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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1949
Page
9
Iron ore shipments from upper lake ports show a rise of over 3 million tons versus last year and near the 1942 all time peak. Through Aug 1, shipments reached 46 055 tons, with 266 freighters used, reflecting a season boosted by light coal traffic and faster turnarounds despite a steel strike threat that did not disrupt production.
Gov Rennebohm signed a bill prohibiting race color or creed discrimination in tenant selection for housing projects. He also approved two conservation measures repealing various fines for fish and game violations and removing a 50 cent per hour cap on pay for emergency fire wardens. The insurance program for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association will come under state insurance department rules.
Oshkosh city council allocated funds Monday night to spray insecticide over 192.4 acres of lowlands as a health measure after the first lice case reported this summer. Winnebago County records three cases.
Hollywood scene reports Ed Wynn declines legal action after accusing Milton Berle of copying his act. Wynn plans TV competition in Hollywood this fall while Rita Hayworth Aly Khan portraits head to Coney Island tunnel of love.
The La Crosse Concert Band plans an outdoor park concert Wednesday at 8 p m in Riverside. The Nameless Four a noted local male quartet will join the program echoing 1890s barber shop style. Marshall Nichols will perform trombone solos with the group. The band recently performed at Tomah and will play in Sparta Thursday for a seven concert series by the American Federation of Musicians funded from its transcription and recording fund.
A federal performance budget showing outlays by government function rather than by agency was proposed by Senator McCarthy Wisconsin. The Hoover commission recommended reform, calling it among the two most important fiscal measures in U S history and a prerequisite to modernizing accounting.
The Wisconsin department of taxation announced it would release 28,632,514 in income taxes to counties cities villages and towns. Taxes totaling 51,947,418 were collected March 1 to June 30 1949. The state retains 19,106,681 and 4,202,893 goes to school aids. Milwaukee county receives 12,236,008 from the allocation.
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, daughter of the late President, was granted a divorce from John Boettiger in Maricopa Superior Court after a brief hearing. She received custody of their 10 year old son and $100 monthly child support. no alimony sought and a property settlement noted. Boettiger, 49, has held PR roles at Theodor Swan son and Co and previously published the Arizona Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Madison Wisconsin August symposium pools knowledge on general education. Keynote by Harvard President James Conant discusses The Sciences in General Education. Other talks include Ralph W McDonald Abbury Castell Ralph M Linton and sessions on teaching techniques in social studies and sciences with scholars from Reed College Yale Rutgers Stanford Princeton Chicago and more.
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