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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1961

Page

2

Berlin Test for Maxwell Taylor as Kennedy Adviser

Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, recalled to active duty at 60, becomes President Kennedy's military adviser. He will aid in crisis planning over Berlin and oversee intelligence and military issues, maintaining liaison with the Joint Chiefs and National Security Council.

Fred S. Hoffman Washington Berlin Maxwell D. Taylor Kennedy White House Robert S.mcnamara U.S West Berlin Europe Taylor Secretary of Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff National Security Council

Hog and cattle market report from Chicago and St Paul

Swift & Company quotes hog prices and class limits for Good Hogs to Stags with weight ranges. Cattle, calves and hogs show steady to mixed moves across Chicago and St Paul markets with price ranges for steers heifers cows and sows and wholesale poultry and produce notes from AP reports.

Chicago Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Pole toppled in stunt injures nine at West View Park

An aluminum 110 foot aerial pole toppled during a act at West View Park injuring nine people in a crowd of about 50. Two victims, Celeste Farnsworth and Martha McCoy, were hospitalized with brain injuries as aerialist Kayletta descended from the pole stage.

Pittsburgh Celeste Farnsworth Martha McCoy Whitehall West View Park Kayletta

Stock price postings for Bell and Farrell and fellow firms

A catalog of bid ranges and share prices across multiple companies and mutual funds. Listings include Bell & Farrell Centr Teleph, Frantz Mfg, La Crosse Teleph, Royal Dutch NY Shares, Pan Am Sulph, and several Wisconsin and national funds with quoted ranges for common stocks and funds.

Eichmann Claims Others Responsible For Deportations

In Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann testified via five hand drawn charts that the Gestapo gave top level orders and that he was bypassed. Defense counsel Robert Servatius argued deportations to death camps were led by senior SS and security police while Eichmann only organized trains. Eichmann maintained he operated under orders and bore no personal responsibility for the pogrom, while judges noted the charts’ complexity and overlapping directives.

Thomas A. Reedy Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann Gestapo Eichmann Hungary Robert Servatius Budapest Servatius

U S to Moon First Webb Says in Space Race

AP reports James E Webb head of NASA predicts the United States will be first to land men on the moon before 1970 using a rocket about two thirds the height of the Washington Monument. He cites Kennedy era goals for a three man lunar team and overall space program.

U.S. News and World Report Webb Kennedy

Reynolds Named Chairman of Midwestern Attorneys General

Atty. Gen. John W. Reynolds was chosen Monday to chair the Western or Midwestern Association of Attorneys General at a New York convention, the Reynolds office announced.

American Writer ACROSS 1 Across Clue Puzzle Fragment

Crossword style clues list includes many entries such as 13 Lienholder 14 Unpaid balance 15 a ones 16 Nullly 17 Dissenters 18 First after 19 Hotel employee otelem 23 Operations 26 Beverage 27 Footpath 31 Fisherman's Writing 33 Silkworm 34 Cravat 35 Poem 36 Malt drink 37 Flagstone 51 39 Weight of India 40 Raced 41 Survey 44 Girl's name 47 ace in 10 Machine part 11 Detest 12 Very 20 Unemployed 21 Melt down 24 Render turbid 25 Notion 28 Harvest 29 Shield bearing 30 She see in 1888 38 Flask 40 Felt 42 Gentlemen's entremay 43 Relieved 44 Winged 45 Number 46 Followers 48 Wax 50 Mr Sparker and others 52 Worm 53 Feminine appellation

Bologna Bell & Farrell, Inc Godfrey Co Hamilton Heileman Br Koehring Co la Crosse Teleph Bid Marine Cap McQuay, Inc Nekoosa Ed. P North Plast St. Pow Northw. Banc Pan Am Royal Dutch New York Texas East Trane Co Western Power Wis. Pow. & L Tausche Hdwe Mutual Funds Boston Fd Chemical Eaton & Howard Bal Eaton & Howard Stock Fidelity F Incorp. Invest Mass One Wil Puritan Wis Montgomery Ward Monsanto Chemical Pacific Allied Radio St. Power Allis-Chalmers Mathieson American Can Pfizer American Motors Nyaa Tel Republic Steel Rexall Drug Reynolds Metals Royal Dutch Safeway Stores One Capital G. D. Searle Brunswick Sears Roebue Caterpillar Trac Sinclair Oil Chrysler Celanese Socony Columbia Gas Sperry Rand Consolidated Foods Oil of Ind Copeland Ref Stand Oil of NJ Curtiss Wright Stude Packard Iva Eastman Kodak Elec & Mus Ind Texaco Ford Westren Union General Telephone White Motor Great North Woolworth Tie Greyhound Illinois Central Jones & Laughlin Dow Jones Lom May Lienholder Balam Otelem Mr Sparker

