Penalty point system credited with cutting fatalities
Wisconsin's penalty point system, praised by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Melvin Larson, is cited as reducing highway deaths. Despite the program, the July tally reached 400 fatalities statewide with county breakdowns led by Monroe, Jackson, Trempealeau, and Vernon counties. Larson warns odds can be beaten only by avoiding risky driving as enforcement expands statewide.
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department
Melvin Larson
Illinois
Midwest
State
Monroe County
Wisconsin
Jackson
Trempealeau
Vernon
la Crosse County
Crawford
Larson
Kierdorf Confession Clears Up Record
The deathbed confession of Pontiac Michigan criminal Frank Kierdorf clears up disputed police accounts and his role with the Teamsters Union. He links the violence to a torch burning accident and exposes a criminal empire masking illegitimate influence. The piece condemns a pervasive gangster tax enforced by coercion.
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Tiac
Michigan
Senate
Teamsters’ Union
Frank Kierdorf
Chicago
Twelve Reasons Why The Dow Tops Five Hundred
Roger Babson lists twelve factors behind the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossing the 500 mark and explains how income, inflation, mutual funds, pension funds, foreign investors, small investors, switching, taxes, vacations, and even Russians may influence market moves.
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Babson Park
Mass
Near East
New York
Litterlouts Face Public Cleanup Penalty in Missouri
An editorial describes Judge G. J. Smith in Cass County Missouri ordering litterbugs to clean a mile of highway under state police supervision. The punishment aims to deter trash tossing, reduce taxpayer cleanup costs, and reinforce statewide misdemeanor litter laws.
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Saturday Evening Post
G. J. Smith
Cass County
Missouri
Parrot at Pet Shop Provokes Gentle Punch Line
A humorous exchange in a Coronet vignette features a clerk touting a parrot for 300 dollars that recites poetry sings the national anthem and taps. The old lady asks if the bird is tender, prompting a quick quip about the price and talents.
Senator Duffy urges McCoy camp with Duffy at Sparta banquet
In 1938 Senator F Ryan Duffy, introduced by John Langdon, calls for making McCoy a permanent Army camp and pledges aid. Chicago gangland slayings continue. Body found near painter union boss Dungan’s death site. Ann Schlabach and Josephine Hughes return from abroad. City collects 18633.03 liquor tax share. Inter-State Fair opens with fast track and record entry. Logans defeat Norwood Collegiate Girls 12 1 at Athletic Park.
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F. Ryan Duffy
John Langdon
la Crosse
Sparta
McCoy
Chicago
Sam “Frog Legs” Picciotto
James’g. Dungan
Union
Ann Schlabach
Cass St
Josephine Hughes
Madison
Logans
Norwood Collegiate Girls of
Canada
Athletic Park
Questions and Answers for Readers in The Tribune
A long reader Q and A column covers how US paper money is printed in three steps, suffrage history before 1920, Air Force Academy eligibility, educational television origins, rights to Sherlock Holmes stories, hurricane naming origins, and a promotional note for a household pests booklet. It also includes a 30 year retrospective of 1928, 1918, and 1908 La Crosse items.
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L.B. A
Treasury
Washington Notes and Dulles Visit Highlight Potpourri
A collage of quick sketches from Washington parties, the PAU veteran Miss Pan American Union Julia McClean, a playful host who urged a tomato juice chaser, and Senator Green joking about sport outside the White House. Also notes on Butte County as the geographic center and Ghanaian attire gossip about Kwame Nkrumah.
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Charming
Julia McClean
Miss Pan American Union
Organization of American States
Pau
Miss McClean
Eisenhower
Amintore Fanfani
Dulles
Middle East
Sen
Theodore F. Green
D-Ri
White House
State's Highway Specs Undergo Sudden Change In Wisconsin
Madison report details a sweeping shift in Wisconsin highway planning from 1920 norms to modern standards. The Highway Commission cites gentler curves, lower grades, 24 foot concrete pavements, 17 inch base lifts, higher speeds, and interstate projects totaling about 450 miles in the state. Costs soar from 18000 to 667000 per mile, with some feats of earth moving and heavy public investment.
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Statehouse
William Steuber
Highway Commission
Wisconsin
Highway Department of
Dorothy Loudon Shines as Blue Angel Talent in New York
Robert Ruark praises Dorothy Loudon for her irreverent, roguish humor and musical versatility at the Blue Angel in New York. He notes her rapid rise from tipping pennies to earning 750 dollars weekly and predicts lasting fame beyond regional confines.
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New York
Blue Angel
Dorothy Loudon
Carol Burnett
Miss Loudon
Louisiana
Alabama
Mammy
Boston
Mass
Claremont
N.H
Dartmouth
Indianapolis
Mobile
States
Dorothy
Carolina
Beauregard
Loudon
WCTU
The
Tike
Opportunities rise for women over forty five in labor market
The Labor Department reports more openings for women aged 45 and up as older workers reenter the job market. By 1965 as many as 10 million older women may be employed with openings in industrial plants, trade, finance, service, and government. On the job training and company run classes help, with forums supported nationwide to guide these workers.
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Khrushchev
Labor Department
Dring
U.S. Department of Labor
Doctor No. Ian Fleming’s Bond Mystery
Ian Fleming’s James Bond confronts the Caribbean menace Doctor No who guards a secret island. Bond, with Quarrel and Honey Ryder, pursues missing agents and faces Dr No’s lethal traps in a deadly chase that blends tension and frontier science.
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Doctor NO
Ian Fleming
Macmillan
James Bond
Fleming
Secret Service
Caribbean
Bond
La Crosse Tribune Advertising and Delivery Rates
Publication details and service prices outline La Crosse Tribune operations. Includes mailing areas Onalaska La Crescent and surrounding regions with weekly and annual subscription costs and delivery notes.
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Pon
Roger Babson
Frank Forde
MEA Service, Inc
Joseph K. Kidder
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
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U.S
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Sherlock Holmes
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Padre Ruiz
George R. Stewart
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Eye St
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Winona
P. M. Gelatt
Harry Williams
Emil Niemeyer
C. A. Worth
Ray A. Huebner
Grand Crossing
Gene Tunney
Mary Josephine Rowland Lauder
Bristol
Maine
Carnegie Steel
Edward A. Brown
Co. B
E. C. Brown
Farnam St
Pichat
Boardman
Wisconsin National Guard Brigade
Col. Turner
128Th U.S. Infantry
No Man’s Land
Brownie
Joseph J. Frisch
E. C. Raymond
Redmen
Oshkosh
John Ott
Emil Ruprecht
Andy Gilbertson
Leonard Kleeber
Trout Falls
Douglas Larsen
Butte County
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Here
John Wyngaard
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Capitol
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Chaplin
Miss Louden
Atlanta
North Carolina
Spain
Long Island
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United Pesare Syndicate, Inc
Literary Guidepost
Honey
la Crosse Tribune
T. Burgess
4Th and
Cass Sts
Lee Newspaper
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Tribune
Jann & Kelley, Inc
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