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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1961

Page

2

Needle-In-The-Haystack Capture Of Two Tower Attack Suspects

FBI sting traced planners of an unmanned tower blast to a Mexican harbor. Bernard Brous 51 and Dale Jensen 23 were arrested aboard the yacht Monsoon at Ensenada after a needle in the haystack chase. They face conspiracy charges and are held pending further action.

San Diego Calif FBI Bernard Jerome Brous Dale Chris Jensen Ensenada Los Angeles William G. Simon Min‘nie Jensen Simon Brous Reno Nev Robert Geraldo Bortoli Reno, Nev Wilmer Breeden Monsoon Breeden Mexico American Telephone & Telegraph Co Nevada Utah U.S John Brown Harpers Ferry

Winona Livestock Prices and Chicago Produce Report

Swift & Company notes noon quotations for hogs cattle calves and meats. Hog prices range from 12.75 to 16.15 per cwt with various weights. cattle show steadier to weaker with steers and heifers 16.00 to 21.00. calves top 27.00 with many 17.00 to 26.00. Chicago Produce lists butter eggs and poultry market moves with wholesale prices and grade splits.

Sanneye & Cutters Ulls Bologna Bowers & Culls Chicago Chicago Mercantile Exchange Hull South ST. Paul South ST. Paul, Minn USDA U.S California Arizona Monsanto Chemical Pacific Allied Radio St. Pow Allis Chalmers Olin Mathieson American Can Pfizer American Motors Phillips Pet RCA Amer. Tel. & Tel Republic Steel Rexall Drug Armour Reynolds Metals Couy Royal Dutch Safeway Een Capital G. D. Searle Brunswick Sears Roebuck Catrpillar Tractor Sinclair Oil Chrysler Socony Celanese Sperry Rand Columbia Gas Stand Oil Ind Comonworth Edison Consolidated Foods Stude. Packard Copeland Ref Sunray Mid-Cent Curtiss Wright Swift DuPont Texaco Eastman Kodak Trane NS Elec, & Mus. Ind Twent. Cent Fox Ford United Airlines Fruehaus Trailer U.S. Rubber Gamble Skogmo NS U.S. Steel General Dynamics Wallace Press Montgomery Ward

Congo Parliament Set to Reconvene at Lovanium University

Rival regimes led by Kasavubu and Gizenga announced plans for a unified Congo Parliament to reopen June 25 at Lovanium University Leopoldville. Delegates will deposit arms in a UN guarded warehouse and be housed on site with no outside contact as UN guards constrain materials and lines. The aim is unity and return to a functioning nation with Katanga participation urged.

Leopoldville, the Congo Congo Joseph Kasavubu Antoine Gizenga Lovanium University Leopoldville Stanleyville U.N Lovanium United Nations Katanga

Kennedy weighs Maxwell Taylor as White House chief of staff

President Kennedy is seriously considering Gen Maxwell D Taylor for the White House military adviser post, effectively reviving the personal chief of staff role. The 59 year old, on leave from the Lincoln Center, previously served as Army chief of staff from 1955 to 1959.

New York Kennedy Maxwell D. Taylor White House New York Times Washington Fleet William D. Leahy Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Taylor Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts New York City Army

Eichmann Testifies He Never Realized Nazi Plans

Adolf Eichmann told the Jerusalem court he did not foresee the Holocaust when he joined the Nazi party in 1932 and claimed he was powerless to influence events as World War II crimes were carried out. He defended his role and described coercive treatment by Israeli authorities during capture.

Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann Eichmann Gestapo Island de Eichmann Moshe Landau God Landau Hitler Germany Nazi Party Waffen SS Austria

Milwaukee and South St. Paul Livestock Markets Report

USDA and AP market notes from Milwaukee and South St. Paul detail hog, cattle, calf, and hog prices with receipts and movements. Illinois and Chicago wholesale figures follow for cattle, hogs, and grain, including commodity price ranges and trends across weights and grades.

Gov Andersen Boosts State Vacation Plans

ST. PAUL AP Gov Elmer L Andersen announced plans to boost state vacation programs by partnering with Western Airlines to offer all inclusive five resort package trips covering transport, lodging and meals. He outlined Minnesota Ambassadors a group to promote state pride and awareness.

