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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1959

Page

2

Congress Acts Today On Tax Extension Bill

Congress moves to extend for a year the 52 percent corporate tax rate and ongoing excise taxes on autos, alcohol, and tobacco to avert a $3.14 billion revenue drop. Senate and House work to resolve differences before Tuesday midnight deadline. Repeal of the 10 percent local phone tax set for June 30 1960 and ticket tax reductions also tied to future votes.

Congress Washington House Senate Senate House Senate House Conference

Bolivian Rebels Defeated in Santa Cruz Claim

Government says troops control Santa Cruz after subversive movement. Communique reports armed bands caused anxiety, with a policeman killed and four wounded in attacks on police headquarters. Army air force and police chiefs moved to Santa Cruz. further airlift possible.

LA Paz Bolivia Santa Cruz Hernan Hamon Vargas Tapia Interior Ministry

Weather Outlook Signals Varied States Across the Midwest and Coast

The forecast tracks a mix of sunny and unsettled conditions across cities including Billings Bismarck Boston Chicago Denver and more. Temperatures range from the 40s to 80s with scattered showers possible in some regions and light winds prevailing.

Youth Sought For Killing 7 In His Family

ALTA STETTLER AP Seven members of a family are found dead in a green and white house in Stettler. Raymond Cook 53 a garage mechanic his wife Daisy Mae 37 and their five children aged 3 to 9 are believed killed in a mass slaying. Their son Robert Raymond Cook 22 is charged with murder after police discovered a blood stained shotgun under a mattress. The victims were battered with no clear indication whether shot or struck, and the bodies lay in the garage under tires boxes and blankets. The quiet town townspeople are shocked by the tragedy. The father had been informed Robert Raymond was arrested on a car charge Saturday. Neighbors reported no one seen since Thursday.

Stettler Alta Alberta Robert Raymond Cook Raymond Cook Daisy Mae Cooks Green White House Edmonton Robert Raymond

Bookmaker Held For Beating Elderly Man

In Los Angeles police arrested Harry Gross a 44 year old New Yorker accused of beating his wife's elderly grandfather 81 year old Harry Black who lies in critical condition at General Hospital with head and neck wounds. Gross once led a 20 million dollar New York bookmaking ring and denies the assault stating he and the old man are friends. Black said the attack followed a dispute over a 2000 loan. Gross previously served time in 1951 for bookmaking and conspiracy.

Los Angeles Harry Gross Gross New York Harry Black General Hospital Black

Patman Blames High Interest Policy for Debt Rise

Rep. Wright Patman of Texas assailed a high interest policy since 1953, linking it to inflation and a series of six national debt increases. He criticized the administration for raising rates and Congress for approving continued debt growth.

Dallas, Tex Wright Patman D-Tex Patman House Banking and Currency Committee

Israel Faces Decision on Arms Deal With West Germany

Israel's coalition cabinet weighs approving an arms sale of about 250000 grenade throwers to West Germany. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion threatened resignation if key socialist partners oppose the deal, risking a caretaker government with only half the parliament's seats. Opposition cites moral concerns over dealings with Germany two decades after the Nazi genocide.

West Germany David Ben-Gurion Ben-Gurion Socialist Labor Party Mapai Acduth Avodah Mapam Bonn Tel Aviv Maariv Israel Egypt Germany

Winona Livestock Report Prices and Market Notes

Swift & Company reports noon quotations for hogs cattle calves and Chicago markets. Hogs mostly lower with varying weights. cattle steady to higher. includes South St Paul and Chicago grain and poultry notes and wholesale price ranges for hogs calves and cows.

Winona Swift & Company South ST. Paul South ST. Paul, Minn USDA

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Butter and Eggs Report

Butter steady with receipts 773000 lbs and wholesale prices unchanged. Grade AA 57 percent, A 57.5, B 56, C 65. Eggs mixed with 16700 cases and wholesale prices unchanged to 1 percent lower. Grade A whites 34.42, mixed 31.42, mediums 27, standards 28, dirty 26, checks 25.42.

Chicago Livestock Chicago USDA Chicago (P Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Accidents Claim Several Lives in Wisconsin Route Crashes

A weekend page reports multiple fatal crashes across Wisconsin. John Logan 18 and Dianne Buchberger 16, both of Cleveland, died when their car left a curve on Melby Road near Franklin. Two Columbus youths 18 and 19 were injured after their car left Highway 151 north of Columbus and overturned. Ernest Saunders 67 of Edgerton died in a two car collision at highways 63 and 106 near Edgerton. James Fitzgerald 46 of the Town of Kildare died when his truck crashed into a tree and culvert on a new town road.

Melby John Logan Cleveland Dianne Buchberger Franklin Sheboygan County Columbus Lloyd Wodill William le Claire Ernest Saunders Edgerton James D. Fitzgerald Kildare Juneau County

Green Bay Investment Executive Dies At 56

Leland W. Gillespie 56 prominent investment executive died Saturday at Georgetown University Hospital Washington D C after heart surgery Friday. He was vice president of the Milwaukee Company and partner in its Green Bay branch Gillespie Wouters firm and had 37 years in the business active in public utilities financing munici pal and industrial underwriting including paper mills. In 1958 he was cited by The Milwaukee Company as its top representative handling 10 million dollars in investment funds. He was vice president and director of the Wisconsin Mortgage Investors Assoc.

