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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1963

Page

6

Winnebagoes Vote on Organization in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Winnebago Indians will vote Saturday January 19 on whether to organize under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. If a majority favors it they will operate under a constitution and by laws of the Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe with polling at several towns and a 30 percent turnout required from an estimated 494 adult members.

Black River Falls Wis Mitchell Whiterabbit Wisconsin Winnebago Business Committee Komensky Town Hall Jackson County la Grange Monroe County Lake Delton John Winneshiek Wisconsin Rapids Wittenberg Village Hall

Driver Charged In Death Of 2 Brothers

Sauk City man Stanley Frosch 21 was charged with inattentive driving in the Dec 29 crash near Mazo that killed his brothers Duane 25 and Roy 18. A warrant names ordinary negligence. arraignment awaits his recovery. The offense carries up to $25 fine and one year license suspension.

Madison Sauk City Stanley Frosch Frosch John Stevenson Mazomanie Duane Roy Frosch

Madison Hikes Library Fees and Parking Fines

In Madison two city divisions voted to raise costs. The Library Board boosted overdue book charges from 2 to 3 cents per day to cover higher operating costs. The Police Department said overtime parking tickets will rise to $2 from $1.

Madison Library Board Police Department

Walter Roth Honored By Jaycees For Pool Fight

Walter Roth was named boss of the year by the La Crosse Junior Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. He notes he was not on the Common Council when the swimming pool was built, as previously reported. Roth led the Jaycees swim pool committee in a long campaign against council opposition, including referendum tests, before approval. He later served on the Council.

Walter Roth la Crosse

Word Puzzle Clue List From Netherland City Bonding Book

A fragmented puzzle page lists Across and Down clues with numbers and partial entries. It includes terms like City in the Netherlands Invest My Italic long fish episperm devotee scout group and related crossword prompts across and down clues with several missing answers.

Corbett Davis J . Carney Linkletter

Puzzle Answers From Short-napped Fabric To Parson Bird Maori

Short-napped fabric solution list spans 19 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 48 49 50 53 54 with clues covering follower stream empress nickname and more. final entries include parson bird Maori and related terms.

Alexander Andrew Mr. Hunter Mr. MacMurray Ireland Merit Relate Parson Bird Olin Mathieson Allis-Chalmers RCA Republic Steel American Motors Rexall Drug Amer Tel & Tel Reynolds Metals Royal Dutch Avco Safeway Stores Boeing G. D. Searle Boston Capital Sears Roebuck Brunswick Sinclair Oil Chrysler NS Socony Delanese Sperry Rand Columbia Gas Ind N.J. Consolidated Food Devoe & Reynolds Stud Packard Tris Dupont Eastman Kodak Super Food Financial Fed Swift Ford Texaco Fruehaus Trane Gamble Skogmo United Airlines General Dynamics U.S. Freight General Electric U.S. Rubber General Motors U.S. Steel Wallace Press General Telephone Glass Tire, Inc NS Westinghouse Elec Great North NS Western Union Greyhound White Motor Ilinois Central Woolworth Inter Harvester Zenith Interstate Power Dow Jones Jones & Laughlin la Cr Lockheed Ludlow Mack Trucks Magnavox Am Eemeen Vem Montgomery Ward Monsanto Chemical Pacific St. Power NS

Stocks and Commodities Market Summary

Stock quotations cover March Wheat January Soybeans and January Eggs along with many company listings and mutual funds. Notable tickers include Bell & Farrell Central Tele Frantz Mfg Heileman Brew Trane Co Warner Elec West Coast Wis P and L and various fund names with daily bid ranges.

Bell & Farrell, Inc Central Tele Mark O. & R First Bank Sk Gateway Trans Godfrey Co Hamilton Mfg Heileman Brew Koehring Co la Cr. Rub. Mills la Crosse McQuay, Inc Nekoosa Edw Plastics St. Pwr Royal Dutch N.Y Trane Co Warner Elec West, T West, Power Tausche Hard Mutual Boston Fund Chemical F Eaton & Howard Bal. Fund Eaton & Howard Std. Fund Fidelity Fund Incorp. Invest Mass. Inv Mass Nat Puritan Fund Wis. Fund

Study Group Favors Minnesota Sales Tax

Minnesota tax reform proposals favor a sales levy with income tax credit as the most effective, least disruptive option. The Tax Study Committee proposes blending a sales tax with credits, potentially 1 percent yields about 50 million annually, and explores a modified gross income tax and business receipts taxes, while urging elimination of $60 million in current taxes and a statewide assessor system to overhaul the property tax.

Adolph Johnson ST. Paul Minnesota Governor's Tax Study Committee Paul V. Grambsch University of Minnesota School of Business Eastern New England

Church Wins in Case Of Missing Giblets

In Sun Prairie a county judge ruled Sacred Heart Church not responsible for chicken giblets it did not receive or want. Judge Buenzli fined seller Gordon Steck $100 for misrepresentation after delivering 925 chickens and charging for 2119 pounds. The church alleged it received 1768 pounds. Steck claimed giblets were removed as a favor.

