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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1958

Page

2

Three Injured In City Car Accidents

Three persons were injured in three separate city traffic accidents on Tuesday. Eddie Robbins, 27, suffered knee bruises after his car hit a halted vehicle on north 3rd near Vine, claiming brake failure. Mrs. Herbert Raifsnider, 65, sustained a neck injury as a passenger in a two-vehicle crash on 11 Hagar Street involving Faye Runice and others. Julie Boisen, 18, appeared shaken but declined medical aid after a two-vehicle collision at 22nd and Johnson streets involving Donald Martin and Paul Pappas.

Eddie Robbins Veterans Housing Unit 16Th Vine Streets North 3Rd Julie Boisen la Crosse St 22Nd Johnson Streets Donald Herman Martin S. 17Th St Paul Gus Pappas Main St

Plans Sharing Program For Church Friday

Pupils of the vacation church school at Asbury Methodist Church 19th and Redfield Streets will present a sharing day in the church dining room this Friday. Fifty-three kindergarten primary 30 junior boys and girls and 34 teachers will display projects and share what they learned during the two week school. Parents and friends are invited.

Asbury Methodist Church 19Th Redfield Sts

City Officials Review Booklet Thursday Night

The mayor, aldermen, Board of Public Works, department heads and all board members will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday to review a proposed employe employer relations booklet recently completed after several years in the making. The Finance and Purchase Committee has overseen the booklet’s creation and the meeting takes place in the Council Chambers.

Board of Public Works Council

Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Weather Forecast Update

Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered showers likely Thursday afternoon or evening. Cooler conditions in northern areas Thursday. Minnesota shows variable cloudiness through Thursday with widely scattered showers and thunderstorm activity this afternoon and evening. Cool air persists this afternoon tonight and in the north Thursday. Iowa remains mostly fair with partly cloudy skies and little temperature change tonight and Thursday.

Wisconsin Iowa

Mississippi River Forecast Hastings to Guttenberg

Tailwaters of Dams 2 and 3 expected to drop .1 ft while Dams 4 through 10 show a rise of 1 to .3 ft in the next 24 hours. Sunrise Thursday is 5 22 am with sunset at 8 51 pm and the moon set at 10 27 pm. Heating degree days for Tuesday are 1, total for the fiscal year 7,189.

Hastings Minn Guttenberg Iowa

Former City Teacher Found Dead In Home

Fred H. Wandrey 52 former La Crosse Central High School teacher and Green Bay public schools superintendent was found dead in his basement Tuesday afternoon with a shotgun wound. Brown County coroner Dr. Cletus Bell ruled the death a suicide. Wandrey taught at Central 1936 to 1942 and held administrative posts in Richland Center Beaver Dam and Green Bay before moving to La Crosse. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Fred H. Wandrey Green Bay la Crosse Central Cletus Bell Brown County Wandrey River Falls State College University of

Labor Bill Faces Senate Fight Over Racketeering Provisions

The measure clears floor amendments as supporters back tighter union disclosures and officer term limits while opponents warn changes may undermine the bill. Provisions include detailed reporting, secret elections, banning union fund embezzlement, and restricting officer loans. Unions gain two wins allowing replaced strikers to vote and honoring pre job signed agreements.

John L. McClellan D-Ark McClellan William F. Knowland Rcalif

Loan Approved for Oakdale Cooperative Electric

Sen William Proxmire announced a 100000 loan from the Rural Electrification Administration to Oakdale Cooperative Electric Assn Oakdale. The funds will allow member loans for buying and installing electrical farm equipment with W E Rabe as president.

William Proxmire Rural Electrification Administration REA Oakdale Cooperative Electric Assn Oakdale Washington, D. C W. E. Rabe

Livestock Quotations From Winona and Chicago Markets

Winona and Chicago markets report steady hog and cattle prices with detailed ranges for Hogs Cattle Calves and Lambs. Listings cover weights and classes including barrows gilts sows bulls and utility cattle from major markets and the South St Paul and Chicago exchanges.

