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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1961

Page

2

Rusk Senators Confer on Congo Policy amid UN Criticism

Secretary of State Dean Rusk briefed key senators in Washington on Congo policy amid United States support for UN action and concerns over Katanga. Senators Humphrey Sparkman and Dodd pressed for alternatives and investigations, warning that secession could invite communism.

Sec. Rusk Cenfer Congo Washington Los Angeles Times Dean Rusk United States United Nations Soviet Union North Atlantic Rusk Central Congo Theernment Com- Foreign Relations Committee J. William Fulbright D-Ark Fulbright

Auto Train Bridge Crashes Claim Two Lives

A two car collision on Highway 12 near Hudson and a milk tank truck dairy crossing crash seven miles northwest of Manitowoc add two more fatalities to Wisconsin 1961 highway toll. Willard Hanson 21 of Spring Valley and Edward Denor in Mishicot die in incidents.

Associated Press Hudson Manitowoc Willard G. Hanson Rt. 2 Spring Valley Pierce County Highway 12 Richard Cooper River Falls Donald Adams Edward A. Denor Mishicot North Western Railway Denor Green Bay Wisconsin

FAA fines chief Halaby for wing tip contact at airport

FAA Administrator N E Halaby is fined $50 for brushing wings with an airliner at Washington National Airport on November 9. He said the action was disciplinary, called it the only accident in 28 years of flying, and noted the report came through agency channels. He asserted he will remain in position.

Washington Federal Aviation Agency FAA N. E. Halaby Washington National Airport Halaby United Air Lines Clara’Szombat Weiner Brlton

India seizure of Goa ends Portuguese rule in enclaves

Indian forces completed the seizure of Goa enclaves and banned newsmen, with Belgaum the main command post. Nehru said liberation was swift with minimal casualties, while the UN and Western powers reacted with mixed support and condemnation. Provisional reports noted mine clearance and delayed access for journalists.

New Delhi India Goa Defense Ministry Belgaum Damao Diu Bombay V. K. Krishna Menon United Nations New York Menon Cairo Nehru U.N

Sheriff Remembers Yule Card Lender

An Alabama sheriff recalled a Christmas card from farm laborer Allen Culp and sent Blytheville police a warrant for his arrest. Officers said Culp escaped jail eight months ago.

Blytheville, Ark Alabama Allen Culp Blytheville Culp Hugh Chilton County Ala

Milwaukee Livestock Market Report Highlights Varied Prices

AP dispatch from Milwaukee and South St Paul notes hogs and cattle prices with receipts around 1,000 and 800 respectively. Hogs move 15.55 to 18.00 for various weights while cattle and calves show steady to weak trends and listed ranges for steers cows and bulls.

Milwaukee Swift & Company iBulls Bologna South ST. Paul, Minn USDA

Kennedy loses father as President rushes to Bermuda talks

President Kennedy arranged a Caribbean trip with Prime Minister Macmillan while his father Joseph Kennedy lay critically ill in Palm Beach. Doctors determined a cerebral thrombosis prevented operation. Foley arrived from New York for the final assessment.

Rose Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy Kennedy National Security Council Bermuda Harold Macmillan Washington Theodore K. Sorensen McGeorge’Bundy Robert Jean Kennedy Smith James F. Cooney Notre Dame Yale Mayo Clinic Marco Johanssen New York University- Bellevue Medical Center Walter Newbern Salinger Joseph Kennedy Foley New York Ted Kennedy Andrews Air Force Base Maryland

CAB Recommends Continuation of Airline Route

Franklin D. Stone a Civil Aeronautics Board examiner urged North Central Airlines to keep the Minneapolis St Paul to Milwaukee flight with stops at Eau Claire Marshfield and Appleton Wis until Marshfield has been served for 18 months The CAB should review after that period He also urged cancellation of North Central service to Rockford NL for insufficient traffic under the use it or lose it standard

Five killed and several hurt in Colombia quake

An earthquake in Colombia killed five people and injured an undetermined number across a wide area. The report from Bogota notes the tremor caused extensive damage and disrupted multiple towns.

