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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1961
Page
15
AP TV writer notes Santa’s onscreen run ends mid Monday with replacements debuting. New Year programming includes Fred Waring’s Unforgettables on NBC and ABC scheduling changes as The Roaring 20s and Straightaway shift to different slots. A Khrushchev Berlin crisis documentary airs on NBC tonight.
In Cholet France treasury bonds worth 50000 francs or about 10000 dollars were found inside a metal box behind a chimney during cleaning. The finder Mrs Berthonneau recalled a Jewish horse dealer Felix Levy hid in the house during World War II and was sent to a Nazi camp in 1942. Authorities will seek Levy relatives.
Emil Kopp a Chicago music teacher and cornetist who retired at 70 died in a nursing home at age 103 Funeral services were set in Wheeling Illinois He claimed to have seen Abraham Lincoln funeral cortege when seven years old and also witnessed the great Chicago fire He later lived near Rhinelander with a son Richard who died in 1956 New York City native Flagship details emphasize his long life and notable memories
Washington AP reports Social Security tax rates rise on January 1 to fund benefit changes signed into law June 30. Employee and employer payroll tax becomes 6 percent total with 3 percent each, self employed at 4.7 percent. Maximum payroll tax rises to 300 dollars. Changes include early retirement at 62, higher widows benefits, and boosted minimums with work incentives.
In New Orleans two children Nancy age four and Billy age two built a four foot snowman on a lawn after William Nungesser owner of a seafood cannery spread six tons of chipped ice Sunday night and four tons Christmas morning. The temperature rose into the fifties as the makeshift snow melted soon after.
An Eastern Air Lines passenger plane from Syracuse to Nashville was searched at Baltimore’s Friendship International Airport after a bomb rumor. The 66 passengers disembarked and the plane was grounded about two hours while airport police checked the aircraft. Chief agent J E Baker noted the tip came from the airline’s Washington office.
Former Maine senator Owen Brewster a longtime foe of the New Deal died at a Christian Science retreat house in Dexter Maine He was 73 He is survived by his wife Dorothy and son Charles Funeral services will be held in Dexter Brewster once clashed with Howard Hughes over World War II plane contracts as chairman of a Senate War Investigating Committee.
An IC C airlift brings 220 neutralist and pro Communist troops to Vientiane for a three day meeting among princes Boun Oum Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong. The talks aim to allocate posts in a coalition government led by Souvanna Phouma.
A call to property owners to use a classified ad to rent apartments with a phone number 2-8040 for placement. The message emphasizes the quick and proven method to secure tenants through classified listings.
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