Labor Day Parade Expected to Be Largest in History
La Crosse plans its greatest Labor Day parade as AFL-CIO locals join the Farmers Union for a joint march based on invitation responses from organizations and marching groups.
26 Aug 1956
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Newspaper
La Crosse Sunday Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1956
Page
1
La Crosse plans its greatest Labor Day parade as AFL-CIO locals join the Farmers Union for a joint march based on invitation responses from organizations and marching groups.
Navy patrol bomber P4M Mercator with 16 crew members is believed shot down in the East China Sea about 100 miles southeast of Shanghai. Body of technician J C Albert P Mattin confirmed gunfire fragments. Search suspended but area under surveillance. no survivors found.
Nassau County investigators pressed leads into the July 4 kidnapping of 32 day old Peter Weinberger. Angelo LaMarca admitted leaving the infant but named no friend. Brooklyn suspect Joseph Parisi was released after no connection found. A waitress, Aida Chernishevsky, was sought for questioning. A psychiatric exam was ordered for LaMarca.
Secretary of State Dulles, back from London, urged Egypt to make its indispensable contribution to a peaceful Suez settlement. He noted 18 of 22 London nations backed an operating framework for the canal and said he would brief President Eisenhower on return.
City Clerk Alice A. Dickson reports heavy voter registration for the September 11 primary, with 259 registrations on Friday and 73 more on Saturday. The office will close at 9 p.m. Friday and reopen Saturday for a final push before the Wednesday deadline. Voters urged to check registration status and re-register if name changes or address changes have occurred.
British troops shot and killed Yeung Kuo deputy chief of the Malayan Communist party in a brief jungle clash near a guer vin camp. He was with six bodyguards and tried to flee deeper into the jungle after the attack. Yeung had been hunted since the start of the uprising in 1948.
No winner this week in The Tribune Coulee Crossword contest. Jackpot rises to 200 for puzzle No. 70 on page 12. Last week 4,016 entries, grand total 466,306 over 69 weeks.
Barbara Johnson 17 of Black River Falls was named 1956 Jackson County Dairy Queen at the Jackson County Fair after a field of 22 contestants. Five girls from Black River Falls named to the court of honor. Johnson will reign until the 1957 fair and is a senior at Black River Falls High School.
Stephan Manion nine died in St Marys Hospital Rochester after a horse kicked him in a Rushford Minnesota pasture Wednesday evening. He was with his brother Jerry and Tommy De Boer when the animal alarmed after being fed apples. Emergency brain surgery was performed in Rochester.
Partly cloudy and warmer Sunday with a chance of afternoon thundershowers. High near 84 degrees. River level steady at 4.7 feet.
Adlai Stevenson labeled the Republican platform a collection of broken promises and a stand-out do-nothing party. He contrasted it with a Democratic analysis of the platform, citing parity claims for farmers and debt and tax policies under Eisenhower. He accused GOP bosses of choosing Nixon and outlined a campaign plan with Kefauver for 34 states.
Washington The administration quashed a proposal by housing officials to reduce down payments on government insured mortgages. Housing chief Albert M Cole suggested lowering to 5 percent to spur housing. aides say he delayed action to avoid inflationary risk amid rising prices and steel costs.
A high-level source says the government may forecast a June 30 1957 budget surplus just under one billion dollars, about double Eisenhower's January estimate. Income and spending are both seen higher than 1956, with personal income and corporate profits at record levels, and outlays rising for the new fiscal year.
Four people were killed and three injured in a head on collision on Highway 141, ten miles north of Port Washington. The victims include Stephen Hirschmugl 49 and his son Allen 10 of St Louis, Mrs Myrtle Soren son Halstead 45 of Winnetka, and Sig Sorenson about 70 of Winnetka. Two women were listed in critical or serious condition at local hospitals.
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