Car Theft and Church Break-In Reported in Ettrick
Trempealeau County sheriff's office investigated Thursday night theft of a 1958 Ford owned by Jon Terpenning and the break-in at St. Bridget's Catholic Church. A blue-green four door Cadillac found abandoned on an Ettrick street had been stolen October 12 from Leonard Krum of Rochester Minnesota with Minnesota plates. Wisconsin plates linked to Anton Fuhre of La Crosse. Police pursued pickup orders as to the abandoned car while authorities searched for links between the two crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Trempealeau County
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Eugene Bifold
Christ Folkedahl
Jon Richard Terpenning
Terpenning
Leonard Krum
Rochester
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Anton Fuhre
la Crosse
St. Bridget’s Catholic
William J. Hafner
Market St
Richard
Margaret) Hannigan
Alhambra
Calif
Jack
Lucile) Brown
Arcadia
Carleton Edgar Hafner
Kenneth William Hafner
Appleton
BPOE
Asbury Methodist Church
Dahl Funeral Home
Winslow Wilson
Oak Grove
Joseph O. Skarie
Pearl St
Lloyd E. Eater
S. 30Th St
Robert Burns
la Crescent
Raymond Fink
Woodman
William Miller
S. 7Th St
James Fema
Adams St
Paul Mahoney
St. Cloud St
Orlando B. Stone
East Ave. S
Frank H. Griffel
Walter E. Schultz Jr
Harvey St
Lyle Wegener
S. 16Th St
Sara Bradford
13Th St
Bernard R. Broadhead
Richard Feyen
Trempealeau
Bernard Feyen
Lars H. Gjerde
King St
Richard D. Nehls
S. 10Th St
Sam Rubin
S. 8Th St
Robert C. Lackmaster
Avon St
Richard J. Poellinger
Denton St
Robert A. Wolfe
Stodard
John R. Norris
West Ave. S
Stanley C. French
Galesville
Lorena L. Carr
Gordon F. Bakalars
Jackson St
Archie P. Neuman
Green Bay St
James D. Hager
Hart St
Waukon
Iowa
Bernice H. Hellwig
Coon Valley
Geraldine Heilman
Sunrise Dr
Leo I. Krajewski
Onalaska
Robert Spacek
Badger St
Frank H. Zielke
9Th St
Thomas P. Terry
Winnebago St
Wilma Wood
Barry J. Waller
Ellsworth
Harlin Hicks
West Salem
John A. Desmond
Caledonia St
Walter F. Hayes
Rose St
Vance Schrader
Mormon Coulee Rd
Sole Jackson wedding held at First Methodist Church Sparta
Bertha Sole and LeRoy Frank Jackson wed at First Methodist Church Sparta with Rev. Paul B White presiding. Attendants included Helen Bahr and Marge Luedtke. best man Douglas Richardson and groomsman Thomas Keal. brothers William and Robert Jackson as ushers. A 150 guest reception followed in the parish hall with numerous out of town attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Bertha June Sole
N. Water St
Louis Sole
Madison
Sole
LeRoy Frank Jackson
E. A. Jackson
Pearl St
Mr. Jackson
First Methodist Church
Paul B. White
Helen Bahr
Marge Luedtke
Douglas Richardson
Thomas Kea
William
Robert Jackson
Douglas Cochrane
Livonia
Mich
William Jackson
H. Jeffress Jr
Kansas City
Richard Greene
Camp Douglas
Leonard Greene
New Lisbon
Norbert Bahr
Kenosha
Louis Sole Jr
Harley Root
John Johnson
Phil
Donna
Warrens
Philip Murphy
Onalaska
Beloit
David Nienast
St. Paul
Ronald Boettcher
Chippewa Falls
John Schamens
Menomonie
Donald Tipton
Bobby
Mary
Rock Island
William Henry
Kathy
Louis Sole Sr
Gerald Stickler
la Crosse
Robert Chase
Racine
Gerald Snake
Decatur
Ill
Jackson
E. Franklin St
Thorp Finance Corp
Wallace Jackson
H. M. Bartlett
Idell Tighe
Wisconsin Dept. of Taxation
Birth Announcements From Local Hospitals
Birth notices record several newborns: a son to Charles and Stella Egland of Houston Minnesota at La Crosse Grandview Hospital. a son to Lawrence and Virginia Brown at 1128 S Ilith Street. a son to Ronald and Audrey Helstad at 2350 Redwood Court. a daughter to Kenneth and Valerie Butcher in Houston. a daughter to Jerome and (name) Pretasky in Honolulu Hawaii, with links to Joan Smith of Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Egland
Houston, Minn
Stella Streinmoen
Lawrence Brown
S. Ilith St
Virginia Steckman
Lutheran Hospital
Ronald 0
Helstad
Redwood Ct
Audrey Laamann
Kenneth Butcher
Houston
Valerie Maggert
Jerome Pretasky
Kopke, St
Honolulu
Joan Smith
Portland
Ore
Pretasky
la Crosse
Confesses Strangling 3 Models in California Case
Harvey M. Glatman, a 30 year old Los Angeles repairman, confessed to killing three models in the Los Angeles area. He led police to desert graves near Escondido and Indio identifying two victims and implying a third. A fourth intended victim, Lorraine Vigil, escaped after grappling for a pistol as officers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Glatman
Los Angeles
California
Judy Ann Dull
Ruth Mercado
Shirley Bridgeford
Sun Valley
Calif
Unifax
Santa Ana
Harvey M. Glatman
Escondido
San Diego County
Shirley Ann Loy Bridgeford
Ruth Rita Mercado
Desert
Indio
Riverside County
West Hollywood
Glatman
Lorraine Vigil
New York
Colorado
Joel Hays
Orange County
Miss Vigil
Caledonia Youth Seriously Injured In Highway Crash
Reginald Ranzenberger, 23, of Caledonia, was seriously hurt when his 1957 Chevrolet lost control on Highway 44. The car clipped guard posts, rolled over several times and rested on its top. He was treated at Caledonia hospital then transferred to St. Francis Hospital in La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia, Minn
