Wisconsin to relocate highway 93 in five miles near Trempealeau
Gov. Kohler approved a 483000 project to relocate state trunk highway 93 from two miles east of Trempealeau to the junction with U S highway 53. L G Arnold Inc will grade and drain the five mile section for 390159 with 51841 for engineering and contingencies and 41000 for right of way. The project, 281000 state funded and 202000 federally, begins June 16 1952 and runs to August 15 1953 with bituminous pavement planned later.
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Wisconsin
Holmen
Trempealeau
Walter J. Kohler
L. G. Arnold, Inc
Eau Claire
Tragic Fire Claims Life of Nancy Bartelt at 320 N 24th
The Tribune photo shows the home where Nancy Bartelt nine died in a Wednesday fire. She slept in a second story bedroom on 320 North 24th Street and reportedly could not reach the window. Firemen found her and she died at a local hospital. The living room area shown likely started the blaze, with the first floor nearly gutted.
Nine-Year-Old Nancy Bartelt Dies in House Fire
Nine people respond to a fatal early morning fire at 320 N 24th St that gutted the first floor of a two story stucco home. Nancy Bartelt aged nine, daughter of Dr Paul and Mrs Barbara Bartelt, died from probable suffocation and burns after an upstairs bedroom fire trapped her. Firemen removed her through a window aided by Mrs Bartelt. An autopsy and fire investigation were planned. The blaze began in the living room and an official from the state fire marshal’s office was to assist.
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Nancy Bartelt
N. 24Th St
Paul Bartelt
George Reay
Arneson
John West
Ted Richards
Camp McCoy
Philip Arneson
Ample Steel Stocks In City May Feel Pinch Soon
La Crosse industrial firms show about 30 days of steel on hand with major users warning shipments could curtail earlier. Several companies report 2 to 3 months reserves, while smaller units expect little impact for months. Some struggle to secure alloys and materials, and a prolonged strike could affect future building, though overall stockpiles remain substantial.
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la Crosse
Electric Auto-Lite Company
Northern Engraving Company
la Crosse Trailer Corporation
Allis-Chalmers
Joseph J. Seinfelder and Sons Company
Franklin Iron Works
Chopie Tool and Die
DeLuxe Engineering Company
Gill Resigns as UW Sociology Lecturer to Lead DC Institute
Howard B. Gill, a University of Wisconsin sociology lecturer since 1949, resigned yesterday to become director of the Institute of Correctional Administration at George Washington University in Washington DC. He will also advise the Puerto Rican government on its correctional program.
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Madison
Howard B. Gill
University of Wisconsin
Institute of Correctional Administration
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Gill
Balloon Soars Over LaCrosse For 34 Hours
A University of Minnesota released experimental balloon hovered over LaCrosse for over 34 hours at about 50,000 feet. It was tracked by a Twin Beech aircraft and landed near Independence. observers report instruments recovered. Three more balloons were planned for release the next day.
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LaCrosse Tribune
University of Minnesota
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Independence
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Britain joins United States in protest over Korean crisis
In Pusan Britain and the United States condemned the political upheaval surrounding President Syngman Rhee. Alec Adams outlined Britain’s position to Rhee and handed a written note aligning with U.S. policy. The U.N. Commission urged Rhee to lift martial law and release 12 opposition assemblymen, while Rhee resisted dissolving the National Assembly.
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Stan Carter
Pusan
Korea
Britain
United States
Syngman Rhee
Alec Adams
Rhee
U.S. State Department
Truman
U.S
United Nations Commission For the Unification and Rehabilitation of
U.N
Seek the View On Foreign Aid Seek the View On Foreign Aid
House and Senate negotiators slash a foreign aid bill to about 6.447 billion dollars as Gen. Eisenhower agrees to testify. The compromise preserves aid for Europe and Asia, shifts funding, and removes several provisions including a blanket arms-spending directive.
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Cannon
D—Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate House
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
Europe
Asia
Near East
Far East
Pacific
Latin America
United Nations International Children’s Fund
Mutual Security Administration
Sen. Kem
R-Mo
Idle Workers Near 725000 In Steel Strike
The nation faces a steel walkout with about 725000 idled workers including 650000 CIO United Steelworkers unionists. The White House convenes leaders for a Capitol conference to seek settlement as Congress debates a 120 day cooling off plan and possible presidential seizure powers.
