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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1958
Page
3
In Dallas a weeklong roundup of religious strays at the Hampended with a final tally. Western Sunday reported the action as part of an ongoing effort to relocate stray religious groups.
Congregation in cowboy attire heard Rev. C. C. Funk preach. They adjourned to a city park for a large picnic. Mrs. W. W. Stogner won an $11 prize for roping the largest number of wayward worshipers but she returned the prize to the church.
Carmel Quinn of the Arthur Godfrey show was resting comfortably at Beth Israel Hospital after collapsing Sunday at the New State Ballroom. The hospital gave no details of the illness. Quinn had given birth to her third child four weeks ago.
Detroit AP reports more than 100 GM local strikes keep a brake on 1959 car production. Only Ford fully free of strikes as 16 of 126 plants operate nationwide while two GM settlements bring back about 8,000 workers. UAW council backs three year wage deal as ratification deadline looms.
In Inglewood California Maj Gen Bernard Schriever said the Air Force aims to launch another instrument package into lunar orbit. Pioneer flew 79120 miles into space before returning to Earth on a three stage rocket. Radiation data suggests a peak in a 5000 to 6000 band with diminishing levels above 10 000 miles.
Ridgefield New Jersey Lions Club showcased a smashed auto on a highway as part of the Slow Down and Live campaign. Two drivers slowed to view it but a third did not, triggering a three car collision. No injuries reported though three cars were damaged. Daniel Kelly of North Bergen, a Studebaker-Packard Safety Advisory Committee member, was returning from Kentucky after similar campaign planning.
Kansas City hosts the 31st annual Future Farmers of America Convention with 10,000 farm boys from across the nation and abroad. Delegates include Sotero Lasap Jr. from the Philippines, the first from his country to attend, as Secretary Benson plans to speak Wednesday.
DETROIT AP Richard Arbansas age 28 attempted to teach his seven year old nephew Timothy Arbansas to drive a car. The car crashed through the neighbor’s garage after crossing an alley. Neither man nor boy was injured.
BRYSON CITY North Carolina AP farmer Fred Ledford admitted shooting a bear out of season. He said the bear had been chasing him around the Ledford hogpen. The 125 pounds of bear meat will be served as the first meal in the new elementary school cafeteria at Alarka when it opens soon.
In Manila a small motor launch overloaded with fiesta celebrants sank on its dawn voyage across the Visayan Sea from Masbate to a Cebu island. Seventy five believed dead, 45 recovered, 163 survived, 30 missing. The 17 ton Princess Madrilejos had only 52 passenger permit. It was the worst postwar Philippine sea disaster.
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