Physician Says Girl Outsmarted Kidnapper
Peggy Ann Brodnick, 17, escaped the kidnapper William Diller Hollenbaugh in Pennsylvania after a week in the Tuscarora mountains. Dr J T Lorentz said she outsmarted him by forcing him to guess her reactions to advances, while Hollenbaugh was killed trying to break free after abducting her. Peggy Ann survived with help from the FBI and local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shade Gap
Peggy Ann Brodnick
Pennsylvania
William Diller Hollenbaugh
Peggy Ann
J. T. Lorentz
Fulton County Medical Center
Hollenbaugh
FBI
Tuscarora Mountains
Lorentz
Rummage Sale Listings Across Local Areas
Numerous rummage and bake sales listed for May 20th to 21st across Onalaska and nearby areas. Locations include 303 West Ave North 402 9th Ave North Onalaska Bohemian Hall 2121 Hyde Ave Blessed Sacrament School 2003 So 19th 501 Main Onalaska 1732 Madison and 1914 So 16th with varied hours and items from clothing to furniture and hunting gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zonta
West Ave
9Th Ave
Onalaska
Bohemian Hall
Hyde Ave
Blessed Sacrament School
Herberger’s
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Madison
Shelby Fire Station
Ward Ave
Birch Drive
Hillview Home
Cliffside Park
Mississippi
Death notices from West Salem area include Miller Newton and others
Obituaries list Irene Miller 78 of 417 West Ave S with service at Christ Lutheran West Salem. Christian Anderson 62 of 528 S 4th St. Clyde Chase 79 formerly West Salem. Joseph Wehrer 66 of 308% S 3rd St. Nora E Newton 48, formerly La Crosse, died in Milwaukee. details note birthdates, survivors, and funeral arrangements with local church and cemetery notes.
Births in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Hospitals
Grandview Hospital births in Lacrosse Wisconsin include a May 17 son Ronald Leland to Lowell and Patricia Rank 1329 Winnebago St and a May 17 daughter Shelly Renée to Leonard Klahn 1204 Horton St plus May 18 son to Jay Blanchard 3424 S 38rd St and May 18 daughter to Robert Wemark R 1 Calmar Iowa all with reporters. May 19 son to Donald and Alma Sennes R 2 Onalaska. St Johns Hospital Pittsburgh reports May 17 son to John Holt and wife Vickie Zabriskie formerly of West Salem.
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Ronald Leland
Lowell Rank
Winnebago St
Patricia Boma
Shelly Renee
Leonard Klahn
Horton St
Rita Kleinsmith
Jay Blanchard
S. 38Rd St
Margaret Ellendorf
Lutheran Hospital
Robert Wemark
R. 1
Calmar
Iowa
Kay
John Holt
Pittsburgh
Vickie Zabriskie
West Salem
Regent Files Innocent Plea In Car Seizure
Arthur DeBardeleben president of the Wisconsin board of regents entered an innocent plea on two counts in Ashland County Court. He faced charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer linked to a vehicle seizure tied to the death of warden Robert Markle. Bond set at 200 dollars each for DeBardeleben and Mrs. Wanda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Arthur DeBardeleben
Park Falls
DeBardeleben
Patrick Donlin
Marshfield
Walter Cate
Regents
Donald Nimmer
Mellen
Nimmer
Robert B. Markle
James Stubblefield
Butternut
Adelaide Wanda
Wanda
Cate
Reckless and imprudent driving fines listed for Sparta records
Municipal court records from Sparta Wisconsin show Lowell Steyer fined 20 dollars for reckless driving, La Vern Grandall 15 dollars for imprudent speed, Robert Robson 19.14 dollars for imprudent speed, Hakon Peterson 10 dollars for failure to yield, Donald Stelter 35 dollars for reckless driving, Floyd Moseley 15 dollars for speeding, Nathaniel Barbosa 5 dollars for illegal U turn, Bobby Henderson 15 dollars for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Lowell Steyer
la Vern D. Grandall
Robert A. Robson
Stoddard
Hakon Peterson
Rockland
Donald A. Stelter
Floyd Moseley
Warrens
Nathaniel Barbosa
Chicago
Ill
Bobby Henderson
Camp McCoy
Mary Deufel 74 Dies in Caledonia Minn
Mrs. Mary Deufel 74 of Caledonia Minn died Thursday afternoon May 19 at home. Services set for 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Steffen Funeral Home and 10 a.m. at St Peters Catholic Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. Richard Speltz officiating. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. Rosary 8 p.m. Friday at funeral home. Born May 13 1892 in Freeburg to Henry and wife and married Joseph Deufel in June 1920. They farmed near Freeburg until his 1940 death. She is survived by son Lawrence Caledonia. daughter Mrs William Rachubinski La Crosse. 14 grandchildren. two sisters Margaret Caledonia and Mrs Florence Bennewitz Caledonia. two brothers Peter and Anthony Caledonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Miller
West Ave. S
Mindoro
Farmington
John Miller
Jessie Miller
Miami, Fla
Christ Lutheran Church
West Salem
Walter Paustian
Burr Oak Lutheran Cemetery
Jostad Funeral Home
Clyde Chase
R. 1
la Crosse
Duluth
Minn
Ralph Karkoff
Minneapolis
Eva
Dorothy
Fossum West Avenue Chapel
Hamilton Cemetery
Joseph Wehrer
S. 3Rd St
Mary
Margie
