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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1958
Page
6
Wetumka Oklahoma cancels Sucker Day after promoter F Bam Morrison misled merchants who funded a circus that never arrived. City eyes closure after eight years of celebrations though some residents regret the end and recall crowds from out of state.
The Rev. Frank Stenger of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church conducted confirmation rites for several Norwalk and Wilton residents. Participants included Joyce Huber Mary Seekamp Catherine Tunks Kenneth Erdmann Richard Erdmann Douglas Gnewikow Ronald Miller Jerome Von Haden Bonnie Creviston Barbara Marco Vivian Schendel Robert Schendel and John Barden.
The Toronto Memorial Society urges weekday funerals to cut costs and even proposes living members plan their own funerals while healthy. The nonsectarian group formed a year ago after a Unitarian pastor decried costly, undignified funerals and has since published cost studies and advised families. Mrs. Hall-Humpherson notes weekend funerals are expensive due to overtime for embalmers.
Complete unofficial returns show Nobusuke Kishi's Liberal Democratic Party securing 287 of 467 seats, a 107 seat majority, as Japan votes to keep strong West ties and reject Socialist calls for closer alignment with the Communist world. In London a judge rules cruelty grounds do not grant divorce when a husband becomes a woman, while Laurence Olivier dismisses divorce rumors with Vivien Leigh. Buenos Aires enacts a broad political amnesty bill aiding exiled dictator Juan Peron’s potential return, and in Manila Indonesian rebel forces claim heavy casualties among Jakarta troops in Celebes fighting.
Four Star Films Inc announces plans to produce 28 million dollars of television films for the 1958 59 season. Owned by actors Dick Powell Charles Boyer and David Niven the company has 312 half hour films in preparation for six series. Existing productions include Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater Trackdown Richard Diamond Private Detective and First Anthology with new series Wanted Dead or Alive and The Rifleman.
Brownsville Texas reports the death of Francisco Gomez Marfill who claimed a 124 year birth. He was a wood cutter known for carrying a single bladed ax on his shoulder and worked as late as 1950. His memory places his birth when Texas was still part of Mexico. He died Wednesday of old age after six months of illness.
The State Bank of La Crosse invites the public to an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 4th and Main to tour newly remodeled two floors. The project, begun in 1956, expanded basements into former WKTY space and modernized the lobby with granite, marble, more teller windows, and a conference room.
A series of refinery explosions at the Hancock Oil Co plant in Signal Hill Long Beach California trapped and killed two workers James W Edwards and Woodward Langford. The 10 acre plant suffered heavy damage as 14 tanks blew up and hundreds were evacuated from nearby hospitals and air bases. The cause remained under investigation as flames raged through the night.
Madison outlines a six year program to relocate and enlarge the municipal airport at a cost near two million dollars. The new airfield would sit north of Truax Base and serve the Air Force and Air National Guard. 80 acres would be acquired as the terminal cannot be expanded, with funding sought from federal and state sources covering up to 75 percent of the total.
British and American forces to train at the AC Spark Plug plant in Milwaukee to tend Thor guided missiles. About 200 RAF technicians and 100 U S Air Force personnel will receive advance operation training as the program supports bases in England later this year. At peak the school will host 75 students. English bases will be manned by both nations.
In Brownsville Texas a federal jury convicted 34 Cuban Americans of conspiring to ship arms to Cuban rebels. A 35th defendant Ecuadorian captain Jose Bolivar Medina was acquitted. Sentencing set for Saturday. The Orion 60 ton vessel carried about $20 000 in arms and ammunition and was seized by U S government agents off Brownsville in March.
Mrs. Katherine Brownell Oettinger of the U S Children's Bureau told 200 delegates at the International Juvenile Officers Association meeting that street gangs present a huge police challenge. She cited a 106 percent rise in delinquency cases from 1948 to 1956 and noted that arrests of children in smaller cities grew twice as fast as in larger ones between 1956 and 1957.
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Caledonia Minnesota will receive new members by confirmation Sunday at 11 a.m. The candidates are Sharon Brown Audrey Comstock Deanna Dennison Richard Haugstad Marilyn Johnson Ruth Moe Ann Olafson John Schuldt Michael Schuldt Annette Skifton Ronald Skifton Paul Strand and John Waldron.
A blaze at the Anaham Indian reserve hospital near Williams Lake British Columbia killed twelve children and injured several others including Sister Mary of the Cross supervisor of the Missionary Sisters of Christ the King The fire started around 5 30 p m and was fueled by two explosions rescuers faced limited firefighting gear with only one child saved and victims airlifted to Williams Lake for care
A company platter features smoked turkey served with creamed broccoli and a generous sprinkle of grated Parmesan or Romano cheese. The dish is finished under the broiler to form a golden crust, ideal for shared meals.
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