Memorial Day Toll Falls Short Of Expectations
Across the nation Memorial Day weekend traffic toll showed lower figures than forecast with 92 traffic deaths by midnight Thursday and a total of 180 fatalities including 44 drownings and 35 other deaths. The National Safety Council had expected at least 120 highway deaths in the 30 hour period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
Tri State Deaths in Wisconsin Area Obituaries
Cashton area farmer Christian Overgard 85 dies at Viroqua hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at North Moon Prairie Church. Survived by four sons four daughters two brothers and sisters and 14 grandchildren. Also Kendall and Sparta notices for Michaels and Steele with church funerals and burial plans.
Rescue Crashed Plane Crew Loyal to Mountain Snow
Dr. Robert D. Paul reports the crash survivors endured exposure and malnutrition after a light plane headed from Pasadena to Duluth slammed into Ferris Mountain on May 11. The woman wore her husband’s clothes, they crawled to safety, and the husband, Dalton LeMasurier, president of KDAL, is believed dead though his wife clings to a faint hope. The family includes Donald, Ronald, and Judith.
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Robert D. Paul
Carbon County
Duluth
Pasadena
Calif
Ferris Mountain
Here
LeMasurier
KDAL
Dale Cowles
Dalton
Donald
Ronald
Judith Collins
el Paso
Tex
La Crosse Daily Records Police Court fines list
The La Crosse Police Court records show numerous fines for traffic and related infractions including stop sign violations speeding horn use and driving without a license. Several individuals from addresses in La Crosse Madison Sparta Bangor and Caledonia are listed with fines ranging from 5 to 55.75 dollars plus costs for offenses such as excessive horn use speeding and driving after revocation. Local incidents include a flooded oil burner and oil spill cleanup at specific addresses.
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Earl Holte
Caledonia
Minn
John Hisel
Division St
Darrell Hill
Edward Fabert
Oxford
Wis
Alfred Demers
Travis St
William Colburn
Adams St
John Kesterson
S. 7Th St
Cordelia Larson
Caledonia St
Allan Morris
Sisson
Onalaska Ave
Russel Schoen
Onalaska
Ronald Serres
Brownsville
Eugene Snyder
David Thorson
Caroline St
Ronald Wilson
Redfield St
Matt Simons
Hagar St
Manfred Peterson
Levi Chapiewsky
Bangor
Rudolph Maurer
Harold Willgrubs
Sparta
George Reed
Barre
Lisle Trueblood
Green Island
Russell LeRoy Coster
Madison
Reds Claim H Bomb Big Enough to Thaw Pole
Khrushchev reportedly told Polish journalists at the Kremlin that the bomb is so large it cannot be tested even across the Soviet Union. He claimed a test at the North Pole would melt icecaps and raise ocean levels by over 70 feet, threatening cities like London and New York.
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Warsaw
Soviet Union
Poland
API
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Arctic
North Pole
London
New York
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
State Department
Washington
Khrushchev
Death notices for Schleiter Evans and Evans families
Mrs Merlinda E Schleiter 80 wife of Dr John Schleiter died at home in La Crosse born June 2 1876 member of First Congregational Church survived by husband son Hubert J Schleiter two grandchildren sister in Panama Canal Zone funeral Saturday at 1 30 pm Sletten McKee Funeral Home Rev Melvin L Frank burial Oak Grove Cemetery friends may call this evening. Olive Evans former La Crosse resident died at West Salem survived by son William Evans Madison daughter Rosemary Leute Woodlawn Cemetery burial Friday Dahl Funeral Home. Funeral services for E J Leute to be held in Madison.
