City Records Year s 2nd Road Death
An area youth was killed in a car truck collision at George street and Highway 53 within city limits. Paul D. McHugh 18 Holmen died at a local hospital with severe injuries. Carl Hanson 40 Whitehall driver of the truck was treated for shock and released. Police seek the pickup driver who fled the scene. The city marked 108th straight day without a traffic death.
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George Street
Highway 53
Paul D. McHugh
Holmen
Francis McHugh
McHugh
Paul
Holmen High School
la Crosse Tribune
Carl Hanson
Whitehall
Hanson
James Nida
Loomis St
5Th
Jackson Streets
Tax Warning for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes
County Board issued final warning to two taxpayers to settle back real estate taxes or risk seizure. Tax deeds authorized for 1317 Adams St. Eus tice J and Rose M Boyle owe 977.64. Another property two miles NW of Mindoro owned by La Verne and Burnell A Fischer owes 1 174.96.
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County Board
Adams St
Eustice J
Rose M. Boyle
Township 18
Range 6
Mindoro
la Verne
Burnell A. Fischer
Stray 105 mm shells hit near Cataract area
Two stray 105 mm shells from Camp McCoy fired during a training barrage scored near misses near Cataract Wisconsin. A fragment came within 28 inches of Roger Jones farm and another landed near Archie Abbott farm. Six Jones children were frightened but unharmed. Investigations by two boards are underway.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Roger Jones
Cataract
Jones
Archie Abbott
928Th Field Artillery
103Rd Reserve Division
James Hilmar
Hilmar
103Rd
U N unanimously backs Arab authored peace plan
The United Nations General Assembly voted 80 to 0 for an Arab authored peace plan to stabilize Jordan and Lebanon. Dag Hammarskjold will visit Amman Cairo to coordinate troop withdrawals and regional development with Arab leaders including King Hussein and Egyptian President Nasser.
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United Nations
N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
U. N. General Assembly
Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Cairo
Nasser
Hammarskjold
U. S
Lebanon
Dominican Republic
Senate tables Butler Jenner amendment curbing Supreme Court powers
Washington AP reports Wisconsin Senators Wiley and Proxmire joined the majority as the Senate, in a 49 to 41 roll call vote, tabled the Butler Jenner amendment aimed at curbing the review powers of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Alarm Test At Tower Of London Guards Crown Jewels
London AP Brigadier Leslie Wieler the Tower of London governor set off the jewel house alarm to test security. Scotland Yard and guards responded swiftly as the jewels remained safe and the governor declared the test a success.
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Crown Jewels
London (Ap
Tower of London
Scotland Yard
England
Leslie Frederick Ethelbert Wieler
Brig. Wieler
Thames River
Tower
Thames
Tower Hill
Peter Blood
Cullinan
Blood
Sputnik III to be visible over Wisconsin tonight
The Soviet rocket carrier Sputnik III should be visible over Wisconsin tonight from 9 27 to 9 38 p m CDT traveling northwest to southeast.
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Wisconsin
Rangers Rescue Boy From 350 Foot Ledge in Kings Canyon
Rangers in Kings Canyon National Park California rescued a Los Angeles boy who had been stranded on a ledge 350 feet above Paradise Valley for 26 hours. The rescue occurred Thursday night with a rescue team winching the boy to safety. Local authorities identified the boy and praised the park staff for the difficult operation.
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Kings Canyon National Park
Calif
Rangers
Los Angeles
Paradise Valley
NAACP Weighs Supreme Court Bid to Open Central High
NAACP plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court to overturn the 8th Circuit stay blocking integration at Little Rock Central High School on opening day. Gov Faubus keeps standby session plans. district officials expect an all white Central High for fall classes unless federal action changes course.
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Little Rock, Ark
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
U.S. Supreme Court
Central High School
Orval Faubus
NAACP
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Little Rock
Central
Thurgood Marshall
Appeals Court
Faubus
8Th Circuit Court of Appeals At
St. Louis
Circuit Court
U.S. Dist
Harry Lemley
Hope, Ark
Lemley
Virgil Blossom
Central High
Charles Whitaker
D H Kennedy Dies at 49 Former AAA Executive
Dwight H. Kennedy 49 of 1629 Main St. died suddenly Thursday in a local hospital. Born October 24 1908 in Superior he was with Prudential Life Insurance and formerly with the American Automobile Association. Survived by wife Eleanor a daughter Dawn three sons Dale P Dwight H Jr and Dennis two sisters and two brothers funeral plans pending Sletten McKee Funeral Home.
