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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1966
Page
4
Sylvia Porter outlines basic rules for home shopping as 1966 housing demand climbs with over a million families buying this spring and more than three million expected for the year. She advises shoppers to select a reliable real estate agent or ensure personal knowledge of local prices and listings.
Today highlights May 3 1919 first airline passenger service with two women from New York to Atlantic City. Mentions 1494 Columbus Jamaica discovery and 1802 Washington DC incorporation. Includes Civil War battle start 1864 and 1937 Pulitzer for Gone With the Wind. Also notes 1940 I Am An American Day. Real estate tips discuss budgeting and neighborhood factors for buyers.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy calls for a sweeping reassessment of U S policy toward Red China and urges Johnson to appoint a special commission. He proposes expanding informal contacts and considers a limited trading relationship while seeking a seat for mainland China in the UN with safeguards for Taiwan. The panel would be led by a distinguished national figure to propose new approaches.
Diplomatic observers in Santo Domingo say the Inter-American Peace Force may remain through the summer as elections approach. About 6,800 U.S. troops contribute to the force aiding the winner’s consolidation while the new president is slated to take office June 30.
Capt. Thomas F. Harbottle 61, marine superintendent for U S Steel in Cleveland, named 1965 Great Lakes Marine Man of the Year by editors of Great Lakes newspapers. Harbottle has sailed the lakes for 46 years and was chosen in a contest sponsored by the Marine Committee of Sault Ste. Marie Michigan and Ontario.
Tension surfaced over the pace of merging eight major Protestant denominations into a single church of about 24 million. Leaders urged not to outpace congregations while others pushed for clear advances. The outline includes Methodists Episcopalians Presbyterians Disciples Evangelical United Brethren AME Unit ed Church and Congregationalists with final approval by each group.
Edmund S. Ted Carpenter founder and longtime director of Marquette University News Bureau has died at 66 from a heart ailment after seven weeks in hospital. He received the university By-line Award on Sunday and is survived by a sister Sister Mary Alphonsa and a brother Richard. Funeral Mass set for Wednesday at Gesu Church with burial in Oswego Kansas.
The Manchu dynasty marks the final native regime to govern China, ending centuries of imperial rule and paving the path for modern governance structures.
Cheryl Setser 19 of Woodstock was named Miss Illinois for the Miss U S A pageant to be held May 23 in Miami Florida. A 1965 Woodstock High School graduate, Setser was selected from 10 finalists at the International Amphitheater Saturday.
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