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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1961
Page
4
The National Safety Council warns of drowning and highway deaths during the Fourth of July weekend. It urges universal swimming lessons and the use of seat belts, saying these steps can save lives and reduce holiday accidents. Howard Pyle, NSC president, frames this as freeing people from accident tyranny.
West Berlin remains a fragile free world symbol with 150 percent prewar output yet heavy reliance on Bonn and allied aid totaling at least 1.2 billion dollars since the war. Bonn pushes for deeper integration while major firms relocate or fail to relocate, aging population rises, and confidence in the city’s future lags as top management stays away from largely vacant new office towers.
Wisconsin boat owners protest new personal property taxes as local assessors tax pleasure craft under a state boat registration system. Critics fault inequality in what is taxed, noting boats drawn into the levy while other luxury gear remains untaxed, urging reform for equal assessment.
A wedding reception features a mixed drink called the Brides Bowl guiding guests through a tropical blend of peach brandy Jamaica rum sugar syrup lemon juice pineapple juice and club soda over pineapple and strawberries. The item appears among other reception curiosities in a humorous Washington roundup.
A portrait of 1941 events notes Nazis advancing toward Moscow, Paderewski’s death in New York, a showboat Riverside Park program, golf and baseball records, and midwest heat deaths. Also mentions aviation milestones, government spy cases, and local civic notes from the era.
A quiz excerpt explains that systems engineering analyzes entire operations using mathematics and probability to forecast future outcomes. It then discusses the exclamation hurrah with diverse linguistic roots from Danish Swedish Polish Bohemian and Slavonian myths of heaven. It ends with a 1961 fact: 2 394 000 civilians worked for the U S Government.
The doctor explains that most complete formula diets fail long term. He warns they ignore individual caloric needs and can cause hunger illness irritation and rebound weight. He advocates smaller portions plus healthier exercise and a realistic meal plan to reach and stay at a reasonable weight.
Pathways to Spiritual Power offers over 150 quotations in poetry and prose for daily inspiration. A purse size pocket book, 137 pages, well bound and indexed, priced at 50 cents with 5 cents postage.
A reader from La Crosse sends 55 cents for a copy of the booklet Path ways to Spiritual Power. The form requests name street city and mail to Washington D C.
A 1961 Herald Tribune analysis notes the Supreme Court voided belief in God as a public office qualification and questions the continued validity of oaths and the Under God pledge. The piece cites 1955 money inscriptions and 1884 oath requirements, comparing legal constraints on belief with religious liberty safeguards. It invokes Washington and 1796 warnings on religion and morality in law.
The piece argues the neutron bomb could win by destroying people while preserving buildings and utilities, avoiding radioactive fallout and leaving real estate intact. It contends such a weapon would let conquerors control cities without widespread destruction, a concept framed as a “benign” military advance.
A nostalgic verse recalls a village schoolhouse bell, a favored girl with curls, and shared moments after school. The speaker notes carved initials on a tree and a heartache upon parting, reflecting youthful memories from 1961.
South in six no trump has a sure path to seven if careful. He should lead the jack to test West and select the finesse against East’s ten. If West covers declarer gains. if West ducks the finesse still yields best chance to avoid club losses.
The La Crosse Tribune announces home delivery rates for La Crosse Onalaska and La Crescent including the Sunday edition. Mail subscriptions within 75 miles cost 13 dollars yearly, 7 dollars for six months, 3.75 for three months, 1.50 for one month. Outside 75 to 150 miles 15.60 per year. Outside 150 miles 18.20 per year.
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