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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1959

Page

5

Four White Youths Sentenced to Life in Florida Rape Case

In Tallahassee Circuit Court Judge W May Walker imposed life imprisonment on four white youths convicted of raping a Negro coed. The verdict carried mercy recommendations. the death penalty was avoided. The defendants Ted Collinsworth David Beagles Gene Scarborough and Ollie Stoutamire were remanded to Raiford State Prison after sentencing.

Tallahassee Fla W. May Walker Florida Willian Ted) Collinsworth David Ervin Beagles Patrick Gene) Scarborough Air Force Ollie Stoutamire Walker Raiford State Prison Here Raiford

Deaths continued from page in Wood County area

Five people died in separate accidents across Wisconsin counties. Duca, decapitated after missing a curve on Wood County Trunk Y near Marshfield. Marilyn Miller, 17, of Columbus, died when her car overturned on Crombie Road near her home. James Nicholson, 54, of Pine River, was killed in a two car crash on a town road near Merrill. Thomas Jacobson, 19, Milwaukee, died when the car hit a utility pole on Racine County Trunk D near Rochester.

Wood County Marshfield Duca Marilyn Miller Columbus Crombie Road James Nicholson Pine River Merrill Thomas Jacobson Milwaukee Racine County Rochester

False Teeth Slipping No More With FASTEETH Powder

Worry about loose dentures slipping during meals or conversation. FASTEETH powder promises a firmer bite without gummy taste, using an alkaline formula to hold plates more securely. Get PASTEETH at any drug counter.

Hagerty To Have Appendix Removed Appointment Today

White House press secretary James C. Hagerty planned an appendectomy at Walter Reed Army Hospital after a checkup revealed the appendix needed removal. Anne Wheaton said there is no alarm and no emergency.

Washington White House James C. Hagerty Walter Reed Army Hospital Anne Wheaton Hagerty

Special TV Show Planned For Godfrey Return

NEW YORK AP A one hour television special is planned to star Arthur Godfrey who is convalescing from a lung cancer operation on April 30. The program will air September 16 from 10 to 11 p.m. EDT. The show’s exact format is not disclosed but is likely a welcome back telecast.

New York Arthur Godfrey Godfrey

Deaths in Minnesota Wisconsin and Tomah region

Mrs. Henrietta Meilke Dresbach Minn aged 75 died Sunday after operation in La Crosse hospital She born in Germany came to U S as a young woman Her husband Ernest Meilke died about 1926 They had no children Surviving nieces and nephews One nephew Otto Gobrung lived with her Funeral 2 p m Wednesday Nadine Lutheran Church Dakota burial Dakota Cemetery Mrs Marvy Ann Dennis 88 died Sunday Vernon County Home for the Retired Viroqua Survived by three daughters two sons one brother six grandchildren Funeral 2 p m Tuesday Jacobson Vance Funeral Home Viroqua Church of Christ burial Viroqua Cemetery Mrs Anna Buzek 79 died Saturday Tomah Hospital Funeral 9 a m Tuesday St Andrews Catholic Church Warrens Burial Warrens Cemetery Rosary 8 p m Monday Ness Funeral Chapel Black River Falls Born July 24 1879 in Czechoslovakia Surviving two sons Matthew Warrens George Moberly Mo three daughters Mrs Martin Denemark Berwyn Ill Mrs Henry Beltz and Mrs William Snipper Tomah Five grandchildren.

Viroqua Wis Marvy Ann Dennis Vernon County Robert Sidie Jacobson- Vance Grant Cowan Black River Falls Anna Buzek Tomah St. Andrews Catholic Church Warrens Ness Buzek Czechoslovakia Caledonia Minn Matthew Privet Steffan St. Peter's Caholic Church Alfred Frisch Calvary Cemetery Privet Virginia N. F. Stichen Wesington Springs M.D R. L. Colligan Woonsocket S.D Peter

Brown guards Newark's first airplane wheels keepsakes

Livingston resident William Brown preserves two large wheels from the first plane to land at Newark Airport. He explains he invented a device fitted to the wheels that started their rotation before touchdown, a historic engineering moment connected to the early airfield.