Reginald Ranzenberger
Caledonia
Highway 44
Here
Lawrence Klug
State Highway Patrol
Ranzenberger
Caledonia Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse
Potter-Haugen
Wisconsin Campaigns Turn on State Plane Use and Tax Claims
Democratic candidate Gaylord Nelson accused Governor Vernon Thomson of using state planes and taxpayer resources for campaign travel. Thomson denied the charge, saying out-of-state labor groups fund his opponents. The piece also covers Proxmire, Steinle, Knowles, Nash, Reynolds, Tewes, Singler, Byrnes, and local race remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Nelson
Vernon Thomson
Thomson
Nelson
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wauwatosa
U. S
Roland Steinle
William Proxmire
Steinle
Wausau
Proxmire
U.S
Warren Knowles
Ashland
Phillip Nash
Eau Claire
John Reynolds
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Janesville
Donald Tewes
Waukesha
Milo Singler
John Byrnes
Green Bay
California
Lower CV Church Sets Mission Festival
The Lower Coon Valley Lutheran Church in Stoddard Wisconsin will hold a mission festival Sunday at 10 30 am with a foreign missionary delivering the sermon A noon dinner will follow served by the Ladies Aid to parishioners and the public The Ladies Aid meets Wednesday Nov 5 at 2 15 pm with hostesses Mrs Oscar Bakken and Mrs Rolland Bakken A literature program is being arranged by Mrs Gust Wold
Mauston Woman Nora Felland Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Nora Felland 71 of Mauston died in Minneapolis after a long illness. Born June 23 1887 in Greenwood Wisconsin she is survived by son Harold and four daughters including Berniece Felland and Mrs. Donald Willett. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday East Lemonowier Lutheran Church with burial in Suldal Cemetery.
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Mauston
Wis
Nora Felland
Minneapolis
Minnesota City
Felland
Greenwood
William Felland
Harold
Oscar Knutson
Clint Endthoff
Berniece Felland
Crandall and Sons Funeral
LA Farge
E. Steinmetz
Mr. Steinmetz
Jug Creek
Stark
Vernon County
Henry Steinmetz
Elva Riddle
Kermit
Harvard
Ill
Keith
Sparta
Leon
Florence) Hawkinson
Frank
la Farge Methodist Church
S. J. Schmelling
Baptist
Maulton
Charles St. Clair
Charles
Emery St. Clair
Lucille
Theodore Pfaff
Crandall and Sons Funeral Home
Keith Davison
Trempealeau
William Ryder
la Crosse
Mr. Ryder
England
Robert Ryder
Amy James
Earl
Bob) Ryder
Harold Ryder
Myrle Bequette
Phyllis) Schuman
Galesville
Ray
Doris) Mee- Cracken
Chicago
Eliza John
Henry Galder
Trempealeau Methodist Church
Donald Riley
Bural
Smith Mortuary
Reget
Howard
Blaschke
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Msgr
Victor Plecity
Catholic Women’s League
Guard Against Western Water Policy Warns Wisconsin Officials
Ernest Swift of the National Wildlife Federation urged Dane County Conservation League for preserving Wisconsin water laws. He warned of outside efforts to adopt western prior appropriation and an omnibus bill aiding taconite and irrigation, risking public rights and lake and stream flows for paper mills and resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Ernest Swift
National Wildlife Federation
Wisconsin
Swift
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Dane County Conservation League
Milk tasters study tastes at University of Arizona
A group of professors and stenographers at the University of Arizona sample daily milk and record reactions to taste. The study measures whether people prefer milk with more or fewer solids than typical dairy compositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson, Ariz
University of Arizona
Club Honors Memory of La Crosse Man
Wisconsin Wanbeek Associated Activity Club commemorates Chester Bigsbee of La Crosse with a banner presentation in Milwaukee. Bigsbee died in October 1957 and was the first president of the La Crosse Happy Go Lucky Club. Cyril Berg of Holmen was named second vice president for the coming year as about 200 members attended the two day session. The 1959 convention is planned for Appleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Bigsbee
la Crosse
Wisconsin Wanbeek Associated Activity Club
Milwaukee
Bigsbee
Happy Go Lucky Club
Coulee
Cyril Berg
Holmen
Appleton
A O Smith Recalling Workers In Milwaukee Plant
The A O Smith Corp says by Monday it will recall 730 of 1800 laid off at its Milwaukee automotive division plant with rehiring through early November and plans to hire 200 more by month end. About 150 workers at Granite City Illinois will also be recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
A. O. Smith Corp
Automotive Division
Granite City
Ill
A. 0
Smith
Illinois
Chevrolet
La Crosse court listings for drunken driving and speeding cases
A La Crosse court list shows numerous defendants with penalties ranging from fines of 5 to 125 dollars to license revocations for one year. Several individuals faced charges of speeding, driving without a license, and other traffic violations with varied bond and trial dates.
