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The Post-Crescent from Appleton, Wisconsin • 2

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The Post-Crescenti
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Appleton, Wisconsin
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Appleton Post-Crescent A 2 Thursday, June 5, 1958 Family Describes Fury, Thomson to Ask for i Eau Claire Man Dies Power or Raaina Storm of Accident injuries Miltiaii Milwaukee uf The death Twister Crushed Year-Old Home Within Seconds, Colfax Husband, Wife Recall 'today of an Eau Claire man, jone of six persons injured in a i2-carollision Tuesday, raised the Wisconsin highway fatality More Jobless Pay Will Seek Boost and Extension Of Benefits at Special Session Madison iff Gov. Vernoni 1 Thnmtnn airl Wpdnpsrtflv he later this month. Thomson said BY JIM KLOBUCHAR and BILL CHEJTALIER Menomonie They hugged each other tightly, a mid- other. We stood next to the east toll for 1938 to 274. At this time wall because that was the best last year, 306 persons had died, place to be.

i Duane Baxter, 43, of Eau "It was the only thing we riairp dird todav at a Toma- die-aged couple and their three ooulfi do. It probably saved hawk hospital of chest injuries children gathered together our lives. received when two cars col- against the roaring fury of a "We just moved into that lided Tuesday at the intersec- ,1 V'- 1 hmme nw there is noimns tion 01 Lincoln coumy ituiik. i and Highway 8. Five other per- tornado smashing into their home.

left. plans to ask the state Jcgisla- he may announce more specific ture for temporary increase information on the date after and extension of unemployment a meeting this afternoon with benefits for Wisconsin Republican leaders. Thomson will seek an in-j The governor said he may increase in the weekly rates from elude several other topics in his $38 to" $42, and an extension in call for the special session, but the period of coverage from he did not indicate what they 26J to 39 weeks. might be. He has been asked The request will be made at by several sources to include a special session of the legisla-! urban renewal problems on the ture that probably will be heUT agenda.

foundation is were injured in the acci- "But the none was in critical try dent, but "We felt the suction," said ty good ve.may as well white-haired Melvin Hendrick- again." condition. son, 58, 01 Colfax. "The wina was twisting things in the base ment. Rain was pouring down No Federal Funds a i it i on us. The only thing I sawi The employment compen Today's Chuckle sation plan would be iinanced from a reserve balance of: The teacher had asked the pupils to write a short composition on the subject, about $243 million in the state's unemployment compensation fund.

Federal funds would not be involved. Figures furnished by the was our water heater standing in the middle of the basement. Everything else was whirling around. "I looked up and the house wasn't there. Huddled Together "Wood pieces were flying at us.

We huddled together against the east wall trying to protect Jul. I iiTTiniiliilii t'lmnnJ a white wet liquid which state said the plan would affect Twisted Stanchions and One Dead Cow are all that remain of the Ed Traxler farm on tt mine MU 1 nr. i ti 1 4. irJ 1... TU.

aWHIWflil turns black when you wash most ot tne ta.uou Wisconsin iiignway za west 01 ivienumonie aiier ueuig mi uy a luniduu me idiuuy in it." (Copr. 1958) workers who have exhausted saved themselves by taking refuge in the basement of the house at the rear. (AP Wire-jobless benefits since last July nhntn Take a load off your feet! I ourselves. Then the twister was gone and it was just rain." The tornado that Wednesday night ravaged Colfax, a com 1. Some of them have since turned to their' jobs.

L-, I I Tornado Takes Heavy Thomson made his recommendations at a meeting of the Recall Storm munity 28 miles from here, had smashed the month-old Hen-' drickson home like a sledge Toll in Four Counties Appleton Post-Crescent Published daily except Sunday by the Publishing Co 3ii6 W. Washington tlreet. Appleton. Wis. ANDREW B.

Tt'RNBLXL President JOHN R. H1EDL Vic President nd General Manager VICTOR t. M1NAHAN. JR. Treasurer and Editor MAIHICE CART1F.R Business Manager 1 KENNETH E.

DAVIS Secretary Entered aa second clasa matter Feb. 1920, at the postoffire at Appieton, Wl. under the Act of March 3. hammer hitting a matchbox. There were eight dead at Colfax.

The frail construction worker told of the ordeal here in state Advisory Committee on Unemployment Im 'QQ Af nifn He said the committee JL bers did not take a position on1 I 7f the proposals, which Thomson f6Cl I I said were met with mixed redactions. He said he felt they; Menomonie The tor-were supported by labor. nado that snuffed' out more The advisory group, made up'lhan a score of liv Wednes fit iQhnP fiiif itirinctrv ranrecntiT- CONTIN'UED FROM PAGE 1 i rushed whole blood to the hos the lobby or Memorial hospital, where many of the injured from of the catastrophe was slow from the Twin Cities. becoming known. Officials usea The tornado smashed into Colfax were brought.