Colombia Bogota

Two Car Crash Kills Five Near Holbrook Arizona

A two car crash on U.S. 66 east of Holbrook Arizona claimed five lives. Victims include John Edward Harrell 48 and wife Dorothy 46 and daughter Irene Carolyn 17 from Fullerton California. Millard Scott and wife Esther of Brown City Michigan also died. The Harrell car crossed the centerline and the Scott car exploded and burned.

John Edward Harrell Dorothy Blanche Irene Carolyn Fullerton Calif Millard Scott Esther Brown City Mich Arizona Highway Patrol Harrell Scott

U.N. Assembly OKs Disarm and Space Plans

The United Nations General Assembly with 104 members approved plans to start negotiations on disarmament and the peaceful use of outer space. Delegates backed a new 18 nation committee for disarmament talks and expanded the space committee to include more Communist and nonaligned states.

United Nations, N.Y U.N. General Assembly Assembly Outer Space Committee Mongolia Portugal United Nations U.N Security Council India

Archbishop Binz reassigned to St Paul archdiocese

Archbishop Leo Binz is moved from Dubuque Iowa to become the Roman Catholic archbishop of St Paul Minnesota by order of Pope John XXIII. He succeeds the late Archbishop William Brady who died in Rome last month. The Dubuque vacancy will be filled by papal appointment in a few weeks.

Washington Leo Binz Dubuque Iowa St. Paul Binz Winona Minn

Wisconsin Assembly Adjourns on Health Department Plan

Assembly withdraws from county health department proposal, conditionally leaving municipalities to form their own health departments. In other action, a 64-24 vote killed a proposed $1 motor vehicle registration fee hike to fund county traffic patrols, which would have raised about $1.7 million in 1962-63. A 47-39 vote adopted a study resolution on textbooks for American history and social studies in Wisconsin schools. reconsideration was ordered by Assemblyman Richard Nowakowski.

Assembly Wisconsin Richard Nowakowski Milwaukee

Indonesia Says West New Guinea Claim Opens Peaceful Path

Foreign Minister Subandrio told parliament Indonesia won t be blamed if it takes West New Guinea by force but still seeks a peaceful settlement with the Netherlands. President Sukarno ordered total mobilization and warned of military action if needed. He left open a chance for Dutch negotiations under UN auspices.

Jakarta Indonesia Subandrio West New Guinea Netherlands Netherlands East Indies Sukarno West ‘Irian West Papua Jogjakarta Java Holland United Nations

Doctor Weiner Found Guilty of Manslaughter in 12 Deaths

In Camden New Jersey Dr Albert L Weiner an osteopathic psychiatrist was convicted of manslaughter in 12 patient deaths after a 58 day trial that heard from nearly 200 witnesses. The state contended deaths arose from contaminated equipment and serum hepatitis and the doctor faces up to 10 years per conviction with fines.

Camden, N.J Albert L. Weiner Camden County Weiner Norman Heine

District ordered to transport pupil to parochial school

Greenport Union Free School District No 10 must provide transportation for Patricia Cooper 14 to Sacred Heart Academy Sag Harbor. The state cites a 10 mile ferry and bus route or 50 miles by highway, with costs estimated at 5000 and possible property tax increase. Alternative: room and board in Sag Harbor.

Albany N.Y Long Island Commissioner of Education James E. Allen Jr Greenport Union Free Suffolk County Patricia Cooper Greenport Sacred Heart Academy Sag Harbor Gianella T. Cooper Patricia Allen Board of Education Great Peconic Bay Shelter Island

VFW Donates 5000 Dollars to Detroit City

Detroit received an early Christmas gift as the Veterans of Foreign Wars sent 5000 dollars to the city. The money was part of 25000 dollars the city set aside to help fund the VFWs 61st national convention in August 1960 in Detroit. The convention cost 200999 dollars and left a 5000 dollar surplus.

Detroit Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW

Senate House committee clash on redistricting plan

The 20 member Senate House committee developed a congressional redistricting plan and sought to broaden the resolution to cover expenses for the Senate Elections Committee and the Senate Civil Administration Committee. The House refused the expansion, so the original resolution was left intact.

