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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
6
An editorial urges nationwide emphasis on education as the bulwark of American freedom as graduates of 1950 prepare to assume citizenship roles. It notes rising support for adequate schools, compares this generation to past ones, and cites biblical reflection on prayer.
Trygve Lie refutes rumors of Stalin’s illness and says the Soviet leader looks well. The piece cautions against behind the Iron Curtain reports and notes Fortune Magazine on heart risk in stocky, energetic men who overwork and skip vacations.
The Justice Department plans next Autumn to file a major anti monopoly suit against U S Steel to force divestiture of subsidiaries in coal mining shipping and fabrication The action centers on limiting the power of the big three and oligopoly fears while arguing that current law can curb abuse without attacking integration and big business.
John Wyngaard reports in Madison that Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm, notable for quitting public life, faced health and political pressures. The late decision disrupted Milwaukee endorsement plans as Republicans weigh a successor. Close associates cite health concerns and diminished appeal of political life as factors.
Drew Pearson reports on Graham Barden as new chairman poised to push a federal aid to education bill without aiding parochial schools. He faces uncertain passage while detailing harsh school shortages in San Antonio, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Acheson and McMahon friction noted, plus ICC labor representation soon.
Washington essay traces postwar policy shifts from hope for rapid tax cuts and debt relief to a sustained Cold War posture. It notes growth of military spending, the Marshall Plan, Atlantic pact, arms programs, and Russian nuclear advances, ending with hints of closer US Europe ties and discussion of a federal union.
Dr Gunnar Gundersen of La Crosse named one of ten new directors for the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association. Clarence Hinck of Minnesota, NCA governor, travels to La Crosse to finalize plans for the first annual air show at Pfafflin airport on June 16.
A column riff on baseball nicknames like Emory Bubba Church of the Philadelphia Phils and the Bubba Martin link to a Holmen athlete. It also recalls a Central grad nicknamed Lilacs losing track of his Packard, a gas station tale, and a cautionary joke about razor blade waste in a morning shaving thought.
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