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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1968
Page
3
A family prayer crusade at State Fair Park drew 35000 attendees as Roman Catholic archdiocesan reps launched an interdenominational event. Plans call for 30000 Catholic laymen across 10 Milwaukee County counties to visit homes May 19 to May 26 to urge family prayer. Father Patrick Peyton had aimed for 250000 participants in the rally.
Milwaukee AP Robert Welch founder of the John Birch Society says their campaign against communism reflects the spirit of late Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. He spoke to about 700 at a banquet sponsored by the McCarthy Foundation and defended McCarthy against postmortem vilification.
The April farm labor force stood at 4.683 million, down 3 percent from a year earlier, with hired workers driving the decline due to cool weather and slowed field work. Farm wage rates averaged 63.50 a week, up 4.75 from last year. Spring wheat seeding ranged 70 to 85 percent complete in the Dakotas and Minnesota as planting began in the corn belt. The AP reports a sixfold rise in per capita turkey consumption over 40 years, with 126 million birds raised last year and 8.7 pounds ready-to-cook per person. A new cotton treatment promises rot resistance and better wear for outdoor textiles, using accessible chemicals and leaving fabric strength largely intact.
The Rev. James E. Groppi and about 1,300 civil rights supporters from Milwaukee led a Toledo march as part of the Poor People's March campaign. Demonstrators blocked intersections and vowed to stay seated if needed, urging government action by June 16 and threatening jail if demands are ignored.
A bulletin board note at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter Minnesota asks for the return of 2000 communion wafers stolen over the weekend. The note suggests the thief speak with the chaplain and emphasizes the wafers are needed this Sunday.
Senator Thurmond seeks Ball testimony under oath about State Department wire rooms 3805 3808 3809 3810 used to bug reporters during Ball's 1968 confirmation hearing Ball previously denied knowledge of the rooms and Thurmond urges recall for further questioning before the Foreign Relations Committee.
Mrs. Page Ellyson Stranahan 79 widow of Champion Spark Plug Co. co founder Robert Stranahan died Saturday in Toledo. She was a professional golfer in the 1930s and remained active in Ohio charitable and philanthropic work.
Prague reports show liberal leaders of Czechoslovakia’s Communist party resisting Moscow’s push toward control. Officials say no panic exists despite rumors of Soviet intervention and Warsaw Pact troop maneuvers near the border. Growing warmth toward the United States is noted.
Larry Kolden won the Viroqua bike rodeo with 80 points on Saturday. Other winners were John Swenson Mike Clark Kevin Olson David Guist Pamela Benson and Vicki Benson with judges Jerry Peterson Bill Keefer Clarence Sullivan Eddie Parker Reynard Benson and Melvin Dow.
UW President Fred H. Harrington spoke at University Lake School’s tenth anniversary in Delafield saying private colleges are indispensable pace-setters in modern education. He warned UW may acquire private schools but has no plan to swallow up small colleges and stressed private schools can boost public education by focusing on special fields.
In Buffalo County a tractor overturned on a hill trapping Gene Farner 41 and his 12 year old son Lee. Farner died from injuries while Lee was hospitalized in satisfactory condition in Winona Minnesota.
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