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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1957
Page
6
Wisconsin reports lower average speeds and a reduced death rate this year versus last, while Minnesota sees higher fatalities. State Highway Commission credits patrol presence and safety campaigns. Madison contemplates adding 70 nonuniformed weights inspectors to free uniformed patrols.
Indications show the government will end the fiscal year June 30 with a surplus near 1.2 billion, about 500 million below the 1.7 billion budgeted. Tax receipts total about 70.9 billion if June collections match last year, while expenses run around 69.5 billion. The Eisenhower administration aims a second consecutive balanced year though military costs drive higher outlays. Congress adjusts deficiency funds and awaits next year’s big money bills. Titus 3.8.
Madison reports Assemblyman Sobocinski pushes for bingo to fund charities, arguing taxes burden Wisconsinites. Opponents warn legalization breaches anti gambling laws and opens floodgates, noting enforcement history and lack of public drive for change.
Psychologists from the University of Pennsylvania interview members from families with six or more children to rate adaptability. Firstborns and youngest are often rated poorly, while fourth children emerge as best adjusted by siblings. One in 457 individuals is poorly adjusted, and many families show a domineering parent affecting first children.
Letter from readers requests more picnic tables in Pettibone Park citing lack of seating and enjoyment. Also discusses one way street proposal for Main and King streets, noting potential confusion costs and taxes, suggesting citizens vote. Names and addresses required for publication.
In the Senate and the Senate Finance Committee stage a dual study of Mr Humphrey's fiscal policy. Democrats, led by Byrd and Kerr, question the administration's handling of corporate profits and interest rates. The sessions frame a broader critique of big business influence on government and the economy.
A 1957 Herald Tribune piece questions if Supreme Court decisions are partly written by law clerks and argues for transparency in authorship. It notes commissions on security scrutinizing judicial staff and suggests paired liberal and conservative clerks for balance.
A digest of old La Crosse events: Lutz Fur Store at 203 Main robbed of 1540 in furs and cash. a suspect rents a room next door and cuts through the roof. Three ministers fishing near Whitman dam drown after their boat is drawn toward the dam by undertow. Allis-Chalmers workers, 480 strong, vote to join AF of L at Labor Temple per organizer Robert Franklin. Only 14 guests attend the Mary Pickford Buddy Rogers nuptials.
Poem expresses open confession of love with the speaker promising to reveal every past and true self to the beloved. The speaker asserts there is no shame connected to their name and invites the beloved to read their life as an open book. Published 1967 Field Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.
W G Rogers surveys Jesting Apostle The Private Life of Bernard Shaw by Stephen Winston from Dutton. The critic notes brisk portraits and rare GBS letters to Tolstoy Doyle Lawrence Woolf, while finding the middle section muddled and the narration patchy with reticent handling of key moments. The book runs 217 pages and includes several illustrations with limited integration.
La Crosse Tribune details home delivery and mail subscription rates for surrounding areas including La Crosse Onalaska and La Crescent. Rates list weekly and yearly prices and zones for local and distant subscriptions.
A NEA health column explains intermittent claudication from reduced leg blood flow due to arterial hardening with exercise causing pain that subsides at rest. It notes limited prospects for restoring youthful vessels and advises gradual walking with rests. It also covers nerve pain relief options and potential surgical nerve revision or cutting. It explains fallopian tube inflammation and possible infertility with methods to reopen tubes and improve pregnancy chances.
The column provides answers on varied questions from oil fields in India to lead poisoning in toys, locating Japanese swords returned by servicemen, and war service details of the USS Aaron Ward. It notes Assam fields, 1951 and 1955 Indian crude output, amphitheater in Cedar Breaks Utah, and the sinking of USS Aaron Ward off Savo Island on April 7 1943.
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