Nine Million Americans In The Stock Market Today
A rapid look at growth in stock market participation shows Miss X, a New York schoolteacher, investing $5,000 windfall and growing it toward nearly $20,000 amid rising corporate profits. Analysts note many new investors have modest incomes and pensions, while markets edge toward record highs despite concerns of a 1929-like crash.
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New York
Upstate
America
Wall Street
Washington
P.S
Miss X
Associated Press
Relatives Debate Trip To See U.S. Prisoners In China
Families of Americans jailed in Peiping weigh whether to accept an invitation to visit. Some plan to travel despite unclear access amid export embargo limits and safety concerns. The Fischers of Iowa set February for a possible trip with gifts, while others remain undecided.
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Red China
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Peiping
Harold Fischer Sr
Swea City
Iowa
Harold Fischer Jr
Korea
Fischer
Fischers
Andrew Mackenzie
Montreal
Canada
Rolland G. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Cameron
U.S
Tokyo
Washington
U.S. State Department
Two Local Photographers Win Honors in WPPA Session
Two La Crosse photographers received honors at the Wisconsin Press Photographers Association annual meeting in Milwaukee. Frances Burgess of The La Crosse Tribune earned a picture story on Max Conrad. Jack Finley of the La Crosse Register showcased attic cleaning. Elmer Ebert became WPPA president succeeding E Donald Swenson. Other officers named include Harry Van Tuyl Friedmann Florian Krasinski Edgar Timm and Tommy Bartlett award winner Lee Sage Miss Wisconsin noted.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Frances Burgess
The
la Crosse Tribune
Max Conrad
Winona
Jack Finley
la Crosse Register
Thomas Abercrombie
Milwaukee Journal
WPPA
National Press Photographers Assn
Ernest Anheuser
Milwaukee Sentinal
Richard Friedmann
Eau - Claire Press
Elmer Ebert
Burlington Free Press
E. Donald Swenson
Harry van Tuyl
Janesville Gazette
Friedmann
Florian Krasinski
Stevens Point Journal
Edgar Timm
Wausau Record-Herald
Tommy Bartlett
Seine River Receding After 31-Year High Flood
The Seine in Paris began to fall after reaching a 31 year high, easing fears of more flooding. The river dropped about an inch overnight to 23 feet, while Moselle and Garonne continued rising, inundating towns and areas near Toulouse. Evacuations numbered in the thousands as bridges closed and Paris factories limited work, though Notre Dame remained safe.
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George McArthur
Paris
Seine
France
Moselle
Garonne
Toulouse
Begin Trial Of Nugent Begins Trial At Ft Sill
A general court martial at Ft Sill Oklahoma opened to try Maj Ambrose H Nugent 44 Merrill Wisconsin on 13 counts of alleged crimes against country and prisoners His defense argues all acts occurred under duress during captivity in Korea As the trial started Maj Robert E Hough questioned 10 colonels on the court about impartiality and the proceedings paused for legal discussions and review.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Wisconsin
Ambrose H. Nugent
Merrill
Wis
Korea
Robert E. Hough
Nugent
Donald L. Manes Jr
Manes
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Kermit
Tex
Hough
Gerard Cowan
Cowan
Wisconsin Legislature weighs tax deadline and daylight time
Madison lawmakers consider delaying the state income tax due date from March 15 to April 15 with Senate action anticipated this week. A daylight saving time measure also looms, awaiting approval before the April 4 election, while budget struggles and party clashes fill the session's early days.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State
Senate
Assembly
Kohier
W.sconsin
Mark Catlin
Appleton
State Department of Taxation
Catlin
Admiral Pride says fleet ready for Tachens evacuation
Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride, commander of the 7th Fleet aboard the Helena, said Eisenhower would seek Congress for authority to evacuate the Tachens if needed. He noted the fleet could handle contingencies with carriers Essex Yorktown Kearsarge and Wasp and emphasized the move would be grave in a democracy.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Alfred M. Pride
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Eisenhower
Congress
Helena
Pride
7Th Fleet
Tachens
Yikiangshan
Toumen
Essex
Yorktown
Kearsarge
Wasp
Feeling
Keelung
Washington
Alfred Pride
Taipei
Hong Kong
Karl Rankin
Tachen Islands
Unifiax
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Tonight and Tuesday
Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight about 5. High Tuesday around 18.
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la Crosse
U N May Request Cease Fire Over Formosa Strife
United Nations talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Sidney Holland and U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold were set to address fighting in the Formosa Strait. A U N Security Council meeting on a possible cease fire appeared likely, while Peiping’s People’s Daily rejected U N intervention. Foreign Secretary Eden was rumored to back a U N trusteeship path for Formosa with Chiang Kai-shek’s government as custodian. Russians reportedly fear a wider war between the United States and China.
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United Nations
N. Y
New Zealand
Sidney Holland
U. N
Daz Hammarskjold
Formosa Strait
U. N. Security Council
Chinese Communist Party
Peiping People’s Daily
U.N
Formosa
Peiping
Taiwan
Penghu
Pescadores
China
London
Sunday Pictorial
Anthony Eden
Chiang Kai-shek
Associated Press
Richard Kasischke
Moscow
United States
Red China
New York
Washington
Leslie Knox Munro
Security Council
Munro
Fireball Lands In Bedroom Sparks Meteorite Or Bomb Talk
In Darby Township Pennsylvania a grapefruit sized flaming object crashed into William C. Cunningham's bedroom, burned his hand, and exploded on impact. Fire Marshal Francis X. Joseph tested it with a propane flame and found no magnetism. experts from the University of Pennsylvania and Fels Planetarium question a meteorite origin and suggest possibly a homemade bomb.
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Philadelphia
William C. Cunningham
Darby Township
Cunninghan
Cunningham
Francis X. Joseph
Delaware County
C. P. Oliver
University of Pennsylvania
I. M. Levitt
Fels Planetarium
MT. Whuveer
Dr. Levitt
Earth
Eisenhower asks Congress to declare unity behind firm Formosa aim
In a special message President Eisenhower urged Congress to authorize military action to defend Formosa and the Pescadores from Communist forces. He called for unity, warned of Red China threats, and said a congressional declaration could deter aggression while outlining potential military steps if needed. He also referenced Quemoy Island and possible emergency actions pending Congress.
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Formosa
Hed China
Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Red China
United States
Pescadores
House
All Free Nations
Pescadores Islands
Quemoy Island
Formo-se * Sa
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Reiman Morin
By Reiman Morin
California
Chinese Red Cross
Lee Sage
Alma Bridge
Zouave
Unifax
Seine River
Notre Dame
HallBovie
Dean EF. Painter
Col
Ferdi
Kohler
Arthur Balzer
D-West Allis
Ludvigsen
Fleet
Adm
Jacob Malik
Kremlin
Georgi Zarubin
Sergei Vanogradov
Russia
Germany
Quemoy
Amoy
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