City seeks vacating of court injunction in patrolman case
La Crosse mayor and officials fight to void a temporary injunction that blocks appointment of a police and fire commission. Hearing set for Tuesday before Circuit Judge Neprud as the city challenges several injunction provisions and alleges unlawful interference.
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James Christie
Christie
Thomas Skemp
Common Council
Henry Ahrens
Fred Steele
George Long
Lincoln Neprud
Police and Fire Commission
R. V. Ahlstrom
Alice Dickson
Long
Ahrens
City of la Crosse
Alice Moore
Steele
James D. Christie
Budget Committee OKs Tuition Increases Amid Unbalanced Budget
The Joint Finance Committee approved a $244,701,000 biennium budget with tuition hikes of 30 dollars at the University of Wisconsin and 24 dollars at state colleges. The plan leaves the budget unbalanced, with the state to cover gaps from the building fund and possible cuts at the university if more funds are not provided. Walter V. Wateski, a WWI veteran and DAV leader, dies at 59 in La Crosse, survived by wife Emma Schultz and family. funeral services set for Monday.
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Adams St
Schumacher Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
William L. Mooney
Oak Grove Cemetery
Wateski
Emma Schultz
Jerome
Anton
Frank
Zigmund
Leo Albel
la Crosse
Holy Cross
Spicer and Buschman
Camp Grant
Bangor
Joseph Koller
Elmer Pertsch
Lloyd Halverson
DAV
Wisconsin
DAV Veterans Fund
Kohler
State University
Treasury
U. W
Wisconsin Board of Regents
Blizzard isolates towns as Midwest endures blizzard chaos
As a four day blizzard grips the Northern Great Plains and Upper Midwest, towns report 12 to 25 inches of snow, zero to 15 below temperatures, and widespread closures. High winds gusted to 57 mph. travel halts persist with plows stuck and schools and businesses shut.
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Nebraska
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Huron
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Midwest
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa City
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Quincy
Great Plains
Great Lakes
Bismarck
N.D
S.D
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Mississippi Valley
Gulf
New England
Sioux Falls
M.D
Minnesota Highway Department
Weather Forecast For La Crosse Area Tonight
For La Crosse and vicinity fair and a little colder tonight. Sunday fair and warmer. Near zero in the city tonight minus six in the country. High Sunday afternoon 28.
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la Crosse
Snow and Ice Removal Parking Ban Map Areas
City street department will remove snow and ice. police request no parking in specified zones from midnight Sunday to 8 a.m. Monday. Areas include State Street Front to 7th, Main Front to 7th, Pearl Front to 4th, Jay 3rd to Sth Ave, Cass 3rd to 7th, and 7th from Cass to State.
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Pearl
Jay
Sth Ave
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7Th
State
Air Force recounts 201 fliers rescued since Korean War start
The Air Force reports 201 United Nations fliers rescued from behind enemy lines from June 1950 to Jan 31. An additional 78 were picked up from coastal waters by rescue units. Navy recoveries were not published. Helicopter detachments and sea units sustained rescues, with crews sometimes wounded, and pilots ditching planes to avoid capture.
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Air Force
United Nations
U. S. Air Force
Navy
North Korea
3Rd Air Rescue Squadron
Reds
Democrats Back Budget Cuts Amid Budget Balance Doubts
Senators Maybank and Robertson said they will trim government outlays but doubt Congress can balance the budget. They target military spending and foreign aid, with Maybank suggesting a near 10 percent cut to military requests and Scrutiny on Mutual Security aid. Senator Flanders urged restoring funds for a three member economic advisory council, while Taft urged following Canada’s tax cut example.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
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GOP
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Itson
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Mutual Security Administration
Harold E. Stassen
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Eisenhower
Canada
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Taft
Ohio
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United States
Three Nations Reach Defense Agreement
In Ankara Turkey Greece and Yugoslavia end week long talks with Turkish sources reporting complete accord on joint defense arrangements to counter possible Communist aggression in the Balkans A treaty of friendship is being drafted in Athens and could be signed soon with a separate military agreement to follow.
