United States and Britain Ready to Rearm West Germany
The United States and Britain, in close harmony, prepared to consult immediately on rearming West Germany if the French Assembly rejects the Allied plan. It was unclear if Dulles or Eden would travel, but the two powers show determined resolve to have Germany rearmed as a sovereign member of the Western Alliance with or without France.
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States
Britain
West
Germany
France
French Assembly
Dulles
London
Anthony Eden
United States
Western Alliance
Franc-Tireur
Figaro
Konrad Adenauer
Jhelm
Bonn
European Defense Community
EDC
Paris
U.S
France Votes Down Seven Nation Pact to Rearm Germany
Paris editors condemn the National Assembly for rejecting the London Paris Western European Union plan while U S and British leaders express concern over Franco German rearma ment policy. The Assembly’s 280 259 vote prompts diplomacy aimed at possible later French participation.
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Paris
National Assembly
Germany
Britain
Pierre Mendes-France
U.S
Eisenhower
Augusta
Churchill
France
Dulles
C. Douglas Dillon
Dillon
Pierre Mendes- France
Roger Makins
London
Five Christmas Day Babies Born in Local Hospitals
Five babies arrived on Christmas Day across area hospitals. At St Anns Hospital three births occurred, including a son to Rex and Virginia Ritchie. Frederick Cafe and Alfred Bahr welcomed sons while Gordon Gullickson and Liloyde Rhodes added two more births at Lutheran and La Crosse hospitals.
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St. Ann’s Hospital
Rex Ritchie
S 30Th St
Ritchie
Virginia Devine
Frederick Cafe
Wood St
Cafe
Marion Simonson
Alfred Bahr
Coon Valley
la Crosse Hospital
Liloyde Rhodes
Galesville
Mrs Sherman Dies In Bangor Wis Age 94
Anna Sherman 94 longtime Bangor resident died Saturday at her Bangor home after living with Mrs. Adam Elsen. Born July 20, 1860 in Hamilton La Crosse County she lived in area all her life. Survived by four sons Roger Leslie Merrillan Alfred Wisconsin Rapids and Russell Cranford N J. Funeral by Fossum Funeral Home Bangor.
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Bangor
Wis
Anna Sherman
Adam Elsen
Anna Jones
Hamilton
la Crosse County
William Sherman
West Salem
la Crosse
Merrillan
Roger
Leslie
Fossum Funeral Home
Toll of holiday deaths climbs as 229 killed
As Christmas travel surges, the National Safety Council cites 229 fatalities since Friday evening. Traffic deaths total 171, with 2 fires and 29 other deaths. Noted victims include oil heiress Mrs. Marie Foster Kane Smith and victims of a Parkin Ark blast.
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The
Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Safety Councy
Tulsa, Okla
Marie Foster Kane Smith
Parkin
Ark
Penn Yan
N.Y
Associated Press
La Crosse Tribune Publishes Two Year Magazine Renewal Offer
Subscribers are reminded to renew magazine subscriptions using the renewal order blank sent with The Tribune. The plan offers up to four magazines at about two cents a day plus the newspaper price. No down payment, pay as you read, with carrier collecting.
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la Crosse Tribune
Tribune Magazine
Times
Christians Mark Christmas Across Churches and Homes
Christian observances marked Christmas in churches homes and public places worldwide Pope Pius XII appeared briefly for a Christmas benediction in St. Peter's Square Bethlehem saw about 10000 visitors at the Church of the Nativity border cooperation between Israel and Jordan opened for pilgrims amid scattered border firing. President Eisenhower spent Christmas in Augusta Georgia golfing and planning a foreign economic message to Congress. Global weather varied with heat in Australia winter storms in Western Europe and snow across parts of the United States.
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St. Peter's Square
Israel
Jordan
Israel-Jordan
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Course
Augusta
Australia
Europe
Britain
United States
New England
Great Lakes Area
Minnesota
Dakotas
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Dr Sheppard says evidence concealed in murder case
Dr Samuel H Sheppard the 30 year old osteopath convicted of second degree murder says prosecutors concealed evidence favorable to him during the trial He wrote a statement via a brother to the Cleveland Plain Dealer insisting an intruder killed Marilyn and noting fibers leather fragments a tooth chip and a cigarette button as proof of an outsider presence
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sheppard
Marilyn
Local Weather Forecast Cloudy and Colder
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and a cooler day with a high near 33 degrees. Light winds expected as a chilly air mass settles in.
President seeks power to cut tariffs under new program
President Eisenhower plans to ask Congress for discretionary authority to reduce tariffs by up to 4 percent annually for three years as part of a foreign economic program. A special message outlining the plan will be sent January 10 to the new session, based on the Randall Commission report.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Randall Commission
James C. Hagerty
Eight Survive as Prestwick Plane Crashes on Christmas Day
A British Overseas Airways Stratocruiser crashed after landing at Prestwick Airport on Christmas Day, bursting into flames and killing 28. Eight survived, including two Americans Dr. Walter C. Mayland and Mrs. Mayland of Evanston Illinois. Victims included Kenneth R. Davidson of Bronxville New York. The plane, four hours late due to weather, overturned on landing and exploded. four crew members died in the fire.
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Ameri
New York
Unifax
British Overseas Airewave Corp
Prestwick Airport
Amer
Walter C. Mayland
Evanston, Ill
Cairo
Howard Elting Jr
Elting
U.S
Mayland
Maylands
Davidson
L. L. Goldfine
Jamaica
England
London
Tragic Christmas Eve Fire Kills 11 in Arkansas Tenants
A fire sparked by an exploding stove tore through a frame rental near Parkin Arkansas killing 11 people from two Mexican farm families and injuring five. The dead include ten children and a mother. The blaze occurred on the Owen Cook cotton plantation about 10 miles south of Parkin. Authorities said kerosene was used on the smoldering stove. Surviving relatives include the two fathers and one child from each family. The tragedy left Santana and Montana families displaced with several members hospitalized nearby.
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Ark
Pete Santana
Jolly
Pete Jr
Sophie
Mando
Jimmy
Raul Montana
Robert
Elma
Gloria
Rosie
Rudy
Montana
Santana
Owen Cook
Here
U.S. 70
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Wynne, Ark
Mary Ann
Cook Farm
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