Driver Killed While Fleeing Patrol Car
A young man died Friday night when his car overturned five times while fleeing Marathon County patrol. William Bent, 22, of Stratford, was killed. the crash raised Wisconsin traffic fatalities to 639 for the year. Kenneth Talcott and William Schuett, Marathon deputies, pursued the car after a high speed approach on Highway 97.
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Associated Press
Marathon County
Wisconsin
William H. Bent
Stratford
William Schuett
Kenneth Talcott
Golf Course Open House Set In Tomah
The Hiawatha Valley Golf Course invites the public to view progress on the course and clubhouse renovation Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Free coffee and doughnuts will be served. The project aims for 1959 season readiness with additional remodeling planned.</s>
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Tomah
Wis
Hiawatha Valley Golf Course
Tnk
Local Man Named To Carpenters Board
Walter Jensen, former Racine Carpenters Union business agent, was re elected president of the Wisconsin Council of Carpenters at the annual convention. Robert H. Stringer of Madison was elected vice president. New board members are Harry Boerschinger Green Bay William A Eckart La Crosse Edwin F Kijek Wausau and Ralph Bowers Milwaukee.
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Kenosha
Walter Jensen
Racine Carpenters Union
Wisconsin Council of Carpenters
Robert H. Stringer
Madison
Harry Boerschinger
Green Bay
William A. Eckart
la Crosse
Edwin F. Kijek
Wausau
Ralph Bowers
Milwaukee
Equal Negligence Found In Auto Collision Case
In Viroqua Wisconsin Earl Miller versus Guy Stock the jury found equal negligence by both drivers after testimony in circuit court. No damages can be recovered from the 1956 collision near Genoa on STH 85. Judge Lincoln Neprud presided.
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Viroqua
Wis
Earl Miller
Guy Stock
Genoa
Lincoln Neprud
40 Millionth Copy Of Infant Care Issued
Washington AP report notes the government publication Infant Care reached its 40 millionth copy. The Levelsmier family from Carbondale Illinois received copy No 40 million in a ceremony. The booklet first appeared in 1914 and has evolved from strict schedules to modern parenting guidance.
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Washington
Whitc Om
Jerry Levelsmier
Carbondale
Steven
Terry Lynn
Levelsmier
Eisenhower
Gas Dealers To Help Out Ailing Buddy
A La Crosse County Retail Gasoline Dealers Assn. list details the Oct 21 22 benefit for Andy Anderson of 832 Rose St who had a heart attack. Members from Standard Shell Mobil Conoco Texaco and others will staff both days, selling accessories oil grease and performing tire repairs while owners operate existing stations. Twenty members will be on duty daily, representing multiple brands.
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la Crosse County
Anderson Station
Jack Stears
Ernie Holberg
Kenneth Jamesson
Leon Kremenski
Roger Titcomb
Howard Morrison
Bruno Willer
Everett Ashland
Elmer Hauser
Clarence Kopacek
Charles Begun
Arthur Wittenberg
Lyle Wegener
John Popacek
Vern Patterson
Mac Quillin
M. Tostrud
Bequette
Kenneth Gaarder
Harold Young
John Raymer
D. Affeldt
Martin Johnson
Casey Werner
Harry Woodward
Orville Ashland
M. E. Ripplinger
Fritz Wehrenkamp
Robert Karl
James Bakkum
Roy A. Franz
R. Dwyer
K. Hammer
George Thies
L. Midtlen
Vern Russell
H. E. DeWitt
Adolph Wick
Donald Roth
Standard
Shell
Mobil
Conoco
Texaco
Champlin, Skelly
Phillips 66
Cities Services
Eisenhower tours corn belt pledging peace and restraint
President Eisenhower, on a 5300 mile tour starting in Cedar Rapids, uses a political-free stop at the National Corn Picking Contest to stress peace and a firm stand against Communist expansion. He avoids mentions of Republicans and Democrats while highlighting rising farm prices and foreign policy principles. He revisits his boyhood home in Abilene, recalling early life and the museum.
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Congress
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
America
Quemoy
Matsu
Abilene
Eisenhower Museum
Denver
Eisenhower
John S. Doud
United States
China
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Fourth
Kuney
President
Carpenter Richard Randall 72 Dies After Long Career
Richard Randall 72 of 514 North 9th Street died Friday morning at a local hospital. Born in Crawford County on June 29, 1886, he retired as a carpenter from Segelke Kohlhaus Co. Funeral services Monday at 10 a.m. Sletten McKee Funeral Home and 1 p.m. at South West Prairie Church. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by son Clifford of Chicago a brother Chris of La Crosse and three grandchildren. Visitation Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Richard Randall
9Th St
Crawford County
Segelke-Kohlhaus Co
Sletten- McKee
George Alvilden
South West Prairie Church
Julius Masted
Church
Clifford
Chicago
Chris
la Crosse
Campion Jesuit High earns first in yearbook contest
The Columbia University Scholastic Press Assn announces Wisconsin winners in the 24th annual yearbook critique. Campion Jesuit High School Prairie du Chien earns first place for Knight in offset yearbooks. Edgewood College Madison Torch and Wisconsin State College Whitewater Minnelska win in senior college categories.
