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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1966
Page
9
Uncle Ray notes that skin tones among Native peoples varied from coppery to light, with red face paint being common. Tribes used pigments from ores, plants, and charcoal for coloring and housed paints for ceremonies and war. Firearms shifted power after trade, with Pontiac era conflicts showing early adoption.
American Motors Corp announces layoffs for Milwaukee and Kenosha plants as 1966 auto body assembly ends. About 4,000 of 5,000 Milwaukee body plant workers and 7,700 of 9,100 at Kenosha plants will be laid off this week with 1967 production to begin in August.
In Detroit, Jack McAdams and his 7 year old guide dog Dell faced a rainy day crisis when Dell proved blind from cataracts. Vet surgery removed the clouded lenses, restoring sight though the dog recovered slowly from anesthesia. Dell, a diabetes sufferer, had a second set of lenses previously. The fundraising and travel support came from McAdams's short wave radio network.
In Hoboken New Jersey about 30 parents and babies staged a drip in at police headquarters to help a 17 year old youth. The youth turned on a fire hydrant on a hot night prompting residents to frolic in the spray. Police arrested him for illegal hydrant use and later released him after residents demanded his release showing they had all turned on the hydrant.
In Abilene Kansas a preserved white cake piece frosted at the 1951 Denver wedding is shown at the Eisenhower library. The display marks the golden anniversary of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Doud with gifts, a rice box, and keeping china from her hope chest.
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