Kennedy Eyes Career Ambassadors Paid by Wealth
President-elect Kennedy faces a clash over ambassador pay as he seeks larger expense funds to attract career diplomats. He met with Rep. John Rooney to discuss boosting allowance levels, arguing current stipends deter capable career officials from serving in major posts like London or Paris. Rooney notes his father spent about 100000 annually, a sum not common for most diplomats.
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Endre Marton
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Rep
John Rooney
D-Ny
Rooney
House
Joseph Kennedy
Great Britain
State Department
London
Paris
United Nations
Rome
Bonn
Tokyo
New Delhi
Karachi
Moscow
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Department
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Dillon
France
James Reston
New York Times
James D. Zellerbach
Eisenhower
John Hay Whitney
U. S
Berlin
Charles E. Bohler
United States
Santa Comes and Christmas Lasts Several Days
Viola Ark AP Christmas lasts days for 11 year old Coleta Burns and her six siblings as post office reports show 250 plus cards gifts and a piano from Missouri. Gifts include money and a western regalia for Coleta. The piece then shifts to reveal broader commentary on ambassador salaries allowances and costs of U S diplomacy abroad.
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Viola, Ark
Leta Burns
Arkansas
New York City
Santa Claus
Coleta
Jim Felts
Robert Washington
West Plains
Felts
George Orlowski
Perth Amboy
N. J
Writer Claims Rigged 40 Episodes of It Could Be You
Freelance writer Blake charges in Confidential that 40 episodes of the NBC daytime show It Could Be You from 1956 to 1958 were rigged with staged audience participation. Ralph Edwards and NBC deny knowledge, while Edwards notes staff denied collusion and says Blake was never staff or a writer for the program.
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Hollywood
National Magazine
Ralph Edwards
National Broadcasting Co
Blake
Confidential Magazine
NBC
Edwards
Stefan Hatos
Hatos
Carrier's Card Goes Astray
A newspaper carrier did not receive a Christmas greeting from a customer. A card sized envelope with a rigid object appeared in the U S Post Office in La Crosse on December 23 with a 3 cent stamp addressed To Our Faithful Paper Boy The fate of the letter remains uncertain and if unclaimed it will go to the dead letter office in Minneapolis for possible return to La Crosse.
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United States Post Office
Ralph H. Topel
la Crosse
Minneapolis
Topel
Weather record for Lacrosse region and Midwest states
Snow flurries tonight and Thursday with a slight warming trend. Wisconsin and Minnesota show light snow flurries through Thursday and a slow warming. Iowa remains milder in the north tonight with rising temperatures Thursday and occasional light snow in the far north. Five day forecast indicates 4-6 degrees below normal with under tenth inch precipitation. light snow expected Thursday through Saturday. shipping forecast notes temperatures from five above to ten above.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Readings Station Lacrosse Flood Stage Update
Flood stage reading for River Readings station Lacrosse shows a 24 hour change with time of sunrise and sunset on Thursday. The data notes the 24 hour stage today and provides times for sunrise and sunset.
Vernon Farm Barns Burn, Stock Saved in Wisconsin
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a large Vernon County Home Farm barn about 1.5 miles north of Viroqua Wisconsin. Damages estimated at 25 000 to 30 000 dollars. Fifty two Holstein cows and 15 yearlings were saved. The 125 by 36 foot barn, 5000 to 6000 bales of hay and milking equipment were lost. The alarm came from a president of the old County Home farm. The farm now houses and milks its cows in a nearby barn.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon Country Home
Here
Clair Wakefield
Old County Home Farm
Elvin Stevens
County
Wisconsin highway staff attend statewide management institute
Two La Crosse district office staff members joined 35 Wisconsin State Highway Department personnel at a Management Development Institute held at the Wisconsin Center on the University of Wisconsin campus. Harold Fiedler District 5 maintenance engineer and Ruben Roettiger planning and design were among La Crosse participants in the supervisor and foreman portion of the two unit program with a second institute planned for executives and chief officers.
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Madison
Highway Department District
la Crosse
Wisconsin State Highway Department
Wisconsin Center
University of Wisconsin
Highway Commission
Harold Fiedler
District 5
Ruben Roettiger
Promenaders Plan New Year's Eve Potluck Dance
The Coulee Region Promenaders schedule a New Year's Eve potluck and square dance at 8 p.m. Saturday in Pioneer Labor Hall at 5th Ave and Market St. Irvin Pasch will call the dances, sponsored by the city recreation department. Open to Coulee Region dancers, friends and visitors.
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Coulee Region
Pioneer Labor Hall
5Th Ave
Market St
Irvin Pasch
City Recreation Department
Footwear Theft and Miscellaneous Local Crimes Brief
Two skaters had shoes stolen while at the Lagoon on Tuesday evening. Richard Ziegler, 19, of 2517 Barlow St., reported the loss to police on Wednesday. LeRoy Lemke of Milwaukee said his son’s stadium boots were taken at Powell Park. Another report noted Howard R. Olson’s turkey stolen from his garage Friday night. A London AP item notes West Side Story to close in May after a 22 year run at His Majesty's Theatre.
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Richard Ziegler
Barlow St
LeRoy Lemke
Milwaukee
Powell Park
Howard R. Olson
7Th St
London
Israel
His Majesty's Theater
United Nations
New Year Eve Bowling Party for Rooney Post 1530
South Lanes hosts a New Year Eve Party for Thomas Rooney Post No. 1530 members and guests at the clubrooms. Reservations and party details are listed with contact numbers for appointments and extra services like sewing alterations offered nearby.
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New Villa
South Lanes
Thomas Rooney
Helen Wuest
Tyler St
ICC orders probe into proposed Olympian Hiawatha service cut
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an inquiry into the Chicago, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad plan to abandon passenger trains 15 and 16 between Minneapolis and Tacoma. The carrier said it would discontinue the Olympian Hiawatha services Jan. 8 1961, but ICC requires at least four months of continued service and a ruling within that window.
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