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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1958
Page
1
Prime Minister Malik Firoz Khan Noon says Pakistan is negotiating a common defense system with Iran and Afghanistan under a federation. He welcomes Arab unity and offers a federation option to Iran and Afghanistan, with a newsmap marking involved countries.
In Washington the 85th Congress eyed an end tonight but protracted remarks by senators could push adjournment to next week. Key items pending include a 3.0 billion foreign aid measure and a 6 billion operating funds bill, with House changes riding back to the House for votes.
Timothy Gettty 12 son of oil magnate J Paul Getty had his own poem read at his funeral in a simple faith filled rite at the Church of the Flowers The lad who faced brain tumor surgeries found solace in prayer and a message of God protection Campanella left a baseball for him and Getty mourned his absence while abroad The poem reads God protects me through the night and I follow in His way He was entombed near Red Skelton's son Richard leukemia schoolmate
Washington AP reports foes of lake Michigan diversion win a delay as the Senate bars a vote before adjournment. Sen Pauli H Douglas warns of filibuster risk while Sen Frank Lausche counters that talking it to death would serve the country.
President Eisenhower signed the $39.6 billion defense appropriation criticizing Congress for approving more than his requested total and imposing mandatory reserve floors. The bill funds 2.58 million regulars, 300k Army reserves, and 400k National Guard, with higher totals for Air Force Navy and Marine Corps than requested.
City police found missing witness William Stark 68 driver of a pickup involved in the Friday crash that killed Paul Dean McHugh 18 of Holmen. McHugh swerved to avoid the pickup and sideswiped a creamery truck driven by Carl Hanson 40 of Whitehall. An inquest is expected next Thursday with exact date pending. Funeral services set for Monday at St Patrick's Church Onalaska.
Washington AP reports Congress nears adjournment as blame over missing labor reform bill centers on who blocked action. Sen John Kennedy accuses Labor Secretary Mitchell of being the chief obstruction, while Mitchell replies the delay lies with Democratic House leadership after urging changes in the Senate bill.
Red Chinese guns fired more than 50000 shells at Quemoy and Little Quemoy in a two hour bombardment. Defense ministry spokesman Liu Hoh Tu said the attack was five times heavier than the June 1957 burst and came from Amoy and the mainland. Nationalists returned fire as reports of damage or casualties were not yet confirmed.
Farmers in Wisconsin North Dakota South Dakota Iowa and Minnesota will pay reduced rail rates for corn oats and soybeans. The 20 percent cut, planned for Sept 15, was approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission to apply this year's harvest and affect soybean movements to Minneapolis Sioux City Omaha Kansas City and Chicago.
Washington predicted Russia would accept talks set for October 31 to create a world wide system preventing sneak nuclear tests under UN auspices. Eisenhower offered a one year moratorium on U S tests if negotiations begin and Russia maintains its halt. Dag Hammarskjold to report results to the UN.
The USS Skate finishes its polar mission and ties up in Bergen as Britain and Denmark urge shielding nuclear submarines from large populations. Norway welcomes the sub ahead of Oslo visits while UK and Denmark push away from big cities citing collision risks.
The Danish government barred the U S atomic submarine Skate from Copenhagen harbor echoing an 1819 event when harbor officials ordered the Caledonia steamship to extinguish boiler fires before entering the harbor. The Caledonia was towed to dock after the warning.
In New Orleans, Charity Hospital treated scores of patients amid a mysterious asthma outbreak. Three fatalities were reported, all long-time Black women. authorities found no usual triggers and continued investigations through the night.
Sir Winston Churchill, 83, dined past midnight at a top Nice restaurant. His tablemates included Greta Garbo and Aristotle Onassis, with the trio often seen together. It was a four-cigar evening for the former prime minister.
New York plans a three day arrival for the atomic submarine Nautilus with land and sea parades water spouts and escort craft. Rear Adm Hyman Rickover will board the vessel as it reaches the Narrows and the ship travels up the Hudson to 42nd Street before docking at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. City officials veterans and crews will be celebrated including Medal presentations at a Waldorf luncheon and a ticker tape parade.
Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Whittaker may decide whether racial integration resumes at Central High School in Little Rock when it reopens September 2. The NAACP seeks an order to remove legal barriers to immediate entry of Negro pupils, and Whittaker's ruling could come next Thursday or later as he weighs the petition from Thurgood Marshall.
An apparent firing error caused shells from three 105 millimeter howitzers to miss the impact area by 2 000 yards east of Cataract at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Eleven shells landed outside the zone. a fragment struck near the Roger Jones farm but no injuries occurred to six Jones children.
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