Rising Auto Insurance Costs Outpace Premiums and Settlements
The labor day travel surge boosts auto liability outlays as settlements rise and court actions grow. Industry groups warn of higher rates amid rising medical costs and damaged vehicles. States have approved rate hikes from 1.8 to 33.1 percent, with juries perceived as more liberal in verdicts.
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National Assn
Assn. of Casualty and Surety Companies
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Bureau
Power Mowers Demand Respect and Safety Caution
A common weekend hazard, power mower use is rising and accidents, while not always dramatic, highlight safety lapses. Georgia data show 737 incidents over two years, mainly from carelessness and ignoring instructions. Mowing can be safe when handling a blade spinning at 3 000 rpm with proper precautions.
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Georgia
Harriman and Teamster Link Scrutinized in Senate Hearing
Molly Baker testified before the Senate Rackets Committee about a close friendship she claimed existed between Governor Harriman and mobster Barney Baker. She described calls, a signed photo, and alleged money activities linked to the Democratic Party. Senator Kennedy pressed for clarity on the alleged ties.
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Molly
Union
Baker
Senate
Mr. Harriman
Perle Mesta House
Ives
Mrs. B
John Kennedy
Dmass
Senator Kennedy
Governor
Hood
Edgar the Horned Man in Holmes Jazz Novel
John Clelton Holmes crafts a tale of Edgar a gifted horn player whose rise and fall mirror jazz’s ruthless pull. Chapters named chorus riff and coda echo the music while prose carries the complex thump and sob of the life surrounding the horn.
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Holmes
Edgar
Review of the News in Years Past Twenty Years Ago 1938
A retrospective lists events from 1938 including Thomas F McDonald elected head of state Ellis Wausau hosting 1939 state meet Ray Dwyer reelected a state trustee John E Crowley dies in La Crosse after long illness burglars loot Eagles Club and Wiggert Bros speed record set at Bonneville by Captain George E T Eyston fire destroys Taylor Lumber Vi roqua yard tax pledge from Julius Heil governor candidate 1938 Thirty Years Ago notes treaty to outlaw war 1928 budget predicts deficit and local officials news item.
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Thomas F. McDonald
Marshfield
Ellis
Wausau
Ray Dwyer
John E. Crowley
la Crosse Office Mutual Life Insurance Co
Madison St
Eagles Club
5Th Avenue
Jay Street
Wiggert Bros
Jay St
George E. T. Eyston
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Taylor Lumber Company
Viroqua
Julius P. Heil
Answers from the La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau 1918
Readers could submit questions on topics from anatomy to history and geography. The page lists Q and A on bags under eyes, redwood roots, hides versus skins, the Dartmouth Princeton twelfth man, Bible marginal notes, Manhattan purchase, needlework booklets, and local wartime notes plus a local death, births, and draft law enforcement updates.
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Roye
Bapaume
Senate
Schweiger
Lusitania
Mediterrean
la Journal
Paris
la Crosse
U.S
Causes and features of alcoholic polyneuritis in medical overview
Dr Edwin P Jordan outlines alcoholic polyneuritis as nerve inflammation from heavy alcohol use. Symptoms include weakness muscle wasting and pain in limbs with possible sensory loss. Causes include metals such as mercury bismuth arsenic lead vitamin deficiencies infections pregnancy diabetes and rheumatic infections. Treatment avoids alcohol uses vitamins and requires patience from patient and physician. Outlook for recovery is favorable for the majority.
Wealth no longer blocks a political rise in America
In New York Nelson Rockefeller wins the Republican governor nomination opposing Averell Harriman, both wealthy. The piece notes wealth once hindered candidacy but now may reassure voters, citing Roosevelt and a history of inherited wealth in politics, detailing Harriman and Rockefeller lineages and service.
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St. Louis
Long
New York State
Harriman
Barney
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Averell Harriman
Lawrence
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Rockefeller
E. H. Harriman
America
McKinley
Aldrich
Rockefeller
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Defense Department
Republican Party
New Deal
NRA
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Soviet Union
New York
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Knowles Favored To Win Wisconsin GOP Nomination
Madison observes Lt. Gov. War ren P. Knowles of New Richmond as the Republican favorite in the September 9 primary seeking a third nomination. The Wisconsin party machinery backs Knowles with seasoned leadership in the senate and long party loyalty shaping the campaign.
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Madison
Wis
Warren P. Knowles
New Richmond
Knowles
Republican State Organization
Wyngaard
Vernon Thomson
Smith
Wisconsin
Senate
Heil
Goodland
Rennebohm
Kohler
Thomson
Gov
To Like a Town Poem Card
A reflective poem about choosing to live in a town. It argues that true liking comes from friendships and welcoming neighbors rather than climate or scenery. Published as a 1958 piece by Pield Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Aldrich
Senate
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Pield Enterprises, Inc
Milk Break and Embassy Apples at DC Events
Washington notes recount offbeat moments from a big Afghan embassy party where a detective kept an apple in his pocket after jokes about bombs. Curtis LeMay is told a guard’s plane myth. Ezra Taft Benson pushes milk breaks at airline snack service discussions.
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Afghanistan
Sardar Mohammed Daoud
Air Force
Curtis le May
Strategic Air Command
Regula
Ezra Taft Benson
U. S
National Agricultural Advisory Commission
National Press Club
La Crosse Tribune Contact and Subscription Rates
Publication details and pricing information for The La Crosse Tribune include staff names, office address, AP affiliation, circulation contact times, advertising reps, and mail subscription rates for La Crosse area and surrounding regions with various term lengths.
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Tribune
ERS
Jann & Kelley, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Atlanta
la Crosse
Onalaska
la Crescent
Sunday Tribune
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Morgan
W. Averell Harriman
Teamsters Union
Barney Baker
Mrs. Baker
H. G. Rogers
The
John Clelton
Joseph K. Kidder
Kellogg
Western Europe
Edward C. Miller
Winona
Rok Nt
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St. N.W
Washington, D.C
Peter Schaghen
Amsterdam
Hauge
Netherlands
City of
Dartmouth
Princeton
A.H. A
Tyndale
Grenville
British Museum
Manhattan
Peter Minuit
Eye St
N. W
Washington, D. C
William F. Vilas
Grover Cleveland
GOP
Esco
Tscharner
William H. Hatton
New London
Joseph Gale
Avon St
Edwin P. Jordan, M.D
David Lawrence
Mr. Roosevelt
John Wynguard
Leo O’brien
Green Bay
George M. Smith
Milwaukee
James Metcalfe
Douglas Larsen
la Crosse Tribune
T. Burgess
E. L. Burgess
Howard Colvin Retail
Maxine Kahler
Luther Wilkins
A. E. Teachout North Side
4Th and Cass Sts
Lee Newspaper Group
Associated Press
R. L. Bangsberg
J. E
Lokken
Rice City
Leeward Lee State
ED Keefe
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