Steck Buenzli

Minnesota Securities Exceed $100 Million

The Minnesota State Board of Investment reported that corporate securities held for state retirement funds passed the $100 million mark for the first time. Executive secretary Robert E. Blixt said holdings total $98.2 million with a 4.42 percent average yield, and market appreciation lifts value to about $102 million. Corporate bonds and common stocks have been bought since March 1960.

Wiggins Named Head of Wisconsin Resource Agency

Madison Wisconsin Frank P Zeidler appointed David Wiggins as director of the Division of Industrial Development within the State Department of Resource Development Wiggins will lead with considerable autonomy in handling industrial projects He previously wrote for The Milwaukee Journal and joined the agency in 1960 Lucian G Schlimgen Jr will be assistant director A Madison native and UW graduate he is a registered professional engineer

Hearing Sought on 400 Train Petition Discontinuance

Milwaukee AP report says Deputy City Atty. Harry Slater will seek a public hearing on the Chicago and North Western Railway petition to discontinue the 400 passenger trains between Chicago and Minnesota points. Slater was authorized by the Common Council's Public Utilities Committee to oppose the discontinuation before the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Milwaukee Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago Minnesota Harry Slater Slater Common Council Public Utilities Committee Interstate Commerce Commission

Acting Dean Named at Wisconsin University

MADISON AP Mrs Patricia Tautfest assistant to the dean of women and counselor for students at the University of Wisconsin has been named acting dean of women. She succeeds Martha Peterson appointed special assistant to President Fred Harrington. Mrs Tautfest joined the university staff in 1960.

Danbury woman dies from smoke inhalation in blaze

Mrs Elva Wahlgren 82 a widow living alone died of smoke inhalation as flames destroyed her two story frame home during extreme cold.

Danbury Wis Elva Wahlgren

Kennedy Budget Proposes Shifts In Defense Space And Social Spending

President Kennedy urges defense and space boosts while trimming other programs. Defense would rise to 55.4 billion. overall 96.5 billion requested for new appropriations. Education and foreign aid detail show rises and cuts. debt projections and debt ceiling extensions loom.

Kennedy Pentagon Atomic Energy Commission Congress

Polar Bears Boost Diet To Withstand Unusual Cold In Rome

Rome zoo officials announced a special diet for polar bears due to two days of unusually cold weather with temperatures at 19 degrees. They mixed cod liver oil into the bears' meals to raise fat content, aligning their meals with Arctic feeding practices.

Rome Arctic

Withholding of soybeans and corn begins in Minnesota

The National Farmers Organization launched a withholding action on corn and soybeans in Minnesota to lift prices. President Oren Lee Staley, at an NFO rally in Tracy, said the movement uses a minute man system and aims to boost NFC memberships while creating a corn shortage to lift cattle feed costs. About 1,200 attended the pancake and sausage dinner before his remarks.

Staley

Kennedy urges board to back rapid settlement of dock dispute

Kennedy asks the board to recommend a procedure for immediate resumption of operations and a settlement tailored to this situation. Washington interpreted this as a plea to avoid broad labor legislation if Congress must act. The dispute centers on wages, with ILA seeking 50 cents hourly over two years, including 26 cents, against an offered 22 cents. The prestrike base wage was $3.02 per hour.

Washington Kennedy Congress ILA

Indicted on charge of killing ex wife in Rockford

Kenneth LeMay, 32, an iron worker, was indicted by the Winnebago County grand jury on a murder charge. The slaying occurred two days after his divorce from Leta LeMay, as he allegedly forced entry Dec 2 and shot her with a 22 caliber rifle. He fled, was injured in an auto crash on the Northwest Tollway, and later jailed.

Rockford, Ill Kenneth LeMay Winnebago County Grand Jury

Deputy post created for Resource Development department

The State Board of Personnel approved a deputy director post for the State Department of Resource Development in Madison. The new position pays 12330 dollars annually. David Carley, former department head, recommended the post to provide continuity.

Winona Livestock Market Rates and Midwest summaries

Swift and Company reports current hog cattle and veal quotations. Hogs steady with varied live weights, cows and bulls mixed. cattle weak, steers and heifers down, cows steady. Regional notes from St Paul, Chicago produce and grain quotes provided for context.

ST. Paul ST. Paul, Minn USDA

Hodge Paroled After Embezzlement Sentence Reduction

Orville E. Hodge, once Illinois state auditor, granted parole effective January 31 or soon after, as he arranges work and residence in Granite City. He has served since August 1956 for embezzling 1.5 million dollars, with health issues cited in his appeal.

