Eisenhower Demands Peace With Honor In Foreign Policy
President Eisenhower rejects any peace without honor and justice. He argues against appeasing Soviet aims and calls for ending subversion within sovereign nations. He praises Geneva for cooperation but insists on a peace that sustains freedom for peoples seeking independence.
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Inflation Likely to Persist as CPI Rises for 1955
The government reports the Consumer Price Index rose for the second month in a row reaching a 1955 high. Higher prices for fresh fruits and increased charges for personal services drove the gain, with potential effects from planned wage rises in steel and coal.
Tribune abandons simplified spelling effort after 21 years
The Chicago Tribune ends its campaign for simplified spelling and returns to conventional forms such as through and though. It will keep using thru and the briefly but reverts to freight and sophomore, arguing teaching correct spelling matters more than quirky reforms. The piece cites Job 7:10 in urging readers to reconsider the effort.
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Farmers rate Russian meals and farming size after exchange trip
Frederick C. Othman reports at the National Press Club as Dean William V. Lambert of Nebraska University outlines observations from a Russian farm tour. He notes Russians eat many meals, praise large-scale farms, and stress limits on future exchanges. he also jokes about caviar and vodka during the visit.
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Portraits BY JAMES J METCALFPE YOU ARE MINE
A brief poem fragment expresses devotion and dependence while denying wealth or genius. The speaker offers faith in God and asks a beloved to stay beside them, insisting material concerns matter little if they belong together.
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Luck and Duty in Wartime Codes of Conduct
A schoolteacher recounts a Renault mix up in France and Robert Ruark argues Ike’s six item code for soldiers. He insists service members remain fully responsible for actions even as debates about Korea and pressuring Marines shape attitudes toward duty and public understanding.
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Wisconsin primary to shape Democratic 1956 bid
Madison dispatch notes that Wisconsin’s early spring primary could influence national strategy. Dems may showcase Adlai Stevenson Kefauver or Harriman, while Republicans expect Eisenhower to withhold candidacy until after Wisconsin filing rules. Local delegates carry symbolic weight in a pivotal early contest.
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Truman as Democratic 1956 nominee a logical choice
The David Lawrence Dispatch argues Harry Truman is constitutionally eligible to run in 1956 and would be the logical Democrat to nominate. It recalls Trumanism as the party’s strength, contrasts it with the Eisenhower record, and notes concerns about Truman’s age, his 1949 steel seizure, MacArthur dismissal, and White affair questions that Republicans may press in a campaign.
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The Loved and the Unloved by Thomas Hal Phillips
Harper’s novel follows Max Harper a sharecropper’s son sentenced to death by electric chair for murder. The executioner shoots himself after being moved by the prisoner, leaving the state with a death sentence uncarried. The story traverses Max’s life from hardship to the Harper level and his conflicts with Sid Acroft Vance and Margo.
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James Marlow: The World Today Fiery Truman Slowing Up
Former President Truman at 71 shows signs of slowing due to age and health after recent major surgery. He canceled two West Coast speeches, kept Indiana and Michigan stops, and warned that age may limit his campaign role next year while continuing to denounce Republicans and defend the New Deal and Fair Deal.
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Ten Years Ago in the La Crosse Tribune Recap
From the Files Of The La Crosse Tribune covers ten, twenty, thirty, and forty years ago. Mr and Mrs Paul Jackson of Waukegan Illinois visited Alfred C Peterson’s home in La Crosse and traveled to nearby towns. Albert A Klingebiel opened a soil conservation training session. Phyllis Ferris returned from Detroit study of dance. Mrs C C Looney hosted relatives from St Louis and Detroit. P A Peterson left for two week Public Works vacation. John C Burns visited Wilmington Delaware then Catskill Mountains trip. Frank Fridgen left for Des Moines. Charles Weis Jr returned from northern Minnesota and Canada.
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Des Moines
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