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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1947
Page
8
The State Medical Society offers New Year guidance covering milk safety pasteurization vaccination and disease prevention. Suggestions include immunizing children, seeking prenatal care, cancer danger signals, chest X rays for exposure to tuberculosis, home safety, daily exercise, hydration, and rest for overall health.
Cleveland police arrested Avery Glen of Detroit after finding 540 coins totaling $23 in his pockets. He initially claimed the coins came from a dice game but later admitted robbing a filling station.
A run away horse and cart eluded a crowd along a Pretoria street as a traffic light turned red. The pursuers froze in astonishment and stood watching while someone grabbed the reins.
In Nanking and coastal cities Chinese youths train with rifles for civil conflict while parallelly Japanese peers abandon uniforms for baseball. Observers cite a need for long term education and mechanized training to modernize China, with risks of Soviet involvement if American aid leaders assume maintenance roles.
Grave robbers in Gaya Bihar India remove a child buried alive and after lifting her from the grave she wakes from catalepsy. Ghouls hand her to her parents and she was reported still living.
The 1947 Christmas seal campaign supports the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association and local groups to fund tuberculosis control next year. Dr. Oscar Lotz notes Wisconsin’s historically low death rate but aims for eradication, citing Milwaukee Ripon and Superior X ray programs as success stories. Next year will be the 40th anniversary of WATA and organized TB work in Wisconsin. Over 6,500 volunteers aid TB control. residents who have not sent in contributions are urged to do so.
Chicago tinsmith Leif Grude found a three inch lake perch after removing an intake pipe to inspect a clogged fixture. The discovery resolved the clog and left the plumbing working perfectly.
Veteran runner Donald McNab Robert son carries the fiery cross to open the Enter prise Scotland exhibition in Edinburgh as the world tour begins. Other noted marathon runners take the cross in a ceremonial start.
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