AMA Attitude Holds Key To Health Proposal
President Truman backs a prepaid voluntary health plan from his commission, while AMA opposes compulsory elements. Eisenhower’s stance will decide if Congress can pass the plan, as AMA warns of big government control. Truman’s support may influence the incoming Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMA
Washington
Eisenhower
American Medical Association
Truman
Congress
Louis H. Bauer
Health Commission
La Crosse County Board Approves Minor Items and Postspones Major Moves
The La Crosse County Board of Supervisors holds a brief session approving minor resolutions and deferring major issues to committees. They referred police vehicle purchases and officer hiring to the finance committee while delaying civil service changes pending state reports. The board authorized a $400 purchase for a county agent office typewriter and approved $607 for Motorola radio gear in a prowl car.
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la Crosse County Board of Supervisors
Sheriff's Department
Civil Service
Frederic Young
State Bureau of Personnel
Motorola Radio Company
Highway Committee
Paul A. Hartwig
Milwaukee
Ford
Hudson
Community Motors of
la Crosse
Highway Department Machinery Fund
Johnson Motor Company
Ivan A. Wright
Wright
la Crosse County
G. Elmer May
West Salem
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Tonight and Saturday
Cloudy and not so cold tonight with snow mixed with freezing rain. Saturday remains mostly cloudy with a low of 20 and a high of 27.
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la Crosse
Check Shows Yule Business Is Thriving
A nationwide AP survey finds Christmas trade brisk in 24 cities with stores crowded shoppers and parking woes. New York Wanamaker’s sales lag due to taxes and transit, while others report strong growth and high demand for gifts including velvet gold threaded neckties.
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New York
Charlotte
N. C
Denver
Chicago
Joel Goldblatt
Goldblatt Brothers Inc
Associated Press
John Rausch
Wanamaker
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Macy's
Richmond
No Murder Evidence in La Crosse 1912 Summer
Detroit police reported a 65 year old man claimed to drug a La Crosse youth with heroin in 1912. City police found no records or memories confirming a murder or death from the incident. Police Chief George Long said the young man apparently did not die.
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la Crosse
Detroit
Mich
Henry Alixson
Alixson
George Long
Eisenhower picks civilian heads for armed services
President-elect Eisenhower announced civilian leaders for the armed services under Secretary of Defense designate Charles E. Wilson. Names include Roger M. Kyes deputy secretary of defense and Robert Ten Broeck Stevens army head, with Robert Bernard Anderson Navy head and Harold L. Talbott Air Force chief awaiting Senate approval.
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New York
Eisenhower
Armed Services
Charles E. Wilson
Roger M. Kyes
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
General Motors
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
South Plainfield
N. J
General Electric Corp
General Foods
Jackson Mills
J. P. Stevens and Co
Navy
Robert Bernard Anderson
Vernon Tex
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Tex
Air Force
Harold L. Talbott
North American Aviation Co
Chrysler Corp. Finance Committee
Senate
Boston Gunman O'Keefe Nabbed in Brink's Robbery Case
FBI arrests Joseph J. O'Keefe in Boston as a suspect in the Brink's robbery of January 17, 1950. Affidavits allege he participated. $60,000 loot linked to his sister Mary Hooley's home and later to his wife Mary. Contempt charges loom as grand jury questions continue.
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FBI
Boston
Army
Navy
USAF
Joseph O'Keefe
Stoughton
Mass
John H. Carl
Son
Mary Hooley
Center
Joseph J. “Spees
O’keefe
Brink
O'Keefe
John B. Greene
Joseph J. O'Keefe
Mary A. Hooley
Mary
Pennsylvania
Mary O'Keefe
Greene
Paul Hooley
Hooley
Florio Pleads Guilty and Seeks Mercy in Court
Edward J. Florio a New Jersey waterfront labor boss pleaded guilty to perjury as a jury deliberated. Judge Irving R. Kaufman handed an 18 month sentence plus five years probation and allowed surrender by January 3. Florio testified he believed he told the truth and had been confused before the grand jury about two $1000 checks from Mackenna Operating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward J. Florio
New Jersey
U. S
Irving R. Kaufman
New York
Florio
U. S. Marshall
New York State Crime Commission
New York Grand Jury
International Longshoremen’s Association
AFL
Lawrence C. Howard
Mackenna Operating Company, Inc
Gerald Lamby
Truman Defends Foreign Policy Amid Korea and China Debates
President Truman defended seven years of U S foreign policy, saying Communists will be checked and expansion will fail. He argued the United Nations and free nations show strength, Korea testing UN authority, and China’s communist victory is a heavy but not irrevocable loss. He warned against impatience and emphasized Western Europe and Japan remain non Communist.
