American tanker sails into Eilat harbor first crude flow
A 16 000 ton American tanker arrived at Eilat delivering the first crude oil for Israel via the new eight inch pipeline from the Gulf of Aqaba. Oil will move to Beersheba then Haifa refineries as pipeline expansion continues. In parallel U S Egypt talks on Suez Canal plan continue with high level exchanges and notes between Washington and Cairo. Dag Hammarskjold sought a canal solution acceptable to the West.
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Eilat
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
United Nations
Tiran Straits
Persian Gulf
Beersheba
Haifa
Sharm el Sheikh
Sinai
Negev Desert
Cairo
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
U. S
Raymond Tiare
Mahmoud Fawzi
Washington
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
U S and Poland Near Agreement on Aid Deal
U S officials and Poland moved toward a 75 million dollar American aid package to bolster Poland's economy. Poland seeks cotton, mining and farm machinery, fertilizer, and other goods. Negotiations began in late February after Eisenhower offered aid following Poland's push for independence from Moscow.
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Washington
United States
Poland
Henryk Kotlicki
State Department
Lincoln White
Congress
Eisenhower
Moscow
Veteran Shoe Repair Man dies in Black River Falls
Christ Hagen 67 longtime shoe repairman in Black River Falls dies at home. Funeral set at Evangelical Lutheran Church Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial Riverside Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ragna Nesset, daughter Marjorie Hartman, son Roger, all of Black River Falls, and nine grandchildren.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Christ Hagen
Raymond Huss
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Riverside Cemetery
Langlois-Galston
Mr. Hagen
Lillehammer
Norway
United States
South Dakota
Locken
Ragna Nesset
George
Marjorie) Hartman
Roger
Jury Sets New Price for Condemned Home and Lots
Aloysis and Mary Waelti challenged the land commissioners price of 7050 dollars for a house and two lots in a school expansion. After testimony, a jury in Circuit Court set a new purchase price of 4500 dollars, taking 25 minutes.
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Winnecome
Aloysis
Mary Waelti
Circuit Court
Makarios Boards Vessel For Athens
Arch bishop Makarios ends 13 month exile on Mahe Island and boards the tanker Olympic Thunder bound for Athens. The voyage interrupted a trip to the United States and follows British authorities lifting his exile with the caveat he stay away from Cyprus. A French plane will whisk him to Madagascar after departure.
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Mahe
Seychelles
Makarios
Athens
Olympic Thunder
United States
Cyprus
Greece
Madagascar
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Today
Mostly fair and windy with warmer daytime hours. Tonight remains fair and cool. Sunday brings partial cloud cover and little temperature change. Lows near 25 degrees, highs around 48. Outlook Monday shows partly cloudy skies and little temperature change.
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la Crosse
Winnipeg La Crosse Folks Exchange Boasts At Dinner
Canadians from Winnipeg and La Crosse shared a hospitality night in La Crosse during a 53 member Pine to Palm Motorcade promoting the Mississippi River Parkway. The event featured remarks by Winnipeg officials, cultural greetings, and demonstrations by Highland dancers.
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Winnipeg, la Crosse
Winnipeg
Manitoba
New Orleans
Mississippi River Parkway
la Crosse Plugs, Inc
Plug T. G. Streh
Cadians
Merchant
la Crosse
Canada
Hotel Stod
Juba
Milo G. Knutson
Order of the Buffalo Hunt
Canadian
F. L. Jobin
Manitoba Industry and Commerce Division
Knutson
Woehrmann
Strehl
Giant Straits Bridge work resumes on Mackinac link
At Straits of Mackinac workers rebuild the Mackinac Straits Bridge with steel sections. US Steel crews prepare 1957 barge moves and 87 suspension spans for completion by November 1. About 300 to 400 workers to swarm the site as the 100 million dollar project progresses toward linking Michigan’s peninsulas.
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ST. Ignace
Michi
Straits of Mackinac
Mackinac Straits Bridge
United States Steel Corp
Michigan
U.S. Steel
American Bridge Division
Prentiss M. Brown
Mackinac Bridge Authority
Public Watchdog Panel Named To Check On UAW
The UAW International Executive Board selected six prominent citizens to form a proposed public review board to watchdog union affairs. The panel includes Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam Rabbi Morris Adler Msgr George Higgins Dr Clark Kerr Dr Edward Witte and Circuit Judge Wade H McCree with a seventh member to be chosen. The board will be staff funded by the union and members may be paid per diem. The plan aims to address ethics and financial concerns raised during UAW discussions and mirrors similar structures used by smaller unions.
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Atlantic City
N. J. Ip
International Executive Board
United Auto Workers
G. Bromley Oxnam
Washington, D. C
Morris Adler
Detroit
George Higgins
Washington, D.C
Clark Kerr
University of California
Edward Witte
University of Wisconsin
Wade H. McCree
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
U. S. Senate
International Upholsterers Union
Reuther
Four Die In Head On Crash Near New Ulm Minnesota
A Friday night head on collision two miles west of New Ulm killed Barbara Christensen 27 and her newborn Christen Jr and Springfield teachers Alvin Nimps 26 and Janet Robertson 25. The infant and Miss Robertson died at the scene while Mrs Christensen and Christen Christensen 30 were later pronounced dead or in hospital. The husband was in fair condition.
