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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1950
Page
8
Washington and suburbs face milk shortages as a wage dispute shuts nine major dairies for a third day. The AFL Milk Drivers and Dairy Employes Local 246 says all nine were struck, while dairies claim three were struck and six locked out. An emergency DC Commission meeting arranged milk deliveries to hospitals and district institutions.
About 120000 spectators crowded Lincoln Park Zoo to view Bushman the famous gorilla. The 500 pound animal was too ill to acknowledge the crowd as visitors passed by his cage.
The profile portrays Sawyer a practical policy maker and millionaire son of a Maine Republican who rose from Cincinnati law studies to ambassadorships and the Commerce Department. It notes his anti inflation stance in 1948 his belief in the St Lawrence Seaway and Latin American aid and his quiet personal life with Countess Elizabeth de Veyracne Lippelman and grandchildren as his main hobby.
Pope Pius XII proclaimed Vincenzo Maria Strambi, Italian bishop of Macerata and Tolentino, as a saint during the 1950 Holy Year. Strambi was exiled after refusing to swear allegiance to Napoleon when his diocese was occupied in 1797, seen as an example for persecuted churchmen under Communism.
A 50-year-old laundryman, Stanford B. Twente, shot himself in the press box during a Texas league baseball game at Buffalo stadium in Houston. The incident was broadcast on television and witnessed by Justice of the Peace Tom Maes who ruled death by own action. Twente had warned a waitress he would kill himself and was alive briefly after the shot before dying at a hospital.
A 36 year old laborer Joe Washington climbed 475 feet of WDAF tower in Kansas City and threatened death by his own action. Firemen and station staff coaxed him down after promising a television appearance. He was taken to police headquarters for investigation.
FASTEETH powder secures upper or lower plates firmly without sliding or rocking. It is alkaline and does not sour, leaving no denture odor or pasty taste. Available at drug stores.
A three story brick structure was evacuated by 25 occupants at midnight Sunday as a three alarm fire engulfed the building. Firemen contained the blaze and Fire Chief Edward Wischer summoned Deputy State Fire Marshal William Rossitter to investigate the incident.
California faculty clash over a loyalty oath and a constitutional pledge as the University of California faces a June 15 deadline for staff to sign or face dismissal. The dispute draws national protest from academics and echoes a broader push in 1949 across 26 states and territories for sworn loyalty by educators.
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