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New York
Columbia University Scholastic Press Assn
Wisconsin
de Pere
Fox
Campion Jesuit High School
Prairie du Chien
Knight
Eau Claire Memorial High School
Eau Claire
Kodak
St. Catherine's High School
Racine
Lance
South Division High School
Milwaukee
Cardinal
St. Bonaventure High School
Sturtevant
Seraph
Senior College University
Edgewood College of the Sacred Heart
Madison
Torch
Wisconsin State College
Whitewater
Weather record for lacrosse and vicinity and midwest region
Weather shows fair mild conditions through Monday with a low of 44 and high of 75 for Sunday. Wisconsin and Minnesota expect warmer conditions with partly cloudy skies, Iowa mostly fair, and no freezing temperatures forecast.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi River Forecast From Hastings To Guttenberg
Flood stage readings show small changes across the river stations with 24 hour stages nearly steady. Forecast from Hastings Minnesota to Guttenberg Iowa indicates little change in all river stages over the next 24 hours, including Dam No. 6 through Dam No. 9 pools.
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Winona
C.P
T.W
Ae Dakota
Lansing
Ae Dam
Prairie du Chien
Hastings
Minn
Guttenberg
Iowa
Classified Ads Get Results Ad Phrase
Classifieds note contact number 2 8040 for results and inquiries across sections.
Six Laymen to Speak at Sparta Trinity Services
Sparta Wis special report six laymen from Trinity Lutheran Church will deliver sermons Sunday October 19 at 8 30 a m and 10 45 a m Ernest Woods Kermit Peterson and Elbert Montgomery speak at 8 30 a m while Donald Hill Francis Burke and Robert Swartz speak at 10 45 a m Julie Ann infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyle Reinks will be baptized with sponsors Mr and Mrs Howard Nordstrom.
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Sparta
Wis
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ernest Woods
Kermit Peterson
Elbert Montgomery
Donald Hill
Francis Burke
Robert Swartz
Julie Ann
Lyle Reinks
Howard Nordstrom
Two Vehicles, No Drivers in Wilton Crash
In Wilton Wisconsin a truck rolled backward from near the Carl Kruse Implement Shop and struck Willard Pfuhl's parked car from Norwalk. Pfuhl’s car sustained about 250 dollars in damage. Bruce Brandenburg owned the truck. State Traffic Officer Clarence Stremcha investigated.
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Wilton
Wis
Bruce Brandenburg
Carl Kruse
Willard Pfuhl
Norwalk
Pfuhl
Clarence Stremcha
Funds For Vet Housing Loans Are Proposed
A Wisconsin Legislative Council hearing urged a 17 million dollar appropriation to open 14 counties for state veterans housing loans. Veterans groups and the Department of Veterans Affairs argued that diversion of wine and liquor tax proceeds since 1951 reduced loan funds, and urged restoring 50 percent earmarked tax to the veterans housing fund and removing county quotas to address gaps in loan access. The list of closed counties includes Outagamie Ozaukee Richland Rock Washington Waupaca Brown Calumet Door Fond du Lac Green Iowa Kewaunee and La Crosse.
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Sverre Roang
Edgerton
Wisconsin Veterans Council
Roand
Roang
Veterans Housing Fund
General Fund
Veterans Organizations
State Veterans Agency
Outagamie
Ozaukee
Richland
Rock
Washington
Waupaca
Brown, Calumet, Door
Fond du Lac
Green
Iowa
Kewaunee
la Crosse
FCC Okays New Tomah Radio Outlet
The FCC approved the Tomah Manston Broadcasting Co to operate in Tomah Wisconsin with 1,308 kilocycles daytime operation and 500 watt power. Officers are Hugh Dickie president Tom Price vice president and Roger Belke secretary treasurer, all former WCOW staff. Construction near the Monroe County Fairgrounds should start soon.
