Drizzle Cancels Area Band Parade At District Festival
Inclement drizzle led to the cancellation of the District Music Festival parade that would have featured 35 bands in classes A through D. Bands gathered at Burns Park and marched west to Main Street then north to State and east to 8th Street while judges evaluated performances from 8 a.m. to afternoon, with many groups earning A ratings despite the disruption.
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Tribune
la Crosse State College
Anita Thaldorf
Delores Page
Onalaska
Main Street
3Rd
State
8Th Street
4Th
Lawrence College
Peter Michelsen
W. J. Dennis
Platteville State College
Kenneth Storandt
Washington School
la Crosse
Cashton
Vitroqua
Sparta High
Jury Deliberates Late In Twing Case At Viroqua
A four women eight men jury in the Dennis Twing case deliberated into the night in Viroqua Wisconsin. The teen defendant faced two counts of assault with intent to murder Kay Broderick and Lynn Lawton of Viroqua High School. Judge Lincoln Neprud instructed jurors on verdict options and caution against bias.
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Viroqua
Wis
Dennis Twing
DeForest
Kay Broderick
Lynn Lawton
Lincoln Neprud
W. M. Gleiss
Sparta
Donald Kaatz
Madison
Neprud
Twing
Kaatz
Gleiss
UAW Urges Conference on Jobless Auto and Farm Equipment
The United Auto Workers urged top executives in auto and farming equipment to join labor management conferences over rising unemployment. Walter Reuther cited about 123000 auto-industry layoffs with no near-term improvement and noted farm equipment employment falling from 153600 in 1951 to 117700 in 1955 with no recovery in 1956.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Gunfire Erupts After Shinicky Death At Rhee Palace
In Seoul gunfire erupted at the gates of President Syngman Rhee's palace as supporters of presidential candidate P. H. Shinicky demonstrated wildly after his death from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
P. H. Shinicky
Trane to Add Record Plant Space in La Crosse
The Trane Co. plans 12 months of new construction in La Crosse totaling more than 260000 square feet including a 65 000 sq ft engineering office building and 3 expansion projects at Plants 4 and 6 plus a 60 000 sq ft ship building addition. Groundbreaking begins this summer with occupancy slated for late 1957.
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Trane
20Th and
Horton Streets
Trane Co
la Crosse
D. €. Minard
East Avenue
Townsend Street
St. Andrews
Loomis Streets
Trane Laboratory
Burlington Railroad
The
Austin Co. of
Chicago
Chicago Flying Squad nets 131 major-crime arrests since March
Chicago police report 131 major-crime arrests since March 22 by a 225-member Flying Squad operating unannounced in a concentrated city area. Officers have seized 25 concealed guns, 23 long knives, 9 pistols, 13 knives, plus 17 police slips and 4 narcotics cases. OConnor aims to expand the unit this summer and possibly create three 100-man elite squads.
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Chicago
Timothy J. O’connor
Richard J. Daley
O'Connor
Heavy Agenda Faces Council Monday Night
The Common Council plans a crowded week with a committee-of-the-whole meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday and a regular session at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Fifty-five items are in committees for study, including street extension proposals, a cable franchise revocation, a $10 filing fee for board of appeals, an Oscar Hagen claim, condemnation plans for an Army reserve armory, a juvenile control bureau, and Weston street traffic changes.
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Highway Committee
7Th Street
la Crosse Street
Avon
Carcer
la Crosse Television ‘Cable Corp
Board of Appeals
Oscar Hagen
Clinton St
Clinton Street
Army Reserve
Weston Street
Losey Boulevard
Coulee Drive
Adlai Stevenson Wins Mock Demo Convention at UW
About 400 University of Wisconsin students nomination Stevenson for president on first ballot with 1344 votes. Kefauver 14 votes from Indiana delegation, Morse 6 from Alabama, Harriman 8 from North Dakota. Morse named vice president on second ballot with 800 votes to Lyndon Johnson 563. Symington also drew strong support on first ballot. Wisconsin's real primary gave Kefauver all 28 votes.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Indiana
Morse
D-Ore
Alabama
Averell Harriman
New York
North Dakota
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Wisconsin
Symington
D-Mo
Stevensson
Page Building Pages Classified Ads and Community Notes
Classified sections on pages 30 to 35 include ads and notes with listings of services and items for sale. Community News appears on pages 19 and 20 alongside local notices and small items of interest.
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Sckeneens
Cccessaceee
Women’s News
Coulee
NATO Sees Policies Deterred Reds and Coexistence
NATO says its policies deterred Soviet aggression in Europe and led Moscow to adopt a policy of coexistence. The Atlantic Powers plan an economic offensive and appoint three foreign ministers to chart a practical program, with Lester Pearson named to study expansion of NATO's economic and political role.
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Paris
Atlantic Alliance
Russia
Kremlin
NATO
Europe
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
U.S
Dulles
Atlantic Council
Council
Lester Pearson
Local Weather Forecast Sunday Mostly Cloudy and Cool
Mostly cloudy and continued rather cool Sunday with a high around 52 degrees. Partly sunny breaks possible in the afternoon and light winds from the northwest.
Primary vote trends show rise for Democrats in seven state primaries
Partial returns from seven East and Midwest states show total two party votes down from 1952. Democrats gain percentage share from 26.9 to 45.1 while Republicans fall to 54.9. GOP totals drop in most states. Democrats rise in several markets with state by state variation.
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Demos
Washington
Associated Press
East
Midwest
Eisenhower
GOP
Minnesota
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Illinois
Six States To Hold Primaries This Week
The Associated Press reports primaries will be held in six states this week Indiana Maryland Ohio Florida West Virginia and New Mexico. Presidential delegates contests are in Ohio Indiana and Maryland while Florida and West Virginia vote for governor and other offices. Maryland votes Monday and the others on Tuesday. New Mexico parties nominate governors and two House seats.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Maryland
Ohio
Florida
West Virginia
New Mexico
U.S. Senate
No Puzzle Winners Pushes Prize to 375 dollars
After 7058 entries last week no winner emerged in the Coulee Crossword Contest the jackpot rises to 375 dollars for this week’s puzzle on page 17. Last week’s entries lift the 53 week total to 332514.
Harriman Critics Ike Program as Front for Inaction
New York Governor Averell Harriman blasted President Eisenhower at a Jefferson Jackson Day event in Milwaukee claiming Ike's middle-of-the-road stance is a front for inaction. He urged bold Democratic action to reverse the farm recession and criticized civil rights, social security, education, and housing leadership.
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Milwaukee
Averell Harriman
New York
Eisenhower
Harriman
Formal Charges Filed Against Sgt McKeon
Formal charges of manslaughter drinking and mistreatment of recruits were filed against Marine Sgt Matthew C McKeon who led a 75 man platoon on a night march at Parris Island. Six recruits drowned in Ribbon Creek on April 8 during the incident. Trial by court martial set for May 14 or as soon thereafter as practicable with open proceedings.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Thomas
Matthew C. McKeon
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
Ralph C. Wood
McKeon
Ribbon Creek
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Holmen
Blair
Alma
Cochrane
de Soto
William Baker
la Crosse Central
Norwalk
James Jorgenson
Jorgenson
St. Wenceslaus
Dale Gilbert
Tomah
Taylor
Bangor
Alma Center
Viola and Trempealeau
Mercer
Ik &X
Vernam Davis
Central State Hospital
Rhee
St. Andrew
Loomig Streets
Kre
Chicago Police
Adlai
Ike
Big Business Administration
General Motors
Sgt. McKeon
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