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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1963
Page
4
Opinion piece urging Wisconsin citizens to decide the state’s beer age law rather than lawmakers. It notes neighboring states set 21, cites teen driving safety, and calls for public input on a uniform minimum age beyond party or interest groups. It mentions Sen. Bice and local option concerns.
La Crosse unveils its new community theater at Longfellow Junior High with The Matchmaker. The play is seen as funny yet human and offers life lessons amid humor. The piece launches a revival of live theater in the city, backed by local colleges and schools.
Wisconsin State Senator Raymond Rice urges a uniform 21 year old beer buying age. He argues 18 limits provoke underground drinking and cross-state shopping, while public opinion demands consistency with other states and cities. He notes support from law enforcement, PTA groups, and many parents, though he concedes no law shapes morals.
The article explains kidney stone formation, types such as urate and oxalate stones, and how they progress. It cites Dr Mulvaney's discovery of hemiacidrin dissolving calcium and magnesium phosphate and carbonate stones, noting it does not affect urate or oxalate stones.
Editors report rising calls for detergents that break down after use. West Germany sets a 1964 rule for 80 percent decomposition. Detergents with petroleum residues resist sewage and air exposure, causing nuisances in some cities. Makers fund research, but costs rise and legal action looms.
A reflection on how American patriots began and continued the Revolution as conservatives who favored limited government and individual rights while opposing aristocratic institutions and aiming for government by the people through representative self rules.
Battle shocked Axis troops flee after fall of Tunis and Bizerte as North Africa campaign nears end. Pont Du Fahs falls to French. Coal miners strike in California Pennsylvania and Ohio defying Roosevelt. Dionne quintuplets arrive in Superior to launch five cargo carriers. Diver Henry Hoffman seeks Navy enlistment at 78. Central High School baseball loses to Winona 3 0. Barnes pitches for La Crosse.
The Mercury Employer and Boosters Association at the Nevada test site raised funds to establish airplane ambulance service for communities across the Southern Nevada desert, enabling reliable medical evacutions beyond the isolated region.
Timothy O'Brien of Seattle awoke in Vancouver and spotted a intruder taking his pants. He alerted the hotel desk shouting there is a marauder in his room, drawing immediate attention as the clerk misheard it as murder.
Senate proposal by Willis Robertson would create four standard time zones with two fast and two slow zones in each, enabling uniform time across states. Critics worry about constitutional authority and potential two-zone splits that still cause scheduling confusion in Virginia and nationwide.
The article questions why unspent appropriations are not redirected as profit sharing for civil servants and notes the lack of incentives to curb waste. It cites Japanese practice, ponders careful budgeting, and recalls a trip with a state official where a postcard joke revealed spending habits.
Inez Robb complains of weakened stamp mucilage after rate hikes and criticizes stamp machines selling inflated two for ten cent four-cent stamps. She urges the post office to curb private stamp trafficking and restore reliable glue and honest pricing.
In a six spades rubber, West avoids a risky singleton diamond lead after Joe ruffs, then misreads hearts. The narrative blames the misplay on East holding the singleton diamond, noting West could have led it for a ruff if he had a singleton.
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