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New Ulm
Minn
Barbara Christensen
Morgan
Christen Jr
Springfield
Alvin Nimps
Janet Robertson
Christen Christensen
Nimps
Miss Robertson
Hutchinson
Nimos
Christensen
Mankato
Climatologist Sees Near Normal April Temperatures
Paul Waite, state climatologist, predicts April will average near normal temperatures and moisture near or slightly below average. He expects daily highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s, noting drought relief from late rain and snow after a September start.
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Madison
Paul Waite
Waite
Summerfield Plans Postal Cutbacks If Congress Withholds Aid
Postmaster General Summerfield ordered drastic mail reductions starting next Saturday arguing 47 million dollars is needed to maintain current service through the 1957 fiscal year. He announced Saturday closures, limited weekday hours, and phased suspensions of money orders and third class mail, while Cannon calls the move an bluff.
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Jack Adams
Washington
Summerfield
Congress
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
House
Sumerfield
Book Four Suspects In Torch Deaths
Four suspects Manuel J Hernandez 18 Manuel J Chavez 25 Clyde Bates 36 and Oscar S Brenhaug 44 are booked on murder charges in the Club Mecca fire that killed six. Lt Madlock says they were ejected from the bar last Thursday night and identified as those who started the blaze. The incident began when one man threw gasoline and another lit a match creating a fatal flash. Victims include Gilbert Gonzales 20 and Harry Robinson 60 with Jacqueline McCinnes 21 and Barbara Spinelli among the wounded or dead as the bar burned in a South Central neighborhood.
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Los Angeles
Manuel J. Hernandez
Manuel J. Chavez
Clyde Bates
Oscar S. Brenhaug
R. C. Madlock
Mecca
Madlock
Larry Fenton
Gilbert Gonzales
Harry Robinson
Gonzales
North Hollywood
Robinson
Portage Coed Missing From Wisconsin Campus
University of Wisconsin authorities seek 19 year old Joan Pflanz a pre med student of Portage who has not been seen at her Elizabeth Waters dormitory since Wednesday. Her mother and stepfather Mr and Mrs Otto Pflanz of Portage report her disappearance.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Portage
U S Entry Into World War I Forty Years Ago
The article recalls the United States entering World War I on April 6 1917, with Congress declaring war against Germany after acts of aggression. It notes allied association, trench warfare in Belgium and France, early air combat, and U S casualties totaling 50 510 killed 193 633 wounded plus 69 446 nonbattle deaths. Estimates of total cost range from 27 to over 36 billion dollars including veterans benefits.
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Washington
United States
Senate
House
Germany
Supreme War Council
Bel
U. S
District Music Festival At La Crosse State College
High school students arrived by bus to La Crosse State College for the District Music Festival with solos and ensembles on the program. Judges from multiple colleges and schools assessed performances as 38 units from many towns compete.
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la Crosse State College
Boy Scouts
Agnes Breene
Women’s Service Organization
David Mewaldt
Arnold Jindrick
Sparta
Wisconsin
Music Assn
la Crosse State
Thomas Annett
A. Loran Olson
Luther College
Caldwell Johnson
Picano
Mary Druliner
Henry Aronson
la Crosse
Eau Claire State
C. E. King
River Falls State
Moreris Hayes
Warren Wooldridge
University of Wisconsin
William Baker
Elvin Satercbak
Clifford Morrell
Port Edwards
Arthur Branne
Decorah
Iowa
Howard Elliott
Chippewa Falls
Brass
Everett Goli
Kenneth Storandt
Peter Mickelson
Robert Gantner
Les Christy
Ralph Abrahamson
Medford
Woodwind
William Johnson
Spring Green
Virginia Stakston
Virginia
Schen
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Eilat Harbor
BRF
Makarios Boards
Stephen Juba
Milo Knutson
Tribune Photo of Industry and Commerce of Manitoba
Ted Strehl
The
la Crosse Plugs
United States - Canadian
Everett H. Woehrmann
George R. Fanset
Trane Co
la Crosse Rubber Mills Co
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Northern Engraving & Manufacturing Co
Electric Auto- Lite Co
Winnipeg and
Lake Winnipeg
Mark Dansedker
Knutsons
Fred Ferguson
Straits Bridge
DR. Witte
Norman Walker
Herman Winter
Aflcio
Curtis R. Sims
P.O
Rep. Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Jacqueline McCinnes
Barbara Spinelli
LSC
Alma
Alma Center
Arcadia
Pangor
Blair
Cashton
Cochrane
de Soto
Fountain City
Calesville Ettrick
Gays Mills
Hixton
Holmen
Independence
Kendall
la Farge
Melrose
Mindoro
Norwalk
Onalaska
Ontario
Readstown
Soldiers Grove
Taylor
Tomah
Trempealeau
Viola
Viroqua
Westby
West Lima
West Salem
Whitehall
Wilton
Blessed Sacrament
St. Wenceslaus
First Lutheran
Campus School
Aquinas of la Crosse
der, Jeanne Curran and
Roger von Ruden
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