Maximum Flood Level Of 11.5 Forecast For 1953 By Sanial
Sanial of the Weather Bureau forecasts a maximum Mississippi River flood level near 11.5 feet in La Crosse for spring 1953 if snow melts gradually and temperatures remain stable. He notes flood risk hinges on March to early April trends and warns main-channel flooding would be unlikely unless precipitation and temperature shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanial
Prairie du Chien
Santal
Mississippi Valley
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Minnesota River
Chippewa Valley
la Crosse
Hastings
Red Wing
Winona
Trempealeau
Dresbach
Genoa
Lynxville
Chippewa
Durand
Black
Galesville
Wisconsin Rapids
Portage
Muscoda
Kickappo
la Farge
Steuben
Root
Houston
Zumbro
Theilman
Sentence Youth To Green Bay State Reformatory
John Joseph Martell an 18 year old La Crosse youth received one year to 13 months at Green Bay State Reformatory for negligent homicide from a Dec 6 Highway 53 crash. Judge Neprud denied probation and urged education and compliance with reform programs after leniency pleas by attorneys Hanson and Skemp.
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John Joseph Martell
la Crosse
Green Bay State
Lincoln Neprud
Ernest O. Hanson
Thomas Skemp
Erwin
Petery) Voss
Martell
Neprud
Skemp
Green Bay
State Department of Public Welfare
Dog lifesaving act alerts operator at Pettibone Island pit
An unusual dog behavior warns Arthur Allen, a hoisting operator, saving two children ages 5 and 9 from injury as a sand bucket neared them. Elmer Warninger of West Channel Sand and Block Co notes the dog, a water spaniel, stayed on the cables and howled, prompting a search that found the children hidden in the pit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pettibone Island
Arthur Allen
Elmer Warninger
West Channel
Allen
West Channel Company
Hearing on La Crosse County Barn Project Details
Public hearing in Shelby on the proposed 32 000 barn at the La Crosse County Home and Infirmary farm drew limited opposition. Theodore Bonsack argued against the 120 foot long structure citing farm size and cost. petition debate was logged in the minutes with 15 supervisors and equal citizens present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Shelby
Theodore Bonsack
Washington Township
la Crosse
Merritt Gibson
Harold Evjen
Bernard Zahn
la Crosse 21St Ward
Zahn
Bonsack
Levi Cavadini
Bangor
Institution
Persecution Ban Unanimously Backed By Senate
The Senate approved 79 to 0 a resolution condemning Soviet persecution of Jews and other minorities, urging the President to press the United Nations for action against oppression in Russia and its satellites. The measure broadens to include various religious and ethnic groups across Eastern Europe and the Near East.
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Korea
U.S
Chusan
Pukchong
Wonsan
Hook
United Nations
Kelly Hill
Lake the Gook’s Castle
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Russia
Cordon
R-Ore
Jenner
R-Ind
House
Poland
Ukraine
Balkan
Baltic States
Sen. Douglas
D-Ill
Near
Middle East
Wiley
R-Wis
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Republcan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Dulles
Roosevelt
Truman
Senate Farm Price Sag Triggers Bipartisan Senate Clash
The Agriculture Department reported a 1.48 percent January to February drop in farm prices, eight and a half percent below a year ago, fueling a Senate clash as Democrats fault Republicans and Benson policies. Benson defended price supports while Bridges blamed Democratic eras for instability. 142 carloads of corn spoiled were cited. other supports set for corn at 1.58 a bushel and rice at 4.84 per hundred pounds. Humphrey Kerr and others pressed for parity while Aiken urged restraint amid partisan rhetoric.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Benson
Senate
Sen. Bridges
New Hampshire
Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Bridges
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Kerr
D Okla
Houdini
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Agriculture Committee
Aiken
Homburg
Shah of Iran Announces and Cancels Abdication Amid Tehran Turmoil
In Tehran mobs loyal to Kashani drive Mossadegh from his home forcing refuge at a nearby U S headquarters. The Shah briefly announced plans to abdicate then canceled them citing patriotic pressure as Parliament and ministers urge him to stay.
