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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1959
Page
6
AP analysis notes wide differences among the six Common Market nations in taxes labor and material costs import rules and consumer markets. German Finance Minister Etzel cautions against valuing low wages alone for site selection and discusses currency issues and the goal of a common monetary system.
Wisconsin Conservation Commission and forest industries oppose a plan for a state timber marketing commission to aid small woodland owners. Stakeholders argue current extension foresters provide market data, while critics warn state reporting could standardize measurements and pricing. Opponents call it unnecessary, saying farmers can benefit from market knowledge before harvesting.
Disc jockey Vince Lindner wrapped four day statewide tour interviewing police on traffic safety to prove you can drive New Jersey without a ticket. He met success overall until Morristown when a patrolman issued an overtime parking ticket while he was inside police HQ.
An Army lieutenant recalls towns with descriptive names among residents and at a military post. Examples include Winters, Falls, Summers, Peach, Pear, Snow, Forress, Heat ter, Burns, Long, Short, Hamm, Bacon and Majors Hero and Battle. A reader adds postal names from Grapevine to Cracker's Neck and asks for more name related places. The writer seeks more such names and invites letters from readers including a Canadian clerk.
The Weather Bureau forecast through 7:00 AM for cities including Billings, Bismarck, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Dubuque, Duluth, Galveston, Huron, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, La Crosse, Los Angeles, Madison, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, St. Louis, and Washington. Temperatures range from the 50s to the 90s with varied conditions.
The 24 hour rainfall at 7 am ranged from 2.73 inches in Philips to 1.05 inches in the Duluth area. Heat peaked in Laredo at 110 while Butte recorded 36. A humid eastern half of the country faced a thunderstorm and scattered showers in the west. Park Falls reported 1.50 inches, Duluth 1.26, Medicine Lake 3.2 inches in 30 minutes, and Fort Worth 2.72 inches turning streets to rivers as longshoremen quit work in Baltimore halting five ship sailings.
The U S Senate pushed aside secrecy on payrolls and voted to publish names and salaries of all Senate employees every three months. Individual senators may disclose their own payrolls if they choose. The move follows prior demands driven by House staff nepotism stories.
SAN ANTONIO AP Four men died as two jet planes crashed within 40 minutes on opposite sides of San Antonio. One RB66 reconnaissance bomber hit a rocky hill about 20 miles northwest of the city, and a T33 trainer burned after crashing one mile north of Lavernia, 26 miles southeast of San Antonio. The crashes occurred about 40 miles apart.
Wisconsin’s 1959 traffic toll rose to 327 as a Waukesha County man died in a Highway 24 crash near Muskego. Gordon Abel, 24, of Big Bend, was killed. his brother Ronald, 25, injured. Mary Jane Cable, 27, of Minneapolis, died in a Janesville hospital from a crash near Janesville. Charlene Mark, 16, of Janesville, died after a crash on U S Highway 14.
Hawaiians vote today on statehood and choose candidates for the first state election a month away. Broad predictions point to an overwhelming yes for admission as the 50th state, with a long history of pleas for statehood. The Hawaii Statehood Commission reported a 12 to one approval in its recent straw poll.
Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a 1958 law allowing urban renewal authorities to condemn land without a jury verdict is unconstitutional. The unanimous decision cites the state constitution protecting private property and suggests removal of the jury requirement to move renewal projects forward may be blocked. The ruling reverses earlier Milwaukee and Madison cases supporting the law amid federal pressure over redevelopment funds.
The Trane Company board of directors on June 23 declared a second quarter cash dividend of 22 cents per share on common stock. The dividend is payable August 1, 1959, to stockholders of record July 15, 1959. Trane manufactures air conditioning heating ventilating and special heat transfer equipment.
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Warm, humid conditions continue with a low around 72 and a high near 90 on Sunday. Wisconsin mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers northwest tonight and Sunday. Minnesota cloudy today into tonight then partly Sunday. heavy storms possible south this afternoon. Iowa mainly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. partly cloudy Sunday with shower and thunderstorm activity north and west. cooler north tonight.
Dear Fed contends a divorcees’ multiple settlements show injustice in alimony and custody rules. Ann suggests laws vary by state and hints at Illinois reform. A reader asks about a teen daughter’s disrespect and another about a wife smoking after years. Ann advises firm boundaries, plus a booklet offer.
