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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1958
Page
7
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County Board committee studies a land purchase proposal to add 220 acres to the county farm at the County Hospital near West Salem. Supervisor Merritt Gibson says 175 acres are tillable and the plan includes a $10,000 down payment with the balance on land contract over five years.
Young vandals are damaging property at Webster School and littering the building steps on the east and west sides during evenings and nights, according to a report to police.
Dr. K. A. Smith, 36, son of Mrs. G. K. Smith of 2140 Madison St., was named head of the light oils processing division at Sinclair Research and Development Laboratories in Harvey, Illinois. A Logan High School graduate and Wisconsin alumnus, he has spent over a decade with Sinclair, including wartime service, and earned a doctorate after 1945. He and Mrs. Smith have two sons, ages nine and seven.
In Enterprise Oregon three people were killed in a mountain cabin. William Nickels Delores Nickels and Billie Johnson died in the shooting. Archie Conrad survived after crawling to a neighbor for help and was hospitalized. Police planned to question him as a suspect.
Sturgeon Bay mayor Stanley Greene won the League of Wisconsin Municipalities presidency after a contentious convention dispute over alleged political commentary. Greene, 49, stressed nonpartisanship, supported a broader rethink of city county relations amid rapid urbanization.
The New York Times reports increasing Negro voter discontent with civil rights postures of both parties in key Northern states. A survey across six states and California finds more voters likely to split tickets, though Democrats may still lead in the North. Critics fault both parties on school integration and federal court rulings.
Wesley L. Paul of Fort Wayne Indiana pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to forging a 62.66 dollar check dated November 12 1955 in La Crosse. He had served 242 years in an Indiana prison and was bound over for pre sentence investigation.
Thelma Smith of Lexington Kentucky told police that two hubcaps were stolen from her car while parked at 1027 Hayes Street during a visit.
A well to do mother Mrs David E Horne 42 complained I am second to TV and books and killed herself and her three children Marilyn Frances 8 David Robert 11 John 9 after an unsigned note. Police say husband David E Horne found them wounded and returning home in a 1959 station wagon.
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