Kennedy warns Latin America against alien philosophies in Caracas
President Kennedy, amid heavy security, praised progress under the Alliance for Progress in Venezuela. He warned that alien ideologies threaten liberty, urged democratic reform, and emphasized freedom from dictatorship and economic injustice as essential. Betancourt introduced Kennedy at Maiquetia Airport before his Caracas visit.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
U.S
la Carlota
la Morita
Latin America
Europe
China
Maiquetia
Romulo Betancourt
U N gains in Katanga City as rebel govt retreats
U N troops breached central Elisabethville seizing the Lido Hotel and a railway tunnel strongpoint on day two of battle. Katangan forces reportedly pulled back to Kipushi or Kolwezi as UN forces overran Mas Sart base and other positions amid heavy shelling and torrential rain. Pope John XXIII urged world leaders to seek peace in the Congo as U Thant vowed to press on until UN objectives are met.
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U.N
Tshombe
Leopoldville
Camp
Mas- Sart
United Nations
Lido Hotel
Etoile
Queen Elisabeth Hospital
Katanga
Rhodesia
Lido
U.S
Vatican City
John XXIII
Congo
School Board Trims Budget While Keeping Salaries
La Crosse City School District reduces the 1962 budget by about $90,000 with no salary cuts. The board eliminated costs in operations maintenance and new equipment while leaving salary accounts intact. Superintendent Conan Edwards says higher salaries are needed to attract and keep qualified teachers, aiming to be near the state average. The district also cut $16,270 from the city health department, shifting health instruction to teachers.
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la Crosse City
Board of Education
Commentions Council
Conan S.edwards
la Crosse
Edward R. Lund
Ito
Edwards
City Health Department
Richard G. Hawkins
Health Department
U N Troops Capture Katangan Base Elisabethville
U N and Swedish forces seized Camp Massert in Elisabethville and targeted two other strongpoints as Katangan resistance weakened. President Tshombe relocated his government 30 miles south to Kipushi, according to a regime spokesman from Northern Rhodesia. Three Swedish companies took Camp Massert, overcoming 350 defenders. The base’s fall was seen as breaking Katanga’s capital resistance.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
The
Congo
U.N
Kipushi
Kolwezi
Moise Tshombe
Brussels
Tshombe
Leopoldville
Rhodesia
Massert
Century-old craftsman Bernard Hake dies in city hospital
Bernard Hake 99 longtime La Crosse resident and parishioner of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church died early Saturday. Born October 9, 1862 in Westphalia Germany he immigrated with wife Elizabeth Westkamp in 1893. He worked 46 years for Segelke and Kohlhaus and built the Bodega bar still in use. Survivors include two sons three daughters and several grandchildren.
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Bernard Hake
Hake
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
S. 3Rd St
Westphalia
Germany
Elizabeth Westkamp
la Crosse
Segelke and
Kohlhaus
William Mayo
Rochester
Mann
Cargill
Walt
Catholic Knights of Wisconsin
John
Martin
Anna Newburg
Rudolph
Marie) Brinkman
Long Beach
Calif
Elizabeth) Bauer
Missoula
Mont
Joseph Gohres Former Bank President Dies in Mesa
Joseph P. Gohres 86 of Mesa Arizona and former president of a La Crosse bank died Wednesday. He was born March 9 1875 in La Crosse and retired in 1956 as president and a director of the Exchange State Bank after 67 years with the institution. Survivors include his wife Lila Henretta two daughters Sister Mary Celeste Breda Iowa and Mrs Bernard C Lind Minneapolis Minnesota one son Joseph W Gohres La Crosse two grandchildren and a sister Helen McCann Edmonds Washington Services will be held Monday in Mesa.
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Joseph P. Gohres
Mesa
Ariz
Helen McCann
Edmonds
Wash
Retired Onalaska Contractor Earl Page Sr Dies
Earl Page Sr. 68 of 423 4th Ave N Onalaska died Friday afternoon. A retired contractor who began in 1913 and retired in 1958 after 45 years. Survived by widow Ida, daughter Anita Benson of White Bear Lake MN, son Earl Jr. of Onalaska, three grandchildren, brother Marvin of La Crosse, half-brother Claude LaDue of Arcadia FL, sister Gladys Emery of La Crosse. Preceded by three brothers and one sister. WWI veteran and member of Struck-Klandrud American Legion Post 336. Services Monday 2 PM at South Side Blaschke Funeral Home. burial Onalaska Cemetery. Calling Sunday 3-5 and 7-9 PM and Monday noon-2 PM.
