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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1957
Page
5
A humorous column catalogs quirky facts and trivia from slang to diet tips and odds. It notes air force slang for a million dollars meg s buck, mentions Kim Hunter glow tips, and recalls inflation, nudists, and birth statistics with satirical asides.
The piece profiles Warren Beatty a 20 year old Arlington virginia native who moved to New York to seek acting success. He lands the title role in The Curly Headed Kid on Television Theatre after studying at Stella Adler and working as a sandhog on the Lincoln Tunnel project. Beatty reflects on luck and the number of hopefuls who fail to make it in show business.
John T. Godfrey, WWII flying ace from Freeport Maine, reports good progress in treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Schwenningen Germany. Dr Arthur Ross says the treatment has helped, while Godfrey waits six to eight weeks to judge its efficacy. His mother Ethel Godfrey joins him and his wife plans to join in July.
Holmen Wis special report notes a cradle roll program directed by Mrs Wendell Wall to be presented at the Holmen WMF meeting Wednesday. The 2 p.m. business session will consider proposed constitution changes and Ruth Circle will bake during the social hour led by hosts Mines Melvin Granum Otto Gilbertson Anna Gullickson Arnold Hoyer and Robert C Johnson.
Wisconsin special U S Senate campaign moves on with Gerald D Lorge denouncing federal aid to education at a Milwaukee rally while Glenn Davis preaches experience during a southern Wisconsin tour. Davis cites his decade in the House as a strength and plans a Milwaukee stop with Vice President Nixon. The race fills the McCarthy term ending January 1959 with a July 30 primary and August 27 general election.
Donald Diercks 32 year old Milwaukee clerical worker was elected state commander of the Wisconsin Amvets at their 13th annual convention. Other officers include Edward Millane senior vice commander Lloyd Tegge judge advocate Morton Gazerwitz national executive committeeman and William Robb finance officer. Post 7 Oshkosh named commander of the year and Post 68 Crivitz won the state membership contest.
The Army today issued a draft call for 11,000 men in August, 2,000 fewer than the announced quotas for April through July and the lowest since April 1956. The Army remains the only service using the draft.
Michael Francis Doyle a Philadelphia lawyer and nine partners including J Stuart Robertson and several O Neills bought the Kenmare estate near Killarney for about 240000 dollars to preserve it as a historical shrine. The buyers plan to vacation at the castle while the public keeps access to grounds. The venture includes prominent figures from the United States and Ireland. Doyle aided De Valera in 1916 by locating a baptismal record in New York that helped secure his commuted death sentence.
Detroit report says the NAACP will focus on Alabama Georgia Mississippi South Carolina and Virginia to implement desegregation after the 1954 school ruling. Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins and General Counsel Robert Carter outline legal barriers in Virginia and other states and vow to press on despite barratry and disclosure laws.
In Sante Fe New Mexico Jack the mule, the state prison farm mascot, loses his post as the state avoids a Democratic mascot. State comptroller Ed Hartman tests the game department but sells Jack to Bill Kahn of Albuquerque after Jack is hurt in an automobile incident. Hartman notes the lack of use for a Democratic mascot.
Strawberry Festival Youth Fellowship of Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church in Mormon Coulee will hold the event on Wednesday June 26. Barbecue coffee strawberry shortcake and sundaes will be served from 2 p.m. The church sits on Highway 14 seven miles east of La Crosse.
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