Mail jam cleared as La Crosse Post Office runs smoothly
E N Nelson reports New Lisbon congestion ended and mail moves out of La Crosse Post Office on time. Two highway post office vehicles and a revised route eased the North Western line blockage, with Milwaukee Road handling more inbound and outbound mail to speed deliveries. Trains must run on time to avoid system delays.
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New Lisbon
la Crosse
E. N. Nelson
Post Office Department
Nelson
Eau Claire
North Western
Milwaukee Road
Highway
Madison
Kickapoo
Elroy
Humphrey Sees NH Primary Drop Avoided If Nomination Bid
Senator Hubert Humphrey said he will not enter the New Hampshire presidential primary if he runs for the Democratic nomination. He plans to enter the Wisconsin primary and will announce early in January on his candidacy. He criticized Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s farm plan as old proposals in new labels.
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Madison
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Humphrey
Wisconsin
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Senate
Milwaukee dental student charged in wife death case
William C. Lavery, 25, a Marquette University dental student, told police he struck his wife Marilyn, 23, during an argument after a Christmas party. She died of an intracranial hemorrhage from external violence. Lavery faced homicide by reckless conduct charges with bond set at 10,000 then lowered to 5,000. hearing January 8.
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Milwaukee
William C. Lavery
Charles Nowakowski
Lavery
Rock Island Ill
Marquette University
Marilyn
Frank E. Gregorski
Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity
Chicago
Clarence Mauer
Sangamon Ave
NATO Allies Plot Economic Aid Drive Against Soviet Reach
Paris AP report notes a NATO plan to confront Soviet economic penetration with a watchdog body and a 10 year expansion of nonmilitary activity. Spaak and Herter push higher aid and a larger European share to fund a global assistance push amid a US four billion dollar deficit.
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Soviet Union
NATO
Paul-Henri Spaak
Christian A. Herter
U.S
Spaak
Herter
Far
Middle East
United States
Eisenhower
U. S
Stevenson Blasted By Formosan Newspaper
The United Daily News in Formosa criticized Adlai Stevenson for advocating Red China’s UN admission and a Nationalist pull-out from Quemoy and Matsu. Stevenson proposed concessions in Foreign Affairs to further world disarmament.
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Taipei
Formosa
Adlai F. Stevenson
China
United Nations
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
United Daily News
Stevenson
Foreign Affairs
Test Blasts Investigate Hidden Nuclear Threat at Salt Mine
In Winnfield Louisiana the Atomic Energy Commission detonated two 100 pound shots 811 feet underground in Carey Salt Co mine to test concealing non nuclear blasts. Crews will report data to Washington for Geneva disarmament talks with plans to scale up shots to five tons TNT.
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Winnfield
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Carey Salt Co
Washington, D.C
Last Civil War veteran Walter Williams dies at 117
Walter Williams, claimed last surviving Civil War veteran, died at 3:20 pm in Houston at 117 after a fourth pneumonia attack. He was surrounded by relatives, with Ed Bielamowicz and Sydney Boyd at his side. Governors and military leaders mourned his passing, noting his forager service with Hood's Texas Brigade and Quantrill's Raiders, and his uncertain early records. Williams was born in Itawamba County, Mississippi.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Willams
Ed Bielamowicz
Sydney Boyd
Bielamowicz
Russell Wolfe
Dr. Wolfe
Army
Congress
Williams
Hood
Texas Brigade
Quantrill
Raiders
Texas
Price Daniel
Stonewall Jackson
U.S. Grant III
Wiliams
Full Military Rites To Be Wednesday
Funeral for Walter W. Williams a 117 year old Confederate veteran will be held Wednesday in Franklin Texas with full military honors. The body lies in state 48 hours at the Harris County Civil Courts Building and is escorted to South Main Baptist Church for services by Dr. E H Westmoreland. A military escort will then carry the casket to Franklin for graveside rites. Army units from Ft Hood will meet the procession and pallbearers are Sons of Confederate Veterans from the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp. Representatives of President Eisenhower and Texas Governor Price Daniel attend.
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Houston
Tex
Eisenhower
Texas
Price Daniel
Walter W. Williams
Franklin
Williams
Harris County
South Main Baptist Church
E. H. Westmoreland
Albert Sidney Johnston
The
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Aluminum Plants Sign Pact With Steelworkers
Five major aluminum makers including Alcoa Reynolds Metals Kaiser and Ormet Corp agreed with United Steelworkers on a three year contract covering about 37 500 workers The package adds roughly 30 cents per hour over three years with detailed wage increments and cost of living boosts The deal comes as part of broader union negotiations though steel companies remain unresolved A mediation session in Washington is planned to push a wider steel industry agreement alongside ongoing wage talks
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Chicago
Alcoa
Reynolds Metaluminum
Saturals Co
Kaiser, Ormet Corp
Day
Olin - Mathieson Chemical Corp
United Steelworkers
America
Aluminum Company of America
Alega
Afl-Cio
Alumi
USW
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Num Workers International Union
AWIU
Reynolds
M. M. Anderson
American Can Co
Continental Can Co
Washington
Trebilcock Heads Handicapped Unit
The governors committee on employment of the physically handicapped elected A. F. Trebilcock of Milwaukee as chairman to succeed Ralph R. O’Conner of Madison. L. A. Mingenbach of Stevens Point was named first vice chairman, Marie Hoyer of Oshkosh second vice chairman, and A. L. Beier of Madison executive secretary.
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Madison
Governor’s Committee On Employment of the Physically Handicapped
A. F. Trebilcock
Milwaukee
Ralph R. O'Connor
L. A. Mingenbach
Stevens Point
Marie Hoyer
Oshkosh
A.L. Beier
Parker Returned to House of Correction for Check Fraud
Salisbury Maryland AP reports Horace R. Parker who served 12 months for a $48 worthless check was sent back to the House of Correction after a brief release. He faces a new charge for passing a $43 worthless check.
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Salisbury, Md
Horace R. Parker
House of Correction
Parker
Western Big Four invite Khrushchev for April summit
The Western Big Four agreed to invite Soviet Premier Khrushchev to a summit conference likely in April. They pledged to unite allied efforts over the next four months to build a solid Western front for the talks while Eisenhower and de Gaulle discussed tensions and aims at the Elysee Palace.
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Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Khrushchev urges Bonn to back disarmament
Premier Khrushchev tells Chancellor Adenauer that if West Germany backs disarmament it should tilt toward peaceful solution. In a Oct 15 note, he questions Bonn's acceptance of rocket bases while urging Bonn to support his plan for total international disarmament. Adenauer plans reply as Paris summit unfolds with Eisenhower de Gaulle and Macmillan.
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Eisenhower
de Gaulle
North Atlantic
United States
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Spain
Konrad Adenauer
Harold Macmillan
Elysee Palace
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
West Germany
Adenauer
Foreign Ministry
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Macmillan
Bonn
Khrushchev
U.S
Soviet Union
Germany
Berlin
German
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