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Shah of
Iran
Tehran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Mohammed Mossadegh
U.S
Point Four
Ayatullah Seyed Abolghassem Kashani
Mossadegh
Shah
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Iraq
Council of Ministers
Moss‘adegh
U. S
Lou Henderson
Eisenhower to present Bobby Jones portrait at Augusta club
President Eisenhower, vacationing at Augusta National Club, plans to give Bobby Jones a portrait he painted. Jones, sidelined by a back ailment, arrives from Atlanta to receive the painting at the club house as Eisenhower stays at the white frame cottage and plays the 18 hole layout in the 80s.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Bobby Jones
Augusta National Club
Jones
Atlanta
Jones’ White Frame
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Augusta National
Ed Dudley
Cliff Roberts
New York
William E. Robinson
New York Herald Tribune
Golf House
U. S. Golf Association
Thomas E. Stephens
White House
Red Cross Drives for 1953 La Crosse County Funds
Milo Knutson and Mrs. Joseph Callaway urge La Crosse County residents to meet a $34 757 goal for the 1953 Red Cross drive. The residential campaign scheduled for Sunday March 1 from 1 to 4 p m seeks volunteer block workers to canvass homes and secure support for continuing services and blood processing for polio protection.
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Milo Knutson
Red Cross
la Crosse County
Joseph Callaway
Knutson
la Crosse
Weather Report for La Crosse Area Tonight and Sunday
Near cold wave continues tonight with fair skies and continued cold. Sunday remains fair and cold with daily highs around 20 in the city and 5 in rural areas.
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la Crosse
Nurse Meant To Donate Blood Works As Helper Instead
Miss Virginia Doolittle, a Gundersen Clinic nurse, arrived in uniform to give blood at the Training School bloodmobile. Red Cross staff, overloaded with activity, persuaded her to work instead. The drive surpassed its quota by 82 pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Doolittle
Gundersen Clinic
Miss Doolittle
Red Cross
Rennebohm Break With Kohler Seen
Former Wisconsin Governor Oscar Rennebohm openly challenges Governor Kohler on University of Wisconsin budget policy. He urges legislators to fund a higher two year appropriation, risking a rift with Kohler who defends his fiscal plan and public stance.
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Tribune
Madison
Wis
Oscar Rennebohm
Walter J. Kohler
University of Wisconsin
Rennebohm
University Board of Regents
Kohler
Florida
Washington
Eisenhower
Legislative Finance Committee
E. B. Fred
Fred
Action Follows Allegations By Sen Williams
Washington report on the J. R. Watkins Company facing a federal indictment for conspiracy to evade taxes on alcohol used in liniment sold for internal use. Sen. Williams cited a Treasury settlement of five million in claims for about ten cents on the dollar. Watkins executives disputed tax due and claimed mislabeling decades ago.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Williams
J. R. Watkins Company
Internal Revenue Bureau
St. Paul
Minn
Winona, Minn
Treasury
Department of Justice
Grand
Williams
E. J. Sievers
Watkins Company
Check Forger Sentenced To Waupun
Robert Brown of Sparta was sentenced by Judge Lambert Hansen to two to three years at Waupun for writing a $40 check to his brother in law Ronald Hall and signing the name Howard Teasdale. Brown, on parole for non support, had previously violated parole, according to Dist. Atty. W. J. Gleiss.
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Sparta
Wis
Robert Brown
Waupun
Lambert Hansen
Brown
Ronald E. Hall
Howard Teasdale
Dist. Atty
W. J. Gleiss
Reds Propose Human Barter in Malaya and Budapest
A sensational exchange idea proposed trading a British businessman jailed in Hungary for Chinese guerrilla leader Lee Meng, facing execution in Malaya. The plan involved Edgar Sanders and Lee Meng, highlighting international communist links and a $40,000 Malayan reward for the jungle commander.
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London
Malaya
Budapest
Hongary
Anthony Eden
Robert M. A. Hankey
Edgar Sanders
George Sanders
Robert Vogeler
Lee Meng
Lee Ten Tai
Perak
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Manchuria
Pyongyang
South Korea
North Korea
Seoul
U.N
Plan
Orrin Young
Hamilton
Reck
Beck
Frank X. Check
la Crosse 13Th
Bee
By Edwin B. Harkinson
Farouk
National Front
iIran
Duffer Ike
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Ike
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Company
Edmond LE Breton
Joseph McCarthy
L. K
Wellington Koo
Washington, D. C
Madame Koo
Chiang Wei Kuo
Chiang Kai-shek
Reds
Will
Sanders
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