Wisconsin Weekend Fire Toll Reaches 350000 Loss
Fires across Wisconsin over the weekend caused one death and left 22 people homeless. The Castle Garden resort lodge at Lake Namekagon near Cable burned, killing Harold F. Hawkins and causing heavy damage. Additional blazes in Superior Racine Dodgeville Milwaukee Boscobel Oakfield and Markesan produced further property losses and injuries.
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Castle Garden
Lake Namekagon
Cable
Harold F. Hawkins
White Bear Lake
Minn
Hawkins
Marlene
Michael
Mt. Telemark
Donald P. Waddick
Minneapolis
Joan Conley
Hayward
Roy Hartless
Hartless
Racine
Dodgeville
George Dehne
Merle Drager
Republican
Milwaukee
Robert Donald
Boscobel
Oakfield Brick Co
Fond du Lac
Oakfield
Ralph Hartley
Green Lake County
Gunther Yahnke
Markesan
Twenty-Two CnW Rail Cars Derail Near Butler
Twenty two cars of a Chicago and North Western freight train derailed Sunday near Butler in Waukesha County. There was no immediate estimate of damage.
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Waukeshaw
Chicago and North Western
Butler
New Premier Takes Over In Jordan
Samir El Rifai becomes premier and Ibrahim Hashem deputy premier after a weekend of rioting linked to the Baghdad Pact. Army says Arab Legion controls Amman with only minor incidents including the Ajlun hospital attack. US protests over rioting and flag burning, urging protection of American lives and property.
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Jordan
Amman
Samir el Rifai
Ibrahim Hashem
el Rifai
Palestine
X & & American
Arab Legion
Ajloun
Damascus
Iraq
Jerusalem
Amman-Jericho
United States
Washington
Dulles
Taysir A. Toucan
State Department
U.S
Earthquake rattles Acapulco injuring 106 people
A sequence of six major quakes in Acapulco and aftershocks left 106 injured, none killed. The worst damage hit the Colonia Progreso slum and a four story building near the Hotel Papagayo collapsed. No U.S. citizens were among the injured as residents sought safety on beaches and streets.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Efren Villalvazo
U.S
Juan Altamirano
Cojlonia Progreso
Papagayo
Mexico City
Arica
Atomic Reactor in B36 Bomber Reported by Air Force Convair
The Air Force and Convair announced tests using an atomic reactor aboard a B36 bomber to study shielding radiation effects on aircraft and materials. They stressed safety, noting the reactor operates only in designated airspace and not during takeoffs or landings, with public officials informed and a crash contingency plan in place.
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Convair
Fort Worth
Texa
Southwest
Hobbs
N.M
Texas
Plan for Operation Pork Lift in La Crosse City
Rural Affairs Committee of the La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce announces a citywide pork drive, Operation Pork Lift, to run Thursday through Saturday January 19 to 21. Merchants invited. packing plants Swift Hormel Armour pledge lowest prices to curb hog surplus and aid consumers.
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la Crosse County
Swift
Hormel and
Armour
Viroqua
Iowa
la Crosse
Vaaller
Vaaler
Joseph Schreier
Harold Cram
L. C. Hayden
Howard Nestingen
John O. Ehlenbecker
Walter Ahlstrom
Nestingen
Harry Vruwink
Arthur Tabbert
Edward Coughlin
Waale
Ike Keeps Door Open On Second Term
President Eisenhower signaling no final decision on retirement, told a Key West news conference he has not fixed his mind about running again. Reports suggest a tentative leaning against a second term, while some backers see possible bid. He described improved health and plans for a new farm message.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Florida
Key West
Denver
Naval Base
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Low around 14 tonight and high near 24 Tuesday.
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la Crosse
Eisenhower calls for soil bank to cut farm surpluses
President Eisenhower proposes retiring about 40 million acres of farm land into a soil bank to reduce surpluses. Farmers would receive cash or in kind payments, with estimates of an extra 750 million to a billion dollars in income. The plan forms part of a nine point program addressing farm problems ahead of the election year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Congress
Discovery Of Chemical To Aid In Spare Human Transplants
A step toward providing new glands, kidneys or hearts by transplanting tissues from deceased donors to patients. Scientists at Roscoe J. Jackson Memorial Laboratory report ES, a chemical that suppresses antibodies to foreign tissues, enabling successful cross donor cell transfers in mice and potentially reducing barriers to later human organ and tissue transplants.
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Associated Press
Bar Harbor
Maine
Nature
Roscoe J. Jackson
Snell
Republicans Back Eisenhower Farm Plan In Congress
Capitol Hill leaders praised the President's farm program amid some criticism. Speaker Rayburn welcomed action on the farm problem while cautioning on surplus stocks. Halleck praised price aims and land adjustments. Hope lauded the plan's surplus cuts but lamented no 1956 income boost for farmers.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Capitol Hill
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
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Hal Boyle
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