Radioactivity May Be Causing Convulsions In Ocean Floor
Dr. Roger Revelle of Scripps Institute reports two clues from ocean rock studies. Ocean rocks show higher total radioactivity than land rocks, and heat measurements reveal a trench and ridge where warm and cold rocks move differently. Convulsions would be extremely slow, about one mile per hundred thousand years.
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Los Angeles
Roger Revelle
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
American Physical Society
Revelie
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Acapulco Trench
Central America
Revelle
La Crosse Community Chest closes with record drive
La Crosse Community Chest announced a final tally that leaves only 5912 dollars of a 187000 budget still needed in what officials called the most successful Chest drive to date. President Carl Iverson praised donors and thanked volunteers and local media outlets for support shaping a hopeful 1956.
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la Crosse
Chest
Iverson
A. L. Christensen
WLCX
WKTY
WKBH
WKBT
The
la Crosse Tribune
Highland Press Suspends Publication After Funding Shortfall
W Harry Johnson publisher and editor announces Highland Press will suspend weekly publication due to insufficient funds. The paper has been edited locally but printed on presses of another weekly in Muscoda, with plans for financial support failing to materialize.
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Highland
Wis
W .Harry Johnson
Highland Press
Muscoda
Battle Over Importing Canadian Natural Gas
A debate grows around Tennessee Gas Transmission and Midwestern Gas Transmission bid to import 200 million cu ft daily from Canada for sale in North Dakota Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. Interveners from 125 groups warn hearings could stretch for months or years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canada
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co
Emerson
Man
No Y
Tennessee Gas
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Federal Power Commission
U. S
Niagara Falls
Commission
A. A
Tennessee Gas Co
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
Ottawa
U S Traffic Death Toll Seen At Fourteen Year High
The National Safety Council estimated 1955 traffic deaths at about 38,500 the highest in 14 years. Preliminary AP checks show at least 35,785 deaths. safety officials warn a record toll could rise with late injuries. States mobilize with strict enforcement for New Year weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Safety Council
U. S
Fast Work By Cop and Operator Saves Editor
In Waupun the editor and owner of the Leader-News, George Green, was saved by a telephone operator and Officer Gilbert Grabner after a blaze gutted the print shop. Green was found unconscious from smoke. he was pulled to safety and later expected to leave hospital with bronchitis. Four families were rescued from second floor apartments as firemen arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupun
Leader-News
George Green
Gertrude van Eggtern
Gilbert Grabner
Green
Eisenhower Writes Near-Final State of the Union Draft in Key West
President Eisenhower, in casual attire, works on a near-final draft of his January 5 state of the union message at the Key West naval base. He walks with aide Kevin McCann and brother Milton Eisenhower, stays until January 8, and continues health recovery after a heart attack.
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Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Congress
Naval Base
Base
Kevin McCann
Washington
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
White House
Senate
House Llerks
Howard M. Snyder
Key West Naval Base
Snyder
Truman Beach
Edward L. Beach
Beach
H. H. Henderson
U S Delivers Note to India Over Goa Statement
In New Delhi and Washington notes tied to Dulles Goa remarks stirred a long Nehru Cooper talk. A note to Indian Ambassador Mehta in Washington followed an India Portugal dispute. Indian officials seek clarification while Washington studies the American note.
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New Delhi
India
U. S
Dulles
Goa
Nehru
John Sherman Cooper
Washington
G. L. Mehta
Portugal
Paulo Cunha
Indian Subcontinent
Cooper
Minnesota Patrol To Remove Drinking Drivers From Roads
Minnesota highway patrolmen, under order from Gov. Orville Freeman, will conduct spot checks over the New Year weekend to remove drinking drivers from roads. The governor urged residents to follow traffic safety laws and drive carefully. Five of six Christmas weekend fatalities were pedestrians.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Orville Freeman
AMC Lays Off 350 Workers in Seasonal Reduction
American Motors Corp announces a seasonal reduction at its Milwaukee body plant with 350 production workers laid off. The move comes as Kenosha Rambler production maintains a near record workforce with well over 10,000 hourly paid employees on the payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
American Motors Corp
AMC
Kenosha
Beating Victim Dies in Milwaukee Robbery Case
MILWAUKEE Joseph Wofel 48 died Thursday after telling police he was kicked and beaten in a $41 strong-arm robbery near his home Monday night. The Medical Examiner listed a brain concussion and fractured jaw among the causes.
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Milwaukeep
Joseph Wofel
Wofel
Traffic Patrol Completes Course New Officers Appointed
The article lists captains Bruce L. Bishop Glen Kissinger and officers Howard Fuhrman Litkey Karns Krause Wolff among those who completed the patrol course. It also names new diploma recipients signifying appointment to the force, including Barbera Block Bohlman Braun Burr Call Donley Dage Fisher Fleming Gilbertson Hanson Hendrickson Hoch Holden Holt Holterman Hughes Johnson Jorgensen Klug Layman Luick Monthey Moore Rehberg Reindl Rice Schoenick Schroeder Sleeter Smithback Sterba Stoer and others from multiple Wisconsin cities.