Springfield, Ill Orville E. Hodge Hodge Illinois Parole and Pardon Board Granite City Otto Kerner Margaret Fort Lauderdale Fla

Expect Castro To Free More U.S. Prisoners

In Havana a Swiss envoy said Fidel Castro’s government will likely allow a second plane of Cuban American citizens to depart for the United States on Friday. More than 700 Americans have applied for repatriation. the first group of 68 arrived in Miami last Sunday. No prisoners were released on that flight, and about 900 Americans remain in Cuba, many of them children.

Havana Fidel Castro United States U.S Cuba Miami Fla Castro

Minnesota Lutherans Choose Brainerd as HQ

The Minnesota North District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod selected Brainerd as its headquarters at an organizing convention in Minneapolis. About two thirds of 200 delegates voted for Brainerd, with other cities in contention including Little Falls Alexandria Wadena and Moorhead. Rev. A C Seltz of Thief River Falls was named president and plans to move to Brainerd in spring. The district has 217 congregations and 43 000 members. The convention concluded Wednesday night.

Minneapolis Minnesota North Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod Brainerd Little Falls Alexandria Wadena Moorhead A. C. Seltz Thief River Falls

Gaitskell’s Condition Remains Grave

London AP report states Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell, 56, showed slight response to treatment for a mysterious virus but his renal and abdominal complications keep his condition very grave. A Middlesex Hospital bulletin said he slept for long periods and had shown some response to treatment since January 4.

London Labor Party Hugh Gaitskell Middlesex Hospital Gaitskell

ODRINEX Diet Tablet Offered With Money Back Guarantee

A drug called ODRINEX promises fat loss in seven days without exercises or laxatives. It claims appetite suppression and continued enjoyment of meals, priced at $3.00 with a full money back guarantee from Soell's Drug Stores at 509 Main and 1128 Gillette, and mail orders available.

Soell's Drug Stores Main Gillette

Officer Acquitted Of Boy's Death During Pursuit

A directed verdict of acquittal was ordered for highway patrolman Clifford Mulder in a $25,000 suit by Harold W. Bauers trustee for his late son Richard 17. Richard Bauers died after a high speed chase up to 110 mph on Dec 15 1959 near Oakland Minnesota. The defense argued contributory negligence by the boy and the judge granted acquittal.

Austin, Minn Harold W. Bauers Oakland Richard Clifford Mulder Pipestone Austin Bauers Mulder Young Bauers W. F. Plunkett Richard Bauers

Commission Okays Insurance Merger in Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Insurance Commission approved the merger of Church Mutual Insurance Co. of Merrill and Cheese Makers Mutual Insurance Co. of Madison with Church Mutual to be the continuing corporation. Effective Feb. 1, cheese makers must pay a 50 percent special dividend to policyholders on premiums in force. Church Mutual reported assets of 2.1 million and surplus of 1 million at end of 1961. Cheese Makers had assets 146,105 and surplus 138,357.

Madison Wisconsin Insurance Commission Church Mutual Insurance Co Merrill Cheese Makers Mutual Insurance Co Charles Manson Church Mutual Cheese Makers Mutual Manson

State Paper Industry Reaches Record Employment

Neenah Wisconsin The Wisconsin Paper Industry Information Service reports a record 42 671 workers employed in the state. Capital investment exceeds 50 million dollars annually and industry facilities value is about 657 million dollars. Taxes paid by manufacturers are higher than in five neighboring states by 41 percent above the regional average. George E Mackin Green Bay chairs the information service.

Neenah S AP Wisconsin Paper Industry Information Service George E. Mackin Green Bay The Information Service Mackin Wisconsin

Ann Landers Advice Columns Chronicle Family Struggles

A series of reader letters to Ann Landers cover teen fashion battles with a daughter wearing her father’s clothes, marital tensions over moving a hobby workshop to the basement, a religious upbringing dispute during an engagement, and a Wisconson reader’s quip about maple sap timing. The column ends with a Truman quote and a 1963 publication line.

Ann Landers

Boy Arrested In Beloit Threat Letter Request

A 16 year old was arrested Wednesday while attempting to collect money he demanded in a threatening letter to Dr. Lester P. Brillman who lives just outside Beloit. Det Capt Howard Bjorklund said the youth admitted writing the letter over the weekend. Dist Atty William Donovan said he will likely be taken to Juvenile Court on a delinquency complaint.

Beloit Howard Bjorklund Capt Bjorklund William Donovan

Wisconsin School Boards elects leaders at convention

Harold Wentzel of Kimberly was elected president of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards as the three day convention opened. He will take office March 1, succeeding Ted G. Holthusen of Stevens Point. Tom Crist Jr. of Wisconsin Dells was named first vice president and Ben M. Guthrie of Lac du Flambeau, second vice president.

Milwaukee Harold Wentzel Kimberly Wisconsin Association of School Boards Wentzel Ted G. Holthusen Stevens Point Tom Crist Jr Wisconsin Dells Ben M. Guthrie Lac du Flambeau

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