President Eisenhower tours flood areas after North Africa riots
A flood disaster across six states devastates communities from Pennsylvania to Connecticut. President Eisenhower will fly to assess damage Tuesday and meet governors while emergency loans are offered to affected areas. Emergency Red Cross aid, temporary shelters, and public health precautions stretch resources as deaths reach near 200 with hundreds missing.
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Eisenhower
Red Cross
Hartford
Conn
Washington
Small Business Administration
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York
Typhoid Threat and Flood Devastation Hit Stroudsburg Area
Stroudsburg and nearby towns in northeastern Pennsylvania face a typhoid fever risk linked to contaminated water after record flooding from Hurricane Diane. About 8,000 in Stroudsburg were inoculated as officials forecast death tolls above 100, while emergency shelters, curfews, and National Guard patrols aim to curb looting and provide aid to thousands homeless.
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Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania
Bucks County
Diane
Pocono Mountains
Here
Brodhead Valley
Camp Davis
Brodhead Creek
East Stroudsburg
Scranton
New Jersey
New York
Nancy Johnson
Jersey City
Record Heat Spell Broken In La Crosse
La Crosse registered 103 degrees on Sunday the highest August reading in the city and a new state high point as a cold front from Canada cooled the area by afternoon. El Centro California hit 107 as the region saw scattered showers with Lynxville reporting 1.45 inches and Lansing 0.63. Milwaukee reached 100 marking its 25th day above 90 this year. Night lows varied from Grantsburg 49 to Superior 55 with a modest forecast for warmer days ahead.
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la Crosse
U.S. Weather Bureau
A. D. Sanial
Sanal
Mercury
Canada
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Holmen
Lynxville
Wis
Lansing
Iowa
el Centro
Calif
Superior
Badger
Madison
Milwaukee
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Pleasant
Grantsburg
Park Falls
Fraser
Colo
French Use Tanks To Blast Back At Rebels
French troops and Foreign Legionnaires used tanks and fighter planes against rebel bands in Morocco and Algeria after a bloody weekend of raids that left up to about 1,000 dead. The fighting centered around Oued Zem with raids on Marrakesh and other cities as Paris sought greater self government for the protectorate.
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Paris
North
Africa
Morocco
Algeria
Edegar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Aix
Les Bains
Stribesmen
Qued Zem
Tadla
Casablanca
Marrakesh
Mediterranean
Constantine
Aligeria
U.S
Atlas Mountains
Marrakech
French Indochina
Britain
Kenya
Oued Zem
Voluntary Water Use Ban Urged By City Residents
La Crosse residents were asked to conserve the water supply by refraining from daytime lawn sprinkling. The City Board of Public Works urged no irrigation from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday while the ban was lifted on Saturday and Sunday.
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la Crosse
City Board of Public Works
Girl, 7, Leads Siblings To Safety In Wisconsin Fire
Seven year old Georgia Mulcahy led four younger sisters and a brother from a burning home in Madison Wisconsin. While parents worked nearby she acted after smelling smoke and alerted everyone. Dennis 4 started the fire with matches. Two bedrooms were damaged by flames.
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Madison W
Georgia Lee Mulcahy
George Mulcahy
Mendota State Hospital
Georgia
Carrie
Cathy
Dennis
Diane
Sharon
Edward Dorking
Russia Seeks Bigger Share of German Industrial Output
Bonn officials and industrialists say the Soviet Union will press for a larger portion of West Germany’s industrial production during Adenauer’s Moscow visit. They cite Russia’s need for machinery, possible 800 million dollar annual trade exchange, and past delivery issues as factors affecting prospects for resumed East-West trade.
