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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1960
Page
1
The first photograph of an atomic bomb shows a Little Boy type weapon used in World War II. The device measures about two feet in diameter and ten feet long, weighing 41% tons. Its blast equals 20 000 tons of TNT, a fraction of modern explosive power.
The United Nations faces a fresh dispute as the Soviet Union demands the immediate release of deposed Congo premier Patrice Lumumba and the disarming of Col. Joseph Mobutu. Secretary General Hammarskjold seeks access by the Red Cross to Lumumba amid concerns over his safety and humane conditions.
A massive storm area failed to yield predicted snowfall in Wisconsin, but temperatures plunged across the state as the system moved into eastern Canada. Record highs were reached in some cities while totals fell to single digits in many counties, with Brule and Grantsburg among the coldest readings.
Washington AP The Labor Department said most employers expect a net decrease in job levels by mid January with unemployment rising into winter. November idle totals near four million likely rise above five million by January as seasonal layoffs bite. The Employment Security Bureau covers 150 centers and nine new areas show high unemployment.
A two day storm left icy highways across the northern and central Rocky Mountains with eight inch snow depths in Denver and frigid readings. Two traffic fatalities were blamed on the storm as blustery conditions eased into a drizzle in northern New Mexico. Victims include Ray R. McFarlin, 73, Akron, Colorado and Norma Mae Madewell, 32, Durango, Colorado.
Pentagon leaders oppose sweeping Symington plan to abolish the three services and create a single defense hierarchy. The proposal envisions a new chairman and unified planning staff, with functional commands and streamlined under secretaries, challenging the 1958 reorganization urged by Kennedy transition officials.
President-elect John F Kennedy met with President Eisenhower at the White House for a brief briefing on national issues. Cabinet officers Christian Herter Thomas Gates Jr and Robert Anderson attended with James Hagerty noting a joint statement to follow. Kennedy then prepared for talks with UN officials in New York and announced Stewart Udall as interior secretary designate.
Two of four board members Edward L. Morgan and Alfred J. Francour seek another term. Others not seeking re election are Robert L. Briggs and Joseph J. Liskovec. Aldermen will consider four nominations from a list including Mrs. Leslie Burch Mrs. Marie DiPiazza M J Hogland John Hyland Walton Nustad Marvin G. Schirmacher Glenn Smith and Morgan and Francour.
Seven year old Hubert Van Veen Jr took a live 40 millimeter anti aircraft shell to school to show classmates. The principal and a clerk told him to leave. Police later retrieved the shell from him and disposed of it in the Fox River.
Two Kendall men died from injuries in separate one car crashes near Tomah and Reedsburg. John M. Thorson 22 died in a Tomah hospital after a crash on Highway 151. Edwin Knoll 33 died in a Reedsburg hospital after a crash on Highway 33. Services for Thorson and Knoll are scheduled in St Joseph's Church Kendall with burial in the church cemetery.
Beloit AP reports Dr. Lewis Severson, 64, chairman of the Beloit College economics department and a faculty member since 1927, died Monday.
Vernon County bachelor farmer Guy Nelson, 48, was bound over to the Circuit Court after a preliminary hearing for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle. The Sept 17 crash near Viola killed 44 year old Raynice Johnson. Nelson posted a $1000 bond and remains jailed pending arraignment.
The Rev. Ray Heilig 53 former Waukon Baptist Church pastor died Sunday at his country home north of Decorah Iowa Heilig born September 1907 in Charles City Iowa married Alice Estill in August 1934 Heilig served 27 years in the ministry and came to Waukon in 1958 retiring two years later Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p m at Waukon Baptist Church with pastors Fountain Gerber and Richardson officiating Burial in Oakland Cemetery Martins Funeral Home in charge
The Milwaukee Road plans to end its Olympian Hiawatha service west of Minneapolis Seattle Tacoma effective January 8, with no change to Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis runs. Daily losses exceeded 1.5 million on a 12 month basis and over 1.9 per train mile, while alternative travel options proliferate along the route.
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