Green Bay Leland W. Gillespie Georgetown University Hospital Washington, D. C Gillespie Milwaukee Company Gillespie & Wouters Wisconsin Mortgage Investors Assa

Queen Receives Noisy Reception In Toronto

Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Toronto to a huge welcome with 6000 plus onlookers igniting a grandstand and harbor crowds as Britannia docked. The royal visit features Thames racing and theater with Queen and Prince Philip attending Queen's Plate and a Stratford Shakespeare festival command performance. The pair also worshipped at Kingston United Church, the Queen’s first non Anglican service in Canada, with prayers for their duties and for Charles and Anne.

Toronto Stratford Kingston United Church Canada Richard H. N. Davidson Elizabeth Prince Charles Princess Anne Eisenhower St. Lawrence Seaway St. Lawrence

Trail Markers Spur Search For Remains Of B24 Crew

In Wiesbaden Germany AP said a marker trail north from the Libyan Desert indicates remains of nine U S bomber crewmen from a 1943 Libyan crash. Mortuary team mapped 24 mile north trek to desert track crossing where Italian vehicle remains lie. officials say the aim is to recover possible American airmen still listed as missing.

Wiesbaden Germany Bengasi Naples Italy U. S Air Force

Chinese Reds Urge Westward Expansion Amid Campaign

The Chinese Communists push a westward colonization drive across northwestern provinces near the Soviet frontier. The campaign, gathering momentum over three years, aims to tap lightly populated wealth, curb local populations as minorities, and quell regional discontent. West Berlin is noted as Germany's largest city with 2.5 million inhabitants.

Hong Kong China Soviet Union Outer Mongolia Nikita Khrushchev Russia Kazakhstan Mongolia

Five Drown In Wisconsin Waters Over Weekend

Five youths drowned in Wisconsin waters over the weekend. Names and ages include Gilbert Diederich 19 Oneida. Marvin Hoffman 16 Milwaukee. Everett Madison 18 Racine. Shard Woods 18 Chicago. Margaret Braak 15 Chicago. Ted Krueger 19 Appleton. Other rescuers included Thomas Appel 24 Twin Lakes and Donald Lewis King.

Associated Press Wisconsin Gilbert Diederich Oneida Rest Haven Duck Creek Green Bay Milwaukee Marvin Hoffman Lake Weyauwega Waupaca County Everett Madison Racine Lake Michigan Margaret Braak Chicago Lake Elizabeth Wisconsin-Illinois Kenosha Donald Lewis King

Strike Ends at Kansas City Newspapers After 10 Days

A 10 day strike by printers at the Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Kansan ends as Local 80 of the International Typographical Union accepts a two year contract by 285 to 94. The Star resumes with an 18 page edition of the morning Times and no ads. The pay scale rises to 123.50 a week for day workers and 129 for night workers with extra holiday pay and jury pay provisions.

Kansas City Kansas City Star Kansas City Kansan the Star Morning Times International Typographical Union

River Readings Forecast Through Dams Near Hastings to Guttenberg

Mississippi River readings show little change from Hastings Minnesota to Guttenberg Iowa. Dams 2 to 6 steady while dam 7 falls .2 feet and dams 8 to 10 drop one foot. Tuesday sunrise 5 25 a.m. sunset 8 52 p.m. Moon rises 2 03 a.m. Heating degree days Sunday none. Total fiscal year 7449 hours.

Hastings Minn Guttenberg Iowa

Weather Scene Outlook Ties Regions to Showers

Weather record for Lacrosse and vicinity notes cloudy skies with occasional showers this afternoon and tonight and Tuesday. Cooler with a low of 55 and a high of 72. Wisconsin shows partly cloudy skies with cooler air and showers in the southwest through today into Tuesday. Minnesota is mostly cloudy with cooler conditions and showers south Tuesday. Iowa reports mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers today through Tuesday and heavy rain in the extreme west tonight.

Dakotas Mississippi Valley Midwest Appalachians Unifax Lacrosse and Vicinity Wisconsin Minnesota Towa

Weather Outlook for Wisconsin Temperatures Below Normal

Temperatures will average two to seven degrees below normal with highs from 74 to 83 and lows 54 to 62. Precipitation is expected mainly Wednesday, totaling between percent and percent inch.

Wisconsin

Man survives after rail cars pass over him in Kendall

Art Schaffer aged 51 from Kendall slept on a North Western Railway roadbed and woke to rods striking his head as a freight train passed. Twenty cars rolled over him before crew uncoupled and he crawled away with minor injuries. He said he would have been fine if he had not looked up.

