Remembering Harry Truman on a Wisconsin campaign train
A Wisconsin reporter recalls covering Truman’s 1948 campaign stop in Sparta and the UW Madison speech at the Stock Pavilion. He recounts missed buses, a taxicab reunion with a Milwaukee congressman, Clark Clifford drafting speeches, and Truman’s blunt, earthy leadership.
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Credit Union National Association
Future Farmers Convention
Remembering Harry S Truman a Politician and Man
Jerry Moriarity recalls meeting Truman during the 1948 campaign and later encounters. The piece highlights Truman's friendly demeanor, his rail stop at Sparta, and his interactions with Wisconsin and Minnesota political figures, wives, and supporters.
Readers Write Us and Community Thanks Feature
Readers request a larger comic section while praising Alley Oop. Letters from La Crosse and Onalaska express gratitude for mittens drive and discuss newspaper routes, work value, and lessons learned by young paper boys. Names include Judi Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Lee.
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Upsilon
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Army calls 53,000 draftees as 19-year-olds eyed
Tribune notes from 1952 discuss the draft surge with 53,000 draftees looming and potential inclusion of 19-year-olds. Eisenhower may talk with Senate GOP leaders on possible world peace talks with the Soviet Union. Sculptor Joan Jehlen Heidt completes commissions for Kansas City centers.
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la Crosse
Kansas City
Henry A. Korthals
What Truman believed
Independence, Mo. AP compiles Truman quotes on religion politics rise to White House Soviet leaders civil rights demonstrations tax cut and walking The excerpts show his Baptist faith self image as a politician distrust of communism calls for home discipline and views on fiscal policy and health
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Harry S. Truman
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Las Vegas
Cleveland
Wisconsin Surplus Shapes Debate Over Property Tax Relief
Madison observers note a likely state treasury surplus exceeding $100 million with about $160 million in new federal funds. Gov Lucey faces pressure from a powerful lobby and Sen. Raymond Johnson to pursue a massive property tax cut while balancing spending for civil service raises and program costs.
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Raymond Johnson
Senate
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Statehouse
Wisconsin
California suit challenges mandatory family life courses in schools
Belmont parents group Citizens for Parental Rights sues to block state mandated family-life education, arguing it undermines parental authority, imposes secular religion, invades home and mind, and promotes state psychotherapy and population-control aims amid HEW support. Hearing set for January 22.
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