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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1950
Page
5
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes the royal procession to Westminster and the Labour led government facing a Conservative opposition. He argues the scene shows class tensions can be settled with goodwill rather than regimentation of humanity.
Bugs thrive on a mild winter and may swarm into grain cotton orchards and gardens causing billions in losses. Federal bug-fighters expect higher costs, with up to four million in control spending and a potential one hundred million in insecticide outlays as pests build immunity and expand.
The Wolf River Conservation club asked the conservation commission on Tuesday to extend the 45 day beaver trapping season by 20 days to April 20 in the Wolf River watershed and feeders near Menominee Reservation to aid trout restoration. Club president Todd Sheleton cites beaver dams fouling pools, warming water and hindering trout, noting severe snow and cold since Feb 15 have reduced trapper results. the commission meets March 10.
The Wisconsin employment relations board set hearings on petitions by CIO Communications Workers union and Western Electric employees for conciliatory action in a stale mate over state telephone disputes. A Friday Milwaukee hearing follows under the utility anti strong law. Division six includes plant traffic workers.
Bryant Putney, formerly Milwaukee newspaperman and assistant to the surgeon general of the public health service, was named assistant director of information in the interior department. He has prior experience with PM Washington bureau, Kiplinger magazine, and the Madison Capital Times, plus wartime work for the Office of Defense Transportation. He will serve under William J. Bougherty.
In Darlington Wisconsin residents faced rising Pecatonica River after an ice jam and heavy rain. The river climbed to 13.6 feet, threatening the business district as crews moved stock to high ground. Ice buildup and localized flooding affected Lafayette and Green counties. railroad service halted. Blue Mound River also breached banks in spots.
Robert Mickelson of Eau Claire was sentenced to four to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to indecent liberties with a seven year old girl while babysitting in February. Judge Merrill Farr imposed the sentence under a theater statute allowing a longer term. The offense occurred while he supervised several children. the girl was not injured.
City common council committees plan a 7 30 p m meeting Tuesday. Community groups join the discussion as officials review measures affecting local governance and budget items.
Edgar Lovett Warren, born March 7, 1904 in Pittsburgh, son of a minister, led the U.S. Conciliation Service from 1945 to 1947 and built a long record of voluntary settlements in labor disputes. He previously served as an economist for the Department of Agriculture.
Madison Wisconsin university leaders approve a student faculty conference committee to advise on policy matters. The panel includes three student members Robert Friedrichs Thomas Smith and Herbert Goldsmith with Profs J C Walker Lowell Noland and Philip G Fox named to the committee.
Lew Lehr a famous comedian and vaudeville performer dies in Brookline Massachusetts. The obituary notes he was born in Philadelphia and had a long career in entertainment and performance arts. Dr Joseph Wayne Greene aged 72 who served as personal physician to the Truman family is also mentioned in the death notices.
A compilation of Q and A covers topics from applying for national service life insurance dividends to burial places of Lord Fairfax and William Penn. It includes notes on Bible word frequency, Casa Loma in Toronto, vehicle license tags for U S occupation personnel, fish nutrition, and the term Americanism. The item ends with an offer for a New Testament volume for 25 cents.
In Shawano Wisconsin a first degree murder warrant was issued for Walter Ferry in the slaying of his estranged wife Myra Ferry 39. The body was found at their home and Ferry who is 44 was ordered held for a competency examination March 24 before County Judge C B Dillett. Ferry denied involvement and lived with his father in Marion. The couple separated months earlier. Frank Ronpenthal was visiting out of town during the slaying.
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