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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1966

Page

3

Shaky stock market seeks firm bottom for upturn

Wall Street faced another weekly loss as the Dow fell to 876.11. Analysts cited auto industry cuts and profit concerns while noting few buyers supported the decline. GM peered at May production cuts. Ford posted record early May sales but others fell.

New York Wall Street Robert H. Stovall E.F. Hutton & Co Ford Motor Chrysler Ford Dow Jones Eldon H. Grimm Walston & Co Grimm

Signs You're Advancing In The Rat Race

HAL BOYLE essays reveal status symbols in the corporate ladder. From lunch money increments and color TV ownership to winning respect from bosses wives and office imitators, the piece gleefully catalogs markers of success and prestige in midcentury American work life.

New York PTA

Schneider Firm To Carpet Auditorium For City Banquet

The Schneider Home Furnishing Company will supply carpeting for the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium for the All America City recognition day banquet. Over 1000 square yards of material will be used. Doors open 5 30 p m Tuesday May 17 for early arrivals to choose tables. No reservations accepted.

Mary E. Sawyer Schneider Home Furnishing Company Chamber of Commerce

Child Hit By Car Making Recovery

Blair Wisconsin Daniel Stetzer age 12 son of Mr and Mrs Allen Stetzer Blair sustained fractures and bruises after darting into Highway 95 to fetch a ball and was hit by a car driven by Mrs Tilman Legue Jr The child is recovering in a Whitehall hospital.

Blair Wis Daniel Stetzer Allen Stetzer Daniel Tilman Legue Jr Whitehall

Black Bear Hunt Near Tunnel City Wisconsin

A black bear hunt began Friday afternoon on the Harold Thomas farm west of Tunnel City Wisconsin after Thomas saw the bear crossing fields around 1 30 p m at Tomah Ranger Station Earl Koch and a patrolman reported sightings but no trace of the animal was found bear sightings in the Tomah area had slowed in recent months

Tunnel City Wis Harold Thomas Thomas Earl Koch Tomah Koch

Weather snapshot for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa

Wisconsin shows partly cloudy skies with possible brief showers in the northwest and milder west. Minnesota expects variable clouds with scattered showers tonight becoming general Sunday and warmer conditions Sunday. Iowa notes partly cloudy skies tonight with warmer temps and a chance of showers or thundershowers Sunday. Sunrise Saturday 5 40 a.m. Sunset 8 25 p.m. Degree Days 22 Total 7437 Last Year 8038 Normal 7403.

Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa

Camp McCoy Area Opens To Traffic

Camp McCoy Wisconsin area access roads are reopened for training and normal traffic after recent rain and snow reduced fire danger. Col Paul Craig, post commander, said the decision follows two fires in two days that had earlier closed outlying areas and curtailed training.

Camp Mccoy Wis Paul Craig

Physicist Van Zandt Williams Dies in London

Dr. Van Zandt Williams aged 50, director of the Institute of Physics, died Friday in London. The news came from his New York office.

New York van Zandt Williams Institute of Physics London

No More KP for Airmen at McChord Base

Washington AP report says McChord Air Force Base will replace 65 airmen with civilian staff to run mess hall duties starting July 1. The move reflects cost savings as the Air Force shifts to civilian workers.

Mcchord Tacoma Wash McChord Air Force Base Air Force

Johnson awards Purple Hearts to Viet Nam veterans

President Johnson personally presents Purple Hearts to Maj Boyd D Parsons 43 of Poca West Virginia Capt Frederick W Straub 38 from Rochester New York Staff Sgt Douglas D Harlow 39 of Harrisonburg Virginia and Pfc Antonio Dell oss o from Newark New Jersey at a Walter Reed Army Hospital ceremony during a two hour tour Johnson also visits Eisenhower and Dirksen with Luci Johnson nearby

