UAW Ends 3 Day Strike At Caterpillar
About 18 000 CIO United Auto Workers ended a three day strike at Caterpillar Tractor Co after ratifying a new three year contract. The pact starts Aug 1 with a general 8 cent wage rise plus up to 12 cent shifts and quarterly cost of living adjustments plus pension and insurance liberalization. Deere plants talks to resume today with average Deere pay around 2.28 an hour. Negotiations also with Allis Chalmers and International Harvester continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Peoria
CIO
United Auto Workers
Caterpillar Tractor Co
UAW
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Eight Deere & Co
Illinois
Iowa
Deere
Allis-Chalmers
West Allis
Wis
International Harvester Co
Chicago
Holdover Bills Promise Lively 56 Session
Congress returns Jan 3 to face fourteen Eisenhower requests left undone and many major measures stalled. Road and school bills falter as House and Senate clash on financing and anti segregation issues. Several administration proposals await action, including 18 voting age, Taft Hartley revision, postal rate hikes, and health insurance expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House
House Education Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Post Office Department
Fires Hit L and L Cafe. Police Find Speeding Violations
Fire units respond to smoke at L and L Cafe 205 Pearl St due to a burned motor on an ice cream freezer. Authorities fine multiple residents for speeding and negligent driving. several bonds forfeited. trials set for careless driving and other charges. restaurant permit case continued. Notable names include Maurice Johnson, Irwin Jerome, Vernone Lenander, Ardell Going, Robert Goldsmith, James Lonkoski, Robert Larson, Robert Browning, Andrew Balogh, Calvin McLaughlin, Henry Hoerner, Eldon Netwal, John Reinke, Norman Henke, Clinton Veith, Anita Kreutz, Sedley Howard Jr., Ole Hansen, Grant B. Anderson, Donald Bisek, Myron Peterson, and Thellyn Ruth Haller. Locations referenced include La Crosse, Camp McCoy, Whitehall, Independence, Ellava, and Galesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Johnson
26Th St
Irwin Jerome
Mtd. Rt
Vernone Lenander
Camp McCoy
Ardell Going
Robert Goldsmith
Winnebago St
James Lonkoski
11Th St
John Reinke
Sheboygan
Norman Henke
Jackson Sr
Clinton Veith
Sparta
Anita Kreutz
Rt. 1
la Crosse
Sedley Howard Jr
Mississippi St
Ole Hansen
Ettrick
Galesville
Grant B. Anderson
Whitehall
City of
Independence
Donald Bisek
Myron Peterson
Eleva
H. G. Rothwell
Thellyn Ruth Haller
Colton
Calif
Swimmer Fails In Try For Mississippi Mark
Antonio Abertondo the Argentine long distance swimmer was hauled from the Mississippi River unconscious 14 miles above New Madrid after a 65 hour 17 minute effort to swim nonstop about 300 miles. He had covered around 221 miles when pulled from the water and regained consciousness at a New Madrid hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
Antonio Abertondo
Mississippi River
Abertondo
St. Louis
Multiple Deaths Reported in Wisconsin and South Dakota
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Lawrence Thompson of Elwood Indiana at Johnson Chapel in Whitehall Wisconsin with burial in Lincoln Cemetery. Sam Hunter aged 89 died after eight years in a local hospital in Arcadia Wisconsin. survivors include two daughters and a grandson with funeral rites held in Arcadia and burial at Glencoe Catholic Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Wis
Sam ‘Hunter
Redfield
S.D
James
Katherine Hunter
Julia Gleason
Joseph
Mary) Pehler
Mary Constantine
Omaha
Neb
John D. Hunter
Sweet ‘Home
Ore
Helen Zendel
Edwin
Dallas
Tex
Wiemer-Killian
Glencoe Catholic Cemetery
Weather Record for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Partly cloudy conditions with showers and thunderstorms possible in Wisconsin north and west central tonight and Thursday. Minnesota expects partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers and cooler temperatures in extreme northwest tonight and in extreme north and west central Thursday. Iowa forecasts fair to partly cloudy, hot and humid conditions with scattered thundershowers possible in the northwest and extreme north Thursday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Forecast For Hastings To Guttenberg
Mississippi River will rise about a third of a foot above Lake Pepin on Thursday. Little change from Alma to Lynxville with a small rise at Dam 10 as sunrise Thursday. Sunset Thursday.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mississippi River
Lake Pepin
Alma
Lynxville
Kohler Sees End of Negotiations with UAW Picketing Continues
After final proposals from both sides the Kohler plant rejected the UAW contract terms. The company demands union nonrecognition and job reinstatement rules while offering wage raises and insurance improvements. UAW calls for full reinstatement, arbitration, and pension parity with seniority protections. Pickets remain at two crossings as negotiations collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Kohler
UAW
NLRB
Envoys Meet to Ease Far East Tensions
Dag Hammarskjold held separate talks today with U.S. Ambassador U Alexis Johnson and Red China Ambassador Wang Ping Nan to ease Far East tensions. No details on repatriation of 40 American civilians or Chinese students were disclosed, with next meeting set for Thursday morning.