South ST. Paul, Minn USDA

Potatoes and grains market chatter in Chicago trade

Chicago notes show potato arrivals 121 cars on track 380 with 665 total U S shipments. Idaho russets sold 3.75 to 4.25 while California long whites moved 3.50 to 3.75 and round reds 3.75. Alabama and Arizona round reds priced 2.85 to 3.75. Grain markets list no wheat corn oats or soybeans with soybeans at 10 to 10 48 and barley at 1 12 to 1 35 for choice and feed 1 12.

Interstate Power Dow Jones Kennecott Marshall Field Montgomery Ward National Can Bell & Farrell, Inc Northern Pacific States Power NS Chi. Mold P. Ta Hamilton Penn. R.R James Pan Am Pepsi-Cola Phillips Pet Cit. L.& PF Nat. Tool Republic Steel Clark O&r Com Rexall Drug Nekoosa Royal Dutch Jefferson Mee Sears Roebuck Wiggly Bonds Sinclair Oil Koehring Co Bocony Racine Hyd Safway Steel Sperry Rand la Crosse Tel Standard Oil Ind Wis. P. & Lt Standard Oil NJ Studebaker Packard Sunray Mid Chicago USDA U.S Idaho Chicago Grain

Freezeup In East West Relations Seen

London reports a freeze in East West relations comparable to 1956 Hungary mood. Khrushchev faces mounting internal pressure from Stalinists led by Suslov as Kremlin Central Committee meets amid toughening line and world alarm.

London Hungary Nikita Khrushchev Soviet Communist Party Central Committee Kremlin Mikhail A. Suslov Khrushchev Stalin Red China Yugoslavia Tito Moscow Peiping Soviet Union Britain United States Imre Nagy Pat Maleter Nagy Poland Wladyslaw Gomulka

County Officials Hold State Meet Here

County clerks treasurers and records officers plan the annual State Meet in September 1959 in La Crosse. Carl F. Schnick and Julian Johnson from La Crosse County attend the 1958 Racine convention with Everette Range of Deeds.

Registers of Deeds

Do FALSE TEETH Rock Slip or Slide FASTEETH Ad

FASTEETH is an improved powder that sprinkles on upper or lower plates to keep false teeth firm. It prevents sliding or rocking, leaves a gummy taste, is alkaline non acid and does not sour. It also helps control plate odor and breath. Find FASTEETH at drug counters everywhere.

Byrnes Proxmire Exchange Over Social Security Tax Costs

The House Ways and Means hearing saw Sen. William Proxmire defend a bill to raise social security benefits while Rep. John Byrnes contended the plan would raise taxes, with Byrnes citing Library of Congress figures showing large increases for low income workers. Proxmire labeled Byrnes analysis dishonest. The exchange highlighted tax impacts on workers earning 3000 to 7500 dollars AGI, including self-employed totals under the Proxmire proposal.

Washington William Proxmire D-Wis John Byrnes Green Bay Proxmire House Ways and Means Byrnes Library of Congress Senate

GOP Chairmen Divided On Adams Issue

Republican state chairmen at a three day campaign school split on whether Sher man Adams relations with industrialist Bernard Goldfine hurt GOP prospects. Some urged his resignation while others defended him stating no evidence links him to influencing agencies. Meade Alcorn warned races depend on individual candidates not party labels.

Washington Sherman Adams Benard Goldfine National Committee James F. Short Oregon Adams William W. Treat New Hampshire Treat Bernard Goldfine Goldfine I. Lee Potter Virginia Wirt A. Yeger Jr Mississippi GOP Meade Alcorn Alcorn U.S. Senate House

Private Richard J. Smith in Marine Recon Squadron

Marine Pfc. Richard J. Smith son of Mr Mrs Raymond V Smith of La Crosse Wisconsin serves with Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron Three at El Toro Air Station Santa Ana California. The unit flies photo jets and radar aircraft serving as the eyes and ears of the Marine Corps on the west coast with personnel in electronics radar aerial photography laboratory work map reading and piloting.

