Sawyer Calls U S Agencies Abroad Redundant
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer urges cutting personnel and abolishing some agencies in Western Europe after a 10 country study. He backs shifting to private investment and trade over direct aid, while noting Europe’s stronger economy and the need to streamline U S aid administration.
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Washington
Sawyer
United States
Europe
U. S. Aid Administration
Truman
U. S
Treasury and Commerce Department
Western
Italy
Greece
Britain
R. A. B. Butler
Girl Waives Court Hearing in Walla Slaying Case
Dolores Vinson, 16, of La Crosse facing third degree murder in the beating death of Cpl. Frank Walla, waives preliminary hearing and is bound over to circuit court. She seeks transfer to juvenile court, with Judge Lincoln Neprud to rule on jurisdiction at 1 15 p m Dec 22.
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Dolores Vinson
la Crosse
Nebraska National
Lincoln Neprud
Miss Vinson
Reginald E. Nietsch
Neprud
Nietsch
Cpl
Frank Walla
Seward
Neb
Edward Burns
Mendota State Hospital
Burns
Vinson
Walla
Dist
John Bosshard
Oregon
la Crosse County
State Department of Public Welfare
Health Census Board Proposes $1.5 Billion Health Plan
The Truman commission proposes a 1 percent annual federal state funding mix to back voluntary insurance covering hospital and medical care for those unable to pay. States would match federal funds, differ from Truman and AMA plans, and spark debate on compulsory insurance and payroll funding.
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Washington
Truman
American Medical Association
Chicago
AMA
Louis H. Bauer
Hempstead
N. Y
Fourman
The
Donor Demonstration Boosts Sparta Blood Drive
In Sparta Wisconsin a store window becomes a temporary blood station Friday night sponsored by the Sparta Junior Chamber of Commerce. Neil Kemp donates with Dr R P Froeschle and nurse Clara Kranz assisting. The drive aims to recruit 600 donors for a Feb 2 4 bloodmobile visit with Jan 1 deadline. Santa Claus aids after the demo.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Junior Chamber of Commerce
Plummer
Neil Kemp
R. P. Froeschle
Clara Kranz
Spartans
Santa Claus
Jay
Steel Makers Boost Output Goals With New Steel Assurance
The Defense Production Administration authorized automakers and civilian goods producers to use up to 70 percent of prewar steel rates for Q2 1953, higher than the prior quarter. Aluminum firms seek a price ceiling increase tied to contract changes. Defense needs projected to drop slightly. steel gains expected to support housing, schools, hospitals, and rail freight expansion.
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Washington
Defense Production Administration
DPA
Defense
Henry Fowler
Fowler
Aluminum Company of America
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Reynolds Metals Company
CPA
Ex La Crosse Man Named To Commerce Job
Samuel W. Anderson of La Crosse named by President elect Eisenhower to be assistant secretary of commerce for international affairs. A 54 year old investment banker in New York, he has served on the War Production Board and with the World Bank, heading aluminum production for the Defense Production Administration. He favors lower tariffs to aid foreign countries earning dollars for trade. Born Feb 6 1898 in La Crosse, he is the grandson of Mons Anderson.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Samuel W. Anderson
la Crosse
Mons Anderson
Anderson
New York
War Production Board
World Bank
Defense Production Administration
United States
Congress
New Commerce Department
Samuel W
Minnie
Wagner) Anderson
S. 15Th St
2Nd and
Main Streets
Upper Midwest
Eisenhower
Robert Blaine Murray Jr
Harrisburg
Transportation
Sinclair Weeks
Commerce
William College
Bee LA Crosse
Heat Pipe Temporarily Repaired in City System
Northern States Power Company says a pipe in the city heating system at Third and King Streets sprang a leak and was temporarily repaired Thursday morning.
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Third and
King Streets
Northern States Power Company
City Shutters 2 Records For Blood Donors
La Crosse celebrates a record Red Cross blood drive with 245 pints collected in a single day and a three day total of 647 pints. The drive exceeded its 450 pint goal by 197 while reducing a prior 216 pint deficit and drawing 712 donors.
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la Crosse
Weather forecast for La Crosse area
Fair tonight and Friday with slightly colder temperatures. In the city the low around 5 degrees, near zero in rural areas. Friday’s high near 22 degrees.
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la Crosse
Eisenhower and MacArthur Discuss Korea Peace Plans
President-elect Eisenhower, cloaked in secrecy, studied MacArthur’s Korea and world peace ideas after their conference at John Foster Dulles's home. Aides say no public account will be given. Eisenhower plans further GOP talks on inflation and domestic issues.
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Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
MacArthur
House of Representatives
GOP
Congress
Korea
Christie Case Charges Listed
The complete list of charges against suspended Patrolman James Christie for trial before the police and fire commission next month was released. Sheriff Fred Steele filed gambling related charges while Christie is accused of gambling debts and presence at a gambling scene. A raid at Amvet Club and alleged interference with DA actions are also cited.
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James Christie
Police and Fire Commission
Fred Steele
Christie
Thomas Skemp
Louis Pitzner
Steele
Amvet
S. 3Rd St
Tito's Break With Vatican Worries U.S.
Washington reports that Tito's split with the Vatican heightens Western Europe tensions and complicates efforts to unite anti-Soviet nations. U S policy aims for closer political and military cooperation, including Trieste talks, amid Yugoslavia's 1948 break from Moscow and continued aid totaling about 99 million dollars this year.
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Washington
Marshal Tito
Vatican
Europe
Yugoslavia
Italy
Tito
Trieste
Congress
Russia
U. S
Britain
France
Truman
Moscow
Aunt Kappy Sought Here
The La Crosse Post Office asks Aunt Kappy to claim a misaddressed parcel found en route to Norfolk Virginia. Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak says the package was mailed to Dear Ellen in Norfolk but lost its address label. Aunt Kappy may identify it at the Federal Building post office to receive it.
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Kappy
la Crosse
Ellen
Norfolk
Wenzel M. Dvorak
Dvorak
Federal Building
County board weighs property disposal amid condemnation suit
La Crosse County board votes to table a subcommittee's plan to deed 4th in Vine to the city for Municipal Auditorium needs amid pending litigation from neighboring landowners. The vote, with five against, delays action for about a year as officials study policy for admitting county home patients. The infirmary is slated to be ready in February and a $500 donation from Zonta was approved.
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la Crosse
Evjen
Auditorium
Gordon Feinberg
16Th Ward
Henry Molledahl
20Th Ward
Joeseph Riese
3Rd Ward
Jman
George E. Schneebereger
Elmer May
West Salem
Peter Pappas
W. L. Christopherson
Shelby
Home and Infirmary
Pension and Relief Departments
Bernard Zahn
21St Ward
la Crosse Zonta,women’s Service Club
Medical History In The Making In Siamese Twin Case
In Chicago one of the Siamese twins separated in a historic operation was "doing badly" and doctors doubted survival. Dr. Eric Oldberg of the University of Illinois said surgeons faced a day long choice and separated the twins with Rodney Dee deemed likelier to live.
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Chicago
Eric Oldberg
Neurology
University of Illinois
Geons
Rodney Dee
Oldberg
First successful head separation of Siamese twins in Chicago
Surgeons completed a 12 hour operation separating 15 month old Siamese twins Rodney and Roger Lee who were joined at the head. Both remained in critical condition with Rodney regaining consciousness and Roger Lee in precarious status as doctors assessed brain drainage and potential collateral circulation.
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Margaret Florence
Chicago
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