Changes And Challenges Kennedy Faces In Presidency
The piece notes Kennedy inherits a world of rapid change and Cold War turmoil. It cites rising communism, decolonization, new missile warfare, and upheaval from Congo to Cuba. It contrasts Eisenhower era wars with ongoing global unrest affecting the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
White House
John F. Kennedy
Asia
Africa
Kennedy
Korea
United States
Indochina
Congo
Laos
Algeria
Cuba
Soviet Union
Latin America
Boost U S Tourism With Softer Visas And Less Red Tape
A historical appeal argues balancing tourist trade between the United States and Europe. It urges easier visa rules and reduced fingerprinting burdens to increase travel, noting Europeans spend far less in the U S than Americans abroad and calling for stronger tourism promotion. The piece closes with a biblical benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rusk Chosen as Kennedy’s Secretary of State
The selection of Dean Rusk as secretary of state signals a veteran diplomat with solid public service credentials. As president of the Rockefeller Foundation and former assistant secretary under Truman, Rusk offers experience across public enterprises and the State Department, though his role will be deeply scrutinized by both conservatives and liberals as Kennedy aims to be his own top diplomat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
State Department
Rockefeller Foundation
Harry Truman
Rusk
Wisconsin Welfare Budget Request Tops State Finance
In Madison Wisconsin Welfare Director Wilbur Schmidt asks for a $146000000 budget for the State Department of Public Welfare. The presentation impressed listeners and drew attention from Governor Nelson who holds primary spending responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Department of Public Welfare
Wilbur Schmidt
Wynguard
Gov
Nelson
Christmas Shopping Routined By June, Year Ahead
The text riffs on planning for gifts and a strict Yuletide rush, urging shoppers to shop in June to avoid delays. It then shifts to a lengthy critique of a welfare budget, noting its scale, rigor, and impact on thousands, with figures for family budgets and benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Enterprises, Inc
Wisconsin
Review of the News in Years Past 1940 Highlights
Secretary Morgenthau tells senators Britain needs immediate credits. British bomb Mannheim and a Bordeaux submarine base. six merchantmen attacked off the French coast. In West Virginia, a mine explosion at Raleigh Coal & Coke Co. injures five, seven trapped. La Crosse mails 2,900 dog license tags. A wartime focus greens the page with list of local officials and society notes.
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Morgenthau
Britain
Mannheim
Bordeaux
France
French
Raleigh Coal & Coke Co
Beckley
W. Va
la Crosse
Lawrence Welk
Avalon Ballroom
Close To Park from Montreal Star
A plant owner tours a friend and humorously notes the staff count, saying about half the workforce is present during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal Star
Taxpayer Calls for Teacher Pay Details and Fair Taxes
A reader presses for exact teacher salaries and factual school funding data amid debate on pay raises. He cites Rochester Minnesota factors like Mayo Clinic and IBM, contrasts with social security recipients, and argues tax burdens should rise on earners rather than old residents or fixed incomes.
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Rochester
Minnesota
IBM
Mayo Clinic
Anonymous
la Crosse
Kennedy should have picked a retired general for defense post
The piece argues Kennedy should install a high profile retired military officer as secretary of defense rather than an efficiency expert. It notes the lack of a permanent undersecretary and criticizes civilian control without military experience for guiding wartime decisions and national security.
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Kennedy
Defense
United States
Ernest King
Naval Operations
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Pacific
Secretary of Defense
Truman
Congress
Defense Department
General Marshall
Ford Motor Company
Robert McNamara
Remembering New Orleans a Life of Color and Friendship
Robert Ruark recalls Old New Orleans and the Louisiana back country, celebrating diverse friends across black and white communities, music, food, and laughter. He laments current desegregation tensions while preserving vivid vivid memories of Bourbon Street, Absinthe House, and Creole culture. Newshand note: end with personal reflection on a life-long home and a caution about social change.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Havana
Peckerwood
N’awlins
Land of Dreams
Sam
Bayou
Papa Celestin
Fats Pichon
Cafe Lafitte
Mississippi
Algiers
Broad Canal Street
America
Europe
Africa
La Crosse Tribune Home Delivery Rates Notice
The La Crosse Tribune lists home delivery rates for La Crosse Onalaska and La Crescent including the Sunday edition. Subscription options vary by distance with annual and multi month prices and mail subscription details for areas outside carrier delivery zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Crosse
Wis
la Crosse Tribune
Lee Enterprise, Inc
Associated Press
Tribune
Jann & Kelley, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Atlanta
Onalaska
la Crescent
Sunday Tribune
Carrier Bay
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
John Wyngaard
Welfare Department
John C. Metcalfe
Schmidt
Joseph K. Kidder
William T Burgess
Earl Voss
J. J. Verdota
Henry Meyer
Franklin J. Pamperin
Warren Smith
Charles A. Beranek
Joe Louis
al McCoy
Boston
Charles B. Perry
Wisconsin Assembly
Surburban Wauwatosa
Alfonso
Henry Ford
Youngstown
Ohio
Denver
Ben Lindsey
Bishop Manning
William Clark
New Jersey
John C. Burns Fruit Store
Main St
Helen Prucha
L. J. Prucha
Manila
Ferdinand A. Geiger
Milwaukee
Albert Roberge
U.S. Dist
A. C. Wolfe
West Wisconsin
Main
Tom Bailey
Mississippi River
City
Fred Ober
Fritzi Scheff
Louis C. Hirshheimer
S. 11Th St
Bridge
G. van Steenwyk
F. H. Fowler
M. E. Toerte
Sarah Levy
la Crosse St
William Grady
Liberty
Southern la Crosse
Elsie Suirgen
Frank E. Withrow
Walter Ketchel
Eau Claire County
Moncena Dunn
la Follette
W. D. Connor
Edward T. Fairchild
Bob
Washington
James B. Knott
Harry Rosenthal
Washington, D.C
Tscharner
William O’gar
Burlington Railroad
Sparta
N. Norcross
West la Crosse
John Dietz
Cameron Dam
Myra
Chris Burns
Louie Omerberg
David Lawrence
Lawrence
Department of State
Armed Services
Mander
Joint Chiefs
National Security Council
Army
Navy
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Security Council
Air Corps
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Robert C. Ruark
Owen Brennan
Jimmy Moran
Old Sam
Ducks
Weiss Boys
Seymour
Blackie
Milton
Johnny
Gasper
Hip Guinle
Dan Levy
Tommy Caplinger
Bourbon Street
Grace
Garden District
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
North
South
East
West
Jacoby
BY Oswald Jacoby
Che Za Crosse Tribune
W. T. Burgess
K Loan
Keen, Burgess
J. E. Lien
Mgr
Howard Colvitt
Retat
Maxine Kahler
Leeward Lee
Luther WI Ins
ED Keefe
Mer
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