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White House
CIO
United Steelworkers
Allied Industries
New
Washington ‘S
Senate
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Supreme Court
Truman
John R. Steelman
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Philip Murray
CIO Steelworkers Union
Steel Industry
Sen. Capehart R
Ind
Banking Committee
Taft
Truman Maybank
Wage Stabilization Board
California primary taft eisenhower edge tightens
In South Dakota, Taft led Eisenhower 64 125 to 63 482 with 79 of 1 947 precincts uncounted as record turnout surged. Ke lfauver won eight Democratic delegates 2 1 margin. City results favored Eisenhower. farm areas boosted Taft. looming July convention tone.
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Sioux Falls
S.D. Fi
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Dakota
Taft
Ohio
Abilene
Kan
Estes Kelfauver
Tennessee
Chicago
Eisenhower
Black Hills
Band Concert Canceled Then Rescheduled One Week Later
Weather forced the La Crosse Concert Band season opener to be canceled at Wednesday noon. Director D. R. Wartinbee announced the performance is rescheduled for one week from tonight at Riverside Park.
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D. R. Wartinbee
la Crosse
Riverside Park
Warren and Kefauver win big in California primary
Governor Earl Warren and Senator Estes Kefauver captured California’s big delegations with margins better than two to one. Warren took all 70 GOP delegates and beat Rev. Thomas H. Werdel’s slate. Kefauver led a 68‑member Democratic slate headed by Edmund G. Brown. Knowland swept both party nominations for reelection under crossfiling, defeating Rep. Clinton McKinnon in both tickets.
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San Francisco
Earl Warren
Estes Kefauver
California
Truman
Warren
GOP
Thomas H. Werdel
Tennessee
Kefauver
Edmund G. Brown
Werdel
Brown
William F. Knowland
Clinton McKinnon
San Diego
Knowland
Local Weather for La Crosse and Nearby
Local showers and thunderstorms to night fading to fair Thursday. Temperatures steady. Low tonight 56. High Thursday 76.
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la Crosse
Red Radio accuses Ana Pauker of pro capitalists role
Vienna report says Radio Bucharest branded Ana Pauker as pro capitalist and counter revolutionary accusing her and two ex ministers of causing Romania’s economic woes. It notes Pauker remains foreign minister while purges rumoured and cites a claim that her removal aids the working man.
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Red Radio
Ana Pauker
Vienna
Austria
Bucharest
Pau‘ker
Romania
Romanian Communist Party
Two Day Round Of Ceremonies Slated At Home
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Abilene Kansas by special train for a two day homecoming. He was to lay the cornerstone of an Eisenhower museum with a silver trowel as ground was broken in the back yard area.
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Abilene
Kas
Dwight I.D. Eisenhower
Kansas
Eisenhower
Ike Speech Broadcast From Abi lene on WKTY
WKTY will air a direct broadcast of General Dwight Eisenhower's scheduled address starting at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Originating in Abilene Kansas the speech will be broadcast in full by The Tribune Station.
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WKTY
Dwight Eisenhower
Abilene
Kansas
Tribune
Nominate the General on special train to Abilene
Reported plan to nominate the General as the Republican candidate for President accompanied by reporters on a special train from Kansas City. A parade, conferences with backers, and a major speech were scheduled as crowds gathered outside his Abilene hotel. Col. Hugh Edwards estimated the crowd at 25,000, far below expectations.
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Kansas City
Washington
Hugh Edwards
Kansas Highway Patrol
POW Notes Exchange At Panmunjom Over Reds Captured
United Nations and Communist truce negotiators exchanged sharply worded notes on prisoners of war. North Korean Gen Nam II accused the Allies of barbarous treatment of reds on Koje Island and warned of red armies marching. The session yielded no progress on repatriation of about 100,000 captured Reds and 70,000 Allied POWs willing to return.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Nam II
Panmunjom
Koje Island
William K. Harrison Jr
U.N
Red
Nam
Mark Clark
Far East
Kose
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