Freedom Riders Deny Brutality Amid Miss Prison Claims

The Associated Press reports Sheriff Gilroy disputes abuse claims by Freedom Riders at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. He notes 163 riders have been sentenced for breach of peace and defends jail conditions while detailing alleged transport incidents. News also covers desegregation lawsuits and civil rights actions across several states.

Freedom Riders Miss. Prison Associated Press Mississippi State Penitentiary J. R. Gilroy Jackson Gilroy New York Kenneth Shilman Oceanside N.Y Shilman Chicago Felix Singer Terry Sullivan Imum Jackson City James Spencer

Mother Of Four Children Held For Bigamy

A 31 year old Milwaukee mother of four was charged with bigamy after her first husband recognized her on the street. Helen K. Grubb waived a preliminary hearing and was released without bond while her second husband John Arcand refused bail. Grubb said she had been married to Richard Grubb in 1950 for three weeks then left him. She later married Arcand in 1954 and is expecting a fifth child in October.

Milwaukee Helen K. Grubb John Arcand Arcand

Joan Davis Estate Heir Faces Administrator Challenge

Los Angeles AP report says Joan Davis daughter Beverly Colbert 27 is accused by her ex husband Si Wills 57 of lacking business experience to run the late comedian's $1 million estate as special administrator. Trial set for July 31. Colbert had been named administrator after Davis died May 23 leaving no will. Wills seeks probate of a 1941 will leaving him the property.

Los Angeles Joan Davis Comedienne Si Wills Beverly Wills Colbert Miss Davis Colbert

Kuwait Crisis Deepens as Iraq Pushes Annexation

Kuwait, backed by Britain, vows to resist Iraqi efforts to annex Kuwait as regional tensions rise. King Hussein supports Kuwait, while Nasser’s UAR faces Arab League unease. Kuwait seeks sovereign status after 62 years under British protection amid international diplomacy.

Hassan Hussein Jordan Sheik Abdullah Kuwait London Britain Iraq Middle East Soviet Union Kassem Arab League Nasser United Arab Republic League Sheik Abdullah al- Salim Sabah John Richmond

NATO chief warns Berlin fall would be death blow

BONN Germany AP Secretary General Dirk A Stikker of NATO says the fall of West Berlin would be the Western alliance death blow. He urges NATO to prevent a fatal misunderstanding by Khrushchev about the Wests readiness to defend Berlin in a Bonn University speech to the German Atlantic Society.

Bonn Germany West Berlin Western Defense Alliance Dirk A. Stikker North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Khrushchev West Berlin Stikker German Atlantic Society Bonn University

Two Chinese Reds Granted Asylum in Burma

In Rangoon Burma two Chinese Communist officials who fled to Burma have been granted political asylum. Han Ti ling 38 formerly with the labor office at the Chinese People's Bank and Kwang Kway-kyan 23 a secretary with the government broadcasting department received asylum from Burmese authorities.

Rangoon, Burma Burma Han Ti-ling Chinese People’s Bank Kwang Kway-kyan Government Broadcasting Department

Weather Record For Lacrosse And Vicinity

Weather outlook calls for warmer showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday with a low of 68 tonight and a high of 88. Wisconsin sees warmer conditions with scattered storms across the state and cooler vibes in the northwest late Wednesday. Minnesota reports fair skies but continued heat with isolated storms, while Iowa tracks scattered showers and storms spreading from the northwest with little temperature change.

Lacrosse Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa

Mitchell Gets Federal Reserve Appointment

President Kennedy selects George W. Mitchell a Chicago economist to the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell, a Democrat, is vice president in charge of research at the Chicago Fed and an associate economist of the FOMC. He replaces M. S. Szymczak whose term ends January 31.