South Dakota Nuptials Join Marilyn Johnson and John Trisch Jr
Marilyn Johnson and John Trisch Jr. wed Sunday October 19 at Hudson Lutheran Church in Hudson South Dakota. The double ring ceremony was conducted by Rev. E Skaar and Rev. Milo Brekke. Attendants included Clarice Johnson as maid of honor Lois Whitmyre and Ruby Iverson in green gowns. Best man James Trisch and ushers Donald Johnson Eugene Johnson Glenn Wright. A reception for 175 followed in church parlors. The couple resides at 1347 % Charles Street with the groom employed by Dairyland Power Cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Johnson
Trinity Lutheran Church
John Trisch Jr
Caledonia
Hudson, S.D
E. Skaar
Milo Brekke
la Crosse
Anthony Johnson
Fairview
Clarice Johnson
Lois Whitmyre
Minneapolis
Ruby Iverson
James Trisch
Donald
Eugene Johnson
Raymond Smith
St. Paul
Glenn Wright
Roger Smith
Phyllis Anderson
Charles St
Dairyland Power Cooperative
State Welfare Aid Holds At High Level In September
The Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare reported September grants totaling 5,520,988 to 103,595 recipients, up from 1957. General relief reached 1,005,374 with 30,378 recipients, both about 50 percent higher year over year. Other aid included old age, dependent children, blind, and disabled programs with varied increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Department of Public Welfare
Legion events and notices from William Liebe funeral era
Legion posts announce funeral attendance list for William Liebe and a Nov. 8 benefit dance with Jack Hefti Orchestra. Also details a Nov. 8 officers conference at Tomah Veterans Hospital and a Nov. 13 post meeting with Nov. 11 executive committee. Includes Nov. 1 testimonial banquet in New Lisbon and 1959 membership total and goals for county banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hefti
Tomah Veterans Hospital
Department
Tage A. Mortensen
New Lisbon
Douglas Davenport
Legion Club
Wausau
Guards Strike Shuts ACF Plant in Albuquerque
In Albuquerque 63 members of Local 99, International Guards Union of America, walked out at the ACF Industries plant, idling 1,400 workers. The strike began Thursday over a wage dispute at the Atomic Energy Commission prime contractor facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque, N.M
International Guards Union of America
ACF Industries
ACF
Atomic Energy Commission
Ancient Beliefs on Illness and Recovery
In ancient days people who fell ill quickly lost hope and prepared for death. Cures were rare and luck often decided recovery, reflecting a world where medical knowledge was limited and outcomes were uncertain.
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Church
Zeke
Sole, Jackson
Honolulu, Hawaii
Caledonian
Pepsi-Cola
The
Associated Press
Charles St, Clair
Vernon Dillman
Oshkosh
Winnebago County
Ruth Schmidt
Dillman
Anna Reget
Henry C. Reget
William P. Hamman
Richard C. Miller
Cass St
Robert P. Rasmussen
Copeland Ave
Robert A. McBride
S. 4Th St
Donald Minor
Prospect St
William Urbanek Jr
Chaseburg
Harold A. Wright
Roland Wyckoff
Wayzata
Frederick H. Thery
S. Ramsey St
Donald Schiecke
10Th St
Doris Haugen
2Nd Ave. N
Majorie Haugen
Highland St
Harold E. Johnson
Akron
Ohio
Beauford E. Jones Jr
Robinsdale
Pedro P. Jones
Robert Kn
Richard J. Hembre
Richard J. Hembre Democrat
Register of Deeds
la Crosse County
South Dakota
William Liebe
Eugene Zielke
Edward Pabst
C. C. Tank
Wilbur Atchison
John Geary
William Bush
Rudolph Nedvidek
William Poellinger
Robert Poellinger
Elbert Otto
William Weigel
Earl Wilson
Paul Wiemerslage
Howard Hagen
Walter Lendeke
Melvin Bjorkman
Charles Weisensel
Bugler
AEC
Berg
Caledonia Street
Virgol
B.C
Sletten
F.D.I.C
Isi
Lindsay
Main Street
Melbo
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