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Kendall, Wis
Chris H. Michaels
Hillsboro
Lawrence
Madison
Raymond
la Crosse
Edwin
Manston
Ray
Evelyn) Popp
Kendall
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
W. J. Hackner
Wilton
Smith Funeral Home
Michaels
Sparta
Wis
Jessie Christine Steele
Sparta Methodist Church
Paul White
Buria
Woodlawn
Lanham’s
Merlinda E. Schleiter
John Schleiter
Pine St
First Congregational Church
Hubert J. Schleiter
Frances Bottenfield
Panama Canal Zone
Sletten-McKee
Melvin L. Frank
Oak Grove Cemetery
Lela) Walker
Fairbanks
Alaska
Agnes Walker
Ft. Benton
Mont
Maurice
Roy
Leonard
Prosper
Minn
Olander
Lanesboro
Laura Larsrud
Mary Stone
Martin
Olive Evans
West Salem
William Evans
E. J
Rosemary) Leute
William H
Dahl Funeral Home
Robert D. Winter
Woodlawn Cemetery
Obituaries: Anna Pervinski and Olaf Stensgard Pass Away
Anna Pervinski 71 former Kubczynski died Wednesday in a local hospital. She is survived by one sister two brothers numerous nieces and nephews and grandchildren. Services Saturday at Holy Cross Church with burial at Catholic Cemetery. Olaf L. Stensgard 85 died Thursday at his daughter’s home. He was a retired Milwaukee Railroad employee and survived by six daughters including Ina Torgerson Ella Ellingson Rena Konstad and Glenna.
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Olaf L. Stensgard
Claude Wilson
Madison St
Milwaukee Railroad
Ina Torgerson
la Crosse
Ella Ellingson
Milwaukee
Rena) Konstad
Portland, Ore
Glen
Toepel Named County Judge After Death of Ahlstrom
Toepel was appointed by Gov. Vernon Thompson to fill the vacancy created by Judge Ahlstrom's death. His term runs until January 1959 with an election next spring. He has a long legal and political career including multiple terms as assemblyman and service in World War II.
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Toepel
Gauper
Vernon Thomson
Ahlstrom
Bangor
Northwestern College
Watertown
University of Wisconsin
Steele, May, Toepel and Kloss
Mary E. Winters 94 Dies in Iowa After Long Illness
Mary E. Winters of La Crosse aged 94 died in Des Moines after a long illness. Graveside services were held in Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse. She was widow of Dr. Oliver G. Winters medical director of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. She organized 67 Royal Neighbors camps in Wisconsin and held positions in Royal Neighbors and related organizations. She is survived by a daughter Luella Shaeffer Des Moines two brothers Will G. Merrill Ashland and Robert A. Merrill Madison and a grandson and two great grandchildren.
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Mary E
Mayme) Winters
la Crosse
Des Moines
Iowa
Oak Grove Cemetery
Winters
Oliver G. Winters
The
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
la Crescent
Sparta
Luella Shaeffer
Will G. Merrill
Ashland
Wis
Robert A. Merrill
Madison
Royal Neighbors of America
Wisconsin
Adelphie
OES
Golden Rule Shrine of Jerusalem
Royal Neighbors
Births Bountiful Across Wisconsin Communities
A list of births dated late May across Wisconsin towns records newborns to families including Clark A Kohnert Black River Falls Jack L Owen La Crosse and others. Names include Marilyn Major Shirley Lawrence Gwendolyn Goodman Anita Sofia Delores Craig LaVonne Unnasch Dorothy Schaller Beatrice Holtz Nancy Norskog Jane Schantz and Mary Elaine Neinast.
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Clark A. Kohnert
Black River Falls
Gloria Jennings
Jack L. Owen
7Th St
Marilyn Major
Gerald T. Clark
Bainbridge St
Shirley Lawrence
Dustin W. Wilson Jr
22Nd St
Gwendolyn Goodman
Winona
Donald Galuska
Galuska
Arcadia
Spring Grove
Minn
Verlyn Treangen
Nancy Norskog
Beaver Dam
Wis
Mary Elaine
Chauncey Neinast
Jane Schantz
Sparta
Marriage Licenses Reported for Wisconsin Couples
Joseph Hauser and Janice Meyer set to marry June 8 in La Whitehall Wisconsin. Jerome Kokott and Dolores Eichman to wed June 4 in Arcadia. Rupert Pfuhl and Marlene Cox to marry in Sparta Wisconsin.