Sheboygan Elkhart Lake Road America Clarence Whiffen David Bathka Wausau James Kniegge Southern Methodist University Thomas Field Madison ST. Paul Gov. Elmer Or L. Andersen Sander San Francisco Western Airlines Minnesota Andersen Minnesota Ambassadors

Special Tribunal May Get Spy Case

Czechs charged that two American agents tried to recruit Naclavac to spy against Czechoslovakia. The State Department counter-charged that Naclavac sought information from a U.S. government worker for a year, whose fiancée was in Czechoslovakia. Headquarters should be moved out of New York to protect delegates from harassment.

New York Naclavac State Department U.S Czechoslovakia

U S Czechoslovak espionage case heads for arbitration

The United States and Czechoslovakia clash over Miroslav Nadavac a Czech U N mission counsellor accused of espionage Washington seeks Nadavac to leave while Prague argues he is not U N staff and the dispute could go to a three member international tribunal under the 1947 U N U S U N accord.

United Nations N.Y Czechoslovakia U.S Miroslav Nadavac Washington U.N Nadavac United States Naclavac

Church leaders warn of communist threat in America

Rev Herbert Baxmann told the South Wisconsin Lutheran district convention that communists seek U S control by 1973 and warned Americans to wake to the danger. He said Christ’s church is the only power able to stem communism and urged vigilance.

Milwaukee South Wisconsin Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod Herbert Baxmann Plymouth United States Baxmann Rev. Baxmann Church of Christ

Tuesday Baseball Broadcasts Highlight Evening Matchups

Radio highlights list 7:55 p.m. games featuring San Francisco versus Milwaukee on WKTY and Twins versus Baltimore on WKBH.

WKTY San Francisco Milwaukee WKBH Twins Baltimore

Service academies blasted by Rickover

Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover urged Congress to abolish the service academies if drastic reforms are not made immediately. In secret May testimony, he criticized Annapolis and its products, questioned West Point's training, and warned Navy leadership. He proposed trimming nearly a third of Navy officers and said he does not seek more money for nuclear reactors.

Washington Hyman G. Rickover Congress Rickover Annapolis House Appropriations Committee West Point Alexander the Great Hannibal Julius Caesar Napoleon George Washington John Paul Jones Ulysses Grant David Farragut Navy Bureau of Ships Atomic Energy Commission Naval Reactors

Wisconsin Highway Toll Reaches 354 With Two More Deaths

The Wisconsin 1961 highway toll rose to 354 after two deaths. Sebastian Fink 46 Brown Deer died in Milwaukee after his car hit a railway bridge in Brookfield. Robert Cichon 17 Brookfield Ill died in Kenosha County when the car left County Highway F and plunged into a ditch near Bassett. The driver Ernest Tomaskovic 17 Summer Ill remained in critical condition at Burlington Memorial Hospital.

Associated Press Illinois Milwaukee Sebastian Fink Brookfield Waukesha County Robert Cichon Kenosha County

Actor Jeff Chandler Dies After Weeks of Struggle

Hollywood mourns actor Jeff Chandler 42 who died after blood poisoning following three operations. Rabbi Albert M. Lewis said Chandler fought with great strength before the Sabbath brought rest as 800 mourners and many celebrities attended at Temple Isaiah.

Hollywood Jeff Chandler Albert M. Lewis Chandler Isaiah

Antartic Studies Director Named by NSF at UW

Dr Thomas O Jones of Oshkosh named director of the new office of Antarctic programs at the National Science Foundation. He earned a UW PhD in chemistry in 1937 and led NSF Antarctic research from 1959 to 1961.

Woman Hurt In Crash At Liberty And St Paul Streets

A local woman suffered a broken finger and multiple bruises when a car driven by her son and another auto collided Monday at Liberty and St. Paul Streets. Mrs Norman Erickson, 49, of 2801 Harvey Street, was treated at Lutheran Hospital. Cars driven by her son Ivan, 22, and John H Merfeld, 64, of 1214 Kane Street, collided at the intersection.

