15 Dead in Hartford Hospital Fire Inquiry Begins
Hartford Hospital fire on the ninth floor trash chute killed 15 people and trapped over 100 others. Six patients, five visitors, and four staff died. a doctor, a nurse, a dietary aide, and a supervisor were among the victims. An investigation sought cause, with cigarette or gas theories offered. One doctor described flames racing along the ceiling as rescuers evacuated nearly all patients as smoke filled the building. The closure of doors and limited ladders hampered efforts, and Deputy Fire Marshal Shaw faced personal loss with his niece among the identified dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Hartford Hospital
Norman Hedenstad
Carroll E. Shaw
Diane Pape
West Point Cancels Grid Coach Contract
United States Military Academy at West Point terminated Dale Hall's contract as football coach effective immediately. Hall, who had one year left on a four year pact, never defeated Navy in his three years. Reports had suggested his job was in jeopardy after last Saturday's 13 7 Army loss to the Middies.
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West Point
N.Y
Dale Hall
United States Military Academy
Hall
Col
Earl H. Blaik
Navy
Army
Woman Electrocuted at Home Near Boyceville
Mrs. Donald Frieburg, 21, was electrocuted Friday while helping her husband take down a television aerial at their rural Dunn County home near Boyceville. The aerial touched a power line, causing the fatal accident.
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Boyceville
Donald Frieburg
Dunn County
Frieburg
Retiring Leader Honored at Wisconsin Cheese Meet
John J. Burke of Darlington retires after 28 years in the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association and six years as president. He received a special scroll as the 23rd annual Turner Hall gathering opened at 10:30 a.m. with a noon luncheon and talks, elections, and business.
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Wisconsin
Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
John J. Burke
Darlington
Turners Hall
Burke
Association
Victor Hendrikson
Willis Wittner
William Lauper
Hollandale
Ray Silver
Monticello
Wisconsin Cheese ‘Foundation
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
G. Robbins
Chicago
Armour and Co
Robert Milke
Wisconsin Cheese Foundation
Carol Anderson
Alice In Dairyland
Georgean
E H Gallagher Lena Resident Dies After Collapse
E H Gallagher 63 a farmer and father of Mrs James Voelkl of Monro e died at 3 15 pm yesterday after collapsing in a Freeport store He was born in Warren son of Mr and Mrs Peter Gallagher He and Alice Clancy wed Feb 5 1920 in Stockton Surviving are widow three sons Eugene San Pedro Calif Donald Cambria Calif and Robert Travis Air Force Base Calif three daughters Mrs Keither Andrews Waiten Mrs George Yeager Freeport and Mrs Voelkl i 12 grandchildren Services 2 pm Monday Leaman funeral home Lena burial Holy Cross Cemetery Stockton Rev John Ryan of St Josephs Lena will officiate
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Kinner
Henry Gallagher
Lena
James Voelkl
Monroe
Freeort
Gallagher
Freeport
Warren
Peter Gallagher
Alice Clancy
Stockton
Eugene
San Pedro
Calif
Donald
Cambria
Robert
Travis Air Force Base
Keither Andrews
Waitten
George Yeager
Voelkli
Leamen Funeral Home
Lena, Ill
Holy Cross Cemetery
John Ryan
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Congressman Ullman Loses Part of Leg in Car Accident
Rep. Ullman suffered the loss of part of his left leg in a freak automobile crash on Virginia 27. Doctors at Winchester Memorial Hospital amputated the leg at the knee after it was nearly severed when a rattling door opened and the car swerved into a ditch. He was thrown from the vehicle during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ullman
Virginia
Delegates Name Badger Man Director For NFO
In Des Moines Iowa Roland Waters of Elk Mound Wisconsin was elected a director of the National Farmers Organization. Oren Lee Staley of Rea Missouri was re elected president by acclimation as more than 4000 delegates attended the annual convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NFO
Badger Man
Des Moines
Iowa
Roland Waters
Elk Mound
Wis
National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley
Rea
More Snow Due In County Tonight Wind Cold Wave To Follow Storm
Heavy snow swept into Monroe with over three inches by mid afternoon and more than six expected by nightfall. Strong east and northeast winds, plus bitter near zero temps, will raise hazardous driving conditions with drifting and low visibility. Freezing rain possible along Wisconsin Illinois border and northern Indiana and Missouri, as subzero cold drives the storm.
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Monroe
Rockies
Plains
Wisconsin
U.S. Weather Bureau
Wisconsin - Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Pentagon praises Guard divisions as finest reserve forces
Washington reports praise from Gen Herbert S. Powell and Lt Gen Paul L. Freeman Jr for Wisconsin's 32nd and Texas guard divisions at Ft Lewis and Pt Polk. Officials say training deficiencies were corrected and morale remains high. A second obituary notes William H. Moulton, 91, founder and former president of International Shoe Co., dies in St Louis.
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Washington
Continental Army Command
Wisconsin
Ft. Lewis
Herbert S. Powell
United States
Texas National Guard
Powell
Stahl
Berlin
Paul L. Freeman
32Nd
Freeman
Louis Truman
Conrad
Pt. Polk
Truman
Wisconsin ‘Outfit
James A. van Fleet
82Nd
van Fleet
Shoe Pioneer
ST. Louis
William H. Moulton
The
International Shoe Co
1961 United Fund closes near goal at $21,219.26
The 1961 United Fund drive totals $21,219.26, 99% of its $21,326 goal, with late contributions expected to push past the mark. Campaign chair L. J. Schroeder notes higher efficiency than 1959 and 1960, and agencies will receive full budgets despite a small deficit.
