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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1959
Page
5
HAL BOYLE recounts a modest Monte Carlo try spurred by the boast to break the bank. He bets 200 francs on No 29, loses a small wad about $2.10, and walks away amid amused, aristocratic onlookers.
MABEL Minn Mrs Calmer Danielson 43 died in Caledonia hospital after two strokes. Survived by husband two daughters sons five grandchildren and sister. Funeral Saturday First Lutheran Church Mabel. Joseph Peterson 2 died after long illness at Mabel burial in Schere Lutheran cemetery. Martinus Skogstad 72 died of heart attack Westby born near Westby survived by wife Magna one brother and many siblings. Funeral details given for church and burial services.
An ad promises speedy relief from nagging backache headaches and muscular pains with Doans Pills. It notes soothing bladder irritation and mild diuretic action aiding kidney tubes, touting better sleep and 60 years of trusted relief, with a new size and price.
A constitution to unify Congregational Christian churches and Evangelical and Reformed Church proposes top level regulation with local church autonomy. Drafted by a 30 member commission led by Rev Dr Gerhard W Grau er of Chicago KR, it will be reviewed at Oberlin synod and requires broader approval by two thirds of synods and Congregational churches. The merger involves more than two million members.
United Nations. Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. delegate, sent Dag Hammarskjold a three million dollar check for the U.N. technical assistance program. The payment brings the United States total to nine million dollars toward its pledge of 40 percent of all national contributions to the 1959 program.
Beulah the season’s second tropical storm was expected to weaken as its circulation moved into Mexico. At 4 a.m. it lay about 50 miles east of Tampico with winds near 40 miles per hour near the center.
GROTON Conn PA project is under way to trim the 100 man crews on nuclear submarines. If successful crews might be reduced to 12 men. The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp announced the Navy selected it to manage the Submarine Integrated Control System. The plan is to balance manpower with machines.
The Chicago and North Western Railway will petition the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to discontinue four daily trains between Chicago and Duluth and Chicago and Minneapolis St Paul via Madison. It cites a $2.84 million annual loss and a current $7,500 daily deficit. In Illinois, four Chicago Milwaukee trains showed almost $180,000 annual losses, supporting the move to end these trains and some stops north of Waukegan. A commuter group’s bid to overturn a 24 percent fare increase and a station closure order was sent to advisory, with a judge set to rule July 22.
WAUSAU AP Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone set aside a jury verdict finding Dr. H. L. Shapiro of Prairie du Chien not liable for negligence in treating a snakebite patient. He ordered a new trial with another judge presiding. The suit was filed by Carlton and Mrs. Rust of St. Paul, Minn. She claimed a snakebite and misdiagnosis of nonpoisonous nature.
Wisconsin lawmakers push to remove jury necessity in condemning private property for public use. The measure seeks constitutional amendment to give legislatures control over how takings are handled, aiding Milwaukee and other cities facing blight and absentee landlord issues. Opponents warn it could erode property owners rights and slow industrial growth.
Doctors at Peoples Benevolent Hospital said Helidore Cyr and the 27th child are doing fine. The baby weighed seven pounds five ounces and arrived last Sunday. The Cyr couple, aged 48 and 52, marked their 31st wedding anniversary two days earlier. They farm 400 acres at Ledges New Brunswick with 14 children. seven have married and eight remain at home.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters estimated May fire losses nationwide at 81,597,000 dollars, down 4.7 percent from May 1958. The figure covers both insured and uninsured property and reflects a drop in fire damage across the country.
Madison AP report: A measure granting job tenure to state college faculty after four years of service was killed in a 16 to 14 Senate vote. The bill, by Democratic Senators Carl E. Lauri and Howard Cameron, would have required written charges before dismissal and directed the Board of State College Regents to present them. The proposal urging further study failed to pass.
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