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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1963
Page
4
The article lauds Gordon Cooper and his space mission as three near miracles. It credits Cooper’s skill and courage, plus a devoted space team built in two years at Cape Canaveral. It highlights the teamwork that underpinned success across a vast, evolving program.
La Crosse officials recount repeated federal rejections and extensions for a 50 000 water main project and a 240 000 storm sewer scheme. The city faces shifting documentation, missed deadlines, and debates over relying on own funds versus federal aid, warning that many communities push ahead locally to finish projects faster.
Virginia State College at Norfolk undertakes a combined research and manpower retraining project to study if illiterate unemployed workers can be taught basic reading and skills for jobs. The effort relies on a special grant from HEW after a yearlong program with 100 participants.
A retro roundup lists events from 1943 including Allied dam strikes on the Ruhr and Eder Valleys, heavy World War II actions near Attu, and notable deaths. It also notes a Mauston saloon incident involving three McCoy soldiers and local lodge anniversary plans with John Langdon and A A Rasmussen as organizers.
Dr. W Sink of Appalachian State Teachers College argues only two in ten high schoolers take physics due to fear. He urges early science exposure in elementary grades to build confidence, noting observable facts and simple experiments make formula recall easier than memorizing dates or grammar rules.
University of Illinois educator says adolescence is fragile and time to favor youth in classrooms. He compares junior high pupils to crabs shedding shells, soft and touchy yet growing. a crash testimony notes traffic lights prove green in both directions only during an accident.
Analysis questions the legality of federal troops in Birmingham Alabama and argues Kennedy's use of Title 10 power threatens constitutional limits. The piece warns of a potential new precedent for federal military deployment without clear statutory basis.
In Madison the Assembly backed a sales tax bill amid expected veto, demonstrating rare party unity. Republicans Alfonsi and Haase led a disciplined caucus, while the Senate saw four GOP defections. The event signals a partisan test ahead of 1964 elections and a tough bargaining phase for Governor Reynolds.
CY Barrett learns that advertising requires understanding life and readers should study the craft. James Webb Young notes success comes from data and psychology, not just ideas. Readers are guided to resources like Small Business Bulletin No. 39 for house to house selling and other firms to represent.
The tele phone on the desk contains 475 parts with 87 in the dial unit 75 in the handset 73 in the ringer and 108 in the electrical network Western Electric says these are combined with 132 additional parts on the assembly line.
A Phoenix story finds a house-wrecker reporting body parts. detective rules the remains as bear paws. The dwelling had housed a taxi dermist previously.
In a North South West East bridge hand, South correctly deduces West started with two spades and East with four. After careful play, misled by East’s diamond sequence, he discards a queen of diamonds on a ten of spades and secures the contract. North and West praise the decisiveness of South’s defense and counting.
The La Crosse Tribune lists staff including W T Burgess publisher Sanford Goltz editor and R L Bangsberg contributing editor with city state editors and a range of managers. It states publication frequency afternoon and Sunday morning and provides circulation and advertising contacts and mail subscription rates for La Crosse area and wider regions.
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