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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1957

Page

2

Head Of Bakery Firm And Mother Die In Plane Crash

In Sauk County near Baraboo, Louis Gardner Jr. 41 and his mother Mrs. Louis Gardner Sr. were found dead in a burned light plane wreckage. The aircraft, flying from Madison to Redwood Falls Minnesota, crashed amid fog and trees on Maple Hill at La Rue North Freedom. Gardner Jr. had just succeeded his father as president of the Madison bakery and was a UW graduate.

Baraboo Madison Bakery Here Louis Gardner Jr Louis Gardner Sr Madison Redwood Falls Minn la Rue North Freedom Sauk County Sheriff's Maple Hill Orchard Gardiner Wisconsin Mike Spencer Sauk County Spencer CAA James Tibbets Young Gardner Gardner Mississippi River University of Wisconsin

Gromyko criticizes U S disarmament stance in Cold War clash

Gromyko warned Britain that U S assurances of peace clash with Washington's warlike talk and warned Western bases abroad undermine defenses. He cited NATO and Norstad remarks as proof of instability while noting Soviet proposals for partial disarmament and a nuclear test ban under international inspection.

Western Europe U.S Gromyko Britain Washington London Soviet Union United States Pacific

Stolen Station Wagon Reported In Hudson and Multiple Plate Thefts

City police documented a Monday theft of a 1954 Chevrolet station wagon from the rear of the Chevrolet garage owned by John L. Walker in Hudson with South Dakota plates 44 1712. Winona police logged a Sunday theft of two license plates Colorado 21 5024 and Montana 4 4527. Mrs Claude Stang reported Monday night a theft of a red and white 20 inch Seibert tricycle from 2105 Wood Street with a worn seat.

Chevrolet John L. Walker Hudson, D.D South Dakota Winona Colorado Montana Claude Stang Kane St Wood St

Senate Adjourns As Tax Aid Plan Faces Change

Senate session ends early as roll call shows only a few members present. The proposed measure would shift top of income tax funds to a new school aid system, reducing local shares for communities and counties while increasing relief aid they would receive.

Senate

Wisconsin Legislature Debates Tax, Holidays and Aid Bills

The legislature advanced a broad set of measures. A tax sharing formula splits revenues 40 percent state 50 percent communities 10 percent counties with school aids carved from taxes. An Assembly bill to reduce state employee vacations passes to Senate concurrence with amendments. Senate bills expand retiree payments for teachers and raise hospital and care fees while authorizing university funds transfers. A police rest period bill and a home instruction plan for mentally challenged children move forward. A cigarette vending liability bill fails. The Senate confirms Joseph La Monte to the Crime Laboratory Board.

Assembly Senate Washington Wisconsin General Hospital Chippewa Falls Union Grove University of Wisconsin State Building Fund Gov. Thomson Joseph la Monte Milwaukee State Crime Laboratory Board John W. Polcyn

Army seeks IRBM control despite Wilson order clash

Nickerson defends protest of Wilson's 1,500 mile IRBM directive, saying Army should develop and use the missile. He disputes espionage claims and aims to gain Army access to the IRBM while noting he tried to influence key figures to modify the order. He describes disloyalty as failing to raise the error to superiors.

Wilson Air Force Nickerson

Hold Autopsy In Drowning Of City Man

Coroner Dr. Watunga said autopsy on 25 year old David J. Brieske of 625 Liberty St. found no cause of death beyond drowning. Brieske disappeared while swimming the West Channel of the Mississippi Saturday evening and will be buried Wednesday after a 9 a.m. funeral at St. Joseph’s Cathedral and Catholic Cemetery services.

Michael J. Watunga David J. Brieske Liberty St Brieske Mississippi Watunga St. Joseph's Cathedral

Eisenhower Delayed at Langley By Plane Trouble

President Eisenhower returned to Washington from Williamsburg after a 40 minute delay at Langley Air Force Base Virginia due to electrical trouble in the Columbine III starting mechanism. He flew back aboard a borrowed Air Force craft as the White House postponed its weekly session with Republican leaders.

