Companies Boost Pensions for Retired Workers
Private industry increasingly revises pension formulas for long‑retired employees. GE led with a 15 percent across‑the‑board hike for 25,000 retirees, expanding medical coverage. other leaders include American Telephone, U.S. Steel, Bankers Trust, RCA, Detroit Edison and Columbia Gas. Social Security remains the foundation, but voluntary corporate action widens the gap between past and present retiree circumstances as the population ages.
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Surance
Sylvia Porter
General Electric
American Telephone
U.S. Steel
Bankers Trust
RCA
Detroit Edison
Columbia Gas
U.s.corps
Flood Threat Rises in Montana As Dams Fail
AP reports new flooding threats in Montana with Shelby residents sandbagging through the night. The third dam in a reservoir chain failed Thursday, flooding about 300 homes. Jefferson River floods in southern Montana damaged a bridge. earlier in the week floods left at least 30 dead and many missing.
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Shelby
Jeffferson
Missouri
La Crosse Votes Down Gas Inspection Request
La Crosse aldermen rejected Medary's request to allow the city heating inspector to inspect new gas installations in the town. The decision followed opposition that city services should require annexation, with 15 to 16 inspections yearly cited as manageable.
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Medary
Widening Of Street May Wait To 1965
City Atty John K Flanagan told the La Crosse Common Council that widening projects on E Fairchild Street west of 31st Street and 31st Street south of State Road will be delayed likely until 1965 The committee recommendation to reduce Fairchild from a four lane plan to a 38 foot roadway was noted but not finalized.
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Patsson
Lunewewee Gyeqeeree
la Crosse
Fairchild
31St Street
Solberg
Wisconsin
Clayton Solbers
Winnebago St
Advertising inserts and local sales notices run weekly
The La Crosse Tribune weekly advertising news lists promotions and products from brands like Barclay's Brandy and Budweiser with distributors urged to tie in campaigns. It profiles executives at Allis-Chalmers, awards to James E. Millington and James Homstad, and recognitions for Super Valu staff, plus a civic note on revised office zoning and a Lutheran aid association district rep appointment.
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la Crosse Tribune
River Readings and Forecast for Wisconsin River System
Flood stage readings for Winona La Crosse Prairie du Chien Trempealeau and other sites show minimal changes with several pools and dam measurements. The Mississippi forecast lists Winona 5.4 La Crosse 4.7 peak temperatures and daylight data provided with shipper guidance on protecting perishables within 150 miles of La Crosse.
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Dakota
Lacrosse
Lansing
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Dam
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Trempleau
Dodge
Black
Gales
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Meaning Behind 007 Code In Army MOS System
Pfc. John Sharpe of Montgomery Alabama at Ft Totten asks the Army meaning of the code 007 and finds it denotes a Women’s Army Corps basic trainee. The note links James Bond’s fictional 007 to a real military coding system used to identify jobs.
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New York
Ian Fleming
James Bond
U.S. Army
John Sharpe
Montgomery
Ala
Ft. Totten
Mahoney Receives Silver Pass For 45 Years Of Service
P K Mahoney chief yard clerk on the Milwaukee Road is awarded a silver pass for lifetime travel on all Milwaukee Road trains in recognition of 45 years of service. The pass, signed by president William J Quinn, is presented to Mr and Mrs Mahoney of 617 Cass St for veteran appreciation.
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P. K. Mahoney
William J. Quinn
Wisconsin high school instructor earns 25 year merit certificate
Glen C. Olson of Whitehall High School received a 25 year certificate of merit at the 28th annual Wisconsin Association for Vocational and Adult Education convention in Whitehall. Spring Grove Bottling Works was sold in a deal arranged by Johnson Lanswerk Realty, with Gold Morken purchasing the business.
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Whitehall
Wis
Glen C. Olson
Whitehall High School
Wisconsin
Spring Grove
Minn
Association For Vocational and Gold Morken
Spring Grove Bottling Works
Johnson-Lanswerk Realty Firm
Farm Employment In May Up For Season
The Agriculture Department reports May farm employment rose about 10 percent from April but is 5 percent below the previous year. Late May farm employment stood at 6,709,000, down from 7,036,000 a year ago. Hired farm workers numbered 1,794,000, 4 percent below last year but up 25 percent from April.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Russia and U S to discuss space network
In Geneva the Soviet Union will launch talks with the United States next Monday on a global satellite communications network. U S officials say the plan aims to coordinate use of each other satellites and establish a shared space network.
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Soviet Union
United States
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