Kennedy To Take Office Informed After Eisenhower Meeting
President elect John F Kennedy leaves the transition period with full knowledge of ongoing matters and the reasons for actions taken before January 20. The meeting with President Eisenhower aims to reassure the world that the United States is not immobilized between elections and inauguration.
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Kennedy
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
United States
Khrushchev
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Africa
Panama Canal
Struggling nations flirt with communism in harsh world view
The piece argues Cuba Ghana and Guinea risk widespread influence for communism. It critiques Nkru mah and Toure urging experience to prove its harms. It warns independence ideals can be compromised by reliance on Moscow and Peiping. It cites Hebrews 13 16 about doing good.
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Cuba
Ghana
Guinea
Nkrumah
Toure
Moscow
Peiping
Volunteer Fire Departments A Symbol Of Rural Civic Pride
Madison column lauds the rural volunteer fire brigades as symbols of self reliance and neighborly cooperation. It notes a state program enrolling 5000 volunteers yearly, funded from insurance taxes, and contrasts rural and urban attitudes toward community responsibility.
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Madison
Wis
Clarence Greiber
Old Village
Today’s Quiz Highlights Topophobia and Penny Origin
A quiz explains topophobia the fear of a place or situation from topos meaning place. It notes the penny’s name comes from British coins and Gouverneur Morris proposed including a penny. the term cent followed later. It also identifies Kauai as a filming site for South Pacific and defines most favored nation pacts as unconditional or conditional trade agreements.
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Topos
United States
Republic
Gouverneur Morris
Review of the News in Years Past in La Crosse
A compact retrospective across past decades noting 1940 tax levy at 33 mills and 1930s local events including bank robbery, public works shifts, population growth, and civic changes. Highlights mention Italian war news, wartime leaders, local wage suits, council votes, and notable community figures in La Crosse.
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Interstate National Bank
Kansas City
Senate
House
H. N. Reod
Evangelical Free Church of
la Crosse
Mormon Coulee Road
Europe
Council
Mayor Knutson praised in reader letter on school budget
CHAS J. LANG of 1830 South Ave writes in support of Mayor Knutson claiming he researches budgets and keeps taxes down. He blames the school board for the large budget, notes industry as a tax factor, and suggests parking meters on the North Side to fund a parking ramp. He argues teachers deserve raises but urges fiscal conservatism.
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Knutson
Trane
Edwards
North Side
Chas J. Lang
Portraits John C. Metcalfe
A reflective poem about observing a slender crescent moon rising into the dark sky. The speaker contemplates spaceflight with wonder and fear, acknowledging another man in outer space who remains calm while the world watches.
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Outer Space
Field Enterprises, Inc
Unusual bridge problem tests South three no trump
Oswald Jacoby presents a double dummy puzzle where South can thwart a three no trump contract. If East leads a spade and West wins the ace to continue, West can force South to concede by end playing, despite initial plans for nine tricks. The trick sequence and hand-shifting ideas show how to beat the contract and how to rearrange suits to end play West in hearts.
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East
West
Hearts
Lawrences Confront Cabinet Selection in Constitutional Fix
David Lawrence argues for a constitutional amendment to make the cabinet answer to the people. He decries the unelected cabinet as unrepresentative and warns that rewarding campaign service ignores the public’s hopes for substantive change and accountability. He notes the pattern spans both major parties and nations.
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Congress
Alphabet Agencies and the DepresSion Cabinet Debate
Roark recalls 1930s Washington hiring chaos in New Deal agencies. He describes temporary clerks on patronage, low wages, and urban hardship, then contrasts with Kennedy pledge to appoint the best regardless of background. The piece ends urging a cabinet answerable to the people.
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Uncle Sam
Bob Considine
Franklin D
FDR
Kennedy
K St
Hecht Co
WPA
Washington Auditorium
Florida
Jack Kennedy
Happy Marriage Harold Coffin in the Wall Street Journal
A humorous Wall Street Journal note on marriage vows and social quips. The piece jokes that happiness comes from mutual restraint, not boasting about wealth or criticizing in laws, and that success does not equate to luck.
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Harold Coffin
The
Wall Street Journal
Burgess Era Staff Notes at La Crosse Tribune
The snippet lists Burgess as Publisher and business manager E L Burgess in charge of production and Howard Colvin as Retail Advertising chief with Maxine Kahler as General Advertising Manager.
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