Armored French Force Attacks Moroccan Rebellion Strongholds
French armored columns attacked mountain strongholds held by Berber tribesmen near Oued Zem after rebels raided the town. Reinforcements moved from Rabat and Meknes to seal off the Kasba Talda area. French officials warned the operation would be harsh but deny mass executions. Casualty figures were not released, with private estimates reaching into the hundreds or thousands in Morocco and Algeria.
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Casablanca
Kasba Talda
Oued Zem
Algeria
Morocco
Atlas Mountains
Lages
Foreign
Apple Yield Seen Above 1953 Crops Despite Drought
Area apple growers expect about 250000 bushels, well above 1953 54 yields, aided by seven weeks of dry weather. Drought and 103 degree heat hurt some varieties, with possible 15 percent shrinkage reducing output by over 40000 bushels. Growers toured La Crescent farms and received expert talks on diseases and orchard care.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
la Crescent Apple Growers Assn
Gordon Yates
la Crescent Group
Northwest
Beacons
Haralson
J. D. Winter
University of Minnesota
R. H. Roberts
University of Wisconsin
Dewey Moore
Department of
Moore
la Crescent Methodist Church
Schick Resigns As City Parks Director
Harold Schick 33 of 1123 Division St resigns as city parks and recreation director effective Sept 15. He will return to Michigan State University for his master's degree after serving since June 25, 1951, when he led both parks and recreation before the title split. He came from Pontiac Michigan where he worked as a forester after earning a forestry degree.
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Harold Schick
Division St
Milo G. Knutson
Schick
Michigan State University
la Crosse
Pontiac
Mich
College Expansion Committee Recommends Land Purchase
The La Crosse College expansion group favors selling fairgrounds land west of the grandstand to the state for 90000 while compensating the fair association with that amount for buildings it owns. The plan is to convey land to the state and pay the association, following council and citizens committee reviews.
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Fairgrounds
Fair Association
Grandstand
Milo G. Knutson
Curtis J. Storck
Levi W. Swett
Robert
Flier Freed In Korea and Body Returned
In the Korean neutral zone the Communists freed an American Air Force flier and handed over the body of Army Captain Charles W. Brown. 2nd Lt. Guy H. Bumpas of Jackson Mississippi survived a week after being shot down during the Aug 17 flight. The Reds claimed the light plane was spying while UN forces called the gunners trigger-happy.
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Kumhwa
Korea
Guy H. Bumpas
Jackson
Miss
Army
Charles W. Brown
Louisville
Bumpas
United Nations Command
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Tonight to Wednesday
For La Crosse and vicinity. Warmer tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer. Local thundershowers. Low tonight 65. High Wednesday 87.
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la Crosse
Freight Train Rams School Bus Kill 10 In Tennessee
A freight train struck a grammar school bus at a downtown grade crossing in Spring City Tennessee killing 10 children and injuring 30. The bus driver Raymond Moore 39 and 21 others were hospitalized with several in serious condition.
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Spring City
Tenn
Laboor
Raymond Moore
Back Valley
Paul Gilles
Knoxville
Southern Railway
I Chattanooga
High Moore
Tennessee
Frank Clement
Deadline set for AC talks strike action could follow
Negotiations continued in West Allis between management and Local 401 UAW CIO over six Allis-Chalmers plants including La Crosse. If no agreement by Wednesday 2 p.m., a nationwide strike likely. Workers at Terre Haute and Springfield already walked out.
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West Allis
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
Nahrion
la Crosse
Donald Fitzpatrick
Uaw-Cio
Milwaukee
Richard Deml
Local 401
la Crosse Tribune
Allis-Chalmers
Don Yolton
Trane Co
U.S. Consciliation and Mediation Service
Minneapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Springfield
Christensen Heads Chest Fund Effort
Arthur L. Christensen, division manager of Northern States Power Co., will lead La Crosse 1956 Community Chest drive. Carl H. Iverson announced the campaign aims at a $187,000 quota, with agency budgets totaling that amount as the minimum needs. Christensen urged residents to support the effort, noting hundreds of volunteer hours and the careful planning already in place.
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Arthur L. Christensen
Northern States Power Co
Carl H. Iverson
la Crosse
COM
Eight Die From Polio in Wisconsin in One Day
Polio deaths rose to eight in Wisconsin on Monday with Milwaukee stating five fatalities. Victims include Mary Jo Lynch 11 and Diane Walter 12 of Milwaukee and Marie Larsen 31 of Waupun a teacher at Janesville. Green Bay’s Linda Mae Petasek 7 had just received a first Salk inoculation.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Mary Jo Lynch
Diane Walter
Marie Larsen
Waupun
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Janesville
Linda Mae Petasek
Green Bay
Red Cross Appeals Aid for Flood Victims in East
Local Red Cross asks La Crosse County residents to donate to flood relief in the Eastern region. E Roland Harriman reports 107 shelters and 12 000 homeless fed, 400 nurses and 150 doctors volunteering. About 8 000 families may seek aid. relief costs could exceed five million dollars. Contributions to 104 Federal Building or 406 Hoeschier Building. call numbers provided for pickup.
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la Crosse County
Red Cross
E. Roland Harriman
American Red Cross
Music Critic Olin Downes Dies in New York
Olin Downes aged 69, longtime New York Times music critic for 31 years, died of a heart attack yesterday. He previously critiqued for the Boston Post 17 years and lectured on musical theory history and opera.
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New York
Olin Downes
New York Times
Boston Post
Atomic Talks Enormously Assisted Peace Says Strauss
Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, told reporters in Denver that the Geneva atoms for peace conference enormously assisted the cause of peace and showed the United States ahead of Russia in peaceful atomic power. He cautioned the climate must be preserved and that another meeting may be proposed by the U S delegation to the United Nations.
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Denver
Geneva
Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
United States
Russia
AEC
U.S
United Nations
President Eisenhower Hails Flood Aid Push and Special Session
President Eisenhower surveyed the flood disaster in the northeast and promised all possible federal help, including a possible special session of Congress. He urged nationwide Red Cross donations for victims, noting 75 million dollars may be needed from the emergency fund for Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Val Peterson
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
Continue Ban On City Water
The Board of Public Works said the city water reservoir filled early Tuesday but urged continued voluntary daytime non-lawn sprinkling. Despite a full reservoir at 7 a.m., the supply dwindled as the day began, and lifting the voluntary ban could empty the reservoir. Cooperation by residents kept the reservoir from dropping quickly.
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Board of Public Works
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