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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1958
Page
5
Chinese Nationalist artillery on Quemoy answer Red shelling from the Ming Emperor Lu Wan tomb. A gunnery captain said the tomb endured a shelling that flattened the gravestone while fortifications around Long Tom cannons swell. Maj. Chun Hswei reports ammunition for four months and 87 guns knocked out with no losses since August 23.
Rep. Gardner R. Withrow, Republican candidate for Congress, spoke at Baraboo Wisconsin’s Republican fundraising banquet. He credited the 1953- onwards era with stabilizing the dollar, noting depreciation fell to under seven cents in six years, aiding seniors on fixed incomes without war.
A Baltimore 17 year old, Edward Deaver, was shot through the heart and right lung last Sunday and survived after prompt hospital care. Union Memorial Hospital credited a surgical team led by Dr. Erwin Furst and said his condition remains critical but improving. police noted the shooting was accidental by a friend.
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA A sleek Snark guided missile the only U S weapon with intercontinental reach blasted across the Atlantic early today on a 3000 mile halfway flight and return to the Cape Two high thrust boosters exploded in flames and a turbojet engine carried the craft to its destination Mass production has the Snark traveling at 600 mph with noted accuracy following a failed balloon satellite launch by the Army and a long cross Atlantic test flight.
Swift and Company reports morning hog and cattle quotes with values for various weights. South St. Paul trading shows 4,100 cattle and 10,000 hogs with steadier steer and sow prices and active but mixed demand.
Chicago market notes show prices for corn and barley with No 1 yellow at 1.13 percent and No 2 yellow at 1.13 percent. Soybeans and meal details are incomplete and barley ranges listed as good and feed quality.
Chicago prices show hogs 1 3 mixed grades 190 230 lb at 18 19 per cwt with sows 16 18. cattle and calves steady to higher with steers 900 1050 lb at 28 per cwt and heifers 25 26. feeders 25 stock steers 27 times noted. overall market mix of weights and grades with multiple lots and ranges.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter steady with 802000 lbs. receipts and unchanged wholesale prices. 983 score AA to AA 3 2 4 5i a 90 B 56 percent 89 C 564. Eggs steady to firm with 8100 cases and varied grade breakdowns. current receipts unquoted. Potatoes arrivals 61 cars on track 269 total U.S. shipments 275 supply moderate demand good market stronger with Idaho russets 3.35 to 3.50 and Red River Valley Pontiacs 2.30 to 2.50. Poultry live receipts 138000 lbs. Wednesday with no prices due to insufficient data.
Nixon outlined a plan to exert leadership over Democratic chairmen in the House and Senate who hinder Eisenhower civil rights proposals. He argued the administration has moved faster on civil rights than Democrats, saying Southern leaders will resist losing committee control while Northern Democrats only talk.
Chicago police tie 21 year old Stateville prisoner Barry Cook to the Judith Mae Anderson dismemberment case through paint flecks on clothing and tools. Cook already faces assault charges and admitted the Mary Gallagher slaying after polygraph test. Oil drums found at Montrose Harbor held the victim's remains after she vanished on August 16 1957.
Sperry Oklahoma a farmer identified as William Anthony Tracy Jr 35 shot and killed his wife Imogene Tracy and wounded daughter Lynn 3 before killing himself outside Sperry Football Field after a high school game. Witnesses said he turned the rifle on himself after the shooting. The couple had three other children Roger 6 and Billy 8 watched from the station wagon. another daughter Lynn was treated at Hillcrest Medical Center Tulsa.
An area employee meeting for the Bureau of Personnel will meet in room 219 at La Crosse State College main building at 7 30 p m Monday. This session is one of seven held statewide between Oct 23 and Nov 10. The meeting aims to gather employee suggestions and inform on the procedures to improve the plan.
Five new polio cases were reported in Detroit on Wednesday raising the year total to 609 with 20 deaths. Three more cases were found in Wayne County outside Detroit bringing the county total to 186 with three deaths. Detroit had 175 cases and two deaths last year. the surrounding county area had 74 cases and one death.