As he a makeshift network of police, Audit Bureau of Circulations atives, met with' Thomson niSht summoned up for; his staff behind closed doors. iold residents of northwestern! sheriffs' and civil defense Wisconsin after spawning two tornadoes across north central Minnesota. A score of farms talked he slowly rubbed his injured left shoulder. Lying in hospital beds a few doors away were his wife, Hel- dios to marshal doctors comment. Wisconsin a gala circus day in Members declined 1 1 1r.

wiifn uiey it-it. the nearby community of New, Cost of the extended benefits i was estimated about $10 when history s. nurses at hospitals in the area. Wide Region Hit They also summoned ambu- were ravaged, hundreds of ga, 55, daughter Karen, 12, and trees toppled and lake Roland, 15. Another son A A.

Richard, 17, was not badly hurt es damaged but there were re- nnH rofllc1(1 w. th. lion. Benefits paid to the un-; worst twister killed 117 persons employed in March of this year jn a horrifying tragedy of wind lanccs and made appeals pons oi ouiy minor casuai- of tneir aemoiisnea nome i If-. v- I 6 A Jogalongs.

Onvai uppers, $sjjTjS'X i rubher soles, i foam cushioned vriHH--j' inwles s- v'HliSjUX hlack Vanety of styles. Schaefer's Grocery 602 W. College Ave. Ph.4-6112 We Deliver Open Sunday 8 a.m. -6 p.m.

PICniG Specials: station wagons and covered wiicu ay nit: iiiz cav.il a pcaft firo trucks to carry the Injured to: The date was June 12. ties. As the storm coursed its way across the two states, Air Force radar installations meas- and the community was excited hospitals. over the visit of the circus. The funnel tore into Wiscon- "He wanted to stay there and watch the place, I guess," his father siaid.

Hendrickson's wife suffered severe bruises and cuts. A piece of debris pierced Karen's back. The seriousness of her condition was Thomson, Jasper Rap Stand of State Democrats Then the hot and humid at Woodville, just east of theiured the lowering cloud that cr turned overcast, and at 6 gt rjrojx rjver anfj caused de-' spewed the series of funnels o'clock the dread black funnel lat about 15 miles in diameter. not immediately known. Ro slruction as far as Ludington, dipped across the community An earlier tornado hit in the iand suffered a fractured arm Bratwurst Wieners in Eau Claire county 80 miles By The Associated Press of 1,200 persons.

same general Wisconsin area See It Coming "We could see the storm coming," Hendrickson said, "and we were listening to the Polish Gov. Vernon Thomson and; Cutting a thin savage path' the east. It covered parts of May 18 and did heavy damage Claude Jasper, state Republi-500 yards wide for 20 miles, St. Croix, Dunn, Eau Claire and but tnere were n0 fatalities, can chairman, Wednesday the tornado destroyed 300 of the Chippewa counties. t.

night criticized Democrats for hnmp in i.h viiw. and1 With electricity out, rescue KL- Ibt. for their campaign practices and flames swept through the ruins, parties used hand torches and "HO Ui Sausage Rlnr Bologna television announcements. We sat in the living room talking, and watching, and then it got' black. We went down to thej basement and clung to each1 891 stand on issues.

where uncounted victims bum-; neaangnts 10 prooe me langiea i a Alrriirl fn n'. Thomson told a gathering. in ec jn the wreckage of their! wreckage for victims. WIC Wauwatosa that the Democrats homes over the area were crammed I ococ Plan ft Ufa ho. i .,1 nihnit.

r.o,vi ..11 i -''ith thp iniiirpn snme renort- fciiw Braunschwei'ger Point of the Mountain, Utah nv The young killer was ask 13 o. vj. MINUTE STEAKS 10 S3: Nasser Claims Cyprus Should be Independent Cairo ifi President Nasser uovt ouufitu ui vi- irouDie louowea irouoies lor paign strategy of misrepresen-he survivors thieves roam- ed critically hurt, tation, confusion and double1 ed the streets, vandals travel- Nme identified dead and the talk earlier than usual." He.ed jn gangs and there was even body of an unidentified woman said they are "so desperate for'an attempt to rob the fire-were taken from the at just one vaUd issue in the state vault of lhe burTled: Colfax, where police radio re-that their candidates are The suddIv of coffins said half tne. buildings of ing for his life, and he lost. Barton Kay Kirkham, who had sneered at 1 I a the idea of of the United Arab Republic mercy, asked last night expressed his support; that community tacking legislation tney sup-iout a contemporary account Injuries also nAAA smasnea.

ported ana votea tor. The governor said the legis were reported heavy at Cedar CHARCOAL 10 lbs 61c were no containers left in i for, it ester-, for independence of Cyprus day. The state from Britain, pardons fcoardl Nasser spoke at a dinner hon-listened to his'o ring Archbishop Makarios, -A the hiahwav' a0a a. rails, anotner uunn coumy fv 9 1 I I IV II IV7 UU1 1 1 1 H4 Oil LV Ul MH lation included budget and the loDoy control plea for leader of the Greek Cypriot in- I mprisonment dependence movement. The; and a 1 archbishop, an exile from the; father's day I IDEAS 1 eyewitness said "The tumult.

was indescribable. mi. 1 Another tornado Three more were killed near northwestern Wisconsin on Chippewa al four died in Sept. 21, 1924. taking the live, of temt0, twn 2fi persons.

