Navy Diver Survives 9 Hours Trapped 120 Feet Deep
Navy diver Joe Tallarico, 35, was rescued after nearly nine hours trapped 120 feet underwater near the Patuxent River. He was lifted from the mine anchor, placed in decompression, and walked ashore unharmed after a tense removal by Fifteen divers. Tallarico praised the cold as the toughest part and thanked prayers.
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Solomons
Navy
Joseph R. Tallarico
Solomons, Md
Joe Tallarico
Tallarico
Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Washington
Carmela
Joe
William G. Fisher
Williamsport
Board Sets Meeting on Market Square Ramp Study
The City Parking Utility Board will meet at 1:30 p m Friday with a DeLeuw Cather and Co representative to review the feasibility of building a Market Square parking ramp. Also to supply local data needed to complete the study and discuss progress on the feasibility report.
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City Parking Utility Board
Market Square
P. M. Linscott
DeLeuw, Cather and Co
Chicago
Ln City Hall
Parking Utility Board
Chamber of Commerce
AFL CIO Merge Into Single Union Of 16 Million Members
A White House endorsed push for federal school construction aid gains momentum after the White House Conference on Education approves a strengthened aid plan. Secretary Folsom says Eisenhower will ask Congress for broadened aid with needs based distribution. NEA leaders see state action and raised awareness as key outcomes and urge passage of a 400 million dollars a year program.
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CIO
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White House
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Congress
National Education Assn
John Buford
Mount Vernon
NEA
William G. Carr
Kelley
D-Pa
Eight Accidents Mark Safe Driving Day Observance
Eight city accidents damaged 12 motorcycles and a street sign but no injuries were reported on Safe Driving Day. City and county officials celebrated a day without a vehicle fatality, urging lasting responsible driving statewide.
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Lyle Gilbert
Safe Driving Day Toll Tops Sixty-Eight Nationwide
Associated Press survey shows 68 traffic deaths on Safe Driving Day, with New York, Chicago, Detroit reporting none. Major cities Philadelphia Los Angeles Minneapolis each had one fatality. Ohio and California led states. Canada also notes fatalities and injuries on its Safe Driving Day.
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National Safety Council
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New England
Ohio
California
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H. D. Miller
President's Committee For Traffic Safety
Miller
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Dominion
Ontario
Nova Scotia
W.M.W. Ash
Canadian Highway Safety Conference
Snow Removal To Begin In Downtown Area
Snow removal in the downtown area will begin at midnight Friday per the city police department. The area includes Front Street to 7th Street Cass Street to Vine Street 3rd Street from Cass to La Crosse River Bridge and 4th Street from Cass to La Crosse Street. Motorists must move vehicles from these streets before midnight.
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la Crosse
Trempealeau
Ice Breakers Crack Lake Pepin To Free Towboats
The Fern icebreaker operated by the U S Army Corps of Engineers cracked through six inches of ice on Lake Pepin to free six to seven towboats and their barges for southward movement. The convoy could reach La Crosse by Sunday as ice thickness on dam pools above La Crosse averaged four inches.
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Lake Pepin
United States Weather Bureau
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. Paul
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Industrialist Lawrence Trustee Named At Lawrence College
John Stevens Jr. of Menasha president of Marathon Corp. was named a trustee of Lawrence College to replace the late D. C. Everest, longtime Marathon chairman. The appointment was announced by Lawrence President Douglas Knight.
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John Stevens Jr
Menasha
Marathon Corp
Lawrence College
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Marathon
Douglas Knight
Lawrence
Snow and Ice Hit Midwest as Weekend Storm Looms
Slippery highways and snow covered Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa as December began with one to six inches. Forecasters warned of colder temperatures and more snow Saturday with a new storm developing over Colorado. Weather officials tracked moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and expected mixed precipitation across the region.
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Iowa
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Indictments Tie Caudle and Connelly to Truman Era Fraud
Federal grand jury charges Matthew J. Connelly and Theron L. Caudle with conspiracy to defraud the government during President Truman’s term. Former Kansas City lawyer Harry S. Schwimmer also faces charges, with Wyllys Newcomb stating the inquiry continues. Caudle and Connelly deny wrongdoing and blame politics, while Caudle calls for congressional review amid election tensions.
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ST. Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
Theron Lamar Caudle
Truman
Harry S. Schwimmer
Kansas City
Schwimmer
United States
Caudle
Weather Outlook for La Crosse and Vicinity
Cloudy and a little colder with light snow tonight. Saturday remains cloudy and colder with moderate to heavy snow likely. Low tonight 22, high Saturday 30.
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Woman killed as car struck by Soo Line train in Waupaca
On Safe Driving Day in Wisconsin a car stalled on tracks at a Waupaca crossing was struck by a Soo Line passenger train. Passenger Mrs. Earl Roberts, 36, died after the train flipped the car and struck her as she fled. Driver Mrs. Christ Schroeder survived in shock and was hospitalized.
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Waupaca
Earl Roberts
Soo Line
Emil Beier
Waupaca County
Floyd Taylor
Beier
Roberts
Christ Schroeder
Veterans Home
King
M.p.h
Taylor
R. C. Salisbury
State Motor Vehicle Department
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Milwaukee
Meany Leads AFL CIO Merger Creating Unified Labor Front
The AFL and CIO merge into a single federation with 16 million members. George Meany to head the new AFL-CIO, uniting the two federations despite internal opposition led by TWU’s Michael J. Quill. Reuther and other CIO leaders back the union’s strengthened stance amid concerns over power sharing and governance.
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Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
New York City
Subway
Quill
Dominic Merella
Wilkes + Barre
Industrial Council
United Steelworkers
Frank England
Springfield
Ill
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Walter P. Reuther
David J. McDonald
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers
Gustav Faber
TWU
Walter Reuther
Reuther
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Industrial Union Department
Quill Fof
George Meany
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
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