City Wins Condemnation Case To Acquire Auditorium Parking Lot
A 16 member jury in La Crosse ruled in favor of the city on all four questions in a condemnation action to acquire five parcels for auditorium parking. Foreman Fred S. Chicken led 11 to 1 verdicts on three questions with one dissent on the Northern Engraving Co. warehouse parcel. Next, three commissioners named by Judge Roy V. Ahlstrom will set just compensation after evidence on values.
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Post Office
City Hall
Geneva Talks Deadlocked Over Formosa Crisis
The United States and Red China remain in deadlock at Geneva over Formosa. Washington accuses Beijing of bargaining over US presence and deterring defense commitments. The State Department cites 13 American civilians still jailed in China as leverage and warns war avoidance hinges on Formosa’s status.
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United States
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United Sates
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Local Weather Forecast Highlights Cold Sunday
The forecast calls for fair and partly cloudy skies with continued very cold conditions on Sunday. The high is projected to reach about eight degrees above the average, providing a chilly afternoon.
Union Votes on Proposal at Electric Auto-Lite Plant
Members of Local 396 UAW CIO will ballot at Pioneer Labor Hall at 2 PM on terms of a strike settlement negotiated by union officials and company management. Details were not disclosed. The La Crosse plant has been on strike since Jan 12 noon. If ratified, workers would report Monday for regular shifts.
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Pioneer Labor Hall
John Padesky
Alvin Danielson
Virgil Burtz
Milwaukee
U.S. Mediation and
Kefauver to Speak in La Crosse for Democratic Dinner
U S Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee will address a La Crosse dinner program at 8 p.m. in the Avalon Ballroom as a 3rd District Democratic fund raiser. The visit marks his Wisconsin debut since announcing his 1956 bid.
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U.S
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Charles Dahl
Viroqua
Wisconsin
Superior
10Th District
Green Bay
Fond du Lac
6Th District
Thursida
Madison
Bethel Lutheran Church
Loraine
Washington
William G. Lyons
Minnesota
Lyons
Admiral Sayl Deepfreeze In Final Phase
Admiral Sayl announces Deepfreeze is in the final phase with two bridgeheads on Antarctica. Task Force 43 under Rear Adm. George J. Dufek reports major base work at McMurdo Sound and Kainan Bay for IGY scientists. An improvised air base is being built on the Ross Sea ice shelf despite harsh conditions.
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International Geophysical Year
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Ross Sea Ice Shelf
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McMurdo
Frigid Blast Numbs Northern Midwest
A surge of sub zero cold numb ed northern sections of the Midwest on Saturday with overnight lows at Decorah Iowa -27 and Sibley -27 Spencer Iowa Elkader -24 Mobridge Sd -24 Green Bay -15 Des Moines -14 and Moline Ill -6 The afternoon rise to -10 in Fargo -6 in Minneapolis and -3 in La Crosse Wisconsin Also Chicago braced for zero to 5 below in suburbs and zero to 5 above in the city as the region faced its coldest stretch of winter.
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Editor apologizes for brink of war headlines
Life magazine editor in chief Henry R. Luce apologized for the controversial brink of war headlines linking to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. He defended the administration’s policy and said Life alone bore responsibility for the article and its wording. Luce also noted the emphasis on pursuing peace and said the piece was shortened and edited without altering Dulles's core remarks.
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New York
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Italy
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Life Alone
Life
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Korea
Indochina
Formosa
Puzzle Prize Now At 400 Dollars No Winners
The Coulee Cross word Contest prize rises to 400 for puzzle No 39 after another week with no winner. Entries this week total 1,172 making a grand total of 244,591 as a milestone may be reached next week.
La Crosse Tribune Puzzle Contest Boost and Word Clue
The La Crosse Tribune raises its Coulee Crossword prize to 8400 with another 25 added on page 20. Puzzle No 39 repeats the 15 multiple choice words from No 38. De Soto poet Henhouse Hanna urges readers to study Webster and be wary of bets as Puzzle Page 4 hints.
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Henhouse Hanna
Police Quiz Ex Convict In Triple Killing
Chicago police detained restaurant employee William Woodrow Checota a 42 year old former convict with sex offense terms after a newspaper stash linked to the October slayings of three Northwest Side schoolboys. He faces a lie detector test as investigators probe movements from Oct 16 to Oct 18 and his past two Wisconsin prison terms.
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North Side
Michael Spiotto
Checo‘ta
Robert Peterson
John Schuessler
Anton
Spiotto
Checota
Emma Checota
Oconto
Wis
Waupun State Prison
Wisconsin
House of Correction
Reds Seize On Riot As Weapon Against Nehru
The article reports widespread violence across Bombay Calcutta and Madras as communists exploit Nehru's language state reshuffle plan. Riots escalate with police firing killing several and thousands arrested amid fears of hundreds dead.
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Madras
Billy Graham
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Graham
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Vile Parle
New Delhi
Maharashtra
Kutch Peninsula
Moniday
Youngster Fine After Six Hour Heart Operation
Lionel McCalla, 9, of Newport R I, underwent a six hour operation at National Jewish Hospital in Denver to repair a congenital heart hole. Dr John B Grow closed a four quarter inch opening between heart chambers while the boy lay under deep anesthesia. Recovery began with limited meals and the aunt Florence Smith and nurse Maxine Turner at his side, with doctors cautioning time will tell if blood flow normalizes and life improves.
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