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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1958
Page
7
A 20 year old Evanston Illinois youth died Sunday in a crash at the Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove. Nickey Bogdan suffered a skull fracture and a broken neck. Kenosha County authorities have not determined the cause, and officials note it was the first accident at the strip in three years.
A brief note argues that Gamble signage attracts tenants, noting classifieds rent many listings each day and signaling sign value for property marketing. It highlights persistent reader response and the role of visible signs in drawing attention to available units.
VIROQUA Wisconsin special report states a flood control meeting will be at the Avenue la nche Rural School at 8 p.m. Tuesday with state engineer Ed Landwehr and Edward Baker of Eau Claire discussing forming a watershed unit. Eight retention dam sites have been proposed. similar groups exist elsewhere in the county.
The Viroqua Methodist Church will host a chicken dinner on Wednesday October 15 starting at 5 p.m. at the church. Proceeds support church activities and community programs.
The Democratic Advisory Council urges United Nations action to stabilize the Formosa area and allow self-determination, criticizing the Eisenhower administration as brinkmanship. GOP chairman Meade Alcorn counters with a threefold choice framing the election as peace with Republicans, solvency, or freedom vs regimentation.
AP reports at the Episcopal general convention in Miami Beach women remain excluded from church legislative bodies. The two week event includes a Women's Auxiliary gathering with about 1,000 participants. A proposed seat for women failed 2-1 among lay deputies and 4-59-23 among clergymen, despite male advocates praising equal contribution.
At La Crosse and surrounding towns several newborns were reported. Oct 10 includes a son to Rodney and Sally Martin, and a daughter to Walter and Suzanne Hein in La Crosse area. Other births list parents Weigel Hokah Engstler Tabbert Johnston and Felber Wa basha with dates Sept 25 and Oct 11 respectively.
Mayor Milo G. Knutson proclaims October 13 to 18 as Good Citizenship Week in La Crosse to encourage voter eligibility. City offices will stay open late Friday October 17 and on Saturday October 18 to assist citizens wishing to register for the November 4 general election.
A special commemoration of the late Pope Pius XII will close the monthly peace vigil at St. Dominic's Monastery on Monday October 13 at 8 p.m. The vigil runs 24 hours starting on the 12th. Rev. Edward J. Bertz will preach on The Holy Eucharist and Pope Pius XII.
The 1958-59 White House social season will be shorter with only five formal state dinners. A science military dinner last winter followed Sputniks, but scientists were dropped and the military omitted. The season opens December 11 with a Supreme Court dinner, then diplomats on December 17 and 18, a January 26 dinner for the vice president, and January 27 for the Speaker of the House.
The fifth nuclear test in the current series occurred at Yucca Flat Nevada from a balloon tethered 1500 feet high. The boom yielded 10 kilotons, half the normal force, with light fallout since the fireball did not strike the ground. A second shot scheduled for today was postponed to Tuesday on Frenchman Flat.
Paul Klinchok faced arrest after a domestic dispute in Grants New Mexico. He was struck with a large bowl during the altercation and later hospitalized when his wife, during booking, seized an officer's firearm and shot him in the hip.
About 2600 Notre Dame students start a one year anticold vaccine study tonight. Two thirds receive a vaccine with several cold virus strains while the rest get a sterile solution as a control. Codified doses ensure blinding. the vaccine was developed by Dr. Thomas Ward and NIH scientists.
Kenneth Arentz, 25, Rockland, was accidentally shot in the left thigh while hunting squirrels in Pleasant Valley Town of Portland Monroe County Sunday afternoon. The bullet was fired by Elmer Anderson 16 brother in law of Arentz. He was taken to a Sparta hospital.
La Crosse reports Arleigh Sisbach of Viroqua and Marlene Bolstad of 1227 Winnebago St. planning marriage on October 17 in Viroqua.
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