Livingston William Brown Newark

Weather Record For Regions Lacrosse Vicinity

Five day forecast June 12 to June 25 shows temperatures four to five degrees below normal with normal highs 72 to 82 and lows 52 to 61. Generally minor day to day changes until a warming trend late in the week. Precipitation 1 to 2 inches with scattered showers or thundershowers. Sunrise 5:22 am, sunset 8:52 pm.

Lacrosse Wisconsin Minna Iowa Mosby Siowy Prideay

Winona Livestock Prices From Swift and Company Chicago Report

Swift and Company reports Chicago livestock prices for hogs and cattle. Hogs at various weights show declines midweek with ranges from about 13.00 to 17.60 per cwt, including mixed grades and sow figures. Cattle and calves rise with slaughter steers and heifers up 28 to 50, prime and high choice lots up to 36.00, while cows and bulls trade from 16.00 to 23.00 and utilities to 32.00 per cwt.

Chicago UBCA

South St Paul Livestock Market Report

South St Paul MN UBDA cattle sale notes 6000 head with calves and slaughter animals. steers 25.50 27.50, heifers 26.00 27.50, cows 18.50 20.50, bulls 21.00 24.00, vealers 29.00 32.00. Hogs steady 190 240 lb barrows gilts 15.50 16.00, sows 27.0 40.0, feeders 14.00 15.00. Stockers around 800 lb steers 27.50.

Monsanto Chemical Dow Jones Allis-Chalmers National Gypsum Northern Pacific American Can No States Power American Motors Ike Olin iSba Pepsi-Cola Beli & Farrell, Inc Tel & Tel Pfizer Anaconda Phillips Pet Hamilton Athland Oil RCA Pan Am Caterpillar Trac Royal Dutch Pig Wiggly Bonds Chrysler Safeway Koehlin, Co Sears Roebuck Racineyd Columbia Gas Sinclair Ot Safway Steel Corwith Edison Bem Socony E la Crosse Tel Id Consolidated Foods Southern Pacific Wis. P. & Lt Crane Sperry Rand Heileman Big Dow Chemicaler Standard Oil Ind Mass. Inver Bexstman Kodakis Standard Oil NJ Fid Elec Auto Lite Ford Studebaker Packard One Wm, &T Foremost Dairies Sunray Mid 2Bm Inc. Inc Swift Puritan Fund Pruehaus Texas Instruments Wis. Fund Gamble Skogmo Trane Northw. Banc General Dynamics 20Th Century Fox Trane Co General Electric United Airlines No States P General Motors US. Steel 1St Bank Stock General Tel Westinghouse Elec Wis. Pub. Soc Getty Oj Western Union Pioneer Fin Northern Ry Woolworth Greyhound Central Tel I T Central Int Harvester McQuay, Inc Lake Ont Commercciare South ST. Paul Minn UBDA Calver

Chicago produce and poultry market notes

Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter prices steady as receipts reach 1 088 000 lbs, wholesale bids flat to higher. Eggs firm with 21 300 cases and wholesale prices up to 3 cents. Potatoes arrivals totaled 343 cars with limited offerings and slow demand, Michigan round whites and California long whites cited with price ranges. Live poultry receipts Friday at 72 000 lbs show wholesale prices unchanged to 1 cent lower, capons under 4 pounds priced 20-23 cents, over 4 pounds 22-23 cents.

Chicago Chicago Mercantile Exchange Eges Michigan California Chicago Poultry UBDA

Millions Battle Floods Across Chinese Provinces

Tokyo dispatch says millions in Kwangtung and Kwangsi toil on hastily built river dikes to stem what may be century’s worst flood. Peak expected along Pearl River delta’s west and north by Tuesday or Wednesday, with 12 inches of rain in Kwangsi from June 15 to 21 damaging 250000 acres.

Tokyo Kwangtun Kwang- 81 China Kwangtung Pearl River Delta Peiping Radio Kwangsi

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Melrose Man Albert Fabian Dies at 84

Albert Fabi an of Melrose aged 84 died Sunday morning in a La Crosse hospital. He was born March 9, 1875 in La Crosse County to William and Mrs Fabian. He married Rose Young May 12, 1903 and farmed near Melrose until 1939. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Melrose Methodist Church with burial in Melrose Cemetery. Visitation 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Smith Chapel and noon to time of services at church. Survivors include son Wayne of Melrose and daughters Vilah Simonson of Milwaukee and Gladys Stofer of La.

