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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1958
Page
2
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules in favor of Gandt of Oconto County over 11 feet distance to school. The decision requires Joint School District No. 3 to pay bus transportation costs for Gandt’s two children.
Rummage sale set for June 5 from 9 to 4 and June 6 from 9 to 11 at Blessed Sacrament Hall. Drop films for photo finishing at Universal Photo Service 514 State Street with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
Michael M. Meir 73 of La Crescent Minnesota was convicted by County Judge Eugene A. Toepel for drunken driving. He was fined 100 dollars plus 6.75 dollars in costs and forbidden to drive in Wisconsin for one year after Patrolman Forrest Bahan testified Meir was arrested May 19 on Hwy 16. The court verified the car tow matched the officer’s location.
A robber late Tuesday or early Wednesday stole $2 from a Coca Cola machine outside Roy Franz Standard Service Station at 6th and Cass streets. The cash box was replaced and the machine closed after the theft. A similar entry occurred on Memorial Day. Dr. M. Schreiber of St. Francis Hospital reported theft of car keys from his hospital room dresser. Extra keys were also taken from a box in the drawer.
The report cites the lowest temperature last night, the highest reading yesterday, and an overall outlook for the coming hours. Usual regional data omitted due to fragment.
At the year end Fly-up ceremony Troop 52 Webster School pins and wings were given to 13 Brownies. Pins were pinned by former leader Mrs Melvin Butzman. Readers include Gloria Bina Marilyn Carr Mary Ellen Crum Carolyn Duncan Cleo Grade Marlene Knutson Patty Kreibich Barbara Kay Nelson Cheryl Lewison Kristy Rae Olson Jane Sammelson Deanna Lee Wallace Peggy Zurn. Fourteen younger Brownies and leaders Mrs Allen Brenegan and Mrs Kenneth Zurn attended.
Bert Weeden, 87, of Viola, died at a Viroqua hospital after a long illness. Born in La Crosse, he lived much of his life in Richland and Vernon counties. Survived by his wife, four daughters and two sons. Funeral at Henthorn Funeral Home Thursday at 1 30 p.m. with Rev. Edward H. Zager officiating. Burial in Viola Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mrs. Lillie A. Watkins 72 wife of Harry Watkins 111 N 13th St died suddenly Tuesday evening in a local hospital She was born September 6 1885 in Minneapolis Minnesota Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Edwin C Gruenert Indianapolis and Mrs Aldin G Peterson Aurora and six grandchildren Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Byron Herbert Reece, 40, a Georgia poet and novelist and part time English lecturer at Young Harris College, was found dead last night from a gunshot wound in his campus apartment. College president Dr C R Clegg said he had been in poor health for years and had recently become despondent.
Davenport Iowa AP Harry Lee a 72 year old nearly blind retired Chinese cook has lived in the United States for 40 years and faces deportation to Red China. The U S Immigration Service gives him 30 days to produce sworn affidavits that he has not left the country since 1924. He says the task is nearly impossible with friends dead and many moves.
An 11 year old boy Steven McKenzie was injured when his bicycle collided with a car in the Franklin School yard at 12 35 p m Tuesday. He suffered a bruised leg and was taken to a doctor by his parents. The car was driven by 45 year old Lawrence J Stencel who said rain made him stop near the school door to drop off a girl passenger.
Market quotes from Swift & Company report hog cattle and calf prices across weights and grades. Hogs show steady to higher bars with various weight brackets. cattle and calves list ranges for steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and vealers. Chicago and South St. Paul regions note price levels and activity.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter steady with receipts at 2 483 000 lbs and wholesale prices unchanged. Egg prices irregular with 20 500 cases received and grade A whites 34 percent, mixed 34, mediums 32, standards 33, dirties 32, checks 31, current receipts 3244.
Chicago market notes show arrivals at 451 cars on track 349 with total US shipments 798. Idaho russets command 4.00 to 4.40 per cwt while long whites weaken with dull demand. California long whites 3.35 to 3.85 and round reds 2.60 to 3.85. Arizona round reds 1.60 to 3.75. Alabama round reds 2.65 to 2.85.
In Whitehall Laurance Stanley Sonsalla pleaded guilty to drunken driving and was fined 100 dollars plus 6.95 dollars costs or 60 days in Trempealeau County Jail. Isabel M. Conrad and Olga A. Schiffer obtained absolute divorces from Norbert Conrad and Gerhard Schiffer for cruel and inhuman treatment. In La Crosse John W Pulver faced disorderly conduct charges. A string of June incidents noted include hospitalizations, a maternity event, a flooded oil burner, a military plane standby, a street flare, and a fire at a clothes closet.
At 2 30 a m on CTH I two Bangor youths sustained injuries when Leo Hammes Jr 16 lost control bending to pick up a dropped cigarette lighter causing the car to skid and overturn into a ditch. Dennis Simpson 16 sustained arm and leg injuries.
Edna Bright West 77 a daughter of early Jackson and Clark counties pioneers died after surgery in St Paul She was born 1881 in Black River Falls and lived in the historic Bright family home Survived by a sister Birdine and many nieces and nephews Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm at Langlois Galston Funeral Home with burial in Riverside Cemetery
Lawrence W. Mitley, 26, pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor in County Court, after previously entering an innocent plea to statutory rape. Judge Eugene A. Toepel fined him $25 and $6.75 court costs. The change was urged by Dist. Atty. George Thompson.
