Sports And Vacation Show Opens Here
The Mary RE. Sawyer Auditorium hosts the La Crosse Sports and Vacation Show opening with a rain dampened crowd. Highlights include Paul Maraquin as emcee and a stage lineup with The Happitones and The Egony Brothers plus a trout pond feature for visitors.
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Mary RE. Sawyer
Vacation Land and Recreation
la Crosse
Paul Maraquin
Iowa
Des Moines
Hawkeye
Harold E. Hughes
Minnesota
la Blonde
Happitones
Egony Brothers
Vaccine On Cube For 2nd Polio Clinic
The second phase of the Sabin Oral Polio Immunization program uses sugar cube doses Sunday from noon to 6 pm at Jefferson Logan Emerson Lincoln Jr High and Harry Spence gyms. A 25 cent donation is requested. registration is alphabetic at entry.
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Sabin
Jefferson
Logan High
Emerson
Lincoln Junior High
Harry Spence
Clinton K. Higgins
Wallenda Aerialist Yetta Grotofent Dies in Circus Fall
Yetta Grotofent, 42, of the Wallenda circus family, died after a 50 foot fall from a sway pole during a Shrine Circus act in Omaha. The incident occurred as spectators watched and autopsy results awaited. Her death follows two prior Wallenda falls in the last 16 months, with autopsy pending and tributes from fellow performers.
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Yetta Grotofent
Omaha, Neb
Yetta
Grotofent
Wallendas
Seven Homes Damaged By Lightning In South Side Storm
The season's first heavy thunderstorm damaged seven homes on the city's South Side, interrupted electrical service, and brought heavy rain, hail, and power outages. Fire crews from Engines 1, 3 and 5 responded to multiple calls on S. 15th Street between 8:30 and 10:15 p.m. Wires burned, clocks burned out, and a tree struck by lightning caused extensive damage to Archie Doode's home at 1222 S. 15th St. Power failures affected Farnam and Adams Streets. NOAA reported 0.69 inches of rain in 24 hours, with heavier rainfall on the South Side.
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S. 15Th Street
George Brueggen
Johnson St
15Th Street
Archie Doode
S. 15Th St
Evelyn Schnick
Emil Ziegler
Ziegler
William Kubal
Edward Pierce
Arthur Christensen
Northern States Power Co
Farnam
Adams
Christensen
Weather Bureau
Lobbyist Gifts Disclosed Tie to Philippines War Claims Bill
Senate leaders push urgent revision of the Philippines war damage claims bill after disclosures of gifts from lobbyist John A. O'Donnell. The funds aided candidates including Zablocki and Miller, while O'Donnell stood to gain substantial fees. Fulbright proposed a lump sum to end such fees, with Mansfield endorsing top Senate priority if approved.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Mansfield
Montanan
John A. O'Donnell
Clement
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
O’donnell
Zablocki
Miller
House
Humphrey
Philippines
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
O'Donnell
Justice Department
Public Foreign Relations Committee
Edward McCormack
John W. McCormack
Mass
McCormack
Massachusetts
O’donnnell
Immigrant exile chief resigns as Castro threat grows
Dr. Jose Miro Cardona quits leading the Cuban Revolutionary Council claiming President Kennedy gave Fidel Castro "absolute immunity" to carry out Khrushchev's designs. He says the White House shifted policy and that the struggle for Cuba is being liquidated, while nine council members quit and Manuel de Varona vows to expand exile unity and seek U.S. support.
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Miami
Fla
Jose Miro Cardona
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Miro
Cuba
U.S
Bay of Pigs
Manuel Antonio de Varona
White House
United States
Caribbean
Castro
Venezuela
Colombia
Casitro
Argentina
Viva Miro
Kennedy warns $5 billion spending cut costs jobs and tax relief
President Kennedy told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that trimming $5 billion from the budget could erase tax cut benefits and cost about a million jobs. He argued careful spending can aid the economy, and emphasized a balance of spending and tax relief for a healthier nation.
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Washington
Kennedy
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Beloit College Plans Year Round Study Expansion
Beloit College introduces a year round program to nearly double enrollment from 1,050 to as many as 1,800 with no new buildings. The plan splits each academic year into three 15 week terms, with freshmen to seniors on campus part of the cycle and off campus study options for middle and upperclassmen.
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Beloit
Beloit College
Miller Upton
Earl J. McGrath
U.S. Commissioner of Education
Liberal Arts College
Kennedy warns against large federal budget cuts
President Kennedy argues that cutting federal spending reduces GDP and jobs. He says a $5 billion cut could remove one million jobs and negate tax cut benefits, while a $15 billion cut could cripple defense and harm national progress by retreating communities in
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Kennedy
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Sparta
Wis
Miss Iowa
Joleen Wolf
Iowa Conservation Department
Lloyd Huff
Debra
Wallenda
By Randall W. Blake
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Richard Faughnan
Detroit
Portland
Maine
Karl Wallenda
Karl
Herman
Gunther
Lewiston
George Sullivan
Kristensen Troupe of
Equestrians
JFK
Oscar Parsch
Denton St
Hokah
Minn
Caledonia
Harmony
Rushford
Mario
Mario Wallenda
UPI
Sen
REP. Miller
Edward McCormack JR
Philippine
Ernest B. Vaccaro
REP
By Ben Funk
State Department
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Central America
Moscow
Free World
Miro Cardona
Toto
Upton
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