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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1950
Page
5
Hal Boyle reports on the Korean War front where refugees stagger along dust filled roads under military traffic. He describes a blind old man and other weary figures, noting their silent endurance and fear as American troops advance and villages burn.
A reader asks about prison slang clink the jazz term origin and blinking value. The service notes clink derives from London jail, jazz first used in Chicago, blinking keeps eyes moist and rests nerves with an estimated 11 to 20 percent of waking hours spent unseeing.
AP analysis warns a prolonged conflict in Korea would stretch military service and disrupt education for young Americans. Drafts and long deployments could set back civilian life and skilled professions, lowering overall education standards as the nation confronts a massive, lasting war.
A paraplegic veteran was shot six times at McGuire VA Hospital in Richmond. Charles Kennedy, 29, of Burgettstown Pennsylvania, was arrested Monday and charged with murder in the incident witnessed by other veterans. Police say the shooting followed a quarrel and reported drinking.
Wisconsin will create an emergency industry wide dairying advisory committee to protect milk markets from Bangs disease. The panel will include public and private dairy agencies and will guide a 1951 legislative program for prevention and control.
Illy Hughson, famed in San Francisco, declined Ford's 1903 offer to invest 5000 dollars and instead bought the first carload from Detroit. He founded a lasting Ford dealership and helped spark a cohort of pre-1910 Ford dealers who remain active.
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