Guns and Butter in Viet Nam Costs and Budget Strains
The article argues U S Viet Nam costs threaten the budget with daily spending of 2.5 to 3 million dollars and potential yearly totals of 4 to 14 billion. Lawmakers debate funding, cuts, and overall spending while noting a conflict between military escalation and domestic needs. It warns that Johnson's approach risks both guns and butter at the expense of other programs.
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Congress
Viet Nam
U.S
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
Johnson
Clearing House On Free Legal Aid In La Crosse County
The La Crosse County bar establishes a Confidential Exchange as the hub for free legal aid requests and information. It will route eligible matters to attorneys and verify validity while excluding criminal, divorce, and bankruptcy cases from coverage. This marks a step toward universal access to expert legal help for those unable to hire counsel.
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Free Legal Aid Service
Review of years past news highlights and leaders
A compact recap through decades 1945 to 1915 notes MacArthur pressing Jap surrender terms in Manila while Truman seeks postwar harmony. Tax cuts linked to surrender, V J Day calm in La Crosse, and Roosevelts social security move referenced along with WPA funding and notable political figures.
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MacArthur
Manila
Truman
Washington
la Crosse
Bridge Committee
Roosevelt
See America First Plea Faces Travel Agency Fees
Editorial notes President Johnson urging Americans to tour domestic sites but travel agencies push overseas bookings with seven percent commissions versus five percent for domestic trips. Airlines consider three percent. Authors question agency pricing and its impact on patriotism and travel choices.
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Johnson
America
Hush-Hush Briefings Provide Little New Vietnam Detail
Johnson and advisers brief Congress with a 116 day timetable for peace talks in North Vietnam, but aides reveal few concrete insights. McNamara denies shortages, Rusk cites India Pakistan strains, and lawmakers press on Chinese troops and desertion rates with limited success.
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Taylor
Harriman
Johnson
Home Rule Becomes Focal in Wisconsin Beer Age Debate
Wisconsin lawmakers face a long running clash over a uniform beer age as local option laws keep 18 and 21 year old rules in effect. Governor Knowles signals support for a nationwide 21 age amid traffic safety concerns and political risk.
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John Wyngaard Madison
Wisconsin
Madison
Milwaukee
Knowles
65 Voting Rights Law Seen Standing Up To Court Test
AP analyzes the 1965 voting rights law likely to be upheld by the Supreme Court. It targets literacy tests used to bar Black voters and allows federal examiners to register those barred by such tests, with past court rulings supporting strong protections for Black voting rights.
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Associated Press News
Washington
Supreme Court
South
Louisiana
South Carolina
Congress
United States
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Alabama
Alaska
Georgia
Mississippi
Virginia
North Carolina
Arizona
Idaho
Maine
Hugo Black
Unusual safety play in four spade contract in Fort Elizabeth
Max Sapire faces a four spade contract and, after winning the first trick, uses a safety line by leading clubs toward dummy. He ruffs hearts, then plans to endplay via the fourth club. A careful sequence keeps five tricks safe even if trumps split 3 2. Readers are invited to figure the winning line.
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Max Sapire
Fort Elizabeth
South Africa
Max
East
Trump
West
Dummy
NO HELP FROM ALLIES Peking Gets Western Wheat
An analysis argues that private greed may override humanitarian goals as nations trade with enemies. It notes Canada’s sale of 450 million dollars worth of wheat to the Soviet Union and proposes direct grain sales to Communist countries could undermine allied support and prolong conflict.
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David Lawrence Washington
Viet Nam
United States
Red China
Free World
North Viet Nam
Europe
U.S
The
Chicago Tribune
Congress
Russia
China
Cuba
Vanity of Labor: Ecclesiastes Reflections on Toil
A concise excerpt from Ecclesiastes 2:11 notes the speaker’s reflection on toil and effort. It declares all human labor to be vanity and a chasing after wind without lasting gain under the sun.
La Crosse Tribune Information Page notice
The La Crosse Tribune provides publication details including publisher W. T. Burgess, editor Sanford Goltz, publishing schedule and office location in La Crosse Wisconsin. It notes AP membership and republication rights, along with postal and rate information for single copies and carrier service.
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Sanford Goltz
la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
LeCrosse
From Attache Case To Handbag
Sydney J. Harris argues fashion shifts redefine masculinity as handbags enter Europe and England. He notes past brands of style like wristwatches and laces once deemed effeminate, and suggests the attache case could become a modern symbol of manhood alongside watches and cigarettes.
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Sydney J. Harris
the Insider's Newsletter
Europe
England
George Mayard
Robert Heimann
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