Melrose Wis Albert Fabian la Crosse la Crosse County William Fabian Rose Young Tomah Louis Pingel St. Paul's Lutheran Church O. W. Heier Oak Grove Ninneman Mr. Pingel Joseph Pingel

Dockworkers Dispute Ends In Kenosha Harbor

In Kenosha harbor the dispute between International Brotherhood of Longshoremen Local 1833 and Local 95 of International Longshoremen's Association was settled after picketing at Endee Dock Co. The Hurricane's crew refused to operate due to pickets, but the unions reached a settlement and loading resumed. The freighter Rigoletto and the Elka were set to dock and unload autos and foreign cars respectively.

Hurricane Waterman Steamship Co Seafarers International Union Rigoletto Elka

Missouri Synod Nears Vote On Affiliating

San Francisco AP report notes 22 million members of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod near a vote to remain independent through 1962. A doctrinal committee led by Dr. Wiederanders plans resolutions to defer affiliation with LWF and NLC, with talks of future doctrinal discussions and possible meeting with the American Lutheran Church after its 1960 merger.

San Francisco Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod R.P. Wiederaenders Corpus Christi Tex Lutheran World Federation National Lutheran Council LWF NLC United States John W. Behnken St. Louis Missouri Synod Wiederaenders Committee American Lutheran Church Evangelical Lutheran Church United Evangelical Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Cleveland

N L Johnson of Arcadia Dies at 68 in Wisconsin

Nels L Johnson 68 of Arcadia died Thursday in a local hospital after a heart attack. Semi retired since 1955 he managed area stockyards for Dubuque Packing Co at the time. Survived by wife Mathilda and three sons Owen Richard and Gordon. services set at Wiemer Killian Funeral Home Arcadia and Elk Creek Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery.

Arcadia Wis Nels L. Johnson Arcadia Hospital Johnson Dubuque Packing Co Hale Bank of Osseo Mr. Johnson Peter L. Johnson Mathilda Rongstad Dubuque, Iowa Wiemer-Killian Funeral Home Walter Schultheiss Elk Creek Lutheran Church Paul Fretheim Elk Creek

Seven Hurt In Double Crash Near Ontario Wisconsin

Seven people were injured in two crashes near Ontario Wisconsin early Sunday. A car rolled over after a tire blowout, injuring four occupants including Leroy Kreiger and Delos Downing. Minutes later a second crash involved Martin Pesik and others, sending three more to hospitals with chest neck and back injuries.

Ontario Wis Madison Leroy Kreiger Delos Downing James Rawlin Green la Farge Shirley Ann Wacker Martin Pesik Miss Wacker Green Fred Pesik Betty Parish

Obituaries From Tomah and Caledonia Honor Local Residents

Louis Pingel 90 of Tomah dies at home after a life spent farming and public service. He is survived by wife Ida, two children, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren, plus three sisters. Matthew Privet 70 of Caledonia dies in hospital. survived by daughter Virginia, two sisters, and a brother. Burial and service details listed for both communities.

Tomah Tomah High School Ida Drowatzky Pingel Ralph William Ruth) Ordway Long Beach Calif C. B. Drowatzky Blendena Pingel Perl Krake Minneapolis

Nickname File Is Kept In Washington

In Washington police maintain a file of more than 10 000 nicknames tied to real names of local youths. Expanded daily from arrests and investigations, the database helps link aliases such as Bugle Head and Sonny to actual individuals.

Washington

Atomic Rocket Engine Is Tested In Nevada Test

Las Vegas AP reports nuclear scientists completed the first full scale test of an atomic rocket engine. The experiment verified radioactivity and heat effects. The four minute test occurred Saturday at Jackass Flats on the Nevada proving grounds, engine mounted on a railroad flatcar.

Las Vegas Nev Jackass Flats Nevada Atomic Proving Grounds Here

Farm Bureau Insurance Promotes Liability Protection for Farmers

A farming operation message urges timely liability protection with Farm Bureau Insurance. It stresses comprehensive liability coverage and urges farmers to contact their insurer for protection against financial risks.

Farm Bureau Farm Bureau Ineusanece

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