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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1965
Page
4
Close to 30 years after its proposal the Medicare plan covers all Americans over 65 for medical care with limited patient costs. The piece warns of rising costs, future pressure to lower age limits, and the strain on hospitals and doctors, while noting political support and the plan's potential impact.
Wisconsin hosts 13 fairs this week with over one million attendees this season. Ninety-seven Wisconsin counties and Minnesota rival fairs draw families to 4-H and home maker entries shaping premium money. The Inter-State fair at West Salem marks its 75th year with a week of rides shows and nostalgia for all ages.
D Rudkin of Black River Falls Wis criticizes budgeting for poverty programs and prisoner rehabilitation while noting disparities between care for abandoned children of soldiers in jungles and lavish luxury jails. He questions government profiteering from human need and urges editor consideration.
In 1960 J Edward Day missed a Chicago law firm luncheon while Adlai E Stevenson attended and read aloud a message from Day to write legibly. The anecdote appears in Day’s new memoir My Appointed Round.
Pentagon officials weigh a possible reserve and National Guard callup as they recall Haile Selassie’s wartime mobilization decree from Ethiopia. The order calls for mobilization of all eligible men to Addis Ababa, with exemptions for the blind and those unable to bear arms, and harsh penalties for resistors.
Jim Sciborski Convention Chairman thanks La Crosse residents and businesses who supported the State Fire Fighters convention. He praises the La Crosse Fire Department volunteers and his Convention Committee for long hours, and credits The La Crosse Tribune for coverage.
Washington report details a wartime Office of Censorship established under Defense Department and Office of Emergency Planning guidance. Key personnel chosen. a two day training held. revised agreements outline agency responsibilities and operating policy.
In Washington AP reports Nixon is expanding his base with GOP leaders and press favor as he tours the country. Dirksen notes Nixon leads GOP aspirants in polls while Ford aides discuss Nixon’s past press image and a strategy to exploit Johnson’s press handling weaknesses.
A condensed quadricentury digest notes notable events from 1945 including Japanese losses and Potsdam talks, Truman plans flights and sessions aboard British ships, and wartime air raids. It also lists 1935 relief roll declines, Wisconsin work bills, and La Crosse heat relief, plus 1925 deaths, weather and industrial forecasts, 1915 regional lumberman legacy, and Russian retreat actions.
Psalm 56 11 echoes assurance of refuge in God. The verse declares that in God I trust and that human threats cannot prevail, offering spiritual courage under pressure.
Chicago superintendent Benjamin C. Willis told a House committee that integration in public schools hinges on financing. He warned that urban growth and rising poverty, funded largely by property taxes, will strain Chicago’s ability to provide meaningful integrated education without massive funds.
Sydney J. Harris muses on how writers misread unfamiliar terms in print and how proofs become projects. He notes common slips like causal versus casual eclectic versus electric and others such as picaresque becoming picturesque and malefactor splitting into male factor for comic effect.
The Madison dispatch analyzes the 1967 tax compromise from the Republican Democrat committee. It argues the sales tax expansion and new banking corporation tax may secure Knowles a second term, shaping future revenue and collection efficiency amid inflation and state spending. It notes Democratic gains and political dynamics.
In a rubber bridge tale from the 1930s Sherman Stearns of New York misbids to seven notrump after saying two spades. Despite a spade void and opponents discarding diamonds, he wins all tricks by counting heart and diamond lines while partners misread the bidding. The anecdote notes how rivals failed to visualize the spade void and the peculiar bid.
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