Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - March 12, 1962, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Forty-Eighth Wisconsin March 12, 1962 Single Copy Ten OUT OF of the city's three graders was possibly beyond when it was struck by a Milwaukee Road freight engine at the Gaynor Ave. crossing this The grader operator was shaken up in the but was apparently not seriously Tribune Staff Photo Storm Closes Figures in Accidents Hazardous driving conditions again prevailed over the playing a role in almost all of the dozen accidents reported by city and county Of the total of more than in resulted when a kee Road engine struck a city grader at the Gaynor Ave. crossing at a.m. Leonard 36. 631 10th Ave. operator Of the was shaken up when the train hurled the vehicle otf the tracks and into a but was released from Riverview Hospital alter an told police he neither saw nor heard the engine until the grader was on the Damage to the grader was Man apparently refusing to believe that spring is just around that highly continued his weekend mischief by dumping an- other seven inches of snow in the area Huge Crowd Witnesses Arrival Of President's Wife in India Nature of Visit Doesn't Dampen Enthusiasm NEW India Indians welcomed Mrs. John F. Kennedy today and watched with interest as placed a wreath of white roses at the shrine of Mohandas K. More than turned out to witness the arrival of America's First Lady from Rome for a nine-day visit to India and other thousands showed up for a glimpse of her as she made a round of official The pomp and ceremony of state occasions was for Mrs. Kennedy's visit is billed as semi- but the reception had the enthusiasm and color of ings lor such previous visitors as President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth Mrs. Kennedy donned a com- while outfit for her round of She wore a while silk rajah coat designed by Oleg sini and a broad-brimmed straw hat turned up and worn off the Accompanied by Sister The First her sister Princess Lee U.S. John Kenneth Galbraith and India's ambassador to B. K. stopped first i at the massive home of President mated at and City neer Alan Engler said it is ful whether it is The train engine was damaged to the extent of about G. F. L o o m i s. 54. was the Other Accidents Cars driven by Larry 16, 2210 Alton and Dianne 741'2 3rd Ave. N collided in the 800 block of Chase St. at a.m. causing County police charged Neil C. 21, Rt. 2, with failure to report an accident after the car lie was driving and one by Dale 36. col- at the intersection of County Trunks U and W at p.m. causing no contest today be- 11 With the mercury hovering around 32 Rajendra the soggy snow fell fast and creating From the presidential house she considerably greater driving hazards than those was driven across the city to a caused by the winter's pervious near tnc Jumna River where most of which were the hero of Indian powder was cremated 14. years Precipitation Sunday totaled Snow Collapses Mink Fear 1000 Perished Heavy snow caused the collapse of two buildings at the Hiawatha Mink located east of koosa on Highway 73, about noon resulting in losses of several thousands of An official of the farm told the took off her white shoes and put on violet velvet Visitors are not allowed to wear leather Wreath Ceremony Mrs. Kennedy walked to the I concrete slab where Gandhi was cremated and placed a wreath of white The slab had been decorated with pink and red rose spelling out in These were last words j uttered by Gandhi when he was shot down by an assassin in New Keepers of the memorial gave her a collection of books by Gandhi and about including his The crowd outside the shrine broke into a big cheer as Mrs. drove off to the U.S. PRESIDENTS WIFE HAS AUDIENCE WITH Jacqueline Kennedy poses with Pope John XXIII at audience in the Vatican Left to right are Msgr. Pius A. Benincasa of Mrs. the Msgr. Paul Marcinkus of and Archbishop Martin O'Connor of Pa. Many Schools Closed Clogged roads caused the ing of rural and high schools in the Necedah and school Several small rural schools in the area were Buses serving high school and Tribune a crew was at work i elementary students in town ing to save some of the mink j ol Saratoga and Model School Thousands of Indians gathered at the shrine to Before Mrs. Kennedy trapped in the but it is expected that about 1.000 may have The each 150 feet were valued at thousand the spokesman Wisconsin Weather with 1-3 inches ntw mow north and occasional light snow south this afternoon and Windy tonight with light mow ending Low tonight mostly In 20s. High Tuesday 27-34. Local weather facts for 24-hr, riod ending at 6 32; 30; In Damage Suit Court Upsets Rule MADISON The sin Supreme Court has removed a 44 year old doctrine of law which it said led lo widespread injustices in automobile accident cases and other damage The court abolished the of equal since 19HJ, had forced persons lo pay for damages nol their At the same it dropped the doctrine of caused some persons lo County Board to Face UW Center Issue Tuesday Proposed establishment of a University of Wisconsin center or centers in Wood County is expected to be the major issue confronting the County Board ol Supervisors at its March meeting which a.m. In a special scheduled for starts at pupils from the Lone Birch Dis- were not John Edwards School buses were ning on plowed roads Anticipating further city and county snow removal crews began opening streels and highways Sunday Equipment Shortage Ordinarily operating three the city of Wisconsin ids was forced today to get along with only grader was out for repairs and another be- came involved in a collision with a train this According lo Alan city lhe grader being ed would be ready for again while the one aged today probably is nol re- Two graders worked all the engineer and most of the main arteries were