Ohio City Faces Flood Threat as Sandusky River Rises
Fremont and surrounding areas struggle with the second flood in weeks. An estimated 1,000 residents evacuated, 200 to 500 remain homeless, and the river breached banks for miles. Ice jams north and south hinder relief as Findlay and Ottawa declare emergency areas and fatalities mount.
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Fremont, Ohio
Sandusky
Ohio
Fremont
Sandusky Bay
Lake Erie
Ballville Dam
Ohio National Guard
Findlay
Blanchard River
Blanchard
Civil Defense
van Wert
Ottawa
Putnam County
Tiffin
Kenneth Wolcott
Heidelberg College
Sandusky River
G. Clyde Wolfe
Indianapolis
Wabash
Indiana
Peru
Tornado Death Toll Reaches 21 In St. Louis
The St. Louis tornado killed 21 people and left 70 hospitalized with 1,400 homeless and 4,000 buildings damaged. Fire crews continued wreckage searches at the Whittier Delmar site as officials assess the disaster area authorized for federal relief.
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St. Louis
Francis P. Hardaway
Civil Defense
Whittier
Delmar
Zulu Brown
Fred
Dave Lamb
Red Cross
The
Insurance Board of
Meditations for Lent series begins in The La Crosse Tribune
During Lent, the La Crosse Tribune launches a weekly series of reflections by Dr. Edwin T. Dahlberg president of the National Council of Churches. The writings aim to guide readers through the Lenten season starting today.
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Edwin T. Dahlberg
National Council of Churches
la Crosse
Greece Turkey agree on free Cyprus plan
Article reports Greece and Turkey announcing an accord on Cyprus. It notes snow cleanup in La Crosse, Wisconsin with 40 extra workers joining 50 shovelers and ongoing night work. Mercury shows a temperature of minus sixteen as heavy snow blankets the region.
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Sputnik, III
Wisconsin
Coulee
la Crosse
Carl Wahlstrom
Wisconsin Budget Hearings Signal Heavy Workload Ahead
The Joint Finance Committee heard Gov. Gaylord Nelson’s proposed one year budget for 1959-60. Nelson’s secretary Joe Nusbaum said a two year budget could not be drafted now due to time constraints and rising costs in government education and public welfare. A tax impact study is planned and lawmakers may convene in the fall to present the 1960-61 budget with a 1961-63 estimate also to be provided.
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Nelson
Nusbaum
Sweater That Bound Fates Brings Jordanian Family to America
Ibrahim Badra and his wife with three children arrived in New York aboard the Giulio Cesare, carried by a tale of a World War I knit sweater gifted 41 years earlier. Knit by Marguerite Beveridge in New Rochelle in 1918, the garment inspired a chain of charity and faith that led to U S asylum via church sponsors.
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New York
Ibrahim Badra
Amman
Jordan
Giulio Cesare
America
France
Rose Badra
Badra
Marguerite Todd Beveridge
James Beveridge
First Baptist Church
Belmont
Mass
Beveridge
Red Cross
New Rochelle
N.Y
Tanas Badra
United States
World Council of Churches
Church World Service
Ibrahim
Genoa
UAW Releases Telegram Amid AC La Crosse Talks
UAW Local 401 President Norm Elstad released the text of a telegram to Allis-Chalmers La Crosse personnel director George Sarazin. It charges the company with refusing to meet face to face while federal mediators push for a broader agreement across nine AC plants after Feb. 2 strike.
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UAW
Norm Elstad
Allis- Chalmers la Crosse
George Sarazin
Elstad
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Allis-Chalmers Uaw
International Union
Allis-Chalmers
Sarazin
Milwaukee
Pope John echoes Pius XI peace plea on Ash Wednesday
At St. Peter's Square Pope John XXIII, ashes on his forehead, recalls Pope Pius XI's peace message on the 30th anniversary of the Lateran Pact. He reads the 1939 peace invocation as part of a speech noting Italy and the church's long accord and Pius XI’s death a day before his planned address.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Pius XI
Italy
John
St. Peter's Square
Exault
Prince of Apostles
Snow Falls Quietly Yet Removal Makes Noise in La Crosse
La Crosse Tuesday afternoon sees heavy snowfall bog down streets with scraping shovels roaring plows and frustrated residents. One man shovels despite advice, a store owner expects clean sidewalks, and workers confront idle shops and cold commutes as the city endures the season’s worst snowfall.
