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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1958
Page
1
Pope Pius XII's condition remains generally satisfactory as a slight fever returned after a rally from a stroke. Doctors said he recovered from paralysis and coma, recognized people in his room, and spoke a few words as the 82 year old leader showed continued resistance in a second major illness in four years.
A heavy electrical storm knocked out power across La Crosse and reached toward Eau Claire, with outages lasting 22 to 43 minutes. Generators were brought back online, switchboards failed in some plants, and battery systems handled communications as rain and hail affected nearby Winona. Local phones remained usable as officials described the storm’s reach and impact.
Rainfall measured 0.03 inch in La Crosse with higher totals in Dam 6 Trempealeau 1.30 and Winona Minnesota 0.92 as showers expected Tuesday afternoon and night and again Wednesday. The United States Weather Bureau notes continued mild weather with a low of 56 tonight and a high of 72 Wednesday. Monday brought Wisconsin’s warmest high 77 at La Crosse and Lone Rock with a 63-degree low the warmest nighttime reading. See WEATHER, Page 5.
City aldermen in a committee of the whole session discussed a proposal from the traffic engineer for the AAA to establish east west one way traffic on King Pearl Jay and Main streets between Front and 7th streets.
William Lee of Onalaska reported Monday night that Paul Brom of Winona and Victor Bohr of Lewiston Minnesota made marine mobile contact about 80 miles off Ecuador while en route from Guayaquil to the Galapagos Islands aboard the 50 foot shrimp boat Don Quito.
In Cumberland, Maryland on Monday a hunting companion shot Donald R. Crowe, 22, who was imitating a turkey to lure gobblers for Ivan L. Abe, 26. Crowe was in fair condition at a Cumberland hospital after Abe fired at what he believed was a turkey.
Detroit AP report says GM claimed a national master pact with 25,000 IUE hourly workers was reached while IUE denied any agreement. Negotiations continued as UAW also struck, with limited plant returns and ongoing national talks across multiple GM plants and affiliates.
Warren Spahn will start for the Milwaukee Braves in the sixth game at Milwaukee County Stadium. Haney announced the veteran lefty, who has beaten the Yankees three straight times, is ready with the arm loose after two days rest. Casey Stengel planned to decide his pitcher just before game time.
Washington reports say Communist flights over Quemoy were provocative rather than triggering antiaircraft fire by Chinese Nationalists. Press officer Lincoln White noted the Nationalist shot did not break the cease-fire and hinted convoying may be halted.
City aldermen voted to annex the Village Shopping Center Elmwood Addition and Boulevard Addition to Shelby. The action was set for ratification in Thursday night regular council session.
Shelby attorney George M. Snodgrass announced that an indefinite postponement of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission hearing on Shelby water service is requested. The postponement was authorized by the PSC board led by President W. E. Sherman, citing recent annexation of part of Shelby Sanitary District 1 by La Crosse and the potential annexation of the rest.
Milwaukee leads New York three games to two at Milwaukee County Stadium with a chance to clinch the World Series on home turf. The Braves won last October in Yankee Stadium but face a do-or-die Yankees team led by Casey Stengel after a 7-0 loss in New York.
Washington AP reports the Canadian gas supply question looms in Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. bid to pipe gas to 123 Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and Michigan communities. If Canada approves export licenses and Trans Canada supplies, Midwestern aims to serve by fall 1959. hearings on Oct 14 involve 20 applications from nine pipelines.
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