Debated Algeria Crisis Undercuts De Gaulle Effort
United Nations debate on Algeria strains France's push for a workable status within the French Community. De Gaulle seeks a referendum and a possible republic in Algiers while rebels demand UN supervised independence and autonomy before talks.
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Algeria
de Gaulle
United Nations
Charles de Gaulle
France
Tunisia
Morocco
Africa
United States
Soviet Union
Belgian Congo
Algiers
U.N
Voting in Election Is Privilege Not a Bragging Right
The piece notes 67 million of 107 million eligible Americans voted on November 8, about 64 percent. Hawaii led with 93 percent turnout, while Japan and Europe show much higher participation. The author muses if disenfranchisement or full citizenship might alter future attitudes.
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Russia
Hawaii
Toys dazzle as fathers share toy aisles with kids
Postwar shoppers recall lean wartime years while enjoying a new wave of gadgets. Fathers and sons browse satellite launch centers remote controlled cars and scientific outfits, each side engrossed in the holiday display. Grandpa rounds out the scene with quiet fascination.
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Pop
Junior
Grandpa
Air Force to close Mitchell AFB sparks $25 million revenue loss
The Air Force announced the closure of Mitchell AFB on Long Island New York prompting merchants and residents to fear a sharp drop in annual revenue estimated at 25 million dollars. The note ends with a biblical quote.
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Air Force
Mitchell Afb
Long Island
N.Y
McCaleb
Tribune
W. A. Thompson
U.S
Earl Holmes
E. J. Holmes
Windsor
T. H. Miller
A. B. Moll
Main Street Grocer
Reform British schooling add three how to subjects
Inez Robb humorously suggests adding three practical lessons to Britain's curriculum How to raise windows How to turn off radiators and How to regulate a thermostat to curb foreign complaints about American comfort The column mocks British fixation on central heating and asserts Americans value comfort anyway.
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Britain
Eton
United States
Winifreds
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Portraits Join DC Metcalfe Love Poem Verse 1960
A short love verse asserts deep affection and a lifelong bond. It speaks of finding the one true partner, the joy and ecstasy of shared moments, and the pain of heartbreak if the relationship ends. The piece is credited to Field Enterprises and dated 1960.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Review of the news in years past twenty years ago 1940
Highlights include Gov Heil backing a 2 031 million dollar UW funding increase and WWII era moves with fascist leadership shifts in the Dodecanese. Roosevelt pledges aid to Greece, local speech contests prize a cheese fundraiser, Camp McCoy reception planned, and high school scores noted along with streetcar timetable changes.
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Heil
Cesare Maria de Vecchi di
C. J. Olson
5Th Ave. S
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Camp McCoy
Jan. J. Pavela
Aquinas
Cotter
Tribute to Roy L. Matson by Capital Contemporary Editor
Wyngaard honors Roy L. Matson editor of the Wisconsin State Journal who died, praising his dedication vigor and leadership in Madison journalism. He recalls shared conventions fishing trips late-night desk calls and Matson's insistence that a newspaper must sing. Matson’s 30 devoted years shaped many reporters and editors across the Midwest.
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John Wyngaard
Roy L. Matson
Madison
Mr. Wyngaard
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin
Roy Matson
City Room
Wisconsin Northland
Middlewest
La Crosse Reader Seeks Support for City Leadership
A Tribune reader defends Mayor Knutson amid criticism of Edwards and local tax raises. The letter lauds the mayor as the people's choice, questions teacher salary letters, and urges unity to keep La Crosse attractive and fiscally stable for 100 years of taxpayers.
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Tribune
Mr. Edwards
Edwards
Knutson
la Crosse
Steel strike cost billions in losses to workers and firms
The 1959 steel strike caused wide economic disruption with more than a million jobs lost and corporations facing about 3 billion dollars in pre tax costs while workers endured 1.75 billion in wages not recovered. The piece urges government post mortem analysis and renewed private sector responsibility.
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Washington
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Fiscal Conservatism Misjudged By Politicos
Wisconsin readers react to thoughts on a blue ribbon commission to cut state spending and raise taxes. The piece argues fiscal conservatism runs deep among voters, notes Republican gains, and questions if tax reform could extend to broader public programs without new burdens.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Nixon
Kennedy
West's Sacrificial Spade Lead Wins Bridge Triumph
West boldly sacrificed four spades prompting North to bid five diamonds. South avoided automatic play, thinking through the lead and defending wisely. West returned another spade, South ruffed hearts, discarded clubs, and secured a favorable endgame with a single club loss.
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West
North
South
East
An Old Truth Dies Dr John J The Abres Bescon Journal
The piece questions the long held belief that every ascent must be followed by a descent as a death of a traditional truth. It reflects on shifting perspectives within a scholarly or journalistic frame.
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John J. the Obsid
Abres Bescon Journal
Just A Memory pant Coffin in the Saturday Evening Post
The note recalls old customs where marriage was seen as a way for a man to secure household labor, reflecting on social expectations and gender roles from past eras.
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Joseph K. Kidder
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la Crosse County
Women’s Republican Club
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Wilson-Colwell Relief Corps
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King
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Constantine
Switzerland
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Onalaska
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Adolf Gundersen
King St
Ibsen Club
Lilian Ristow
Alivia Mix
Maude Marco
Marie Neuman
Statia Malay
Ellen Heyer
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Ethel McCune
Lola
Fannie Scribner
Homer Ris
Tow
W. A. Katz
la Crosse St
J. S. Birmingham
Wells E. Bennett
la Crosse County Calaboose
Ambrose Murphy
Frank Winter
Capital Contemporary
Wyngaard
David Lawrence
Politicos
Tax Revision Commission
Jacoby
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J. Elienlokken
Kenneth F Teachout
Leeward Lee
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Maxine Kahler
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Lee Enterprise, Inc
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