Six Inches Of Snow Here Mercury Dips To 10 Below
The first real snow storm dumped six inches on La Crosse Saturday night and Sunday as temperatures fell to 10 below in the city and 18 below at the airport. Roads were open with plows clearing downtown and county routes. drivers faced slick sections on U S highways. The Siberian-origin storm disrupted transportation nationwide while forecasters warned of continued freezing conditions into midweek.
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Gromyko presses veto for atomic control plan
At Lake Success the Soviet delegation rejected the U.S. demand to waive the veto on atomic control. Gromyko called for item by item discussion of the U.S. atomic plan while Bernard Baruch urged a vote to require the word veto in the commission report. The U.S. seeks a treaty backed international authority to supervise nuclear energy with peaceful use safeguards.
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United ‘Selene Energy Commission
Bernard M. Baruch
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Weather outlook for La Crosse area stays cold and clear
Local forecast shows generally fair skies with continued cold tonight and Tuesday. Lows drop to 8 below in the city and 12 below in rural areas, with a high of 15 to 20 on Tuesday.
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A. D. Sanial
la Crosse
City Skating Rinks Open In Morning Openings
Goose Green and Roosevelt school rinks opened Monday morning while West Avenue and Hood rinks were to be ready by late afternoon according to Henry Streicher park superintendent. Pettibone Park Lagoon rink remained snowed in with an update expected Tuesday.
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Parking Meter Survey Begun
The Chamber of Commerce launched a survey on parking meters sending 900 questionnaires to members and firms. Secretary Florence Hofweber reported 168 answers received. a house to house district survey by Boy Scouts will occur Tuesday.
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Everett H. Woehrmann
Truck Crash Sends Dresbach Man to Hospital
Charles Baker, 18, of Dresbach Minnesota, is hospitalized in La Crosse after a 1946 GMC 트uck skidded on an icy U.S. 61 near Havenwood and plunged over an embankment. Baker and companion Matt Mitchell, also of Dresbach, were thrown clear. Baker suffered a fractured jaw and bruises while Mitchell injured an ankle.
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Jerome Baker
Matt Mitchell
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New York Butter Prices Fall as Mid West Shipments Rise
New York wholesale butter prices slipped 3 percent erasing Friday gains and keeping post Christmas declines of 9 to 10 cents. Grade AA butter at 76 1/2 cents, Grade A at 74 cents. retail prices steady near 80 cents. Federal probes continue into alleged market manipulation and the Dairymen's Cooperative association claims it bought butter to keep milk prices steady.
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Mid-West
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Trusty Forgiven For Escaping Prison To Attend Funeral
An Atlanta youth Benjamin Kimmons 21 walked from a South Carolina prison camp to attend the funeral of his month old daughter. He surrendered to Officer Dock Sims in Atlanta and agreed to return to complete a four year sentence. Saluda authorities promised to forget the escape due to his good record.
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South Carolina
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Dock Sims
Ben Abels
Saluda
S. C
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Abels
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U S Policy Group Attacks Reds Over Reich Policies
The House special committee on economic policy issued a harsh report accusing the Soviet Union of economic enslavement political terrorism broken promises and ambitions for military power. It urged positive U S leadership in European economic affairs and warned of possible denouncing Potsdam if Russia arms with German plants.
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Special House Committee On and Economic Policy Committee
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GOP Battles Over Posts
Washington reports a party scramble as Reed seeks chairmanship of the commerce committee while White of Maine is slated as floor leader. Vandenberg Taft assigned to other top posts as Republicans set the new congress agenda.
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Blood Donor Appeal Answered Too Late
CHICAGO. More than 60 persons responded to a blood donation appeal for David Rayfiel who had daily transfusions for 52 days but offers arrived too late. David died early Sunday after suffering from hemophilia from an old Brooklyn sandlot football injury. His parents Harold and Mrs Rayfiel made the appeal on Saturday for their 29 year old son who had numerous hospital treatments since 1933.
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David Rayfiel
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Harold Rayfiel
Brooklyn
Fire destroys Central Wisconsin Motor Transport office
The Central Wisconsin Motor Transport company office in Appleton was destroyed by fire yesterday. Owner Harry H. Long estimates losses between 5000 and 10000 dollars. The blaze damaged the building equipment and freight, believed caused by an overheated stove.
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Harry H. Long
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Car Crash Claims Life of James C. Musser in Snow Stall
In Superior Wisconsin James C Musser aged 43 was killed yesterday when another vehicle rammed into him as he tried to push his stalled car through deep snow. The crash occurred on a local street and authorities investigated the incident.
