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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1963
Page
7
Swift County sheriff officers searched for a man who entered a Benson farm house armed with a knife and hood, threatening a 17 year old babysitter Nancy Boutain and three Ascheman children. The man placed cement blocks by a window and left after failed entry attempts.
Clarence Rolling of Wonewoc and Ellaine Christiansen of Wisconsin Dells. Gary Schaper of Wonewoc and Sharon Jones of Elroy. Lyle Walter and Judy Julikowskis of Mauston with Jan Wildenradt of Wonewoc and Trudy Taylor of Madison. Calvin Christensen of New Lisbon and Maree Halverson of Camp Douglas.
London CAP The House of Commons convicted John Profumo of grave contempt for lying in Parliament about his sex life with Christine Keeler. The motion declared he was guilty of grave contempt for statements made on March 22 1963. He faces further scrutiny as a witness in a high level inquiry.
Charles Stewart Mott, age 88, donated 1,826,421 General Motors shares valued at over $70 each, totaling more than $128 million, to a Flint based foundation created in 1935 with the Flint Board of Education as administrator. The gift, kept secret for six weeks, was disclosed in an NYSE SEC filing. Trustees will allocate the funds by July end across five areas including occupational training, interracial understanding, municipal awareness, and making Flint a center for school administration.
Multiple local rummage sales and auctions listed across Onalaska La Crosse and surrounding streets. Items include clothing furniture dishes and housewares with dates Friday through Saturday and a June 22 auction. Also notes food specials and services at local shops and markets.
The La Crosse Tribune weekly advertising edition promotes scheduled national ads to appear in the newspaper and urges distributors and dealers to align their promotions with these advertisements.
June 21 1963 notices cover executives elected in Texas and life insurance gains in New York. Local business openings include Forseth in Ettrick Murphy in Sparta Thompson at Oak Ridge Cafe, and Phillips 66 sale in Blair. Milwaukee Clipper launches season. U.S. rail and gas dealers react to May sales highs. various awards and sales contests noted.
The federal government gathered more than 84.7 billion in automotive taxes during the last fiscal year, reflecting substantial tax receipts from vehicles, fuels, and related duties across the economy.
Britain’s Conservative leadership appears to keep Prime Minister Macmillan in office until midsummer despite the Profumo scandal. A 25 minute party meeting failed to press for immediate retirement and warned ousting could trigger elections. Christine Keeler and Stephen Ward are central to the inquiry as Labor’s Merlyn Rees wins a seat vacated by Hugh Gaitskell. Conservatives drop 10.9 points from 1959.
Heileman Brewing Company expands through acquisitions including Kingsbury and Fox Head Smith. Roy E. Kumm, president, says entering the popular price field and securing broad distributor coverage boosted 1960 profits by 130 241 dollars and drove 1962 sales up eight percent with earnings per share rising from 1 27 to 1 41. First four months of 1963 show a near 28 percent production rise.
F. S. Moseley Co. stockbrokers at 125 N. 4th St. completed extensive remodelling. Office space doubled in size and panelled. two salesmen added. The firm handles 125 stocks on the New York and Chicago exchanges and has been in La Crosse five years.
Massachusetts became the first state to enact a compulsory education law in 1852, setting a national precedent for mandatory schooling and child literacy efforts.
Westinghouse engineers outline a 450 pound lunar comms system for two way earth moon voice video and telemetry with a 75 to 100 foot high antenna and infrared tracking plus a nuclear power option for lunar night. Separately an unmanned rover weighing about 3000 pounds could land via Saturn V and traverse up to 100 miles at four miles per hour using hydrazine power.
Madison AP A Dane County Court heard that 22 young people including UW students caused little damage at First Lutheran Church in Middleton on May 11 while dancing to bongos and conga drums. Church officials testified as nineteen defendants faced disorderly conduct charges. two more cases await date and one is juvenile. Officers reported drums, maracas, and candles present. instruments were seized.
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