Washington Maj Boyd D. Parsons Johnson Parsons Poca W.va South Viet Nam Viet Nam Luci Walter Reed Army Hospital Dwight D. Eisenhower Senate Everett M. Dirksen Eisenhower Dirksen Frederick W. Straub Rochester N.Y Douglas D. Harlow Harrisonburg Antonio Dell’osso Newark N.J

Ontario Man Bound Over To County Court

Sparta Wisconsin Pete Schum acher of Ontario charged with receiving stolen property was bound over to County Court by Judge James W Rice after a Thursday preliminary hearing with bond of 150 continued A jury trial is set for 1 30 p m Tuesday May 31 Harvey Dunwald of Ontario testified he sold the saddle involved to Schumacher Cheryl Hatfield of West Lima said she bought the saddle and produced a 62 canceled check plus a 15 allowance for an old saddle Raymond Roberts and Rodney Biffle both 19 of Tomah asked for attorney representation Judge Rice appointed Emmett Farmer of Tomah to defend them

Sparta Wis Pete Schumacher Ontario James W. Rice Harvey Dunwald Thomas Keene Tomah Schumacher Cheryl Hatfield West Lima Raymond Roberts Rodney Biffle

House Leaders Defy Label as Rubber Stamp on Johnson

Representative Wilbur Mills, Arkansas Democrat and Ways and Means chair, blocked two administration proposals to liberalize trade with Communist nations and overhaul unemployment insurance, proving chairmen on Capitol Hill wield power over presidents. Another test came when Adam Clayton Powell refused to bring an Education and Labor bill permitting on site picketing, showing chairmen can override the speaker if backed by a committee majority.

Washington Congress Johnson Capitol Hill Wilbur D. Mills Mills Arkansas House Ways and Means Europe White House Bill D. Moyers Adam Clayton Powell D-N.y Education and Labor Committee Powell John W. McCormack D-Mass Sitlls

Labor Leader Urges End of 7 Percent Business Tax Credit

AFL CIO economist Nathaniel Goldfinger calls to scrap the 7 percent investment tax credit and raise corporate profits tax to curb a lopsided boom He warns a capital goods boom could collapse from its own weight as profits rise and production grows in early 1960s economy He opposes income tax hikes for the poor and unemployed and cites profit vs wage growth data and net tax cut reductions.

Neil Gilbride Washington Organized Labor Nathaniel Goldfinger Afl-Cio Goldfinger the American Federationist

Wisconsin northeast area urged to revive economy

A state report on eight Wisconsin counties Florence to Vilas finds population decline and job loss. It calls for a regional development authority and projects in forestry, agriculture, manufacturing, and recreation plus better transportation and training to stem migration and raise family incomes.

Madison Wisconsin Department of Resource Development Florence Forest Langlade Lincoln Marinette Oconto Oneida Vilas

Amish Man Injured When Horse Frightened by Chain Noise

Blair Wisconsin Perry Schrock 28 an Amish area resident is discharged from Eau Claire hospital after a fractured right ankle from an accident. He jumped from his vehicle as his horse spooked by a rattling chain tied to a dog. The Schrock family, now in the Amish settlement recently expanded by three families from Dover Delaware, welcomed their sixth child three weeks ago and previously lived in Dover.

Blair Wis Perry Schrock Eau Claire Schrock Schrocks Dover Del

Tailspin Tommy Actor John Trent Dies of Cancer

La Verne W. Browne age 59 of Torrance California died Thursday from cancer. Browne acted in films as John Trent in the late 1930s and was known for the Tailspin Tommy character.

Torrance Calif la Verne W. Browne John Trent Tommy

Pianists Pass Tests in Winona Guild Auditions

Dawn Morrison Joan Morrison Patricia Nelson Barbara Palmer Peggy Palmer passed National Guild of Piano Teachers tests in Winona auditions. They were accepted as members of the National Fraternity of Student Musicians and received pins and certificates. All students of Dr. Thomas Annett.

Dawn Joan Morrison Patricia Nelson Barbara Peggy Palmer Winona National Guild of Piano Teachers National Fraternity of Student Musicians Thomas Annett

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