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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1965
Page
2
The W A Roosevelt Co building repair begins this week after flood damage at its northwest corner. A $45 000 permit was issued by La Crosse Department. Peter Nelson and Son serve as general contractor with Papenfuss Electric Co as electrician.
Reports placed eighteen Americans dead or missing as fierce fighting at Dong Xoai drew U.S. air strikes claimed to have killed 400 Viet Cong. Relief forces found Thuan Loi town empty while a midnight helicopter evacuated three U.S. advisers. Westmoreland visited Dong Xoai as Saigon formed a 10 member war cabinet led by Thieu.
Inter dealer prices as of 9 a.m. reflect holdings in stocks bonds and mutual funds with bids and asks adjusted for rough markup. Names include Central Telephone Clark Oil Nekoosa Edwards Rockwell Mfg Royal Dutch Wis. Pow. & Lite and others. Local figures show mutual fund ranges and fund names such as Boston Fund Chemical Fund Puritan Fund and Mass Inv. Tr. showing varied price bands.
The Wisconsin Alice in Dairy Land contest named 22 finalists including 18 college students and several vocational, business, and secretarial students. Finalists span regions with multiple entrants from Cassville Blue River Madison Sun Prairie and Milwaukee among others. Interviews parades and civic events will precede the crowning as ambassador of agriculture and goodwill.
A tractor-trailer tire blowout caused a collision with a car on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Norfolk Virginia. The two vehicles burst into flames, killing four occupants whose identities were not yet released. The death toll marked the first on the span since its opening just over a year ago.
Lt. Col. John S. Drayna, 47, commander of the Grand Army Memorial Hospital at King, was reported in critical condition at Luther Hospital. Physicians said he suffered a brain hemorrhage.
About 100 civil rights demonstrators gathered in Grant Park as protests continued over school integration and the rehiring of Chicago Schools Supt. Benjamin C. Willis. Leaders warned of possible further disruptions, while the astronauts prepared for a welcome in Chicago before heading to Ann Arbor for university celebrations.
Moscow reports show the Soviet Communist party pressing for a world Communist conference to resolve the split with Peking. Beijing blasts Moscow as covert while accusing Washington and Paris of seeking peace talks on Viet Nam. Kosygin calls Viet Nam a rally point for the camp clash as China and Soviet allies diverge.
Records from La Crosse list judgments against multiple individuals and businesses including Paul Fidika doing business as Home Building Service in Galesville, Arnold Koppauf of Houston Minnesota, J L DeVault doing business as Jay's Mobile Homes, Burton and Rita Andrus versus Robert and Barbara Davids, and multiple entries for Credit Bureau of La Crosse holdings. Also noted are judgments involving Household Finance against John R. Maier Jr. and Pat Knutson cited for driving license issues.
Fragmentary report lists two ambulance or transport events on June 12 and 13. Entries mention LaVerne Kubernick at 2500 East Ave from Bangor to St Francis Hospital and John Everson from Rockland to Grandview, with times provided. Further details are not readable.
On June 13 at 5 14 a m Rennie A Linse 62 of 2224 Park Dr was taken to St Francis Hospital with illness. At 10 30 a m Mrs Edward Meyer 80 of 1603 S 10th St was taken to Lutheran Hospital also in ill ness.
A sequence of small blazes is recorded in La Crosse with incidents at A and P Grocery Co parking lot a car driven by Fred Miller in Plainview Minnesota to Clinton Street dump La Crosse Hospital a stove fire at Mrs William Hogan residence 1446 Kane St and a car fire at 3rd and Pearl Streets owned by Ervin Arenz 720 N 23rd St rag rug burning in a garage at Mrs Miller 419 S 7th St and a damaged carburetor hood in the car fire.
Obituary notices for several residents list deaths in La Crosse area. Gertrude Caldwell of 705 Mormon Coulee Road dies at home aged 79. Albert Adams of Stoddard dies in a La Crosse hospital aged 83 with many survivors. Mrs. Edward Meyer age 81 and Mrs. Clinton K Seaquist age 56 die in local hospitals. Multiple services, burial plans, and caller times are provided for each.
Requiem and services for Sister Mary Berchmans 53 Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration will be Tuesday June 15 at 8 am in St Rose Convent Chapel with Rev Othmar Missler C PP S officiating. She was born July 4 1911 in Onamia Minnesota and entered the order in 1931 after Holy Rosary High School in Bozeman Montana. She spent 30 years in teaching including in Blessed Sacrament St Michael Home La Crosse St Mary Ridge and Wausau as well as assignments in Iowa and the north.
