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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1955

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Cooler Weather Arrives With Warmer Weekend Ahead

Meteorologist says high pressure from the Pacific will lower temperatures and humidity across Montana the Dakotas northern Minnesota and Wisconsin with scattered thundershowers in the Coulee Region. Saturday expected milder than past two weeks as Drummond Montana hits 37 degrees and Bakersfield California reports 110.

A. D. Sania Pacific Montana Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin Coulee Drummond Mont Bakersfield Calif

Pickets Demand Dr Gustafson Stay at Grandview Clinic

A young protest Sunday morning outside Grandview Hospital in La Crosse featured about 20 toddlers and their mothers urging doctors Gustafson to continue practice locally. The group criticized Grandview for barring Gustafson from starting a La Crosse clinic, noting his resignation from the Grandview Clinic in 1951 and a three year noncompete. The mothers promised further action if the contract remains.

Everett Gustafson Grandview Grandview Hospital la Crosse Grandview Clinic Pontiac Mich Gus

Ex-GIs Labeled Disloyal Charge Belief Stirs Army Scrutiny

Robert P. McHugh reports Norman Thomas and allied groups charge the Army’s security program wrongly tags many youths ages 15 to 30 as disloyal. A report on 100-plus cases will be given to Assistant Army Secretary Milton. Watts and Birk argue such discharges under SR 600-220-1 hinder job prospects nationwide.

Washington F Norman Thomas Socialist Party Army Hugh H. Milton I Rowland Watts Baltimore New York Workers Defense League Thomas League Kenneth M. Birkhead American Veterans Committee Watts

Ole Lunde Dies After Long Illness at 84 in La Crosse

Ole Lunde of 1923 State Street died early Thursday at his home after a long illness. Born March 18 1871 in Gudbrandsdalen Norway he came to America at 17 and settled in Great Falls Montana. He moved to La Crosse County in 1891 and farmed in Washington Township until 1914 serving nine years as bounty treasurer and later as a school board member and trustee.

Ole Lunde State St Mr. Lunde la Crosse Gudbrandsdalen Norway America Great Falls Mont la Crosse County Washington Township

Local Weather for La Crosse area warms to 92 Friday

Partly cloudy and warm tonight with occasional thundershowers late. Friday will be generally fair and cooler with a low around 74 tonight and a high near 92.

la Crosse

Outer Space Rockets Compete With Moonlike Voyagers

US naval researcher Dr. Homer E. Newell Jr outlined a 1957 58 program of instrument carrying rockets to height 190 miles. About 150 launches from equatorial to polar sites will relay data by radio. France and other nations including England Australia India and Japan show interest in joining the geophysical year efforts alongside Russia.

Homer E. Newell Jr Washington, D.C United States Earth Equator North Polar France England Australia India Japan Russia Newell White House

Fliers Cross Border To Freedom From Red China

Eleven U.S. airmen freed by Chinese authorities arrive in Manila after being declared in Hong Kong a sham trial. Col. John Knox Arnold Jr. says the B29 was shot down near North Korea on Jan 12, 1953. They head to Tokyo then the United States for a reunion, with medicals and first statements in Hong Kong.

Manila U.S Red China Hong Kong John Knox Arnold Jr Silver Springs North Korea Arnold Peiping Manchuria Maj William H. Baumer Lewisburg Yalu River Clark Field Korea William L. Lee 13Th Air Force Philippines Homer Ferguson Lee Tokyo United States China Jockey Club Reds

Russians Resume Soviet Nuclear Tests

Washington reports the Atomic Energy Commission says the Soviets have resumed testing nuclear weapons. The notice notes uncertainty over whether the blasts are fission or fusion, with earlier tests cited in 1953 and 1954, and confirms no change in monitoring policy.

Washington Atomic ‘Energy Commission Imade AEC Russia Ralph E. Lapp Lapp Soviet Union United States

Bandits Capture After Brinks Robbery Loot Recovered

Three armed men ambushed a Brink's armored car in Buffalo shooting guard Eugene Clohessy and stealing 160000 in race track receipts from Fort Erie across the Niagara River. Two bandits were captured after a gun battle. loot recovered. Suspects Pettinato Mazella and a third, James Sheridan alias Jim Salomerio, linked to the crime.

Buffalo N.Y Brink Brink’s, Inc Fort Erie Niagara River Canada Brink’s Eugene Clohessy Clohessy Anthony Pettinato Baltimore Sylvester Mazella Bronx James Sheridan Jim Salomerio New York City Pettinato Mazella Stanley J. Klodzinski Kenneth A. Kemp Closhessy Edward J. Thompson

Eisenhower Eyes Open Door on Soviet Disarmament

President Eisenhower says he does not believe Bulganin shut the door to a U S Russian disarmament accord by rejecting aerial inspections. He notes Geneva showed both sides seeking to end the cold war and urges progress toward broader arms control with allied support.

Washington Eisenhower Bulganin U.S

Soviet Premier Calls Eisenhower Plan Unrealistic

Bulganin dismissed President Eisenhower s plan for a mutual military blueprint swap and air inspection as unrealistic. He mocked the idea of transparency saying both nations have vast empty borders to hide anything and noted the Geneva conference eased tension and marked a start toward ending the cold war.

Moscow Bulkyanin Eisenhower Supreme Soviet Kremlin Bulganin

Tragedy at Inter-State Fair Grandstand Show

Friday events include horse judging and 4 H activities as the Inter-State Fair resumes after a Wednesday tragedy. Italian duo Mario and Josephine Ivanoff in the Statue of Liberty act on a 25 foot pole were injured neck to ground. Mario suffered crushed heels and chest pains while his wife sustained a back bone fracture. They were on tour with Barnes-Carruthers agency in Chicago and performing in La Crosse for a second engagement of the season.

Mario Josephine Ivanoff Italy Ivanoffs Randolph Avery Barnes-Carruthers Chicago la Crosse

Convicts Forge Reprieves in Louisiana Prison Forgery Ring

At Angola Prison in Louisiana officials began reviewing five years of records for a forged ring that freed at least a dozen inmates early. Payoffs of 200 to 300 dollars enabled clerks to erase or alter files, shortening sentences and changing crimes. Seven men tied to the scheme fled on warrants. three ring leaders and four associates were placed in solitary.

Angola Louisiana Maurice Sigler Ring Sargent Pitcher FBI

A Parent Reflects on a Crying Child and Patience

Jenny, Becky, and a tense household scene unfold as a parent negotiates punishment and restraint. The younger child cries after having hickory nuts cracked with a baseball bat on a cork floor while the father contemplates walking away to cool off. Becky greets with a hopeful smile, illustrating a child’s readiness to offer a fresh start.

Jenny Becky

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