Sheriff Tells Group To Feed All Prisoners In Jail Budget Row
Sheriff Vern Lamp resisted a sliding scale for food purchases and defended keeping no receipts, saying cash payments were common. The jail committee pressed for itemized costs as Lamp vowed cooperation but warned sliding-scale plans could hinder managing duties. The dispute followed an April board move approving payment scales and centered on feeding prisoners and staffing.
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Vern Lamp
Lamp
Peter Pappas
Pappas
Frank Greene
Court House
Plan New Apartment Bid Opening On June
Bids for a $900000 eight story apartment building at Eighth and Cass streets will be opened June 1. Project aims for La Crosse FHA loan backed mortgage with city’s largest modern structure. The L shaped design includes 103 apartments and capacity for 34 cars with two elevators.
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Eighth and
Cass Streets
Frank Hoeschler
la Crosse
FHA
Resignation of City Police Chief Herman F. Rick
Chief Herman F. Rick, 60, after 37 years with the city police, submits his resignation to the police and fire commission and plans to retire June 1 on a pension. Commission to hold special meeting Friday to accept the resignation and set dates for applications for a new chief. Rick joined the force in 1912, became chief in 1939, and oversaw a 60‑member department now including an assistant chief, six captains and four detectives.
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Rick
la Crosse
Tribune
Herman F. Rick
Herman F. Rice
The
Police and Fire Commission
Police Department
Louis Pitzner
Commission
Pitzner
Earl Knutsen
Gillette Street
Middle West
John B. Webber
Rubber Is Malaya's Biggest Weapon In A Hot War Of Terror
Editor John Strohm reports from Southeast Asia in a six part series. He spent ten weeks visiting nine countries and interviewing diplomats officials businessmen soldiers and Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The dispatch outlines Cold War dangers and a potential path to stability.
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Malaya
John Strohm
Iron Curtain
Southeast Asia
Strohm
Douglas MacArthur
Malaya Quietly Defends Against Communist Guerrillas
NEA Special Correspondent reports from Singapore that Malaya remains a key defensive bulwark in Southeast Asia. British Malaya exports rubber and tin, taxes dollars for Britain, and enjoys relative stability under protection. Farmers seek fair rubber prices while Malaya resists immediate self-rule amid jungle guerrilla activity led by a Communist-led Malayan Army of Liberation.
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British Malaya
Southeast Asia
U. S
Britain
Malaya
Illinois
India
China
Governor Rennebohm Won't Seek Senate Run
Milwaukee Journal reports Governor Rennebohm will not enter the Republican primary for United States Senate. Political writer Laurence C. Eklund says the governor, in Madison interview, denied plans to oppose Senator McCarthy in 1957 and indicated ongoing decision on future roles, possibly influenced by talks of an ECA post in Europe.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal
Rennebohm
Alexander Wreg
Laurence C. Eklund
Journal
Madison
Eklund
Washington
Joseph McCarthy
Journal Writer
Europe
ECA
Doyle asks UW Regents study ROTC disturbance report
Madison assemblywoman Ruth Doyle asked the Wisconsin board of regents to reconsider their resolution calling for an investigation of a student demonstration at the ROTC review. She urged careful consideration before disciplinary action noting the main fault was mere bad manners. A small student group protested compulsory military training as a faculty committee questioned participants.
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Madison
Wis
Ruth Doyle
Dmadison
Wisconsin Board of Regents
Regents
Truckers Get 10-Cent Pay Boost In Madison Deal
About 200 truck drivers from AFL local 442 won a 10 cent per hour raise and a base pay of 1.40 dollars an hour under a one year contract approved by Madison coal fuel oil and building material dealers.
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Madison
Wis
AFL Union Local 442
Madison Coal
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Clears This Afternoon
Local weather forecast for La Crosse and vicinity calls for clearing this afternoon with generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Temperature trend rising with a low tonight and a high near 70 degrees Thursday.
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la Crosse
Flood Waters Begin Receding At La Crosse
Mississippi floodwaters recede slowly in La Crosse as river levels ease slightly. Wednesday’s stage stood at 12.4 feet, down 0.1 from Tuesday, with crest at Lansing 13.5 feet and Dubuque expected to rise over the next 48 hours. Prairie du Chien forecast 15.2 feet Thursday. Temperatures rise Thursday with highs near 70s and lows around 50.
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Mississippi
la Crosse
Lansing
Dubuque
Prairie du Chien
St. Paul
A. D. Sanial
la Crosse County
Veterans Memorial Park
Albert Love, Jr
Farnam
Stanley Enger
Caledonia
Love
Syttende Mai Norse For Fourth Of July
Decorah Iowa special report notes May 17 Norwegian Independence Day. The Seventeenth of May is celebrated by Norwegians across the Midwest with the Norwegian flag joining the Stars and Stripes. Luther College in Decorah, a predominantly Scandinavian campus, marks the day with flags and parades.
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Decorah
O'Halloran
Brooklyn
Oslo
Luther College
Midwest
Bugs Aid New Process For Preserving Foods
Baltimore a government scientist reports a bug aided method to preserve foods with less heat. Dr A A Andersen of agriculture says subtilin from hay microbes allows canning at lower temperatures, reducing time and removing need for pressurized equipment. The technique targets bacterial spores to improve quality and safety.
