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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1963
Page
6
Richard M. Nixon relaxes in Beverly Hills enjoying golf and family time as he weighs whether to reenter public affairs. Close adviser Robert Finch says Nixon ponders if he should speak out on public matters or stay out of the public arena.
Nixon remains in seclusion after losing the California gubernatorial race to Edmund Brown. Associates say he has received thousands of letters urging him to speak on public issues, contemplates lucrative offers, and may return to law or pursue a TV think piece show while maintaining a low political profile.
Three statewide groups endorse a proposed 3 percent general sales tax to replace the personal property tax. Backers include the Minnesota Taxpayers Association, Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, and Job Climate Committee of Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. The plan would fund credits against income tax and allocate revenue to replace the tax on business inventories and machinery, state building certificates, and existing surtaxes.
Minnesota recount nears 90 000 challenged ballots as county offices prepare final totals. Rolvaag leads, with poll totals showing 239 to 123 votes over Andersen across 68 and 76 counties respectively. Both sides report large challenges, including disputed ballots in Carver County and a contentious Mound area split.
The American Red Cross announced two Wisconsin firms supplied roughly 150000 in goods for the Bay of Pigs prisoners release. General Electric's Milwaukee X ray department provided 78000 in products. An anonymous Madison firm contributed nearly as much.
Oscar Mayer Co. reports fiscal year results showing earnings of 4.3 million dollars for the year ending October 27, down 200 thousand from 1961. Sales fell to 270 million, a drop of 3 million.
The La Crosse Tribune Weekly Advertising NEWS promotes scheduled national ads in the regu lar edition. Distributors and dealers are urged to tie in their promotions with these advertisements.
The notice lists brands such as American Motors Corp Cadillac Chevrolet Cinerama Colonald Cystex Dean's Pills Du buque Packing Co Excelsior Medical Clinic Fasteeth Ford Gerber's Products Marvel Foods Moon Faucet Mrs Totino's Manicotte Odrinex Oldsmobile Peterson Ointment Preparation H Rexall Drug & Chemical Co Watermaster Tank Ball scheduled to appear in the newspaper during the coming week.
Prairie Du Chien notes agency expansion and a national employment forecast from Manpower Inc. Morley cites 71 percent predicting stable first quarter 1963 employment. Thorp awards $1000 scholarships. Allis-Chalmers expands Deerfield works by over 66 thousand square feet. new Homelite saws to be demonstrated in La Crosse area. Scandinavia Cafe gains new managers Robert and Mrs. Morris from La Crescent.
Modena Italy doctors report a 4-year-old girl Maria Cristina Bertoni was severely ill with influenza. An X ray revealed a light bulb lodged in her lung and a surgeon removed the object. The child was said to be recovering well after surgery.
Evening and weekend business courses restart the week of January 7 at La Crosse Vocational and Adult Schools. Updated offerings include refresher typing shorthand bookkeeping and accounting, business machines and comptometry with multiple evening sections. Enroll by contacting Room 122 or calling 26238.
State Treasurer Val Bjornson reported a 13.5 million reduction in indebtedness for the year ending December 31, with a 30 million boost in retirement funds and a 2.8 million rise in permanent trust fund accumulations. The amendment allowing corporate securities investments was cited as widening earning potential and enabling consolidation of the permanent school and swamp land funds into a 264 million plus pool. Overall trust funds totaled 311.4 million, retirement funds 219.4 million, with 76.6 million in bonds and 20.8 million in common stocks yielding about 4.43 percent. State cash on hand stood at 37.4 million after 20 million in school aid payments before Christmas.
A 61 year old Monona woman Evangeline Chittenden suffered head and face lacerations after an ambulance she was in collided with a car driven by Thomas Seelinger of Madison. Seelinger's daughter Karen, 24, riding with him, also suffered head and face cuts and was hospitalized.
Several players nearly solved the last Dollarwords puzzle but fell short. The La Crosse Tribune teases a $200 prize for the January 11 solution, and promises guidance on common mistakes readers made.
A compiled puzzle explanation shows how hints and wordplay resolve homographs and near homophones in diphthongs like RIGHT vs MIGHT and JOT vs LOT, with notes on meanings and usage for items such as WAVER PRIG PRIG. It analyzes choices and clarifies why certain word substitutions fit given clues and contexts.
Ten Minnesota state senators who took office in 1955 will chair committees for the first time as the new session opens. The group includes P. J. Holand, Rudolph Hanson, E. J. Anderson, Walter Franz, Joseph Josefson, Franklin Kroehler, Harold Nelson, Stanley Holmquist, Henry Harren, and John McKee. Vacancies due to retirements defeats and death prompted new chair allocations and two new standing committees formed by splitting existing ones. Senate assignments will be announced when the Senate convenes at noon Tuesday.
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