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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1963
Page
1
Five people died and one is missing after a dam breach unleashed floodwaters through Norwich business districts. A boiler explosion followed a cord-manufacturing plant’s collapse, with four workers killed inside. The disaster halted power and public services as町 officials forecast multi million damage and a city copes with evacuations and injuries.
Heavy rains abated across the Ohio River Basin easing the threat of further destruction. Crests at downstream points are high but receding, with 12 deaths across five states and 12,000 people affected in the Ohio River Basin. Schools and factories closed, thousands homeless, but major damage not anticipated. Interstate cities report rising water easing. Parkersburg and Wheeling near crest but protected by flood walls.
Madison reports show Governor Reynolds' plan to balance a 1963-65 budget faces GOP opposition as Sen Hollander and Assemblyman Pommerening call it gimmicky and say it disguises cuts to school aid and higher taxes. Tax data note 25 percent of Wisconsin returns in 1956 were from earnings of 2000 or less, with 1,254,834 total filings and 1,658,469 in 1961. no newer figures available.
Governor Reynolds outlines a plan to balance a 669.3 million state budget with new revenue of 187.1 million over the coming biennium. A 0.75 percent income tax increase for earners up to 14,000, a 1 percent rate hike if the plan passes, would fund repeal of the selective sales tax. Corporations face 42.4 million in new tax, with 23.4 million from a withholding system affecting about 1,800 firms. Banks would pay 7.5 million via a franchise tax. Local distribution shifts would finance school aid and property tax relief. Optional repeal of the selective sales tax is anticipated to be rejected.
British MP Alice Bacon, Labour’s home affairs spokesman, reported a death threat from a man with a heavy French accent claiming she is on the OAS list. Scotland Yard placed a guard at her London flat after a second call, as Parliament and government argue over Georges Bidault’s presence in Britain and BBC CBC broadcasts of his interview.
In St Paul AP report, Karl Rolvaag preserves a 74 vote edge over Gov Elmer L Andersen as lawyers seek inclusion of 34 disputed ballots. Three Red Eye Township judges in Wadena County recapped 22 unsealed ballots found with township books, 12 for Rolvaag and 10 for Andersen, as court rulings determine the next steps in the three judge recount.
In Jonesboro Georgia a blond teen identified as Pat described a life of crime to 1200 high school students. He joined four other young inmates and one adult felon in Operation Teenager a crime prevention program led by Supt Walter Matthews. Pat said his first theft was a yo yo after growing up with plenty at home.
AP reports a St Paul housewife, Mrs. T Eugene Thompson, 34, was killed in her Highland Park home after answering a doorbell. Police found 25 head wounds from a blunt instrument, a two inch paring knife blade, and .38 shell fragments. No suspect or motive yet. detectives review the attorney husband’s files for possible disgruntled clients.
Washington AP reports President Kennedy has named Minnesota postmaster nominees awaiting Senate confirmation. The list includes Marvin G. Loeck Balaton M Wallace Post, Fred M. Colwell Morton Eugenie A Wollum Porter Bertram H Strandland Stacy William J Pattinson Currie Audrey A Johnson Esko Earl W. Dressen Green Isle Virgil R Buffington Kenyon Walter A Dietz Mapleton Loren L Marsden St James Chester L Sumpert Sleepy Eye Gordon W Friesen Solway Dellin F Segar Wells Charles G Lenz Ellsworth Harold A Legatt Rice.
A California Goldwater for president drive was launched by a committee led by Del Kirkpatrick of Anaheim. The group aims to collect two million signatures and raise over $1 million to back conservative Sen. Barry Goldwater for the Republican nomination next year. If Goldwater opts out, the committee will back another constitutionally oriented Republican candidate. The group has already gathered about 25,000 signatures on draft petitions.
Madison AP reports a table outlining state income taxes under current rates and a proposed three-fourths of one percent increase by Gov John W Reynolds. The figures cover heads of families households and seniors over 65 with a $40 deduction for a family of four applied to both columns.
In Bergamo Italy 30 early teens at San Vincenzo’s boarding school take hypnotic sleep breaks during lessons. Tape recorders and a hypnotist lead the sessions. After waking the boys recite and interpret poetry with noted improvement in learning speed and retention, though officials say results are not conclusive yet.
Army intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Alva R. Fitch told the Senate subcommittee that the Soviets may be storing ammunition, vehicles, and aircraft in thousands of Cuban caves unseen by top Cuban officers. Aerial photos show roads to caves. no nuclear warheads are believed to be in Cuba though weapons systems may use them.
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