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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1963
Page
2
A La Crosse Tribune reader notes shopkeepers report egg timers by mothers of teenagers after Ann Landers advised use of a five minute limit. Responses include witty exchanges about realism, fashion, and advice, while a reader seeking guidance on marital trust writes in.
July lists show multiple births across Wisconsin towns. In Tomah and surrounding areas, newborns include a daughter Coleen Frances OConnor, a son Scott Brian Dahlke, a daughter Karen Marie Doyle, a daughter Sandra Jean Westpfahl, a son Danny Howard Welch, a daughter Debra Jean Parr, and more to families in Tomah, Wonewoc, Wilton, Aurora and nearby addresses.
A 17 year old Onalaska teen, Larry Thompson, awoke to a window burglary at a root beer stand and alerted his father and sheriff. Police traced a getaway car to another stand where the suspect hid, found loot including $148 in half dollars and $8 in pennies, and linked additional thefts at nearby Dari Delite. The 18 year old suspect was jailed. two stands reported missing cigarettes and candy bars.
In La Crescent Minnesota four members of Boy Scout Troop 98 received the Ad Altare Dei Award from Bishop Edward Fitzgerald of the Winona Diocese. The honorees are James Wally Gregory Berg Daniel Patterson and Ronald Hurm. Scoutmaster Donald Ott leads Troop 98 sponsored by Gittens Leidel American Legion Post 595.
For finer photo finishing leave your films at Universal Photo Service 514 State Street. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money refunded.
A heavily laden grain truck with no brakes rolled 3.1 miles down Thompson Hill in Duluth. Driver Eugene Skoog 24 of Bismarck kept the vehicle under control with air horn warnings and made a 75 degree turn onto Grand Avenue. The truck cleared 54th and Grand, passed through a red light, and halted after 20 blocks with no injuries.
Six persons were injured in a head-on collision Friday night on County Highway B in the Town of Hamilton near Maple Grove Country Club. The drivers Edward Oertel 51 and Michael J. Maher 20 were treated at Lutheran and Grandview hospitals, while passengers R 2 wife 52 and Brenstein family members 55 and 49 plus David J. Weissenberger 18 and Maher’s passenger were admitted for cuts and bruises.
Baltimore AP reports an 11 year fight for admission to Gwynn Oak Amusement Park ends August 28 as owners James David and Arthur Price agree to end racial discrimination and drop charges against about 380 demonstrators. Agreement halted demonstrations and was arranged by Baltimore County Executive Spiro Agnew.
Wiemann C B Wiemann of La Crosse says he was not confirmed to the State Chiropractic Board of Examiners due to a technicality. He cites that O B Heidde, the man he would replace, has not been confirmed after being scratched when revealed as a Republican. Governor Reynolds faces a Republican-led Senate that rejected seating him, prompting Wiemann to lament politics over public welfare.
Geography professor George H. T. Kimble of Indiana University argues African nations lack economies and geography to sustain sovereignty. He cites reliance on peanuts and cotton, limited budgets, and environmental erosion, naming six nations that could become autonomous while warning many others face impotence and decadence. He notes past progress yet recalls Mau Mau fears and urges careful, long term aid by the United States.
S M Martin, once Eddyville mayor, invested about 20000 in war bonds to build a nondenominational church on a knoll above Lake Barkley. The 32 by 40 two level building and 40 by 60 pavilion opened this spring. He hopes the project promotes Christian unity and uses bond interest for worship space beyond denomination. The lake project reduced his land to 15 acres, with a dedication planned as the dam named for Alben Barkley nears completion.
Wisconsin Highway Commission district office reports apparent low bidders for state road work. McCoy Construction Co. of Prairie du Chien bids $18,948 to base gravel on 3.829 miles of County Trunk A in Grant County. Mathy Construction Co. of La Crosse bids $244,461 for 17.69 miles of surfacing on Highway 80 between south of Dexterville and north of Necedah in Juneau Wood County. Enn & Nelson Construction Co. of Black River Falls bids $59,406 to build a highway structure on County Trunk 6 in Columbia County along the Portage relief route Wisconsin Highway 78.
Today in history highlights events from 1860 Milazzo battle in Sicily to 1963 notes. Key items include Garibaldians expelling Neapolitans, 1776 Continental Congress members, Nordenskiöld Arctic voyage, 1901 New York heat deaths, FDR civil service reform, Potsdam remarks, postwar clemency boards, Jordan severing ties, ICJ advisory on UN costs.
AP reports Wisconsin total long term debt rose to 854.5 million in 1962, up from 160 million in 1928, equaling 41.67 per thousand of equalized valuation. City debts totaled 443.1 million, counties 146.9, villages 17, towns 8.4, and school districts 239 million.
MABEL Minn Mrs Paul Soltow lost two toes on her right foot to a power lawnmower Thursday afternoon while mowing at her home here. She slipped and the mower backed and the foot became entangled in the blade. She was taken to a La Crosse hospital where the foot was dressed and she was allowed to return home the same evening.
Christian Science churches emphasize God as eternal Life this Sunday. The lesson cites Psalms 42:8 as Golden Text and cites Mary Baker Eddy in Science and Health emphasizing that what is governed by God remains governed by life and intelligence.
A lengthy diocesan style schedule lists dozens of congregations in La Crosse area with times for Sunday school worship and extra events. Denominations include Seventh Day Adventist First Assembly of God First Baptist St. Josephs Cathedral Blessed Sacrament Holy Trinity Newman Student Parish St. James St. Patrick’s St. John the Baptist St. Thomas More St. Wenceslaus St. Pius Church of Christ Science and various Lutheran and Nazarene churches along with Salvation Army and Unitarian Fellowship.
A 19 year old Indonesian student Bo Soerjosoedermo returned President Kennedy’s loose tie clasp after a south lawn melee at the White House. Kennedy gave Bo a gold PT109 tie clip in return and expressed appreciation for the apology. The gesture followed Bo’s note calling for no fear of greeting foreign students next year.
Wisconsin highway detours were posted on nine major routes due to construction. Affected sections include State 70 between Radisson and Ojibwa, State 75 between Kansasville and Paddock Lake, State 103 east of Ladoga, State 24 through Milwaukee, State 27 south of Cadott, State 33 between Beaver Dam and Horicon, State 46 north of Balsam Lake, and State 67 north of Oconomowoc. eighteen other main routes remain open during work.
MELROSE Wis A fellowship dinner will be held at 12 15 p m Sunday after morning worship in the Methodist Church for Rev and Mrs How ard White The Rev Mr White has pastored the Melrose Methodist Parish five years overseeing the completion of the church building program The dinner is open to the public.
Radio highlights list baseball games and a rebroadcast concert. Braves face Dodgers in a Sunday doubleheader on WKTY at 12 45 p m while Twins meet Senators on WKBH at 1 25 p m. Coulee Region Symphony concert replay airs on WLCX at 6 p m.
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