Santa Ana Calif Richard J. Smith Raymond V. Smith George St la Crosse Wis Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron el Toro Marine Corps Air Station Marine Corps

Lakes Region To Be Coolest For Next 30 Days

The Weather Bureau forecasts the Great Lakes region to have the coolest average temperatures for the next 30 days mid June to mid July. By contrast areas west of the Continental Divide and states along the Gulf of Mexico are expected to be warmer than normal. Rainfall is predicted above normal in the Southern and Central Plains and the South Atlantic states, with below normal rainfall in the Great Lakes and west of the Rocky Mountains. Near normal rainfall elsewhere.

Washington Great Lakes Weather Bureau Bureau Continental Divide Gulf of Mexico Central Plains South Atlantic States Rocky Mountains

Butler Probes Ike Confidence in Adams as Shocking

New York AP Paul M Butler national Democratic chairman called President Eisenhowers confidence in Sherman Adams shocking. He claimed the civilian leader of the nation approves Adams questionable conduct and his acting presidency. Butler spoke at an AFL-CIO industrial relations conference.

New York Paul M. Butler National Democratic Fisenhower Sherman Adams United States Butler Industrial Union Department Afl-Cio Vienna

What Can Arthritis Victims Expect

Nothing now known to medical science can end Arthritis but daily progress is reported. At your drugstore there is new lasting relief from sore aching joints Rheumatic Arthritic pain. Pabasone offers fast relief and up to twenty four hours of relief daily aided by a booster action from Para Amino Benzoic acid and Vitamin C. Rediscover normal days and restful nights with Pabone today at drug counters.

Pabasone

Eisenhower Addresses Adams Goldfine Gifts Row

President says a gift is not a bribe while addressing the Adams Goldfine affair. He recalls that Adams accepted expensive gifts during Goldfine’s business troubles but asserts no favored treatment was sought or given. White House press secretary Hagerty to answer remaining questions.

Adams White House Goldfine Boston Oren Harris D-Ark Federal Trade Commission Eisenhower Truman Washington James C. Hagerty

Philippine Chief Asks Assistance Not Charity

Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia urged US Congress for understanding and aid to stabilize the Philippines, saying the nation has progressed halfway to its objective and cannot turn back. He called Filipinos Americas best friends in Asia and reaffirmed solidarity on equality and democratic ideals.

Washington Carlos P. Garcia U.S. Congress Congress America Asia

Prospects Of Dramatic Economic Upturn Seen

Washington reports that Eisenhower advisers foresee a dramatic upturn in the economy by year end with production near last summer’s 440 billion dollar peak. Economist Arthur Burns predicts vigorous recovery but cautions timing remains uncertain while noting a seasonal rise in six weeks.

Eisenhower Arthur F. Burns National Bureau of Economic Research New York Newsweek Magazine Burns

GE develops airborne computer for near autonomous fighter flight

General Electric announces a new airborne digital computer that automates key flight tasks from navigation to weapon deployment and return. Described by M R Johnson of GE Utica division, the system aids target approach, weapon selection, firing preparation, and optimal altitude for fuel economy.

Washington General Electric Co Light Military Electronic Equipment Department Utica N. Y M. R. Johnson Department

Rebel Center Periled Near Menado in Celebes Clash

Government forces pressed toward the rebel capital in north Celebes as reports placed Menado within five miles. An imminent fall of the rebel headquarters city was predicted with no immediate army statement from Jakarta.

Jakarta Indonesia Menado Celebes

Portrait of a Scientist to Air on WKTY Friday Evening

Dr. James Price, a Madison based scientist born and raised in La Crosse County, is the subject of a broadcast titled Portrait of a Scientist. The program on Radio Station WKTY will run from 7 to 7 25 p m this Friday and notes Price received a lifetime research grant last year from the American Cancer Society.

James Price Madison WKTY

Fred Honored By University Regents

At the University of Wisconsin Regents meeting in Madison Dr E B Fred was honored with a gold watch and roses as he retires July 1. Regent A Matt Werner presented the watch inscribed in appreciation of wise and gracious leadership and Mrs Fred received the bouquet with a kiss.

Fred

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