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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1960
Page
1
In Lancaster Pennsylvania on Christmas Eve a couple keeps vigil in the stable from 11 to 12 midnight believing animals speak and omen a good new year. The Pennsylvania Dutch hold this custom as a ritual of trust in animal talk.
Fires swept five cities killing seventeen people including fourteen children and two mothers. Chicago Baltimore New York City and Poteet Texas report multiple fatalities with details of stove and kerosene lamp accidents. Amish and Mennonite Christmas customs noted.
Coast Guard and Navy rescue 28 survivors from the Pine Ridge after the tanker broke apart 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras. Eight crewmen remain missing, including master Capt. Clark Snyder. Salvage rights and helicopter recovery operations are described as frantic and hazardous.
Former President Truman defended his remarks on the atomic bomb and claimed MacArthur sought to deploy nuclear weapons in Korea and against China. MacArthur rejected the accusation, saying he never contemplated bombing Siberia or other areas and that records show no disobedience of orders.
Stephen Bloom 5 of Newport suffered a brain injury when a rabbit ear antenna tip pierced his eye area. Surgeons at Boston Children's Medical Center removed the antenna knob, codeveloped by Dr. John Shillito Jr., after hours of delicate work. After three months he relearned to walk and speak.
A severe cold wave hit the eastern two thirds of the country with record low temperatures and snow from the Rockies to New England. Midwest towns reported 24 below zero in Joliet and 23 below in International Falls, while southern Florida signaled the cold edge with readings near zero to 30s in several cities.
The La Crosse Tribune announces no Christmas Day edition. The paper will publish Saturday December 24 and Monday December 26 with the Monday edition moving to a Sunday night delivery and including Family Weekly comics and Sunday features. Subscribers should call before 5 p.m. for Saturday delivery issues.
Wyoming Governor Joseph J. Hickey announces he will resign to take over the Senate seat vacated by Keith Thomson's death in Cody. Secretary of State Jack Gage to serve remainder of the governor's term. Hickey plans reelection bid in a two year special election and is a Rawlins native, former U.S. attorney, and Wyoming lawyer.
Stores in downtown La Crosse will be closed December 26 and January 2, both legal holidays, according to Don J. Petruccelli, manager of the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce.
Christmas brings smiles tears and nostalgia with stories from Liberty New York where two sisters sort Christmas cards. Lila Latham and Don Harper plan to wed Christmas Eve in wheelchairs after polio. Survivors of the Cal Poly air crash visit Toledo. George Klippert in New York collects life insurance on Dec 25. A Santa Monica couple receives a mislabeled package about their son Captain Eugene Posa missing after a weather plane downed over the Sea of Japan. The Eisenhower White House marks the last Christmas there as the Kennedys prepare Palm Beach Florida celebration.
The La Crosse Weather Bureau reports official low of nine below zero with outlying areas at fourteen below. Winds from the south at 12 mph chill the region as a light snow is forecast for Friday night. Temperatures inch toward moderating by Friday night with a further drop expected on Christmas Day.
Washington AP reports the consumer price index rose to 127.4 in November from 127.3 in October. Food prices increased for the first November rise since 1951, with gains also in movie admission fees and hospitalization insurance. About 225,000 workers will gain two-cent hourly cost of living raises, mainly in meat packing and aerospace industries, as after tax earnings for factory workers fell due to shorter hours.
Kate Washington 113 a former slave died at her daughter Mrs James Kidds home in Lockesburg Ark Funeral services will be held there Saturday She was born into slavery in Mississippi in 1847 and left behind two daughters six sons thirteen grandchildren five great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren
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