House Group Approves Reed Tax Cut Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a Reed personal income tax cut of 10 percent, but the Rules Committee may pigeonhole the measure until May 1. Reed seeks to bar amendments, while Allen demands a substantial budget reduction before floor action. Eisenhower opposes action pending balance and reports. party lines split 21 to 4 in committee.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Rules Committee
Reed
Eisenhower
Reeds
Legislators denounce Kohler tuition boost proposal
Dane County's four Wisconsin lawmakers Sen. Nelson and Assemblymen Thompson Bruner and Wheeler issued a statement condemning Gov. Kohler's plan to raise tuition by 25 dollars per semester at the University of Wisconsin and state colleges. They warned the move would push the university toward a third class status benefiting only wealthy families.
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Madison
Dane County
Wisconsin
Kohler
University of Wisconsin
Sen
Nelson
Thompson
Bruner
Wheeler
Republican Party
Yale
Harvard
Gopher Prairie Tech
Walter J. Kohler
la Crosse
Eugene W. Murephy
State Board of College Regents
Murephy
W. D. McIntyre
Eau Claire
Phillip Drotning
Hotel Stoddard
League of Women Voters of
State
Colege and
University Boards of Regents
Chamber of Commerce
Carl W. Schubert
Chamber
Raymond C. Rice
Eugene A. Toepel
Murphy
Tee
Atomic question may come up on Korea war policy
Gen James Van Fleet expected to testify before Congress next month on whether atomic weapons should be used in Korea The discussion stems from growing A bomb stockpiles a new 280 millimeter atomic gun and home pressure to end the war Experts cite limited targets in North Korea and bunkers that resist airbursts as reasons against tactical nuclear use while noting ground burst effects could be damaging
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van Fleet
Korea
Washington
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
White House
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
North Korea
Camp McCoy Eyed as Permanent Base For Winter Training
Rep. Gardner Withrow introduces a bill to make Camp McCoy Western Wisconsin a permanent base. Army leaders discuss using McCoy for winter training as Camp Drum lacks cold weather. Fifth Army processes camp closure while planning summer training for National Guard units.
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Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Gardner R. Withrow
la Crosse
Army
Syracuse
N.Y
Camp Drum
Gardner R
Lrow
R-La Crosse
Alexander J. Wiley
R-Chippewa Falls
la Crosse Tribune
Fifth Army
Chicago
Ill
The
Tribune
McCoy
Post-Standard
Associated Press
New York
Rocky Mountain
Gerald J. Higgins
82Nd Airborne Division
Wisconsin Post
Upper Midwest
Frost
Korea
34Th Infantry Division
Iowa
Nebraska
32Nd Infantry Division
National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Rosenbergs Scheduled for Week of March 9 in Death Penalty Case
New York reports Julius and Ethel Rosenberg set for execution the week of March 9 after clemency appeals were rejected. U S Marshal says electrocution may occur March 12 at 10 p m in Sing Sing. both had faced earlier Jan 14 date. Protests and pleas for mercy from church leaders surround the case.
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New York
Julius and
Ethel
Rosenberg
Irving R. Kaufman
Russia
Sing’ Sing
U. S
William Carroll
Eisenhower
White House
Washington
Jets Screen Massive Raid Bag 3 MIGs
U S Sabre jets claimed three Soviet built MIG fighters shot down and another probably destroyed during a major air raid on a Communist buildup area near Pyongyang. The Fifth Air Force said Allied planes damaged seven aircraft and supported a large strike that hit the Suiho hydroelectric complex and a Kyomipo target. Captain Ted Williams crash landed after ground fire hit his fighter bomber, while Major James Jabara added a MIG damage credit in Korea.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Korea
Suiho
Yalu River
Manchuria
Kyomipo
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Air Force
James Jabara
America
Williams
Lions Escape Circus Cages In Memphis Street Chase
Two lions named Goldie and Elizabeth escaped from a Hamid Morton Circus act at a Memphis auditorium. A 5000-strong crowd watched trainer Pat Anthony chase the pair through corridors before both were recaptured and secured behind cages.
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Memphis
Goldie
Elizabeth
Pat Anthony
Hamid Morton
Tenn
Defense Dept Releases List of 71 Korean War Casualties
Washington reports 71 Korean War casualties in list No. 750. It records 11 killed 57 wounded and 3 missing with two previously missing men listed as captured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Weather for La Crosse and vicinity
Local weather forecast notes fair conditions and a slight drop in temperature tonight with a low of minus eight in the city and minus twelve in rural areas. Tuesday should be generally fair and not as cold with unlisted high temperature.