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Onalaska
Wis
Earl Page Sr
4Th Ave
Ida
Laurel
Anita) Benson
White Bear Lake
Minn
Earl Jr
Marvin
la Crosse
Claude LaDue
Arcida
Fla
Walter
Gladys) Emery
Page
Peiping Defeated in UN Seat Bid 48 to 36
United Nations vote blocks Peiping's bid to replace Chiang Kai-shek Nationalists in the China seat. Adlai Stevenson hails setback as a test of strength with the Soviet Union while many abstained or backed non-Communist China.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.S
China
Chiang Kai-shek
General Assembly
Peiping
United States
Soviet Union
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Valerian A. Zorin
Zorin
Britain
Russia
France
Finland
Denmark
Iceland
Asia
Africa
Europe
Cuba
R L Scott Dies at 41 Owner of City Firm
Richard L. Scott of 3104 26th Street died in a local hospital Friday evening. He owned La Crosse Composing Type Setting Co and survived by wife Marie two daughters Sandra and Jean a son Richard Jr and his parents and siblings. Funeral services set for Monday at Schumacher Funeral Home and St Thomas More Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
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Richard L. Scott
26Th St
la Crosse Composing, Type Setting Co
la Crosse Elks Lodge
la Crosse
U S Population Rises by 28 Million in Decade
The Census Bureau reports the U S population excluding armed forces abroad reached 183 995 000 as of November 1, up from 155 790 000 on January 1 1952 and a 4 672 000 increase since the 1960 census, a 2.6 percent rise.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
U.S. Viet Nam Pact Expands Reform and Aid
Washington reports that the United States and South Viet Nam agreed on a dozen measures to bolster governance and counter communism. Key points include shared decision making with the National Council, broader military responsibilities, policy reforms, joint reporting on social and economic conditions, anti corruption steps, and increased militia pay.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Frederick E. Nolting Jr
Nolting
Pearl Harbor
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
Diem
South
Viet Nam
Gen
Maxwell
Taylor
Federal Court Orders Halt In Racial Demonstrations
In Baton Rouge police used tear gas on about 1 500 protesters including Southern University students. US District Court Judge Gordon West and three state judges issued restraining orders against CORE leaders and demonstrations, with show cause hearings set for late December and early January. Bond was $1 500 for those jailed. authorities allowed peaceful assembly but banned disruptive picketing and marches.
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Baton Rouge
Congress of Racial Equality
District Court
Gordon West
CORE
C. A. Barrett
Fred Blanche
Fred LeBlanc
New Orleans
State Capitol
Southern University
David Dennis
Core Field
Louisiana
Ronnie Moor
E. B. Cox
High Point
N.C
Cox
Bryan Clemmons
Old State Capitol
Kress
McCrory's
McCrory’s
Judge West
Clemmons
Jack Christian
Wingate White
Parish
UPI
Milwaukee Man Dies as Toll Hits 847 for 1961
The Wisconsin highway death toll for 1961 reached 847 with the death of Otto Differt, 74, of Milwaukee. He died in a hospital Friday from injuries suffered December 8 when struck by a car while crossing an intersection on Milwaukee’s south side.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Otto Differt
Light Snow and Warmer Weekend Forecast
A weather bulletin says light snow in the region with a warming trend tonight and Sunday. Temperatures fall to around 20 degrees tonight and rise to the mid 20s Sunday. Monday may see little change with a slight chance of light snow and a low near 20.
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JFK
By Morris W. Rosenberg
Marquetia
J.F.K
By Adrian Porter
Camp Massart
Belgium
Leopold 11
New York
U Thant
Walton L. Nystad
Camp Massert
Ida Thornburgh
Topeka
Kans
Nebraska
R. Chinas
City Hospital
Joseph Gohres
Bank
By Tom Hoge
R. L. Scott
Mongi Slim
Andrew Cordier
Red
E. C. Harrison
East Baton Rouge
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