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Bonn
Germany
Soviet Union
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Russia
Adenauer
Kremlin
Soviet Bloc
13 Lives Lost In Accidents In Wisconsin Weekend
Accidents across Wisconsin over the hot weekend killed 13 people. Names include Dennis Bolkmann 17 months from Egg Harbor. Rudolph Suber 45 of Shawano. Stanley Thompson 45 of New London. Richard Weidner 14 of Rudolph. Joseph Martinez 20 of Nashotah. Phillip Kempken 21 of Hartland. George Adler 49 of Kohler. James Schutte 23 of Waldo. Michael Scott 61 of Beloit. Alphonoso Rodriguez 28 of Troy Center. Walter Pester 58 of rural Whitewater.
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Wisconsin
Dennis Bolkmann
Lester Volkmann
Egg Harbor
Door County
Rudolph Suber
Shawano
Chicago North Western
Shawano County
Gresham
Stanley [Thompson
New London
Richard Weidner
Rudolph
Nepko Lake
Wisconsin Rapids
Joseph Martinez
Nashotah
Phillip Kempken
Hartland
George Adler
Kohler
James Schutte
Waldo
Sheboygan Falls
Pollice
Michael Scott
Beloit
Alphonoso Rodriguez
Troy Center
Pickerel Lake
East Troy
Walter Pester
Whitewater
James Reining
Bellwood
New Meetings Set in La Crosse Union Disputes
Negotiations restart as a new Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service commissioner from Minneapolis, named La Valley, heads to La Crosse on Wednesday to reopen talks at the Trane Co. The UAW CIO Local 401 and Allis-Chalmers plant delegates prepare for a West Allis session to resolve local contract issues. The Trane union previously rejected a company package offering a 22.9 cent hourly raise.
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la Crosse
D. C. Ferris
Federal Labor Union
Trane Co
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Don Fitzpatrick
Uawcio
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
West Allis
Fitzpatrick
Richard Deml
Trane
Ferris
Minneapolis
la Valley
Trane Co. Federal Union
Lodge 1115
International Assn. of Machinists
St Paul salutes released airman in city welcome home
St Paul honors Sgt. Howard Brown one of 11 airmen released by Chinese Communists with a luncheon and civic events. Mayor and church and veteran groups joined in the welcome. Brown began the day by visiting the armory to bid farewell to 22 youths departing for military service.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Howard Brown
Brown
St. Paul Armory
Three Killed In Collapse Of Coal Breaker
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania a 100 foot high Kohinoor coal breaker collapsed trapping workers. Three men were killed and eight injured as 26 were inside during a flood delayed shift. Victims named John O Boyle Anthony Malick Peter Rudy died.
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Shenandoah
Kohinoor
Pennsylvania
John O'Boyle
Anthony Malick
Peter Rudy
Mahanoy City
Anthony Carey
Lost Creek
John Oshman
Thomas Igo
Clarence Mahutsky
John Kelly Jr
Stanley Korsack
Albert Yakabonis
Stephen Sopko
Lecest
Mountain Hospital
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Tonight and Tuesday
For La Crosse and vicinity, fair tonight and Tuesday with a touch warmer Tuesday. Low tonight 62, high Tuesday 83.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Rapids Bridge Dedicated Amid Crowd and Speeches
The Jackson Street Bridge over the Wisconsin River was dedicated Saturday with about 1,500 attendees. Mayor Nels Justeson and Rep. Melvin Laird spoke as the $378,000 structure ends a bottleneck caused by the previous single crossing, funded equally by the state city and Wood County.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Jackston Street
Wisconsin River
Nels Justeson
Melvin Laird
Chest Quota Of 187000 Set For Annual Campaign
Community Chest of La Crosse President Carl Iverson announced the 187000 quota set by the Chest board for this year’s annual campaign. He lauded the budget committee for a fair and realistic agency funding plan and noted the reserve fund will not cover emergency needs this year. Iverson urged all to share blessings with the less fortunate.
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Carl Iverson
Community Chest of
Iverson
Community Chest
Board of Directors
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North Africa
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Sweer
St. Paul Salutes
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Breaker Safety Committee
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