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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1955
Page
5
Hal Boyle writes of replacing the family air conditioner Little Blowhard after six warm years. He recalls early tensions with the machine, the wife Frances deciding to upgrade, and the arrival of three new units that purr yet balk at his touch. He notes the running gag about who is boss and the humor of home life in the heat.
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau offers answers to common facts questions. Topics include seating capacity at Churchill Downs 35000 plus 15000 infield, woolly bear caterpillars foretelling winter, and readability differences among type faces with 10 to 12 point sizes.
Congressional clash frames the end of the 84th Congress as Democrats claim a record of constructive legislation while Republicans counter with a 2 to 1 GOP edge on support for the President. Leaders debate whether one party rule would help or hurt in 1956. Rayburn blames Republicans for stalled highway legislation.
Boston health officials express hope the polio surge is declining as Haynes Memorial Hospital reports only 2 of 26 recent admissions are city residents. Boston records 12 new cases for 324 this year, with two deaths raising total fatalities to 24.
Sen Knowland says West German Chancellor Adenauer’s Moscow visit may reveal any basic change in Soviet policy. He notes no softening has occurred and outlines conditions for real change, including release of satellite states and a verifiable disarmament plan. Nixon credits Geneva summit for reducing war likelihood but cites ongoing East West differences.
The AFL Executive Council opened a three day meeting in Chicago with a report urging Congress to investigate pirating of industrial plants. The subcommittee says moving plants to new locations causes blight and unemployment in abandoned areas.
Joycelyn Pilapil, 16, who stowed away on HMCS Athabaskan en route from Honolulu, calls the voyage wonderful and says she would do it again legally. FBI met her upon arrival. she is to be arraigned on stowaway charges.
The actress Suzan Ball, 21, wife of actor Richard Long, died of cancer Friday. Services are at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Church of the Recessional in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale, conducted by Dr Louis H. Evans, minister at large for the Presbyterian Church.
Hollywood reports producer Albert McCleery has invited Marilyn Monroe to star in a TV drama series on NBC-TV to adapt The Brothers Karamazov. He notes the salary would be lower than her Hollywood tier, and no reply came from Monroe or 20th Century-Fox as she pursues dramatic aims.
Thomas E. Coleman, longtime Wisconsin Republican leader, to head a drive for 1.2 million dollars for a Taft Memorial Tower on the Capitol grounds in Madison. Rep. Reece announces the Taft Memorial Foundation appointment and says Katharine Kennedy Brown and Mrs. Preston Davie will serve with Coleman.
J Martin Klotsche of Milwaukee governor of the 210th Rotary district will speak to the Elroy Rotary Tuesday. As president of Milwaukee State College he addresses the local club, with the supper moved to the park because of unusually hot weather.
In Los Angeles Mrs. Essie Madsen, 87, suffered minor cuts and bruises after being struck by an automobile while chasing a streetcar.
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