La Crosse County finance committee signals $27,000 in cuts to the 1959 tentative budget with further reductions possible. Adjustments include $3,000 from the Veterans Service Commission and $8,000 from the County Home and Infirmary, plus revenue tweaks and a $40,000 relief-deficit appropriation for the County Relief Department.
Milwaukee AP The Allen Bradley Co asks Attorney General Honeck for an opinion on whether a full page ad funded by the firm violates the state's corrupt practices act. Former Democratic chair Phillip Nash says the ad is a clear violation as it targets the election. Nash cites Sen. William Proxmire’s re election bid as the subject of the attack.
A 69 foot Jupiter-C rocket launched at 10 21 p m from the missile test center and brightened the sky for minutes before signals were lost. Officials later said the rocket did not perform normally and an orbit was unlikely.
Norman M. Clapp, Democratic candidate for Congress in the Third District, urged a complete reappraisal of foreign aid during a Prairie du Chien speech. He said tax dollars are not unlimited and spending abroad should be watched, with emphasis on helping other nations help themselves.
An unknown parishioner donated a dollar bill at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Seahurst. The pastor Rev. William G. Quick exchanged the bill for 3401 dollars, calling it the lucky one in a local newspaper contest.
Dr. Leroy Burney head of the Public Health Service predicted more Asian flu outbreaks this winter but not as widespread as last year. He cited vaccine availability and noted progress in the Indian health program with calls for state and local handling before transfers. Dr Herman Hilleboe urged speeding up radiological health protection work and Secretary Flemming pledged welfare support for training more experts.
President Truman campaigns across New York and Boston praising McCormack’s family ties and Harriman’s civil rights stance. He accuses Eisenhower of broken promises and foreign policy failures, urging voters to oust the administration while defending his own critiqued record. He plans a St Louis speech before election.
Three men were trapped after the roof of an old coal mine caved in about 1,000 feet back from a hillside opening at Shippingport. An injured man was rushed by ambulance to Hookstown, with no word yet on whether he is among the trapped workers.
Republican U S Senate candidate Roland J. Steinle outlined a self help dairy program in Rock Springs. It would raise dairy prices with minimal government interference, expand school lunch programs, maintain dairy import controls and surplus sales, and oppose Proxmire's plan.
The communique hailed U S Nationalist China unity and warned the Communists cannot prevail in Formosa or in the western Pacific. It reaffirmed U S recognition of the Nationalist government and called for restraint while noting Manchurian and Quemoy tensions remain unresolved.
One man, Ronald Winters, 19, of Sundell Michigan, dies in a flaming two car crash at a Northwest Tollway exit near Palatine. Seven others are seriously injured including Tollway workers Bud Lindgren 19 Edwardsburg Michigan driver, Glen Abrndt 25 Menominee Michigan, Joseph Goodreau 20 Edwardsburg Michigan. In the other car John C Willis 60 Krinwood Missouri his wife Thelma 56 L Ennis Craig 57 Dallas and wife May Queen Craig 54. Lindgren reportedly passed a truck, struck a meridian marker, and caused the collision. A passing driver Burton Bull and others freed the trapped victims after the blaze.
The president links economic renewal to lasting world peace and says America must stay militarily strong to counter Communist expansion. He labels the invasion of Quemoy as a step in Beijing’s plan to occupy Formosa and vows to negotiate but not appease. He will continue campaigning in Charleston West Virginia and Pittsburgh.
Edward Instenes named president of the La Crosse Traffic Club for 1959 succeeding Henry W. Rebhan. Manley M. Abrams named vice president. directors include Paul King Alois Rudolph Erwin Simdars Abrams. Outgoing directors Rebhan J W Larson Curtis Anderson Arnold Steen. continuing directors Robert E Wiggert Instenes Russell Meissner Frank Daley. Secretary-treasurer to be appointed later.
Albert P. Funk Jr. warned the Clark County Taxpayers Assn that expanding government and a narrow tax base threaten Wisconsin industry and job growth. He urged tax reduction, careful budgeting, and restrained spending to keep industry and population from declining, citing out-of-state expansion due to taxes. He praised local efforts to attract business and improve the industrial climate.
Henry Short used bread to smother a wiring fire after calling the fire department in Paris Kentucky. He wrapped slices around the burning wires and the blaze was out when firefighters arrived.
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