a full six year term. Nichols heads the Central Wisconsin Beef Producers cooperative and Kilbourn cooperative exchange. Nolan presides over Nolan Livestock Auction Market Inc and serves on Waupaca County Board.
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Nolan Livestock Auction Market, Inc
Waupaca County Board
Pilot Ejects From Jet During Crash Near Elgin
At Truax Air Force Base in Madison a pilot Capt. Robert T. Smith 39 Butte Montana ejected from an F-102 Delta Dagger of the 325th Fighter Interceptor Squadron after mechanical trouble caused a crash on a farm near Elgin Illinois Smith escaped unharmed and was flown to Madison by a base helicopter.
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Madison
Truax Air Force Base
Robert T. Smith
Butte
Mont
325Th
Elgin
Ill
Smith
Truax
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