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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1964
Page
5
By Hal Boyle memory grows more valuable with age as life accumulates recollections. The piece recalls nostalgic childhood lines about spinach iron brushing teeth and other bygone norms, contrasting past gender roles, school life, medicine tastes, sports status, hospital fears, driving speed, and teen pop culture.
President Johnson signed legislation to limit meat imports 15 percent below last year’s peak. The compromise bill sets a basic annual cap of 725 million pounds of beef goats and sheep with a 16 percent growth factor and a 10 percent leeway for foreign sellers, delaying quotas until about 913 million pounds next year.
Hollywood report states writer Louis Pollock age 60 died Sunday at home from a heart attack. Pollock was known for The Jackie Robinson Story and a version of The Lady and the Tramp.
Sen. Barry Goldwater tells business leaders in Washington that price support programs should be voluntary and targeted to widen markets. He attacks the wheat certificate program as a bread tax, commits to repealing it, and frames GOP policy as aiding orderly marketing within a free market.
Notes the Capitol and White House burnings in 1814 and Edison camera patent in 1891. Also marks 1912 parcel post act, 1939 Nazi Soviet non aggression pact, 1954 Eisenhower Communist Control Act, 1959 Indonesia devalues currency, and 1963 South Vietnam closes schools amid unrest.
SPARTA Wisconsin Lyle Baumgarten of Tomah was elevated to chairman of the Monroe County Agriculture and Conservation Committee after Alfred L Johnson declined to run. Johnson had led the ASC since its 31 year origin. Joe Blaskey Oakdale became vice chairman and Orval Bertling Portland was named third member. Alternates are John Feldbruegge Sheldon and Clarence Schroeder Jefferson.
A 98 car grain train derailed two miles east of Lamberton Minnesota. The middle 32 cars piled up while the front 44 cars remained undamaged and the train continued toward Mankato. Track repair crews aimed to be ready by late tonight. The cause was not yet determined.
Sparta Wisconsin A L Nicol flew from Chicago to Frankfurt in eight hours ten minutes and is guest of his son in law and daughter Lt Col and Mrs H K Mattern He will visit his son and daughter in law Lt Col and Mrs David J Nicol in Naples Italy and other European nations before returning home
Dear Wordless describes a daughter upset by a party dress look alike. Ann Landers urges reporting suspected child abuse to juvenile authorities and advises honest, direct parent guidance for fashion envy. She notes the harm of minding one’s own business and offers readers a path to help.
Classifieds offer to rent, buy, or sell to solve problems and invite readers to dial 2-8040 for service. The notice emphasizes simple, quick solutions through local classified listings and urges action now.
Wisconsin leaders at the Democratic convention favor Hubert Humphrey as the vice presidential candidate. They cite his strong ties to the state and the pragmatic benefit he would bring to the ticket, noting the potential morale hit if he were passed over.
Moscow AP dispatch: Tass reports discovery of a new gold field in Mugadzhar hills near Aktyubinsk in the southern Urals with great practical interests for commercial exploitation. The find is expected to boost regional mining potential and economic activity.
Floods washed out large sections of the new road linking Kathmandu with Lhasa in Tibet. The Nepal News Agency reported the Himalayan road, planned for completion in December, suffered major damage.
Charles Stephenson Smith, 89, who led The Associated Press foreign service in the 1920s, died Friday in Carlsbad, California. He served in London and Berlin and was assigned to Moscow Peking and other major cities during a long AP career.
Local notices advertise film drop offs at Universal Photo Service 514 State Street with satisfaction guaranteed. A rummage sale runs Tuesday and Wednesday at Garage 1421 South 20th. A neighborhood sale at 1411 Ferry Street offers clothing toys games and miscellaneous items.
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