18 Dec 1963
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1963
Page
1
The Christmas mail rush is expected to miss the 1962 peak, dipping about 2.5 percent below last year as JFK’s assassination is blamed. Through early December about 6.5 billion pieces moved, with 5-cent Christmas stamp sales projected to reach over 2 billion prints.
A University of Wisconsin spokesman said narcotics use touches an extremely small number of students on the Madison campus. Police Chief Wilbur Emery reported evidence of sale and use at the university and fringe areas, while noting the investigation is ongoing and not all details can be made public. One former student Hal Hellman was found shot in a hotel, and three youths at a drinking party face charges or questioning as detectives pursue leads.
In Fort Worth Texas B C Russell 63 killed by a shotgun trap he had installed after repeated burglaries at his food store. A pistol trap previously killed an ex convict and a 19 year old prowler died in 1961. Russell had set the shotgun at a back door with a trigger mechanism.
A 13 man U S Army and Air Force parachute team caps a world record mass free fall from 438 500 feet. Parachutists released chutes below 2 500 feet and all landed safely.
AP reports new autopsy details from Bethesda claim the first back wound was nonfatal and the head wound proved fatal. Second bullet also wounded Gov. Connally, who was struck in the chest then wrist and thigh. The account implies Kennedy might have survived with quicker action in the car.
Several hundred students from Ghana and Africa protested outside Khrushchev’s office in Red Square over a Ghanaian student’s fatal stabbing by a Russian. They clashed with police, breached barriers from the Ghanaian Embassy, and shouted phrases linking Russia to colonial harms as they surged toward the Kremlin.
At Orly Airport in fog, a U.S. Defense Secretary McNamara flight narrowly avoided collision with a civilian airliner. Aboard were McNamara and staff members. the incident prompted checks by authorities and swift air traffic coordination.
Wisconsin awoke to widespread subzero temperatures after a snowfall gave the state a Christmas-card view. Madison logged five inches of snow and Eau Claire reached 14 below, with many cities well below zero and roads treacherous south of a Prairie du Chien to Green Bay line.
Frank Bartko, 69, died at his home Tuesday from a heart attack blamed on heavy snow shoveling over the past two days by Kenosha County Coroner Edward Warro. The death is reported as self-care related.
In New York an apartment building posted a sign warning burglars that all cameras hi fi systems jewelry and other valuables had been taken in prior thefts. After four unsolved burglaries in 16 months the sign itself was stolen leaving residents with a hollow warning.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $3.2995 billion overseas aid measure as the House had $2.8017 billion. A key fight centers on guaranteeing private financing of grain sales to Communist bloc nations and Mundt seeks a separate roll-call vote. The bill may face further cuts before a conference with the House.
Thousands braved snow and freezing temps in West Berlin to apply for one day permits to pass the wall and see relatives in East Berlin for Christmas. The plan allows about 800000 residents to travel behind the wall, with schoolchildren given the day off to staff permit offices.
President Johnson stated he would meet Khrushchev or any world leader if talks are fruitful. He outlined planned discussions with West Germany Britain Italy Canada and Mexico and named Thomas Mann as coordinator for Latin American policy.
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