A federal grand jury indicted the defunct Milwaukee knitting machine firm American Knit Garment Distributors Inc and three officers on 21 counts of mail fraud and conspiracy. Named are president Chris Treants, vice president Darryl Saichek, and secretary treasurer Andrew Kremer with offices in Racine, Kenosha, and Green Bay. Buyers were promised profits from finished garments. earnings fell far short, while the firm reportedly sold 400 machines for about $150,000 in profit between July 1958 and March 1959.
A small private plane crashed into woods near Superior killing two Illinois men on a fishing trip. Richard Votava Sr. 38 and Raymond Boyer 40, both Lombard residents, died after hospital arrival. Votava Jr. 16 and Keith, 9, were injured and hospitalized in fair condition. The flight originated in West Chicago headed to International Falls Minnesota for fishing as fog shrouded the area.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture will put a proposed marketing order for red tart cherries to a referendum in Door and Kewaunee counties July 9 10. The order, enabled by 1959 legislature measures, would levy a one tenth of a cent per pound assessment to fund advertising promotion research and education programs. Adoption requires a two thirds vote and representation of at least 51 percent of cherry volume marketed for processing in the two counties.
At 6:05 a.m. Saturday Harry E. Mueller deputy sheriff received word from Joseph Ebner of La Crosse Trenching Co. that a 22 horsepower Mercury outboard motor and a six gallon gas tank were stolen from a building after its door was pried open. Undersheriff Robert Scullin is investigating. The Mercury boat motor has serial number 818215.
Queen Elizabeth toured the Ontario Ca nadian border power facility, unveiling a marker atop the dam. Her post ceremony itinerary included appearances in Cornwall Longsault Ingleside Morrisburg Iroquois and Iroquois Lock before sailing Britannia to Kingston.
President Eisenhower presses for raising the federal gasoline tax from 3 to 40 cents per gallon to finance the interstate highway program, but Rayburn warns against a 12 cent tax and insists no paragraph. The plan hinges on funds to prevent a 1961 shutdown.
Springfield voters approved Gov. Stratton led plan to raise the sales tax from a half cent to three cents slated to fund grade and high schools. The House passed the measure 92 to 70 after a tense roll call with 13 downstate Democrats supporting and six Republicans defecting, finalizing the tax hike likely to take effect late July.
Two Wisconsin youths drowned Friday in separate incidents. Russell Russrow, 15, of Portage, disappeared in the Wisconsin River while wading with a companion and was later found. George Godding, 13, of Beloit, died after stepping into a deep hole while wading with a friend in Turtle Creek near Beloit.
A dense stream of radio program listings shows repeated Hall of Sound slots and various Market programs. It lists news music shows and network style blocks with names such as Date With Music News Night Beat and Monitor World Music. The text reads like a station guide with many identical time slots and program titles.
Readable fragments indicate a local public notice or classified snippet with action unknown. Entities and specifics are unreadable, limiting precise identification of action, authority, location, or deadline.
In Virginia Beach, six spades or six no trump were the lay down results. Norths two spades is forcing, Souths four hearts shows a long strong, ace-less heart suit. Norths five no trump acts as grand slam force, South bids seven hearts after confirming the aces.
The speaker reports asking 4900 county prosecutors and district attorneys about racketeering and receiving varied replies. He says he has informed the international and reports that Hoffa is pleased with the information and the union is satisfied with his performance after attending all key international board sessions.
Judge Lincoln Neprud revoked the probation of Norbert Downey of Milwaukee for nonsupport and sentenced him to up to one year in Waupun. Downey was convicted in 1955 and placed on two years probation, extended twice, with failure to pay court costs and support since September 1957 leading to the revocation.
Tonight on WKBT TV topics feature Loretta Young Show about the Oriental Mind at seven. Also Wanted Dead or Alive at 7 30 and Brenner at 8. Have Gun Will Travel at 8 30. Gunsmoke at 9. The Target thriller at 9 30. Bob Cummings Show at 10 20. Max’s Playhouse presents Go Man Go at 10 50 with Harlem Globetrotters and Dane Clark.
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