Heavy Snow Arrives As Upper Midwest Braces For Colder Weather
Heavy snow and plummeting temperatures sweep the La Crosse area and upper Midwest as 4 to 10 inches are forecast in parts with blizzard conditions possible in extreme northwest Iowa. Windy, icy highways prompt caution across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa amid risky travel and a fatal heart attack blamed on shoveling snow in Green Bay.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Associated Press
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Russian Leaders Tour Burma Sparks East West Tension
Russia's two top leaders pressed into Burma on a Southeast Asia outreach. In Washington, Dulles and Portugal's foreign minister denounced the Soviet remarks as an attempt to foment hatred between the East and West during the Asian visit.
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Southeast Asia
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Portugal
Ramp proposal eyed for Market Square parking ramp
An engineering consultant predicts a mid March final report on the economic feasibility of a Market Square parking ramp. A four level design with 650 stalls or a three level with 500 stalls was shown, with plans to test higher meter rates to gauge use. The city seeks cost estimates for viable ramp types.
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City Public Utilities Committee
P. M. Linscott
DeLeuw, Cather and Co
Chicago
Ill
Fred E. Steele
Linscott
AFL-CIO Convention Opens Amid Bipartisan Courtship
The newly merged AFL-CIO faces early pressure from Republicans and Democrats seeking union support. Eisenhower telephones a keynote address from Gettysburg as Harriman and Stevenson prepare speeches to woo the 16 million union members at the Park Avenue session.
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New York
Afl-Cio
Wisconsin farm conference in Viroqua stalls on weather
Stormy conditions delayed registration at the State Democratic farm conference in Viroqua Wisconsin. Assemblyman Carl Thompson urged unity for a strong farm program while speakers discussed price supports and federal action to revive agriculture.
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Wis
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Carl Thompson
Stoughton
Thompson
Floyd Wheeler
Hoover Commission
Kenneth Howes
Farmers Union
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State Farm Bureau
Bureau
Democratic Party
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Carl R. Gray Dies Former VA Director
Carl R. Gray Jr. 66 longtime U S Veterans Administration director died in a St Paul hospital of a circulatory ailment. Appointed by Truman and took office Jan 1 1948 he resigned June 30 1953. He had been hospitalized since Nov 8. Survived by widow a son Carl R. Gray III St Paul a daughter Mrs C Maxwell Diefffenbach Cincinnati his mother Mrs Carl R Gray Sr Thomastown Mo and a brother Russell New York.
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Truman
Wichita
Kan
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Podson
Wis
St. Paul
Carl R. Gray
Ili
C. Maxwell Dieffenbach
Cincinnati
Carl R. Gray Sr
Thomastown
Russell
New York
Adlai and Williams Say They Are Not At War
Adlai Stevenson and Gov. G. Mennen Williams told the League of Young Democrats in Oklahoma City that they are not at war and are willing to discuss differences. Both attacked the Eisenhower administration and foresee the farm issue as pivotal in 1956. Stevenson may enter Florida and Minnesota primaries, after touring Florida and predicting a Democratic win there.
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Illinois
Viroquan Killed In Crash Father Dies Week Earlier
VIROQUA Wis Special John Jackson in his late 50s died Saturday at 8 am when his car collided head on with a semi on US 14 between Coon Valley and Westby He was en route to La Crosse to pick up his sister Mrs Leona Dillan to fly to Lake Worth Fla after funeral services for their father Ole Jackson Other details note the semi driver unidentified and the sleeping cab occupant Charles Townsend escaped unharmed The fire started in the sleeping compartment and the body is at Jacobson Vance Funeral Home The sister Mrs Sillan was injured slightly in Viroqua Hospital with Sheriff Moon and officers assisting
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U.S. Highway 14
Coon Valley
Westby
Morris Moon
Jackson
la Crosse
Leona Dillan
Moon
Carroll Carrick
South St. Paul
Minn
Charles Townsend
Vernon County
Jacobson- Vance
Lowell Hubbard
Denver Heal
Charles Eastman
Sillan
Viroqua
Champion Hog Gift for President Eisenhower at Show
Don Hale of Clinton Wisconsin exhibited the grand champion Yorkshire hog weighing 230 pounds at the 56th International Livestock Show. The hog sold for 241.50 to the National Swine Breeders Assn which plans to present the dressed carcass to President Eisenhower at Gettysburg Farm next week.
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Don Hale
Clinton
Wis
Eisenhower
Don's Barrow
National Swine Breeders Assn
Gettsyburg
Psé
Nebraska
Dark Horse
George McGuire
Wisner
Nev
M. J. Berkley
Agar Packing Co
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Snow Drifts and Cold
Moderate to heavy snow expected this afternoon and tonight with 5 to 6 inches of new accumulation. Strong northerly winds will cause drifting. Turning colder late tonight into Sunday with a low around 18 and high near 22. Sunday remains very cold.
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la Crosse
Rental Rates Revised For Auditorium
The Auditorium Board discussed a tentative revision of the rental schedule with many cuts, not final till full board approval. Boxing and wrestling rentals drop from 200 to 125, professional basketball stays at 200, and concerns arise over percentage versus flat rentals with the Globetrotters.
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Angie Grams
Globetrotters
Willard Howard
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Rep Martin Sees Ike Likely Running Again For World’s Sake
Rep Martin told reporters after a 45 minute talk with President Eisenhower that he believes the President will seek a second term for the world’s sake if doctors approve. He also urged a tax cut next year, to aid the little fellow, but only with a balanced budget.
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Electric Coach Crash Kills Twelve in Barnes Fire
A London electric train crashed into a halted freight car outside Barnes Station wounding over 50 and killing twelve. Passengers and railway workers fought the blaze as power failed, with one off duty engineer and a police constable among those aiding survivors.
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Thease
London
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Peters
Thomas Oliver
Bill Flanders
Oliver
Flanders
Phone Theft Strikes Two States In Odd Incident
A Moscow Idaho service station attendant could not call police because the telephone was stolen. In Pullman Washington a man reportedly tore a phone from a service station wall, leaving no way to report the incident.
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Idaho
Claude Campbell
Pullman, Wash
Joe Stone
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