Local Officials Rally Against State Police Plan in Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin state and local officials urged opposition to a legislative proposal to consolidate state law enforcement into a public safety department and to expand the traffic patrol into a state police corps. The hearing drew over 100 attendees with broad local police opposition and concerns about eroding local control.
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Madison
Wis
Legislative Council
Department of Public Safety
State Senate
Interim
Legislative Planning Agency
Gordon Bubolz
Appleton
Central Enforcement Agency
George Haberman
WSFL
William Nagorsne
Voyta Wrabetz
Industrial Commission
Elmer Honkamp
Outagamie
Honkamp
Isconsin Sheriffs’ Association
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association
Brooke Tibbs
Milwaukee
Eugene Meigher
Winnebago
Hunters Warned On New Three-Shell Limit On Shotguns
The Fish and Wildlife Service reminded duck hunters of a three-shell limit for shotgun charges. Automatic-loading guns with removable capacity are restricted, and trick plugs to gain five shots are outlawed. All hunters must carry a $1 migratory bird hunting stamp. Season opens at noon next Friday in Minnesota and October 15 in Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Weather outlook for La Crosse and nearby areas calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with a slight warmup. A few showers expected Wednesday night. Temperatures range from about 48 tonight to around 72 on Wednesday.
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la Crosse
Coon Wanders In City Causes Excitement In La Crosse
A local raccoon drew crowds and news attention after roaming La Crosse streets from North 10th to Badger and Allis-Chalmers before spending the night at a factory. Police and zoo officials investigated, then released the creature to the park department. The animal’s wanderings ended with a keep at Coon Hollow in Myrick Park.
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la Crosse Tribune
625 North 10Th Street
Cat
Darryl Blade
North Seventh Street
Scout
Bedelia
Darry
Coon
Plant
Badger Street
Allis-Chalmers Company
Third
Badger Streets
Central Police Station
Park Department
Coon Hollow
Myrick Park
Tribune
la Crosse
Clarence Koblitz
Allis-Chalmers
School Budget Approved for 1949 by La Crosse Board
The La Crosse board of education approved a 1949 total school budget of 1 253 148 and a recreation department budget of 65 305 81. The school budget includes 400 raises for 234 teachers but no raises for non professional staff. The recreation budget excludes cost of living adjustments and includes 25 585 for an athletic field. Memorial Field name approved for fairgrounds. dedication set for Oct 16. The board plans to meet with state lawmakers on redistricting and tentatively discusses tuition status for children of broken homes. Halloween activities will be held in schools on Nov 1 and boxing under city recreation supervision gains gym use at Lincoln School for a one year trial with no spectators. The Wisconsin Recreation Society is invited to hold its 1949 convention in La Crosse in February.
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Recreation Department
Board of Education
Common Council
Walter H. Biglow
la Crosse Federation of Teachers
Building Service Employes Union
Memorial Field
Fairgrounds
The
Elks Lodge
Mags
Louis Hirshheimer
Lincoln School
City Recreation Department
Jaycees
Wisconsin Recreation Society
la Crosse
Reds May Face Tit-For-Tat Diplomatic Retaliation
The United States weighs reciprocal moves after Moscow tightens travel rules for foreign diplomats. Washington may require Soviet embassy officials to obtain permission before leaving the capital while Russians in the United States maintain broader travel rights. Officials note push to isolate Soviet presence as count of Soviet officials in the U.S. remains about 290 on August 1.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Russia
State Department
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Kremlin
West
New York
San Francisco
Jacob M. Lomakin
UN Admits Berlin Issue Escalates Security Council
The United Nations Security Council voted nine to two to admit the Western powers case against the Soviet blockade of Berlin. Russia refused to participate in the debate, while Andrei Vishinsky and Dmitri Manuilsky rejected the agenda as a violation of the UN Charter. Council adjourned with two meetings planned for tomorrow.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Security Council
United Nations
Vishinsky
Dmitri Manuilsky
Ukraine
Council
Juan Atillio Bramuglia
Argentina
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Palais de Chaillot
Council of Foreign Ministers
Running Mates Carry The Ball For Presidential Candidates
Presidential candidates rely on running mates to campaign as Truman and Dewey split fronts. Barkley travels to Colorado. Warren campaigns in West Virginia. Vandenberg urges bipartisan policy and peace through unity while stressing defense and production.
