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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1958
Page
9
La Crosse Prop Club sent six members to a model airplane meet in Mankato Minnesota on Sunday. They won one first place and three third places across combat stunt free flight and scale contests despite high winds and several crashes.
Two children were hurt in separate city crashes on Sunday. Eight year old Ryan Stoda of 1315 S 4th St sustained a finger laceration and stomach injuries in a collision at 16th and Jackson with Ingwald Teigen driving a car. Teigen, 56, of 1909 S Losey Blvd, took Stoda to Lutheran Hospital for X rays. Five year old Michael Arentz of 815 S Bainbridge St suffered head and leg injuries in a two car crash on Gillette near Avon street. He was in a car driven by Mahion Wayne Arentz, 29, at Browns Valley, Minn, when it rear-ended a car driven by Milton E Kaufman, 26. Arentz was to be taken to his family doctor. he was charged with failing to have his vehicle under control.
Roland J. Steinle unopposed for the Republican nomination for U S senator will address the GOP dinner at 6 30 p m Monday in the Mary E Sawyer Auditorium on National Importance. Other candidates Gardner R Withrow Warren Knowles Robert Zimmerman Stewart G Honeck also attend. Steinle left the Wisconsin Supreme Court to return to active politics after years as a circuit judge.
Minnesota gubernatorial candidate George MacKinnon will speak at an 8:30 a.m. breakfast at Caledonia City Hall on Tuesday August 26. The Houston County Republican Committee invites the public to attend.
Sgt. J C John W Johnson of the Army Recruiting Station in La Crosse announces four Army Nurse Corps programs. The student nurse program offers tuition support and up to 214.20 monthly pay during schooling with two years of active duty afterward. Other programs include the registered nurse student program, the direct commission program, and a reserve officer extension with a 20 year service requirement. Contact Room 208 Federal Building La Crosse or call 4 2580 for details.
Citys two river beaches and municipal pool will close Monday night due to cold weather and a 90 percent drop in attendance last week. If temps rise and demand continues, standby lifeguards may be stationed at beaches per Recreation Director Eugene Fry. Fry calls the year at beaches and pool most successful overall with very busy August, and beaches closed only once since June 6.
The Milwaukee Road announced July net income of 336 530 vs a deficit of 173 677 in 1957. July 1958 operating revenues were 20 684 120 compared with 21 282 156 in July 1957, a drop of 598 036. The seven month net deficit for 1958 fell to 1 312 198 from 1 080 426 in the same period last year.
City police report several minor thefts. William Bumford of 2007 Main St. says someone stole half a tank of gasoline from his parked car. William Jurske of 510 Johnson St. reports three hubcaps worth 22 dollars stolen. Clarence Schlicht of Green Island reports two green window frames stolen from his yard in the past three months.
Kenneth R. Fish an associate professor of education at La Crosse State College earned a doctor of education in elementary education at the 1958 Colorado State College summer commencement in Greeley on August 14. The 645 graduates set a record for degrees awarded including 23 EdD, 361 MA, and 261 BA.
Do You Have Crab Grass and Weeds Robot Gardener offers an easy through the hose nozzle system to kill weeds crab grass fertilize and control insects. Available for 4.95 at Doerre Howe 302 Pearl Adv.
Temperatures dipped below freezing across Wisconsin marking rare subfreezing readings for August. Record lows included 24 at Wisconsin Rapids cranberry bogs 25 at Tomah and 29 at Black River Falls with heavy frost reported. Madison tied a low of 37 the coldest August reading by the Weather Bureau.
The mist sprayer will operate in the City Park Department mosquito control program from 11 p.m. Monday to 7 a.m. Tuesday. Coverage includes Cass Street to South Avenue between Mississippi and 6th Streets, and a thermal fogger will cover Main to Jackson Streets between West Avenue and East Avenue.
Robert John Rowley, 22, of 2133 Jackson St., was arrested after a Sunday night chase. He faces speeding at 70 mph, failing to stop at two stop signs, and driving the wrong way on a one way. He allegedly fled because of a speeding ticket on probation and later stopped with one wheel on a curb. He is set to appear in Police Court Thursday.
Hundreds of Trane Co. employees will donate to the Red Cross Bloodmobile during a three day exclusive visit. The quota is 515 pints, with last year’s public participation not repeated this time. Donor eligibility, weight, age, and frequency rules are outlined by Earl Mahnke, Trane safety director.
A three car crash on U S 411 near Madisonville Tenn killed five people and injured seven, two critically. Victims were Joe E Bowles Jr and his wife Becky Jo Bowles age 2, from Shelbyville Ky, Nora Walker Stucker 56 and Chandler Connors 52, also of Shelbyville Ky. State Trooper Wallace Mills said the Bowles car was Miami bound and the crash occurred as one vehicle attempted to pass another, causing a head on collision with Kentuckians.
William Yursa at 510 Johnson Street reports the loss of a 1958 Wisconsin license plate UK 781 on Sunday. Lyle Strauss of 321 South 9th Street reports a reddish brown billfold containing $2 along with a driving license and identification missing.
Bradley Moore aged six of 203 Ferry Street was bitten by a dog owned by William Mc Donald of 2415 Losey Boulevard South while visiting Saturday at 2409 Losey Boulevard South. The boy received treatment at St. Francis Hospital.
Neil Greeno 22 of Camp Douglas plans to attend La Crosse Vocational and Adult Schools for rehabilitation with a tuition scholarship. La Crosse family with a first floor room near a bathroom is asked to rent to Greeno to enable him to begin account clerk training September 3. No care is required. another trainee will assist with braces and braces fitting. Contact Carl Haase at the Vocational School, 4474, between 8 a.m. and noon.
A Proxmire Victory Day observance will be held at CIO Pioneer Hall in La Crosse Wednesday with a 9 30 p m radio address by U S Senator William Proxmire from Milwaukee. Lunch from 8 to 9 p m, then dancing by Don Kaye’s orchestra to midnight. Tickets available through local organizers.
A La Crosse boy, Larry Hundt nine, is in good condition after being sent home from a Rochester Minnesota hospital with a pellet still lodged between his heart and lungs. Police say the accidental shooting occurred when a group of boys used a pellet gun. No charges have been filed.
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