Refugees Flee R China as Back To Farm Drive Widens
Reports describe an enforced back to the farm program in Red China and mass refugee flight from the mainland. A British visitor cites widespread unemployment and hunger as factories repatriate workers post 1958, while refugees in Hong Kong fear returns and seek resettlement in Formosa.
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R. China
Salem, Eleva
Hong Kong
Red
Shanghai
China
Crown Colony
Free China Relief Association
Taipei
Formosa
United Nations
Chiang Kai-shek
United Daily News
United States
Peace Corps
Macao
Peiping
Winker Insanity Claim Taken To Stand in Wisconsin Trial
In Viroqua Wisconsin psychiatrist Dr L M Gorenstein testified that defendant Samuel Winker was in a dissociative fugue state at the time of the November double slaying of his wife Mary Elline 32 and her father Alonzo Carter 59. Winker pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Mary Elline
Alonzo Carter
Romance Tavern
Gorenstein
Winker
Thomas Skemp
la Crosse
Red Mound
Crawford County
Madison
Winkler
Ronnie
Ruel de Garmo
Genoa
de Garmo
Girls Win Alice Titles at Sparta Regional Meet
West Salem junior Ruth Quackenbush and Eleva senior Penelope Havener won regional Alice in Dairyland titles in Sparta. They were chosen from 22 contestants to represent the region in June at Menomonie. Thousands watched the Armed Forces Day parade and the Alice in Dairyland events amid ideal weather and a Camp McCoy weapons exhibit.
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Sparta
Wis
West Salem
Eleva
Alice Sparta
Ruth Joan Quackenbush
Penelope Lynn Havener
Ruth
Earl Quackenbush
Stout State College
Menomonie
Penelope
Harold Havener
Eau Claire State College
Camp McCoy
Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophie Honeymoon Yacht Sails to Majorca
Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophie sailed on a honeymoon yacht believed headed for Majorca after leaving Corfu. The voyage follows their wedding in a brief ceremony, with few details released as guests and media observed.
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Corfu Island
Greece
Juan Carlos
Sophie
Majorca
Grasse Calls State Roads Unsafe In Wake Of Critique
AP reports Dr. Leonard W. Larson of the AMA accuses the Treasury of being looted to fund health care for the aged. He questions rally sponsors and funding behind the King Anderson plan and National Council of Senior Citizens as Kennedy prepares a Madison Square Garden rally.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
U.S. Treasury
Leonard W. Larson
Treasury
Congress
National Council of Senior Citizens
Kennedy
Madison Square Garden
New York
Golden Ring Council of Senior Citizens
Larson
Kennedy Blames Republicans For Blocking Program At Madison Square Garden
President Kennedy, speaking at a Democratic rally in New York, accuses Republicans of opposing his program and urging proactive policy. He cites Peace Corps foreign aid food for peace disarmament and UN growth while pledging public works job programs and better schools and health care for the elderly.
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New York
Kennedy
Madison Square Garden
Republican Party
the Garden
United Nations
Waldorf—mine
Spain Ends Asturian Coal Strike Promises Better Pay
In Madrid the Franco government appears to have ended the Asturias miners’ stoppage with promises of higher wages. Labor officials in Oviedo said most miners returned to work after Jose Solis Ruiz, head of the Spanish Syndicates, pledged increased pay, signaling possible later protests elsewhere.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Asturias
Oviedo
Jose Solis Ruiz
City Boy and NL Girl Win State History Awards
Peder J. Holm lund, 12, won the Oscar Rennebohm Junior History Award for a taped interview with John Davis about Winnebago life. Ruth Hage of New Lisbon also earned recognition as a winner.