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Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
U.S
U. Alexis Johnson
Red
United States
Red Chinese
India
Red China
Red Aerein
Wang
Vr. K. Krishna Menon
Johnson
New Delhi
Menon
Nehru
Geneva
Far East
Allis-Chalmers Workers Consider New Contract Demands
Milwaukee workers at Allis-Chalmers after rejecting a second contract offer held a mass meeting urged by Local 248 leaders to back a Thursday strike authorization. The union represents about 9,500 workers and warned of a layoff plan amid wage and benefit changes in the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Co
Uawiclo
Ralph Koenig
Farm Implement Manufacturing Company
Koenig
Congress Honors First Session as Ike Remains Centerpiece
Senators praised the Congress during its first session from Jan 5. Morse of Oregon defended aid to education while Clements of Kentucky lauded the body’s work despite unequal support. Lyndon B. Johnson’s note and Knowland’s remarks highlighted bipartisan praise as Eisenhower’s foreign policy agenda shaped the seven month record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Sen. Clements
Kentucky
Senate
Clements
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Aerial broken after bicycle incident on Monday night
Frank R. Pecher of 804 Cass St. reported to police that two boys on bicycles broke the rear aerial during a Monday night incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Pecher
Cass St
Heat wave grips nation as 100 degree line expands
Central New York farmers seek drought declaration from Gov. Harriman for federal aid as crop losses mount. Death toll from heat reaches at least 45 with scattered fatalities from La Crosse to Lansing. Temperatures top 109 in California and 103 in Huron South Carolina as hot system lingers. Rainfall reports include 3.26 inches in Houghton and Calumet Michigan and 1.1 inches in Duluth Minnesota.
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New York
Averell Harriman
la Crosse
Lansing
Iowa
California
Paso Robles
Calif
Huron
S.C
Baltimore
LaGuardia
New York City
Chicago
Lake Superior
Rockies
Montana
Idaho
Fraser
Colo
Houghton
Calumet
Mich
Duluth
Minn
Polio Cases Rise in Wisconsin Outbreak
The Wisconsin State Board of Health reports 56 new infantile paralysis cases in the past week, raising the yearly total to 168. Outagamie County leads with 16 cases. Milwaukee 13. Keawaunee 7. Dane 7. with smaller totals in Winnebago, Brown, Columbia, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Eau Claire, Iron and Langlade.
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Madison
State Board of Health
Outagamie County
Milwaukee County
Kewaunee
Dane
Winnebago
Brown
Columbia
Fond du Lac
Ozaukee
Eau Claire
Iron and Langlade
19 Year Old Girl Attempts Lake Ontario Swim to Toronto
Shirley Campbell, a 19-year-old Toronto secretary, began an ambitious 32-mile Lake Ontario crossing from Youngstown to Toronto before dawn. The Fergus native, now living in Toronto, previously won the Canadian National Exhibition ladies 3-mile title in 1952 and 1955, with prize money totaling 3,150 dollars. Marilyn Bell, who first conquered the lake at 16 in 1952, had completed the crossing last year.
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Youngstown
N.Y
Toronto
Lake Ontario
Here
Shirley Campbell
Shirley
Fergus, Ont
Marilyn Bell
Marilyn
France
Dover
Milwaukeean Invokes Fifth Amendment in Rosenberg Case Probe
John Gilman of Milwaukee executive secretary of the Wisconsin Civil Rights Congress invoked the Fifth Amendment before a House subcommittee investigating communist front activities. He refused to answer if he is chairman of a Milwaukee Committee for Justice in the Sobell Case as the panel probes Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Morton Sobell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Gilman
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Civil Rights Congress
House un-American Activities
Gilman
Milwaukee Committee For Justice
Sobell
House Committee
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Atom
Morton Sobell
Winona Livestock Market Hours and Hog Prices Update
Livestock sale hours listed for Winona from 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday and 8 am to 12 noon Saturday with late arrivals cared for next morning. Hog market shows a 25 cent higher close. fat hogs weighted by weight bands with price ranges across 160 to 360 pounds and sow categories, plus cattle, calves, and lambs markets with varied price tiers and steady to higher trends. Chicago market notes follow including livestock, poultry, produce, and grain quotations with multiple price bands and shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mondorough
Chicago
U.S
Woman Pleads Innocent in Grandsburg Shooting Death
Mrs Jean Bader 41 of Siren pleads innocent to second degree murder after her husband Peter 47 dies from a .22 rifle discharge during a family quarrel. She is jailed in Burnett County awaiting circuit court hearing following his death Sunday night in Minneapolis hospital.
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Grantsburg
Jean Bader
Burnett County
Peter
Minneapolis
Tot Killed By Auto In Rural Wisconsin Incident
Reed Strapman, 18 months old, died after being struck by a car driven by his grandfather in the strapman family yard four miles northwest of Hollandale Wisconsin. Grandparents Mr and Mrs George Day were caring for him while parents attended an out of state farm meet. parents expected home early Wednesday.
