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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1963
Page
2
General Motors announced a 1962 net income of 1.459 billion dollars, about 5.10 per share, a 60 percent jump from 1961. The figure marks the highest annual profit by any company, with 1962 sales around 14.6 billion, and record dividends of 3.00 per share.
Governor Reynolds proposes placing a Wisconsin representative in Washington to pursue defense contracts, noting California’s lead and a need for a watchdog. He spoke after a two hour meeting with United Auto Workers leaders, saying legislative approval is required, with UAW officials present.
January tobacco market in Northern area for normal use reports 9 817 bales stemming fillers. Crops and straight strip lots show 20 430 bales with averages around 29 59 dollars. Stemming ends 2 473 bales with averages 14 56 dollars. Grinders note 28 bases with average 0 12 dollars.
AP wire summary of Milwaukee and Winona livestock prices with hogs calves and cattle showing varied moves. Hog quotes drop 25 cents, up to 36.50 top. cattle demand weak to steady with steers 23.50 to 27.50 and cows 11.50 to 15.50. calves strong 28 to 37.
London’s old city detail aside Clemson faced student enrollment of 140 new transfer students amid tensions over James Gantt’s admission. Authorities, clergy, and civic leaders pledged calm as Clemson’s 4,300 student campus prepared for orientation and classes begin Friday.
Four highway fatalities were reported across Wisconsin over the weekend raising the 1963 toll to 39, with victims including Mrs. George Ainsworth and three children injured on Highway 117 near Cecil, James D. Eckberg in Waukesha County, Michael Novak north of Marshfield, and Francis R. Rollo from Green Bay suburb Preble.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp machinists approved a three year contract with no union shop clause, opting to urge new hires to join the union. Wages rise 28.3 cents an hour over the period, with immediate boosts of 5 to 8 cents and retroactive increases to July 23, 196? for 1963 and 6-9 for 1964. The pact covers about 21,000 members in plants from Hawaii to Cape Canaveral, with 85 percent of 4,000 Burbank workers voting yes. A Taft-Hartley injunction delays a Boeing strike, not affecting Lockheed talks.
HOLLYWOOD AP John Farrow famed movie director and producer died at 56 from an apparent heart attack in Beverly Hills Sunday night. His son Patrick found him with a telephone book beside him as if seeking aid. Wife Maureen O Sullivan was in New York. daughter Mia to join. The Farrows had six children. eldest Michael was killed in an auto crash two years earlier. Farrow, born in Sydney, trained for navy service across Australia and Europe, wrote stories, authored Laughter Ends in 1934, moved to Hollywood, directed key films such as My Bill in 1937, won an Oscar in 1956 for best screenplay, and worked on Five Came Back, Two Years Before the Mast, California, Botany Bay, Hondo, Back from Eternity, Around the World in 80 Days and more.
In Stoughton Dane County an elderly man, Sever Quale, 87, thawing frozen pipes with a blow torch died as flames engulfed his two story home. Neighbors found him inside the burned structure. The coroner ruled death by smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning.
In Racine County Richard Mari on aged 12 from Husher was in fair condition after surgery for a gunshot wound at home. The wound occurred when an automatic pistol discharged during a family argument with his brother James 21 who faces a reckless use of firearms charge.
The Methodist Church in Nashville reports a Brazil evangelistic mission by 44 ministers raised 1000 dollars to fund three small churches near Brazilia the new capital.
The National Catholic Family of 1962 named by the Family Life Bureau of the National Catholic Welfare Conference includes two nuns and two priests. They are among 11 children of Mr and Mrs Richard T Seidel of Minneapolis.
Office workers began a strike at Camp Mercury in Las Vegas with a picket line at the Nevada test site. The Atomic Energy Commission said other crafts honored the line, keeping 3,800 to 3,900 workers away. Supervisors entered the gate. additional pickets gathered at the downtown Las Vegas AEC office and Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co. over subsistence and travel pay allowances.
Washington Senator William Proxmire proposes ending compulsory school attendance on the 17th birthday to cut youth unemployment. He cites statistics showing about one million youths aged 14 to 19 are out of work and not attending school.
