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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1958
Page
2
Plymouth body and assembly plants of Chrysler Corp in Detroit closed shortly after the day shift began, idling 2,700. about 1,500 more sent home. A parts shortage and trim department refusals contributed. Union officials offered no immediate comment as talks with the UAW continued amid a nationwide strike vote.
A circuit court order filed June 20 bans Teamsters Local 199 from picketing the Robinson Transfer Co building at 103 N Front St. The injunction also bars interference with receipts or deliveries and a secondary boycott. Judge Lincoln Neprud heard the case after a June 19 picket by Donald Steers over his discharge.
In Birmingham a 62-year-old retiree and volunteer guard Will Hall moved a smoking dynamite can away from Bethel Baptist Church minutes before a blast. Rev. F L Shuttlesworth praised Hall for his heroism as part of a volunteer group protecting the church since December 1956 after earlier damage. Police found few clues, noting fragments of the can and a vague description of passing white men.
Kathryn Bjorkman of Superior Wisconsin won a scholarship Sunday at a Youth Fellowship Rally conducted by the Baptist General Conference of America.
Generally fair weather remains widespread with precipitation limited to the northwest and north central areas. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast in the northern Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley, as Unifax notes.
La Crosse County Board schedules a special session at 7 30 p m on July 15 to decide whether to repair or replace the boilers at the County Hospital near West Salem. The board will hear coal and oil interest representatives and call a heating engineer from the University of Illinois as an impartial expert.
A St Paul man and Arrow Insurance Co are dropping a case against Allstate Insurance Co after reaching a settlement in La Crosse County Circuit Court Judge Lincoln Neprud signed an order dismissing the suit. The dispute stemmed from a July 20 1956 collision on Highway 53 near Holmen and involved damage claims by Homer and Arrow. The filed stipulation does not specify any payment amounts.
Deputies search for a barefoot suspect linked to a Sunday theft spree. A parked car near Terry Andrae State Park triggered a dawn pursuit after shots were fired to deter the fleeing man, who lost his shoes while escaping through mud. Authorities tie him to thefts from Linda Behrens and George Schuester, and a later car theft by Wallace Cole.
La Crosse County Clerk Esther Domke returned to duty Monday after attending the Wisconsin County Clerks Assn annual convention in Wisconsin Rapids last week. She said clerks toured the new courthouse heard expert speakers on legislation affecting county clerks and accounting and bookkeeping procedures and participated in panel discussions.
Correction: David Burkhart of La Crosse won the June Dairy Month essay contest. The event was sponsored by all groups promoting dairy products, not only Dolly Madison and Borden dairies. Co chairs were Charles Roddle of Dolly Madison and John Mathison of Borden's, with Cal Sprain as contest chairman.
Market report from Swift & Company aired on KWNO with bids as of noon today. Hog prices rise with various weight ranges, cattle and calf markets steady, lambs paused, and Chicago livestock and produce figures listed with ranges and recent bids.
The Supreme Court blocked enforcement of California's non Communist oath requirement for tax exemptions. The court held the current procedure violates due process by shifting proof to taxpayers. the rule remains but cannot be enforced unless California shifts the burden to show disqualification. Vote 7 to 1 with Justice Brennan authoring two majority opinions and Clark writing two dissents. Chief Justice Warren abstained.
About 16 009 people mainly teens filled Dallas Memorial Auditorium to hear Pat Boone and star athletes at a Church of Christ youth rally. Sponsors said it was the largest of its kind for the denomination. Boone urged youth to stay in church, leading a hymn sing and delivering a faith message.
In Boston at the General Council meeting, Rev. Maurice L. Haehlen of Green Bay Wisconsin argues that people have become bewitched by scientific education and its byproducts He says science asks only how not why and is morally neutral, warning education may destroy or save us depending on use He urges questioning whether education changes old patterns or merely offers new methods.
Simple memorial services were held at Westover Air Force Base Mass for 15 men killed when a jet Stratotanker crashed seconds after takeoff in a New York to London speed attempt. More than 500 relatives attended as Chaplain Maj Lawrence A Dickson led the interdenominational service.