The death toll tar Wilson in St" Croix lb. Grade A Seymour BUTTER 62c treatment and British island colony in the east law. Jasper said at Madison that "Democrats and their CIO bosses" are opposing "the people's right to vote." He said he based the assertion on Democratic attacks on the right-to- Kirkham rejected it. Mediterranean, came here to confer with the U.A.R. chief of Saturday the 21-year-old slay- w.m.

laid er IS to hp hanoorl Ho 1c fho cfato Clark and Juneau counties on I AVIV 1 n- tvu.av i a.v A s3 uvwi.v Melvin Hendrickson. 58, of Col-ifirst condemned man in Utah! "Freedom of Cyprus is for us July 3. 1907, work referendum plank in the GOP platform. 'fax. "The wind was twisting in 46 years to choose hanging confirmation for the principles SW Caff C3 87c Chocolate Drops 2 lbl 29c X.

tj things in the basement. Rain for his execution instead of the in which we believe. also was the wind that struck Berlin dQwn Qn ug Tne firing squad. is for us reaffirmation of peace ana uancroii on 0 1.. nnr urntAr He said he did so because the 'in this part of the world," Nas nrtnea iirnnU kHlt.

CampMoc. mary election day-in 19.56, tak- in the heater standing middle nuuiu uiuig iiiuie puoiic-iscr saiu. Sues Hospital; Claims She Was Turned Away "Los Angeles Lfl A housewife claims in a million-dollar Durably made ing a total of nine lives. Two other storms have killed 'of the basement. Everything 1 else was whirling around." lty ana would cause the State He added that security 01 tne more trouble.

'eastern Mediterranean island nine persons each on Nov. 11, Jr of quality leather. Rubber soles. Brown only. A Special at For two years since he fatally "safety to our borders" Hendrickson.

his wife and Ungraded Fresh EGGS doze, damage suit that her baby in Rock county) and June born dead because she iqjj i ih. smithpastprn three children sat huddled to-! shot a man in a grocery store and charged Britain occupa-gether tightly in the basement! holdup and fled with $50, Kirk-jtion of Cyprus means aggres-as the storm smashed their, ham had assured fellow prison- sion. He pointed out that Britain hnmp iers ana any Doay eise no would and ranee usea me lsiana as i for the 1956 attack on Tm not afraid to base I Egypt. "I looked up and the house: sien mat, wasn't there," he -said. "Wood; turned away by a hospital.

portion of the state. Mrs. Roberta Carpenter, 21. said in the suit Wed yesterday Rue ne Company that she was refused hospital; facilities and attendance by Can Expand Facilities physician when she could not Washington A power pay $250 in advance. 'commission examiner ruled Named defendants Wednesday that Michigan Wis-Park View hospital and Dr.jconKin pjpe Line company, De-Stanley Arbiter.

itroit, natural gas supplier for Mrs. CSTlPnter Said that be- Wionnncin i I 1 Pnuor pieces were Dying at us. inen the twister was gone and it was just 40 in Menomonie Hospital Forty persons were admitted to Menomonie Memorial hos- CUKES 2 ORANGES 3 doM $1.00 New Potatoes )T10VV'li0 i WEEK-END BAKERY SPECIALS! cause of the experience she is Company, should be allowed wnere a stan meeting, unable to 'have children. SheXpand its natural gas pipeline, convened just before the storm was joined in the suit by her: system's capacity by 40,000,000 hit, found all 11 doctors on husband, Wendell, a house cubic feet daily. Estimated hand.

ORANGE CHIFFON CAKE painter. i hi A Cool Sandals. Tan leather in open strap style. -(. Rubbersoles.

Butter Creom 79c Orange Icing Special V) JO Week-End Toste Treats MARBLE LAYER CAKES cost is $19,453,000. I Other physicians were sum- However, examiner Howell moned here and to St. Joseph's Purdue ordered further hear-, hospital at Chippewa Falls. ings to start here July 8 to con-J Seventeen injured remained sider allocation of the addition-' at the Menomonie hospital, four al gas and construction of other of them in critical condition. facilities estimated to of the more seriously hurt about $2,616,000.

were transferred by ambulance The consolidated proceedings to hospitals in Minnesota's also involve applications by. Twin Cities, 75 miles west of three companies for gas from1 Menomonie. either Michigan Wisconsin or! The other 21 were treated and Hamburger Bunt Wiener ond Bratwurst Rolls another of its affiliates, Ameri- released. At Chippewa Falls. 43 were received with 26 still under treatment.

Minnesota Tornadoes Scores of the homeless were can Louisiana Pipe Line company, also of Detroit. The three are: Northern Illinois Gas company. Aurora; Michigan Gas Utilities Apple Sauce Ring COFFEE CAKES company. 0 1 a er. and taken into homes Northern Indiana Public Serv-'and neighbors, ice company, Hammond, Ambulances and of relatives police cars 56c Tastee Tommy Says: In summer when meals Are inclined to be light, Buy from us the baked foods You'll eat vtih delight.

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