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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1954
Page
1
Senate debate opens on the administration omnibus tax revision bill. Senator Millikin touts a $1.4 billion annual tax cut mainly benefiting working mothers retirees teachers policemen and farmers while Democrats seek income tax relief and a higher debt ceiling.
Senator Karl Mundt said the investigations sub- committee would not vote to probe the CIA. He cited workload and time before adjournment, noting no formal investigation has been authorized and McCarthy has not presented evidence. He expected the full committee to decide on key issues soon. Washington quoted.
A leather flight bag found on the Lake Michigan shore by a Sheboygan woman is flown to Bedford Indiana for identification by Civil Air Patrol authorities. The bag held an air map from Crawfordsville to Crystal Falls and three men’s socks, with the bag’s condition suggesting it hadn’t been in the water long. The missing flight carried four men including pilot Stephen Buck and Ed Parkham, both of Bedford, and Eli Demaree and Lloyd Lestwich of Crawfordsville.
The House begins debate on a 3.5 billion dollar foreign aid program amid controversy. Members push for restraint while criticizing British and French moves in Asia. The Foreign Affairs Committee urges Eisenhower to repudiate any support for a nonaggression treaty with Asian Communists.
Vernon Kahler, a 35 year old Fairmont area farmer, was held in Fairmont Minnesota on an open charge of allegedly attempting to mistreat a 16 year old baby sitter. He waived a preliminary hearing and bail was set at 5000 dollars. Kahler reportedly said he had never been in Wisconsin and feared questioning or a lie detector test. He was arrested after the baby sitter escaped to a farmhouse and the incident led to police tracing the license plate. He is wanted on a Minnesota Center warrant for an attempted incident and faces complaints in several Minnesota cities.
In Lucedale Mississippi a 22 year old blind Korean War veteran Charles Vines plunges into the Pascagoula River to save three teens from drowning. Anne Louise Ball 18 Barbara Wood 15 were swept downstream after stepping into deep water. Vines swam about 600 yards rescuing Barbara and Anne Louise before pulling James Peacock to shore.
Galesville Wisconsin seen 25 000 spectators for a centennial parade with 135 units over a 14 1 2 mile course. The La Crosse Boy Scout drum and bugle corps won corps, Westby led bands, while prizes were awarded across historical misc and floats with entries from Arcadia Winona and St Charles.
The weekend toll in Wisconsin includes 11 deaths from traffic crashes and drownings. Notable losses: Harold Didl 25 of Keshena drowned in Wolf River rapids. Arnold Ruskowski 21 of Cicero Illinois killed in a Highway 12 18 collision near Madison. Frank Gonzales Jr. 25 and Delores 22 of Madison died in a rollover west of Sun Prairie. Gerald Hendrickson 24 of Marshfield died in a crash north of town. Bernice Durschlag 39 of Hollywood California died in a Dodge County two car collision. Michael Dunn 5 of Menasha drowned at Jefferson Park. Ernest Below 59 of Beloit drowned in Delavan Lake. Kim Gottschalk 3½ of Wisconsin Rapids drowned in a cranberry marsh. Melvin Dobratz 28 of Rockford Illinois killed when his car overturned near Darlington. Charles Feld 54 of Chicago drowned in Twin Lake Kenosha County after cooling off.
Guatemala's government announced a military junta had outlawed the Communist Party after President Arbenz Guzman resigned and handed power to Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz. Rebels claimed momentum as Arbenz left for Buenos Aires and fighting pressed near Guatemala City, with U S diplomats calling the move a possible negotiation tactic.
In Yuma Arizona Jack Outlaw has been named state cattle inspector to check brands and stolen stock. The appointment empowers him to inspect cattle brands and investigate thefts in the region.
Prime Minister Nehru and Chou En Lai urged a Indo Chinese political settlement based on free states not used for aggression or foreign intervention. They did not mention Indochina armistice while Mendes France aims for July 20 progress. Chou plans Rangoon talks with U Nu then Peiping, proposing periodic Asian summit to foster peace without restricting Communist or non Communist nations.
Lt. Col. Grigori Burlitski testified before a U S congressional committee on Communist aggression describing how independence seeking groups like Checheno Ingush and Tartars were culled and deported by the Kremlin to Siberia. He said about a million people were moved in harsh convoy actions during World War II and that autonomous regions were erased.
In Washington, President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill urged Paris to quickly approve the European Defense Community and pledged to press forward with collective defense for Southeast Asia. They warned the Communists the international situation could worsen if demands in Indochina are pushed too hard.
Prime Minister Churchill called for a real good try at peaceful co existence to reduce the risk of a conflict leaving the world in ruins. He urged a patient cool examination of Russia's intentions and rejected distrustful views held by many American officials. The leaders discussed making West Germany an equal partner and placing soldiers in Western defenses, and planned a broader technical atomic cooperation within U S law while seeking French EDC approval. An agreed declaration of basic principles was promised for release.
U S Senator Alexander Wiley arrived in La Crosse at 2 27 p m Monday for an evening address at the State College auditorium on Education for America s Responsibilities in a Shrinking World The Wisconsin Republican and senior senator traveled from Milwaukee with his wife Miss Elizabeth Wiley a La Crosse public school teacher accompanied them They canceled plans to visit Rochester to see their hospitalized son Marshall Wiley Has returned home to Chippewa Falls The Wileys are lodged at Hotel Stoddard and will depart Tuesday morning for Washington by North Central Airlines A reception in the college social rooms will follow the address
Local forecast shows partly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday with late thundershowers. Warmer tonight and cooler by late Tuesday. Lows tonight and highs Tuesday reach around 87 degrees.
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