open before the grader contingent was reduced to Lack of the damaged grader will nol be fell too badly in this Engler According to the Associated lhe slale received snow And a wide variety of late winter drizzle and to the glum In lhe 24-hour period ending al 7 a.m. Eau Claire had re- 7 inches of new 5 Park Falls and made available lhe j 4. La Crosse 3, Green high The laller means lhat found negligent in age suits will no longer have to pay as well as The court said thai if a person should il should be done under criminal The ruling was announced on but details were not Can't Build Missile WASHINGTON lary of Defense Robert S. says no a m o u n I of money can make possible an defense of lhe United States against inter-continental ballistic More than million will be spent in the next tiscal year on antimissile mara said we can see no reasonable prospect for successfully developing that SCHOOL BOARD MEETS The regular monthly meeting of the Wisconsin Rapids Board of Education will be held in the Lincoln High School convening at 7 Reports will be on school dis- reorganization and the gress of for furniture required in the addition are lo be Embassy American Incorporation Groups Active in Township Suspect Salt Was Killer of 7 Infants BULLETIN N. Y. A seventh baby died apparently of poisoning from salt placed in a sugar can in a Ten other infants were three Death claimed Dawn 4 days of as gators sought to pinpoint the cause of the other to a lawn party there see the First The sizable crowd along Mrs. Kennedy's route from the airport was not the only She provided one of her own by departing from her uled program to see the pageantry Prasad's drive home from the formal ing of From a part overlooking Parliament she saw his shiny black horse-drawn carriage pass below escorted by mounted lancers in scarlet After an overnight flight from Mrs Kennedy was comed at New Delhi Airport by Prime Minister his Mrs. Indira and his Mrs. it. Mrs. Kennedy got only five hours sleep as her special Air India jet airliner flew from rainy Rome into the rising sun. Pope John XXIII granted her one of the longest private audi ences he has ever held Sunday They usually run only 15 to 20. The pontiff and the President's a Roman con- versed privately in French in the Vatican The decision in an Bay 2 Milwaukee Less suit brought by Carl Biclski of F. for who sued Edwin Schulze of Pleasant Prairie than one inch was recorded at Racine and Lone injuries received by j Snow depths now ranged from in an auto inches in the region A jury awarded Mrs. Biclski damages and said of business the higher education commit tec will make a report on the and is expected to in- a resolution seeking of centers at both ends of the Higher education committees of the South Wood County ity Council and Wisconsin Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a resolution asking the supervisors to offer the Wood County Teachers College building as tho site for the The sheriff and traffic too will introduce an ordinance regulating tho activities of ant salesmen in the ze was 95 per cent responsible for 1 23. the accident and Bielski 5 cent Because both men were found negligent to a the ance companies of each had to pay damages under the equal contribution rule even though Bielski was only 5 per cent insurance company asking the high court to find Schulze 100 per cent the court decided on a full review of the Justice E. Harold who wrote the is no reason in logic or in natural justice why the shares of common liability should not be translated into the centage of the casual which contributed to the Several legal groups filed one contending the trine should be retained simply because it was a well to 2 inches at Ban Claire has 25 inches on the ground and in Relives Horror of Plane Crash NEW La. 7-year-old only survivor of a family of five whose home was in the crash of a tary is reliving the tragedy in a sec il Janice ron mumbles over and her doctors see it com- She apparently is referring lo a crippled which wrecked her family's six-room farm house Saturday night in 22 miles southeast of New Janice's father Lubel 33. her mother and two 10, and a year-old All six plane men parachuted to Dr. Lawrence Hill said he be- found outside the ruined had a skull The Air Force said lhe ing plane developed trouble after refueling earlier al New The plane headed back but make it. The Levron home is about nine miles from the Air Force officials declined comment on details of the They said the all un- were held for medical observation at pending an official crash A total of signatures have been obtained on tions requesting annexation to Rapids of an area in the town of Grand Rapids lying south of the city and encompassing ly all of Sanitary District No. 1. This was reported day night at a meeting of the committee ing lhe annexation Anthony E. said lhe ably will be filed with lhe city clerk next Until thai persons in lhe area who have not been contacted may still have an opportunity to simply by calling any member of the com he in lo are Ben John H. Arbie John Joe John E. Robert E. Victor Donald Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Arthur 75% Signed Up Signatures thus far obtained represent approximately 75 per cent of the electors residing in the according lo At Saturday's the com- lhe following thai we have a of the people behind we should proceed with the urgent mailers al rather than en- gaging in further discussion on subjects lhat have been ly The committee intends lo demonstrate by action rather than words thai we have the best interests of the people at Cite Previous Actions II was out thai dents in that area of lhe township have had three opportunities to express their once by sample poll and twice by dum and in each instance annexation was il was noted by committee that electors attending a special town meeting voted by most a 2 to 1 margin against ther expenditure of lown funds lo oppose The deplored 11 Predict Only Minor Floods In Wisconsin MINNEAPOLIS Only minor flooding and some ly high water have been forecast lor western Wisconsin when thick snow cover begins to melt late this month or early in The prediction was made day by Joseph H. who heads the U.S. Weather Bureau river forecast center Strub tempered his optimism with a warning for residents ol the flood h o w e v e r alert for a rapid rise in nearby streams and creeks The trouble could start with the breath of real when the temperatures top the 60 de mark and the south wind Mississippi Prediction The Mississippi Strul 3aicl, is likely to get out of hanc rom the mouth of the Minnesota River at Paul to he dam just north of Cassville N. 