Seek Increase In Personnel Director Pay
A. J. Opstedal retires as Wisconsin personnel director after 24 years. The salary likely to rise from 7000 to about 8000 with a legislative boost. Governor Rennebohm delayed appointment to await budget action. The successor should be chosen by April, with recruitment aimed at an outstanding administrator.
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Madison
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Mrs Agnes Burns Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Agnes Catherine McH Burns widow of the late John C Burns died Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness She was born in La Crosse and was a life member of St Marys Catholic Church Her husband and one son Edward predeceased her She is survived by a daughter Mrs Jacob J Padesky seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral arrangements through J Padesky at 103 North 19th Street include 9 am services at St Marys with Msgr Robert B Condon officiating Burial will follow in Catholic Cemetery Rosary will be recited at the home Tuesday at 730 pm
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John C. Burns
Cass Street
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la Crosse
St. Mary’s Tholic Church
Edward
Jacob J
Eileen) Padesky
Sarah Jane
Elizabeth
James
John Burns Padesky
John Fullerton
Robert
Edward Burns
Constance
John Moran Burns
Seattle
Wash
Adce
J. Padesky
North 19Th Street
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Robert B. Condon
Truman budget plan signals higher taxes and social programs
President Truman outlined a 1950 budget push featuring a one percent payroll tax for national health insurance, expanded social security, and defense spending. He warned 1951 costs may exceed 1950, urged Congress to cut waste, and forecast revenue gains from higher taxes while noting deficits could shrink with spending restraint.
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Committees Set to Hear Referred Matters in January
Committees will meet in January to take up referred matters at the scheduled times. Officials urged members to prepare reports and bring agenda items for discussion and decision.
British planes shot down over Israeli territory
An Israeli military spokesman said at least two of the five British planes were shot down Friday over Israeli territory while Britain claimed all five were over Egyptian territory. In Cairo an Egyptian spokesman said Egypt has not asked Britain for assistance under the 1936 treaty and that armistice talks to end the Palestine war will proceed, scheduled to begin tomorrow or Wednesday on the island of Rhodes.
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Negev
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Cairo
Egypt
Rhodes
Ceylon to issue special Independence Day stamps
Ceylon plans special stamps in observance of Independence Day anniversary. The issuance signals a commemorative gesture by the postal service highlighting national milestones and historical memory.
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Ceylon
Judge Clears Milwaukee Police in Gambling Probe
Milwaukee District Judge Harvey L. Neelen ruled there is no evidence of police complicity with gambling in the city after 241 witnesses testified. He noted gambling persists in horse race bookings craps and card games but found no neglect or malfeasance by Chief John W. Polcyn or other officers and urged statute and licensing tightenings.
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Milwaukee
Harvey L. Neelen
Neelen
John Boe
Milwaukees
Sward
John W. Polcyn
Police Department
Budget Deficit Warned Over President Program Grants
Rep Halleck argues the combined war and veteran spending proposals push the government into a deficit. He asserts that even with existing appropriations, adding presidential programs would require massive increases, risking a red balance.
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Congress
Rep
Halleck
R-Ind
80Th Congress
Material Shortages Slow Mexican Construction
Shortages of materials and tighter credit are slowing construction activity in Mexico, delaying projects and raising costs for builders and developers.
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Mexico
Monroe County Driver Arrested for Resisting Officer
An inter county pursuit of Daniel Tucker 18 Sparta ended with his capture after striking Bangor Marshal Stanley Morris and fleeing. Tucker pleaded guilty in La Crosse county court to resisting an officer and was fined 100 dollars plus costs or 90 days in jail.
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Daniel Tucker
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Banger
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Ave
Max Morris
Bangor
C. Schultz
Kerg
Wispon Street
Mary
Putnam Ridge
Art
Willis Young
Donald Feak
Frank Ranney
Maple Grove Golf Course
Acheson Aligned for Democratic Presidential Nomination
The article outlines Acheson, a lawyer and former diplomat, as a likely Democratic presidential contender facing Senate confirmation battles over his foreign policy stance. It notes Republican critics in Congress, possible support from Vandenberg, and lingering inquiries into his Russia policy and ties to Alger Hiss, with career notes from his 1933 resignation through his 1947 return to law practice.
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Russia
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Roosevelt
the Treasury
State Department
Command Guidance Missiles and Drone Control Systems
The article describes two missile types including a contact-detonated weapon and a command guidance system. The latter uses radio signals from a control plane or base to actuate fins and steer a pilotless aircraft, commonly a drone controlled from a mother plane.
Grazing Grounds at Wind Cave Park Affects Wildlife
Wind Cave National Park in the Black Hills spans 18 square miles, fully fenced, where antelope elk deer and buffalo graze undisturbed under protection.
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Wind Cave National Park
Black Hills
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