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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1963
Page
4
A columnist urges pressuring Khrushchev with blunt talks after Kennedy hosted Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov. The piece warns cordial White House meetings risk delaying a real demands for removal of Red troops, on-site inspection, and closure of Cuban sub bases and fishing ports.
La Crosse Council authorizes a committee and two city agencies to negotiate with the University of Wisconsin to buy the 160 acre experimental farm adjoining the city. Bids closed last month with a Jan 17 deadline six days away, prompting concerns the city delays may yield to private developers. A call for foresight cites open space value and warns of missed opportunity amid development pressure.
This column reviews the practice of background sessions where officials speak off the record to reporters. It argues the method misleads readers by masking speakers and terms, calling it a fraud. It notes Kennedy may drop the practice, but others will continue, urging reporters to refuse such terms.
AP analysis notes rising use of background conferences where officials speak without attribution. It cites Eisenhower years of White House dinners and Kennedy sessions at Palm Beach, where reporters then name a high authority. Kennedy signals possible end to such sessions as disclosures grow.
A condensed chronicle from years past lists 1943 war advances near Voronezh, Ruhr raids, and Allied actions in the Pacific alongside cultural notes on Kate Smith and New York society. It also records local civic items, police, and rail developments, with historical briefs from 1933, 1923, 1913, and 1913 era activities.
Columnist Robert Ruark questions if James Meredith’s enrollment at Ole Miss signifies genuine education or a political experiment. He argues federal action and NAACP support framed the clash, praises Meredith’s resolve, notes hostile surroundings, and suggests Meredith seek calmer academic surroundings if education is the goal.
In a 1963 club game, North and South pass as North opens with four spades. Bob nails and Jim use ACOL and other modern conventions. Jim opens two spades, Bobby bids three clubs, Jim crucially jumps to five spades and then to the slam. Jim’s solid spades and controls let him force a lay down slam.
State Dean Rusk has held only 17 news conferences in two years, with the last on December 10 and the previous one on July 12. In that period many background briefings, here and abroad, have fed reporters with unsourced material that can mislead. The danger is administration officials shaping opinion without public accountability.
Madison report outlines the emerging 1964 presidential campaign in Wisconsin with Kennedy likely to resubmit his name and Rockefeller seen as the main Republican rival. Goldwater may skip the primary, preferring non primary states. Wisconsin’s open primary could swing votes and boost Rockefeller if Democrats cross over, while local Republicans weigh his record and broad appeal for the ticket.
Roger Babson warns that the Florida freeze, the worst in a century, devastated citrus crops from Orlando northward while vegetables in the south also suffered. He notes a million workers displaced and the Christmas season hit hard as canneries struggle to process juice. He recalls past economic shocks from granite to coal and oil shifts.
A poem by John C. Metcalfe closes with 1963 Field Enterprises credit while a separate Florida advisory warns the U S must prepare for the Electronics Age. It stresses diversification across communities and chambers of commerce to reduce climate and industry risks.
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