Anna Wehrer
Helen Counts
Frontier Lodge 45
F & AM
Zor Shrine
Hellwig- Morris
Oak Grove Cemetery
Caledonia
Mary Deufel
Steffen
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Richard Speltz
Calvary Cemetery
Rosary
Henry Frank
Freeburg
Joseph Deufel
Lawrence
William Rachubinski
Margaret
Florence Bennewitz
Peter
Anthony
Today in History highlights from May 20
May 20 marks the 140th day of 1966 with notable events including Lindbergh’s solo Atlantic flight in 1927 and Earhart’s 1932 solo cross, plus 1775 congress actions, 1830 pen patent, 1941 Civilian Defense setup, Jordan’s king ousting premier ten years earlier, Freedom Riders attack, and a 196? airliner disaster. Also mentions auto repair ads in classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charles Lindbergh
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Atlantic
Christopher Columbus
New World
Continental Congress
D. Hyde
Reading
Amelia Earhart
Fiorello la Guardia
New York
Hussein
Jordan
Arab League
Montgomery
Ala
Pakistan
Cairo
Threat to Wisconsin auto dealer case centers on Rugendorf
An auto salesman testified that Leo Rugendorf threatened Edward Bembinster during a dispute over 112 cars taken from the Sterling-Harris Auto Agency before its 1961 bankruptcy. The defendants face extortion and conspiracy charges related to stolen cars transported across state lines.
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Wisconsin
Chicago
Leo Rugendorf
Wausau
Wis
Jim Hamphton
East Chicago
Ind
Rugendorf
Edward Bembinster
Hamphton
U.S. District Court
Sterling-Harris Auto Agency
Leroy Sterling
Larry Rosenberg
Skokie
Ill
George J. Harris
Highland Park
Lincolnwood
Bembinster
Frank Winiarczyk
Thorp
Milwaukee
Winiarczyk
Sterling
Sterling - Harris
Associates Discount Corp
Sterling-Harris
Associates
Minnesota told to double highway patrol by 1970
A 900 page safety report urges the Minnesota Highway Patrol to reach 678 officers by 1970, expanding training, creating a seven county Twin Cities patrol region, and adding a statewide emergency number and a helicopter. It also calls for a centralized computer system for traffic, licenses, and crashes and road markers to locate incidents. Governor Rolvaag backs tougher deer poaching penalties and lowers drunk driving blood alcohol limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Minnesota Safety Council
Automotive Safety Foundation
Washington
Twin Cities
Highway Department
John Jamieson Jr
Louis R. Morony
The
Safety Foundation
Laws Division
North Dakota
Arizona
Safety Council
Karl Rolvaag
Y Project Topic Of Rotary Talks
Two Rotary Club speakers described the YMCA YWCA fund drive with Mrs Jane Gelatt and Rotarian Ray Ping presenting. Albert C Becker of the Agriculture Extension Service was introduced by President Milton Hoglund as the newest Rotary member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ymcaywca Fund Drive
Jane Gelatt
Ray Ping
Rotary Club
Stoddard Hotel
Albert C. Becker
The
Agriculture Extension Service
Milton Hoglund
Rotary
Bombing at Canadian Parliament shocks Ottawa
An attempted bombing at Canada’s Parliament ended with the bomber dead in a washroom near the Prime Minister’s and Foreign Secretary’s offices. Paul Joseph Chartier, 45, of Toronto, a former psychiatric patient, was identified by Solicitor General Lawrence T. Pennell. Police found notes he had been denied permission to deliver a speech in the House of Commons and said he aimed to kill lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
Lawrence T. Pennell
Paul Joseph Chartier
Toronto
Chartier
Paul Martin
Cartier
Pennell
Quiet Valley To Get Booms In Plane Test
Edwards Air Force Base in California will host a three month sound study starting June 1 using the XB70A experimental bomber and other aircraft. Two instrumented houses and residents in nearby communities will be part of the sonic boom and jet noise research by the Air Force and NASA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Antelope Valley
Air Force and
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hart seeks fish protein from Great Lakes surplus
Senator Philip Hart proposes using non comercial fish from the Great Lakes as a protein source for underfed regions. He suggests an experimental factory to produce fish protein concentrate or fish flour from abundant species like the alewife, which dominates Lake Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Lakes
Philip A. Hart
D . Mich
E. L. Bartlett
Alaska
Hart
Lake Michigan
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Wey
Christian Anderson
S. 4Th St
Schumacher
Nora E. Newton
Newton
Maxwell
Leland R. Krueger
William
Bemidji
Roman
Sacramento
Urzula Gust
Clairol Loving Care
Rexall
Saxony
Jackson Srs
Lacrosse, Wis
Grandview Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
St. Johns Hospital
Regent
Cparmas
Ese Nes
Magnavox
Ralph
Chuck Roast
ELM Tree
Losves
Bob
Lester B. Pearson
Foreign Secre
Berg Walinener
Alka Seltzer
Tussy
Mennen
Hallmark Cards
Aluminum
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