U N Takes Up Touchy Morocco Disagreement
The United Nations opened debate on Morocco amid Tunisia tensions as the General Assembly’s Political Committee resumed work after a half day’s rest. Arab-Asian bloc proposals were defeated on Tunisia, shifting focus to Morocco with France absent from talks.
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Farhat Hached
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ROKs Regain Nori Hill Amid Heavy Pounding by Reds
South Korean troops recaptured Little Nori Hill after fierce fighting, holding despite artillery and air bombardment. U.S. advisers praised the ROKs as the toughest little soldiers in the world as Red forces launched renewed assaults and UN tanks and planes supported the defense.
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Three Persons Hurt In Crash On City Street
Three people were injured and hospitalized after a crash at 9 03 pm Friday at Third and Division Streets. Kenneth Witt 23 suffered head lacerations Paul Carpenter 40 had knee injuries and his wife suffered knee and head lacerations. Witt headed south on Third tried to pass cars and skidded into Carpenter’s northbound vehicle. Total losses were 525 dollars for the two cars and 200 250 for the cars. A second crash at 642 pas from Onalaska Avenue and Kingston Street caused further damages to a house and two cars. Ritter 2024 Onalaska Ave and Smith 2729 Hamilton St collided and the Ritter car struck the Severson house and then continued before control. Losses included 50 to 100 on the Severson house 225 to Rit ter 300 to Smith. A third crash near 11 53 am Friday involved Mrs Schleiter 407 N 17th St and Oscar Winges 16th and Vine Streets causing about 400 total loss.
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Hamilton St
Ritter
Theodore Severson
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Smith
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Keller Denies Praise Of Red Parley in Prague Report
Helen Keller denies endorsing a Vienna peace conference described by a Prague newspaper. The State Department said Keller repudiated the story in a Voice of America broadcast. The paper had quoted her as saying she was with the movement with all her heart.
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Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Weather outlook for La Crosse shows cloudy and cooler conditions with occasional snow flurries tonight. Sunday expected to be generally fair and warmer. Saturday night low around 12 and Sunday afternoon high near 26.
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Truman to appoint new WSB members and price chief
President Truman plans to bolster his price controls program by naming new Wage Stabilization Board industry members and appointing Joseph H. Freehill as administrator of the Office of Price Stabilization. Freehill has chaired OPS since Tighe Woods resigned. Putnam says he sent a list of proposed appointees to the White House as the WSB works to clear a 12 000 backlog after resignations.
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Ike Triumphs by 6.6 Million in Presidential Victory
Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Adlai Stevenson in a record national vote tally of 61,547,861 ballots with 39 states carrying 442 electoral votes to Stevenson's 89. The results show Eisenhower winning 55.1 percent of the presidential vote and a stronger showing than his party's state tickets in most states, aiding Republicans in Congress. The official count will be certified in January with Eisenhower taking office on January 20.
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New GOP Senate Head May Emerge At Gridiron Dinner
Senators Bridges and Taft expected at the Gridiron Club Dinner with Brownell and Humphrey. Bridges may discuss Senate organization with Taft amid pressure to lead. GOP senators see Bridges as compromise choice to head the party in the new Senate opening Jan. 3.
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Senators Split On Whether To Hear MacArthur
Washington Sen Watkins and opponents question a congressional probe of Gen MacArthur and his Korea war plans. Hunt and Wickersham push for hearings while Eisenhower plans a New York meeting with MacArthur. Watkins warns of delay and disclosure risks as Truman weighs responses.
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Prairie Council Adopts 1953 Budget Increase
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin city council approved a 1953 budget of 262630 dollars, up from 261130 eighty. Of the total, 172110 dollars will be raised by taxes, with a tax rate of 31.80 dollars per thousand, up from 27.60 last year by 4.20.
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Storms Take Ten Lives in East States
Storms have killed ten people in Northern New York and New England as heavy snow and rain caused slick highways. The East endured up to 20 inches of snow with power and telephone lines down in many regions while Vermont and Maine reported significant snowfall and rain. The storm's center moved toward the Atlantic as locals began shoveling and recovering. Local readings in La Crosse showed milder conditions with 18 degrees and a 17 mph NW wind.
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Cub Reporter Dines With Ike
Hobnob with President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles in Hawaii after Jo Ann Morse, wife of reporter Gordon Morse, writes inviting letters. Eisenhower accepts dinner aboard the Cruiser Helena during his Korea trip. Morse says little, answering only with no comment.
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Home Prices Stay Up Predicted by Real Estate Boards
The National Association of Real Estate Boards released a survey of 245 communities showing 91 percent of boards expect stable or higher prices for new homes in six months while 9 percent foresee declines. About 50 percent anticipate stability for existing home prices with 10 percent predicting rises.
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87 Seek Jobs On Road Force
Written examinations will be held at the La Crosse County Courthouse basement on Monday December 15 at 7 p m for 87 applicants seeking two openings on the county highway police force. Candidates scoring 75 or better will be notified for personal interviews before the highway committee and newly appointed Chief Edward Tabbert. Chief Ivan A Wright reported tests will determine for night highway patrol work.
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Wholesale Prices Dip Amid Weeklong Decline
Government data show wholesale prices fall four tenths of a percent for the week ended last Tuesday. Cattle lambs live poultry and cotton led declines while eggs and some fruits and vegetables dropped more sharply. farm products slid about 2 percent. The BLS index eased to 190.6 percent of the 1947-49 average.
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BRF Firemen Use Milk Whey To Suppress Farm Fire
In Disco Wisconsin Black River Falls firefighters used milk whey when water supply failed during a Thursday blaze on the Alvin Torkelson farm south of Disco. The barn and hay were destroyed but a silo and chicken coop were saved. Mrs. Torkelson evacuated 40 cattle and the cause is blamed on shorted wiring in the milkhouse.
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Mild Earthquake Shocks Oakland No Damage Reported
An earthquake described as shocking by residents struck Oakland late last night. No damage occurred, but newspapers and police stations logged over 100 phone calls from the east side of the city. No shocks were reported outside Oakland.
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Bradley Entangled in Truman Eisenhower Rift
Gen. Omar Bradley key figure as Eisenhower contends with Truman over travel to Korea and war policy. Bradley, JCS chairman, returns to Washington amid questions of a possible official report and tensions between the President and the President elect.
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California steelworker arrested in Chester slaying case
Travis Hall 27 known as Al Foley was arrested in Richmond by San Francisco police inspectors Edward O Haire and Michael Doherty on a mass slaying case involving Grocer Slayings of Gard Young 43 and his three children in Chester California. Hall's father Wendell Hall 49 was also arrested in Fresno on a holding charge.
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Truman demagoguery criticized by Eisenhower in Hawaii
Reports from Honolulu say President Truman's demagoguery charge hurt Eisenhower and signaled a chilly future relationship between the two leaders. Eisenhower, bound for New York, viewed the Korea trip and adviser meetings as shaping future policy, while sources note no concrete decisions were reached.
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