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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1963
Page
3
Four Minnesota traffic victims died Friday night and this morning in accidents near Pine City Marshall and Minneapolis. The toll rise to 120 for 1963, 25 more than a year ago.
A South African court convicted 20 men on sabotage charges after a December clash with police at Queenstown Station. Two defendants received death sentences. one officer was hacked to death and seven Africans were killed by police fire during the incident.
About 200 University of Wisconsin students gathered to push for a letter-writing campaign against a proposed tuition increase. The subcommittee of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee recommended raising resident tuition from 236 to 300 dollars and out-of-state from 750 to 1000 dollars, to shift more university costs onto students.
Rochester Minnesota station KROC Channel 10 has withdrawn its protest to the FCC against Mississippi Valley Microwave Co. plans to bring educational channel 2 and independent channel 11 from Minneapolis to Winona and La Crosse via microwave links. WKBT remains in protest. hearing set for April 29.
LONDON AP experts warn tranquilizer Imipramine known as Tofranil and anti travel sickness pill Marzine may cause birth defects. Doctors Robson Sullivan urge caution. Geigy and Wellcome say large human studies show no abnormalities but animal tests indicate possible risks at high doses. Trials began before Britain 1959 marketing. Wellcome notes high dose fetal anomalies in animals.
A Sunday radio highlight lists an exhibition baseball game between the Braves and the Cardinals airing at 1 p.m. on WKTY. The telecast features two major league teams in a pre-season matchup broadcast for local listeners.
Atty Cross questioned Elizabeth Dakin who prefers the name Elizabeth over Jane and described as highly intelligent. She detailed education at University of Wisconsin extension courses, stage experience, hobbies, and career goals in pre medical studies before leaving hospital care at Winnebago. She expressed desire for outpatient psychiatric treatment and gratitude for family support from sister Mary and others. Local relatives and hospital aides tested and affirmed her condition and progress.
The La Crosse AFL-CIO Council unanimously endorses Warren Loveland for mayor. Oscar Swennes reports the council action.
Judge Lincoln Neprud will hear 12 civil matters including a divorce case on motion day starting at 9 a.m. in La Crosse Circuit Court. Clerk Carl Schnick notes no criminal matters are scheduled for the day.
The mayor will speak on WKBT television Monday at 9 p.m. The program will also be carried by radio station WKTY, expanding the outreach to radio listeners.
Washington AP reports Republican and Democratic National Committee leaders urged Congress to suspend equal broadcast time for next year’s presidential campaign while opposing lifting it for state and local races. Kennedy-era context cited. governors targeted for poll tax abolition. Treasury defends 36 Secret Service agents for Vice President Johnson.
Marvin J. Simonson 47 of Menomonee Falls died Friday after controls in a coal loader short circuited. A 41 year old coworker in the yard described a loud arc and simonson leaping from the cabin aflame before the power was shut off. Simonson, a 20 year veteran with no prior lost time, left behind three children.
Carmen C. Nohre of Houston Minnesota will receive a Doctor's degree in agricultural economics at University of Minnesota commencement exercises. He is married to Norma Griswold of Mabel and will join the U S Department of Agriculture in Washington D C after moving to Alexandria Virginia. He formerly taught at Nerling Grove High School.
Billie Sol Estes, once a farm boy turned financier, waits as federal jury deliberates fraud charges over notes on fake fertilizer tanks and loans to financing firms. Trial details recount origins of his empire, loans, and leases, with prosecutors naming 28 witnesses and defense arguing actions by many for mutual profit.
Washington AP Pierre Salinger pleaded not guilty to charges. He defended President Kennedy's administration secrecy during the Cuban missiles crisis, arguing editors determine what readers hear and that full public disclosure would hinder national security. He urged study of whether editors manage news in the public interest.
The Army plans to purchase about 85,000 AR15 rifles for paratroopers and anti guerrilla fighters. Debated within the service, supporters praise its light weight and handling, while critics warn of stoppages and limited effective range.
Records from La Crosse detail Roberta Rank's divorce from Gordon Rank on cruelty grounds with custody awarded to Roberta. Other cases include Edward Pfaff's drunk driving conviction upheld, John Weibel's speeding fine, and a series of municipal citations. Local incidents note two medical transfers and a hospital admission for illness.
Bali's capital Denpasar requested rice and military helicopters to rescue villagers cut off by five days of lava from Agung. The eruption raised Bali's death toll to 1,264, with 1,500 feared dead as thousands faced homelessness and possible relocation to other islands.
A Houston truck driver R V Holloway aged 42, his wife Melba 22, and their two children were killed when a cable stretched between construction machines cut into the car top. A fourth child Pamela 4 was in critical condition with head injuries. Investigators say the cable hung about 11 feet between the machines and the driver tried to steer between them.
A historical note states that the average American factory worker consumes electricity equivalent to the labor of 429 men each day, illustrating early energy consumption comparisons and the scale of industrial power use.
Organization of a section of the 44th General Hospital in Onalaska announced by Col. Herman H. Shapiro. Maj. Warren H. Frei commands the Onalaska unit, part of XIV Army Corps orders. Lt. Mons A. Langhus, a pharmacist, serves with 1st Lt. Langhus listed. The unit will train at the Armed Forces Center in Onalaska with capacity for 10 officers and 10 enlisted men focusing on neuro psychiatric ward and social work procedures.
Calvin Lambert, a 33 year old Iowa newspaperman, buys the Grant County Independent along with the Grant County Advertiser and Dickeyville Advertiser from former owner Norman Clapp. Harold and Mrs. Nelson announce the sale, terms not disclosed. Lambert is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O R Lambert of Webster Wisconsin.
A warrant issued by the Waukon sheriff seeks Edwin Lieran, 36, for deserting his wife and eight children on March 7. He formerly managed a Phillips 66 oil station. described as 5'8" tall with blond hair, green eyes, about 150 pounds.
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