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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1958
Page
2
Congress faces a tight schedule as Senate Leader Johnson targets Saturday adjournment while debating court curbs and foreign aid. Space agency funding row with House stalls compromise, others aim to wrap up by week’s end.
About 600 members of the American Federation of Grain Millers walked out halting operations at 11 elevators in Superior and Duluth. Pickets blocked firms after wage talks failed. a 10 cent offer vs 18 cent demand triggered the walkout.
Wisconsin youngsters in the school lunch program consumed 57 carloads of dairy products and about 10 million gallons of milk in the last school year. Gov. Vernon Thomson reported 156,000 children served as the program nears its 13th year, with 1,618 participating schools and 5,000 eligible. The federal government covers about one sixth of costs.
Baker testified he could account for about 4000 dollars spent on Ruth Brougher as she awaited appeal, borrowing from Mert Wertheimer and a St Louis bank, while denying sources for the rest. Brougher, convicted of a 1954 Florida slaying, testified that Copola gave her 5000 dollars, as Baker faced questions about missing blood tainted ransom funds.
Milwaukee candidate Jerome D. Grant proposes a statewide prepaid insurance system to provide hospital medical and surgical benefits for Social Security recipients. He pitches the plan from Milwaukee urging elderly retirees to continue private care by their own physicians.
Swift & Company relays early and noon quotations for Hogs Cattle and Calves from Chicago South St Paul and local exchanges. Hogs show mostly lower prices with mixed weights and sow ranges. cattle steady to firm with varied steer and heifer quotes. vealers strong for high grades. Chicago Mercantile prices note butter and egg movements. live poultry prices unavailable due to insufficient data.
Seven-year-old Debbie Scott of Brooklyn answered her mother's description of dental work by pulling her own two loose front teeth with pliers. She proved the procedure harmless by smiling with a wide toothless grin afterward.
Mother M. Genevieve announces the addition of two chaplains at Little Company of Mary Hospital Evergreen Park Illinois Rev Lawrence Growney CPPS formerly of St Francis Hospital La Crosse Wis and Rev Vincent Nels CPPS formerly chaplain at the mother house of the school sisters of Notre Dame Milwaukee Wis Both join the hospital staff reporting to the board of directors.
Sandra Gunderson aged 12 rode her bicycle down Zimm erman's Hill and crashed into a Trempealeau store window breaking the glass. She required 13 stitches for a deep cut on her right forearm and was taken to the Rhodde Clinic before returning home.
A Madison command court appearance ended Wednesday with a $300 fine for truck driver William M. Dorn 23 accused of speeding 90 miles an hour in rush hour traffic. Acting Superior Court Judge William Buenzle told Dorn you drove like a maniac and there would be no difference if you took a machine gun and sprayed Capitol Square.
Governor Faubus cites hardship at Central High if Negroes return amid ongoing federal state dispute. Negro students ask St Louis court to issue mandate now. a lower court postponement until early 1961 could block attendance. Faubus met with the school board, calling it friendly but said some questions remained.
Madison AP reports that the Legislative Council building maintenance committee found the cost of air conditioning the Capitol would run about a million dollars. With 85 degree heat outside, the committee sent the proposal to the Legislature without a recommendation after studying AC plans for the Capitol and state office buildings.
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