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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1950
Page
3
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune reports Minnesota poll finds 20 percent of interviewees believe reports of flying saucers have some foundation while 23 percent think the stories are imagination or hallucination. Respondents cite possibilities such as government experiments or objects from other planets.
Mario Cabre, the bullfighter, says he is profoundly in love with Ava Gardner and upset by Frank Sinatra visiting her villa in Tossa. He describes heartbreak over the three day separation, denies publicity motives, and vows to love Gardner with all his heart.
Mayor Henry J. Ahrens proclaims VFW Post 1530 and its auxiliary may conduct an annual Buddy Poppy sale on May 26 and 27 1950. Proceeds aid needy veterans and dependents created by war, honoring service and sacrifice. Citizens urged to donate generously to support this war service memorial drive.
La Crosse UW alumni invite graduates and friends to a Fireside dinner May 22 featuring B F Rusy district extension leader who will discuss The Unserious Side of Life. E H Gibson and local committee members announce the program with tickets, music, and a call for all Coulee region Badgers to attend.
Judith Coplon, 28, convicted in espionage trials, said Monday she will marry within weeks to Albert H. Socolov, 29, a New York attorney and World War II veteran. She is free on bail while appealing convictions for stealing U S government secrets and plotting to transmit them to Valentin A. Gubitchev, a deported Russian engineer. He has received prison terms up to 25 years in the two cases.
Pearlers in Broome Western Australia reap high prices as US demand for pearlshell surges. War forced a pearling shutdown but allowed beds to replenish boosting earnings with a season still active and reports of shell valued at about 200000 dollars having been harvested from the ocean bed.
A Wisconsin synod Lutheran pastor in Princeton threatens to refuse confirmation to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts over doctrine. Atty. Philip Lehner Jr., a Scout leader, challenges the pastor’s stance as false doctrine and says Scout oath and law interfere with church work. Lehner notes support from laymen, ministers, and Scout executives as he cites Lutheran committee guidance.
The Urban council of Newry, Ireland protested against insinuations that Protestants face discrimination in being allotted city-owned houses.
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