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Salt in a sugar can was the possible killer of six babies in a and 10 others were made ill bv a Distribution of material j a hospital at influencing town f Grand Rapids residents gainst annexation to onsin Rapids began it was reported by bert D. chairman of a committee seeking in- corporation of the township as a One of the discusses of a municipal water bution system in Sanitary District 1, and the lists a group of suggesting thai dents ask them of circulators of annexation misrepresentations are icing circulated regarding the water and sewer proposal tor Sanitary District No. drizzi asserts in one of the line with our aim to present all the available factual tion relative to our we man said Doctors worked to save four who were in critical The hospital spokesman said salt was a definite possibility as the cause of lhe six Slate and local officials were in- The salt apparently was used by mistake in place of sugar In the feeding formula at Binghamton General Nurse Suspended A licensed practical Lillie 29, who refilled the sugar container last Tuesday for the formula room was suspended by lhe hospital and questioned by Stephen No charge was placed against and she was not She said she was positive herewith submit a summary i she had the can the proposal made in the ar from a She had been nary report by the with lhe hospital as a neering Attached to this sheet is a map showing water and sewer pipes which would serve the sanitary According to the every residence seeking such service would receive it. Compare Policies The following comparison of current rates and policies in consin Rapids with those posed for Dist. No nurse for about three Another nurse who made self a cup of instant coffee dis- covered table salt in the can in the formula Pediatricians said an overdose of salt could upset the balance in the body and cause heart ure in a very young The babies who died ranged sc from 3 days to 8 1 are made in the In each the city rate or policy is given followed by those proposed 4 Remain Critical The four infants in critical con- dition were under tho care of a for the sanitary learn of Six others per front foot and Ulc hospital had been sewer per front fed a formula were per front foot and sewer under close per front Tap charge from water main to lot and sower of the dead infants indicated a The hospital said a preliminary post-mortem examination of two high sodium content in their 11 La Crosse and Prairie du Chien can expect some Strul although the crest is ex to be about 13 or a oo I. below flood at L and 18 feet at Prairie d The deep and fast St. Croi the boundary between Wis consin and Minnesota north o in Pierce w i approach the 87-foot flood stage but is expected to remain The River is ed to crest at 12 a foot above flood at Durand in Pepin County but remain in its banks The River is ex- lo slay in its banks ex- cept at Dodge where it probably will go a foot over flood Wisconsin Tamed not sefk reelection to a third Trouble along the Wisconsin I term as Governor of River is expected only at Merrill I The Democratic chief and Portage where the river goes j told a news conference he had to seek a third of the over its banks j reached his decision some I stemmed Predicted crests of 12 feet at time he he from my views that four years of Merrill would put water in the Nelson Won't Seek Third Doesn't Tell Plans MADISON announce his own Nelson announced today that he dacy a later Nelson said a of had entered into his decision not FOUR DIE AS PLANE HITS Air Force Boxcar slammed into tho home nf Levron late Saturday killing tho construction his and two A year-old daughter is in n hospital with a probable All crewmen lhe plane parachuted to Tttt plowed open opposite lumped 15-foot sheared a utility pole off at its jumped highway and ripped 22 miles southeast oC New La. city park and 17 feel al would spread the river inlo The which through a troublesome narrow is lo remain be- low flood except at in Crawford County where it bly will pour out of its The river forecast center at St. Louis has estimated there is 60 billion gallons of waler in sin's snow ranging from a Gen. John W. Reynolds his 1 speaking all over lhe state and spending weekends Reynolds has said he will away from home are as much his political plans imposition on my wife and day in Green Bay Tho as I could ha ed Press reported several weeks I ago that Reynolds and Nelson had j Nelson said he thought much of reached agreement and lhat i would announce for nor while Nelson bids for lhe U.S. told Mr. Reynolds quite some time ago that I did not under any circumstances intend to seek foot in the southeast to nearly reelection as Nelson lhe of the Governor's office involved the two year inefficient and a handicap for any Governor in his the chief adding that he was hopeful that the Legislature at three in tho How fast that water is released will determine state this has discussed with me i very earnest session pass a his intentions and he will to amend the Constitution thorn land extend term to Governor that