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United Fund
L. J. Schroeder
Schroeder
Damon Runyon
National Medical Research
United Service Organizion
USO
Salvation Army
Green County Council
Heaviest Firing Roars in Capital Elisabethville
Elisabethville rocked Friday night as the fiercest gunfire hit the city in the battle between Katanga and U.N. forces. A Swedish jet reportedly destroyed the Katanga radio station, which briefly resumed after, while heavy clashes and a makeshift armored tank led by Katanga gendarmes marked the fighting. Six white civilians were killed and 10 wounded, with Indian troops aiding U.N. efforts at the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabethville
Katangan
U.N
Katanga
Leopoldville
Two City Mishaps Reported by Police
Police report describes two collisions. Van J Peterson of 714 16th Avenue escaped serious injury when his car struck a telephone pole on 9th Street in the 1200 block, splitting the pole in two. Gerald D Stuckey of Route 1 Monroe struck a vehicle parked by Vance A Miller at 2439 5th Street in the high school lot, causing minor damage.
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van J. Peterson
16Th Avenue
9Th Street
Gerald D. Stuckey
Route 1
Monroe
Vance A. Miller
5Th Street
Fire injures three Milwaukee residents in West Allis blast
A gas explosion and flash fire in a West Allis home Friday night left three Milwaukeeans burned, with Anna Panenka 41 hospitalized as the most seriously injured. Her father Peter Panenka 75 and Floyd Moore 39 were treated and released.
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West Allis
Anna Panenka
Peter Panenka
Floyd Moore
Generals Hill and Breidster Leader Visit Invited Group to Fort Lewis
About 15 civic leaders and newsmen including Maj. Gen. Waldemar Breidster and Maj. Gen. Jim Dan Hill will tour Fort Lewis next Tuesday through Friday. Also in the group are Maj. Gen. Ralph Immel, Dr. Anthony Curreri, John Roemer, Leighton Hough, Walter Bward, and editors from the Wisconsin Press Association with reporters from Madison Milwaukee Appleton and Green Bay.
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Ft. Lewis
Army
Waldemar F. Breidster
Milwaukee
Jim Dan Hill
Superior
Wisconsin State College
Washington
Stahl
Ralph [Mmel
Madison
Anthony Curreri
University of Wisconsin
John P. Roemer
Oconomowoc
Leighton C. Hough
Oshsosh
First National Bank
Walter Broward
Wisconsin Press Association
Edior
Cadett, Sentinel
Appleton
Green Bay
Ridgeway Youth Dies of Injuries in Wisconsin Toll Report
The death of 17 year olds Harold Rickli and Arthur Cutler near Ridgeway raises Wisconsin 1961 traffic toll to 836, down from 845 a year ago. Rickli died in a Darlington hospital from injuries after a rollover on Highway 77 in Iowa County. Another youth, Paul Baumgart, 11, of Milwaukee, was killed Friday in a bicycle collision on Milwaukee's North Side.
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Ridgeway
Wisconsin
Harold Rickli
Edward Rickli
Darlington
Highway 77
Iowa
Arthur Cutler
Paul Baumgart
Milwaukee
Auto owner dies in booby-trapped car in Miami
Joseph B. Rosario, 39, a teacher, wired a 110-volt current from his house to his carport to shock gas thieves siphoning his car. He was barefoot on a wet surface when he activated the device and touched the car, dying. His wife Yvonne, 35, who rushed to help him, was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Joseph B. Rosario
Yvonne
Rosario
Carport
Holidays Start December 22 in Monroe and Vic tory
Monroe public schools will dismiss for Christmas on December 22. St Victor's parochial school shuts on December 20 for a two week break and resumes January 3. All three rural schools adjust to storm-related terms with early spring plans.
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Monroe Public
St. Victor’s School
D. J. Huenink
M. Juliana
St. Victor's Gymnasium
Supt
Heunink
Huenink
Browntown
Richland
Iliff
Monroe
Co B Group on Bus Due at Dixon December 22
Lt Suanton of Albany telephoned The Monroe Evening Times from Ft Lewis to report that a charter bus group of 39 Company B men will depart Wednesday December 20 and reach Dixon Indiana Friday night December 22. Transportation plans from Dixon are being organized with a charter bus possible and final arrangements to be set over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suanton
Albany
Monroe
Army tests Nike Zeus anti missile at White Sands
The Army demonstrated precise in atmospheric control of the Nike Zeus missile at White Sands Missile Range New Mexico on Friday. The weapon performed maneuvers at high velocity as designed, validating the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeus Control
White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Army
Army To Train Inductee Groups To Build Forces
Pentagon officials say trained draftees will expand Army as regular units form. Releasing Guardsmen and Reservists will depend on enlistment rates and world events. Five months training required. Berlin crisis not prompting immediate release. Two National Guard divisions expected to be released in sequence, with others returning home in sizable groups.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Berlin
Kennedy
Stahr
White House
Selective Service
National Guard
Two Teenagers Jailed On Theft Entry Charge
Two Monroe youths aged 17 and 18 are held in county jail on theft and burglary charges. They admit stealing a $26 radio from Buob Kessler Radio Service at 1209 7th Avenue and illegally entering Turner Hall early yesterday. Police say the radio was sold and only the barroom break in was attempted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Buob Kessler Radio Service
7Th Avenue
Turner Hall
American unit breaches Soviet checkpoint toward West Germany
An American battle group crossed the Soviet checkpoint outside West Berlin and began a 110 mile trek through Communist territory toward West Germany without incident, signaling a bold advance.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
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Dixon
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