Field House For College Top Project
A 450 000 field house addition to La Crosse State College facilities ranks among 13 projects in a 13 million dollar state college building program. The plan aims to support legislative funding requests and aligns with long range plans dating to 1950.
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la Crosse State College
E. R. McPhee
Madison
Board of Regents
R. S. Mitchell
la Crosse State
Fairgrounds
Raymond C. Rice
State Building Commission
la Crosse
State College
Superior
Milwaukee
River Falls
McPhee
Early Purchase Of Toll Right-Of-Way Possible
Madison reports that right-of-way for the transWisconsin toll road could be purchased by mid 1955 if feasibility reports are favorable. State officials await preliminary survey results now being tabulated and planned for release after September 1. If favorable, the Turnpike Commission may form a corporation to complete final studies on financial practicability.
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Madison
Sponsoring
Turnpike Commission
Oo Road Commission
Walter J. Kohler
Turnpike Corporation
W. A. Roberts
Allis Chalmers Co
Entries Pour In for Inter-State Fair in La Crosse
The 64th annual Inter- State Fair in La Crosse is set to surpass past records with more than 8,000 entries expected after a last- minute rush. Secretary Joseph W. Frisch reported 5,860 entries already filed in open class livestock and 4-H, with crews adding seven more pens for sheep and ten for swine to accommodate the overflow. The fair opens Wednesday and runs through Sunday, with admission of exhibits completed by Tuesday afternoon.
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la Crosse
Joseph W. Frisch
Frisch
Television Broadcasts Start Here for WKBT La Crosse
WKBT La Crosse launches on channel 8 at 4 15 p m with a 6 p m dedicatory ceremony featuring Mayor Henry Ahrens and local leaders. A 4 30 p m studio tour precedes a 4 45 p m telecast on how WKBT will receive its network signal. The program includes civic dignitaries and introduces WKBT staff and on air personalities before regular Sunday night shows.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co
WKBT
Henry Ahrens
la Crosse
Leo Regnier
la Crosse County
Ethkit
Folke Ferre
la Crosse Council of Churches
Isaac Lerer
Congregation of the Sons of Abraham
Garfield Packard
Paul H. Raymer Co., Inc
Howard Fredericks
Arthur Bronson
Joyce Winter
Fulbright charges McCarthy in six case against conduct
Senator Fulbright details six charges against Senator McCarthy including a $10,000 housing booklet fee and calls for testimony from government workers. The Senate debated the Flanders resolution amid objections over due process as McCarthy was largely absent and the chamber adjourned to noon Monday.
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Washington
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
McCarthy
Senate
Wisconsin
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Daniel
D-Tex
Flanders
Sen. Hickenlooper
R - Town
McCarthly
George C. Marshall
Lustron Corp
Brownell
Justice Department
Annie Lee Moss
Pentagon
Communist Party
Moss
Mary Markward
FBI
MelCarthy
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer Sunday with a high of 77 degrees. Weather brief notes the La Crosse area will see mild conditions and light southwest winds.
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la Crosse
State Aid For Black River Bridge Possible Under Necessity Plan
State aid for a new Black River bridge may be possible if local units petition the Wisconsin Highway Commission, which would hold a hearing within 60 days and determine necessity. If necessary, cost would split one third state, one third county, and one third between La Crosse and Campbell based on assessed value.
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Black River Bridge
Black River
State Highway Commission
Harold L. Plummer
Raymond C. Bice
Madison
Paul A. Hartwig
la Crosse
Plummer
Rice
la Crosse County
Town of
Campbell
City of
The
Highway Commission
County Board
City-County push for industrial growth in La Crosse
La Crosse city and county committees will meet to discuss industrial development after Dr. Roy J. Colbert urged local support for industry. A 43-page brochure outlines the city’s industrial facts as officials plan joint meetings and site expansions, while Norman Schulze calls for more available land and planned industrial centers to attract outside firms.
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la Crosse
Roy J. Colbert
Bureau of Community Development
University of Wisconsin
Colbert
FE. E. Hallander
Chamber of Commerce
Hallander
Norman Schulze
State Employment Service
Schulze
Seal Surfacing Closes 6th Street From Main to Cass
City crews will seal surface 6th Street from Main to Cass on Monday subject to weather. King Street will be barricaded at 7th Street and 7th Avenue. No parking is allowed on the two blocks of 6th Street Sunday night and Monday morning.
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Sixth Street
Main
Cass Streets
Carl A. Wahlstrom
Public Works
King Street
7Th Street
7Th Avenue
6Th Street
U.S. Plans Broad Military Draft for All Qualified Men
The Eisenhower administration backed a sweeping manpower plan to place all qualified young men in military duty with compulsory service in a new reserve system. The National Security Council endorsed the goal of universal service to prepare for a possible war with the Soviet Union, with induction for those who do not enlist.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Soviet Union
John A. Hannahrin
National Security Council
Congress
Hannah
Pentagon
Michigan State College
Flannah
National Security Counscil
Organizing to widen streets rather than one way plans
A city wide group of merchants and businessmen forms to win city approval for widening streets as a simple lasting and inexpensive fix to La Crosse traffic. Led by the Third Street Merchants Association and Harry Taggart the drive argues many cities widen streets rather than build costly one way systems.
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Ecrty
la Crosse
Third Street Merchants Association
Harry Taggart
United States
Philadelphia
Independence Square
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Eleven Die As Car Plunges Off Pine Mountain
In Whitesburg Kentucky eleven people perished when a 1941 car, brakes failed, struck a cliff and burned. Driver Hexie Maxie survived with severe burns after escaping as his wife Elsie and their children Bobby Ray Betty Sue and three other relatives died.
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Whitesburg
Pine Mountain
National Safety Council
Hexie Maxie
Maxie
Lula Brown
Tom
Martha Gibson
Letcher County
Kentucky
Millstone
Brown
Fleming
Elsie Maxie
Bobby Ray
Betty Sue
Shirley Jean
Christine
Hayden
Heraldine
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Laura Vesser
West
Frank Gruber
la Crosse Tribune
Lloyd Hill
Maj. Hill
Tribune Madison
Bee Toll Road
Colgate Summer
General Electric Theater
Rocky King
Sen. Fulbright
By Douglas B. Cornell
Ralph W. Zwicker
Texas
Bee Pulbright
County Highway Committee
French Island
Clinton Street
Taylor Street
the County Board Committee
By James Myhers
Oliver Office Equipment Co
Pengra Bros
Servisoft Soft Water Co
Sherwin-Williams Co
Bee
the LaCrosse Tribune
U.S
Ussr
By C. Yates McDaniel
Ings
Bee Streets
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