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Baltimore
A. A. Andersen
Department of Agriculture
Society of American Bacteriologists
Anderson
Prairie Gains Population in Prairie Du Chien and Loss in Crawford County
Prairie du Chien gains 5 392 residents while Crawford county drops to 17 661. Countywide dwelling units rise from 4 632 to 5 092 with Prairie du Chien accounting for most of the increase. Census workers tally 10 counties in the Third district with La Crosse headquarters handling the report.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Mississippi River
Crawford County
Allan J. Collins
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Prairie
Vernon, Richland
Lafayette
Federal
la Crosse
Monroe
Juneau
Vernon
Crawford
Richland
Grant
Iowa
Collins
Taft vows to oppose Reds abroad and at home
Taft delivers a nationwide GOP radio address attacking Truman policies as breeding inflation and regimentation. He credits a pledge to oppose communism abroad and root it from federal agencies at home, cites McCarthy era probes, and criticizes perceived political corruption and vote fraud in Kansas City.
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Taft
Washington
Reoe
Congress
Ohio
Truman
United States
Alger Hiss
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Bailiwick
Kansas City
White House
Indonesia Maintains Neutral Stance in Cold War
Jakarta says Indonesia will stay neutral in the Cold War and does not view the Chinese Communists as a threat to its new republican regime, according to a foreign office spokesman on Wednesday.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Missing Bus Lover Found At Terminal
After Mrs. Leonard Golla reported her three year old son Michael missing officers tracked him to a north side bus terminal. The child had boarded a trolley bus with a crowd when it halted near his home and was safely returned.
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Milwaukee
Leonard Golla
Michael
North Side
Committee On Auditorium To Meet Thursday
The mayor's auditorium committee will continue site discussions for the Mary E. Sawyer auditorium at 5 p m Thursday. Reports on investigation findings by committee members are expected. Last week two architects gave size estimates for a Sawyer fund building now about 650000. Chairman Robert Farnam reiterated a call for location ideas from city organizations.
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Mayor's Auditorium
Mary E. Sawyer
Sawyer
Robert Farnam
Auditorium Committee
City All
Tito Spokesman Claims Soviet Troop Moves To Bulgaria
In Belgrade a Tito government spokesman accuses Soviet Russia of moving troops into Bulgaria and constructing pontoon bridges across the Danube between Romania and Bulgaria.
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Tito
Russia
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Soviet
Danube River
Romania
Man set himself afire in Death by Own Action attempt
In Decatur Georgia a 34 year old Daniel McGuire, described as Negro, drenched himself with kerosene and lit a match in a rural home, trying to burn himself to death. Patrolmen Ted Wayne and Ben Warnerr reached the scene and beat out the flames with coats and a blanket. Doctors haig little hope for recovery after a second such attempt in two weeks.
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Decatur
Ted Wayne
Ben Warnerr
Daniel McGuire
McGuire
Duff leads Pennsylvania GOP sweep in bitter primaries
Philadelphia AP report says Bif Jim Duff won the U S Senate nomination by nearly three to one and backed a ticket for governor and four statewide offices. Duff defeated longtime GOP strategist Joseph Grundy, while allied figures like Edward Martin and Arthur James supported the Duff slate in a high turnout primary amid a party shift toward aggressive policy. Duff declared the party must be aggressive and pledged a path to a Republican president in 1952 if nationally adopted.
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Philadelphia
Bif
Jim Duff
Pennsylvania
Duff
U. S. Senate
U. S
Joseph R. Grundy
Grundy
GOP
U.S
Edward Martin
Arthur H. James
G. Mason Owlett
John C. Kunkel
John S. Fine
Jay
Legislators in Wisconsin to study state toll tax law
A Wisconsin legislative council subcommittee on taxation will meet with Wisconsin telephone company representatives to clarify existing statutes, not to raise taxes. Tax Commissioner Arthur Wegner proposed changes including redefining an exchange extending payment time imposing penalties for late filing and payment.
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Madison
Wis
Legislative Council
Wisconsin
Bernard Gehrmann
R-Mellen
Arthur E. Wegner
Wegner
Tax Commission
Adenauer backs pooling of coal and steel resources
Bonn Germany premier Konrad Adenauer pledged full determination to back a French plan for pooling coal and steel production between France and Germany as part of the European recovery effort.
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Adenauer
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
France
Goodrich Thre Exec Dies At New York Home
David M. Goodrich, 73, honorary chairman of the board of B. F. Goodrich Co., died at his Mt. Kisco, New York home. A Akron native, he led the board from 1927 to last month, chaired the National Industrial Conference Board in 1940-41, and served as director of Freeport Sulphur and Commercial Solvents. Harvard graduate, veteran of Spanish American War and World War I, founder of the American Legion. Widow and a daughter survive.
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MT. Kisco
N. Y
David M. Goodrich
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
Akron
National Industrial Conference Board
Freeport Sulphur Co
Commercial Solvents Corp
Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
American Legion
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R-Mich
Tom Pendergast
Curley
Boston
John Maragon
Harry Vaughan
Maragon
Vaughan
Department of Justice
Far West
Grundy Gop
Phete
Swift Co
Goodrich Thre
New York
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