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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1961
Page
2
Negotiations on a unity government resume in Santo Domingo but opposition leader Viriato Fiallo says no progress. A general strike enters its seventh day backing demands of the National Civic Union, while divisions over military leadership and Trujillo era issues fuel the crisis.
A three year search located the tree on the Clemons farm 15 miles north of Aberdeen. The National Park Service will erect and decorate the giant tree in Washington for the Pageant of Peace begun by President Coolidge in 1924.
Hollywood AP reports singer Julie London and musician Bobby expect their first child around April 30. London has two daughters from a previous marriage to actor-producer Jack Webb.
Clear and much colder tonight with northerly winds 20 to 30 mph. Lows around 18 and highs near 33 Tuesday. Wisconsin sees drizzle to snow in the north with fair southern areas, Minnesota has light snow flurries in the northeast and colder conditions, Iowa mostly fair but much colder. Five day forecast shows 5 to 7 degrees below normal with La Crosse values 16 to 31, precipitation one tenth to two tenths inches late Wednesday into early Thursday.
Obituaries for Emmett Zemke Louis Tweeten Lillian Hardie Mrs Cresanthia Regan list services and burial details. Zemke. burn injuries at Brandon South Dakota job site. Tweeten born Spring Grove Minnesota. Hardie dies at 86 in La Crosse. Regan dies at 56 with church rites planned. Burials set in Hillside Woodlawn Catholic Cemetery.
An 18 year old soldier Robert Allen Jones confessed to a three week killing spree from Chicago to Chattanooga. He is charged with murder in the death of cab driver John P. Womack. He also admits shooting Gerald Shibe in Indiana. He claimed four to five other deaths in Chicago area. He and his brother were arrested after a liquor store holdup in Gadsden Alabama. Judge ordered no bond.
In Rochester Minnesota two persons believed from Wisconsin were killed when a car with Wisconsin plates crossed a soft shoulder and collided with a pickup truck on Highway 14. Two others were hospitalized by ambulance. The crash happened shortly before noon.
In Hollywood Dinah Shore and George Montgomery plan separate seclusions as their marriage of 18 years dissolves. The couple wed December 5 1943 in Las Vegas and have two children Melissa 14 and Jody 7. A spokesman says Shore plans to file for divorce on general grounds.
Grandview Hospital Dec 1, daughter Kathryn Anne to Lawrence Ellis Jr. and wife Eva Jean Simbine of French Island. Also Dec 1, daughter to Lawrence Harris and Donna Slater of 414 N. 11th St. Lutheran Hospital Dec 1, daughter to James E. Erickson and Leslie Scott. Mrs. Loretta Stahl of Lansing Iowa and Mrs. Charlotte Larson of La Crescent Minnesota named. Dec 1, son to Keith H. Thorne and Joanne Ellsworth of 1529 Wood St. St. Luke's Racine Dec 3, daughter to Roy Rodgers and Carol Skogen formerly of Onalaska. Sacred Heart Eau Claire Nov 30, son Thomas Scott to Robert Goldsmith and Gladys Fries of La Crosse.
In heavy fog on Highway 16 east of Blue Earth a crash injured none of the truck crew but killed 13 year old Kaneer Nolan Becker. Another teen died Friday on Highway 218 north of Becker in a separate collision. Gerald A. Krueger 24 Winthrop died when a car with nine people struck a road sign near New Auburn. Raymond H. Quast 19 Norwood died when a curve was missed and the car rolled into a farmyard near Norwood in Carver County.
Ronald Arneson 25 of Sparta faced a charge of taking indecent liberties with a 16 year old girl. The complaint was withdrawn after the girl and her parents requested dismissal, with District Atty. John Flynn presenting sworn witnesses. Judge Lincoln Neprud approved the dismissal in La Crosse Circuit Court Monday morning.
Agricultural price table notes no sales in Chicago markets for wheat oats or soybeans and lists hog cattle and calves prices by weight. Separately reports U S and East German movements with U S officials touring East Berlin amid protests over autobahn traffic and Soviet border actions.
AP reports Friday's Milwaukee market with hogs receipts about 1,400 and cattle 1,600. Hogs show 180 to 240 pound bulk at 16.50 to 17.00, sows down to 12.00, boars 11.00 to 13.00. cattle mix steady with fed steers 22.00 to 25.00, heifers up to 23.50, calves strong with prime 31.00 to 32.00 and 24.00 to 30.00 for good to choice.
Cattle and hog markets show slow trade and mixed moves with cattle mostly steady or higher in spots. Slaughter steers around 26.00 for high choice, hogs to 25 cents gains on lighter weights, potatoes and poultry prices steady to up, regional market notes from Chicago and Minneapolis.
A man and a woman were injured in a four o clock Saturday crash at the La Crosse County Highways 1 and U intersection in Rockland. John Kick, 72, and Francis Kick, 68, both of Bangor, suffered a bruised leg and chest injuries, in a collision involving cars driven by Kirk and Roger H. Langrehr, 31, of Sparta, per county police.
The Federal Reserve Bank reports Ninth District farm income fell 8 percent in the third quarter while overall personal income rose about the national rate. Agriculture remains more pivotal here and drought cut wheat yields by about 38 percent though soybean and corn crops were strong. Livestock marketing stayed robust and per cow milk output rose despite a district decline in dairy cows.
Mrs. Ethelyn Bennett 94 of Galesville died Saturday in a Rockland nursing home. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Smith Mortuary with Rev. Richard Hill. burial in Neshonoc Cemetery. Survived by two daughters, two grandchildren, five great grandchildren, one great great grandchild. 50-year Eastern Star member.
United States and Israel head for clash with Arab nations over aid to Palestine Arab refugees. The U N relief agency backs a 13 year old decision allowing refugees to choose home in Israel or compensation. Arab delegates push for broader rights and UN trustee participation. Israel resists mass resettlement.
In Milwaukee seven people were arrested on the Journal picket line after a stormy Sunday night meeting. Five pickets and two non-trying employees faced loitering charges as press crews crossed the line. A typographer was treated for a cut lip after a fist fight.
The Cherokee people fled the Muscle Shoals area following a violent 1794 incident described as a massacre and migrated to Arkansas, seeking safety and new settlement sites. The move reflects early Native American displacement amid frontier conflicts and territorial shifts.
The Organization of American States Council postponed a five hour meeting to consider collective action against Cuba. The proposal, sponsored by Colombia, aims to address the Communist threat and decide on steps. Fidel Castro’s Marxist stance prompts regional reconsideration of non intervention.
Police and ambulance records detail visits on December 2 to 4 in La Crosse and city areas. Entries include hospital transports for illness, a 71 year old man, a washing machine hose issue, grass fires, oxygen for a baby, a burned brake stalk, mattress box spring fire and smoke risk, and steam from a leaking radiator.
The La Crosse Board of Appeals will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, not 7:30 p.m., correcting Sunday's La Crosse Tribune report.
Four missionaries freed from Portuguese prisons allege Portugal exploited their Methodist mission in Angola to blame native unrest. Revs. Fred Brancel from Wisconsin, E Edwin Le Master from Kentucky, Marion Way from South Carolina returned. Wendell Golden remained in London.
Samuel L. Winker 47 faces two murder counts for the Nov 26 Genoa shooting that killed his wife Elline 32 and her father Alonzo Carter 59. The preliminary hearing was postponed to Dec 18. Winker remains jailed without bond. two others injured and eight children placed with welfare.
The National Heart Association and its affiliates report a total of 26,437,931 dollars contributed to the 1961 heart campaign. The drive was conducted nationwide in February under the association’s leadership.
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