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la Crosse
Nye Reported In State On Nov 10
Milwaukee patrolman Robert Jarvis said he spoke with Alan Robert Nye early on Nov 10 while Nye and a companion crossed Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee at 2 a.m. Nye later denied a Castro assassination confession claimed by Cuban police. Charlie Parker of the National Aviation Trades Assn. said Nye was in Milwaukee for a convention Nov 11-14.
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Milwaukee
Alan Robert Nye
Havana
Cuba
Robert Jarvis
Nye
Wisconsin Ave
Bastista
Fidel Castro
Charlie Parker
National Aviation Trades Assn
Washington
Greeks and Turks Reach Cyprus Constitution Accord
Greece and Turkey approved a draft constitution for an independent Cyprus after five days of talks in Zurich. Prime Ministers Karamanlis and Menderes prepared to present the plan to Britain, which would retain major military bases on the island, while NATO allies welcomed the potential settlement amid long-standing Cyprus tensions.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Britain
Constantine Karamanlis
Adnan Menderes
Mediterranean
Fatin Rustu Zorlu
Ilu
Evanghelos Averoff
London
Selwyn Lloyd
Foreign Office
Harold Macmillan
North Atlantic Alliance
NATO
East Mediterranean
EOKA
La Crescent approves 250000 school bond as snow hinders turnout
In La Crescent Minnesota voters backed a 250000 bond for a new school addition despite a snowstorm. The 186 to 153 vote came from 339 of 1000 eligible voters. The plan adds five classrooms two kindergartens plus a ground floor activity room kitchen dining and storage. Bids will be sought aiming for occupancy by the 1959 60 second semester. The town projects needing 30 more classrooms yearly due to population growth.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Rubber Workers Ready For Talks On Major Contracts
The United Rubber Workers announced the start of contract negotiations for about 90 000 workers in the rubber industry. The union sent formal notices to Goodyear B F Goodrich and Firestone to replace contracts expiring April 15, while U S Rubber Co will negotiate on a contract ending April 9. Negotiation dates and locations will be announced soon.
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Akron
Ohio
United Rubber Workers Today
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
B. F. Goodrich Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
U.S. Rubber Co
URW
Insurance groups oppose driver financial responsibility bill in Madison
Representatives of the Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Alliance and the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies told a public hearing the measure would cost about 450000 dollars annually to administer. They warned that similar laws elsewhere raise accidents and insurance costs. Proponents led by Assemblyman George Belting argued the bill would aid insurers without extra burden and target uninsured drivers among 110000 annual reportable accidents.
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Madison
Assembly Judiciary Committee
George Belting
Beloit
Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Alliance
The
Assn. of Casualty and Surety Companies
Motor Vehicle Department
Wisconsin
Belting
Reserve Center proposal eyed for La Crosse airport
The Department of Defense recommended a $317 000 United States Army Reserve Center at La Crosse Municipal Airport as part of a Wisconsin defense spending package for fiscal 1960. The House Armed Services Committee proposal includes the project and related state allocations totaling more than 23 million for Wisconsin. Rep. Gardner R Withrow of La Crosse said the recommendations face no opposition and "anticipates no opposition to the proposals."
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Department of Defense
Washington, D.C
United States Army Reserve
la Crosse
House Armed Services Committee
Army Reserve Center
la Crosse Municipal Airport
Wisconsin
Air National Guard
Camp Williams
Camp Douglas
Richard I. Bong
Withrow
Cong
Madison
National Guard
Onalaska
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