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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1961
Page
1
The Wisconsin Senate approved a bill expanding State Patrol authority to arrest felons and misdemeanants in a 24 to 6 vote. Opponents fear shifting local policing to a state bureau.
In a festive Moscow party for Indonesia's Sukarno turning 60, Khrushchev danced with the Indonesian president. The 66 year old Soviet leader joked about finances, beat a bongo drum, and even led the orchestra with Sukarno's marshal's baton in a light hearted evening.
The United States says it will not force the Geneva Laos talks to collapse but will press for a cease fire at the conference. State Department spokesman Lincoln White accuses the Communist side of violating the cease-fire and says Washington will proceed with Laos goals as announced by the Lao king.
President Kennedy kept a pledge to greet the Tomah High School senior class of 94 students. They visited the White House on Tuesday and witnessed his departure by Marine helicopter to Annapolis for the Naval Academy commencement.
A formation mission appointed by the Organization of American States departed Washington in the Columbine for the Dominican Republic to investigate conditions. The six hour flight carried representatives from Panama the United States Uruguay and Colombia with Panama's Ambassador Augusto Arango as chairman stating the group would seek the facts. Reports from Ciudad Trujillo indicated a shift in government motive for the assassination of Generalissimo Rafael L. Trujillo with officials pushing a theory of international conspiracy.
Saigon reports over 80 Communist terrorists killed in three clashes with South Vietnamese forces over the weekend. The government says this marks the largest outbreak of fighting since the April 9 presidential election when Viet Cong attacked in battalion strength. Western sources largely confirm Communist casualty figures but cite uncertainty over government losses.
Ottawa reports that the United States blocked unloading equipment for Canadian grain shipments to Red China, delaying a deal worth about 425 million dollars over two years. Prime Minister Diefenbaker expected to address Parliament with details of Treasury obstruction and its impact on Canada U S relations.
In Geneva the United States charged a blatant cease-fire violation after Communist forces captured Padong. Harriman endorsed postponing meetings pending Washington guidance while Western delegates weighed continuing talks. Pro Western troops at Padong faced heavy artillery and withdrew to prepared positions.
In Damascus police seized all written records of the Syrian Communist Central Committee meetings and activities and found a printing press and leaflets at a back street home. Al Wahda called the papers the biggest Communist scandal since 1917 and no arrests were noted. Cairo papers voiced concern over Communist influence in the region.
The Minnesota Legislature completed action on a $35 million tax bill after Senate approval 51-6 and sent the $67.3 million state departments bill to the House. The total budget rises $83.8 million from two years ago, with $4.1 million of the increase for departmental allowances. Redistricting and unemployment bills remain unresolved.
In Madison the Wisconsin Senate narrowly approved a bill to replace the 111 year old recrimination or clean hands doctrine with the comparative rectitude theory in divorce cases. Sen. Jerris Leonard led the debate opposing the change as the measure faced final passage.
Kennedy faces a divided world as talks on a nuclear test ban stall with Khrushchev and a veto demand. Congress voices mixed views while Nixon Javits and Mansfield urge patient resolve and continued aid to developing nations amid Cold War tensions.
President Kennedy says the Vienna meeting with Khrushchev was immensely useful though no victor emerged. He cites prospects for breaking the Geneva deadlock on Laos and warns Berlin remains a major risk while signaling possible resumption of atomic tests. Kennedy defends a 4.8 billion foreign aid program and notes no secret concessions were made.
Secretary Dean Rusk seeks congressional approval for the 4.8 billion dollar foreign aid program backed by President Kennedy. Kennedy urged the nation in a televised address to support economic aid to resist communism, while Rusk testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee after Senate hearings.
John Harstick, 2, was killed when his father’s tractor ran over him in the Erhard Minnesota farm yard. He was the son of Vernon and unnamed Harstick, farmers nearby. The accident occurred on the family farm Tuesday.
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