Washington Eisenhower Williamsburg Langley Air Force Base Langley White House

Cattle Hog Prices Mixed as Market Wavers in Chicago Area Report

South St Paul market notes show cattle 1500 to 2200 high end stock steers and yearlings steady. hogs moderately active with barrows and gilts down up to 25 cents. Chicago poultry prices hold steady with whole birds and hens listed across weight ranges.

Winona Livestock Swift & Company KWNO Bologna Chicago USDA South 8St. Paul, Minn UBDA

Butter and egg market notes from Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter prices steady with receipts at 1,490,000 and wholesale bids largely unchanged. Prices listed as 93 score AA 6H and 92 A 5, B 86, 66 C 35, with 3 Hugs barely steady and receipts 11,900. White 39 in ed mediums 27, standards 26, dir ties 242, checks 25, current receipts.

Chicago Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Strike Closes Red Owl Warehouse in Wisconsin Michigan

A day long strike by Local 239 bakers and allied Teamsters halted operations at Red Owl Stores warehouses serving about 180 outlets in northeastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. 120 workers remained off duty while talks with Henry Wudlick sought a wage increase amid a 15 cent demand versus 10 cent offer.

Green Bay Red Ow! Stores, Inc Wisconsin Upper Michigan Henry Wudlick Teamsters and Warehousemen's Union Bakers Wudlick James Despins Escanaba Mich

Ludington man skis Lake Michigan crossing and plans return

Gerald Colvin, 23, water skied 62 miles from Ludington to Two Rivers and Manitowoc area aboard a 28 foot cabin cruiser. He wore multiple layers and grease protectors, sang through rough northeasterly conditions, and planned a return crossing on a single ski delayed by fog.

L. Michigan Manitowoc Ludington Mich Lake Michigan Gerald Colvin Colvin Two Rivers Mani Edward C. Hansen A. A. Amstutz Robert Brodie Colby Armstrong

Nixon Convention Debates Pornography and Federal Spending

Delegates' resolutions call producers of pornographic literature to account for compromising youth standards and urge cuts in federal spending. The craft includes a bid to grant Washington DC residents presidential voting rights. An evening Mardi Gras party kicked off events with notable arrivals. Jaycees and Jaycettes hold sessions and planned gatherings.

Washington, D. C Wisconsin Warren Knowles Martin E. Schreiber Milwaukee

Local woman injured in Jackson Street crash

An 18 year old Patricia J. Keegan suffered a right shoulder injury and was hospitalized at St. Francis after a car with Donald A. Schulze struck a parked vehicle on Jackson Street near 4th Street. Police say Schulze bent to pick up an object and lost control.

Jackson Patricia J. Keegan George St St. Francis Hospital Donald Arthur Schulze S. 20Th St Dorothy Ann Jerome Jackson St Schulze

Vandalism Reported Across City In Three Incidents

City police logged three vandalism cases after a keg of nails was buried at a house under construction on 216 S 15th St and a building permit damaged. Alvira Michalski reported a broken aerial on her car Friday night at the Avalon Ballroom and Louise Mears reported several broken garage windows on 1109 Main St.

S. 15Th St Alvira Michalski Redfield St Avalon Ballroom Louise Mears Main St

Tuskegee Vote Change Triggers Negro Merchants Boycott Threat

In Tuskegee Alabama after a bill gerrymanders voting excluding most Negro residents from city limits, Negro leaders threaten a boycott of white merchants. A mass meeting at a local church was called to discuss citizenship and trade, while some Negro shoppers already buy outside the city.

Tuskegee Ala William P. Mitchell Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital Mitchell Phil Lightfoot Sam Engelhardt Montgomery James E. Folsom Engelhardt Alabama Assn Citizens’ Councils Tuskegee Institute Charles G. Gemillion Tuskegee Civic

Tractors Not Horses Now Teamed on Farm Work

Madison reports two light tractors harnessed together with one driver as a new farming technique. University of Wisconsin farm engineer Marshal Finner says paired tractors handle heavy spring plowing and can separate for lighter summer tasks. He notes growing power and features like power steering automatic gear shifting and wider tires to boost traction.

