Gorder plan targets marsh fill and industrial growth in city
Common Council members weigh a three part Gorder plan to develop Indian Hill Grand Crossing, extend an 18th street expressway, and acquire the railroad spur while abandoning the marsh segment and transferring land for campus expansion. The plan aims to create industrial sites, new streets, and reduce marsh eyesores.
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la Crosse State College
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Lang Drive
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London Decries New Cold War
The British press decries a worsening global outlook as Anthony Eden plans a Washington visit. It notes Eisenhower’s recovery and rising tensions with Russia, with Khrushchev and Bulgaria’s Asia tirades fueling despair over allied policy and Britain's India Burma image.
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Inflation, Money Supply, and Public Fear Warps Spending
Roger Babson outlines multiple inflation drivers including excess money supply, credit expansion, and a defense era psychology fueled by talk of atomic bombs and World War III. He argues this fear drives demand for high wages and loans, boosting prices, while politicians push for full employment to win votes.
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Wisconsin and States Study Catlin Act and Political Financing
Wisconsin politics feature Catlin Act debate as other states ban corporate funding of campaigns. Ohio tightens government meetings rules while Kansas and Connecticut expand election law. Vernon Thom son weighs governor bid, and Milwaukee judge Thomas Fe Fairchild eyes Supreme Court run.
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Fairchild
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Wisconsin Supreme Court
Portraits by James J. Metcalfe Some Faces Sell
Poem reflects a salesperson's faded confidence as customers drift away after initial success. It argues buyers seek not only bargains but trusted sellers whose appearance and manner win loyalty, ending with a moral on lasting appeal in business.
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Washington News Notebook Fashion Notes and Royal Romance
Christmas shopping chatter in Washington features Vice President Nixon chasing neckties while Pat Nixon browses the men’s department. Patience from Secretaries Humphrey and Dulles delays gifts until Paris for a NATO conference. Monaco Prince Rainier arrives seeking a wife and shows skiing speed and luxury. A White House Education Conference prompts a cabbie quip about nondrinkers. Michigan Governor Williams impresses at the Democratic Club with oversized cuff links.
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Tough Spots in the World Port Said and Bars of Hamburg
Narrator Robert C Ruark recalls Port Said as once tough, then lists brutal ports from Marseille to Antwerp and London. He describes violent nights, shipboard fights, and encounters with sailors, police, and barrooms across Europe. The memoir reflects a 1930s seafaring life and streetwise democracy.
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Billy Graham book and guidepost reviewed
Writings include Billy Graham’s mystery of happiness and behind the scenes tour notes by George Burnham. The review notes 278000 listeners in London Wembley five nights and Burnham's Chattanooga News Free Press role. Graham emphasizes salvation through Christ and Beatitudes as key to happiness.
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Seine
Burnham
Chattanooga News-Free Press
World Today Aims at Soviet Methods And Targets
J M Roberts Jr notes in a James Marlow column that Moscow now emphasizes guile and economic penetration to conquer underdeveloped nations, linking past Comintern plans with today’s aim to sever West from raw materials while the United States vows to use military and economic power to curb Communist expansion.
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Russia
Outer Mongolia
Comintern
West
Dulles
United States
Washington
Frank Spika Bowler Sets Arcade Alleys Record
Ten years ago Frank Spika, veteran bowler, rolled a 685 three game series at Arcade Alleys, despite a last game split that cost him an FCO count. Mitzi Mitchell of 211 N. 23rd St. appeared in The Yellow Jacket at Stover Little Theater Stetson University on Nov 29 and 30.
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FCO
Mitzi Mitchell
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