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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1958
Page
2
Prices for farm products increased 2.75 percent in the month ended Sept 45 with grapefruit at record highs and beef cattle eggs milk and cotton up. Hog chickens and corn fell while parity remained at 83 percent and 1.36 a bushel for 1958 corn under acreage allotments.
Don Larsen to start third game for the Yankees in New York. Stengel will use Ditmar and Shantz as relievers if needed while Duren could mop up. Braves pitcher Juan Pizarro and Don McMahon provided late-inning work as Burdette faced Yankees. Mickey Mantle belts two homers to reach 11 in World Series, trailing Ruth’s 15. Hank Bauer and Hank Aaron extend hitting streaks. Burdette improves to 4-0 in Series, Turley drops to 1-3. history notes Yankees and Dodgers/Giants comebacks in past Series.
The UAW wins added benefits from GM including ending the 7½ hour day for some workers and a review of wage inequities across plants in similar areas. Locals praised the deal but vowed to sustain strikes at St Louis plants until local issues are resolved. The national pact must be ratified by Oct 20.
Monroe police and fire units responded to a blaze at a farm shed near Monroe. Edwin Haldiman reported missing stepmother Mrs William Tschabold an hour after the fire began. Firemen recovered a charred body in the debris, not identifiable.
Ronald Glenn Hitchler of 912 Vine Street South and Judith Ann Boehm of R and, 1, married October 18 in La Crosse. License details list both parties and date of the ceremony.
Fragmentary OCR text names many U S cities in no clear event, ranking, or date format. Reads: three-letter token lists and scattered city names lacking context or outcome. No verifiable facts to anchor a full news item.
John J. McCloy 62 formerly head of Chase Manhattan Bank is appointed chairman of the Ford Foundation succeeding H. Rowan Gaither Jr. Gaither remains a trustee. McCloy returns to law practice in San Francisco.
Barley prices and livestock quotes render a rural market snapshot from South St. Paul Minnesota. Cattle, calves, hogs, and feeder pigs show varied price ranges and activity, with slaughter cattle steady to weak and hogs fairly active, while feeder classes remain under pressure in parts. Names of stock classes and price brackets illustrate trading levels for buyers and sellers.
Swift & Company quotes from KWNO show a steady hog market with varied weights priced 16.25 to 18.50 per cwt and sows 16.50 to 18.00. Cattle firm on steers and heifers with cows weaker, calves steady with top prices near 30.00. Chicago poultry receipts were 172,000 lbs with no prices reported.
Butter and eggs hold steady as receipts and wholesale bids shift slightly. Hog prices rise on most cuts with various weight ranges shown. cattle and calves entries limited with mixed cow prices. Potatoes and grains show firm tones with Idaho russets and yellow corn quoted. soybeans not listed.
A masked donor in overalls surprised Middlesbrough churches by delivering cash to church leaders. At the Anglican Convent of the Holy Rood the mother superior received 2940 in five-pound notes, some 18 years old, saying only that his father asked him to give. At All Saints Church the same donor gave 1540, with the vicar noting he was astonished by the anonymous act.
Washington reports a weekly decline in polio cases with 388 new infections versus 431 the prior week. The Public Health Service notes most regions show fewer cases while the East North Central and East South Central areas buck the trend.
The three day strike by Masters Mates and Pilots against 20 American steamship firms has caused more than 40 passenger liners and freighters to be tied up in ports from Boston to New Orleans. Federal mediators failed to break the deadlock with union and employer reps.
The death of Col. Gen. Vasily Ivanovich Shvet- SOV was announced by Red Star. He commanded units on the Baltic and Leningrad fronts during World War I. Red Star said he died suddenly but gave no location date or cause. His age was not provided.
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus declares he will never open public schools as integrated institutions and backs private segregated schooling in Little Rock. He says federal marshals or the Army could be used to enforce orders, while supporting private efforts and NAACP involvement to educate white and possibly Black students.
Cooper proposes year round teaching in summer for students who want more while teachers not in this phase seek enrichment in industrial labs labor meetings or study abroad. He argues education should build individual potential on timeless American principles and warns against rigid classifications.
David Carew aged 26 of Neenah died in a hospital Thursday from burns suffered when fuel oil fumes exploded at his brother’s service station on Wednesday night. He had been using the fuel oil to clean the floor beneath the grease rack.
Patti Counts announced from the Cloister Inn basement that she will not take the Aurora police chief job. The publicity event drew photographers as Counts outlined her own angles and said she understands public relations.
Democratic secretary of state candidate Jerome J. Reinke campaigned in La Crosse County with coffee hours and a stop at the new Democratic headquarters. He argued unemployment remains a top election issue and touted Democratic leadership and social programs while belittling Republican opponent Robert Zimmerman.
Martha Taft, daughter of the solicitor general, and Bob Taft, son of President Taft, campaigned across 85 of 88 counties winning headlines in Cleveland. They married after Harvard Law School, raised four sons, and built a Cincinnati family enterprise with 14 grandchildren.
William P. Marx, 83, Cashton businessman and longtime civic leader, died Thursday in a Viroqua hospital after two months as a patient. He served as mayor, bank president and bank director, with a career spanning hardware, auto, music and insurance businesses. His funeral is Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church Cashton with burial in Moon Cemetery. He is survived by son Alvin and two grandchildren. past and present relatives are named in the obituary.
Moscow says its nuclear tests resumed because the United States and Britain continued testing. Tass via TASS notes four detonations this week north of the Arctic Circle. The U S AEC in Washington reported two detonations Tuesday and two on Thursday.
In a border incident, eight beers and Western cigarettes sparked a party atop a watchtower by East German people's police. After crossing to the West and back, six guards faced pressure and possible trial as defectors alleged police arrests. A probe follows as word leaked to East and West authorities.
In Skokie, fireman William Hughes cannot reach the attic where his wife Marilyn Hughes 28 and two sons Ronald 3 and Robert 6 months are trapped in a house fire. Marilyn died in attempting to rescue the children while their siblings David 6 and Jacqueline 8 were at school. Marilyn managed to phone the fire station before perishing.
The veteran left-hander, famed for one‑armed pitching, meets 12 year old Hector Torres of Monterrey who pitched his team to the Little League world championship. Torres was described to him as someone who could throw a no-hitter, inviting a showdown between rivals.
Miami lawyer Thurman A. Whiteside pleaded innocent to charges of corrupt influence while co-defendant Richard A. Mack did not appear as he is hospitalized in Miami. Judge Burnita S. Matthews set Whiteside’s trial for January 6 and ordered a check on Mack’s condition. Indictments stem from the Miami Channel 10 award during Mack’s FCC tenure.
The State Department urged Czechoslovakia to release three U S soldiers who crossed the Czech border. Pfc. Andrew A Bellrichard of Wisconsin Pvt Cole Youngert of Michigan and Specialist 4 C John F Kennedy of Pennsylvania were named. A note also cited the detention of Army Master Sgt James E Cole in Czechoslovakia.
Generally fair tonight with mild conditions. Saturday southerly areas see partly cloudy skies and a gradual cool down in the northwest. Minnesota reports partly cloudy northeast and fair elsewhere with warm afternoon and minimal temperature change tonight and Saturday. Iowa notes variable clouds today through Saturday with warmer southeast and little overall temperature change.
Forecast notes little change in tailwater stages at Dams 2 through 10 over the next 24 hours. Provides sunrise and sunset times for Saturday and moonrise at 10:02 p.m. Saturday. Heating degree-days for Thursday count 14 with a fiscal year total of 186.
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