Traffic Toll Dips After Christmas Week Surge
AP reports New Year traffic deaths at 30 by 9:30 a.m. CST, far below Christmas weekend 609. States tally 34 highway deaths so far. NSC projects 420 by midnight Monday. Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Arizona deploy guards. planes used in Illinois Louisiana. Weather dry, traffic not as heavy as Christmas.
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Gas Line Freezes As Spartans Shudder
In Sparta Wisconsin a gas line from a storage tank froze blocking supply after a failure at 7 a.m. A crew of 16 restored service by reopening shutoffs and lighting appliances, with 70 feet of line to the plant on Clifton Street freezing. Don Alexander used a generator to thaw the line.
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City aims for second calendar year without traffic fatalities
The city could complete its second consecutive calendar year with no traffic deaths by midnight Saturday, reaching 737 days without a fatality. Since 1930, ninety seven people have died in local traffic incidents, with seven injuries or deaths in 1953, three in December.
Bright Moon and Skyrockers Set for New Year’s Eve Showdown
Meteorologist A. D. Sanial forecasts a clear New Year’s Eve in the Coulee Region with an 18 degree low and no precipitation. Sunday will be sunny with a high near 34, Monday around 38. Central plains warm while Mt. Washington faces minus 20 readings. Phoenix hits 78.
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Police Arrest Four Boys As Bulb Snatchers
Four boys aged 11 to 13 confessed to stealing and smashing over 700 outdoor Christmas tree bulbs in eastern La Crosse early this week. Detec tives Bernard Sauer and Willard Sill arrested them Friday. they were handed to the probation department.
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Big Wind From Montana Wins Honor As Year s Biggest Lie
Claude T. Yerkes of Kalispell Montana captured the Burlington Liars Club top award for 1955 with a tale of a big Montana wind and a sack of flour hung on nails outside a trailer. Vernon Charnetski of Prelate Saskatchewan earned honorable mention for a yarn about a grain elevator height and a carpenter's rotted hammer handle. Conrad A. Johnson of Portland Oregon received a second honorable mention for a Kentucky based tale about graves and holes in cemeteries.
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Couch St
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Ore
Kentucky
Khrushchev's Tirade Angers Western Envoys
Western diplomats in Moscow react to Nikita Khrushchev's blunt Supreme Soviet address criticizing Eisenhower and Western policies. They debate motive and the slide toward a renewed cold war while noting Bulganin's similar hard line. Israeli concerns over Khrushchev's Israel remarks surface as Jerusalem summons the Soviet ambassador.
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Hagerty Rejects Report Ike to Become TV Commentator
White House press secretary James C. Hagerty scoffed at a claim that President Eisenhower would resign to join a TV network. A TV columnist cited a "responsible source" in New York suggesting Gettysburg farm as the commentator base.
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La Crosse Tribune Skips Sunday Edition New Year’s Day
No Sunday issue of The La Crosse Tribune on New Year’s Day. Monday editions will publish at 11 a.m. the business office closed that day. Editorial department hours are 7 a.m. to 12 noon. Complaints from non recipients may be called in between 5 and 6 p.m.
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Battle Over Clay Ships Tops Wisconsin Year
The 1955 Kohler clay dispute at Sheboygan and Milwaukee over foreign ships sparked the state’s top news story, edging polio for most significant event. The drought of the era saw a bank holdup at Lake Geneva and other major reports shaping year-end rankings by AP members.
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Riese County Board Member Dies at 81
Joseph P. Riese, 81, a member of the County Board of Supervisors since 1938, died suddenly at his home. Born Aug. 10, 1874, in the city, he was a cigar maker and musician, former president of the musicians local, and a Spanish American War veteran. He served as chairman of the buildings and grounds committee throughout his tenure.
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Weather outlook for La Crosse area clears tonight
Clear conditions persist tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Low Saturday night 18, high Sunday 34, high Monday 38 with increasing clouds and warmer conditions expected.
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Dionne quintuplets reconcile after family visit
Two of the four surviving Dionne quintuplets returned to Montreal after a brief visit to smoke the peace pipe with their parents in Callander. Cecile and Yvonne left for hospital duties while Annette stayed on. A family statement said the rift with outsiders was ironed out and harmony returned.
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Voters Name New Assembly On Monday
The French election campaign ends in bitter clash over Algeria killings. Premier Edgar Faure condemns the gendarme shooting of an unarmed Algerian prisoner last August and says the incident should not be used for last minute political gain.
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