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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1963
Page
3
At Ole Miss a student was suspended Friday night amid unrest over James Meredith on campus. Security tightened as Meredith dined, while a second student faced discipline from the Student Judicial Council for Thursday’s disturbance.
In Sparta Wisconsin two youths aged 15 and 16 were placed on probation to Police Chief Gerald Donovan after being charged with stealing $95 from the Wisconsin Street Grocery cash register. The theft occurred when the clerk left to fill a kerosene container. the money was later returned after the pair were recognized.
A Sunday morning fire in Hammond Indiana killed Imogene 7 Alberta 3 Gloria 4 and Clark 2 all children of Mrs Alberta Griffin nine others including Mrs Griffin and three more children were hospitalized with burns Robert Ross 21 suffered cuts. three other Griffin children escaped. Firemen said victims were Negroes and the cause was undetermined.
New York AP Nat Hiken cast Al Lewis as Sgt Leo Schnauer in Car 54 after initial doubt. Lewis, a New Yorker and nine year theater student, explains his frenetic, down to earth acting style and surprising fan mail from women praising his charm.
FT BRAGG NC AP M Sgt Charles E Burt known as Pop retires at 74 after 36 years in the Army He spent two decades as a cook with the 82nd Airborne and made a 1943 parachute jump in Africa attached to the 505th Para Infantry under Col James Gavin He never sought retirement
Richard D Lehrke 21 of 1024 St Paul St burglary of Western Stages terminal 132 E Wash burn St continued to 10:30 a m Feb 1 for presentence investigation Lehrke failed to post 1000 bond and was turned over to the sheriff to be held in County Jail Evelyn Thorud 37 of 607 N 7th St failure to report income while receiving aid from the county welfare department 30 days in County Jail sentence suspended probation to the Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare for one year on condition she make 40 96 restitution and pay 6 40 court costs Francis G Bag lewski 31 of 1500 Pine St theft of 1400 Aug 21 from Louis Bantle continued to 10:30 a m Jan 25 for presentence investigation he was released on 1000 bond
AP dispatch from Warsaw reports Polish Communist leader Gomulka privately meets with Soviet Premier Khrushchev and is described as seeking peacemaker status in the China Soviet dispute. Analysts say talks focus on Peking Moscow rift and possible path to a Communist bloc summit.
A meeting of the O nalaska Music Mothers is scheduled for Monday at 7 PM in the Pertzsch school multipurpose room.
Snow continued across the Midwest and Northeast with up to eight inches in some areas and strong winds. Kansas City declared the emergency snow ordinance, chains or snow tires were required on designated highways. Four deaths occurred in Wisconsin highway crashes amid slick roads. Fog rolled through Pennsylvania and Washington DC airports, while scattered thunderstorms wracked the Southeast from Alabama to North Carolina.
In Kodiak Alaska seven men died when a Navy plane crashed into a hillside after an attempted landing. Five crew members survived, escaping from the tail section before the fuselage burned. Aviation Electronics Technician Merlin J. Haas of Sheboygan Wisconsin was among the missing, with his wife in Oak Harbor Washington.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen called a strike against the Southern Railway Co. effective at 6 30 a m EST Sunday.
Group 1 will hold a public card party in the church dining room Sunday at 8 p.m. Lunch will be served. The article notes Entomology as the branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects.
Tshombe agreed to yield to the United Nations if allowed to remain provincial president in a reunified Congo. The UN refused to relay his proposal, saying such matters are Congo internal. US transport planes bring bridging gear to Elisabethville as Kolwezi operations lag and fears rise Tshombe might hit hydroelectric sites.
La Crosse Police Department announced snow removal will begin at midnight in downtown and North Side areas. The loop area bounded by Front, 7th, Cass and La Crosse Streets will be cleared, with towing at owners expense. Operation runs through Sunday morning.
A 50 year old Thiensville man LeRoy Hilty was killed at Justro Feed Corp in Thiensville when a .22 pistol fired as it slipped from his hand after he re entered the plant to aid an injured dog. Coroner Dr John Walsh ruled the shooting accidental.
Calvin Leck bee 35 a reporter for Waukon Newspapers was arrested in Arizona on charges of issuing worthless checks in the Waukon area totaling 300 to 400 dollars. He surrendered in Waukon after a warrant, waived preliminary hearing, and bound over on 500 dollar bond. His wife and five children are staying with her parents in Britt Iowa.
A head on collision in Ozaukee County killed two people, William J. Utke 66 of Milwaukee and Alma Schmidt of Random Lake, raising Wisconsin’s highway death toll to 16 for the year. Arthur Gnewitch 55 of De Pere was seriously injured as snow and slick roads reduced visibility on Highway 57 near Saukville.
A fact finding panel censured printers union leaders for a strike that shut NYC's nine daily papers for 36 days. It called the walkout deliberate, urged public duty to end the shutdown, and noted failed bargaining after 15 meetings. Supplemental report questions bargaining pattern and a proposed wage figure.
The JFK administration faces mounting pressure as 60,000 longshoremen strike from Maine to Texas for higher wages and benefits. With no talks scheduled, Wirtz and aides report no shift in stalemate while over 500 ships idle and industry losses exceed 400 million dollars.
La Crosse Recreation Department reports all city ice rinks will open once snow is cleared, with Lagoon possibly delayed due to air holes near the shoreline. Plowing began at 6 a.m. Saturday and skaters are warned to avoid snowbanks near the Lagoon. All rinks expected open Sunday.
Robert L. Von Haden of Blair and Penelope Lynne Havenor of Eleva to wed January 19. James E. Cleasby of Mondovi and Delores Mae Johnson of Eleva to wed January 19.
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