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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1952
Page
5
Hal Boyle humorously argues that longevity favors women as he cites female thrift and calm under pressure. He advises men to imitate women by reducing stress and energy drain, suggesting practical acts like removing restrictions during outings and letting wives handle finances to extend life and perhaps outlive them.
About two million veterans will see increased compensation checks next month as Congress adds cost of living boosts to wartime and peacetime disability awards. The Veterans Administration assigns rises by disability severity, with 5 percent for 10 to 49 percent, 15 percent for 50 to 100 percent. Peace time disabled receive 80 percent of wartime rates. The piece lists the old and new amounts across ratings from 10 to 100 percent and outlines general eligibility rules.
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau provides answers on diverse topics from auto installment plans and Winston Churchill's ancestry to instrumental questions about leopards, Julius, insects and diseases, the Nautilus, Queen Elizabeth II, TV camera weight, extreme fasting records, satellites, ice cream flavors, Cleopatra, West Point, Old Faithful, and exterior thermometers. Answers cite sources and dates where noted.
An inexpensive Bible volume features red letter print with a list of Bible named trees waters mountains animals and birds. It notes facts like longest book and shortest verse and is offered for 35 cents postage paid via the La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau in Washington D C with a coupon and 35 cents enclosed.
A reader lists route details from Mai to Washington DC including street names and rural route information. The submission appears as a travel or routing note with unclear context and no dated event or official action.
Several physical education graduates from La Crosse State College accepted new college positions. Alice Shoman received a University of Utah teaching fellowship in swimming diving and life saving after a Red Cross forum in Florida. Mavis Lorenz leaves Wausau to take a Washington teaching scholarship in water safety and sports. Kay Hettig moves to Colorado A and M Fort Collins as substitute instructor. Jean May goes to Beloit College. Other grads relocate to Milwaukee Palm Springs Elko Nev Paddock's Lake Neenah Superior Kenosha and Appleton with various teaching and recreation roles.
Midwestern Republican farm leaders from 10 states adopted a program calling for actual parity prices for all farm products and more storage of grain on farms. The plan will be presented to the national GOP convention in Chicago as a potential farm plank. W. R. Merriman of Wisconsin signed the resolution.
Three college students from Superior Wisconsin set out in an 18 foot aluminum canoe to sail the roughly 350 mile route to Miami along the Intercoastal Waterway. The trio Donald Johnson Herbert Hamnaila and Dean Meinkle expect three to four weeks of paddling and sailing.
The Air Force stated the cause of the accident is undetermined. Details indicate the incident involved the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron and its personnel.
Miss Ruth Strozinsky English teacher at Lincoln Junior High School will attend the National Education Association convention in Detroit from June 29 to July 4 as a delegate representing 15 Wisconsin counties. She is one of two delegates from the large Wisconsin area chosen from five candidates. The district includes La Crosse Vernon Crawford Monroe Richland Sauk Marathon Clark Buffalo Trempealeau Jackson Wood Portage Juneau and Adams. She has served seven years at Lincoln and is active with the Wisconsin Education Association council of education and policy committee. Strozinsky is a native of Tomah and the NEA meeting opens with a general session on Monday June 30.
The Far East Air Forces said wreckage tentatively identified as a missing B 29 Superfortress with 12 aboard was sighted in the Sea of Japan midway between Korea and Northern Honshu. No survivors were evident as search planes continued the hunt for possible survivors.
Italian publishers report 37 million books sold last year for a population of over 47 million. Lombardy leads in readership with the highest number of readers.
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