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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1964
Page
3
America enters peak 1964 vacation season with record travel. More than 110 million people expected to travel, with 13 million crossing borders for business or pleasure. Travel spending may surpass 20 billion dollars as air fares drop and vacation policies liberalize.
The article notes that many firms now allow vacations at any time and broad time restrictions remain flexible. It highlights the rise of split vacations and more employees taking both summer and winter holidays as spending and time off grow, pushing travel trends upward.
Clarence Rogers of Independence West Virginia 42 is charged with stabbing Edward Stinebaugh 56 of Lima Ohio with a jackknife near the Milwaukee Bar and Restaurant in La Crosse. Rogers ordered back to County Court for preliminary hearing and held on $1000 bond. Stinebaugh released from hospital charged with vagrancy and held for trial.
WEST BEND AP The Council for Wisconsin Writers has named five judges for the 1964 writing competition awarding a $1,000 Johnson Foundation prize. Judges: Prof. Donald Emerson UW Milwaukee chair, Dr. Helen White UW Madison English chair, August Derleth Sauk City author, J. L. O'Sullivan Marquette Univ journalism dean emeritus, Leslie Cross Milwaukee Journal editor. Entries must be postmarked by December 1.
Madison AP Special John Doe prosecutor Richard L. Cates rejects resigning after Republican Atty. Gen. George Thompson’s criticism of the Milwaukee John Doe investigation. Thompson drops 13 charges against Capt. Harry Kuszewski on Cates’ recommendation. Deputy Atty. Gen. Walter Cole says Thompson cannot have a prosecutor who changes plans and staff take over 11 John Doe cases.
State officials warned September school aid payments may be reduced by 5 percent under Governor Rolvaag’s order as deficits in the income tax school fund and general revenue fund widen. Quigley detailed a $20.6 million combined shortfall, with receipts underestimating estimates and higher aid due, threatening further reductions into fiscal 1965 even with anticipated federal tax cuts.
Jesse Lee, custodian at Blair High School, suffered a multiple jaw fracture in a fall from a scaffold while washing windows. He received treatment at a La Crosse hospital and is now recovering at home.
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