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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1956
Page
5
HAL BOYLE argues middle age brings a mind disease he calls cancer of the mind a futility that drains effort from life. He describes a friend’s despair at turning 50 and questions whether success or wealth truly define living. He urges education to reframe midlife as a benign bend, not a deadline.
A reader’s questions cover sugar usage quotas and sugar imports, hyacinth bulb care, Vizsla breed details, foreign airline stewards on U S flights, Neorice plant origins, licorice root imports, a coronograph function, dogs in cold weather, and mourning doves nesting. The column lists concise one sentence answers by various contributors.
A folded 19 by 25 inch chart in red and blue provides election year information and American political history. It includes president profiles, election charts, and tables from the 1956 guide, offered for 50 cents postpaid.
Republican leaders in Washington refine final convention details led by Leonard Hall while Eisenhower recuperates. Democrats eye grass roots campaigning as Adlai Stevenson Kefauver and Harriman push for strong outreach and civil defense focus, with Chicago and San Francisco set for August meetings.
The Saengerfest of 1956 drew more than 500 attendees in La Crosse with a grand concert at Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium and a Saturday night dance. Reinhold Wittig led plans with local groups and breweries supporting hospitality. Lorrie Pierce, daughter of Keith and 409 Johnson, will perform Sunday evening as an Aspen Summer Music Colony student.
A pulpwood conference heard that expanding markets for dense hardwood pulp in Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin would boost forest management. Al Haukam of Oshkosh said dense hardwood use offers a great opportunity and tremendous boost for good forest management. C G McLaren of Tomahawk noted that harvests in late states are below minimum balance requirements for hardwood stands. The majority of pulpwood comes from softwoods like pine.
The Borden Co. was allowed to join Kraft in a suit against the Commodity Credit Corp seeking to recover $400000 paid in 1954 surplus cheese and butter deals. Judge Patrick T. Stone approved the intervention in Federal District Court. Kraft seeks a declaratory judgment for itself and two subsidiaries, claiming the CCC tries to recover the amount in a 1954 price support reduction program. U S Attorney George E. Rapp said Kraft purchased under 55 contracts and the government must compile detailed information before filing an answer.
Rippley and Haas faced robbery charges in a Peoples Savings and Loan Association holdup last January. Rippley convicted as a gunman, Haas pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting. Both await pre sentencing investigations. potential penalties range up to 25 years for Rippley and 20 years for Haas. The Jamaica mention appears as unrelated historical note.
The United Steelworkers press the industry amid bitterness with eight days before a strike could idle 650,000 workers. U S Steel, Bethlehem and Republic respond differently, while the union and companies prepare for possible shutdowns and intensify public campaigns.
Readers raise questions about down payments on GI loans and benefit eligibility. Officials note many loans do not require a down payment, widow rights for WWII veterans, typical tour lengths, and the need to contact VA offices or legislators for aid and corrections.
President Truman urged Britain and the United States to resist Communist threats and avoid letting election-year vanity disrupt unity. He warned that some allies are less effective when cross-purposes arise and urged continued cooperation and prudence in foreign policy. The speech at the Pilgrims dinner included praise for allied resolve and a toast to the guest of honor, Earl Halifax.
Carl Hubbell born June 22 1903 in Carthage Missouri is noted as a star left hander for the Giants in the 1930s. The piece recalls his All Star 1934 start in which Ruth Gehrig Foxx and three others were struck out in the first inning and he later fanned Simmons Cronin in the second.
Rough seas lie at the edge of the Antarctic continent where the Atlantic Indian and Pacific oceans converge. The region is famed for extreme waves and treacherous currents.
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