The Unshrewd Trader In East West Deals
The La Crosse Tribune notes inauguration of direct New York Moscow air service amid renewed but fragile Soviet American cultural deals. The piece argues these moves favor the Soviets more, question American shrewdness, and notes ongoing tensions in Berlin and the Middle East alongside cautious optimism about cooperation.
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New York
Moscow
Dickering
U.S
Soviet Union
Berlin
Middle East
South Africa criticized as moral polecat in a Milwaukee piece
The Milwaukee Sentinel argues South Africa’s apartheid policy earns global rebuke yet notes thousands of Black migrants risk life each year to enter illegally. It cites South African mine wages exceeding 35 million dollars and over two million dependents abroad on remittances, arguing comparisons to other nations and communism are nuanced.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
South Africa
Humphrey drafts Kennedy as running mate at convention
Vice President Humphrey plans a convention strategy drawn from Adlai Stevenson’s playbook to keep the vice presidential race open. He will announce acceptance of delegates’ choice while steering the convention to draft Senator Edward Kennedy as his running mate for the 1968 ticket.
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Washington
Humphrey
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Edward “Teddy” Kennedy
Kennedy
Chicago
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
John Kennedy
Stevenson
Humphrey-Kennedy
Vietnam
U.S
Senate
Middle East
Africa
Latin America
Ted Kennedy
Edmund Muskie
Maine
A Longer Session For The Congress?
President Johnson may press Congress to stay in session longer after the election, seeking to push urgent bills through before the new president takes office. Congressional action depends on party control after November elections and potential Vietnam developments, with editorials urging restraint on a rump session.
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David Lawrence
Washington
Johnson
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Hubert Humphrey
Washington Evening Star
Democrats Will Miss The Savvy Of Carley Cudahy
Madison report notes the abrupt retirements of Richard Cudahy as chairman and David Carley as national committeeman from Wisconsin Democratic ranks. Cudahy leaves to run for attorney general amid speculation about party leadership, while Carley departs to focus on business interests, leaving a campaign with new managers and internal divisions highlighted by the Humphrey McCarthy split.
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Carley, Cudahy
John Wyngaard
Madison
Richard Cudahy
David Carley
Wisconsin
National Party
Cudahy
J. Louis Hanson
Carley
Public Facilities Associates
National Administration
Administration
We Are Not A Nation Of Readers by Sydney Harris
A columnist argues Americans are not a nation of readers despite a large student body and education budget. He contrasts American reading habits with Europe and the Iron Curtain, cites a Gallup poll, and says education should foster lifelong learning rather than a diploma. He warns that reliance on a high GDP cannot replace a culture of reading.
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Gallup
U.S
Great Britain
Europe
Santayana
Prominent deaths and world events span decades in brief
Prom Jubune reports include John Kindley, 77, a druggist of 804 Market St., dying after years in La Crosse. Gen Lucius D. Clay is summoned home from Germany amid the Berlin crisis with great fanfare. Russia offers to feed Berlin’s 2 million in West Germany. Wisconsin bishop-elect H Clifford Northcott, Champaign, is chosen at Indianapolis. Also noted are 1938 golf champion Janet Ruggles, a fatal Baltimore water tunnel blast, 1928 local drownings and streetcar track removals, plus 1918 German advances at the Marne and Allied prisoner gains.
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John Kindley
Market St
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Germany
Berlin
Russia
West Germany
H. Clifford Northcott
Champaign
Ill
Wisconsin
Methodist Church
Indianapolis
Janet Ruggles
la Crosse
Goldie Bateson
North Hills Country Club
Milwaukee
Baltimore
George Wright
Caledonia St
Alma
C. F. Lang
la Crosse Street
Common Council
Verdota
St. Paul
Chicago
Commerce Department
Marne
Fear grows of pro McCarthy disruption at Chicago convention
Humphrey aides fear nationwide protest plans by McCarthy supporters could disrupt the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. They cite incidents from Philadelphia to Los Angeles as possible indicators and warn that contested credentials and large demonstrations may mar the event and television image.
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Washington
Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Chicago
Poplar Bluff
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Johnson
Cleveland
Hough
Los Angeles
Hollywood Palladium
Palladium
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Blackstone Rangers
Richard Daley
Isnt It The Truth No Iron Bit In 1968 Shirt Shortage
In the summer of 1968 the column notes the scarcity of 100 percent cotton sports shirts in men’s stores as synthetic fabrics dominate. The joke quips that “Wives won’t iron ’em anymore” while Abe Waterhill, by Cari Ribiet Jr., reflects on trends in clothing and domestic life.
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Abe Waterhill
Bible Verse Echoes Triumph Over Death
A short quotation from I Corinthians 15 55 proclaims victory over death with the words O death where is thy victory and O death where is thy sting used as a devotional reminder in a church bulletin.
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Cor
La Crosse Tribune Publisher and editor info
La Crosse Tribune details publisher W. T. Burgess and editor Sanford Goltz. Paper published daily afternoon and Sunday morning from La Crosse Wisconsin with AP affiliation and distributing rates including carrier delivery and mail options.
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W. T. Burgess
Sanford Goltz
la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
Wisconsin
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