Wisconsin Weekend Toll Tops Thirteen In Fatal Crashes
A weekend of violent accidents in Wisconsin left thirteen dead including four in a head-on crash on Highway 27 near Ladysmith. Victims include Thomas Kasper and his family, plus Appleton welder Robert Hawkins in a fuel storage explosion. Other fatalities occurred in Milwaukee, Dane, St Croix and surrounding counties with multiple injuries and a series of hit and run incidents.
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Wisconsin
Ladysmith
Thomas Kasper
Milwaukee
Sharon
Martin Gourdoux
Holcombe
Kenneth Anderson
Kasper
Leonard Kroening
Rusk County
Peter Syers
Kroening
Anderson
Robert B. Hawkins
Appleton
LeRoy Southerland
Nekoosa
Highway 13
Wisconsin Rapids
Robert Danielewicz
Matt Fisher
Portage County
Almond
Fred Lechner
Tony
The
Honeywell Corp
Minneapolis
Wilson
St. Croix County
Wisconsin deer season toll nears twenty deaths
The nine day 1955 Wisconsin deer season ended at dusk Sunday with at least 20 hunters dead from gunfire and heart attacks. Names include Ralph Sawing of Waukesha and Morris Paulson of New London. Undersheriff Milton Aasen attributed a fatal shooting to a mistaken identity. Earlier victims and survivors are listed with ages and towns across Wisconsin.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Ralph W. Sawing
Waukssha
Peter Kock
Waupaca
Morris J. Paulson
New London
Sawing
Princess Point
Jefferson County
Palmyra
Marvin Schultz
Waukesha
Rock
Farmington
Paulson
Milton Aasen
Wilmer Schimke
Route 3
Aasen
Arthur Honegger Dies at 63 noted Swiss composer
Swiss composer Arthur Honegger, 63, died last night after a heart attack in an apparent sudden illness. He began composing at age nine and wrote oratorios including King David Joan of Arc at the Stake La Danse des Morts Nicolas de Flue. He also produced the opera Antigone and numerous symphonies and chamber works.
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Honegger
Davi
Joan of Arc
Nicolas de Flue
Antigone
Sixth and seventh courteous drivers named for SD Day
A. Charles Howe announced the sixth and seventh courteous drivers, Mrs. Russell Coplien of Brodhead and Harold West of Brooklyn, for the ten day safe driving series ahead of Thursday’s SD Day. Coplien, a Brodhead housewife, and West, a Dane County Bottle and Gas Co. driver, received awards and checks for obeying traffic rules and courtesy, with West presented by Clayton D. Ross and Duane Youngblood. Sheriff Humbel will address the Lions Club tonight on safe driving. the group meets at Swiss Wheel restaurant at 6:30 p.m.
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A. Charles Howe
Russell Coplien
Brodhead
Harold West
Brooklyn
Clayton D. Ross
Brodhead SD Day
Duane Youngblood
Coplien
13Th Street
Brodle
Teddy
Vicki
Deborah
Samuel F. Humbel
Lions Club
Lions
Swiss Wheel
Polio Claims Plymouth Father of Four in Wisconsin
Frederick J. Kober, 27, of Plymouth, died of bulbar polio at St Nicholas hospital Saturday night after a four day illness. The death marks the first polio fatality reported in Wisconsin in recent weeks.
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Sheboygan
Frederick J. Kober
Plymouth
St. Nicholas Hospital
Wisconsin
Cold Wave Grips Wisconsin With 3 Below Zero
Monroe records three below zero as northwestern Canada cold snap sweeps state. Snow totals vary from one to 11 inches in the northwest to under an inch in the southeast. Subzero readings hit Green Bay and Milwaukee, while daylight climbed to only eight above in some areas.
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Illinois
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Green Bay
Eau Claire
Milwaukee
Beloit-Rockford
Superior Duluth
Key West
Fla
Brodhead
Hall Believes Ike Still in Race
GETTYSBURG Hall says after a meeting with President Eisenhower he believes Ike will seek a second term if able He describes the encounter as the first full political conference since the Sept heart attack and says he feels encouraged about the president running again.
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Gettysburg
Fall
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Hall
County Mishaps Injure Area Pair
A Brodhead woman and a Monroe youth were injured in county accidents over the weekend and two minor city mishaps were reported due to icy conditions. Lois M. Keen suffered injuries in a two car head on collision near Brodhead with Elwin D. Porterfield on a narrow bridge. Four Keen children were uninjured. Robert Trickel Jr. suffered a scalp laceration in a one car crash near the Stauffacher Cheese factory. Kenneth Keel struck a stop sign on ice. Two other city crashes involved James Weller and William Wilde under the overpass near the Normal school.
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Monroe
Lois M. Keen
New Brodhead
Sheriff's
Keen Auto
Elwin D. Porterfield
Sugar River
Lloyd
Nathan
Edward
Joyce Keen
Porterfield Auto
Keen
Robert Trickel Jr
15Th Avenue
Stauffacher
Robert Allen Trickel
Route 1
Kenneth Garrett Keel
23Rd Avenue
Recreation Park
James Weller
17Th Street
William Harry Wilde
Browntown
9Th Street
Normal School
Wilde Auto
City Lander
Weller
Governor To Veto 30 Day Liquor Bill
Governor Kohler said he would veto a bill to revoke tavern liquor licenses for operators who miss liquor bill payments within 30 days. He contrasted it with a 15 day beer bill, noting beer is perishable while liquor is bought for longer selling periods.
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Kohler
Banker Oliver E Gray dies in Platteville at 85
Funeral services are scheduled for Oliver E Gray a prominent banker and longtime First Wisconsin National Bank of Platteville president who died Saturday morning. Gray aged 85 led the bank for about five decades and was a key local citizen.
