Debris From Jet Collision Shocks Memorial Day Crowd
A Navy Panther jet collision during a Memorial Day aerial tribute over Sunset Cemetery in Minneapolis killed Cmdr Newell Olson and injured six residents. Olson’s parachute tangled in a tree. another pilot survived after ejecting. Fire destroyed homes and ignited fuel spills as debris rained on a northeast neighborhood. Olson's family survived. his widow Edna Joan and three sons await further word.
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Minneapolis
Cmdr
Newell Olson
Wold-Chamberlain Naval Air Station
Trost
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
J.g
John Forsmark
Olson
Navy
Mississippi River
Edna Joan
La Crosse Memorial Day Parade Under Rainy Skies
Thousands remember veterans in La Crosse during Memorial Day with a three section parade organized by Grand Marshal Ernest O Hanson. Marchers toured Cameron Park Market Square to Oak Grove and Catholic Cemeteries while a Riverside Park ceremony honored sailors and Marines. The Marine float led by the Marines was new. Judge Roy V Ahlstrom was honored posthumously.
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Ernest O. Hanson
Cameron Park Market Square
King Street
West Avenue
Oak Grove Cemetery
Riverside Park
Mississippi
Wilson-Colwell Women’s Relief Corps No. 2
Roy V. Ahlstrom
Tremplo Girl Crowned Arcadia Broiler Dairy Festival Queen
Sharon Barenthin, 17, Trempealeau High School 1957 graduate, named Arcadia Broiler Dairy Festival queen at a Thursday coronation ball in the Arcadia High School gym. Attendants Ruth Servais and Sharon Doener, both 17, Arcadia seniors. The festival runs Saturday and Sunday with horse pulling contests, a parade, and chicken serving.
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Arcadia
Wis
Sharon Barenthin
Trempealeau High School
Arcadia Broiler
Erwin Barenthin
Sharon
Blue Bbarron
Ruth Servais
Sharon Doener
Arcadia High School
First May fly spotted on La Crosse window
A seasonal note marks the first May fly of the year on a residence window in the southeast portion of La Crosse. The sighting signals the arrival of late spring in the river and fish country.
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la Crosse
Britain eases China trade controls prompting U.S. concern
Britain announced a shift to China and Soviet bloc level trade controls, prompting U.S. disappointment and warnings of strained relations. Senators Green Knowland Fulbright and Eisenhower policy are cited amid debate on embargo and penalties, with other nations urged to follow.
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Britain
U.S
United States
China
U. S
Congress
Russia
Selwyn Lloyd
Soviet Bloc
Sen. Green
D-Ri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Green
Providence
R. I
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
Fulbright
Eisenhower Administration
State Department
Department
Red China
Soviet Union
Japan
West Germany
France
Italy
Miller Convicted Of Contempt Of Congress
Arthur Miller, husband of Marilyn Monroe, is found guilty of contempt of Congress after a six day trial. Judge Charles McLaughlin announced a 15 page written opinion and scheduled no sentencing date yet.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Congress
Charles McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Miller
House Committee On Un-American Activities
New York
Australian iron curtain fences 3500 mile barrier for dingoes
A 3500 mile wire mesh fence rises in Queensland to keep wild dingoes from sheep and cattle. It will enclose 18 million sheep and 640000 cattle, costing over a million dollars while Australia fights a long drought and tries to reduce dingo populations inside the barrier.
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Sydney
Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
South Australian
Dynamite Blast in Quarry Injures Prairie du Chien Worker
Lynn Scott, 50, was seriously hurt when a dynamite stick shattered as he prepared to inset the explosive during a quarry clearance project on Vineyard Coulee Road three miles south of Prairie du Chien. He suffers two broken ankles a fractured arm and extensive body cuts. Kenneth Crowley was unhurt. Sheriff Bruce Hutchins noted weather may have triggered the blast and that the dynamite may have been faulty or struck by lightning.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Lynn Scott
Scott
Kenneth Crowley
Bruce Hutchins
Crawford County
Vineyard Coulee Road
Highway 18
Three Wisconsin Memorial Day Road Deaths Reported
A freak accident in Milwaukee and two other crashes over Memorial Day weekend left three people dead in Wisconsin. Joyce Schuler, 24, of Franklin, died after entering a roadwork site where a ditch gave way. Clarence Schwartz, 18, of Racine, died when his car left Highway 11 and hit a tree. Eleanor Chapman, 37, of Chippewa Falls, died in a two car crash south of the city limits. her husband Archie was injured.
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Joyce Schuler
Franklin
Milwaukee County
Miss Schuler
Geraldine Glinicke
Milwaukee
Clarence E. Schwartz
Racine
Eleanor Chapman
Chippewa Falls
Archie
Alice In Dairyland Contest Opens At Beaver Dam
Twenty six young women began competition to select four Alice in Dairyland princesses. The four chosen will be tested on talent poise and appearance over a two day program before a final round at the Wisconsin State Fair in August. The four will promote Wisconsin dairy industry until the 1958 Alice begins a year of tours and appearances nationwide.
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Alice In Dairyland
Wisconsin
Alice
Toepel Becomes Judge At Friday Ceremonies
Eugene A. Toepel a leading four year state legislator became La Crosse County judge in a flower decorated Circuit Court. The 40 year old sworn in by Circuit Judge Lincoln Neprud faced a crowd of bar members officials and legislators. He noted he would resign his assembly seat if a conflict arose between county and reserve army duties.
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Eugene A. Toepel
la Crosse County
Toepel
Adams St
Lincoln Neprud
Neprud
Roy V. Ahlstrom
E. F. K. Gansen
John Bosshard
Tom Skem
Army Reserve
Gauper
Circuit Court
Carl F. Schnick
Federal Commission
Madison
Woman Survives 19 Days on Wyoming Mountain After Plane Crash
Dor othy LeMasurier survived a 19 day ordeal atop a snowswept Wyoming peak after her husband Dal ton LeMasurier, a radio executive from Duluth Minnesota, died in the May 11 crash sixty miles north of Rawlins. She endured cold storms and exposure, aided by salvaged clothing and a supply of candy and vitamins, and was found near the wreckage.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Dorothy LeMasurier
Wyoming
Dalton
Duluth
Minn
Here
Veteran Mrs. Luther Survives 56th Memorial Parade Ride
At 82, Mrs. Sarah Luther with the William McKinley unit of the Women’s Relief Corps rode in the 56th Memorial Day parade after breaking her hip in April. She has attended every parade since 1902 and has held all 17 offices in the La Crosse WRC.
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Sarah Luther
William McKinley
Women’s Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
E. E. Deters
Eugene Low
The
Low Motor Co
Mabel Miller
Wood St
WRC
George M. Dansberry
Vicksburg
Luther
Milwaukee Railroad
la Crosse
Tribune
Knutson
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Hal Boyle
Iron Curtain
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