31 Mar 1950
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1950
Page
1
In a charged session Caiaphas presses for proof of Jesus as a blasphemer while Joseph of Arimathea and witnesses challenge the case. Benjamin testifies he was healed after Jesus made clay with spittle, declaring I once was blind and now I see. The crowd pushes for a verdict as the trial continues.
President Truman condemns Senate Republicans led by McCarthy as the Kremlin's asset and attacks Bridges and Wherry for aiding a partisan bid to derail the bipartisan foreign policy. He defends Acheson Jessup and Lattimore, warns of isolationist politics, and pledges to take the issue to voters in 1950.
An Elm Grove meeting showed near unanimous support to attach the district to La Crosse for school purposes only. A formal hearing is set for April 17 and options include remaining as is with a small three room school, building anew, or joining La Crosse schools.
Police investigated a car in the La Crosse river late Thursday night at the same spot as a prior wreck. Occupants fled by taxi to Onalaska and said the 1936 Plymouth went over the bank but they were uninjured.
Onalaska police report 16 year old George Baker disappeared Wednesday night. Bloodhounds followed a trail to a Northwestern railroad crossing near highways 35 and 53. Baker is five feet four, dark skinned, slim, last seen in blue overalls and red plaid shirt with combat boots. Inform La Crosse authorities or Gnericks.
County Clerk Es r M Domke reminded motorists that car licenses expire and vehicles must display proper monthly insertions on plates. State traffic officials will check vehicles to ensure compliance.
City water department announces a spring flushing of all mains within a 15 block radius of 16th and Green Bay streets. Flushing begins Friday at midnight and continues into Saturday. residents needing early water are advised to draw water Friday night. The notice clarifies the work is routine and not related to chlorination equipment installation.
Cloudy and mild tonight with a low around 36. Saturday remains mostly cloudy with no major temperature change and a high near 45.
In Prague, ten Roman Catholic abbots and monks faced high treason charges tied to the Vatican and state activity. The official news agency named Augustin Machalka, Bohumil Vitajovsky, and Frantisek Silhan among the defendants, marking the largest clergy trial under the Communist regime to date. Western reporters reported restricted access despite agency statements.
Secretary of State Acheson said at a news conference that Owen Lattimore is not the architect of U S Far Eastern policy and he does not think he ever met Lattimore. The remark comes amid Senator McCarthy's fresh barrage of Soviet criticism.
Senate members report Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin went to a hospital Friday for sinus treatment. Senate inquiry showed McCarthy asked for absence from session while Senator Wherry announced the move. Connally questioned the duration as one day, and McCarthy stated he would be away briefly.
Three Republican senators McCarthy Bridges and Wherry pushed back against President Truman’s charge that they sabotage foreign policy and aid the Kremlin. McCarthy called the accusation blank and vowed not to plead guilty, Bridges urged disruption of eastward policy, and Wherry defended efforts while criticizing state department security. Some Democrats backed Truman, others avoided comment as a Senate subcommittee probed McCarthy’s allegations.
City health officer Dr. Garland Weidner announced that all Wednesday water samples tested safe on Friday after chlorination. He noted 44 of 102 March samples were unsafe, with 65 of 510 sub-samples indicating intestinal bacteria, violating the 10 percent interstate standard and prompting more testing and a public exhibit at the Greater Home and Food exposition.
President Truman’s defense posts nominees move toward swift Senate approval. W. Stuart Symington to chair the NSRB and Frank Pace Jr. to become secretary of the army, with bipartisan praise from the armed services committee. Pace will succeed Gordon Gray Jr. Symington may take a pay cut. Finletter’s possible succession remains unanswered. Frederick Lawton to continue in the budget office.
Judge Lambert A. Hansen sits as acting judge at circuit court in Sparta for juvenile hearings. Court sessions run Friday addressing pending cases and related matters.
The Wisconsin State Highway Commission will open bids Tuesday morning in Madison for about 39.74 miles of western Wisconsin concrete paving the most proposed in a single year. Projects cover U S highways 14 61 and state roads in La Crosse Vernon Trempealeau and Grant counties with total miles and surfacing details listed.
Arthur Gorski, 36, a former inmate of Wisconsin mental hospitals, was captured Friday near Marinette after escaping Tomah and threatening to harm his ex wife and three children. He had wandered from Winnebago and Mendota facilities since 1947, with stops in Eau Claire, Wausau, Marathon jail, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Sturgeon Bay before a sheriff-picked arrest.
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