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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1950
Page
15
Angelo Patri argues against summer drill for slow learners. He promotes rest, outdoor activity, good nutrition, and potential testing to identify true retardation. For typical students, a structured summer routine with meaningful, varied activities is advised. Parents should seek evaluation if progress stalls.
Riverside California officials note no public appeal by UC citrus station about stopping the green peach aphid. Experts have failed to halt its spread as it flies through insecticide clouds and spreads cantaloupe mosaic, damaging a third of the early melon crop in the area on two recent occasions.
In Western Darfur the district council reduced the annual village circumcision festival from 15 days to three. Officials said the long event consumed the entire year's grain crop on beer, prompting the cutback.
A white elephant was seen guiding a herd of about 50 wild elephants in Yale province Southern Thailand. A Bangkok hunter seeks permission to kill the animal to present it to the King of Siam.
Liberia's farming groups strive to expand cacao beyond subsistence, aiming to turn it into a significant export crop. They mobilize cooperatives, seek financing, and promote sustainable cultivation to boost rural incomes and national revenue.
Hollywood star Evelyn Keyes battles Columbia Pictures and boss Harry Cohn over her contract. She claims fights over script and pay led to a break with the studio and describes her rapport with Paulette Goddard as loyal and humorous. The piece also notes Keyes seeking new success in the film The Prowler and recalls her past moves with Huston and Douglas.
The Golden Fleece landlord in Brighton England wins a county court case to silence a 100 year old clock whose bells woke his wife. The clock above a nearby store would be stopped from 9 p m to 8 a m daily, costing $8 a week in wages to restart. He agrees to the arrangement, saying it's worth it for sleep.
New York columnist Mark Barron profiles Dave Garroway, noting his hotel towel stash from the Waldorf Astoria, his nine or so cars including a Jaguar 100, and his housing woes amid 12 NBC shows a week. He jokes about racing to work, touring James Melton’s auto museum in Westport, and his knack for dismantling cars for sport.
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