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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1955
Page
2
Madison bill allows sale of bulk milk direct to consumers if dealers meet strict sanitary rules. The amended measure, from the Agriculture Committee at Wisconsin Dairy Federation request, places supervision with the State Department of Agriculture over pasteurization and sanitation. Bulk sales have grown in Marshfield and Wisconsin Rapids where trucks sell milk directly to customers.
The CIO United Auto Workers reject Ford Motor Co. stock purchase offer for 140,000 workers as inadequate. The union, seeking a two year pact, orders locals to prepare for possible strike action when the June 1 contract expires and calls the proposal a watered-down GM copy.
Clear skies and cooler Canadian air moved into the northern plains and Dakotas. Beloit Wisconsin reached 75 as the national high hit 106 at Alice Texas. Mullen Pass Montana recorded the coldest night at 26 while La Crosse logged 64.
Washington and Moscow clash over pullback strategy as Russia cites notes to the Western Powers. The United States welcomes a summer Big Four conference while pressing the satellite issue and urging peace and freedom.
Disaster relief workers sped to aid survivors after a series of tornadoes killed at least 115 in Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Texas and Arkansas. Udall lost many residents as 74 died and 200 plus injured. Blackwell Oklahoma suffered 18 deaths and 500 injured. National Guard evacuated Udall as more bodies were found and families sought relatives.
Jakarta said the Indian airliner crash in the South China Sea on April 11 was caused by a timed internal device placed in the starboard wheel well. Sixteen of 19 aboard died, including eight Red Chinese officials. investigation continues in Hong Kong.
Funeral services for Mrs Thelma E Schroeder 55 of 1217 Bennett St will be held Tuesday at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Also funeral services for Mrs Augusta M League born February 22 1860 will be held Saturday at Sletten-McKee Chapel with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. George Salem Markos 49 dies at his mother’s home with services at St Elias Orthodox Church and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Stanley Ray Harder, one month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Harder of 120 S. 4th Ave Onalaska, died at a local hospital Thursday afternoon. Private graveside services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at Onalaska Cemetery with Rev. Richard Truitt officiating.
The piece notes charges against Attlee and moderates, Gravesend defeat of Labour by Sir Richard Acland in an independent bid, Conservative Peter Kirk winning by 2909 votes, and 17 Communist candidates losing 150 pound deposits as per electoral rules.
City merchants push for a downtown multideck ramp citing potential growth and petition plans to pressure the Council. Debate centers on revenue bonds versus municipal funding with comparisons to Racine Eau Claire and ongoing discussions about meter income and parking lot financing.
Quotations list broad stock values with many names including Hamilton Inter Cellucot and Royal Dutch, plus grains July wheat and Sept wheat at edged prices. Chicago produce notes butter prices and packing details while city ramp parking and Market Square tensions prompt remarks from Holley and Brownlee.
PAWTUCKET R I Jane L Baltzell 20 and a Phi Beta Kappa graduates Pembroke College next month She has held scholarships four years and was named a Fulbright winner for a year overseas Three months earlier she won Rotary Foundation fellowship for study in England She declined both to take a Marshall fellowship for two years at Cambridge University Her father is an official of Blackstone Valley Gas and Electric Company She was born in El Paso Texas.
A rural motorist paid a $25 fine in Police Justice Court for leaving the scene after following a car down George Street in Morris Valley Onalaska around 8 p.m. May 20. The driver brought Frank Leibl back to the scene where Leibl paid $5 to the parked car owner for damages.
Spata area licenses issued for Niles C Meltesen and Betty Hoefs in Sparta and for William H Young and Helen Parrish in Tomah, with La Crosse couples Eugene Lancour and Arlene Olson and Ervin Beech Jr. and Mary Schmitt listed as to be married in La Crosse on June 4.
In Belgrade Khrushchev tells Tito the Soviet Union is sincerely sorry about Yugoslavia’s expulsion from Cominform. He blames Beria and “enemies of the people” for the split while Tito remains unsmiling. Talks to continue after lunch with planned visits to industrial and cultural sites.
Spokane report says air policeman A.3.C. Ollie Hanson of Alexandria Minnesota died after being shot in the chest by A.3.C. Richard V. Herr of Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin during guard duty at Fairchild Air Force Base. Both men were new to service and lived in the same bar racks. Hanson died at about 5:15 p.m. at the base hospital.
Swift and Co reports weekday buying hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m with Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. Hog prices up to 25 cents higher. cattle steady with ranges for steers, heifers, cows, bulls, calves and lambs listed. Chicago and South St. Paul animals and prices noted for hogs, cattle, calves, lambs, plus Chicago poultry and potatoes markets.
The past day rainfall will cause only moderate rises on the Root Upper Iowa and Black rivers over the next 36 hours with slight tailwater rises on the Mississippi from Winona Minn to Dam 10. Sunrise Saturday is 4 28 am sunset 7 37 pm.
The Chicago market shows salable hogs at 16 000 with prices 25 to 50 cents higher for butchers and weights under 230 pounds. Cattle and calves are 1 000 and 200 respectively, with slaughter steers and heifers scarce and prices mostly steady to weaker. Cash grain lists No 1 yellow corn at 1.50, No 2 at 1.49 to 1.50, and soybeans around 12% with meal at 1.50 to 2.00 per unit.
Rowley Office Supply of La Crosse wins the Vernon County Courthouse Annex contract in Viroqua with a bid of 9 358.15. The award includes about 100 Badger Inc. foam rubber upholstered chairs and Oliver Office Equipment Co. secures three typewriters at 392.50 trade-in.
Weather outlook shows cloudy skies with occasional showers and thunderstorms in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A cooler night followed by Saturday clouds and showers with windy conditions. Iowa expects mostly cloudy skies, cooler tonight, and a warm Saturday in the north and west with diminishing winds afternoon.
Nineteen La Crescent eighth graders will be honored at a Friday evening ceremony in the school auditorium. William A. Lawrence will deliver the address and invocation. Principal Alvin Grob will present the class, with awards by William N. Olson. Safety awards go to a list of named students. The class enjoyed a dinner hosted by mothers, and the year closes with a Myrick Park picnic in La Crosse.
Danny's Accordion Band, ages 8 to 12 from La Crosse, entertained soldiers at the Camp McCoy Post Service Club early this week. They performed about an hour of solos, polkas, marches and the Mexican Hat Dance to cheers from the troops. Miss Gladys Stringer of Westby, service club director, announced a weekly summer program schedule starting in June. Stringer, daughter of Mrs. Hans Nottestad, has served in Army Special Service since 1948 with postings in Japan, overseas duty 1950, and McCoy director from 1951 to 1953 and again from March of this year.
Mrs. Francis O'Rourke age 61 of Eau Claire was taken to city hospital by police ambulance at 2 54 p m Thursday after falling ten steps at Jim's Brown Derby 1902 Campbell Rd and breaking a leg.
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