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Hollandale
Wis
Reed Strapman
Iowa
Strapman
Here
George Day
Obituaries for Salter and McWain with funeral details
Paul A. Salter 23 of 703 King St died Tuesday morning at a local hospital. Born March 9, 1932 in Battle Creek Mich he is survived by his mother Mrs Lorna M Tobey and brother Richard Salter in Germany. Funeral 3 p m Friday Seventh Day Adventist Church Rev L N Boyd. viewing Thursday 7 to 9 p m Sletten McKee Chapel. Vilas McWain 46 of R J Holmen died Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. Born Jan 13 1909 in Galesville he is survived by his wife Mildred, daughter Marlene Olson a son Gile a granddaughter Diane Olson his mother Mrs Beulah McWain two sisters and one brother. Funeral Friday 1 15 p m Fossum Home Onalaska and 2 p m Halfway Creek Lutheran Holmen with burial in Green Mound Cemetery. Viewing Thursday evening at the Fossum Home.
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Paul A. Salter
King St
Battle Creek
Mich
Lorna M. Tobey
la Crosse
Richard Salter
U.S. Army
Germany
Seventh Day Adventist Church
L. N. Boyd
Sletten-McKee
Vilas McWain
R. J. Hol
Galesville
Mildred Thompson
Robert
Marlene) Olson
Gile
Diane Olson
Beulah McWain
Roy
Evelyn) Poss
John
Dorothy) Waters
Moorhead
Minn
Gerald MecWain
Trempealeau
Onalaska Foslsum
Halfway Creek Lutheranate
Holmen
Arthur Erickson
Green Mound
Fossum
Onalaska
Mrs John Perau Dies in Wisconsin After Lingering Illness
Mrs John Perau 68 of Bangor Wis died in a La Crosse hospital Tuesday after a lingering illness. Born in Copenhagen Sept 1886 she came to the U S as an infant. Survived by son Morris Draper Milwaukee eight sisters and one brother. Funeral services set for Friday at Fossum Bangor and Bangor Presbyterian Church with burial at Burns Cemetery.
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John
Carrie) Perau
Bangor
la Crosse
Copenhagen
Denmark
Morris Draper
Milwaukee
Gena) Gilbertson
Oscar
Mary) Johnsson
Albert
Hannah) Ehlo
Walter
Nellie) Ehlo
Perry
Minnie)Anderson
West Salem
Harry
Laura) Nolte
Ingvald
Marie) Freng
Clifford
Bertha) Johnson
North Bend
Anton Peterson
Perau
Fossum Funeral Home
Bangor Presbyterian Church
Richard Perretti
Burns Cemetery
Bangor Fossum
Births Reported From Caledonia And Whitehall Hospitals
Birth announcements list numerous newborns at Caledonia Minnesota and Whitehall Wisconsin hospitals. The records mention parents from Mabel Brownsville Spring Grove Independence Blair Ettrick Waukon Dorchester Lansing Luana and Harpers Ferry among others with dates in late July and early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Nelson
Dorchester
Garland Burroughs
Lansing
Gilbert Kurth
Luana
Dale Reeder
Waukon
Irving Walsh
John Egan
Harpers Ferry
Wise Women Use Want Ads for Simple Problem Solving
Advertisement copy notes that Wise Women and Wise Men use Want Ads to rent, sell, or hire and instructs dialing 2-8040 for an ad writer. The brief promotes practical assistance through classified ads.
Shoemaker Advances In $32,000 CBS Quiz Victory
Geno Prato, an Italianborn Bronx shoemaker, correctly named Aida as Verdi’s opera that started Toscanini, and he must decide next week whether to take $32,000 or risk on the final $64,000 question. He plans to use winnings to visit his father near Genoa in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arturo Toscanini
Geno Prato
Brazil
Cairo
Egypt
Prato
Italy
Genoa
Kings and Queen of the Sky headline La Crosse Fair acts
Randolph Avery of a Chicago booking firm arrived in La Crosse for the fair. The feature act is the Kings and Queen of the Sky, three Germans performing on a 450 foot high wire. Reserved grandstand seats are available by calling 46638, with tickets held one hour before showtime.
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Randolph Avery
Chicago
Arived
la Crosse
la Crosse Fair
Avery
Joseph W. Frisch
Circus Acts Highlight Mama's in the Park Spectacle
The show features elephants pushing baby carriages in a park stage scene with bonneted elephants and “babies.” The menagerie includes an okapi Mia Gargantua the Great the young gorillas Gargantua the Sec ond and Mile. Tota and a colony of the youngest giraffes in captivity. Other Big Top acts add floats high wire trained horses clowns pantomimes Honolulu Bay hunting dogs shore land ponies whip juggling springboard feats bareback riders and comedy bears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Gargantua the Great
Gargantua
Honolulu Bay
Train Stalls Across Crossing Blocks Waukesha Traffic
A 105 car freight train stalled with its caboose across the eastbound lane of Blue Mound road on the eastern edge of Waukesha. Traffic in both directions was diverted to the westbound lane, with hundreds of cars queued for about three hours as fans returned from County Stadium aided by Waukesha and neighboring police.
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Waukesha
Blue Mound Road
County Stadium
Waukesha County
Wauwatosa
Elm Grove
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Caledonia Community Hospital
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Mabel
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Spring Grove
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Brownsville
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Spring Grove, Minn
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