Ike Named to Weld Harmony Between GOP Camps
Denver dispatch says General Dwight D. Eisenhower, GOP presidential nominee, was praised by running mate Senator Richard M. Nixon for creating harmony among professional and amateur Republican backers. Nixon said their candidacy would pull together and urged a nationwide, intensive campaign starting mid-September. Eisenhower stressed fielding a sound world peace program and warned there would be no single boss of the campaign, with advisers consulted but ultimate responsibility his. He emphasized GOP control of Congress as crucial as winning the presidency. Speeches for the Veterans of Foreign Wars were to follow.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
California
Eisenhower
Nixon
United States
Congress
High Lake water disputes over dam release plans
The Wa terways Commission director flew to the St Marys River to survey flood effects from 15 to 16 dam gates between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. Federal authorities clashed with state officials over impacts on lower Great Lakes while Lt Col Bristol said the release will barely affect Michigan Huron and Detroit. Gov Williams sought disaster designation to unlock Reconstruction Finance Corp loans for repairs.
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Associated Press
Michigan
S Waterways Commission
St. Marys River
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Bert Robb
Commission
Detroit
Great Lakes
G. Mennen Williams
Washington
St. Marys
Whitefish Point
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Williams
International Joint Commission
John D. Bristol
Saul St. Marie
Huron
Maintenance Shops To Reopen At Tomah
Milwaukee Road maintenance shops in Tomah Wisconsin, idle for four weeks due to vacation and steel strike material shortages, will reopen Monday. Most workers return to all departments with few seasonal job terminations.
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Wis
Milwaukee Road
32nd Puts On Show For 350 Visitors
CAMP RIPLEY Minnesota Gov Kohler visits during Governors Day as the 32nd National Guard Division stages an impressive demonstration for about 350 visitors including 48 Wisconsin legislators. An arms display showcases every weapon type used by the division and a camouflaged infantry platoon fires on targets, startling onlookers who pass them en route to the grandstand.
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Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard Division
Camp Ripley
Minn
32Nd National Guard Divsion
Kohler
Badger
Officials Start Arriving For ANZUS Parley
Early arrivals for the Australia-New Zealand-United States security pact conference face tough issues. An Institute of Pacific Relations study finds non Communist Pacific nations hold conflicting interests that hinder security cooperation, though anti communist military collaboration may soften tensions. The first Australian and New Zealand diplomats reached Honolulu, with U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson expected later and ambassadors Munro and Spender praising the three nation council as a historic step for world peace.
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Institute of Pacific Relations
Pacific
New Zealand
U. S
Dean Acheson
Denver
Percy Spender
Free World
Leslie K. Munro
Local Weather For La Crosse And Vicinity
Generally fair tonight with variable cloudiness Sunday and local thundershowers in the afternoon No important change in temperature. Low tonight 65 degrees and high Sunday afternoon 82 degrees.
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Air Defense Center Scrambles Jets Over Saucers Reports
Colorado Springs ADC headquarters says its air defense system has received numerous reports of unidentified airborne objects over two weeks. Interceptor planes are kept ready to scramble within seconds, and radar blips are being reviewed by Wright Patterson experts to determine if objects are natural phenomena, manmade signals, or unknowns.
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Air Force Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
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New York
Missouri
California
Arnall Reports Cost Of Living Rising Again
Washington officials warn of continued inflation as the cost of living climbs to new highs. Food prices rise 1.2 percent in mid July, with overall costs up since June 1950. Officials disagree on steel impacts, while Arnall dismisses resignation rumors as Truman tours Missouri.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corp
Weir
Rain Deluges Hit Coulee Region With Heavy Showers
More than 1% inches of rain fell Friday in parts of the Coulee Region with thundershowers forecast for Sunday. Meteorologist A. D. Sanial said cropland suffered no reported damage and streams should rise little. La Crosse readings ranged from 0.65 to 1.34 inches, with Hokah at 1.15 and Galesville at 1.77 inches as the area cooled to 65 overnight. Continuous rain expected to ease by Sunday afternoon.
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Comedian Jack Carson Weds Lola Albright in California
North Hollywood California reports comedian Jack Carson and actress Lola Albright married yesterday in the Little Brown Church in the Valley Reverend Errol B Sloan officiated. The couple plans a Lake Tahoe honeymoon. Carson has one prior marriage while Albright has two.
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Lola Albright
Errol B. Sloan
Little Brown
Lake Tahoe
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Chiang Kai-shek signs Japan peace treaty in Taipei
President Chiang Kai-shek today signed the peace treaty between Japan and Nationalist China in Taipei. The agreement goes into effect at a ceremony next Tuesday.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
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China
U S Clinches Olympic Title In Helsinki Meet
The United States clinched the unofficial team title at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, extending a lead over Russia as events closed. California diver Pat McCormick posted a double win and Ford Kenno won the 1500 meter freestyle, pushing the U S ahead.
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United States
Russia
U.S
Pat McCormick
California
Tiny Ford Kenno
Convicts Start Prison Fires in Montreal Jail Riot
In Bordeaux jail Montreal rioters, about 700 inmates, set 17 fires during a food riot. Police and fire units fought blazes, loosened cell locks, looted canteen, flooded corridors, and clashed with rioters in the main yard. Two prisoners shot. one fire chief injured. Order later restored though inmates remained outside cells.
