Airlift of 2nd Armored Division Nears 64 Hour Target
The 2nd Armored Division airlift to Germany nears completion within a 72 hour plan. 234 planes began Tuesday from Texas and are due to land at Sembach in Germany at 10 40 p m local time. West German officials fear troop reductions despite smooth execution praised by Brig Gen Safford.
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Frankfurt
Germany
2Nd Armored
Sembach Airfield
Texas
Rhein- Main Air
England
Scotland
Air Force
R. H. Safford
Europe
Heat keeps drought and fire risk high across the U.S.
Autumn drought lingers from the Southern Plains to New England with record warm spells in the 80s raising fire danger. The Weather Bureau warns below normal rainfall for the East next month while central areas see near normal or above average rains. forestlands close and hunts postponed as water use dominates.
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Chicago
Plains
New England
Weather Bureau
Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Corn Belt
New
La Crosse Sets Oct 24 Heat Record At 75 Degrees
At noon Thursday La Crosse topped the Oct 24 heat record with 75 degrees at the Municipal Airport Weather Bureau station, one degree above the 1899 mark. The day may rise further as morning clouds thin.
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la Crosse
Weather Bureau
Carl Peterson
Kennedy delays civil rights vote to next Tuesday
President Kennedy pressed for civil rights legislation but officials say a crucial House Judiciary Committee vote will be postponed to next Tuesday. Key leaders from both parties met at the White House to discuss a compromise bill more in line with midsummer proposals, with limited Republican backing for the weaker measure.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
House
Congress
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
House Judiciary Committee
McCulloch
State Bar Polls Members On Rabinovitz Appointment
Jobless rate here hits 3.8 percent mid September lowest since 1955 with 1 120 unemployed. Migration from La Crosse County and residents leaving rolls cut totals. durable goods firms and Trane cut jobs while new orders and public works added some.
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State Bar
Rabinovitz
la Crosse County
Wisconsin State Employment Service
WSES
Trane Co
Tensions Relaxed As U.N. Celebrates 18th Birthday
The United Nations marks its eighteenth birthday amid hopes for reduced Cold War tensions and a calmer climate in debates. Observers note cordial East West ties but no breakthroughs on disarmament and ongoing structural and financial challenges.
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U.N
Max Harrelson
United Nations
N. Y
Sixty years of the United Nations and its evolving role
The article traces the United Nations from its 1945 founding with 51 members to 111 today, noting expansion in Africa and Asia, a new headquarters on the East River, and a shift in power toward developing nations. It highlights the growing General Assembly influence, reduced Security Council sway, and a broader secretary-general role, along with the use of UN peacekeeping forces first tested in Suez 1956 and Congo 1960.
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U.N
Church House
London
Hunter College
Lake Success
New
Security Council
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Trygve Lie
Dag Hammarskjold
U Thant
Congo
Wisconsin Bar polls lawyers on Rabinovitz judge pick
The Wisconsin State Bar launches a first of its kind secret ballot to gauge lawyer support for David Rabinovitz of Sheboygan as a Western District federal judge nominee. A two part ballot asks if a referendum is desired and if Rabinovitz is qualified, deadline Oct 31.
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Madison
Wisconsin
David Rabinovitz
Sheboygan
Federal Court
Western District
Bar
Rabinovitz
Kennedy
Patrick T. Stone
Wausau
Senate
Executive Committee
Halloween To Be Longer As Science Adjusts To Slower Spin Of The Earth
AP report notes Halloween will last a tenth of a second longer as scientists adjust atomic time to match the Earth's slowing rotation. The shift occurs at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Oct 31, with universal time set back a tenth of a second to realign navigation and astronomy timing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Earth
National Bureau of Standards
U.S
Naval Observatory
Greenwich
England
Evelyn Hartley Abduction Still Haunts La Crosse Family
Ten years after Evelyn Hartley vanished from her guardian home in La Crosse the cold case remains active. Police receive sparse tips and continue reviewing leads from as far as Texas while Evelyn’s parents cope with the memory.
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Evelyn Hartley
R. T. Hartley
Valley Road
Dr. Hartley
la Crosse State College
Carolyn Hartley
Central High School
Evelyn
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Texas
Five Honored for Service to Farming in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Council of Agriculture will honor five men for distinguished service to farming at its annual recognition banquet in Madison. The honorees are Floyd Duffee Rudolph Fraker and Walter Rowlands of the University of Wisconsin the Rev Robert Fredricks dean of the Rural Church Center American Baptist Assembly Green Lake and Alexander Wiley former U S senator.
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Madison
Wisconsin Council of Agriculture
Floyd Duffee
Rudolph Fraker
Walter Rowlands
University of Wisconsin
Robert Fredricks
Rural Church Center
American Baptist Assembly
Green Lake
Alexander Wiley
U N Speakers Available In La Crosse Groups
Local clubs and groups can hear talks on the United Nations from speakers including Mrs. Caroll Gundersen Prof George Gilkey Associate Prof Robert Voight Prof Carl Wimberly Rev Melvin Frank Rev George Hinger and William Woodward along with visiting foreign students from La Crosse State and Viterbo Colleges discussing topics from peace to UNICEF and overseas business.
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la Crosse
United Nations
Caroll Gundersen
U.N
George Gilkey
Robert Voight
Carl Wimberly
Organization of the U.N
Melvin Frank
George Hinger
Unicef
William Woodward
la Crosse State
Viterbo
102 year old Eunice Oliver buys health policy in Texas
In Belton area, Eunice Oliver, 102, took out a policy with the Texas Insurance Association. She is almost blind and deaf since age 52, communicating via large plastic letters. After explanation she agrees it might be good if she gets sick one day.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas 65 Insurance Association
Eunice Oliver
Belton
Ginny Poised to Inland Georgia Coast Cutoff
Hurricane Ginny intensified and forecasters predicted landfall inland after midnight along the Georgia coast from St. Augustine to Savannah. Warnings loom. center was 80 miles east-northeast of Daytona Beach as the storm moved west-northwest at 8 mph.
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Miami
Fla
Ginny
Georgia
St. Augustine
Savannah
Hurricane Hunter
Daytona Beach
Arnold Sugg
U.S
Gordon Dunn
Port Canaveral
Cape Canaveral Missile Complex
North Carolina
Canada
Florida
Cape Canaveral
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East Kingston
N.H
Mike Ferrazzano
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UPI
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Moscow
United States
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West Germany
Dean Rusk
P Prt
NEA
Anavy
Wilcox
John Kluwin
James D. Ghiardi
Donald C. O'Melia
Rhinelander
James Fornary
Racine
William Crane
Oshkosh
Lyall T. Beggs
Leo Hartman
Juneau
Ea NP
George Long
V. B. Rasmusen
Rasmusens
Blair
State Crime Laboratory
A. M. Josephson
Augusta
Charlotte
Columbia
Brunsch
Raleigh
N.C
Atlantic Ocean
Cape
Bahama
Islands
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