Liberty St. Paul Norman Erickson Harvey St Lutheran Hospital Ivan John H. Merfeld Kane St

Marriage Licenses Listed for June and July Ceremonies

A batch of marriage licenses shows couples from Melrose Park, La Crosse, Westby, West Salem, and Milwaukee set to wed on June 24, and others on July 1 and July 8. Names include William O Oglesby and Darlene A Reiter. Arvid G Rumsey and Betty L Hoen. William V Van Riper and Kathryn A Jas person. David P Thompson and Ellen C Dolan. Lanny Glenn and Dorothy Hall. James Kane and Jeanette Cepek. Charles A Foyt and Eleanor Baker. Dennis Schruth and Joan Bogert. William C West Jr and Martha Riggs. Robert P Fiers and Sandra M Stegen. Frederick Puent and Bibionne Valiquette. Rudolph Arlt Jr and Eloy Vatland.

William O. Oglesby Melrose Park Ill Darlene A. Reiter la Crosse Arvid G. Rumsey Wood St Betty L. Hoen Westby William V. van Riper Kathryn A. Jasperson Lake Shore Drive David P Wauken Iowa Eleanor Baker West Salem Dennis Schruth Pepin Joan Bogert N. 6Th St William C. West Jr George

Supreme Court rules evidence seized illegally is inadmissible

Justice Clark leads the majority overturning Dollree Mapp’s conviction noting unlawful searches violate the constitution. The ruling frames exclusion of tainted evidence in state courts, while Black writes on a Maryland oath case about religious belief and public office.

Tom C. Clark Harlan Frankfurter Whittaker Potter Stewart Dollree Mapp Cleveland Clark Wolf Ohio Justice Black Maryland Roy R. Torcaso Wheaton Black

Maritime union clash halts US Lines freighters in ports

Four United States Lines freighters were held up in Baltimore and Philadelphia and slated to carry military cargo from New York. Ship operators say the delays reflect a power struggle between the Merchant Mariners Union and the Seafarers International Union, with ties to allied and rival unions.

Military Sea Transport Service United States Lines Baltimore Philadelphia New York MNU Seafarers International Union American Radio Association SIU Engineers’ Union

Official Picture Of Jackie Kennedy Made Public

The U S First Lady, Mrs John F Kennedy, appears in a new official portrait released by the White House. Taken by Mark Shaw in late May in the White House living quarters, the image shows her seated on a sofa in a light wool dress with a soft smile.

Washington John F. Kennedy New York Mark Shaw White House

Oppose Rate Increases For Gas In Minnesota

Minnesota attorney general Walter Mondale filed briefs with the Federal Power Commission opposing two rate increases proposed by Northern Natural Gas Co. He claims the company underpaid federal income taxes by 9 million dollars and improperly charged 329 228 dollars as an operating expense for defense against a federal anti trust suit. Minneapolis and St Paul joined 13 other parties protesting the increases covering wholesale gas across Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa.

ST. Paul Northern Natural Gas Co Federal Power Commission Walter Mondale Mondale Northern Minneapolis Minnesota South Dakota Nebraska Iowa

County Foster Parents Entitled Event Planned

La Crosse County foster parents will be entertained from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Vocational School in observance of Foster Parents Week. Agencies sponsoring the event include the La Crosse District office of the Division for Children and Youth, La Crosse County Department of Public Welfare, Catholic Social Services and Lutheran Welfare Society.

la Crosse County la Crosse Division For Children and Youth Department of Public Welfare Catholic Social Services Lutheran Welfare Society

CPM Holds Key To Television Programs

Television is a commercial medium where CPM costs drive program choice. Action oriented shows pull audiences and high CPMs push out higher quality dramas. NBC tabs Dave Garroway replacements and shows JFK Special Report with Kennedy interview. Sherman Adams appears on Today.

CPM New York Senate NBC Robert Kennedy

Reunion For Hibbing Family After 42 Years

Ray Brockway, 65, reunites with siblings George Brockway, John Brockway, and Eva Crawford in Helena, Montana after 42 years apart. Brockway, who moved to Hibbing, Minnesota, reconnected with relatives who believed him dead. He arrives with his wife and 15 year old daughter for a visit before returning home.

Eva Crawford Assum Ray Minnesota

Citywide spraying schedule to cover area starting Tuesday night

The city will spray starting at 9 p m Tuesday. The route runs from Monitor Street and Causeway Boulevard to Clinton Street between Black River and the east city limits. All north south alleys and streets are included in the Tuesday night schedule.

Monitor Street Causeway Boulevard Clinton Street Black River East City

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