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la Crosse
U S Planes Chase Red Jets Back To Kuriles
U S Thunderjets intercepted two Russian type fighters over Northern Japan near Nemuro and forced them to the Kuriles after forcing them to land. One fighter was hit but both escaped toward Soviet-held territory. The event followed a January warning to Moscow and previous clashes near Japan.
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U.S
Kuriles
Tokyo
U. S
Japan
Kurile Islands
Air Force
Nemuro
Hokkaido
Russia
Hobby declares no socialized medicine policy
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, the Eisenhower era security administrator, told CBS that there will be no socialized medicine as popularly defined. She noted the GOP platform and President Eisenhower's position rule out such a system, while critics tied Truman’s prepaid medical insurance proposal to socialized medicine.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Oveta Culp Hobby
Federal Security
CBS
Truman
Wisconsin Holds Low Counterfeit Rating in 1952 Seizures
Milwaukee office of the U S Secret Service reports Wisconsin had a low counterfeit note rate in 1952 with total seizures of 1646 dollars. In 1951 the figure was 4742 dollars. Two individuals arrested at Superior for passing counterfeit ten dollar notes were sent to Leavenworth for 18 months and their 1950 model car was confiscated.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Secret Service
Superior
Leavenworth
Pilot Flips Airplane In Field Landing Near Sparta
Otto Hemmerly of Lone Rock made a nose-over landing in a snow-packed field north of Roy Jacobs farm near Sparta. The all steel two-placer plane flipped onto its back but Hemmerly escaped unharmed after turning off the switch. Jacobs used his tractor to pull the aircraft into the yard. propeller and windshield were damaged.
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Sparta
Wis
Otto Hemmerly
Lone Rock
Roy Jacobs
Hemmerly
Jacobs
Fourteen Bodies Recovered in Gulf Plane Crash with 29 Missing
A National Airlines DC-6 with 46 aboard crashed in stormy Gulf waters near Ft. Morgan. Seventeen bodies recovered. three liferafts found empty earlier. Coast Guard said the fourth raft was empty and survival unlikely. Plane was en route from Tampa to New Orleans. search continued for the missing.
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New Orleans
National Airlines
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Tampa
Fla
Gulf
H. B. Shebat
College Park
T. G. Packham
Miami
Civil Aeronautics
Billy Lavendar
Mobile Press Register
Ft. Morgan
U. S
Elizabeth
N. J
Ens
Frank Polk
Polk
Florida
Richard Harrison Shaddick Als
John Phillip Shaddick
Bee
Call Injunction Delaying Police Department Action
The Common Council special committee calls a city injunction against officials and Christie delaying action on police department problems. The injunction halts appointing a new police and fire commission and blocks charges against Christie while the committee seeks a solution.
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Special Investigating Committee
The
Common Council
James Christie
Thomas Skemp
Christie
Fred Steele
Oscar Harbee
Washington
Steele
Henry Ahrens
Ahrens
George Long
Council
Police and Fire Commission
Alice Dickson
Police
Civil Defense Agency Warns of Massive Soviet Air Attack
The Civil Defense Administration warned Russia could send 400 planes against the United States and drop atom bombs capable of 110000 casualties per blast. The report, sent to Eisenhower and Congress, warned of no warning during work hours and targeted 67 key areas.
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Civil Defense Agency
Russia
U.S
W. Joynes Macfarlan
Washington
Federal Civil Defense Administration
U. S
Congress
Eisenhower
James J. Wadsworth
Hiroshima
Woman Dies In Iowa Crash Near McGregor
Mrs. Walter Hill of Milwaukee, 21, died after the car she rode in overturned on icy highways between McGregor and the Highways 18 and 52 junction. The driver, Walter Hill, was questioned for drunken driving. Strong of Milwaukee rode ahead, separated, and a wrong turn led to the crash. Hill died at 10 15 p.m. Mrs. Hill, Marguerite Louraine Steiber before marriage, leaves husband, son Richard, parents, two sisters, and a brother. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery after services in the EUB Church in Postville.
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Mcgregor
Walter Hill
Milwaukee
Hill
Carl Strong
Lansing
Mec.Gregor
Pattrolman
Strong
Elkader
Clayton County
Postville Hospital
Seevere
Marguerite Louraine Steiber
Waukon
Leslie Steiber
Richard
William Doyle
Elaine
Dale
Schneider Funeral
Sing
EUB Church
D. H. Iles
Oak Hill Cemetery
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By Elton C. Fay
Reds
Cial
Cloe
Eastern
Bulletin
Gov
McIntyre
Bill
By Robert B. Tuckman
Jabara
Wichita
Kan
Anthony
FEAF
Plianees
Farm News Daily
Hal Boyle
Union
Wadsworth
Press
Republic
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