Robert J. Nelson reported a Tuesday loss near the Hollywood Theater of a billfold with 5 to 10 dollars a driving license and a Paramount Studios check. Curtis Johnson said he lost a billfold downtown on Monday with driving fishing and hunting licenses. Mrs Carl Saluzzi reported her brown leather studded collar with attached license 2040 missing from her dog. Edward Kukolsky reported a hubcap disappeared from his car parked in front of his house.
Paul Main of 12172 Johnson St reports a Saturday attempt to break into his residence. A thief removed a screen but could not enter as the window was locked, replaced the screen upside down, and left an unusual footprint.
Showers and thunderstorms expected across Wisconsin with scattered severe storms and heavy rain likely in the northwest and west central areas. Cooler air moves in tonight, with Thursday turning cooler and mostly cloudy to partly cloudy across regions including Minnesota and Iowa.
Forecast from Hastings Minnesota to Guttenberg Iowa notes no change at Dam 2 and small shifts at Dams 3 through 10 with a rise of up to 0.8 foot at some stations. Sunrise and sunset times and moonrise are listed along with heating degree days and fiscal year total.
About 3,000 delegates at the General Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Detroit heard a speaker run overtime. A feminine voice cried pinching from the loudspeaker as the chairman apologized for the disruption and the session regained order.
State Crime Laboratory joins Oconto County investigators in a case at Spruce Wisconsin where 69 year old Frank Konop was found shot in his ramshackle home. Brother John Konop 74 and a suspect in custody, a .22 rifle found near the scene. Autopsy timed death about 6 pm Monday.
An official in Algiers reports De Gaulle attracting more than 400000 French troops to Algeria as crowds pour into the capital to see him. The city buzzes with gaiety and nerves as Cross of Lorraine symbols glow and a large international press corps arrives. Troops and security forces patrol busy streets as paratroops and guards oversee the spectacle.
Defense Secretary Neil H McElroy urged the military to settle disputes within the executive department rather than in Congress He spoke at the U S Military Academy graduation for 570 cadets and supported a plan to encourage congressional airing of disputes The bill awaits House action President Eisenhower also criticized a provision allowing top officials to bypass military channels to Congress warning of possible legalized insubordination
John W. Mitchell, 114 S. 15th St., was elected president of the La Crosse County Assn for Mental Health after the May 20 annual meeting. New officers include vice president Mrs. John J. Satory and secretary Mrs. George W. Larrabee. Mitchell, a G Heileman Brewing Co. sales research director, succeeds James O. Holmlund. He has served on the chapter board for a year and is active with local groups. The chapter plans budget discussions with the Chest committee and will attend the Wisconsin Mental Health meeting June 14 at Mendota.
Marian Bradshaw 55 wife of Rev Alvin R Bradshaw pastor of Viola Methodist Church died Tuesday in a Rochester hospital. Born June 18 1902 in Pepin County she married Nov 20 1942. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 30 pm at Viola Methodist Church with burial in Arkansaw Cemetery.
Saunders, 38,038 votes, over Hauck 15,644 and Lacey 6,813, led the South Dakota Republican gubernatorial race. Ralph Herseth won the Democratic nomination unopposed. Elsewhere Brown and Knowland forecast California victory. Alabama politics saw a split in the State Democratic Executive Committee.
Madison Wisconsin AP Dr William D Stovall a pioneer in public health was honored by national state and local medical officials at a banquet attended by 250. He will retire July 1 after 44 years in public health services as director of the State Laboratory of Hygiene. The Dane County Medical Society gave 2500 to a landscaping project named for Stovall and UW presented a portrait to hang in the laboratory.
In Schenectady New York a green blotter on the marriage license desk holds playful and romantic scribbles from couples. One entry reads It love you Minnie and another corners reads Hern mother while others ask What'd you say your name was.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a jury award of 51916 to Mr and Mrs Harold Schroeder farmers west of Ft Atkinson for injuries to Mrs Schroeder and the death of their four month old son Richard from a May 1955 crash. The judgment named Jefferson County and its insurer Travelers Indemnity Co and Jack Chapman and his insurer Farmers Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. The court held the county negligent for not warning motorists of the blocked road and Chapman negligent for rear ending Schroeder's car after a dump truck blocked the highway.
UAW and American Motors reach an indefinite extension after agreeing to delay new terms past June 15 if no agreement is reached. Meetings are planned with General Motors and Ford, with Chrysler possibly added to the talks, as the industry moves to reframe its labor negotiations.
Sheriff reports several Shelby residents complain of boys shooting song birds with BB rifles. Town ordinance allows up to 100 dollar fine and 30 days in jail for shooting within town limits, plus state penalties for harm to birds.
President Eisenhower addressed United States Naval Academy graduates urging that the overriding goal in the nuclear era is the prevention of war and promotion of world peace. He added that a just peace requires national strength and that obsolescence in military management endangers the nation. The address honored 145 of 900 graduates as 11,000 spectators watched.
An advertisement claims PABASONE provides fast, lasting relief from Rheumatic and Arthritic pain for up to twenty four hours daily. It touts a booster action from Para-Amino-Benzoic acid and Vitamin C and promises restored daily joy and restful nights.
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