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Tomah
Wis
Tomah-Manston Broadcasting Co
Federal Communications Commission
Hugh Dickie
Tom Price
Roger Belke
WCOW
Sparta
John D. Rice
Monroe County Fairgrounds
Court rejects bid to bar Jesuit college from broadcast license
The U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a challenge that a Jesuit educational institution was ineligible to hold a broadcast license. The decision affirms the college’s qualifications under licensing rules and clarifies eligibility standards.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Weather and temperature readings across major cities
A list of last night and yesterday temperatures for cities including Bismarck Boston Chicago Denver and more. The weather outlook notes a high barometer and widespread fair weather nationwide Saturday night with exceptions in the northwest and southeast corners. The report cites Unifax.
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Unifax
Churches Seek Unity at International Convention
The International Convention of Christian Churches focuses on unity under the banner of a passion for Christian unity. Leaders urge urgency as the denomination notes its identity as a peculiar people with about 8,000 congregations and two million adherents, adding over two thousand members weekly and millions pledged weekly to local worship and missions.
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ST. Louis
International Convention of Christian Churches
Church of Christ On Earth
Our Fathers
Three Men Rob Buckeye Brewing Cash Register of 84000
Three men robbed the Buckeye Brewing Co cashier in Toledo taking 84000 in payroll funds. Richard Red Smith, the brewery's general manager, said a man waited in an anteroom with three customers as Brinks guards handed over the payroll bag. The trio escaped with the money.
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Toledo, Ohio
Buckeye Brewing Co
Richard “Red” Smith
Green Bay Packer
Brinks
Smith
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Brewers
Lawrence College
Notre Dame
Little Chute
Ice Flies Force Banfe Short of Tokyo to Miami Record
Cordova Alaska reports Charles F Banfe Jr a 39 year old Mooney pilot from Palo Alto California forced to land after 3270 mile leg toward a nonstop Tokyo to Miami single engine distance record. Ice in the carburetor caused engine trouble during the long Great Circle flight. Banfe plans another attempt within six months.
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Cordova
Alaska
Charles F. Banfe Jr
Palo Alto
Calif
Tokyo
Miami
Banfe
Xt & W
Marion
Pat) Boling
Boling
Manila
Pendleton
Ore
Chicago
New York
Great Circle
Dulles Seeks Talks With Chiang On Island Militias
Dulles plans arrival in Taipei by midweek after Pope Pius XII rites and may stop in Europe for talks with Allied leaders. Officials privately speculate he will urge Chiang Kai-shek to cut Nationalist forces on Quemoy and Matsu, now over 100000 troops. Eisenhower and Dulles say Chiang's deployment is wrong.
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United States
Rites
Pius XII
Taipei
Europe
Dulles
Chiang
Quemoy
Matsu
Eisenhower
Clapp Seeks Peacetime GI Bill For Veterans
In Sparta Wisconsin Norman M Clapp Democratic candidate for Congress calls for a new GI Bill of Rights to extend educational and training aid to peacetime veterans. He argues government draft service interrupts education and early employment and vows support for all veterans who complete service.
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Sparta
Wis
Norman M. Clapp
Congress
Clapp
Wisconsin Probate Hearings for Heirship and Creditors
State of Wisconsin La Crosse County Court in Probate orders hearings for the estate of Josephine Grybczynski intestate with claims due by January 16 1959 and examinations January 20 1959. Also orders hearing for Edward S Hebberd will and heirs probate with notices to creditors and publication for three weeks. Licenses filed for Gerald Kamperschroer and James and Nellie Brandon for Class B beer and liquor licenses in La Crosse.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Josephine Grybczynski
la Crosse
City of
County of la Crosse
State of
Lucille M. Scherdin
Steele, Smyth, Klos
Edward S. Hebberd
la Crosse Tribune
James M. Brandon
Nellie T. Brandon
la Crosse Street
Main Street
Anna M. Mashek
Anna M Mashek
Eugene A, Toepel
Thompson & Flynn
Hoeschler
Town of Campbell Traffic Ordinance Enforcement Summary
This 1958 La Crosse County notice details traffic law incorporation by reference, penalties for violations, intoxication and disorderly conduct fines, stipulations of guilt, forfeitures, bail, and notice forms. It covers penalties from $5 to $200, minimums for speeding and reckless driving, and an effective date of October 8 1958.
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Rand
Wisconsin
Wis. Stats
State of
la Crosse County
Campbell
Henry W. Rebhan
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South 20Th Street
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Ce Crosse County
Isne
George J. Kastner
Hellwig & Morris Thoughtful Service
Neumann Monument CO
Benny
Brittany Spaniel
Johnson Animal Hospital
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Mason
Tom
RLEE
Lax Wooleen Mills Co
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Ray L. Revor
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Yanzer Sanitarium
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Spencer
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Marvel
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