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Bordeaux
Emile Drapeau
Montreal Fire Department
Arrest Nipped Plan Of Wanted Criminals To Flee By Boat
Miami report details the capture of two of the FBI ten most wanted, George Heroux and Gerhard Puff. They planned an ocean escape aboard a 60-foot boat outfitted by Emil C. Freund of Lake Worth Marine Ways, after buying the craft in Miami. The vessel would carry 1,000 gallons of fuel and water for a 1,000 mile range. Puff was captured in New York after a gunfight in which he killed an FBI agent.
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Fla
FBI
George Heroux
Gerhard Puff
Emil C. Freund
Lake Worth Marine Ways
Lantana
Heroux
Puff
New York
Freund
Marriner S Eccles Announces Utah Senate Candidacy
In Salt Lake City Marriner S Eccles former Federal Reserve Board chair and Roosevelt era economist runs for U S Senate. At the Utah Republican nominating convention W Watkins leads in the secret ballot for the September 9 primary while Eccles placed second and Bill Baker from Orem was third. Gubernatorial contenders J Bracken Lee and Cyril A Callister also earned primary spots without opposition.
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Marriner S. Eccles
Sen
Arthurs
W. Watkins
Utah
U. S
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Watkins
Bill Baker
Orem
J.bracken Lee
Cyril A. Callister
Three Polio Cases Added To Monroe County Total
Monroe County reports three new polio cases increasing total to 25. cases include 32 year old Mrs Marvin Axelson and her 1 year old son Charles plus a nephew Kenneth 1 from Sparta. Other new cases are Dennis Shaw 5 of Sparta and Peter Schreier 4 of Norwalk. Camp McCoy Station Hospital offers support to local polio response.
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Wis
National Foundation of
Kenneth
Spencer Warner
Big Creek
Axelson
Dennis Shaw
Fred J. Shaw
Peter Schreier
Norwalk
Col
Seth Gail Jr
Camp McCoy Station
Camp McCoy
DOC Names Editor and Publicity Chief in Madison
The Democratic Organizing Committee named Jean Matheson of Elkhorn as editor and publicity director. Matheson, former editor of the University of Wisconsin campus paper the Daily Cardinal, succeeds Warren Sawall who will work for Thomas E. Fairchild of Verona, seeking the Democratic nomination for U S Senate.
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Democratic Organizing Committee
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Elkhorn
Miss Matheson
Daily Cardinal
University of Wisconsin
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Sawall
Thomas E. Fairchild
Verona
U. S. Senate
US Cagers Rally To Beat Russians 36 25 In Olympic Final
United States Olympic basketball team overcame a slow start and ball freezing by Russia to win 36 to 25 and retain the Olympic title. Russia finished second as the U S extended its perfect Olympic record since 1948. Clyde Lovellette Bob Kenny and Bob Kurland sparked a late scoring burst to seal the victory.
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United States
Russia
America
U.S
Big Clyde Lovellette
Bob Kenny
Bob Kurland
Enemy Throws Heavy Barrage At Old Baldy
U N infantrymen atop Old Baldy withstood a thunderous shelling and repelled two Chinese counterattacks on the Western Front west of Chorwon. More than 3,000 rounds were fired. U N forces twice repelled 50 man Chinese assaults. A large searchlight spotted about 35 Chinese attempting to breach lines. artillery killed 20 and machine gunners seven more. Old Baldy was recaptured in a 12 hour battle Friday morning after Reds held the crest for 10 days. Bridges on the Yokkok River on the Chinese side were washed away or destroyed. Outside Old Baldy, fighting was light.
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Korea
United Nations
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Chorwon
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Associated Press
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Yokkok
Stevenson Shifts Democratic Campaign HQ to Springfield
Springfield moves mark in 1948 race as Gov Stevenson relocates national campaign offices from Washington to Illinois. Personal manager Lewis Wyatt confirms plan while inviting Kefauver Russell Harriman to discuss strategy.Senator Douglas visits as allies view closer control by Stevenson and Sparkman.
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Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
Stevenson
Washington
Wyatt
Americans For Democratic Action
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard,Russell
Georgia
Averell
Harriman
Executive Mansion
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Kefauver
Douglas
Drought labeled one of worst U S economic blows
Washington officials call the drought in the South and New England one of the nation’s most serious economic disasters. Nine more counties join drought disaster areas across South Carolina, Massachusetts, Maine and Arkansas, expanding federal loan eligibility and spurring emergency action. Wisconsin hay shipments head to Tennessee to relieve feed shortages as officials plan further rail rate reductions and coordinated relief efforts.
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Tenn
Rights Plank Reads Two Ways in Democratic Platform
Washington reports that Democratic platform authors acknowledge Northern and Southern factions may interpret the civil rights plank differently. Senator Theodore Francis Green of Rhode Island says this divergence is acceptable if all Democrats vote for the ticket in November. The two-phase compromise aimed to avoid a party split while reaffirming civil rights goals and procedural reforms.
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Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
Green
Chicago
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Sen
A. Wiss Robertson
Virginia
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