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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1963
Page
1
United Steelworkers and 11 major steel producers reached a 21 month agreement effective Aug 1 with no wage rise. The pact includes extended vacations for senior workers and new hospital, health and insurance benefits, costing about 15 cents per man hour. Kennedy approves terms as talks continue.
A two year contract ends a 116 day walkout with a 13 week vacation plan for 50 percent of high seniority workers. Employment costs rise about 15 cents per hour, with hospital and life insurance increases. Negotiators to draft contracts by week’s end amid a market rally.
United Steelworkers Union and eleven basic steel companies reach a 21 month contract effective Aug 1 1963 covering about 400000 workers. Key terms include extended vacation for 50 percent of employees, added vacation for others, higher insurance and life benefits, updated job classifications, and an experimental four issue clause. Estimated cost is 15 cents per hour per worker, with 20000 jobs created. Agreement ends 1965 with 120 day reopen. Background notes long labor talks and a 1959 strike.
A relentless police probe into the bludgeon knife killing of Carol Thompson 34 led to the arrest of her husband T Eugene Thompson 35 on a murder warrant. The slaying described as kill for hire involved $1 million life insurance. An early morning arrest at Forest Lake followed indictments against Dick W Anderson 35 for first degree murder and Norman Mastrian 39 as go between. Additional charges against Sheldon Morris 34 for accessory to a felony. All held on $100000 bond.
Gov. John Reynolds will headline the Wisconsin Democratic Party convention in La Crosse Friday night with Sen. Gaylord Nelson addressing Saturday morning and Sen. William Proxmire delivering the banquet speech Saturday. The event follows Reynolds budget concessions to GOP leaders and his sales tax stance, amid ongoing Walworth County factional disputes over delegation seating and party chairmanship races in the run up to the state convention.
Giovanni Battista Montini archbishop of Milan was elected pope by the College of Cardinals and chose the name Paul VI to symbolize Christian unity. The 65 year old becomes the 262nd Roman Pontiff and appeared on St. Peter's balcony to bless the crowd with Urbi et Orbi as mass prayer and indulgence were issued.
Bids opened for Stoffel Court a 76 unit municipal apartment project exceed the federal housing allowance by about 50 000 with a low bid total of 879364 against an allowance of 807300 The authority may seek additional funds from the Public Housing Administration or trim bids The project is planned for 7th Street and Cameron Avenue in La Crosse Wisconsin and bids include plumbing heating electrical work and a master television antenna system with Wisconsin Minnesota Contractors of Winona as the low general contractor at 675800.
Pope Paul VI, 65, born Giovanni Battista Montini in Brescia, becomes the 262nd pope in Vatican City. Former archbishop of Milan described as a diplomat and administrator who champions social justice and aims for church unity, with a track record of engaging workers and converting rather than fighting Communists. His brothers Lodovico and Francesco and family details noted, with background in Vatican diplomacy under Pius XII and election by John XXIII.
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