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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1962
Page
3
Saturday listings show programs from 5:00 pm Ripcord to 10:20 pm Open House Show. Sunday includes 7:15 am Light Time to 9:30 am Awar d Theater and nightly NFL Kickoff at 12:45 pm.
Readers discuss unwed teen mothers and early marriage with Ann Landers. A Oklahoma mother describes teen confinement experiences and lack of resources for young couples, noting financial and emotional hardship as outcomes of early marriage.
FBI figures for January through September 1962 show Madison posting no murders or forcible rapes, with armed robberies up to 19 and assaults to three. Milwaukee saw murders fall from 17 to 14 but rapes jump from 11 to 26 and auto thefts climb over 30 percent from 1,161 to 1,717. Nationally, serious crime rose five percent.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced plans to dig a 1,300 foot shaft for Project Shoal to study underground detection of nuclear detonations. Located 28 miles southwest of Fallon in the Sand Springs range, the test calls for a 10 kiloton underground detonation 1,200 feet down in granitic rock.
Governor John Dalton released a weekly constituent newsletter noting reported causes of death from the vital statistics bureau. Entries include died without the aid of a physician and died suddenly, nothing serious. A death caused by blood poisoning from a broken ankle occurred after an automobile struck the person between the lamp and the radiator.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis reports department and general store sales in October fell four percent from a year earlier. There were 27 trade days this October versus 26 last year. Ten month cumulative sales are two percent below the 1961 period.
The 1963 Social Register removed Gov Nelson Rockefeller's daughter Ann C Rockefeller and her husband Rev Robert L Pierson a young minister arrested during a Freedom Ride. Countess Christina Paolozzi also dropped. No reason given for their absence. Pierson jailed in Jackson Mississippi for breach of the peace during a rider demonstration.
A letter asks how to handle unpaid loans from a friend who paid $25 a month for three months then stopped. Ann Landers offers blunt humor and practical tips, followed by brief responses on neighbors’ noise and a judge’s skepticism. The column closes with a reminder to send problems to Ann Landers.
WKBT presents family shows and comedies this evening including Ozzie and Harriet at six and The Jackie Gleason Show from 6 30 to 7 30. The Defenders Revenge-Minded Hunt and Gunsmoke Westerns lead the night, with Alfred Hitchcock Hour and Stoney Burke sign off. Sunday Football begins with Pro Football Kickoff Show at 12 45 p m and Packers versus Rams at 1 p.m.
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