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Newspaper
La Crosse Sunday Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1961
Page
1
In ALGIERS rebels struck a polling station near the Sahara edge. Ten Moslems were killed and about as many wounded as voting for Charles de Gaulle's self determination offer faced violence. A guard fought back killing and wounding rebels amid boycotts and abstentions.
Cairo reports 88 Iranians drowned in the Persian Gulf while attempting to enter Kuwait illegally. The Kuwaiti newspaper Fi Khali El Arabi says 50 were in a motor launch that burned and sank, while 38 others died in storms on separate boats.
An art show by Milwaukee artist Don Vogl continues at La Crosse State College Student Union through February 4. A reception for Vogl is held in the Union from 3 to 5 p.m.
The Scout rocket completed its maiden flight from Cape Canaveral on a Saturday, sending a sensitive measuring devices package into the Van Allen Radiation Belt. An instrument capsule weighing about a hundred pounds parachuted into the Atlantic 1,200 miles downrange. A search plane located the capsule and guided the Coastal Crusader to the scene from 200 miles away. the ship was due to reach the capsule Sunday morning.
President Eisenhower attends a farewell Army review at Ft. Gordon Augusta after a 50 year career in uniform. About 2,700 soldiers stand at attention as he receives a final review before flying to Washington via Bush Field and a helicopter to the golf club. He notes the services as a shield against enemies.
After 19 turbulent days of strikes Belgium relaxed with a predicted return to near normal work on Monday. Violence in Liege injured at least 75 as a rail sabotage halted a Liege to Verviers train. authorities banned large gatherings to curb riots.
An F101B fighter interceptor training flight plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off Dover. The radar observer 2nd Lt. Donat P. Desrosiers, 22, of Attleboro Mass., died. The pilot 1st Lt. Kent H. Waring, 25, of Boxford Mass., is missing as Coast Guard crews search. The crash cause is under investigation.
The White House aging conference begins Monday with about 2,500 delegates from all states. Debates center on how far the federal government should aid retired medical bills, amid charges of rigging by AMA and private interests. Kennedy supports Social Security medical care. Eisenhower era foes push private insurance.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved in principle a long range plan to more than double University Hospitals facilities over the next twenty years.
U S Charge d affaires Daniel M Braddock left Havana for Miami ending almost 60 years of U S Cuban relations Swiss Ambassador Walter Bossi takes charge of U S affairs in Havana with three American officials remaining to assist Invasion fears strain Cuban society as sugar harvest looms Revolucion notes substitute labor by families for militiamen and Cuba seeks imports while awaiting new U S policy talks with President Kennedy ready for dialogue
Britain will lead talks with the Soviet Union to revive an international control commission for Laos. The plan envisions a neutral Laos under a three nation commission, with the United States backing a peaceful solution and renewed U N support, while acknowledging the pro American Boun Oum government. The U S white paper accuses the Soviet Union of aiding leftist rebels and outlines three ways to help Laos independence and neutrality.
The Lao king, Savang Vathana, returns to Luang Prabang amid reports of a Pathet Lao push toward the royal capital. Rebel forces threaten Luang Prabang while government claims of gains at Vang Vieng face Western skepticism as frontline reports show continued pro‑Communist control.
London reports U S and British diplomats tell Moscow there is a chance the Soviet Union will release two American RB47 airmen captured after their plane was shot down last July. The fliers Capt. John R. McKone and Capt. Freeman B. Olmstead face spy charges. Khrushchev may decide after Kennedy takes office.
President elect John F Kennedy received a MIT Millikan report supporting a peace corps to aid underdeveloped nations while opposing exempting corps volunteers from the military draft. The study was prepared for Kennedy who discussed Cabinet‑level and below appointments with advisers and announced Labor picks including William Willard Wirtz as under secretary of labor. Jackson said progress on staffing was made but not all posts may be filled by inauguration.
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