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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1959
Page
8
The Coast Guard pulled a woman’s body from about 72 miles off Lake Michigan on Sunday. Coroner Bernard Evenson said fingerprinting would be attempted today to identify the victim.
Madison observers say the 1959 Wisconsin session will extend at least another month as lawmakers struggle to finish business. The split Republican Senate and Democratic Assembly, slow governor Nelson program rollout, and complex budget talks keep adjournment unlikely before fall.
Sikkim, perched between India and Tibet, fears renewed pressure as Red China tightens Tibet trade. Refugees spill in from Communist rule, while India funds modernization under a seven year plan to improve roads and communications. Maharajah’s dewan governs as modernization proceeds along strategic routes to Tibet.
A novena of prayers for La Crosse’s economic future is offered at St. James parish. Devotions run 7 30 p m daily through Monday June 29 with Father Henry R Hoerburger inviting all to join. He notes the Auto Lite plant closure will affect many families and urges a community project of prayer for guidance.
Madison AP The Democratic State Administrative Committee voted to accept Claude Jasper’s invitation to form a bipartisan panel to study Wisconsin primary election laws and suggest changes to the 1961 Legislature. The group rejected a proposal to loosen delegate voting freedom at national conventions and notes conflict with Democratic Assembly caucus, which opposes changes. Members include David Rabinovitz James Doyle and Vel Phillips.
Boston AP reports Cardinal Richard Cushing urges teaching communism in high schools and colleges to expose it as an intrinsic evil, likening it to medical students learning about cancer on a local television program.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover denounces the term cop for police officers likening it to calling a doctor a quack. The debate on a TV program featured four panelists including William Benton Bergen Evans Maurice Dolbier and John Mason Brown who weighed in on the word’s connotations and impact on law enforcement.
A speaker notes the uneasy line between slang and respect when addressing law enforcement, saying the term cop implies urgency yet would not be used directly to a policeman's face. The remark underscores how terminology signals attitude in public discourse and interactions with police.
Charles C. Hanson Buffalo County welfare director is charged with embezzling 1500 dollars. Hanson appeared in court Saturday. the case was continued to allow counsel. A routine audit uncovered the shortage in his accounts.
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