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Turkey
Greece
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Athens
GI Diapers Work in First Combat Test on Front
Two U S soldiers on the Western Front wore new armored shorts to shield the lower torso as shell fragments caused injuries despite the off topic device. The items function to match vest protection for the upper body. Names withheld as the men were evacuated after wounds. Captain Mack Strauss of South Bend Indiana reported fragments did not penetrate the final basket weave layer.
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Western Front
Korea
U. S
Mack Strauss
South Bend
Ind
Snowfall Light Across Coulee Region Despite Cold Freeze
Old Man Winter brings mostly light snow in the Coulee Region with less than an inch in 24 hours and lingering cold. Ground fog reduced visibility, temperatures fell to 3 above zero, and winds rose from the west. lakeside towns reported subzero readings while northern Wisconsin saw seven below in Superior. Sunday expected to rise to 28 with clearing skies.
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Mercury
Grantsburg
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Superior
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Expect Korean Money Reform To Set Off Guerrilla Outbreaks
In Pusan Korea government leaders warned that the new hwan reform could trigger a bloody guerrilla uprising in the southwest hills. They say bands will descend to rob as billions of won held by Communists and bandits lose value. Fifteen men in Army uniforms stormed a finance office here, killing a guard and civilian and fleeing with 6665 new hwan.
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Pusan
Korea
Here
Pecatonica Flood Recedes Near Darlington
Floodwaters of the Pecatonica River crest at 17.8 feet then recede to 15.4. Main Street and several state highways remain flooded and closed. Merchants brace for cleanup as ice forms from cold, with highways 23 81 11 and 78 affected and traffic halted.
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Pecatonica River
Main Street
Gratiot
South Wayne
Plan Services For Gl Found After 9 Years
Funeral services for Sgt. Earl J. McNutt will be held Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. in Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno Calif. McNutt was missing in action October 25 1944 at Leyte his body later found by Filipino boys near Mauston Wis He is survived by his mother Mrs Margaret Remington Mauston and two sisters Mrs Maxine Ripley Mauston and Mrs Floyd Walters Black River Falls Ripley plans to attend.
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Wis
Earl J. McNutt
Golden Gate National Cemetery
San Bruno
Calif
McNutt
Leyte
Sgt. McNutt
Warrens
Manston
Mauston
Milwaukee
722
Margaret Remington
Maxine Ripley
Floyd Walters
Black River Falls
Ripley
Morse Proposes Bill Of Rights For Probe Witnesses
Sen Morse proposes a witnesses bill of rights in Senate investigations. The measure gives accused individuals the right to counsel, allows objections and cross examination, and requires witnesses to stay on topic under inquiry.
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Morse
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower resolution targets Soviet subjugation of free peoples
President Eisenhower forecast congressional approval for a resolution denouncing Soviet reinterpretations of World War II understandings. The measure rejects subjugation under totalitarianism, upholds Atlantic Charter ideals, and urges self government behind the Iron Curtain while avoiding critique of Roosevelt or Truman administrations.
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Russia
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Yalta
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Harrys. Truman
United States
Congress
Information Programs Integrated Into Cabinet Level Agency
The Advisory Commission on Information urged moving the Voice of America and all overseas psychological warfare programs into a new Cabinet level federal agency. The proposal follows criticism of Voice operations and comes as Sen. McCarthy probes State Department handling, with strong calls for full cooperation and reinstatement for a demoted agent amid filed reports.
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Advisory Commission On Information
Voice of America
Mark A. May
Yale Uniersity Institute of Human Relations
Voice
State Department
Congress
Department
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Walter Bedell Smith
Sen. McCarthy
Wis
Senate Investigations
Donald B. Lourie
Administration
Laurie
John E. Matson
Matson
Smith
Subcommittee
Nancy
Cabinet
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