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Jerome Phillip Kokott
Delores Harriet Eichman
Arcadia
Rupert H. Pfuhl
Norwalk
Marlene Joy Cox
Ontario
Teenager Crashes Car At 75 M.P.H. Hokah Drive
Four Hokah teenagers were involved in a high speed chase that reached 83 to 85 mph before a crash near Hokah Minnesota. Driver Frank Kirchoff 18 faces charges for speeding and reckless driving. A Hokah girl suffered a deep cut and bruised hip while two male youths were hospitalized and released.
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Minn
Frank Kirchoff
State
Kirchoff
Justice Court
la Crescent
la Crosse
U.S. 16
Mrs. Luther Leads War Pledge Change and WRC Ties
Mrs. Luther, president of the corps for 17 years, recalls Armistice Day 1918 celebrations and explains she led a pledge revision. The pledge now honors the United States and its republic. She remains a charter WRC member amid a long-standing group meeting monthly.
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Corps
Luther
Janesville
Reuther Opposes Gas Bill Citing Windfall for Producers
Walter Reuther warns that the Harris O Hara natural gas bill would yield one of the greatest windfalls for producers. AFL CIO legislative director Andrew Biemiller testifies opposition on behalf of 15 million AFL CIO members to the Interstate Commerce Committee. The claim expects gas costs to consumers could rise by as much as 950 million dollars annually.
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Washington
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Reuther
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Andrew J. Biemiller
AFL - Cio
UAW
Biemiller
Afl-Cio
Army Engineers Urge Deepening Great Lakes Harbors
Brig. Gen. P D Berrigan told a House subcommittee that depths of Great Lakes harbors must be increased to utilize deepened connecting channels and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Rep Jensen argued proposed flood control and harbor projects could cost up to a billion dollars and criticized ships owners for not sharing harbor deepening costs.
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Washington
Army
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
House
P. D. Berrigan
Chicago
Berrigan
Rep
Jensen
Iowa
Market quotations and livestock prices report
Market quotes from KWNO at 8:45 and 11:45 cover hogs cattle calves and lambs with price ranges by weight. Chicago and St Paul livestock markets show hogs up 25 to 50 cents, cattle steady to firm, and calves and lambs mixed in activity across regions with reported yields and weights.
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Carrie— Pecudahiae
Bologna
Chicago
USDA
California
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Cary
Chicago Livestock Chicago
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
U.S
Chicago Grain Prices Report
Prices listed for corn oats soybeans and barley across grades with No 2 yellow corn at 1.33 and soybean meal around 45.50 to 46.00 as volume and grade ranges shown for oats barley and soybean products in Chicago trading notes.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Britain Seeks Unified Controls on Red China Similar to Russia
Britain says it will continue applying the same controls to Red China as to Russia and that Battle Act enforcement rests on the Russian embargo list. Officials say the trade control differential is impractical and ineffective. American officials contend Red China cannot match Soviet supply for industrialization and that Western goods moved via the USSR strain transport facilities.
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Britain
Russia
Peiping
Red China
Soviet Union
Memorial Day Observances Echo Personal Remembrance
Memorial Day rituals deepen family memories for many, honoring loved ones who served and those who did not, with reflections on devotion and loss shaping the day.
Reserve Officers To Hold Steak Fry
The La Crosse Chapter Reserve Officers Assn. will host a steak fry with its regular monthly meeting on Thursday at Veterans Memorial Park in West Salem. The event starts at 6 30 p.m. Reservations call Maj A H Stellpflug at 21182. Lt Cmdr G Lester Steinhoff, former state RCA president, will report on the Milwaukee convention.
