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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1954
Page
1
Weather forecasters warn heavy cloud cover and possible showers will likely obscure the sun during the near eclipse, with only a brief 60 second totality if conditions permit. Rare timing and early hours demand fast, precise viewing. next total eclipse cited as Sept 12 2099 or May 8 2106 with 1925 Duluth blackout as the last nearby event.
Vice President Nixon and Secretary Benson led a national radio appeal urging support for a flexible price support farm program. They argued the current plan is unfair to farmers and taxpayers and framed the proposal as a needed adjustment to stabilize agriculture and the economy.
Wisconsin dairy farmers face a $63 million income drop over the next year under the Benson Kohler approach James E Doyle Democrat candidate for governor told a Westby rally Mrs Edna Bowen also spoke and urged voters to support farm and worker causes Doyle linked the drop to 90 to 75 percent parity cuts and warned of broader economic impact across Vernon County and the state
In a six point statement the leaders urged general and drastic reductions in world armaments with safeguards. They pledged to pursue world peace based on the Atlantic Charter and offered friendship to nations seeking a just peace while opposing subordination by communist satellites.
The La Crosse Board of Education accepted low bids for remodeling the Weather Bureau station at 5th Avenue and Cass Street into an administration building. Low general contract bid was $12,382 by H Martell, plumbing and hvac $6,590 by C M Hammersberg, electrical $2,669 by Onalaska Hardware and Appliance Co. Other bids ranged up to $19,725. A special July 19 meeting will discuss southeast housing with Shelby Township officials.
Considerable cloudiness and local showers or thunderstorms tonight and early Wednesday. Cooler on Wednesday morning. Lows around 68 tonight with a high near 80 Wednesday.
Former U S internal revenue service head Joseph D Nan an Jr was found guilty by a Federal Court jury of evading 91086 in his personal income taxes.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee backed an amendment to restrict 800 million dollars in Southeast Asia aid. It seeks to bar aid to governments bound by treaties guaranteeing Communist rule in Asia and may redirect funds to Malaya or British allies in emergencies.
In Pittsburgh the United Steelworkers approved a contract offer from U S Steel Corp adding about five cents per hour and improving insurance and pensions. The proposal now goes to the union’s 170 member wage policy committee for ratification, with executives to decide after board meetings.
Police in Laredo Texas order evacuations as the Rio Grande drives a 64-foot crest toward the business district. Across the border Nuevo Laredo abandons sandbags while towns race to higher ground. Thousands flee to hills as bridges are swept away and a 9 p.m. deadline nears. The flood follows Hurricane Alice rains and threatens lower valley crops.
A third military junta in as many days seized power in Guatemala and began negotiations for a cease-fire with anti-Communist insurgents led by Castillo Armas. Col. Elfego Monzon heads the new regime, with Cols. Cruz Salazar and Mauricio Dubois also in power. The junta outlawed the Communist party as rebel forces gathered near the capital, while Arbenz remained under house arrest and sought exile in Argentina.
The United States create the Pacific Air Command led by Maj. Gen. Lory Smith to command all Air Force installations and personnel from Hawaii to the Far East. The move unitizes bases in Hawaii Clark Field and Guam with future interceptor wings and supports air transport and air-sea rescue in the Pacific theater.
The Atomic Energy Commission voted 4 1 to deny Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer access to restricted atomic data in Washington.
Sen. Alexander Wiley urged building an Asian defense pact and readiness to deploy U S forces to Indochina. He warned that avoiding commitments risks greater danger and stressed education as key in the war of ideas against communism. He spoke to about 250 at La Crosse State College touting free world ideals.
Former President Harry Truman was "greatly improved" and past the critical stage after emergency surgery for appendix and gall bladder removal. Dr. Wallace Graham said the patient showed signs of his old self and that the critical phase was past, though recovery remains affected by antibiotic sensitivity.
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