Pettibone Boat Club honors John Pettibone in La Crosse
John S. Pettibone of Middleburg Virginia receives a life membership in the Pettibone Boat Club as a $35 000 dredging and development project nears completion at Pettibone Park in La Crosse The ceremony drew Pettibone Park officials and Pettibone family members including his wife Rosamond Walker Whiteside Pettibone flew in by private plane to attend The late Albert Wells Pettibone founder of Pettibone Park is noted as a former lumberman whose legacy is celebrated by the annual Pettibone commission meeting held in La Crosse
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Minnesota Wisconsin seek Canadian natural gas supplies
Minnesota Attorney General Miles Lord and Wisconsin officials urged a Federal Power Commission examiner to secure Canadian gas to back up Midwest supplies. Duluth and Superior officials named Northern Natural Gas and Midwestern Natural Gas as potential suppliers, while Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline and American Louisiana Pipeline cited delays linked to Midwestern and Tennessee Gas Transmission.
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Pettibone Carries On Old Family Tradition
John S. Pettibone and wife Rosamond Walker Whiteside maintain the Pettibone family legacy in La Crosse and Virginia. They attend the Pettibone Park Commission meeting, with Mrs Whiteside guest of the Holley family. The couple run Homewood Farm in Middleburg and raise show horses, dairy cattle, and Duke of Paconian, a champion hunter. Walker Whiteside, Pettibone’s father in law, was a famed actor connected to La Crosse’s theatrical heyday.
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Violent Storms Strike Midwest Regions
Wide areas report cloudy wet weather after violent storms sweeping Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois and Iowa. Tornadoes and severe thunder storms caused heavy rain but no deaths or serious injuries. Tornadoes touched down near Grandville and Jamestown Michigan about twenty miles southwest of Grand Rapids.
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Faces Fight Over Sending Arms To Tito
President Eisenhower's plan to resume delivering jet fighters and military gear to Yugoslavia faces Senate and House resistance. About 200 F86Es and F86Gs plus tanks and howitzers were authorized, reversing last summer's suspension amid Yugoslav ties with Hungary.
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Resumes Struggle For Spending Budget On Hwy 61
Three Minnesota highway officials urged patience on four-lane U.S. 61 progress at a Highway 61 Association meeting in Winona. They cited tight funds, new interstate studies, and needed right of way purchases, delaying Dakota to La Crescent work.
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Wisconsin Senate Race Heats Up As Davis Enters
Former Rep. Glenn Davis of Waukesha announced his bid for the unexpired McCarthy seat seeking Republican convention endorsement. Lt. Gov. Warren Knowles and ex-Gov. Walter Kohler Jr. said they would run if a special election is held. Governors and party leaders debate timing and election mechanics amid talk of other candidates and possible amendments to state law.
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New Warfare Concepts To Be Tried In Tests
At the Nevada atomic test site three new steps will begin in a series opening Thursday. A smaller device will launch the most extensive Nevada test series yet, exploded from a tower. Planned tests include air to air rocket with an atomic warhead, infantry of the atomic age, and pigs used as largest animals under an atomic test.
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Senate Eyes Further Cuts In U S Budget
The Senate moves to reduce the President's budget by $102.6 million for State Justice and federal judiciary funding for the new fiscal year. The Appropriations Committee shaved $15.9 million from the House level for the U S Information Agency and recommended returning it to the State Department. The total bill stands at $563.09 million, below the House total of $563.80 million.
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Eisenhower defends defense budget as Congress trims spending
President Eisenhower says he cannot see a 2 percent cut in the defense budget as honest while warning that cutting defense could threaten national safety. He argues conservatives have not shifted left and notes a House panel tentatively plans a 2.2 billion cut, with USIA funding also under fire.
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Eisenhower warns against trifling with arms funds
President Eisenhower warned Congress not to cut defense spending, saying any extra 2 billion dollar cut would force him to reevaluate. He defended the 71.8 billion dollar budget and addressed concerns about his political stance, insisting he remains fiscally conservative.
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Generals Debate Tactics Beyond the Headlines
Two Civil War figures and a modern era array of leaders discuss war doctrine on Little Round Top. Lee Meade and others reflect on why commanders pursued aggressive strategies, acknowledging past decisions and the evolving brutal logic of combat.
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