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Gaylord Nelson
Oscar Rennebohm
Debbie Haase
City Boy
Black River Falls
Bangor
la Crosse
Peder J. Holmlund
James C. Holmlund
S. 22Nd St
Ruth Hage
New Lisbon
Peder
John Davis
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Davis
la Crosse Tribune
Winnebago Life
State Historical Society
Wisconsin
Mr Baseball figure Jack Rhode dies at 73 in Whitehall
Jack E. Rhode known as Mr. Baseball in Whitehall died unexpectedly at his home. A former Milwaukee Brewers player, he coached Whitehall teams and helped start Little League. Born May 27, 1888 in Watertown, he moved to Whitehall in 1909 and managed a laundromat at death. Services planned Tuesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with burial in Lincoln Cemetery.
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Whitehall
Wis
John E
Jack) Rhode
Rhode
Milwaukee Brewers
Mr. Rhode
Watertown
August Rhode
Three Men Die In Mexico City Quake
A second earthquake in eight days rocked Mexico City and coast areas. Three men died: a swaying building collapse victim, a pedestrian struck by a truck, and a business man who died of a heart attack after fleeing his office. Acapulco suffered extensive damage.
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Mexico City
Roy A Blay
Goderich
Ont
Acapulco
Pacific Coast
Jose Merino Coronado
Two Youths Hospitalized After County Trunk M Crash
Two La Crosse youths were hospitalized Saturday when their car left the road and struck an embankment on County Trunk M near Holmen. Driver Terry A. Sargeant and passenger James Welkrenberg, both 19, were taken to Lutheran Hospital with cuts and bruises. Police reported the 5:49 p.m. accident on the north side of Big Ole Hill.
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la Crosse
Holmen
Terry A. Sargeant
Wood St
James Welkrenberg
Onalaska Ave
Lutheran Hospital
Big Ole Hill
Highway chief cites unsafe Wisconsin trunk roads in air tour
Harvey Grasse of the Wisconsin Highway Commission warned that thousands of miles of state trunk highways are inadequate for modern speeds and traffic. The 900 mile air tour previewed needed rebuilds in La Crosse Stevens Point Green Bay and Madison and highlighted stretches on U S 14 State 33 and State 71 with costs ranging to about 2.9 million.
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la Crosse Tribune
Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Harvey Grasse
Grasse
Madison
la Crosse
Stevens Point
Milwaukee
Janesville-Beloit
Coon Valley
Westby
Newburg Corners
Wilton
Norwalk
Merlin Peterson
Black River Falls
Kyle Kenyon
Tomah
Commission
Wisconsin
Trainmen Seek 25 Cent Hourly Pay Increase in Labor Fight
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen declared a 25 cent hourly pay raise and a fully paid health and welfare plan demanded from the railroads. The move, first by an operating union, targets work-rule disputes and exceeds the 10.2 cent rate suggested by a presidential fact finding board for nonoperating unions. A railroad spokesman branded it inflationary while noting broader union sentiment for higher pay. President W. P. Kennedy will present the demands to each railroad Monday.
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Cleveland (Ap
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
J Board
James E. Wolfe
Chicago
Wolfe
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. P. Kennedy
Lauk County items and features in La Crosse Tribune
The La Crosse Tribune highlights include a testimonial dinner for County Clerk Esther Domke and a five part county economics series by A. J. Francour. Also featured are an Outdoor Living Edition with maps and stories, an orchard industry report, a DIY home project at 404 S. 15th St, and high school track qualifiers with Wisconsin State College Conference results.
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LaCrosse
Esther Domke
la Crosse
A. J. Francour
The
la Crosse Tribune
Marcus Q. Arneson
S. 15Th St
Wisconsin State College Conference
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Ronald W
Brown
S. 29Th St
Richard
Pamela
Terry
Tribune
Jack Kenward
By Ronnie Wei
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Dane County
JFK
Gop
AMA
Eee
Women's News
Harry Spence School
History Diggers Club
Burrowing Badgers History Club
Laura Cyr
Rennebohm
John E. Rhode
Jack Rhode
Mr. Baseball
Robert C. Gehl
Wendell McEldowney
Wisconsin Good Roads Association
Lester Palmer
Manston
Juneau County
Good Roads Association
Coulee
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