Oil and politics clash over Middle East power
The piece argues oil drives Western interest in the Middle East and notes Arab profits share in royalties, market shifts if Mideast oil faces disruption, and limits on Arab governments from closing wells. It cites global oil dependencies including Europe, Japan, and the U.S. while cautioning against simplistic boycott or nationalization moves.
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Egypt
Nasser
Moscow
Middle East
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Algeria
Europe
Asia
Malaysia
Indonesia
U.S
Canada
England
North Sea
Japan
Mideast
Texas
Tragedy in the Water Strikes Local Community
Last year there were no drownings in this community but two occurred within two weeks this year as the swimming season begins. A 17 year old drowned in the Black River while trying to retrieve a football and a 13 year old learning to swim drowned at Swift Creek after plans to swim at Pettibone Beach. The piece urges swimming ability and water safety for all ages and warns that even careful swimmers can be endangered by unseen hazards in water.
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Black River
Swift Creek
Pettibone Beach
la Crosse
Representative Zablocki Reveals Mailing List Prices
Rep Clement J Zablocki testifying before the Senate Juvenile Delinquency subcommittee says one million teenage girl names can be bought for 30 dollars per thousand. He notes varied lists fetch different prices, listing examples such as 27 deaf missionaries at eight dollars and 24 zwieback manufacturers at ten dollars and fifty cents.
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Clement J. Zablocki
D. Wis
Senate
Zablocki
Zwieback
Metropolitan Opera
Will the Masses Revolt Red China Faces Worst Famine
Report warns China faces its worst famine and health crisis in a decade due to drought in Hupei Anhwei Kiangsi Hunan and Chekiang provinces. Politically, martial law and troop mobilization are cited as steps to avert revolt ahead of harvest, with U.S. aid considered.
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Red China
Washington
China
Yangtse
Hupei
Anhwei
Kiangsi
Hunan
Chekiang
Yangtse River
Peking
Mao-Tse-tung
Red Army
Mao
Middle East crisis sparks U S policy shifts and global tensions
The letter canvasses Middle East conflict dynamics, U S stance toward Israel and Arabs, and broader geopolitics. It cites Gen Dayan on land, U S grain and aid plans, China and Russia in the grain and arms markets, and heavy Soviet military deliveries to India as Washington weighs options.
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Israel
America
Middle East
United States
Russia
Wisconsin school board poll favors sales tax expansion
Wisconsin school board members favor expanding the state revenue base through sales tax as property and income taxes near their expandability limit. The result suggests lawmakers may align next tax steps with board views to meet rising public service and school costs.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin School Board
Jacoby on Bridge: Oswald and James Explain
Bridge analysis outlines North South play with dummy hand Q2 A110 AQJ1097 and East holding A9754 46432 K62. The note discusses contract considerations and defensive signals in a standard two over one auction.
Truman vetoes tax cut bill as Republicans concede defeat
Twenty years ago President Truman vetoed the four billion dollar tax reduction bill, effectively preventing income tax cuts this year. The House sustained the veto while Republicans admitted insufficient strength to override. Also reported CIO seamen halted work, tying up about 700 ships on U.S. ports in the first day of action. Other items note local officials changes, business sales, and historical recalls from 1937 and 1917 with regional names and events.
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Truman
House
CIO
United States
T. H. Brindley
la Crosse
High Court Upholds Fines On Dissenting Union Members
In a 5 to 4 decision the U S Supreme Court ruled unions may fine workers who refuse to join a strike or abide by union rules. The ruling treats unions as agents of employers with a court like power to enforce economic penalties, challenging National Labor Relations Act protections for dissent. Justice Musmanno criticized the court as a "super-congress" overruling Congress.
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Washington
Russia
Communist Party
United States
Supreme Court of the
Supreme Court
Douglas
Black
Stewart and
Harlan
Congress
High Court
Michael A. Musmanno
Pennsylvania
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
Nothing Certain At Bridge Table
A bridge hand analysis discusses South’s six club contract and potential cross ruff strategies. The piece notes readers corrected an error about overruff risks and examines alternate plays if dummy holds the first diamond trick, ending with relief that the problem did not occur at the table.
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South
East
West
Hve
The System and the Cybernetic Monster
The essay argues that technologic power has outpaced human values creating a runaway system. It contends partial reforms fail and dehumanization grows as tech shapes ends. Only a change in personal values can reanchor society, a view the piece notes youths perceive.
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Marx
La Crosse Tribune Publisher and address notice
The notice lists W. T. Burgess as publisher and Sanford Goltz as editor. It provides La Crosse Wisconsin office address, press association affiliations, and AP licensing terms. It also states second class postage, and carrier and mail rates.
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la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
AP News
Wisconsin
Truth Is Rare Wealth Says Judge In Courtroom Reflections
A police court judge asserts that few people tell the truth before the bar of justice including defense lawyers and prosecutors. He remarks that truth is rare and therefore delightful to hear, reflecting on the difficulty of honesty in legal proceedings.
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Bar of Justice
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