Norwood Plant and Union Sign Three Year Contract
Norwood Ohio Allis Chalmers plant announces a three year labor pact with Local 765 IUE CIO covering about 1200 workers. Immediate wage increases of 6 15 cents per hour plus annual 6 cent rises in 1956 1957 and new benefits including holidays vacations pensions life insurance and disability terms. A parallel agreement with Patternmakers League AFL is noted.
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Norwood
Ohio
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Iue-Cio
F. J. Gei&er
Detroit
Mutual Aid Trust
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Patternmakers League of North America
AFL
Plan 1956 Meeting Here
La Crosse will host the 146th annual convention of the Wisconsin Retail Food Dealers Association after selecting the city on Tuesday following the 1955 session in Stevens Point. Herman Schwarz of Madison is the new president, with Ray Van Dyck De Pere Walter Kopplin Altoona Pat Tronca Milwaukee and Stanley Czern West Allis as senior officers.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Retail Food Dealers Assa
Stevens Point
Herman Schwarz
Madison
Ray van Dyck
de Pere
Walter Kopplin
Altoona
Pat Tronca
Milwaukee
Stanley Czern
Fair
West Allis
Trane plant strike talks continue with federal mediator
Tuesday sessions in Milwaukee saw W H Burtz of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service meet separately with plant and union leaders as talks aimed at resuming negotiations. About three fourths of Trane Co 2800 employees have been idled since August 1, with union and tool and die maker locals on strike and office workers honoring picket lines.
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Trane Co
W. H. Burtz
Milwaukee
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Burtz
D. C. Ferris
Tool and Die Makers Local 1115
International Association of Machinists
32nd Division Convention Unit To Meet
A regular meeting of the 32nd Division Convention Corp. will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Eagles Club rooms. A finance session is set for 7:30 p.m. All men who served with the 32nd Division in World War I or II are urged to attend. The national convention and reunion are to be held in La Crosse Sept. 3, 4 and 5. Wives are invited to the auxiliary meeting at the same hour to discuss their program and elect officers.
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32Nd Division Convention Corp
P.m
Eagles Club
Police Seek Owners Of Various Items In City Possession
City police seek the owners of items in custody including a small spring scale taken from a vagrant who admitted no ownership. Also held are a black round leather suitcase and a kit of toilet articles. Chief George C. Long asked owners to identify themselves.
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George C. Long
Area Enjoys Cool Weather After Heat Wave
Residents welcome a break from oppressive humidity as cooler air settles over the Coulee Region. Skies may host a few thunderstorms. Wednesday expects a high near 84 with pleasant 60s to mid 80s into the next day. Local temps ranged from 76 at 11 am to a cool 63 overnight.
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A. D. Sanial
Coulee
Samal
Cranberry
Black River Falls
Mather
Mercury
Pelston
Mich
Frazier
Colo
Daggett
Calif
Martin and Lewis Agree To Stick Together As Team
Hollywood report says Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis met at Paramount with Y Frank Freeman and agreed to continue as America's highest paid comedy duo. They had talks of a split but both vowed to fulfill contracts and return to work. Lewis did not comment.
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Hollywood
Martin and Lewis
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Paramount
Y. Frank Freeman
America
Martin
Lewis
La Crosse Boy Hurt in Monday Car Collision
A La Crosse child, 3, sustained a head cut requiring stitches after a two vehicle crash at Sth and Johnson streets at 6 08 p m Monday. Passenger Thomas Nessalke, 3, of 1402 S Sth St, was injured. Driver Donald Nessalke, 30, of 1402 S St, was involved with Myron Peterson Jr., 23, of 1202 S 9th St. The city logged its 595th straight day without a traffic fatality by midnight.
Norse Women Among 25 Dead In Russ Airliner Crash
Moscow Pravda reports one of Russia’s worst air disasters as a Soviet airliner crashes near Voronezh on Saturday. Twenty five killed include ten Norwegian women visiting Russia. five crewmen among Russians. Norway seeks details and compensation. Russia expresses deepest regrets.
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Moscow
Pravda
Russia
Communist Party
Voronezh
Tass
Stalingrad
Hawaiian girl stows away for a California stay
Joycelyn Joan Pilapil, 16, of Hilo Hawaii, is charged with delinquency for secretly stowing away aboard the Canadian destroyer Athabaskan. A U S Commissioner ordered her held in juvenile hall on $500 bail pending a full hearing next Monday. Officials may push for return to her parents. she seeks contact with an uncle in San Francisco to visit the West Coast if bail is posted.
