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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1960
Page
1
In Havana a bomb hit Our Lady of Charity church after vesper service. No injuries among about 50 inside. pews and flooring damaged. Church officials blame Communist elements amid church-Castro tensions and note a small red flag left inside.
A self-propelled diesel passenger car collided with a bottled gas truck at an unguarded grade crossing in Nashua New Hampshire killing five people. Four victims were a single family and a prominent judge survived with minor injuries.
In New Orleans vandals broke a kitchen window at the Gabrielle housing unit after a threatening letter was sent to Rev. Lloyd Foreman amid bitter integration tensions. The FBI opened inquiries as police shielded Frantz School protesters and U.S. marshals escorted students at McDonogh No. 19.
Kennedy named Udall as Interior Secretary amid Congo debate and maneuvers at the United Nations. U.S. pressure urged Soviet Union’s Valerian Zorin to disqualify himself from chairing the Security Council while Lumumba’s fate and Mobutu’s disarmament dominated the agenda. Al Ahram later reported the United Arab Republic withdrawing its paratroop battalion from Congo duty under U.N. command.
President Hoffa of the Teamsters faces a 12 count federal indictment in Orlando charging mail fraud and interstate communications tied to Sun Valley land deals in Brevard County. Henry Lower and Robert E. McCarthy Jr. named with Hoffa for allegedly diverting over half a million in union funds to private use and misrepresenting Sun Valley as union sponsored. Potential penalties include up to five years per count and fines up to $1000.
President elect John F Kennedy selected Rep Stewart Udall of Arizona to head the interior department a 50 000 employee agency with a 800 million dollar annual budget Udall touted for vigor and imagination to manage Americas vast natural resources The appointment follows other cabinet picks and Kennedy indicated a forthcoming secretary of state decision in the near term
La Crosse mayor Milo G Knutson blasted school administrators and their 1961 budget demands on local radio and TV Tuesday night calling for better run schools and a restrained budget He charged a 430000 increase would be the largest in the citys history claiming 30 teachers would be hired and 150 fewer students served than in 1957 He argued efficiency and no blank check are needed and questioned whether 397 per child is well spent
Mayor Milo G. Knutson will seek to override his veto of the 7.9 million dollar 1961 municipal budget at a 7:30 p.m. Wednesday common council session. The mayor calls the school budget increase unjustified and says the city cannot afford higher taxes, while School Supt. Conan Edwards argues the rise is needed to raise teachers’ salaries and address delayed maintenance. If overridden, aldermen may adjust the budget from last week’s plan.
School Superintendent Conan S. Edwards and citizen leader Milton Paulsen disputed Mayor Knutson's critique of the La Crosse school system. Edwards cited enrollment growth from 6355 in 1955 to 7890 in 1960 and defended the merit pay plan and higher per pupil costs due to services for handicapped and special needs students.
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