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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1956
Page
5
The La Crosse Tribune information column provides Q and A on general knowledge. Topics include 1956 National Spelling Bee words, a poem line attribution to Julia A Carmney, a howl range claim by a howling monkey, and state kindergarten enrolment rankings led by California with about 200 000.
A 56 page pictorial booklet covers presidents and wives from Washington to Eisenhower. Priced thirty five cents postpaid, order from La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau in Washington DC with 35 cents enclosed.
House Un American Activities Committee considers citing playwright Arthur Miller for contempt after he refused to name attendees at a 1939 40 meeting of alleged Communist writers. Chairman Walter says Miller was obviously in contempt while Miller cites earlier support for Communist fronts but denies discipline. Miller plans to wed Marilyn Monroe before July 13 and seeks a passport to England for the marriage.
New York reports hot weather lifting weekly retail sales by 6 to 10 percent over 1955. Shoppers bought air conditioners, sporting goods, summer clothing, bathing suits, walking shorts and vacation items. Demand rose for new cars, electric fans, portable televisions, and women's dresses and slacks. Regional gains ranged from 2 to 11 percent across New England to the Pacific Coast.
Mrs. Edward F. Douglas of Appleton Wisconsin was elected to the governing committee on the Congregational Christians Foreign Missions Board. The report to about 3 000 representatives noted major advances abroad and warned of massive social changes posing challenges to church missions. Dr Alfred Carleton of Boston urged strengthened Christian work to address chaos overseas.
Moscow observers report gaps in Soviet formations during air force practice for the annual show. Five empty slots suggest five new experimental jets to be unveiled, including a delta-wing fighter and a swept-wing intercontinental bomber, possibly an IL28 successor, with Gen. Nathan Twining among invited guests.
A South American aviation expert links a seemingly normal engine backfire to the fire that caused a Venezuelan Linea Aeropostal Convair Super Constellation crash in the Atlantic off New Jersey. Seventy four people died, including 20 Americans, as the aircraft attempted an emergency landing at Idlewild after fuel was being dumped.
Dr. John D. Kraus of Ohio State University reports new radio signals that appear to originate from Venus. He says the signals resemble radio telegraphy and are likely from Venus, indicating a complex phenomenon.
Nine members of the Japanese Mount Manaslu expedition arrived in Tokyo after scaling the 26 657 foot peak. Two two woman teams reportedly topped the summit on May 9 and 11. Manaslu is the world’s tenth highest peak near the Nepal Tibet border west of Everest.
New York Arthur Godfrey will relocate CBS television and radio shows to San Francisco and vicinity from July 2 through July 5.
Notice records that the publication is entered as second class matter on June 24, 1904, at the La Crosse Wisconsin Post Office under the 1879 act.
Editorial and staff credits printed for La Crosse Tribune with department heads and contact information. Advertising, circulation, production, and delivery details listed. Subscription rates shown for within 75 miles and beyond, including daily and Sunday editions.
Rep Glenn Davis campaign stops in Buffalo County touts Wiley’s mimeograph battles while challenging his home county support. Democratic contenders Henry Maier Elliot Walstead and Thomas J Joyce join the race in a split primary for Senate and 10th District Congress in Wisconsin.
In Madison Wisconsin Gov Kohler recommended three teenagers for Young American medals for acts in 1955. Mary Ellen Curtiss 13 Praire du Lac saved an 11 year old drowning 120 feet from shore. Phillip Bandt 18 Nekoosa and William Steiger 18 Oshkosh were named for service awards. Bandt chairs District 6 of the Wisconsin Youth Committee and Steiger led the State Teenage March of Dimes. National winners will be announced December 31 by Attorney General Browne.
Mrs Georgina Johnson of La Crosse was elected commander of the Wisconsin chapter of the Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic to succeed Mrs Ida Black of Janesville. Bessie Western of Madison was named senior vice commander Grace Hulbert of Madison was elected junior vice commander Ethel Willis of Milwaukee was chosen quarter master general Esther Brom of Milwaukee was chaplain. The group concluded its two day convention Friday.
The Public Service Commission authorized Moses and Centerville Telephone Co. of Cleveland to raise annual rates by five thousand eighty eight dollars to cover higher operating costs. The PSC also approved West Bend’s shoreline project along the Milwaukee River at West Bend Aluminum Co. property and scheduled two public hearings on water utility applications for Cross Plains, Brooklyn, Amery, and Polk County.
Prime Minister Olafur Thors of the Independence Conservative party warns in Iceland that a parliamentary majority could trigger a review of Keflavik NATO air base troop withdrawal. He says troops may stay only if he deems it safe and accuses opposition and leftist groups of exploiting the issue for local gain.
In Princeton New Jersey a 29 year old mental patient Mildred Waters of Rocky Hill Connecticut was arraigned on arson charges after a hospital wing fire killed three women patients. Police said she admitted starting the blaze for excitement after smoking in her room.
The name Tennessee derives from the Cherokee village Tanasi. The term reflects Native American roots tied to the region and later adopted as the state's name.
John R. Norris of 208 West Ave S enlisted Thursday for three years in the United States Marine Corps. The son of Norman Norris and Mrs Regina Norris, he was dispatched to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California.
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