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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1950
Page
6
La Crosse notes Fond du Lac plans a new sewage disposal plant and garbage incinerator to curb odors from open dumping. The editorial says the move, plus proposed fluoridation to prevent dental decay, signals progress in municipal services, while La Crosse also advances sewage facilities but lacks modern garbage disposal.
The London talks bring NATO powers to discuss a union to secure prosperity and survival, yet domestic fears hinder partnership. Italians and French insist on British involvement, while Germany worries about markets and food. France doubts a future German union, and Britain seeks American dollars for supplies. American diplomacy pushes integration without surrendering sovereignty, aiming to unite to counter Communism. Youthful job seekers face unglamorous work but gain footholds in the modern economy.
Bernard Baruch calls for a standing full time national security board with an industrial mobilization plan ready to activate. He criticizes the current national security council as fragmented and urges expanded intelligence gathering to counter Russian moves and inflation pressures impacting preparedness. He notes limited White House consultation but stresses the need for ready policies in a coming cold war.
Madison reports that a state advisory employment practices committee proposed by the Wisconsin Industrial Commission seeks power to compel employers to avoid discrimination, hold hearings, issue cease and desist orders, and publish findings. Observers doubt broad support without demonstrated need, noting the panel’s history of private negotiations and limited public impact. The piece compares the proposal to longer national debates and Wisconsin’s cautious political climate.
Washington reports on Sen McCarthy charging a Johns Hopkins professor as a top Soviet spy, while ex communist Louis Budenz faces cross examination over his past marriages and alleged relations. The transcript from John Santo deportation case highlights credibility attacks and self incriminating refusals.
A column from Around Town wonders why Q is missing from the new dial telephones and jokes about its absence. The piece riffs on letters and technology, then shifts to a Nebraska farm tale of calves fed coffee during a cold snap and a bus-ride anecdote ending with a quip about smoking a pipe.
From the Files Of The La Crosse Tribune Ten years ago negotiations for merging Grandview and St Francis hospitals in La Crosse were nearing completion with a target set for next Thursday Dr William A Henke trustee for bondholders and hospital medical staff superintendent announced The health department added a safe to city hall records on the second floor
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