60 000 Reserves Recalled By French For Africa Crisis
Paris and Paris-formed leaders marshal 60 000 reservists to shore up Morocco and Algeria amid uprisings and clashes that may have cost about 2000 lives. Faure and Coty rush to Paris for urgent talks as conflicts widen with Moroccan nationalists and local sultan questions arise.
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Paris
France
Morocco
Algeria
Edgar Faure
Rene Coty
Coty
Rambouillet
French North Africa
Faure
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Ben Moulay Arafa
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Mediterranean
Foreign Legion
West Africa
Atlas Mountains
Wisconsin Reports 160 Polio Cases In Week
The Wisconsin State Board of Health reported 160 new polio cases for the week ending August 13, the highest weekly total of 1955. The year’s total reached 568 with seven deaths by end of June. Dane Milwaukee Brown and other counties listed multiple new cases as vaccination efforts continued and regional measures limited public gathering access in Manitowoc and Oshkosh amid the outbreak.
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Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Madison
Dane
Milwaukee
Brown
Winnebago
Kewaunee
Dodge
Marathon
Langlade
Sheboygan
Manitowoc
Calume
South View
R. G. Strong
Manitowoc Board of Health
Oshkosh
Clyde R. Allen Jr
Kenosha
Flood relief plan eyed at $80 to $100 million
Washington moves to provide 80 to 100 million dollars for flood relief in the Northeast without a special session. Val Peterson says eight agencies will aid immediate response while Eisenhower considers extra funds or a new session. Engineering mobilization from Ft. Belvoir and other sites targets debris and safety.
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Washington
Congress
Northeast
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
White House
Eisenhower
D. Sturgis Jr
Army Engineers
Ft. Belvoir
New England
Budget Bureau
Commerce Department
Justice Department
Office of Defense Mobilization J
Small Business Administration
Peterson
Hayden
Light Rainfall Ends Drought In La Crosse
Rainfall in La Crosse measured .18 of an inch on Wednesday morning, the smallest August total on record and far from ending the drought. Winona recorded .26 inches while Galesville saw 1.17 inches. Southeastern Minnesota reported about half an inch. Local showers are forecast for Wednesday night and early Thursday.
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la Crosse
la’ Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Winona
Galesville
Minnesota
Mercury
Ieen
Black River Falls
Wisconsin
Bakersfield
Calif
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Texas
Fraser, Colo
New Jet Records Reported for Supersonic Flight
Washington reports an Air Force North American F100C piloted by Col. Horace A Hanes may have set the first official supersonic speed record. The yet unverified mark is described as just over 800 mph on a Palmdale straightaway, with official confirmation awaited after trials judged by new measuring gear.
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Washington
Air Force
American Aviation Daily
Horace A Hanes
Hanes
Fayette, Ill
Palmdale
Calif
Air Force Flight Test Center
Edwards Air Force Base
Philadelphia
F. K
Pete) Everest
Edwards Air Base
First Young Evacuees Tell How Camp Wiped Out By Flood
Allentown report from flood evacuees details Camp Miller near the Delaware River being largely washed away with 28 bungalows lost while Camp Ministerium escaped. 206 children evacuated to safety on buses amid fear and relief as families reunited and campers described terrifying scenes and high water.
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Allentown
Pocono Mountains
Delaware River
Leonard Rice
Bethlehem
Camp Miller
Rice
Miller, Hagen
Ministerium
Camp Hagen
Miller
Ine
Jack Yee
Allentown Call Chronicle
British Fliers Do London New York Round Trip
Pilot John Hackett and navigator Peter Moneypenny completed a 6 914 mile London to New York and back in 13 hours 46 minutes 56.2 seconds. They landed at Floyd Bennett Field for a quick lunch and refueling before returning home.