Madison Marshal Finner University of Wisconsin Finner

Governors react to Eisenhower plan at conference

Governors from New York Michigan North Carolina New Jersey Nebraska and California react to President Eisenhower’s proposal to shift federal duties back to the states while weighing implications for highway funding school construction and state rights. Some praise the idea as a trend others urge caution or study.

Lane Dwinell New Hampshire McKeldin Dwinell Averell Harriman New York Eisenhower Michigan G. Mennen Willams Governors’ Conference A. B Happy) Chandler Kentucky Chandler North Carolina Luther Hodges Hodges Conference Resolutions Committee Washington New Jersey Robert B. Meyner GOP Victor E. Anderson Nebraska California Goodwin J. Knight

Patience Hyde Lodge Meeting Notice

Officers to be present at Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday 21 at 8.00. Hyde Lodge 21 invites members to attend the session.

Patience Hyde Odd Fellows Hall

Five New Items Added to Council Special Meeting Agenda

Five additional items were added late Monday to the Common Council special meeting agenda for 7:35 p.m. Tuesday. The measures include a City plan commission resolution approving the George and St. James streets corner for a low rent housing project and resolutions to allocate Indian Hill landfill, accept street dedications, fix access streets to the project, and move a Burlington Railroad spur to serve the Terminal Express Transfer warehouse.

Common Council City Plan Commission George and St. James Streets Indian Hill Plan Commission Burlington Railroad Terminal

White Knight drill tests 32nd Division readiness

Operation White Knight at CAMP MCCOY ran 48 hours with Wisconsin National Guardsmen facing a simulated enemy. Regular Army personnel in varied uniforms played opposing forces, including a mock guerrilla attack. All infantry regiments bivouacked 48 hours while division artillery fired, inspected by Gen. Wyma in Washington.

Camp Mccoy Wisconsin Red Arrow W. G. Wyma Washington, D. C Continental Army Command

Weather Report for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa

Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms west portion. Wednesday cloudy with showers and storms ending and cooler by evening. Minnesota: partly cloudy and warmer with scattered thundershowers this afternoon. tonight partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms east and south portions. warmer east, cooler west. Red River area Wednesday cooler, Iowa partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight and extreme southeast Wednesday morning. numerous in extreme southwest this afternoon. warmer central and east this afternoon and extreme east tonight. cooler northwest Wednesday.

Wisconsin Minnesota Red River Iowa

Wisconsin Bill Seeks Close of TB Camps Hitches at Wales Site

A Wisconsin Assembly bill to close the two tuberculosis facilities and repurpose the Wales site for a state boys school hit a snag as a resolution for an attorney general opinion passed by voice vote. The measure, backed by Gov. Thomson, would move patients to county sanitoria and convert Lake Tomahawk for minimum security use. Wales would house boy school operations.

Madison Assembly Wisconsin Senate Thomson Manitowoc Marinette Ford du Lac Ashland Stevens Point Senate Wales Wisconsin Assembly Clemens R-Oconomowoc Lake Tomahawk Assemblyman Cane R - Menasha Assembly Judiciary Committee Green Bay Kettle Moraine State Forest Waukesha State Supreme Court Wisconsin Builders Assn

Milwaukee Road to photograph industrial sites across Midwest

The Milwaukee Road announces a serial photographs program of its property in Illinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and South Dakota including the La Crosse area. The goal is to aid locating sites for industry along the railroad with images from Chicago Terre Haute Des Moines Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis Aberdeen SD and about 100 towns between terminals.

Chicago Milwaukee Road Ilinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota la Crosse Terre Haute Des Moines Milwaukee St. Paul Minneapolis Aberdeen

Bourges-Maunoury Wins Confidence Vote

Paris reports Premier Maurice Bourges-Mau noury won a confidence vote as ratification of the European Common Market and Euratom treaties moves forward. The tax program narrowly passed the National Assembly and remains his next priority on the reform agenda.

Paris Maurice Bourges-Maunoury National Assembly

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