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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
2
Old Man Weather hinders Christmas skating as park crews fail to flood rinks in time. Harold Schick, Park and Recreation Director, says cold snaps will bring flooding and spraying to finish the ice. The Lagoon rink is ready apart from a thick slush layer that will melt with freezing temperatures.
In San Jose California a high school teacher Archie Connett 31 killed his wife Wynona 28 and their three children then attempted suicide. The bodies were found among Christmas decorations. Connett was hospitalized severely injured while Wynona recovered under sedation at Santa Clara County Hospital.
A plane reported over the outer runway at 2,600 feet and asked landing clearance at Mitchell Field. Weather deteriorated with a 900 foot ceiling and the craft failed to land. CAA and other authorities initiated a search. A companion cargo plane landed safely and joined the search.
Forecasts warn of near zero temperatures across central and northern Great Plains with thermometers sinking in North Dakota. Minimum readings list Denver 12 and Duluth 15 among others, while New York 34 and Atlanta 40 show wide regional contrasts.
The article lists Christmas Day mass times and special services for multiple Catholic parishes including Blessed Sacrament, Mary’s, St. James, St. Wenceslaus, Holy Cross, St. John, St. Thomas More and Holy Trinity. It names pastors, narrators, choir directors, and organists, and notes broadcast plans on WKBH and WLCX.
The La Crosse police court docket lists multiple defendants with fines for disorderly conduct including Donald Anderson Eugene Barnes and William Chase, plus charges of reckless driving running a stop and go signal speeding and related offenses. A Sparta case involving Chester Bangsberg was transferred to Circuit Court over a prejudice affidavit. The Rinaldi Trucking Company faced a $484 fine for overload with license limits exceeded.
Kenneth Shaw of Valley Junction faces a federal hearing after being bound over on a $500 cash bond for harboring AWOL Camp McCoy soldier Vern Rudolph. Rudolph, 1921, had been absent since June and was turned over to Camp McCoy authorities. Deputy Irvin Strozinisky, Officers Sullivan and Reinstra, and an FBI agent nabbed Shaw in his home. Sheriff Hendrickson later arrested Edward Powell near Sparta.
John White of Camp McCoy was fined 75 dollars and costs by Justice H L Beckman for drunk driving. Norman Crowe of Tomah Veterans Hospital was fined 75 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated.
Rudolph Jolivette and his wife Marjorie Haldor Jolivette spend Christmas in La Crosse. Rudolph is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jolivette and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stoeckly. He entered service Aug 20 with basic training at Lackland AFB and meteorology study at Chanute AFB. They previously resided in Champaign Illinois.
Snow flurries and church bells may usher in Christmas Day in the Coulee Region. Temperatures will near 18 degrees tonight and rise to about 25 Thursday. Weather details from the U S Weather Bureau cite A D Lanal. past records note a white Christmas in 1951 and other cold or warm Dec 24 histories. Roads are open but drivers urged to use caution amid ice patches and poor visibility.
Howard R Olson of EMI U S Navy arrives in La Crosse for Christmas with family, after six years away including time aboard the USS Coral Sea in European waters. He is stationed at Annapolis and plans to return to sea duty in June 1953. his grandfather John E Olson, 314 S Sixth St, also resides in town.
Officials of a House group said Emerson received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation. The charges continued from Page 1 discuss membership records and possible omissions.
In San Diego two surgeons donated operations for Ignacio Rodelo 13 and Emma Rodelo 12, both blind since birth. Referred by Mrs. Josephine Andazola of the Free Methodist mission territory that includes Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, the procedures aim to restore about 80 percent of normal vision, with six months needed to assess outcomes.
Several churches announce Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. The Church of the Nazarene holds a 7 p.m. eve service and 7:30 p.m. Bible study on West Avenue. North Presbyterian hosts a 11 p.m. candlelight service. Salvation Army presents a 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve program with a one act play. Calvary Baptist plans a 7 p.m. Christmas Matins. First Baptist offers an 11 p.m. midnight service. Seventh Street Baptist observes 11 a.m. Christmas Day worship. Congregational Church schedules a 11 p.m. candlelight service. Episcopal Church offers three morning services on Christmas Day. St. Peter's plans Christmas vespers 11:30 p.m. Bethany Evangelical Free Church invites a Thursday morning service and Moody Evangelical Free Church combines caroling and 7:30 p.m. services. St. John's hosts a 10 a.m. service with The Christmas Story in Song by Ruth Reinholz.
Pope Pius XII urged East and West to seek salvation in Christ rather than a mechanized society. He cited poverty and war's toll, criticized Communist regimes and capitalist unions, and urged solidarity, fair employment, and ending vast economic inequalities. He warned society is not a machine and must not be treated as such.
Here for Christmas are Dr Harris G Hanson dental officer at U S Government Hospital Fort Yates S D and Mrs Hanson visiting their son Rev LaVerne R Hanson and family at 1011 Sill St
Cloudy with snow flurries tonight and Thursday across Wisconsin. Cold tonight and Thursday in south and east areas. Minnesota mostly cloudy through Thursday with scattered flurries in the east. Iowa: cloudy tonight with a colder east. Thursday partly cloudy west and central with flurries in the east. Shippers forecast projects shipments within 150 miles of La Crosse to 6 am Friday with temperatures from 8 to 18 degrees.
The Mississippi in this district will stay nearly stationary through the remainder of the week. Sunrise Thursday is 7 38 a m and sunset Thursday is 4 32 p m.
Western Wisconsin Association of Life Underwriters hosted a Christmas party at Oak Forest Sanatorium on December 22. Harold E. Krause presented two hair dryers to the superintendent Leona Knudson. Santa Claus distributed gifts to patients as Paul Finanger served as MC for a two hour program featuring Kenneth Wittenberg impersonating Victor Borge John Morrissey Shirley Bratberg Lina Hansen and Larry Zieman and his seven piece orchestra.
A Kimberley resident underwent 35 days of transfusions delivering more than twelve times his own blood amount. Medical team monitored hemostasis and recovery as doctors described the case as remarkable for its scale.
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