The Rev. William F. Beitz, 77, of 2217 Wood St., died in a local hospital Monday morning June 14. He was born April 18, 1888 in Brownsville Wisconsin. Survived by widow Gertrude five daughters Rachel Stangl Grace Chapman Charlotte Scharps Cecilia Wartinbee Priscilla Arnison, one son Richard, two sisters Louise Zaun and Clarence Kuen, and 19 grandchildren. One son preceded him in death. Private services set for Thursday at 1 30 p.m. in Dickinson Caledonia Street Chapel Rev. Martin Zimmerman to officiate with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Home Wednesday evening.
Four inmates labeled dangerous fled the South Dakota state hospital near Yankton Sunday night. Charles Platt Dale Penry Vincent Janis and Wesley La Blanc escaped after threatening staff with broken glass injuring a driver. Platt and Penry face return to prison soon while Janis and La Blanc were at the hospital for pre sentence investigation.
George Kalcik of Green Bay was elected the new commander of the Wisconsin Catholic War Veterans at the closing session of the annual convention. He succeeds Carl Krause of Madison. Green Bay won the 1966 convention with Cudahy slated for 1967 and Chippewa Falls for 1968.
RACINE AP Peter F J Batenburg 80 an automotive designer with more than 180 patents died in Escandida California Saturday He helped design the four wheel drive used in the Jeep He lived in Racine 45 years before moving to California last year Services will be held here Wednesday
Governor Warren P. Knowles urged active citizen participation in government during a Carleton College alumni dinner in Northfield. He received the alumni achievement award and noted his 1939 graduation from Carleton.
Republican strategists target the Midwest and West to regain House seats lost in 1964 and pursue three or more Senate gains. Senator Thruston Morton cites farm program concerns and regional voting trends as bolstering a comeback, while Mundt notes Johnson’s focus on metropolitan areas. Democrats hold 294 seats to 140 Republicans with 1 vacancy.
University of Minnesota students face a $20 per quarter rise in tuition and fees, with a $7.37 million operating budget for 1965 66. The regents approved a $1000000 annual scholarship fund and welcomed new board members while pursuing a proposed $280 million Atomic Energy Commission project at Rosemount.
Oscar M. Jonas 66 former Wisconsin internal revenue collector and Milwaukee real estate firm president died in a Racine County hospital. A Democrat, he served as collector from 1950 to 1952 when the post was abolished and was a 1954 Democratic candidate for state treasurer. His service will be at North Cape Evangelical Lutheran Church in Racine County. he lived at Wind Lake.
Leonard Drescher of Altoona was elected Department of Disabled American Veterans commander to succeed Earl Sloniker of Racine. Other officers named include Harvey Hinkley Fond du Lac senior vice commander Harold Otto La Crosse junior vice commander Henry Wiegand Milwaukee treasurer Albert Hanna Madison legislative director and Norman Myhra Stevens Point judge advocate. The 1966 convention was awarded to Fond du Lac.
Officers and members are notified of a special meeting at the club rooms 5th and King St on Tuesday June 15 1965 at 8 PM called by President Ann Wendelin to vote on membership applications.
Staff Sgt. Robert L. Curlee of Kellogg Minnesota is among American soldiers listed as missing in action at Dong Xoai South Vietnam Relatives learned Sunday his wife who is a nurse at Winona Community Memorial Hospital received a Defense Department telegram confirming the Friday disappearance
Booker recalls unruly soldiers on last leaves before overseas duty while noting no serious racial problems among Negroes Indians Puerto Ricans and Mexicans in training periods. The Wisconsin Child Center at Sparta houses emotionally disturbed youths and is a local concern. A proposed $10 million two year program aims to boost the area, with CCC activities Camp McCoy the Tomah Veterans Hospital and the Sparta center viewed as worth the risk in handling potential troublemakers.
Glenn N. Lempereur aged 50 of Green Bay Wisconsin and UW Law School graduate died Saturday from a heart ailment. He served as president and director of Keystone Funds Inc a mutual fund company and was a former special assistant to Wisconsin attorney general before joining Keystone in 1945. Article notes Europe has 4500 miles of usable superhighways.
Two hundred fifteen Girl Scouts will attend a day camp on Goose Island from June 28 to July 2. Activities include cook outs hikes nature projects dramatics songs games folk dancing and crafts. Camp director is Mrs. John manager with Mrs. Gary Greer as assistant and a staff of unit and junior leaders listed by name.
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