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Dwight H. Kennedy
Main St
Superior
Kennedy
Prudential Life Insurance Co
American Automobile Assa
United Commercial Travelers
Masonic Order
Elks Lodge
Eleanor
Dawn
Dale P
Armed Service
Hawaii
Dwight H. Jr
Dennis
la Crosse
Beatrice Wilson
Glen Ellyn
Ill
Dorothy Thorston
Isle, Minn
Stewart
Elmhurst
Theodore
Minneapolis
Sletten-McKee Funeral Home
Two Road Additions Expand County Trunk Highway System
The County Board added two short road sections to the County Trunk Highway system. A 0.51 mile stretch in Swarthout Lakeside Park Addition along Lake Neshonoc’s west shore will be CTH NP. A 3 mile Goose Island Park road will be designated CTH GI.
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Swarthout Lakeside Park
Lake Neshonoc
CTH NP
Goose Island Park
Judge Pattison of Buffalo County Retires
ALMA Wis AP Buffalo County Judge G L Pattison who was appointed in 1926 by Gov John J Blaine and repeatedly re elected announced his retirement today.
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Alma
Wis
Buffalo County
G. L. Pattison
John J. Blaine
Board approves Oak Forest land for armory site
La Crosse County supervisors voted to deed 1327 acres of Oak Forest Sanatorium land to the state for a National Guard armory in Onalaska, rejecting a Shelby Town of argument that its land be donated instead. The plan, backed by Merritt Gibson, cites onetime topographical costs and transportation ease, with officials noting the armory would not affect nearby residences.
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la Crosse County
Oak Forest
National Guard
Onalaska
Ward Avenue
Shelby
Merritt Gibson
la Crosse 4Th Ward
Gibson
Town of
Old Guard
South Avenue
State Adjutant General's Office
la Crosse
la Crosse 21St Ward
Bernard Zahn
Medary
Glenn Fox
Fox
Ed Lund
County Home Board of Trustees
Guard
Edward Silvers
West Salem
Jerome
Eisenhower seeks year long halt in nuclear tests
President Eisenhower announced the United States will suspend nuclear weapons tests for one year starting Oct 31 if the Soviet Union maintains its ban and agrees to negotiations toward a permanent ban. Britain will join under the same conditions. The plan allows year by year suspensions if inspections are in place and arms control progress is made. Negotiations with Russia and others would begin by Oct 31.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
White House
Great Britain
Geneva
U.S
AFL-CIO to Back UAW If Auto Strike Occurs
AFL-CIO will provide financial and organizational support to Walter Reuther's UAW if a motor industry strike happens. A seven member UAW Aid Committee was formed to assist the union as GM Ford and Chrysler refuse to bargain in good faith. The move follows a week of sessions aimed at labor unity and criticizing Eisenhower for blocking a labor control bill.
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Forest Park
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
UAW
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Reuther
George Harrison
James B. Carey
David Dubinsky
Dave McDonald
Albert Hayes
Joseph Beirne
Joseph Keenan
Pocono Mountains
Teamsters Union
Carpenters
Butchers
Council
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Irving M. Ives
R-Ny
Labor
Mitchell
County Defers Losey Boulevard Funds Until Fall Budget
The County Board voted to defer the City of La Crosse request for county aid road funds on Losey boulevard until the 1959 budget. An agreement with city officials set the deferral to fall budget hearings starting mid September after highway and finance committee talks.
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Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
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Mahmoud Fawzi
United Arab Republic
Fawzi
TURK
Saudi
Oman
Mideast
Unifax
Sputnik
Rangers Rescue Boy
James Blake
Atlanta
Blake
Wey
D. H. Kennedy
AAA
Dwight Kennedy
Judge Pattison
Buffalo Co
Aes Community News
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Armory
Losey Blvd
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