Senate House Committee Senate Senate Elections Committee Senate Civil Administration Committee House

Senate Buys Time on Tax Edits and Sales Delay

The Senate approved amendments trimming $3 million from expected biennial revenues. Another proposal would make withholding tax failures a crime only if intentional. Additional changes set the sales tax effective date to February 1 and exempt contract carrier buses from the levy.

CAB recommends quitting Rockford Spearfish service

A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner urged canceling North Central Airlines authority to serve Spearfish South Dakota and Rockford Illinois and also proposed ending Western Air Lines service to Spearfish. The panel found insufficient traffic to meet use it or lose it standards and did not justify continued service by either carrier.

Washington Civil Aeronautics Board North Central Airlines Authority Spearfish S.D Rockford Ill Franklin M. Stone Western Air Lines Western North Central Stone Brookings Watertown Devils Lake N.D Mankato Minn Sault Ste. Marie Mich

Teacher Back Home Awaiting Airman France

NEW HOLSTEIN Wisconsin AP A small town schoolmarm returns home still awaiting airman Kenneth Driskill who stranded her 25 hours at Idlewild New York. The couple met in Tripoli in November and planned marriage after she left her job and spent 1500 for transport.

New Holstein Wis New York City Barbara Hipke Kenneth Driskill Tripoli Miss Hipke New York Idlewild Driskill South Carolina Miss i Hipke Wheelus Air Force Base United States Milwaukee Brunette Hipke

Alabama District Elects JFK Opponent

In northwest Louisiana the 4th District elected Joe Waggonner, a segregationist conservative Democrat, over Republican Charlton Lyons Sr. The vote totals were 33,846 for Waggonner and 28,275 for Lyons, marking the district’s first Republican congressman since Reconstruction. Waggonner campaigned against Kennedy administration policies and dissented from the national party.

Shreveport Joe Waggoner Congress Waggonner Charlton H. Lyons Sr Louisiana National Party Waggoner

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New Guinea Richard M. Nixon Katanga Hubert H. Humphrey Minnesota Nixon GOP Humphrey John Sparkman Sparkman Eaeeeres Cyrille Adoula Moise Tshombe Tshombe Adoula Thomas J. Dodd D-Conn Dodd Aviation Agency By Henry S. Bradsher General Assembly Council Communist Bloc Britain Stock Elations New York Stock Exchange Monsanto Chemical Pacific Bell & Farrell, Inc Allied Radio Allis-Chalmers Olin Mathieson Central Tele Amer Can Pepsi-Cola Oh Clark O & R Pfizer Cyanamid First Amer Motors Phillips Pete Frantz Mfg. C Tel & Tel Anaconda Republic Steel Godfrey Co Avco Rexall Drug Hamilton Mfg Boein Reynolds Metals Heileman Boston Capital Royal Dutch Roehring Co Brunswick Safeway Lax Tele Caterpillar Tractor G. D. Searle Marine Cap Chrysler Sears Roebuck McQuay, Inc Celanese Sinclair Oil Nekoosa Columbia Gas Socony North Plastics Corwith Edison NSP Consolidated Foods Standard Oil Ind Sperry Rand Northw. Banc Control Standard Oil NJ Curtiss Wright Stud Packard DuPont Sunray Mid-Cent Royal Dutch New York Eastman Kodak Swift My Financial Fed Texaco Texas East Trane Trane Co Fruehaus United Airlines Lax Lockheed Dow Jones Utilities Puritan Fund Montgomery Ward Milwaukee Livestock Winona Livestock Chicago Mercantile Chicago Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chicago Poultry Chicago South ST. Paul Livestock West Palm Beach Palm Beach White House Eugene Seraphin CAB Arizona Max Harrelson U.S Adlai E. Stevenson Valerian A.zorin Geneva South Spain Bolivia France North Atlantic Alliance NATO U Thant Thant Angola Ruanda-Urundi Palestine Conciliation Commission Israel Guinea By K. R. Ramanath By Noah Halper Edward V. Martino City of Minneapolis\St. Paul Minot Grand Forks Minneapolis - St.Paul Eau Claire Marshfield Appleton Minneapolis - St. Paul Huron Omaha Neb JFK Preste Escell
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