Senators Offer Voluntary Health Bill
Five senators led by Senator Hill propose a voluntary health insurance plan funded by federal aid to states. The bill aims to provide hospital and medical care through nonprofit prepaid programs, with state agencies reimbursed for costs and options for payroll deductions. It outlines coverage for unemployed enrollees and emphasizes surveys to expand diagnostic services mental health and tuberculosis programs and incentives for physicians to practice in underserved areas.
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Washington
Hill
Ala
Tru- Harkinson
Congress
O’conor
Withers
Lucey Denounces Billboards for Campaign Ads
Madison lawmaker urges ban on billboard use in public office campaigns. Assemblyman Lucey calls billboards degrading to dignity and argues that removing all election ads from newspapers radio and cards would cut campaign costs and ensure fairness.
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Madison
Wis
Lucey
Ferryville
Doyle
Judiciary
Governor Revokes Conditional Pardon in Milwaukee Case
Wisconsin governor revokes a conditional pardon for Herbert Cooper of Milwaukee who was sentenced June 4 1926 to three to 25 years for armed assault and robbery. Cooper violated the pardon terms and loses the relief.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Local Weather For La Crosse and Vicinity In
Weather bulletin for La Crosse and nearby areas notes current conditions and short term outlook. Expect cooler temperatures with cloudy skies and a chance of light rain showers across the region through the evening hours. Winds from the northwest remain breezy.
Road location hearing set on Trempealeau to La Crosse access
A public hearing will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the courthouse to consider changing the official state highway from Midway to Trempealeau. The proposal shifts the route to follow US 53 and state 35 to meet highway 93 at Beardsley corner, bypassing the Milvray road area near a dangerous river bridge.
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Trempealeau
la Crosse
Court House
State Highway Department
Midway
New Amsterdam
Black River
Towner School
Holmen
Beardsley Corner
Trempealeau County
Milvray Road
Air Force Brings Unspecified Charges Against General Bissell
Maj. Gen. Clayton L. Brensil faces unspecified charges investigated for potential court martial. The case covers acts alleged while he was military and air attache at the U S embassy in London from 1946 to 1948. The investigation is led by Maj. Gen. Edwin B. Lyon and stems from anonymous letters and further inquiries ordered by Air Secretary Symington.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Clayton L. Brensil
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Bissell
United States
London
Air Force
Edwin B. Lyon
Washington
Air
Symington
Justice Department
Alexander M. Campbell
Campbell
India
Air Force Staff
West Europe Envoys Arrive To Sign Treaty
Western foreign ministers aboard the liner Mary arrive in New York to sign a pact next week in Washington. Ernest Bevin leads the group with four signatories total as crowds protest Britain's Israel policy, with three pickets arrested. Gromyko attends the UN sessions and declines to predict outcomes. Other officials include Bel Premier and Foreign Minister al-Henri, Dutch Foreign Minister D Stikker, and Luxembourg Foreign Minister Joseph.
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New York
Mary
Ernest Bevin
Pennsylvania Station
Washington
Britain
Israel
Gromyko
United Nations Assembly
Foreign Office
Bevin
Bel
al-Henri
D. Stikker
Luxembourg
Joseph
Fairies' Penny Found In Michael's Tommy
Janet Casey believed a fairy penny would appear under her pillow. X rays at a hospital vindicated her faith by revealing a penny inside her brother Michael four.
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Penny
Michael
Berkeley
Calif
Janet Casey
Brother Michael
State Looks At Grey Skies
A melancholy expanse of grey skies spread a threat of rain over Wisconsin. The best Federal Weather man Howard J. Thompson predicted mainly cloudy weather through March. Rain would begin in the south and move across the state by evening. Tuesday weather dampened most areas except the far south. La Crosse recorded 5 inches, Green Bay 0.30, and Land O Lakes noted a night total.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
la Crosse
Green Bay
Land O'Lakes
Kent Leaves Large Charity Fund in Will
A. T. water Kent, retired radio manufacturer who died March 4 at 75, left 1 335 000 to charities and education institutions and 2 000 000 to his widow Mabel Lucas Kent, from whom he had been separated eight years. Attorney H. Whong said the will listing many bequests would be filed for probate last Wednesday.
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Los Angeles
A. Atwater Kent
Mabel Lucas Kent
H. Whong
Lawmakers Seek Double Pay Rise in Wisconsin Hearing
A unanimous legislative hearing in Madison backed a bill to raise Wisconsin legislators salaries from 100 to 200 dollars a month. Testimony from labor, industry and veterans groups argued the pay is inadequate and would attract better candidates, with added mileage and room and board allowances for the session.
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Madison
Wis
Labor
Industry
Business
Joint Finance Committee
Catlin
R-Appleton
In Cio Council
Rob
Orris Coakley
Wisconsin Manufacturers Association
B . Rosenthal
Seton
University of Isconsin Students For Democratic Action
Dan Mandelker
Milwaukee
American Veterans Committee
Robbery On Streamliner At Martinsburg Linked To Drugs And Father
Federal court heard George L. Ashton and companion Luman Ramsdell pulled a daring robbery aboard the Baltimore and Ohio Ambassador in the mountains of eastern West Virginia last March 9. Ashton cited drugs and drink and a father’s bad influence as factors, with his mother noting the influence. The Youngstown pair stopped the train with an emergency cord and robbed about 100 passengers of cash during the car-to-car spree.
