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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1963
Page
5
Hal Boyle reflects on nostalgia and how memories color the past as rosier with time. He contrasts yesterday’s routines and social norms with modern life, noting fashion, family roles, politics, and daily habits that defined earlier generations.
Gov. Reynolds signed laws allowing Racine to acquire part of Lake Michigan shore land and granting municipalities broader power to decide where sidewalks are built instead of mandatory two sided placement. The sidewalk bill lets towns order sidewalks where they are useful.
The AP analyzes the annual dispute over raising the federal debt limit. With the ceiling at 805 billion and the debt nearing 304 billion, lawmakers face decisions on spending, taxation, and asset sales as they prepare big appropriations for July 1. The piece contrasts federal debt growth with private and gross national product trends and notes possible paths, including extending, raising, or cutting appropriations.
Rev. and Mrs. Sandanand Gaikwad of India will speak at the First Congregational Church in Sparta Wisconsin on May 5 at 10 30 a m. He is associate minister of the Menasha church and will return to India and the Lucy Perry Noble Institute Mission School in July. They will address the church school children at 9 15 a m and a family potluck will follow the 10 30 service with each family bringing a dish and sandwiches.
Granton Wisconsin two year old Gary Ludwig died after drinking a mixture of aspirin and hair tonic he poured from the medicine chest. Coroner says pathologist found arsenic and another poison in the tonic. The child was one of four and died the day after consuming the concoction.
Mayor Milo G Knutson proclaims May 4 as Columbian Squires Day in La Crosse recognizing The Circle 19 of the Columbian Squires for youth programs and motto Esto Dignes Be Worthy. He congratulates Joseph D Becker Squires members for leadership and dedication.
Former President Harry S Truman announced in Independence, Missouri that he will resume work on a TV series about his administration. He signed a contract with Screen Gems to produce at least 26 half hour films and will appear in each. Top administration officials may co star. production starts immediately.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk travels to Belgrade to repair sagging U S Yugoslav relations once the cold war friction deepened. Yugoslavia seeks favored trading status amid strained ties. talks with Tito, Kennan, and Kennedy signals aim to restore economic aid and broaden cooperation.
Marquette University will award honorary degrees at its 79th commencement on June 2. Recipients include Nathan M. Pusey president of Harvard University since 1953, G B Harrison University of Michigan English professor, Msgr Frederick G Hochwalt NIEA official, Msgr Peter Leo Johnson St Francis Seminary professor, and Frederick Seitz University of Illinois physics head.
John Silbersack 13 died when a jeep overturned on his parents farm lane three miles northwest of Two Rivers. A 16 year old companion was uninjured. Bert Shimon escaped injury in BrownsvilleMinn event get dinner at Zion United Church of Christ at 5 p.m.
Bridgewater Connecticut AP reports writer Van Wyck Brooks age 77, renowned for literary history and biography, died Thursday.
Richard Rainbolt 29 named acting Fargo AP bureau correspondent by Wes Gallagher effective May 12. He succeeds Richard Rasmussen who resigns for a Stockton California Record job. Rainbolt, Minneapolis native and University of Minnesota alumnus, has been with AP Fargo since 1959 after Racine Journal-Times. Rasmussen, Minnesota University graduate, previously Brainerd Dispatch, joined AP in May 1957.
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