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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1951
Page
4
The 1951 auto industry slowdown due to defense order delays and new material limits is pulling 33,000 layoffs nationwide, with La Crosse suppliers feeling the impact. Production forecasts show a drop from mid year onward as steel copper and aluminum restrictions bite, and NPA quotas loom.
Dr Elmer L Henderson heads a view that the fight against socialized medicine is won but critics note Oscar Ewing uses vast funds to promote federal health insurance. Government cars and chauffeurs tally across 46 departments with thousands of miles logged and riders on wheels.
The article notes surprise at Russia’s quick openness to a Korea cease fire amid U.S. peace feelers and Russian responses. It details channels between Washington and Moscow via India Peiping and Sweden and cites statements by Acheson Austin Marshall Bradley and Collins supporting diplomacy over military decision.
Madison reports that the legislature will fund an interim committee to study aging, aiming for a definitive analysis. The piece notes aging trends, housing constraints, and the political stakes as Wisconsin's elderly population grows and care needs increase.
The excerpt surveys heated 1961 Senate discussions on welfare value versus dollar cost, a critique of press releases by AEC and Truman MacArthur tensions, and notes on Formosa Korea truce terms. It contrasts figures like Governor Fuller Warren and Senator McKellar with calls to reassess national spending and policy.
James Marlow notes Congress slows to a crawl with Senate lagging House. Investigations Kefauver crime quiz troops for Europe MacArthur inquiry stretch hearings. Fiscal year end July 1 to June 30 prompts stopgap funding. debate on defense act and tax hike delays. Foreign aid funding not yet approved.
The police traffic chief announced a 25 mile per hour speed limit for the city. The article notes extreme heat with temperatures around 100 degrees for the third day, two heat deaths, and a Chicago to Minneapolis to La Crosse bus forced off a county road near the 10 Mile House by a speeding vehicle.
La Crosse Tribune notes a statewide dry law set to take effect July 1. Battery D forms here with J. M. Holley as captain and A. R Scott, George F. Robb, and William J. Glassbrenner as lieutenants. The paper reports an average daily circulation of 6,837.
Washington notes recount Lt. William H. Evans Jr who was dismissed for letters critical of Far Eastern policy. He boasted of oath bound to letters and admitted no combat action in Korea. Defense Secretary George Marshall, returning from Korea, and Maj. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe later teased fishing results near Neknak Alaska with three or four small catch registered by McAuliffe.
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