Washington Kennedy George W. Mitchell Chicago Federal Reserve Board Mitchell Chicago Federal Reserve Bank Federal Open Market Committee M. S. Szymczak Szymczak White House Pierre Salinger

Cuba Talks Stall As Prisoners Press Public Exit Bid

The Cuban crisis persists as key figures like Eisenhower and Walter Reuther signal new tactics to end the stalemate. Prisoners, delayed meetings, held an impromptu news conference accusing no one. Castro said the mission is to present Cuba's stance on the 1977 exchange aimed at freeing 1,197 inmates for 500 tractors. Gustavo Garcia said the group has 15 days with possible two one week extensions to publicize their view. Immigration calls them temporarily paroled in the West.

Senhower Walter Reuther United Auto Workers Hooker United States Cuba Castro Gustavo Garcia Rm West

Ambassadors Draft Berlin Reply After Moscow Memorandum

Four Western powers met in Washington to draft a reply to Soviet Premier Khrushchev's Berlin memorandum. Led by Foy Kohler the talks included German and French ambassadors and Britain's Lord Hood. No split was reported and a second meeting was set for later in the week with a planned completion by week’s end.

Washington Khrushchev Berlin Foy D. Kohler Wilhelm Grewe Herve Alphand Lord Hood Moscow

Old Reliable Redstone Ends Military Tests

Cape Canaveral reports the Redstone long-range rocket, first U S ballistic missile and space booster, ends its military test program after eight years with a 41st success in 45 launches. Three modified rockets remain for upcoming suborbital astronaut flights following Shepard’s May 5 milestone. A Polaris A2 failure earlier the same day prompted Navy technicians to inspect causes aboard the USS Observation Island offshore.

Cape Canaveral Fla America Atlantic Army Cape Alan B. Shepard Jr Shepard Florida Navy Observation Island

Factory pay gains and price trends show modest growth

Statistics indicate about 123000 workers will see hourly increases of two to three cents, including 25000 at Lockheed Aircraft and Pacific Airmotive. May’s index rose nine tenths of a percent year over year, one of the smallest postwar losses. Spending power for factory workers remains up as higher pay and longer weeks boost take home pay, despite slight inflation. Meat prices decline for the fourth month, with poultry at the lowest since World War II and dairy and egg prices down overall.

Lockheed Aircraft Corp Pacific Airmotive Corp Myers

Love and alimony clash in tough advice column

Dear Ann Landers counsels Buff to keep alimony by avoiding marriage while Jim offers security. Short Circuit warns against dangerous home remodeling. Hannah faces choosing between romance and caring for an ailing mother with no easy resolution. 1961 Field Enterprises, Inc.

Ann Landers Field Enterprises, Inc

Ribicoff on federal aid programs and renewed states rights banner

Ribicoff notes that the states rights banner was removed while Congress and governors crafted federal aid plans for highways welfare farm programs resource development and education. After legislation and adjusted allotments the banners are raised again.

Lube Gun Scares New York Cleaning Woman

A cleaning woman at the Empire State Building found a five inch graphite powder-lubricating gun on a fourth floor coffee table. Police, the bomb squad and investigators rushed to the scene before the device was identified as a common lock lubricant tool.

New York Empire State Building John Barry Technical Laboratory Mary Sulak

French Farmers Parade Across France Demand Bigger Price Share

Demonstrations by angry farmers halted traffic with roadblocks and tractor parades from Grenoble to La Rochelle as growers press for a larger share of consumer prices in a national economy deal.

Paris France Grenoble la Rochelle

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Maxwell Taylor Bern Senate Russia The Supreme Military Counseil Winona Livestock Swift & Company Chicago Livestock Chicago USDA ST. Paul ST. Paul, Minn California Chicago Poultry Chicago Les Rotations James C. McCord Ell & Farrell, Inc Midwest Stock Exchange Exchange la Crosse Peter G. Hurtgen Loyd Lamb Moshe Landau Newspaper Enterprise Assn Fiz Parchman Westbrook Pegler Pegler Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt Justice Department Moisant International Airport New Orleans Mobile Ala Tallahassee Committee On Racial Equality National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee Baghdad Federal Reserve Helief Redstone Howard Benedict NSM Mul eLue Big Clark-Bracken S. 4Th St S. 4Th Cass DIAL Ann Jim Buff Hannah Ribicoff Rte Savings and Loan Associations First Federal Savings and Loan Association OF Lacrosse
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