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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1964
Page
9
The column features reader notes and Ann Landers advice on social tone and polite communication. Readers discuss respectful address, charity solicitations, and home privacy as the column weighs etiquette and practical guidance for everyday situations.
The 69 foot sculpture known as Cleo Patra’s Needle in Central Park, New York City, is claimed as the oldest outdoor statue in the United States. Brought from Egypt in 1880, it was originally erected in Helopolis over 3,300 years ago.
Civil rights demonstrators plan a noon to 6 p.m. picket at GM national headquarters in Detroit to press the company to change its employment practices. NAACP leaders say GM is lily white at top levels. GM counters it employs Blacks in supervisory and engineering roles across the firm.
In Lexington AP reports a man attempted a money switch at a savings and loan but lost $1. He gave four ten dollar bills for two twenties then swapped a one pound note for a twenty and vanished after claiming a mistake. The teller asked to count cash first, and the man disappeared leaving the dollar behind.
Pete Brown shot a final round 70 and posted a 72 hole total of 280 to capture the $20,000 Waco Turner Open in Burneyville Oklahoma.
In Chester Pennsylvania protests over segregated and unequal schools have raged for five months. Leaders warn of clashes as demonstrators demand full integration, better housing, and jobs while the school board insists segregation is de facto and hopes for a board-driven plan.
CORE plans nonviolent protests in Washington to back the civil rights bill and will send delegates to both major parties’ national conventions. James Farmer, CORE director, said the group would seek to replace Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama delegates at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City on August 24 and hold rallies with mass picketing at both conventions.
Charles Prell 51 of Tomah died in a Madison hospital Saturday from injuries suffered in an auto crash on Highway 16 west of Tomah Thursday night. Services set for 2 PM Tuesday at Ninneman Funeral Home Tomah with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. He leaves a daughter June and three sons, plus a sister and brother. His wife Norma Schedler died in 1958.
The La Crosse Sunday Tribune corrects previous reporting on a 1927 Model T Ford roadster shown at the Red and Custom Show. Daniel Thompson of 431 North Fourth Street, Onalaska is the owner. Michael Novotny helped build and display the car.
Multiple rummage sales announced across town including High way 33 east of Losey Blvd and 1820 Main. Jewish Women's League sales set May 5 6 8 30 to 10:30. West Salem Presbyterian sale May 8 2 to 8 pm. Maripat's Beauty Salon in Coon Valley closed May 9. Furniture and rummage sale at 2604 State Tuesday and Wednesday.
In San Francisco on July 13, a farmer described civil rights demands at the Democratic convention including fair employment with a $2 minimum wage and a large works and training program for the jobless. He also said CORE would push at the Republican convention for repudiating the traditional alliance with Dixiecrats on civil rights.
The La Crosse chapter of the Natural Food Associates will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Coulee State Bank 1520 Losey Blvd So The program features the film Gateway to Health followed by a gardening discussion
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