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Bruce L. Bishop
Wisconsin Rapids
Glen Kissinger
Wausau
Howard J. Fuhrman
Iron
River
Charles Litkey
Merrill
James L. Karns
Menomonie
Norman E. Krause
Oconomonoc
Parl O. Wolff
Menasha
Force
Robert Barbera
Green Bay
Arnold Block
David Bohlman
Eland
Earl Braun
Oconomowoc
Gerald F. Burr
Patric L. Call
John Donley
Milwaukee
Louis Dage
Neillsville
Donald G. Fisher
Eau Claire
Russell R. Fleming
Madison
Roland Gilbertson
River Falls
Richard C. Hanson
William D. Hendricksonn
Neil H. Hoch
Alma
Warren E. Holden
Tomah
Dean A
Chippewa
Paul R. Reindl
Bernard G. Rice
Elkhorn
John E. Schoenick
Shawano
Arnold FE. Schroeder
Athens
Donald J. Sleeter
Marshfield
James T. Smithback
Stoughton
John J. Sterba
Merrillan
Maynard G. Stoer
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin Mobilizes 95 Officers for Highway Safety Drive
A statewide force of about 95 state traffic officers trainees and National Guard military police will patrol Wisconsin roads over the New Year period with emphasis on southeastern routes. County units join in for heavy traffic patrols while a governor’s safety conference is urged and studies set on auto exams court reforms and road laws.
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Madison
National Guard
Wisconsin
Lawrence Beier
State Motor Vehicle Department
EB. W. Kelzenberg
Wisconsin County Traffic Police and Police Radio Operators Association
Walter Kohler
Clark Woodward
Milwaukee
Legislative Council
National Safety Council
Joseph Sanimays
82Nd National Guard Division
Yardmaster Strike Injunction Dissolved
In Chicago the U S District Court dissolved the temporary injunction restraining Yardmasters of America from striking against the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad. Judge John P Barnes ended the order after both union and railroad accepted mediation by the National Railway Mediation Board. Mediation sessions begin Tuesday in Chicago.
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Chicago
America
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
U.S. District Court
John P. Barnes
Milwaukee Road
National Railway Mediation Board
M. G. Schoch
Doctors and Funeral Directors Urge Fewer Holiday Crashes
Wisconsin doctors and funeral directors join the drive for fewer highway accidents during the New Year period. State officials cite Christmas deaths totaling over 22 in Wisconsin and a 1955 toll exceeding 900. They credit heightened publicity and law enforcement for progress and urge continued action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Associated Press
State Medical Society
Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association
Wisconsin
Harold Ruidl
Milwaukee
Execu
Winona Livestock Market Report from Swift & Company
The Winona market quotes livestock mixed with hogs steady and cattle and calves strong. Prices show dry fed steers and yearlings at 11.00 to 20.00, hogs around 25 lower in Chicago and steady to firmer in other regions, calves 12.00 to 20.00, and cows 8.50 to 15.50 with varied condition. Trade activity noted across South St. Paul and Chicago markets with quotations as of noon.
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Allis-Chalmers
Kennecott
Can
Marshall Field
Motor
Montgomery Ward
Railroads
National Biscuit
Northern Pacific
Bly Penn, RR
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Armour
Arch. T
8. F
Chi. Mold P
A Republic Steel
Hamilton
Avco
Royal Dutch
Beth, Steel
Sears Roebuck
Inter
Cellucot
Borden NS Sinclair
James
Case Als Socony
Southern Pacific
National Tool
Chrysler
Bile Standard Brands
Clark O&r
Standard Oil Ind
Nekoosa
Edison
Stewart-Warner
Pigely Wiggly
Curtiss-Wright
Koehring Co
Studebaker-Packard
Swift
Ray-O-Vac
Douglas Aircraft
Elec
Trane Safway Steel Gamble Skogmo
NS 20Th Cent Fox
la Cross
Electric
Union Carbide
Wis. P. & Lt
United Airlines
Gen. Motors
United Aircraft
Heileman
U.S. Rubber
Mass
Goodrich
U.S. Steel
Banc
Goodyear
W. Elec
Mtg
Trane Co
Gt Northern
Western Union
No. States Power
Greyhound
Woolworth
T Central
Wis
Cutters
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
U.S
Chicago
Live poultry and butter market notes from Chicago listings
Chicago market roundup shows quiet live poultry receipts at 84 835 lbs across 523 coops with stable prices for heavy hens light hens broilers and roosters. Butter prices mixed with large wholesale ranges and unchanged to lower tones across grades while egg product listings report varied U S standards and current receipts.
