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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1950
Page
6
Come Saturday, residents of La Crosse are reminded that census takers will begin counting and tabulating details. The sampling plan asks basic questions to all and more for one in five households, including where they lived a year ago and home facilities, ownership, rent, value, and utilities.
Public notices urge residents to cooperate with the census while guarding privacy and warning of penalties for disclosing confidential information. Officials emphasize the goal is to collect data on groups, not individuals, and encourage truthful prompt responses to speed up the process. It closes with a biblical quote from Lamentations.
Hull and Sanderson face a voting dilemma in the September primaries. Hull runs as a Republican and Sanderson as a Democrat opposing Senator Wiley. Voters cannot support both in a single Wisconsin primary, risking cross-party impact on each candidate.
The House committee approved a FBI budget of 57.4 million dollars, five million more than the current level, plus a four thousand dollar raises to set J Edgar Hoover’s salary at twenty thousand. The piece lauds Hoover’s leadership and portrays the FBI as a public servant and security arm for a free people rather than a persecuting police system.
In Florida the Democratic primary between Senator Pepper and Representative Smathers centers on a federal fair employment practices proposal. The CIO is accused of mobilizing black voters, offering payments and incentives to register and vote, to influence the Senate race and broader labor-friendly legislation. The Tampa Tribune and Orlando Sentinel report aggressive registration efforts and wage pressures, while critics warn of union drive to control the Negro vote for political leverage.
A Wisconsin interim committee hears the state corrections chief and a psychiatrist argue for indeterminate sentencing for psychopaths to curb recidivism. Critics doubt passage and constitutionality, noting prior sexual psychopaths law remained unused for lack of institutions and funds. The panel also considers conditional release as an alternative to rigid parole.
A detailed look at Tony Marino's case shows a Supreme Court win on procedural grounds does not guarantee release. Marino, jailed for life since 1925 for a holdup murder, saw the high court reverse the lower court twice but remain denied freedom after further appellate action.
The note recalls the Mississippi River bridge as a toll bridge with La Crosse passes to Pettibone park labeled La Crosse Wagon Bridge Pass names and family use good until Nov 1 1910 1911 or 1912 from 5 am to pm. It mentions Green Bay and Western 500 mile family tickets valid within a year and refers to a 1878 La Crosse high school report with 88 names and attendance and deportment figures.
Washington columnist notes Sen. Bob Kerr drives a vigorous campaign to exempt natural gas producers from federal regulation. Kerr uses charts and is aided by Lyndon Johnson as he canvasses senators amid interruptions and sharp exchanges while the outcome hinges on a roll-call vote later today.
Ten years ago Aquinas High of La Crosse defeated Southeast Catholic of Philadelphia 33 to 31 to advance to the second round of the national Catholic interscholastic basketball tournament. The report notes other local items and historical notes from the era.
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