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Fairmont
W. Va
George L. Ashton
West Virginia
Ashton
Luman
Skip) Ramsdell
Lucas accuses GOP of return to isolationism
Senator Lucas charges Republicans are turning to isolationism over criticism of the European recovery program and the North Atlantic Treaty scheduled to be signed April 4. He predicts defeat for Donnell Watkins and Taft, who oppose or seek limits on treaty funds.
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Washington
Lucas
D-Ill
United States
Truman
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Donnell
R-Mo
Watkins
Utah
Taft
Ohio
Watkins Donnell
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Non-Hoot Owls Installed to Scare Park Starlings
Papier mache owls placed in a Milwaukee park near the Milwaukee Road station to deter nuisance starlings. The health department says the birds will be set in trees Wednesday to discourage the flock.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road Station
Health Department
America Eyes Syrian Revolt With Interest
Washington assesses the Syrian upheaval’s impact on an armistice with Israel and the proposed trans Arabian petroleum pipeline. UN mediator Bunche planned talks with Damascus as the army seized power, with unknowns about armistice progress and regional Arab tensions rising.
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Washington
Israel
Syria
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
William Riley
U. S. Marines
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Damascus
Iraeli Bunche
Jackson Plea Set Thursday in Manslaughter Case
Quincy H. Hale announced a motion for a new trial for James Jackson, 21, of Tomah, after a first degree manslaughter conviction. Judge Bruce F. Beilfuss will hear the motion in Sparta and later sentence Jackson if denied. The mandatory term is not less than five years.
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Sparta
Wis
Quincy H. Hale
la Crosse
James Jackson
Tomah
Bruce F. Beilfuss
Neillsville
Jackson
Hale
James
Red Visitors Tour Halted by State Department Action
The U S visas for 18 Iron Curtain delegates are limited to the New York meeting after the state department halted a planned nationwide tour for World Peace Conference delegates. Organizers insist the tour will continue despite the order and a telegram was sent to Secretary Acheson seeking revocation. The proposed route included Philadelphia Baltimore Detroit St Louis Denver and Los Angeles.
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Newark
N. J
State Department
New York City
Millard Lampell
Haver
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Detroit
St. Louis
Denver
Los Angeles
U. S
New York
Dean Acheson
Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Treut
Oklahoma twisters injure and damage Canton and Blackwell
Severe weather tore through Canton and nearby Longdale and Blackwell in northwest Oklahoma. One tornado struck Canton at midnight, destroying at least 16 residences and damaging over 25 buildings, with widespread housing and feeding relief underway. A second, lighter tornado hit Blackwell, injuring six.
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Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Lake Ngee
Uthward
A. D. Sanial
la Crosse
Sanial
Canton
Longdale
Blackwell
Oklahoma
Little Longdale
Fire damages house on Jackson street in city
Fire gutted a bedroom in the home of William Rucker at 320 Jackson street when a defective bench chimney burned wooden supports. Nobody was home. fire crews responded at 11 37 a m and were released by 11 43 a m after extinguishing the blaze and noting extensive smoke and furniture damage.
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William Rucker
Jackson Street
Assembly Withdraws Probe Into Un Americanism In Industry
A joint resolution to probe un American activities in industry was withdrawn at sponsor American Legion request. Catlin said focus would shift to a bill requiring registration of Communists and revolutionaries with the secretary of state. An interim committee resolution was also withdrawn as a clerical error.
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Madison
Wis
Catlin
R-Appleton
Veterans and Military Affairs’ Committee
American le the Legion
Arthur L. May
Legion
Assembly
The
Conservation Commission
Bloodless coup reshapes Syria's leadership in Damascus
Syrian army seized power in Damascus at dawn arresting President Shukri Al Kuwatly Prime Minister Khald Bey Azem and the cabinet. Brigadier Hosny El Zaim said the move targeted attacks on the army no bloodshed reported curfew set at 6 am local time easing after‑maths.
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Damascus
Syria
Hosny el Zaim
House of Representatives
U. S
James Hugh Keeley, Jr
Damase
Washington
Shukri al Kuwatly
Khald Bey
Khaled Bey
Israel
United Nations
Rhodes
Ja- Bey
Milwaukee man Babich gun search continues on river
Divers probed the Milwaukee river bottom for a .22 caliber revolver Milton Babich said he threw away after Patricia Birmingham's body. Police faced crowds as magnets dragged river depths while weather delayed further operations. Babich, 19, admitted killing his bride's sister and described a fatal sequence over her sister Kathleen's pregnancy.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Walter Richter
Babich
Patricia
West Allis
Kathleen
Nadachi Mine Blast Kills At Least 30 In Japan Village
A mine that floated ashore in Nadachi on the west coast killed at least 30 people and damaged or destroyed many of the village’s 530 homes. Rescue and recovery efforts followed the blast.
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Tokyo
Nadachi
Sun cooling claim debunked in playful want ad note
A humorous note urges readers not to worry about a claimed sun cooling trend and instead promotes placing want ads to solve buying and selling needs. The piece ends with a phone number 3680 for ad placement.
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West Europe
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