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Chicago
USDA
U.S
Labor Leader Calls Action on Kohler Strike
Milwaukee AFL Plumbers' union president Peter T Schoemann urged the labor movement to act on the long running Kohler Co strike. The CIO United Auto Workers have held a plant strike since April 1954, with efforts dating back to former secretary of labor Martin P Durkin seeking talks with Kohler and the Eisenhower administration to ease pressure on workers.
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Milwaukee
Peter T. Schoemann
AFL
Plumbers’ Union
Kohler Co
Schoemann
Eagles
Martin P. Durkin
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Kohler
Durkin
Herbert V. Kohler
Kohler Plumbing Fixtures Manufacturing
Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell
Plumbing Indus
Law Schools Reject Desegregation Proposal
At the Assn. of American Law Schools annual meeting in Chicago a proposal to expel any member school that bars qualified Negro students failed to pass. The two-thirds vote fell 52 in favor 44 against and 6 abstentions, though a simple majority supported it. The racial discrimination committee chaired by David F. Cavers of Harvard brought the measure.
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Chicago
Assn. of American Law Schools
Committee On
Henry Brandis
University of North Carolina
Cavers
David F. Cavers
Harvard
City Editor Finds Fire In Own Plant
Marshfield News-Herald editor Ken Olszinski called the police when fire sirens sounded. The blaze was in the newspaper plant itself, affecting the press room and stereotype department. The quick response prevented further damage.
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Marshfield
Ken Olszinski
Wisconsin Ike for President Club Files To Support Delegates
Madison reports that an Eisenhower for President club filed with the secretary of state. Everett Yerly of La Crosse leads as president, with Cyrus L. Philipps of Milwaukee as vice chairman and officers Avery Sherry of Thiensville and Oscar Toebaas of Madison. The group aims to elect delegates to back Eisenhower at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco next summer. A slate of 10 delegates at large is set, with two more to be chosen from each of Wisconsin's 10 districts.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Everett Yerly
la Crosse
Yerly
Harold E. Stassen
Citizens For Eisenhower
Cyrus L. Philipps
Milwaukee
Taft
Avery Sherry
Thiensville
Citizens For Eisenhower Group
Milwaukee County
Oscar Toebaas
Republican Voluntary Committee
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Children Recovering From Tomah Crash Victims
In Tomah Wisconsin three year old Michael and one year old Gary Edington, orphans from an Illinois Osseo family, are improving after a December 24 auto crash near Tomah that killed their parents and sister. Michael suffers brain concussion and broken ribs while Gary shows progress after serious injuries. Funeral services were held in Osseo and locals donated Christmas gifts as a tree was placed in the hospital room.
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Tomah
Wis
Michael
Gary
Robert Edington
Dianna
Edingtons
Osseo
Illinois
Service Transfer Co
la Crosse
U.S. Highway 12
Boy Shot While Playing With Guns In Waupaca Yard
A 14-year-old boy, Delwin Davis, was wounded in the forehead by a .22 rifle fired by his 17-year-old brother Donald while they played with guns in the Farmington town front yard. Delwin, hospitalized in fair condition after surgery, was nearby with a BB air rifle when the rifle discharge glanced off Delwin’s BB gun. Sheriff Floyd Taylor confiscated both firearms.
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Waupaca
Wau‘paca County
Floyd Taylor
Delwin Davis
Gordon Davis
Farmington
Donald
Davis
Delwin
Riverside Memorial Hospital
Taylor
Area Director For Indian Bureau Named in Minneapolis
Robert D. Holtz assistant area director for the Indian Bureau at Minneapolis was promoted to area director there. He will replace E. Morgan Pryse who retires December 31 after 35 years service. Holtz has been with the bureau since 1931 and will supervise operations in Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Michigan.
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Washington
Robert D. Holtz
Indian Bureau
Minneapolis
Interior
Clarence A. Davis
Holtz
E. Morgan Pryse
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Weather Forecast Summary for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
The forecast notes mostly fair and warmer conditions in Wisconsin and Minnesota with partly cloudy skies. Iowa expect fair tonight, not so cold in north and west, and partly cloudy and warmer Saturday. Shippers forecast shows temperatures from minus eight to eight above zero across regions.
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Mississippi Valley
Unifax
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Shippers
River Readings and Flood Stage Forecast
River readings show flood stages and 24 hour changes for La Crosse and Prairie du Chien with dam pool levels at Dam No. 8 and the forecast indicating practically stationary stages from Hastings to Guttenberg. The report notes sunrise at 7 40 am and sunset at 4 36 pm for Saturday.
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Chanur Prec. LA Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Hastings
Guttenberg
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