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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1954
Page
6
A Saturday night dance from 7 30 to 9 will honor the Tau Kappa Epsilon music fraternity. Featured vocalist Peggy Anne Ellis and Tommy Furtado headline plus four big bands.
Radio and newspaper listings for Sunday June 6 1954 span morning to late night with programs from Music in the Air World Tomorrow and Hour of Decision to Highway Frolics and Night Watchman. A note on wildlife adds that the western pronghorn sheds its horns annually despite bony cores.
Letters from W G Bradford and Mrs William Thorne reflect on aging with resilience and humor. Bradford recalls survive multiple accidents and a hardworking life with his wife, while Thorne describes travel, church work, and helping others, framing happiness as care for others. A scrapbook club signup concludes the column.
Sociologist Paul Wallin surveyed 215 college men and 394 women revealing higher favorable marriage attitudes among women. Daughters of divorced parents matched daughters of happily married parents in scores. A Los Angeles committee notes car ownership often lowers high school scholarships as boys abandon school to fund a car. Captain Ash ton Graybiel advises medical exams and cabins with oxygen for flight, deeming danger mainly mental.
Rep Ernest A Johnson of Worcester and Charles E Shepard budget director for the legislature ways and means committee devised a system allowing state agencies to use existing funds for essential repairs and replacements. Approved by the state budget commissioner, this method avoids year-long appropriations and could save up to a million dollars annually while reducing property deterioration.
In Minneapolis the University of Minnesota will test about 10 000 ninth grade students to screen for potential delinquency mental illness and other maladjustments. The project is led by Dr Starke KR Hathaway and Dr Elio D Monachesi with a U S Public Health Service grant exceeding $80 000.
The Missouri Botanical Gardens received a $5,000 grant from the Brewing Industries Research Institute to study hops. Edgar Anderson, assistant director, notes three species the wild American, the Japanese and the common European, with many varieties. The aim is to understand relationships and develop improved hop types.
The 1954 County Grand Jury in San Francisco began every session with a prayer and a member called it the first such praying Grand Jury in the city’s history.
A detailed weekend broadcasting slate lists 5:00 music fun and 5:15 story time with headlines including News and Weather Roundup, continuing into 6:00 dinner musicale, Australia and Asia reports, then BBC World Theater and FM Concert. Sunday features devotional music, cathedral echoes, masterworks, and a UN story with Italian letters, opera, and Sunday night concerts.
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