Five children aged three months to six years died in a East Hampton fire in a four room bungalow on Sunday. Parents Jeremiah and Mrs Williams escaped with minor injuries after leaping from a window. Four children were found inside the home and a fifth died at a hospital. Investigators cite a kerosene heater explosion as the apparent cause.
ST PAUL AP The Minnesota Legislature will be asked to create a Soudan Mine State Park near Tower to preserve the state’s first iron mine as a tourist attraction. Gov. Andersen outlined a bill with 1963 65 funding of 122000 to operate until self supporting via tourist fees after the mine’s December closing following 78 years of operation. U S Steel’s Oliver Mining Division offered to donate the mine surface facilities and adjacent lands overlooking Lake Vermillion, with a 1000 acre tract available free if legislation passes, including two miles of lake frontage and a bay.
The Common Market Commission met to study Britain’s bid and report back within weeks as Heath pressed for a prompt decision. Erhard warned of grave consequences while Adenauer’s goals for Franco German unity faced strain amid France’s opposition and US urging Europe’s cohesion.
MADISON AP Gov John W Reynolds announced he will remove Wisconsin county teachers colleges from the 1963 65 state budget aiming to end the system by 1968 He warned he would veto any increases to the colleges budget and urged legislators to back elimination The plan aligns with a Legislative Council call to phase out the 22 colleges by 1968 and to require four year degrees for teachers Reynolds proposed a 28 million boost in state school aid as part of a roughly 700 million budget current total 509 million and Reynolds said budget would be ready February 5
The speaker contends that the challenge is not merely matching Western power but maintaining a lead over China in strategic terms conveying policy urgency and rivalry between nations.
Milwaukee governor John W. Reynolds warned he would veto any reapportionment bill he regards as unfair to Milwaukee County. Speaking to the United Brewery Workers Local 9, he said the Legislature’s Republican majority was elected by a minority due to misapportioned districts and any redistricting must correct that inequity before he would sign it. He added Wisconsin will not become a haven for hoodlums under his watch.
President Kennedy flew to Washington by helicopter after a frosty weekend in Virginia. He landed in ice glazed snow near the White House following a 51 minute trip from Middleburg Virginia. Mrs Kennedy and the children stayed at the families rented estate.
MACON Georgia AP reports Francis James Wrigley suffered a heart attack just before Christmas when the family postponed their reunion. The reunion dinner was held on his 49th birthday. immediately after the meal Wrigley collapsed and died from a second heart attack.
Captain Wilson Kettle died at 102 leaving 13 children 65 grandchildren 201 great grandchildren and 305 great great grandchildren. He was buried in a coffin he bought twenty years ago in Port Aux Basques Newfoundland.
Bruce A. Perry twenty three of Milwaukee died in a burning cab when his soft drink truck struck a North Western Railway freight engine on the Milwaukee border near West Allis West Milwaukee. Eugene Gordon the Chicago born train engineer said the train moved 35 40 mph as the truck skidded into the engine. The cab and body were hurled 86 feet and the wheels flew 132 feet farther, as flames engulfed the wreck.
A car carrying two 17 year olds left I 90 near the Minnesota South Dakota line, broke a guard rail, and slid onto railroad tracks between two bridges. A passing motorist helped Lyle Baumann and James Facile into the car for transport to a Sioux Falls hospital, but a passenger train struck the car and demolished it. Neither youth was seriously injured. Evergreen, Minnesota border region.
Susan Brecker 18 of Platteville won Wisconsin Junior Miss 1963 at Hales Corners over 16 finalists. The high school senior will compete nationally in Mobile Alabama in March and plans to use a $1000 scholarship to study speech at Northwestern University.
Gov. John W. Reynolds approves Federal Area Redevelopment Act training projects for unemployed workers in La Crosse Sawyer Langlade and Burnett counties. La Crosse 20 stenographers costing 4839 dollars Sawyer 32 kitchen chefs 18690 Langlade 16 kitchen chefs 7900 Burnett 72 machine operators 32000
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