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Wis
James C. Musser
Arab Diplomat Says Truman Will Rethink Palestine Policy
Cairo reports Prince Feisal Saudi foreign minister says President Truman promised to reconsider the Palestine problem after talks. Feisal says Truman supports Zionists out of sympathy for persecuted Jews, while seeking peace in the Middle East and recalling his push to admit 100000 Jews to Palestine soon.
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British Major and Sergeants Flogged in Palestine Kidnapping
British Major Brett of the Sixth Airborne Division and three sergeants were abducted in Nathanya Tel Aviv area. They were lashed with whips in an apparent retaliation for a bank robbery conviction and flogging of a Jew. Four Jews were arrested. two weapons and grenades were found in a suspect’s car.
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Death of Dixie Tighe New York Post correspondent
Tokyo reports the death of Dixie Tighe, veteran New York Post correspondent, on Tuesday December 31. The obituary notes her long career and media impact.
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Dixie Tighe
New York Post
NAM Economist Calls Nathan Report a Pure Guess
The National Association of Manufacturers blasted CIO wage rise plans as pure guesswork and says higher wages will lift prices. NAM chief economist Dr. Ralph Robey attacked Robert Nathan, noting faulty predictions and arguing profits cannot sustain 25 percent pay boosts without price hikes. He compared Nathan’s 1946 figures to weather forecasts and urged maintaining lower prices. NAM will host a luncheon to hear Robey’s full report amid labor wage demands and a $1.17 billion back pay dispute.
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Lie Detector Test Scouted For 2 Youths
La Crosse county officials consider using a lie detector on two youths detained in connection with the Web's tavern murder. If approved, John Coleman would take the suspects to Chicago for examination by Charles Wilson of the police crime laboratory, the expert who linked the 32-20 revolver to the shooting. Cash loot totaling 136 dollars was taken from the tavern by the same suspect, officials say.
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John Coleman
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Charles Wilson
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J M Theisen Dies at 69 Former Assemblyman in Sheboygan
Joseph M. Theisen 69 former Wisconsin Democratic assemblyman died at his home in Sheboygan yesterday after a heart attack. A crusader for economy in state government and a pension system he was first elected in 1932 and served again in 1934 1936 and 1940. Funeral services will be Thursday morning with burial in Calvary cemetery. He is survived by his widow Catherine Nick of Green Bay and a brother John of Sheboygan.
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Theisen
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Marshfield Lad Heads Badger Boys State
Glenn D. Tinsham of Marshfield was elected president of the Badger Boys State. Ripon College was chosen for the 1947 encampment during a weekend meeting. The week of June 21 to 28 was set for the gathering with Val Ove of Milwaukee re elected executive secretary and others named as officers and directors.
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Racine
Gil Stordock
Wausau
Mary Churchill to wed Ndon in January wedding
Mary Churchill youngest daughter of Britain's wartime prime minister will marry Capt Christopher Soames of the Coldstream Guards on January 11 as announced today in London.
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Dog Skippy Delivers Pups After Rescue From Icy Mississippi
Skippy the beagle hound rescued from the Mississippi river by George Bettin and Henry Loeffler saves a life and now presents four male puppies and one female to the Tate family. Tommy Tate plans to sell the males for about five dollars each, giving proceeds to the rescuers, while keeping the female. The dog's exact age remains uncertain, with the Tates suggesting eight to nine months.
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Tommy Tate
Tommy
Thomas O. Tate
South Sixth Street
George Bettin
South 21Th Street
Henry Loeffler
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Bettin and
Loeffler
Mississippi
Tate
Madison Governor resists removal amid labor dispute letter
Gov Goodland declares he will not remove any state board member unless proven derelict. He blasts UAW CIO President R J Thomas for advocating anarchy and violence in labor disputes. Letter responds to Milwaukee CIO demand to oust Lawrence Gooding.
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R. J. Thomas
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Lawrence Gooding
Milwaukee UAW CIO Strike Ends Picketing Rules Embargo
Milwaukee county officials plan a motorized parade around the Allis-Chalmers plant at 6 a.m. January 7 as part of the strike activity by local 248 UAW CIO. A union spokesman notes the Wisconsin employment relations board ordered limits on pickets at main gates to two per gate and twenty total, while stating the union cannot be held responsible for picketing by outside unions.
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Allis-Chalmers
Wisconsin Governor Defends Labor Peace Stance Amid CIO Rifts
Governor refuses to remove Wisconsin Employment Relations Board members amid CIO accusations of anti labor bias. Orders limit pickets to 20 at Allis Chalmers West Allis plant and call for an independent union election CIO Local 248 or neither. He cites clashes over UAW leader Thomas and warns against violence while protecting labor rights.
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