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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1949
Page
4
A broad coalition of safety groups state and local authorities and insurers launches a national campaign to toughen traffic laws and penalties aimed at curbing reckless driving. It targets teen drivers and seeks stricter enforcement of existing statutes with public pressure and new measures to reduce highway fatalities.
A $5 400 000 reconstruction of the White House begins soon with a 660 day contract. The Truman family will remain at Blair House across the street until late 1951 while work continues, after which the White House social season is suspended. Historical notes compare past relocations during renovations.
An AP report from Paris explains that Marshall plan aid to Europe uses counterpart funds raised by the aided nations themselves. About half of the three billion in funds supported industrial production while Britain and Norway used funds to retire debt. The ECA reviews fund uses as plans progress toward eventual discontinuation in two years.
The David Lawrence Dispatch argues Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson misreads the 1949 unification law by calling General Omar Bradley the quarterback of the U.S. defense team. It states the chair is a presiding officer with no vote and may not direct actions of the joint chiefs or services.
A Wisconsin study by Timothy G. Higgins analyzes 53 justices up to 1949, detailing demographics education and career paths. It finds Catholics led with 11 members, confirms no Lutheran justice, and notes most justices were lawyers with long tenure and nonpartisan tenure despite elective status.
Washington reports three Western allies United States Britain and France remain at war with Germany. Peace treaties are far off and experts note dismantling reparations complicate ending the war. Western Germany is by fact controlled yet not at peace with Berlin while Russia looms in the east.
Item cites eight reindeer Dasher Dancer Prancer Vixen Comet Cupid Donner Blitzen. Then shifts to a slice of town life with notes on a clown and a joking court room exchange and a quirky spelling gag about the word official.
Drew Pearson writes a letter to his daughter reflecting on Congressman J Parnell Thomas trial. He contrasts Thomas court conduct with his earlier un American activities committee behavior and critiques political hypocrisy and the need to preserve democratic government. The piece weighs public trust, wartime duty, and the integrity of Congress.
The La Crosse common council approved Longfellow and Hillview school buildings along with a Roosevelt school addition on the board of education’s recommendation. Two board members were unanimously re-elected. Leonard Kilian was named to succeed Robert Franklin as head of the local trades council.
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