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John William Hackett
Peter J. Moneypenny
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
London
John Hackett
Peter Moneypenny
Royal Air Force
Northern Ireland
Newfoundland
Hackett
Moneypenny
Croydon
U. S. Navy
McCord New Head of Chest Business Division
James C. McCord named chairman of the La Crosse Community Chest business division by campaign chair A L Christensen. McCord, a Bell and Farrell vice president and longtime La Crosse resident, led war bond sales in western Wisconsin and chairs the county defense bond committee. The division seeks Chest funds from financial institutions real estate and professional services.
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la Crosse
U.S. Treasury Department
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Partly cloudy tonight with local thundershowers possible. A slight warmup tonight followed by cooler conditions Thursday. Low tonight 66 degrees and high Thursday 74.
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la Crosse
Urge Speedup In Harnessing Of H Bomb
Senators Anderson and Price urged the Atomic Energy Commission to speed peaceful development of the hydrogen bomb. They cited Geneva talks showing global interest and called for more researchers, noting declassification should accelerate work. Rep Hinshaw said U.S. progress remains as fast as possible given difficulties.
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Washington
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Rep. Price
Dill
Geneva
Anderson
Russia
Great Britain
India
Price
AEC
Rep
Hinshaw
Rcalif
U.S
Eisenhower urges crusade for peace at bar association
President Eisenhower told the American Bar Association that America seeks a just peace and will not tolerate Soviet injustices. He linked Geneva talks to progress toward security, citing John Marshall’s legacy and warning against sacrificing freedom for a false peace.
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Philadelphia
Eisenhower
America
Soviet Union
Germany
The
Bar Association
John Marshall
United States
Marshall
Federal
Marshal
Geneva
Allis-Chalmers plant workers strike over mediation move
Union workers at Allis-Chalmers La Crosse plant lead a coordinated strike after the company asks for a mediator. Local 248 and other plant unions from Pittsburgh Gadsden Springfield Terre Haute and West Allis rallied and began picketing at 2 p.m. with plans for Thursday picket duty.
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la Crosse
Allis- Chalmers Mfg. Co
Uaw-Cio
Pittsburgh
Gadsden
Ala
West Allis
Springfield
Ill
Terre Haute
Ind
Associated Press
Nathan P. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin Law School
Feinsinger
UAW
N. 4Th St
U.S
Allis-Chalmers
Milson Firm Seeks Dredging Permit For U S 53 Tract
Milson Corp. filed with the U S Corps of Engineers in St Paul for a dredging permit to fill a 24 acre marsh east of U S 53 between Livingston Street and Onalaska Overhead for industrial use. The plan calls for 16 feet of fill over a 700 by 200 foot area, with Tri State Dredging Co. handling the dredge work using a 56 foot steel dredge. Objections or comments are invited by Sept 6 from navigation interests and local officials.
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U.S. Highway 53
Livingston Street
Onalaska
la Crosse Company
Milson Corp
U.S. Corps of Engineers
St. Paul
Black River
Gerald A. Peterson
Jackson St
Albert L. Miller
Travis St
Milson
U.S. 53
North Salem Road
Peterson
Miller
Millson Corp
Peterson and Miller
Fred Domke
Tri State Dredging Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Duck Season Opens in Minnesota October 8
Minnesota opens duck hunting at noon October 8 to protect local duck populations. The 70 day season runs through December 16 with a daily bag limit of four ducks and eight in possession. Goose hunting mirrors duck hours and a wood duck closed season is declared. Daily hours are one half hour before sunrise to one half hour before sunset.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Minnesota Conservation Department
U.S. Fish and Wildlies Service
Mississippi
Woman Aerialist Falls 75 Feet at Dixon Festival
Evelyn Marrion of Los Angeles, 30, fell 75 feet from a trapeze during the Indian Summer Festival in Dixon. The incident occurred as she struck a barbed wire fence and landed on an asphalt lot. her husband and 3-year-old daughter Sheila witnessed the accident.
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Dixon
U. W
Evelyn Marrion
Los Angeles
Four Sky Devils
Sheila
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