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Los Angeles
California
Joycelyn Joan Pilapil
Athabaskan
U.S
Hilo
San Francisco
Thefts Reported at Inter State Fair in City Police Log
Police report several thefts and losses at the Inter State Fair last week. Victims include W. B. Rich who saw a $40 green tool box stolen, Anthony Klessus with $12 to $15 from a brown wallet, and Ronnie Whitmer who lost $20 to $30 from a concession stand. Additional incidents involve wallets, a billfold, and small valuables totaling modest sums.
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W. B. Rich
Anthony Klessus
Onalaska
Ronnie Whitmer
Muscatine
Iowa
Campbell
Ann Zeisler
21St St
Sandy Sanford
State St
Jay Kumm
la Crosse St
Bob Zenkic
Denton St
Leo Gavin
Charles St
Walter Schultz
Mtd. R
Death of Ida Morkved of La Crosse
Mrs Ida Morkved 85 of La Crosse died in a local hospital Monday night She was born in Westby Sept 2 1869 Her husband a Westby area farmer died in 1935 and she moved to La Crosse in 1936 She is survived by three sons Eddie Norton of Westby Lester of Cashton four daughters Agnes Green Richland Center Jesse Gierda Smith Helen Olson Geneva Weiss of La Crosse twelve grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Funeral arrangements by O P Anderson Funeral Home Westby will be announced later
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Ida Morkved
la Crosse
Westby
Morkved
Eddie
Norton
Lester
Cashton
C. E
Agnes:Green
Richland Center
Jesse
Gierda) Smith
Elmer
Helen) Olson
Clarence
Geneva
Frances Dunn Schadbolt obituary notices and services
Frances Dunn Schadbolt of 623 Pine St died in a local hospital Monday evening. She is survived by a sister Leone Dunn Smith of La Crosse and brothers William E Dunn George B Dunn of La Crosse and Marion B Dunn of Inglewood California. She belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary. Funeral services are Thursday at 8:30 a.m. at Blaschke Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at St Joseph Cathedral. Burial in Catholic Cemetery. Rosary at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday.
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Frances Dunn Schadbolt
Pine St
Leone Dunn Smith
la Crosse
William E. Dunn
George B., Dunn
Marion B. Dunn
Inglewood
Calif
American Legion Auxiliary
Blaschke
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Louis Paquette
Twenty five small claims set for Tuesday docket
Judge John Bosshard says twenty five cases are to be heard in Small Claims Court on Tuesday. The total claims amount to about six thousand dollars.
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Small Claims
John Bosshard
Bosshard
Man recovers boat found floating in river dam area
Carl Hilke of 1013 Green Bay Street reported to police that he recovered a flat bottom boat he found floating at the second dam below Isle la Plume in the Mississippi River.
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Carl Hilke
Green Bay St
Isle la Plume
Mississippi River
Strike Halts Major Leather Plant Operations in Fond du Lac
About 300 members of the AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Local 360 walked off the job at the century-old Fred Reaping Leather Co. on Monday. The strike disrupted major operations at the Fond du Lac plant, signaling escalating labor action at the facility.
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Fond DU Lac
Fred Reaping Leather Co
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Local 360
Council Committee Delays Action On Major Matters
City committee work finished in under four hours as major items were postponed. Ward reapportionment plans face a Tuesday session with ordinances drafted for introduction and potential citywide changes before the Legislature.
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Council
Eed
Rezoning Of Area Favored By Council
The Common Council committee reported favorably on Piggly Wiggly Co. rezoning four parcels on south 19th Street from residential to commercial to build a store and parking lot at an estimated loss of 16000 dollars. Final approval to come at Thursday night council session.
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Common Council
Piggly Wiggly Co
South 19Th Street
Piggly Wiggly
19Th St
19Th Ist
Jackson St
Seven Street and Alley Improvement Projects Approved
City aldermen in committee session approved original assessments for seven street and alley work. One speaker, William R. Buchner, supported a project at the public hearings.
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Island Street
Kane Street
Lang Drive
Bennett
Seek 2 Polio Nurses For Duty In Green Bay
The Red Cross seeks two polio nurses for duty in Green Bay Wisconsin urgent requests from the Midwest Area headquarters in St Louis and La Crosse office executive secretary Mrs Ethel Thomas says short term assignments are accepted contact 406 Hoeschler Bidg phone 2 4377.
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Green Bay
Wis
Red Cross
Midwest
St. Louis
Ethel Thomas
la Crosse
Thomas
Hoeschler Bidg
Bank Heist After Personal Loan Inquiry
A youth asked for a personal loan at the Cheektowaga branch of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co in Buffalo. After the manager directed him to another employee the man returned and robbed the bank of 11000 dollars ten minutes later.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Charles J. Hauser
Cheektowaga
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co
Blizzard Sweeps New South Wales and Victoria
Winter storms lashed New South Wales and Victoria as southeast Australia logged its worst blizzard of the year with strong gales and heavy snowfall reported across the region.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
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Fred E. Steele
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