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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
5
NEW YORK Walter Seid 33 works as an assistant vice president at 21 Brands Inc overseeing domestic whisky production. He tests dozens of whiskies weekly without swallowing, focusing on blending trends and flavor balance to ensure quality while describing the arduous nature of his job.
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau offers factual answers to reader questions by mail. The page covers tax on British royalty, taste perception, life expectancy rankings, Operation Habakkuk, Salk vaccine grandchildren, hurricane vs tornado, autos tax portion, ripening tomatoes, global thunderstorm coverage, nylon yarn length, and nail file ridges.
The 1955 Home Law Book features vacant lands and how to lease or buy specific tracts. Send 35 cents for a 48 page pamphlet from the La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau in Washington DC. Include payment wrapped in paper for postal delivery.
A three day national conference on marginal churches is held at Northland College Ashland Wisconsin. The aim is to designate such churches as parishes of promise and provide technical help to revitalize rural church programs across cutover forest areas including Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan New England and the Far West.
Rep. Richards of South Carolina warned that Communist peace talks pressure Secretary Dulles to compromise or be destroyed. As chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee she urged firm resolve against recognizing Red China or abandoning allies. She said pressures will mount to force concessions in the name of peace.
President Eisenhower departs for his Gettysburg farm to study bills passed by Congress. He will stay most of next week and briefly return to Washington before flying to Denver for a longer vacation. Mrs. Eisenhower will accompany him to the farm and rejoin him for the Philadelphia address on August 24 before returning to Denver.
Sen. Long and Sen. Mundt said Adlai E. Stevenson could lose front runner status for the 1956 Democratic nomination with other prominent Democrats favored. Kerr agreed Stevenson is in a better current position than rivals, while Eisenhower declined to predict his 1956 run, noting health and conditions.
Clarence Dye one of the FBI ten most wanted was captured by Milwaukee police in a downtown social club during a routine check. Dye faced a robbery indictment in Akron Ohio for a July 29 1946 two club hold ups.
Emergency medicine and equipment were rushed to Appleton and West Allis as polio hit hardest this year. Four more deaths were reported, with two in Fox River Valley and two in Milwaukee area. Gamma globulin and iron lungs were dispatched to hospitals, and cases rose across Outagamie Brown and surrounding counties. Health officials warned of a severe outbreak and planned mass inoculation for children under 11.
Britain formally protests to Nationalist China after an alleged air attack on the British freighter Inchwells off Foochow. Consul Alexander Hermann met Gov. C. K. Yen as a written protest is prepared. Reported near misses and machine-gun fire caused injuries to a Chinese seaman and the second mate.
Soviet pioneers sent to Central Asia and Siberia report inadequate shelter and living conveniences. Trud notes complaints as Khrushchev pushes for more grain meat and dairy while some new farmers leave frontier lands despite his edict to settle and raise families.
The New Hampshire Senate 13 10 and House 166 141 approved a two million dollar state sweepstakes tied to horse racing at Rockingham Park. If signed by Gov. Lane Dwinell, the plan would place tickets at five dollars with a top prize of twenty five thousand dollars and place all income on education. Opponents warn of moral and financial risk and warn of unified anti gambling forces.
Sen. Alben Barkley charges A B Chandler deserted him during the 1952 national convention and accuses him of opposing Barkley for president while backing Russell. Barkley attacks Chandler’s gubernatorial record as Kentucky voters head to tomorrow’s primary amid a tight Democratic contest involving Bert Combs and Gov. Lawrence Wetherby.
Argentina's opposition deputy Oscar Alende pressed Congress to reveal if any foreign warships shadowed the Argentine fleet during recent South Atlantic maneuvers. Washington and London denied U S and British ships were present. the U S last vessel in the area was the icebreaker Atkica on a south voyage.
Frankfurt reports Max Pruss former Hindenburg skipper predicts giant dirigibles will return to Atlantic air lanes with atomic engines. He says the atomic age will bring back transatlantic zeppelin travel and that the dirigible will be first to use the engine in the air due to its weight-carrying structure.
Actors and announcers walk out over residuals and new contracts. Five producers signed with the guild raise day and weekly rates and outline second run payments while other signatories may follow. Major series remain largely unaffected as negotiations continue.
Raja Ayoub Bin Raja Haji Bot, Malayan colonial attache to the British Embassy, departs Kuala Lumpur for Washington. He will conduct a six month lecture tour to promote Malaya to the United States.
In Manchester England coroner ruled an overdose of aspirin caused the death of Richard J Banner 32 The pills were taken to ease pain from sunburn received during a seaside holiday
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