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Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Dewey
Albany
John Foster Dulles
Paris
United Nations
Berlin
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Congress
Vandenberg
New York
Two Railroad Unions Win Ten Cent Raise Agreement
Chicago reports two railroad unions representing about 175000 workers clinched a third wage round with carriers, approving a 10 cent per hour hike effective Oct 16. The raise boosts weekly pay by around 4.80 for workers including conductors trainmen yardmen and dining staff, with total annual carrier labor cost rising by about 55.7 million dollars.
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Chicago
Order of Pail- Way
Brotherhood of Railroad
Daniel P. Loomis
Western Railroads
Traimaen
Chamber Gains 20 Members in Morning Chamber Blitz
The Chamber of Commerce reports 20 new members by noon after a morning blitz campaign led by Everett H. Woehrmann. The drive uses rotating teams of solicitors, with each member receiving two prospect cards and a breakfast start at the Bodega before the 10:30 a.m. close.
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Chamber of Commerce
Everett H. Woehrmann
Woehrmann
Western Union Continues Task of Coordinating Western Allies
Chiefs of staff from Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg met in London to continue coordinating defenses. The session followed the appointment of Montgomery as permanent military chairman and de Lattre de Tassigny Robb and Jaujard named to lead land air and naval forces within the alliance. Officials said the moves push Europe toward a peacetime defense union with standard arms supplies and training.
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London
Lord Tedder
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Viscount Montgomery
Alliance
Defense Council
British Foreign Office
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
James Robb
Robert Jaujard
U. S
Washington
Europe
Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Defense Council of
GOP Writes Its State Platform
Madison Wis Principal points in the Republican state platform to be written at the platform convention cover veterans housing state aid long term building and improvements for education and welfare highway reconstruction school district reorganization and modernization of election laws Draft prepared by Sen Warren P Knowles and Sen Gordon Bubolz for Gov Rennebohm ahead of the 1947 Legislature.
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Troibene
Madison
Wis
Legislative Council
Warren P. Knowles
New Richmond
State Senate
Gordon Bubolz
Appleton
Republican Legislative Steering Committee
Rennebohm
Taxpayer Group Backs State Mental Hospital Rebuilding
The Wisconsin Citizens Public Expenditures survey endorsed building new hospital units for the states mental care system and shifting toward treatment to enable earlier discharges. It suggested exploring Clark County facilities for state use and referred the proposals to a legislative visiting committee for an omnibus 1949 report.
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Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Citizens Public Expenditures Survey
Wisconsin Legislative Council
Bradley Tyrrell
Beloit College
Taxpayers’ Service Group
Clark County
Upper
Wisconsin
Three Killed in Cuban City as Hurricane Strikes
Miami dispatch reports at least three died in Havana and many injured as a hurricane lashed Cuba then slammed toward Florida. Winds up to 132 mph damaged Havana and threatened Miami, with warnings extending to Jupiter and Naples.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Key West
Florida Keys
David Newton
Miami Daily News
Weather Bureau
Keys
Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
Jupiter
Piner del Rio
Lliega Y Pon
Liega Vy Pon
Grady Norton
Florida
The
Naples
Norton
Florida Peninsula
South Florida
Everglades City
Jensen Beach
Re Elect Local Doctor To State Medical Post
Milwaukee doctor J. W. Truitt was named president elect of the Wisconsin State Medical Society and will assume office in 1949. Gunnar Gundersen of La Crosse was re elected speaker of the house of delegates with R. L. MacCornack of Whitehall as vice speaker. Delegates re elected to the AMA include S. E. Gavin of Fond du Lac and J. C. Sargent of Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
J. W. Truitt
State Medical Society of Wisconsin
Gunnar Gundersen
la Crosse
House of Delegates
R. L. MacCornack
Whitehall
American Medical Association
S. E. Gavin
Fond du Lac
J. C. Sargent
Milwauekee
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M. Dratvin
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers’ Council
NEA
Trivene
Asor Bureau
Central Police Agency
State Police Department
Organized Labor
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor Officers
State Industrial Commission
Wrathers
Judith Eben Wood
Shrewsbury
Mass
Superior Court
Worcester
Hunters
Edward E. Bomar
Associated Press
Barkley
Greeley
Alben W. Barkley
Colorado
Iowa
Earl Warren
Charleston
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Wendell Willkie
Warren
America United
Senate
Chamber
Western Union
GOP
Taxpayer Group
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