Demos Bitter In Attacking Hell's Canyon Power Project
Democrats assailed the Federal Power Commission decision to grant Idaho Power a 50 year license to build three dams at Hell's Canyon on the Snake River border of Idaho and Oregon. FPC理由 says three dam plan yields higher power benefits than a single federal dam. Opponents vow to take the case to court.
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Demos
Hell's Canyon
Commission
Idaho Power Co
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
FPC
Jerome K. Kuyskendall
Idaho Power
Brownlee
Oxbow
Low Hell's Canyon
National
Hell's Canyon Assn
Portland
Ore
State Gets 662 604 For Airports
Wisconsin receives 662 604 dollars as its share of 42 percent more federal aid for airport construction this fiscal year. The total includes 993 906 dollars for each of the next three years. Allocation to specific projects will be delayed 90 days to allow revised applications.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Congress
Eisenhower
Burglars Fail To Drill Into Sparta Clinic Vault
Sparta Wisconsin police investigated a burglary attempt at the Sparta Clinic. A drill hole was found in the vault door but the hole was not through. Entry came through a ground level screen. Nothing was taken or disturbed. Mrs. Josephine Swendby reported the 4:30 a.m. Friday discovery.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Clinic
Josephine Swendby
C. D. Lehman
Harold Hogland
Two Girls Target Banks With Money Change Racket
Bank tellers in Los Angeles and Walnut Park report a redhead with a pony tail and a brunette exchanging paper money for rolls of quarters. The rolls contain 40 slug coins instead of 40 quarters, totaling about $700 collected so far.
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Los Angeles
Walnut Park
Senate Vote Sought On 1956 Gas Bill
Backers of a bill to free natural gas producers from federal price controls aim for Senate passage early next year in the same form as approved by the House. The measure would strip the FPC of power to fix well head prices for interstate gas and overturn a Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Federal Power Commission
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Congress
Nixon
Supreme Court
FPC
Cooler air ends heat wave across upper Mississippi Valley
A high pressure system cooled the upper Mississippi Valley ending a heat wave that began July 18. Temperatures dipped after 15 days of 90 plus readings with Friday night forecast at 64 degrees and Saturday high near 86. Rain and cooler air spread from Neillsville to Goodrich, while Milwaukee hit 96 and Beloit tied La Crosse for second hottest.
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Mississippi Valley
la Crosse Area
la Crosse
Neillsville
Owen
Goodrich
Medford and
Merrill
A D. Sanial
Mississippi
Red Wing
Minn
Hastings
Eau Claire
Park Falls
Rochester
Dam 6
Trempealeau
Dodge
Beloit
Wausau
Grantsburg
Plains
Dakotas
Bismarck
N.C
Superior Land
Lone Rock
Wisconsin
Badgerland
Drummond
Mont
Milwaukee
Great Lakes
Nebraska
Eisenhower pressed by Democrats to win GOP support for programs
Democratic senators urged President Eisenhower to secure Republican backing for key domestic measures as Congress nears recess. He suggested a possible highway session but said no decision yet, noting only four of thirteen proposed actions had passed, including military reserves housing foreign aid and minimum wage.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
America
Strike Adds Excitement As Circus Moves To Twin Cities
Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey faces turmoil as the circus halts after a St. Paul incident and moves to Minneapolis for a two day run. Executive changes trigger walkouts by staff and a late arrival from La Crosse. Police mediated tense exchanges between roustabouts and performers as refunds offered to patrons.
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Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey Circus
St. Paul
John Ringling North
Frank McClosky
Willis Lawson
Walter Kiernan
la Crosse
Thirty Die in Airliner Crash Near Fort Leonard Wood
An Ameri can Airlines Convair carrying 27 passengers and three crewmen crashed near Forney Field after a failed emergency landing. Pilot Capt. Hugh Barron of Tulsa had tried to land for over 30 miles, with rumors of another near miss last November. Karen Franks of Milwaukee identified among the victims as a visiting student.
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FT. Leonard Wood
American Airlines
Hugh Barron
Tulsa
Okla
Convair
Forney
Liebler Heights
Beverly Streeter
Wac
Asbury Park
N. J
Lebanon
Army
Forney Field
George L. Krock
Maryknoll
N. Y
Barron
Chicago
Midway Airport
Glenview Naval Air Station
Fort Leonard Wood
American
Milwaukee, Wis
Karen Franks
Earl Franks
Missouri
Karen
Puerto Rico Alerted For Hurricane Connie
Connie, a dangerous hurricane with 125 mph winds, moves toward the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. The Weather Bureau issued hurricane warnings for Leeward Islands and urged immediate preparations for damaging winds and tides in Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico
Miami
Fla
Connie
Leeward Islands
Weather Bureau
Leeward Chain
Bulganin Keeps Open Mind on Ike Proposals
Premier Bulganin said the Soviet Union will study President Eisenhower's disarmament proposal and its own plan, seeking closer positions and a fair solution. He stressed the plan is under consideration and not rejected, while Eisenhower said he would sympathetically consider Russian ideas.
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Bulganin
Russia
Ike
Moscow
Eisenhower
Supreme Soviet
Soviet
Soviet Union
United States
Genneva
Geneva
Red
China
U. S
Red China
United Nations
North Korea
Airmen Freed From Communists Return Via Tokyo
Eleven U.S. airmen freed after 30 months in Communist prisons landed in Tokyo on their way home from Hong Kong. They denied spying charges and were flown from Manila to a base hospital aboard two C54 transports, including Gen. MacArthur era Bataan.
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Tokyo
U.S
Manila
Hong Kong
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Law
Stuck In Turnstile Rescue In Louisville Pool
Mrs. A W Sarbo and six men rescued Jeanette Sarbo, age four, after she became stuck with her head in the bars of a locked pool turnstile at the pool exit. The mother had forbidden her to go near the pool.
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Louisville
A. W. Sarbo
Government shuts El Tiempo newspaper in Bogota
The Colombian government last night closed El Tiempo after the paper refused to publish an army dictated corrective statement.
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Bogota
Colombia
el Tiempo
Weather Forecast For La Crosse And Vicinity
For La Crosse and vicinity generally fair and cooler tonight and Saturday. Low tonight 66 degrees high Saturday 70 degrees.
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la Crosse
Cooler Weather Expected To Boost Attendance At Fair
Cooler weather expected for Friday and Saturday should lift crowd levels at the 65th Inter-State Fair exposition. The opening days saw heat deter visitors, despite thousands of children enjoying carnival activities and exhibitors amid cooling buildings. Lost child incidents were resolved quickly via loud speaker directions.
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Joseph W. Frisch
Eisenhower Proposes New Disarmament Inspections
President Eisenhower plans fresh disarmament proposals for global inspection to ease the arms race. He cited talks with Bulganin at Geneva and urged acceptance of a Western comprehensive plan alongside Soviet check points.
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Eisenhower
Russia
Bulganin
Soviet Union
Bulgarin
Geneva
Supreme Soviet
Diplomacy Eludes a Henhouse Possum Grin
A light hearted column notes a possum in a henhouse as a humorous metaphor for evolving global diplomacy. It recalls Russians at the United Nations anniversary and Eisenhower in Geneva, joking that the era’s grins signal a friendly approach.
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Chatchee
U.S.A
San Francisco
United Nations
Eisenhower
Geneva
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