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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1967
Page
2
New York humorist HAL BOYLE recalls husbands’ woes before Christmas. Wives demand impractical luxuries, yet shy away from sensible gifts. A tale of fashion, ostrich robes, and a hair dryer ending in a chorus of costly misfires.
HUAC faulted the Ku Klux Klan for using terror to uphold white supremacy. The 371-page investigation reports 16,810 Klansmen in 14 groups across 18 states, led by the United Klans of America under Robert Shelton, with 714 Klaverns and 56 women’s auxiliaries.
Two-car crash at Rose and Clinton Streets injures Mary Jane Belisle 20 and Frank Moore 75 who receive knee and leg injuries at Lutheran Hospital. The other driver George DeMann 2039 Rose Street is uninjured. Early Monday Terrance Shaw 19 cuts his head after striking a sign while passing a car on Rose Street and is treated at Lutheran Hospital.
Madison Wisconsin Gov. War ren P. Knowles vetoed a bill that would reimburse Dane County legislators for meals and transportation each day in session. The action follows debates over the policy and its funding.
Local and regional stock quotations compiled around 9:00 a.m. show bid and ask ranges for La Crosse Cooler and La Crosse Tele. among inter-broker prices. Mutual funds include Boston Fund Fidelity Fund Mass. Inv. Tr. Mass. Inv. Gr. Natl. Investors Puritan Fund and Wisconsin Fund with listed price ranges.
U S troops reported capturing two prisoners including a major who led a Viet Cong assault battalion. They found heroin on enemy bodies, suggesting drug use before attacks. Maj Gen John Hay described attack attempts along Highway 13 to shake U S control. Weekly Viet Cong losses topped 451 in the Mekong Delta. Newport pressed a north south highway near Vinh with eight inch guns as B 52s bombed near Loc Ninh and Cambodia border. Tass warned of strong rebukes to U S actions.
A quake of magnitude 7.5 near Poona caused power and water disruptions in the city and halted urban trains. The New Delhi observatory placed the epicenter 70 miles south of Poona. All India Radio noted 80 percent of homes in Koynangar damaged and power at the Koyna dam cut pending inspections.
Sgrenee Orum of 1028% Jackson Street reports a $64 portable phonograph and a record cabinet with albums valued at $20 stolen from her apartment. There was no sign of forced entry. Police investigation noted.
The Supreme Court ruled the 1950 Subversive Activities Control Act unconstitutional as applied to barring members of Communist-action groups from defense plants. Chief Justice Warren led the decision, saying guilt by association infringes First Amendment rights, while Justices White and Harlan dissented. The court also considered school desegregation via freedom of choice and other actions.
U S officer Sargent Shriver head of the Office of Economic Opportunity declares in a House Appropriations subcommittee session that the United States is winning the war on poverty. The article covers the two-year extension of funding, congressional debate over community action agency designation, and Shriver’s pledge to report on implementation and keep politics out of the process.
Glendale AP report states folk singer Jimmie Rodgers had a second brain hemorrhage operation Saturday in very critical condition. The procedure followed convulsions overnight and came after he was hospitalized December 2 after a head strike by an unknown assailant.
In Dallas at New Liberty Missionary Baptist Church a man and a woman in ski masks threatened worshippers during a sermon. A member, Hugh English, wrestled the gunman, preventing firing as the pistol jammed. treasurer Clell Drisk captured the woman. Police arrived as service ended with a benediction and prayers for the pair.
Cecil P. Young of Viroqua pleaded not guilty to indecent exposure with trial set for December 21 and was released on a $50 bond. Harold I. Bailey aged 18 of 321 South 8th Street had charge amended to disorderly conduct with sentence withheld and two years probation. Marilin L. Bothe, 22 of West Salem, cited for contributing to a 17 year old boy by furnishing beer, $130 fine. Additional local hospital and illness notices include Sister M. Blaise of Viterbo College injured in a fall at St. Francis Hospital. Mrs. Shirley Wilfer ill at St. Francis. George Renner Sr. ill at St. Francis. Mrs. Francis Silha of South 14th Street hospitalized after a fall. Daniel Hundt, 9, to Lutheran Hospital with finger swelling from a paste jar incident. Julius Crawford, 56, to Lutheran Hospital ill and later jailed at La Crosse County Jail.
The General Accounting Office recommended Congress drop community names from postmarks and consider closing about 33,000 independent post offices to boost efficiency. It criticized the fragmented system of collecting, canceling, sorting, and dispatching mail across many offices, saying modernization is hindered. The GAO dismissed fears of identity loss and job cuts as largely unfounded and argued identity should not affect postal efficiency or economy.
Two La Crosse youths aged 17 were arrested Sunday evening after police found a box of liquor and a shotgun stolen from the Wayne Hood residence at 1634 King Street. Officers stopped them near Oak Grove Cemetery and learned the items were stolen. investigation continues.
Ronald A. Bayer, 34, named assistant manager of the Social Security Administration district office in La Crosse, succeeding Joseph Michalke who transfers to Rock Island Illinois. A Baraboo native, Bayer began SSA work in 1957 in Wausau, later in Rock Island and Peoria, Illinois, and is a Wisconsin University School of Commerce graduate and Korean War veteran. He and wife Ruth have three children, Michael 11 Terry 9 and Julie 3. Bayer is a Disabled American Veterans member.
Rep. Melvin Laird of Wisconsin pushes the GOP Coordinating Committee to back a revenue sharing plan similar to his bill. The plan would return up to 40 percent of state and local taxes as a federal tax credit over four years, framing revenue sharing as the GOP alternative to the great society.
In Waukesha AP report, 66 year old Robert J. Davidson retired AFL-CIO official was sentenced to life for the beating death of his estranged wife Leona 62. The defense plans to appeal to the State Supreme Court and a request to delay transfer pending appeal was denied.
Cashton Wis Sgt John A Steele son of Mr and Mrs Ray Steele R 1 wounded in action in Vietnam. He suffered metal fragment wounds to his right thigh and a left arm and a fractured left leg. Evacuated to an Army hospital in Vietnam. He previously was treated for wounds in March and hospitalized in May after joining the Army in August 1966.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover called for increased state and local police funding to raise detection risk and improve prevention. He urged greater financial support to raise selection and training standards, develop communications and information systems, and apply new technologies across law enforcement.
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