Sparta Art Schaffer Kendall North Western Railway Schaffer Monroe County Victor Mikkleson

Divorce drive and planned special session mark Long’s campaign

Governor Earl K Long travels to Covington for psychiatric evaluation after a weekend at Pea Patch Farm. He announces plans for divorce from Blanche Long, reshaping state welfare leadership, and a forthcoming special legislative session as he pursues a fourth term. He predicts a 60 percent victory in the December Democratic primary.

Winnfield Earl K. Long Long Louisiana

Savannah trestle disaster halts traffic and injures many

Fire and explosions at a trestle caused cars to derail and burn. Ambulances faced a traffic jam while helicopters ferried the injured to Savannah. Officials speculated a hot box ignited butane. Deadly chaos spread as houses burned and bystanders aided victims amid high heat.

Savannah Savannah Morning News Bill Harris Harris J. T. Harvey Meldrim

Death notice for Fred Polacek in Phoenix transfer

Fred Polacek, 48, of Phoenix Arizona formerly of La Crosse died suddenly Saturday in Phoenix. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Polacek of Lueders Texas three sisters Mrs Wilhelmina Swindle Mrs Lucille Miller both of Dallas Texas and Mrs Frank Brower of Chula Vista California and five brothers Willie Lovington New Mexico Gran ville Yosemite Park California Frank and Roy Fresno California and Vernon Odessa Texas Funeral services will be Thursday at Lueders.

Fred Polacek Phoenix Ariz la Crosse Frank Polacek Lueders Tex Wilhelmina Swindle Lucille Miller Dallas Frank Brower Chula Vista Calif Willie Lovington N.M Granville Yosemite Park Frank

Bride Ghosts A Mixture Of Mistaken Aisles At Quebec Church

In Hull Quebec a groom waited as a bride entered Notre Dame de Grace Roman Catholic Church Saturday. A pretty bride walked down the aisle, stopped, and hurried out in embarrassment. Moments later another bride appeared and did not retreat. The first bride had come to the wrong church, while all names are kept secret.

Hull Que Notre Dame de Grace

Rites Slated Tuesday For Kendall Man

Kendall Wis funeral services for Antony Sartori 68 who died in Milwaukee after attending his son William s wedding will be held at St Joseph s Church Kendall Tuesday at 9 am The rosary will be said at Smith Nelson Funeral Home Monday night Sartori died at his son s apartment where he and his wife spent the night His son 23 was married at St Pius Church Wauwatosa Saturday to Patricia Fiorani 20 Sartori a retired farmer native of Lockport Ind had lived in Kendall since 1944 He was chief of police at Lockport deputy sheriff of Will County Ill and a Du Pont Co police officer He served in World War I and later ranched in Montana before moving to Kendall A Democrat Sartori twice ran for Monroe County sheriff He was active in the Monroe County Farmers Union past commander of Kendall American Legion and affiliated with it 40 years He held offices in Kendall Commercial Club Lions Club Tri State Breeders Assn PTA Civil Defense and led drives for the Legion toys for tots Red Cross heart and polio He is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Irvin Meidn and three sons Robert James and William

Kendall Wis Antony Sartori Milwaukee William St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Smith-Nelson Mr. Sartori St. Pius Church Wauwatosa Patricia Fiorani Sartori Lockport Ind Will County Illinois The du Pont Co France Montana Monroe County Monroe County Farmers Union Kendall American Legion Post Kendall Commercial Club Kendall Lions Club Tri-State Breeders Assn Parent-Teacher Assn Civil Defense Legion’s “Toys For Tots American Red Cross Irvin Meidn Robert James

Haiti's Duvalier Aide Sees Invasion Threat Past

PORT AU PRINCE Haiti one of Duvalier's strong men Clement Barbot said the immediate danger of a foreign invasion is past though Haiti remains ready. He cited US and OAS roles in Caribbean peace as opposition exiles in Cuba threaten uprisings. Security sweeps continue after bombings at a casino dance floor left 24 injured and two dead. The country remains under martial law for 14 months.

Port Auprince Haiti Clement Barbot Francois Duvalier United States Organization of American States Caribbean Duvalier Dhd Port Au Prince

Milwaukee Girl Named Wisconsin Miss Universe Delegate

Charlene Krause a 19 year old Milwaukee native with green eyes and blonde hair was selected Saturday night to represent Wisconsin at the Miss Universe contest in Long Beach California. She is a speech student at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and won over 11 other contestants in the state finals at Gibraltar High School.

Fish Creek Charlene Krause Milwaukee Wisconsin Long Beach Calif University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Krause Gibraltar High School

West Germany moves ahead with Berlin election plan

West Germany pushes ahead with a presidential election in Berlin despite Soviet protests. Washington called the Soviet notes interference while East German officials say they view the vote with great seriousness. The Electoral College will meet to choose a successor to 75 year old President Heuss as Adenauer backs Heinrich Luebke.

Berlin West Germany U. S. State Department West Berlin Washington Germany Soviet Union East Germany State Department Theodor Heuss Konrad Adenauer Heinrich Luebke Christian Democratic Party Carlo Schmidt Max Becke Free Democrats

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