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Washington
Truman
White House
China
Florio
National War College
Lamby
School For Armed Services
Howard
Korea
U.S
United Nations
Asia
Western Europe
Greece
Turkey
Free Germany
Japan
Brodie Twins Endure Life-Threatening Separation
In Chicago the 15 month old Brodie Siamese twins Rodney Dee and Roger Lee cling to life after a day long head to head surgical separation at the University of Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute. Roger remains the more critical with brain circulation impaired. Rodney shows faint signs of consciousness and improved respiration. Surgeons faced a crucial choice over the shared sagittal sinus and favored Rodney for survival while Roger’s condition remains precarious as doctors monitor for further changes.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee
Roger Lee Brodie
University of Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute
Roger
Rodney
University
Eric Oldberg
Department of Neurology
Mr. and
Florio and Lamby Case Over Sugar Unloading
Howard Wier testifies checks paid for Florio's cooperation in unloading seven shiploads of sugar. Lamby allegedly organized workers and received funds, though he did not work for Florio's company. Checks to Lamby bore both signatures due to Lamby lacking a bank account. If convicted on both counts, Florio could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Case moved from New York amid claimed hostile atmosphere.
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Wier
Howard
Florio
Lamby
New York
Move to Limit U S Treaties Gains Wide Support
Incoming lawmakers across the country show strong backing for Sen Bricker to amend the Constitution to bar binding international agreements in rights areas. The Associated Press survey finds broad House and Senate favor for restricting treaty powers, with debate over scope and impact on foreign affairs.
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Washington
United States
Associated Press
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
U. S
United Nations
Bricker
State
Justice Departments
Congress
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Truck Crash Kills 74-Year-Old Near Baraboo
Scott Moby, 74, died Thursday from injuries after a truck auto crash on Highway 12 near Baraboo. Investigators say the collision occurred Wednesday leaving him dead at the scene.
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Baraboo
Scott Moby
Highway 12
Bara
Camp McCoy News Ends Publication
The December 19 edition will be the last issue as troop strength drops at Camp McCoy lead to park shutdown. Lt. Robert O. Dillingham, education officer, announced the newspaper’s elimination. Plates were prepared by The La Crosse Tribune engraving department.
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Camp Mccoy, Wis
Camp McCoy
Robert O. Dillingham
The
la Crosse
Not Guilty Declared by Lattimore in Perjury Indictment
Owen Lattimore shouted Not guilty as he faced a seven count perjury indictment over sworn denial of Communist ties. Judge James R. Kirkland set trial for early March and allowed motions by February 16, with bond at 2000 dollars. Lattimore may travel but must appear for trial.
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Washington
Owen Latti
Lattimore
Thurmond Arnold
U. S
James R. Kirkland
Treasury
Edward F. Hummer
Justice Department
Grand Jury
District of Columbia
Maryland
Kirkland
D.C
Arnold
Department of Justice
State Department
Johns Mogkins University
Sen. McCarthy
R— Wis
Snow and Ice Forecast for La Crosse Area
Me ee A. D. Sanial warns of snow mixing with freezing rain across a large area including La Crosse Friday night and Saturday. Cloudy with a low around 20 Friday night and a high near 27 Saturday. Sleet and freezing rain spread through the south and east, snow to cover the rest of the state Friday night.
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la Crosse
Meee A
Two Soldiers Plead Innocent in Nebraska Guardsman's Death
Two former Camp McCoy soldiers, Thomas Reilly and Wayne Kamp, pleaded innocent in Sixth Circuit Court to third degree murder in the beating death of Cpl. Frank Walla of Seward Nebraska near La Crosse last Aug. 13. Judge Neprud set trial dates and raised bonds to $10 000.
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Camp McCoy
la Crosse
Sixth Circuit
Lincoln Neprud
Robert E. Joanis
Thomas Reilly
Detroit
Mich
Wayne Kamp
Postville
Joanis
Reilly
Neprud
Kamp
Iowa
Arthur Sheridan
Dist
John Bosshard
Bosshard
Cpl
Frank Walla
Seward
Neb
Walla
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Walter Breede JR
Wilson
Roger Kyes
By Marvin L.arrowsmith
Talbott
James C. Hagerty
Helena
Hagerty
Anderson
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Federal Security Administrator
Martin P. Durkin
AFL Plumbing Union
Hobby
Durkin
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Halleck
Arends
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
IEE
Thug
HST
Brodie
Eeeer
Sahvaneses
Hal Boyle Peete
Radio Log
Charles F. Barrett
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Harmer Root
Mozart
Kyrie
St. Barromeo
Filke
Guilmont
Filke ‘Benedictus
Aiblinger
Dolores Stone
Ferry St
Dolores Vinson
Stoddard St
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