Electric Rate and Marsh Issues Dominate City Council Agenda
The Common Council plans a busy first session week with 43 items on the agenda. Key items include a study on local electric rates, right of way purchases to extend 7th street to Lang Drive across the marsh, reloca tion of Lang Drive entrance, private resort land near the Municipal Airport, a rezoning petition, and setting parking meter rates including Market Square.
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7Th Street
Common Council
Council
Northern States Power Co
Lang Drive
18Th Street
Parking Utility Board
Mariket Square
Ike's Name Likely on New Hampshire Primary Ballot
A high ranking Republican said Eisenhower will have his name on the New Hampshire primary ballot on March 13 with no White House objection. If listed, he must decide by February 1 whether to withdraw within a ten day notice period. Filing begins soon and petitions are circulating.
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Concord
N. H
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
White House
Associated Press
GOP
William W. Treat
Treat
Truman
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Local Weather: Partly Cloudy and Warmer Sunday
Partly cloudy skies and a warmer day expected with a high near 34 degrees Fahrenheit. Light winds and dry conditions forecast across the region.
Average U S Farm Land Worth 84 Per Acre in 1954 Census
The Census Bureau reports the national average value of farm land and buildings per acre at about 84 dollars and the average farm value around 19 706 dollars from late 1954. Illinois shows per acre 228 dollars and farm value 40 871 dollars while New Jersey has the highest per acre value and Arizona the highest average farm value.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
0. S
New Jersey
Arizona
Russians Unloading Equipment At Pole
Radio messages report the Soviet ship Ob, flagship of the south polar expedition, unloading equipment in Antarctica at Depot Bay. Planes, tractors, and materials are being brought ashore on the coastal ice fringe as Soviet scientists reconnoiter about 20 miles on skis. anchorage remains distant from the mainland.
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Moscow
Antarctica
Depot Bay
Puzzle No 37 Opens As Prize Rises To 250
The Coulee Crossword Contest ends without a winner for the new year. With 5 805 entries for 36 weeks and a total of 230 703, the prize advances to 250 dollars. 930 entries passed last week's keyword test. This week key words are three six and seven across. Get those right and you qualify for final judging.
Puzzle 37 prize rises in Coulee Crossword Contest
The big prize climbs to 350 dollars for puzzle 37 on page 14. Fifteen multiple choice clues this week. Judges flag rule violations by mailed in entries and a Onalaska resident sent postcards with answers.
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the Tribune
Onalaska
Congress To Be Constructive Despite Election Year
Senate leaders Johnson and Knowland said Congress will pursue a constructive, businesslike agenda this session. Johnson urged prompt action on farm, Social Security, disaster relief, water conservation, highway, and school construction measures. He warned political posturing should not delay major bills.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen
Knowland
California
Johnson
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Eisenhower
Ellender Urges Non political Farm Plan for Price Supports
The National Planning Assn urged production payments to bolster farm income and boost dairy and meat consumption. It backed a sensible farm policy with price supports for grains, a soil bank to spare land, and sending surplus crops abroad to feed the hungry.
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Washington
National Planning Assn
U.S
Association
Senator George Opposes Long Range Foreign Aid Plan
Sen. George D. W. of Delaware voices strong opposition to President Eisenhower's call for a long term program of economic aid abroad. He heads the Foreign Relations Committee and says he will fight any move to extend economic assistance, favoring only limited, justified spending and not multi year commitments. The stance from George and Sen. Russell of Georgia threatens the administration's foreign aid agenda in the Senate.
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Washington
George D-G
Eisenhower
Congress
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Congressional Democrats
State of the Union
America
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
House
Seven Die As Train Strikes Station Wagon Near South Bend
A Grand Trunk Western Maple Leaf Limited locomotive hit a late model station wagon at a county road crossing southwest of South Bend. Seven people were killed including New Carlisle High School B team members Elizabeth Berzai 14 Ann Berzai 10 Josephine Berzai 6 Martha Kleine 15 Thomas McCord Baird 16 and Roger Lindsey 17. Two others were injured.
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Grand Trunk Western
South Bend
Ind
Eugene Rosanski
Here
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Maple Seaf Limited
Louis Berzai
New Carlisle
New Carlisle High School
Walkerton
Elizabeth
Ann
Josephine
Martha Kleine
Thomas McCord Baird
John Hooton
South Bend Tribune
Roger Lindsey
W. Dale Lindsey
Lydick
Westinghouse Union Urged To Stop Publicity War
Federal mediator Joseph H. Finnegan urged Westinghouse Electric Co and the AFL CIO International Union of Electrical Workers to end mutual blasts and publicity battles. The 12 week strike should be settled at the bargaining table, Finnegan said, after the union rejected a secret ballot on the companys five year contract offer. IUE president James B. Carey criticized the ballot and called the offer one sided.