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la Crosse
Reserve Officers Assn
Veterans Memorial Park
West Salem
RCA
Maj
A. H. Stellpflug
Stellpflug
Cmdr
G. Lester Steinhoff
Wisconsin Department of Rca
Milwaukee
Funeral Set For Jackson County Man
Charles B. Van Gorden 91 prominent Jackson County businessman died in a Black River Falls hospital. Funeral services are planned for 2 p.m. Saturday at Alma Center Methodist Church with burial in Alma Center Cemetery. He lived a long life in Alma Center and Melrose and left a wife, three sons, two daughters, eight grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.
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Alma Center
Wis
Charles B. van Gorden
Jackson County
Black River Falls
Alma Center Methodist Church
C. R. Gaylord
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Mr. van Gorden
Annawan, Ill
C. W. van Gorden
C. C. Barnes
Charles
Melrose
Lora O. Northrup
David Blencoe
Prowler Reported Three Nights Near East Avenue North
A prowler operated three nights in a row in the 600 block area along East Avenue North, according to a police report filed Wednesday.
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East Avenue North
Weather Summary for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Weather forecast from the U S Department of Commerce notes clearing and cooler conditions in Wisconsin with scattered thunderstorms then cooler south east. Minnesota: partly cloudy windy cooler west and north with showers or storms southeast this evening then cooler tonight. Iowa: partly cloudy with a few thunderstorms northwest and showers southeast today and tonight. cooler northwest tonight and Saturday.
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U.S. Department OF Commerce
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Girl Killed In Fall From Farm Vehicle
A six year old girl was killed when the wheels of a manure spreader ran over her head in Westby Wisconsin. Katherine Ann Granlane rode in the spreader box with a sister while a 14 year old cousin Larry Gronlane operated the tractor. The tragedy occurred as Odell Gronlane and the parents were away in La Farge. Funeral arrangements are handled by Anderson Funeral Home of Westby with a 2 p.m. service Saturday at Sugar Grove Church officiated by Rev. Paul Ade.
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Westby
Wis
Katherine Ann Granlane
Larry Gronlane
Katherine
Odell Gronlane
la Farge
Sonja
Victoria
Michael
Philipp
Carrel
Dale
George Granlane
Emmett Lombard
Kickapoo
Anderson Funeral Home
Morris Moon
Sugar Grove Church
Paul Ade
Viroqua
Triangular Archer Shoot Planned Here
La Crosse Coulee Archers host a triangular meet Sunday at Pine Haven Course on County Trunks north of Holmen. Indianhead Club of Richland Center and Hunter Club of Wonewoc join in a 28-post field course round with prizes for entrants.
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la Crosse Coulee
Pine Haven
Holmen
Indianhead Club
Richland Center
Hunter Club of
Wonewoc
la Crosse Club
Two Men Acquitted in Church Bombing Case
In Montgomery Alabama a white male jury acquitted two white men on charges tied to a church bombing. The prosecutor warned that racial violence could follow the acquittals.
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Montgomery
Ala
Local rummage sales spread across town this weekend
Econo Paint & Wallpaper Co. advertises savings at 309 Pearl St with a rummage sale. Concordia Hall hosts items including electric appliances and clothing on Saturday 8 to noon. Olivet Lutheran Church on French Island holds a rummage sale at 9 am Saturday June 1 with coffee and donuts. Pythian Sisters hold a rummage sale at CIO Hall on Saturday June 1. A sale also runs Friday evening and Saturday at 1008 Pine.
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Pearl St
Concordia
CIO
River Readings Mississippi River Forecast
Hastings Minnesota to Guttenberg Iowa forecast shows no change to slight rises tailwaters of all dams in the next two hours. Sunrise Saturday 5 25 a m Sunset 8 41 p m Moon sets 11 27 p m Saturday.
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Hastings
Minn
Guttenberg
Iowa
Moon
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