School Building Plan Being Reached by Eisenhower Aide
Marion B. Folsom outlined a broadened federal effort to help build thousands of schools as part of an AFL-CIO convention address. He said the federal role can aid school construction without harming local control while states and communities must raise their efforts. The president views improving facilities as essential as new classrooms are needed every ten minutes.
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New York
Eisenhower
Congress
Marion B. Folsom
Health, Education and Welfare
Afl-Cio
Folsom
Xne Folsom
Office of Education
Labor
Mitchell
NLRB
James Dean and Jennifer Jones Win Audience Awards
Hollywood voters chose James Dean and Jennifer Jones as top movie performers of the year in the first Audience Awards poll. About 15 million fans named Mister Roberts best picture while Peggy Lee and Tab Hunter were cited as outstanding new personalities. Dean’s Oscar chances were noted after Grace Kelly announced the award at Beverly Hilton.
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Hollywood
James Dean
East of Eden
Jennifer Jones
Mister Roberts
Peggy Lee
Pete Kelly
Tab Hunter
Dean
Miss Jones
Grace Kelly
Beverly Hilton
Morocco swears in first representative government
In Rabat Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef names Mohammed Bekkai as premier to renegotiate the treaty with France and expand domestic self government while France retains defense and foreign relations. The Isliital party leads a cabinet of nationalists amid terrorism and deadly attacks near Saidia and Casablanca.
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Rabat
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Morocco
Mohammed Bekkai
Bekkai
France
The
Istiqlal
Independence
Bekkar
Democratic Independence Party
PDI
Ben Youssef
Madagascar
Saidia
Mediterranean
Casablanca
Medina
26 Die In Frankfurt Apartment Blast Mystery
A five-story apartment house in central Frankfurt was destroyed at dawn, killing 26 of 32 occupants. Police consider political motive, with other possibilities including a wartime aerial dud or gas leak. The Slovak born owner-architect was among the dead.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Waits For One Train Killed By Another
John P. Mullowney aged 47 of Camp Douglas Wis was killed instantly when his car was struck by a Milwaukee Road passenger train at a crossing Mullowney had stopped to wait for a freight train to pass and began crossing without seeing the Milwaukee bound passenger train The death marked the sixth traffic fatality in Juneau County in 1955.
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Camp Douglas
Wis
John P. Mullowney
Milwaukee Road
Juneau County
Mullowney
Weather notes for La Crosse and vicinity
Mostly cloudy and colder tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and colder. Low tonight 16 degrees. High Thursday 28 degrees.
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la Crosse
East Berlin arrests two American soldiers claim no longer occupied
East Berlin radio and ADN report two U S soldiers were arrested after an incident at the Jajo bar in East Berlin. The U S Army said no information was available. The claim ties to a broader dispute over East Berlin’s status as Soviet territory.
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Berlin
East Berlin
U. S
Bz Am Abend
Werner Lierck
Distel
Rwr
ADN
Lierck
Jajo
U.S. Army
Russia
Slippery Roads Reported North of La Crosse to Fond du Lac
Roads north of a line from La Crosse to Portage to Fond du Lac remained slippery today, according to the State Motor Vehicle Department. Highways along Lake Michigan and in the southern part of the state were reported clear.
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Madison
la Crosse
Portage
Fond du Lac
State
Lake Michigan
Shopping Reports Conflicting in La Crosse Christmas Trade
Merchants in La Crosse report mixed moods about the holiday shopping season. Some call conditions exceptionally good with higher spending per unit, while others note poor weeks and uncertain prospects for the remaining 17 shopping days. A jewelry store owner reported weather could not deter customers and expects strong season prospects. A large department store executive said opening weekend was excellent but the following week lagged, with no clear gain over last year.
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la Crosse
Tri-State
Record Sales Seen Throughout State
Wisconsin merchants report a strong early start to Christmas shopping with optimism for a record sales season. Shoppers show quality over price, with prices about the same as last year, and statewide survey results suggest robust activity.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Marinette
Attlee Steps Down as Labour Leader in Wake of Health War
London reports Clem Attlee resigns as Labour Party chief after 20 years in leadership. Deputy Herbert Morrison Hugh Gaitskell and Aneurin Bevan emerge as likely contenders as Attlee plans earldom and move to the Lords amid health and financial strains of postwar Britain.
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London
Clement Attlee
Britain
Labor Party
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Gaitskell
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Morrison
Gaitskell
Attlee
Labor
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Empire
Pound
Bandit Robs Lake Geneva Bank Escapes With Cash Fitting Box
A masked gunman held nine First National Bank employees in a vault at the Lake Geneva bank on Highway 12. He forced entry with a key, collected an estimated $100,000 in old bills with some new denominations, demanded the currency serial list, bound vice president George Allen, then fled in cashier Warren Huber’s 1955 green and cream Dodge. Allen freed himself, alerted authorities as the suspect remained calm throughout.
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Lake Geneva
First National Bank
Highway 12
Nouthern
Wisconsin
Bank
George
Allen
Warren Huber
Huber
Boxcar Jump Crashes Into Warehouse Attendances Unhurt
A Bangor Lumber Co warehouse was partially demolished when a Milwaukee Road freight car jumped the tracks in the afternoon. The car dragged by brake rigging caused a chain reaction, sending two cars into the warehouse and near miss for Edward Evenson. No injuries or railroad service disruption reported.
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Tribune
Bangor Lumber Co
Milwaukee Road
Bangor
Milwaukee Section
Harld Irvin
Lumber Company
Edward Evenson
Evenson
Community Chest Fund Shortfall Shrinks as Donations Rise
The La Crosse Community Chest fund for 1956 sits at about 16 000 short of the 187 000 target. Volunteers canvassed 300 firms. by mid morning 64 had pledged. Contributions included 500 from the La Crosse Elks and 200 from Miss Abbie Skaff.
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Community Chest
Red Feather
Thomas Sletten
George H.smith
13Th PL
YMCA
The
la Crosse Elks
Abbie Skaff
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Exeter
National Labor Relations Board
Weer
Natalie Wood
George Murphy
George Meany
AFL and Cio
Industrial Union Department
Meany
Teamsters Unition
Medi Oscar
Bernadette
Andy
Xen
Omskovitch
E. Berlin
U.S
By Tom Ochiltree
Nohyn
Bandit
Vickie Lochner
A. L. Christensen
Chest
West PD
Xeras
Sey As
the Merchants’ Bureau
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