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Platteville
Oliver E. Gray
First Wisconsin National Bank of
Catlin Blasts Governor Over Milwaukee District Veto
Assembly Speaker Mark Catlin Jr says the governor’s veto of the reapportionment bill hurts the Republican party and his own ambitions. GOP leaders react with praise and criticism while Dems like Henry Reuss and William Proxmire commend the veto as courageous.
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Mark Catlin Jr
Appleton
Catlin
Zook Responsibility Catlin
U 5
Senate
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
SOP
Phillip Kuehn
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Republian Party
Claude Jasper
Madison
GOP
Busby
Allen Busby
Henry Reuss
William Proxmire
Kohler’ Post
Producer Group To Meet Dec 10 Wisconsin Cheese Meeting
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association holds its 17th annual meeting Saturday December 10 at Turner Hall Monroe. Registration 9 30 a m business session 10 30. Terms expire for five directors and holdovers named. Guest speaker G Fred Galli Pure Milks, Reece reports dairy promotion. Alice in Dairyland Barbara Brown attends. Delegates vote on dairy stabilization Swiss standby bond waivers. Cheese awards announced and Green County Farm Bureau Women serve noon lunch.
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Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Turner Hall
Monroe
Ray T. Silver
Monticello
John Burke
Darlington
Lyman McKee
Madison
William Lauper
Hollandale
Robert Calvert
Frank Deininger
Dale Merriam
Conrad Stauffacher
James Alda
Blanchardville
Silver
McKee
Eleanor Frederick
G. Fred Galli
William Groves
Lodi
Pure Milks Products Co-op
Willard Reese
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Barbara Brown
Independence
Limburger
Brick and Muenster
Green County Farm Bureau
Stock Market Edges Mixed After Morning Gains
Stock prices moved mixed in early afternoon trading as Santa Fe fell about two points while Seaboard Airline rose around two. New York Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, and Southern Pacific gained fractions to a point. U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube held gains, while General Motors and Chrysler slipped on news auto dealers’ November 1–10 sales were weakest since January. Montgomery Ward rose over a point ahead of today’s directors meeting.
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Santa Fe
Seaboard Airline Railroad
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U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown
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Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Congregation Backs Convicted Minister Victor Wrigley
The Lutheran Congregation of Rev. Victor K. Wrigley voted 197 to 18 to retain him as pastor despite a synod trial verdict finding him guilty of heresy. He was suspended from the synod’s ministry by Dr. Paul E. Bishop, Minneapolis, synod president.
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Byuakfield
Victor K. Wrigley
Synod
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Pastor Wrigley
Northwest Synod
United Lutheran Church
Paul E. Bishop
Minneapolis
McCarthy Names Gambler as Appleton Postmaster
Sen Joseph McCarthy nominated Thomas Miller a 57 year old former tavern keeper with 1931 federal prohibition and 1946 1950 Wisconsin gambling law convictions for acting postmaster in Appleton local GOP leaders say they were surprised Miller approved by the Post Office Department John Byrnes says he was not contacted and sees no prior recommendations while Miller’s past crimes prompted no declared controversy but some ruffled feathers over the announcement.
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Appleton
Zec
John Byrnes
Green Bay
Post Office Department
Miller
Post Office
Sen
Zupek
Washington
Wisconsin
Krahenbuhl Rites To Be Wednesday
Krahenbuhl died of a heart attack while riding to South Wayne to play cards. He was 58, Swiss-born, a cheesemaker and later factory operator, and leaves a wife Rosa Fuhrer, two daughters, one son, two brothers in Switzerland, a sister, and five grandchildren. Services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Shriner-Noushwagen funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Ervin Lason
Shipdton
John Henry
West Allis
Ralph Studiman
Star Prairie
Crawford County
Lawrence Christenson
Prairie Farm
Barron County
James Pease
Racine
Lonnie Johnson
Gays Mills
Joe Dunham
East Troy
Gales Hiles
Clark County
Willard Beck
Cornell
Joseph Svaton
Antigo
Edward Hull
Mton Junction
Rudolph Lau
Superior
Carl Gustin
Bancroft
Sam Loomis
Woodruff
Arthur Greene
Cadett
Willard Cartwright
Oshkosh
Walter Peck
Madison
Alfred ‘Becker
Calumetville
Virgil E. Bieger
15Th
Hunt Avenue
Mr. Bieger
Michael and
Lillian Sharer Bieger
Conde
S. D
South Dakota
North Vernon
Ind
Monroe
Darlene Kammerud
Free Silver
Freeport
Diane
Deborah
Mary Jo
Michael
Germany
Clement Manshemn
Albany
Robert Manshem
Oakland
Calif
Betty
Christ Krahenbuhl
Rosa Fuhrer
Orangeville
Washburn
Ill
Clarno Township
St. John’s Church
Krahenbuhl
Duane Hawthorne
Woodstock
Harold Shager
Clarno’ Township
Karl
Fred
Peter
Switzerland
Fred Gerber
John
Stockton
Shriner-Noushwander
Paul C. Kehe
St. John's Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Kohler vetoes boundary bill amid gerrymander accusations
Wisconsin Governor Kohler vetoed a bill redrawing Milwaukee County’s congressional boundaries aimed at favoring his party in the 5th District. He urged a comprehensive reform to address population inequities across districts and questioned his political future as Democrats blasted the move.
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Arthur Bystrom
Milwaukee County
Kohler
Iero
Milwaukee
Wauwatosa
Congress
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Alexander Wiley
U. S
Vernon Thomso
GOP
Thomson
Phillip Nash
Wisconsin Rapids
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