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Washington
Joseph H. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
Westinghouse Electric Co
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Finnegan
Westinghouse
James B. Carey
IUE
Rancher's Daughter Weds British Lord in New York
In New York City at St James Protestant Episcopal Church on Madison Avenue, Miss Jean Margaret Wallop of Big Horn Wyoming, 20, wed Britain's Lord Porchester 31 a close royal family friend. Wallop is daughter of Oliver Wallop owner of a Wyoming ranch and the late Mrs Jean Moore Wallop. The groom is the younger son of the late eighth Earl of Portsmouth, a Wyoming rancher before his title.
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New York
Britain
Lord Porchester
Wyoming
Jean Margaret Wallop
Big Horn
Sheridan County
Wyo
St. James Protestant, Episcopal Church
Madison Ave
Oliver Wallop
Jean Moore Wallop
Wallop
Eighth Earl of
Portsmouth
Margaret Walker
Chicago
PSC Plans Public Hearing On Spur Track Removal
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin will hold a public hearing Tuesday in Madison on the City of La Crosse and Burlington Railroad Co. joint request to remove spur tracks from State Street to the marsh and the related right of way sales priced at 6200 and 9700 dollars. The commission will also consider the railroad’s petition to abandon spur tracks south of State Street after discontinuit y of north sections and to remove wigwag signals at 2nd and Market Streets and West Avenue north of the West and South Avenues intersection.
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la Crosse Street
Chamber of Commerce
West Avenue
Cass, 13Th and
Madison Streets
PSC
the Public Service Commission, of
Wisconsin
la Crosse State College
State Office
Madison
City of la Crosse and
Burlington Railroad Co
State Street
Pine Street
Persmission
Green Bay Street
Tinue
State
Thhe College
sSpur
2Nd
Market Streets
South Avenue
Common Council
Chilean Chief Moves To Avert Shutdown
President Carlos Ibanez's government rushes to quell a threatened nationwide strike. Four regiments of troops and 500 navy men arrive in Santiago, boosting the capital's armed forces to 30,000. The government palace is guarded by four tanks and police patrols are constant. The army seizes key rail points and about 300 people are arrested.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Destroyer Basilone Grounded Off Cape Henry
A fourth tug response failed to free the 3,000 ton destroyer Basilone grounded 200 yards off Cape Henry in mud since Thursday. High winds surf and snowfall hindered two Navy salvage ships and two Army vehicles. A fifth effort was planned at the Sunday high tide with confidence of progress.
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Norfolk
Basilone
Cape Henry
Navy
Army
Welfare Officials Reed Hold Probation Aid Meeting
Welfare agencies and related groups will meet with National Probation and Parole Assn agent Hugh Reed at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the County Board chambers to discuss transferring probation functions to private agencies. The meeting follows Reed's study noting understaffing and workload, and may touch on school roles in delinquency prevention.
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National Probation and Parole Assn
Hugh Reed
County Board
Reed
Special Citizens Juvenile Study Committee
Func
Citizens Committee
Q. H. Hale
Senator Ellender Pushes Nonpartisan Farm Plan With Benson
Sen. Ellender urged President Eisenhower and Secretary Benson to keep farm legislation free of politics. He offered four points for the administration bill: surplus disposal, a soil bank buyout option, revised price supports with quality ratings, and a two price system for rice. The plan aims to blend farmer needs with congressional input.
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Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Eisenhower
Benson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
GOP
Senate Farm Group
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Soil Bank
Arab Mob Burns U S Aid Office in Amman and Jerusalem
Rioters burned the American technical aid office in Amman and toppled the American consulate flag in Jerusalem amid protests over Premier Ibrahim Hashem’s resignation and Jordan's stance on the Baghdad Pact. Jordan troops fired into crowds, killing at least one rioter as strikes and demonstrations spread.
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Ibrahim Hashem
Russia
Amman
Jordan-administered
Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Jordan
Jordan Radio
People's Front
William Cole
U.S
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Louis Berzai Jr
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Maude Ruther
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la Crosse Home For Children
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State Division of Children and Youth
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