Rain Dominates The Week In Drying Midwest
The region faced steady rain Friday night and Saturday, disrupting budgets and farm plans. Farmers saw milk checks shrink while pastures brown and hay supplies threaten mid summer, as city shoppers feel less due to dampened sales. The piece notes 22 rainless days in La Crosse, comparing to the Dust Bowl era and stressing dependence on nature.
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Washington
Madison
la Crosse
Midwest
Southwest
One Year Budget Plan Faces Political Deadlock
The article notes a stalled bid to pass a one-year budget amid a Senate Assembly clash. Republicans and Democrats discuss funding a single year with a surtax or later reshaping. Critics warn a yearlong budget would keep current spending while avoiding payroll cuts but postpone deeper reductions to 1964, risking larger cuts later.
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Senate
Perils of Pauline sparks reader letter in Tribune
Letters from Arthur B. Colgan and Chester Hall criticize Tribune editorials on railroad labor and Viterbo College expansion. Colgan argues rule changes threaten working conditions and night pay. Hall disputes property-valuation claims and eminent domain, detailing local tax and expansion concerns. Both letters underline local tensions in La Crosse.
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Pauline
Bulletin Board
Brotherhoods
Rails
la Crosse
Justine
la Crosse Optimist Club
Viterbo
Viterbo College
Voters Facts On School Board Issue
A letter advocates a referendum on direct election of school board members with balanced pro and con arguments from newspapers and civic groups. The piece argues voters need full facts to avoid bias and heats of debate when weighing such important issues.
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the Tribune
Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Sayner
S. 29Th St
la Crosse
Kennedy Seven Crises Frames Nation's Frontline Tests
James Marlow analyzes President Kennedy two years in the White House. He identifies seven major crises from Cuba to Mississippi and Alabama, highlighting race and Cold War tensions as the enduring difficulties. The piece notes Kennedy’s cautious stance on the Berlin Wall and nuclear missiles while steering responses to clashes over desegregation and labor disputes.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Kennedy
White House
Supreme Court
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
East Berlin
Russia
American Steel Industry
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Barnett
U.S
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Berlin Wall
Alabama
Wallace
University of Alabama
Presidential Commission
Presidential Board
Eisenhower
Europe
Yanks seize air bases as Patton leads Sicily drive
Reported 1943 wartime column notes Allied air bases captured across Sicily with heavy losses for axis while General Patton commands U S forces landing in Sicily. Also describes jungle advances in New Georgia, political veto on tax secrecy, and local civic items from La Crosse including street widening and a brewery sale.
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Sicily
George S. Patton Jr
U.S. 7Th Army
U.S
New Georgia
Munda
Walter Goodland
Assembly
la Crosse County
Truax Field
Madison
Kenneth A. Kumm
E. K. Haugen
Horton
Kenneth S. Espenes
Jackson
Eugene A. McGuire
Wood
Stuart F. Brokaw
S. 19Th
John F. Scheppke
Robert Schroder
Eisenhower sees signs dictatorship fallouts amid East West clash
Former President Eisenhower argues public opinion and internal dissent threaten Communist regimes. He notes rifts between Moscow and Peking, rising enlightenment under economic and scientific development, and growing desire for freedom in Eastern Europe, warning dictatorships destroy themselves.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
United States
Soviet Union
Hopkins
Dwight Eisenhower
CBS
Telstar
Europe
America
Eisenhower
Walter Cronkite
Peking
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
East Germany
Russia
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Wisconsin Tax Bill Hurts Tradition of Open Hearings
Wisconsin lawmakers push a broad tax omnibus that lacks public scrutiny, risking decades of policy and leaving many affected citizens unable to react. The piece cites late bill corrections, delayed public access, and a legislature likened to a football team fumbling in the final minutes.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Bundle Wyngaard
ARCH METHOD LESSON FROM JACOBY BRIDGE BOOK
A reader learns the ARCH method from Oswald Jacoby via a bridge example in a La Crosse Tribune feature. The article outlines counting winners, choosing a suit to develop, and testing dummy hands, with a note to request Jacoby’s book by sending name, address, and 50 cents to a reader service.
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West
East
La Crosse Tribune masthead and pricing note
Publisher Aguess and staff list with editor names and circulation details. Rates published for home delivery La Crosse area and wider mail subscriptions with regional notes and service conditions.
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