Three people lost their lives as failed rescue attempts unfolded in Ohio. A father near Fostoria leapt for his 3 year old son on railroad tracks but the boy died in the oncoming train. In Cincinnati a 4 year old saved his brother but perished himself. In Ottawa County a couple swam as their boat drifted away and the woman drowned, while a Vermilion couple aboard a Lake Erie cruiser faced tragedy when the wife disappeared overboard. Victims were Lewis Rice of Fostoria Jackie DeMint of Cincinnati Miss Joan Tasch 27 of Oak Harbor and Mrs Ellen Andress 49 of Vermilion.
Milwaukee AP reports a 13 year old boy, Michael Santos, was wounded in four places by a .22 revolver fired accidentally while he read on a studio couch. A second child, who found the loaded gun hidden by the boy’s mother, fired it. The slug punctured his cheek neck shoulder and armpit and the weapon struck the wall. He was listed in fair condition.
Wesley P. Starks a 23 year old Canton Minn man pleaded guilty in County Court to burglary of Klein and Son Inc insurance office at 2111 South Ave after being found in the weeds near the building with a window open and cabinets ransacked He posted bond was set at 2500 and he was jailed for Circuit Court proceedings.
Alfred Lunt returns tonight to the Broadway hit The Visit after missing four performances due to a virus infection. During his absence understudy John Wyse played the lead in last Wednesday and Saturday matinees and other performances.
The U S Supreme Court unanimously voided a contempt finding and $100000 fine against the NAACP in Alabama but denied dissolving a restraining order. Justice Harlan said NAACP had no hearing on merits and the ouster issue was not properly before the court. Alabama argued the contempt ruling rested on state law alone.
New York AP reports Bruce M. Jeffris president of Parker Pen Co Jamesville Wisconsin named general chairman of the United Business Committee by the National Association of Manufacturers. Jeffris serves as an association director.
Partly cloudy with showers and scattered thunderstorms across Wisconsin. Northern and central portions face locally severe storms this afternoon and evening. Minnesota sees numerous severe storms with heavy showers and warm humid air, cooler tonight in the northwest. Iowa reports warmer, windy, humid conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the northwest, fairer southeast tonight into Tuesday.
Supreme Court may rule today on emergency steps to review an order delaying school integration in Little Rock Arkansas. Negro attorneys claim Judge Lemley’s ruling invites mob rule and seeks a fast Supreme Court decision before schools reopen in September.
Max the parakeet, bilingual in Italian and English with Scotch preference, slipped from Miss Marie Lipani’s Newark home after a vet ordered him to stay on the wagon. He chats in about 300-word vocabularies and prefers cocktail parties, though his diet of plain seed and water keeps him “on the wagon.”
Washington AP reports Vice President Nixon and California Senate candidate William F. Knowland clash on several big topics. They diverge over Adams, labor regulation, and trade policy while Nixon supports Eisenhower and a push for a five year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, Knowland seeks a three year renewal and advocates restraint on aid to Iron Curtain states.
President Eisenhower aide Adams faces renewed questions as Fox accuses him of influence peddling. Goldfine arrives to testify amid White House denials of directing Goldfine briefing. Knowland calls for Adams resignation as defense-contract figures show Goldfine ties to fiber purchases.
The National Park Service backs Rep. Henry S. Reuss proposal for a 500 mile national park route across Wisconsin’s glacial moraines. Director Conrad L. Wirth calls it admirable and directs a field study with Reuss and Wisconsin conservationist Raymond Zillmer to inspect the area next fall.
On June 28 Walter Grosskopf Sr. was taken to Grandview Hospital for illness. A false sprinkler alarm occurred at Spence McCord Drug Co. at Front and State. A car owned by Ervin LeJune had slight front seat and blanket damage possibly from a cigarette. On June 29 a shed at 221 Market St. sustained slight damage from spontaneous combustion.
Indonesian Prime Minister Djuanda says government forces remain pressed by rebels in North Celebes despite Menado’s fall and urges rebel leaders to surrender after the reb el capital is captured.
Hastings Minnesota to Guttenberg Iowa reports very little change in pools and tailwaters over the next 24 hours. Sun rises at 5 26 A.M. and sets at 8 52 P.M. Moon rises at 9 P.M. Tuesday.
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