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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1958
Page
3
Lee Ring, an Idaho man, was hired by Riley Condor and saloon owners to assassinate Marshal Tom Rosser. A gunman shot Rosser's fiancée Carol Grannan as Rosser sat at the hotel lounge table.
James Fell asserts a 640 acre Montana land deed as a payback for Rosser. Fell explains the Minnesota & Pacific rail plan to lay 200 miles toward Great Plains, pulling in settlers and boosting town growth. Rosser questions acceptance as Fell outlines a high risk strategy and expected boom towns along the line.
Rosser questions offering the marshal role as Fell rejects direct governance. The duo discuss aiding towns unofficially while keeping law and order under local control. The excerpt ends amid a focus on settlement and governance.
In Great Plains Fell offers Rosser a personal mission to tame the town with no official status and a salary of 300 a month, plus a land gift. Rosser declines citing personal business as a reason, while a young hotel guest and a gambler draw his interest, hinting at a past connection with Carol Grannan as the story continues.
Milwaukee police report 35 year old dock worker Carl Cramer drowned while rescuing a mother, Joan Salewsky, 27, and her 3 year old daughter from the Menomonee River. Salewsky had attempted suicide. she was taken for mental observation.
Flood crests advance toward the southern Indiana region as officials in Indianapolis review damage. Governor Handley will await reports to urge emergency loans for hard-hit counties. federal estimates place June flood costs at 35 to 40 million dollars. The Wabash River crest reached Terre Haute, leaving West Terre Haute largely underwater and forcing about 1,500 residents to flee after an earthen levee breach.
Bernard Hobelsberger, operator of Ben's Super Service Station at 18th Street and Ward Avenue, earned the Shell Oil Co Winona District cleanup award for the fifth consecutive year. He received a desk barometer set as the prize after station operators competed during late May to improve curb appeal across the district covering Southwest Wisconsin, Southern Minnesota and Northeast Iowa.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover blamed parents for a rise in juvenile crime in a filmed TV interview with Senator George Smathers. He said a major reason for the rate is lack of parental interest in their children, with remarks prepared for Florida broadcast.
In Belgrade Tito defended accepting U.S. aid. He compared Khrushchev’s attack on Yugoslavia to Judas Iscariot and urged a crowd of about 50,000 in Labin that the Soviet leader had no right to condemn Yugoslavia for seeking Washington credits.
An old newspaper note promotes Want Ads with a call to dial 2 8040 to hire an ad-writer for listings. It emphasizes help finding a home job car or other assistance through the service.
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