Communist Party USA Eyes Local Elections Drive
The Communist party U.S.A. outlines 1961 election strategy after a November letter seeking ballot rules and signatures. Proposals include infiltrating local school boards, publicly running candidates, and backing sympathetic or infiltrating candidates to influence city and county government races.
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Washington
NEA
American
Communist Party
United States
Communist Party U
U.S.A
New York
Daniel Rubin
Communist Party U.S.A
Hearing On Vets Housing Policies In Wisconsin
A public hearing in Madison will examine Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs housing policies. Sen. W. A. Draheim notes biennial reviews required by law were neglected, and veterans groups urge possible relaxations of loan rules amid supply constraints and county quotas. Berlin reports show over a thousand new restaurants in six years, a 47 percent rise.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
W. A. Draheim
Neenah
Republican Caucus
Draheim
Department of Veterans Affairs
Berlin
Doodlebug Hunts Oil at Hanover Drill Site
A. A. Potter, 47 years in wildcat drilling, uses a witching stick variant to locate a new drilling site in Hanover Illinois. He inserts a capsule into a curious device claiming its secret ingredient attracts to the electricity from oil, guiding the search.
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Hanover, Ill
A. A. Potter
Space Banks Proposed to Ease Urban Squeeze
Newark Delaware report on University of Delaware geographer Dr. Edward Higbee promoting space banks as a metropolitan land strategy. A single urban government would acquire unused land, plan its use, then attract private investment to curb the land squeeze and avoid piecemeal zoning and sprawling renewal.
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Edward Higbee
University of Delaware
Higbee
Chambers of Commerce
Midwest
South
Dr. Higbee
Boston
Great Lakes
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Dallas-Fort Worth
Waco
Austin
Greenland
Washington
Inflation Cost County Resident $114 In 1960
New York reports inflation eroded La Crosse County purchasing power. Prices rose nearly two percent in the year, cutting the dollar to 48 cents of 1939 value. The average household lost about $114 in 1959. total county loss around $2.405 million.
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New York
la Crosse County
American Institute For Economic Affairs
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The
Tax Foundation
UW welcomes ex Navy reactor operator to nuclear lab
Roger R. Miller, former reactor operator aboard the Nautilus, joins the University of Wisconsin Nuclear Engineering Laboratory as assistant. The lab houses Wisconsin’s largest 10-thermal kilowatt reactor for student training and research. Miller recalls the Arctic voyage under the North Pole and aims to pursue engineering studies while supporting UW work. He is a North Jackson Ohio native, married with two young sons.
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Madison
U.S
North Pole
Arctic
University of Wisconsin
Roger R. Miller
U.S. Navy
New Nuclear Engineering Laboratory
Wisconsin
Roger
Pearl Harbor
England
Point Barrow
Alaska
Pole
Miller
U.S. Armed Forces Institute
USAF
Navy
Tucson
Ariz
North Jackson
Ohio
U.S. Naval Submarine School
New London
Conn
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Bart
Detroit
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West Coast
Lora Greene
la Crosse State College
Paul L. Mason
Purdue University
Miss Greene
Tribune
Veterans’ Organizations
Veterans
Quality Supply and Heating CO
Montgonme
Narod
San Jose
San ® Bernardino
A. Urban Centers
Denver
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Kansas City
Dallas
Houston
Atlanta
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Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Hi Coats
Orion
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