Democrats Seek Ways To Avert Civil Rights Fight Over Housing Bill
Senate Democrats aim to avoid a civil rights clash as debate on Eisenhower housing plans opens. Maybank seeks to strip public housing authority. Ellender backs housing support. Southern senators split on amendments while Byrd and Capehart push for safeguards ahead of floor vote.
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D-La
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D-Va
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R-Ind
Senators oppose McCarthy plea to informers
Two prominent Republicans criticize Sen. McCarthy for asking federal employees to ignore security orders to provide information. Sen. Knowland argues the Eisenhower administration seeks traitors as Congress does, while Sen. Smith calls McCarthy’s stance dangerous and defiant of the executive. Both stress access to evidence for all committee members and warn against one man government. The dispute pauses until hearings resume Tuesday.
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Artillery Breaks Vietminh Siege at Yen Phu Post
Five thousand French Union troops and mobile artillery broke the Vietminh siege of Yen Phu six miles from Phu Ly near Hanoi. Rebels scattered after heavy combined attacks. French forces aimed to relieve Yen Phu and push toward Khenon Mountain. A Cambodian action near Shoun and nurse Genevieve de Galard Terraube's Saigon arrival are also noted.
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Indochina
Yen Phu
Dien Bien Phu
Phu Ly
Xathi
Tayam
Haiphong
Nam Dinh
Khenon Mountain
Vietminh
Cambodia
Shoun
Phnom Penh
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Saigon
Paris
Defense Dept charges partial Neutral Nations team biased
The Defense Department released documents accusing Polish and Czech members of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission of obstruction and propaganda to mask a North Korean arms buildup. Swedish and Swiss members allegedly faced similar pressure as they monitored truce terms.
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Defense Department
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North Korea
United Nations
Sion
Supervisory Commission
NNSC
Neuitral’” Commission
Department
Russia
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
UNSC
Holiday toll rises as 132 die in state traffic period
The first 30 hours of the long holiday period saw 111 traffic deaths, 10 drownings, and 11 from other causes. The National Safety Council estimates up to 340 may die in traffic incidents during the period ending Monday midnight. A fatal head on near Mount Vernon, Illinois left three adults and a baby dead and others injured.
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Associated Press
City To Pay Tribute To War Dead
La Crosse plans its annual war dead tribute with parade and cemetery services. County Judge R V Ahlstrom chairs, parade forms 8:30 at Market Square and Cameron Park, departs 9. Memorial Mass at Catholic Cemetery led by Bishop Treacy, dedication by Paul Marcou, memorial altar built by Catholic War Veterans.
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R. V. Ahlstrom
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Market Square
Cameron Park
Oak Grove
Oak Grove Cemetery
Harold N. Stoffel
Logan
Thomas Barton
William Saley
Stoffel
Robert Rebhan
John P. Treacy
Paul Marcou
CWV
Tomah Mondovi Girls Named Region Alice in Dairyland Contenders
Two 18 year old girls from Tomah and Mondovi will represent Region 4 in the Alice in Dairyland test at Monroe June 25 26 Finalists Donna Pirnot and Karen Lee daughters of local parents were chosen during the Dairy Days celebration in Tomah The event featured a parade interviews and a program with Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon Thompson as guest and Miss Pirnot a dramatics participant and Miss Lee active in forensics band and cheerleading
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Yomah
Donna Pirnot
Frank L. Pirnot
Karen Lee
Roy Lee
Mondovi
Vernon Thompson
Wisconsin
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la Crosse
Trempealeau
Suffalo
Jackson
Arthur Kurtz
State Department of Agriculture
Fred Field
Juneau County
Joseph Douglas
Union Center
Lincoln Neprud
Kendall
New Lisbon
Sparta
Camp McCoy
iMary Ellen Jenks
Alice In Dairyland
Wiscon
Bangor-Rockland
Badger
Red Schettler
Tomah Barbershoppers
Tomah High School
Review 4
Joice Dreier
Sharon Rose
Manston
Ellen Jenks
Indochina Cease Fire Talks Move Toward Regroupment
Geneva talks on Indochina summoned French Vietnamese and Communist commands to set up zones for regrouping troops in Viet Nam. Officials described little certainty but said the step could begin peace moves, with the US calling for an end to the fighting and further compromises needed.
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Indochina
Viet Nam
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Anthony Eden
Walter Bedell Smith
Eden
United States
Canonization of Pope Pius X Draws Massive Vatican Crowd
At St. Peter's Basilica Vatican City Pope Pius XII presided the hour long ceremony canonizing Giuseppe Sarto as Saint Pius X before a half million people. Television cameras recorded the historic event as a cloth uncovered a painting of the new saint, prompting a grand cheer.
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No La Crosse Tribune Edition on Memorial Day
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish on Monday May 31 to observe the Memorial Day holiday. No replacement editions are planned and readers are advised of the holiday schedule.
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Cary Oil Burner Co
Ruhnow Marsh
Firestone
Memorial Day Observances Honor the Dead and Peace
Memorial Day honors fallen service members with prayers as the nation contemplates peace and Korea Indochina tensions. Adm. Carney warned of gravest options in Indochina while President Eisenhower urged faith and amity. In Detroit, Queen’s York Rangers return a captured flag as Canadians join the city’s Memorial Day parade.
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Robert B. Carney
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Free World
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Eisenhower
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Field Mass Honors New Saint Draws 2500 Catholics
About 2,500 Catholics packed Holy Cross Seminary for a Solemn Pontifical Field Mass in honor of the new saint. Bishop Treacy led the ceremony with a chorus and seminary trumpeters, as readings traced a papal succession back to Jesus Christ. Location of a new St. Pius X church was not announced, but its placement and pastor were promised soon.
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John P. Treacy
la Crosse
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Cardinal DeLai
Rafaello Carlo Cardinal Rossi
Cardinal Rossi
Amileto Giovanni Cicognani
United States
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Edwin J. Thome
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George A. Hammes
Albert Thomas
Floyd Dwyer
Joseph Broening
Henry Cassidy
James Finucan
Edwin Stanek
Albert P. Roemer
DeSoto
Brothers of St. Pius X
Demand Careful Reappraisal Of Foreign Aid
Senators Bridges and Symington urge a cautious reevaluation of U S foreign aid before more funds are allocated. They criticize current overseas contracts in Western Europe and warn that Communist labor unions threaten Europe’s stability and NATO operations. They call for clearer command authority to trigger Allied alert measures and avoid waste.
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