Red Line Drive completes painting on Main Street
La Crosse finishes the Red Line Drive with the last centerline stripe on Main Street between Third Street and West Avenue. The route promotes Riverside Park and Grandad Bluff as key tourist attractions and ties to blufftop improvements. Work began in summer 1951 and finished this summer after resurfacing delays.
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West Avenue
la Crosse
Riverside Park
Grandad Bluff
la Crosse County
Grandad Bluff Road
Chamber
Truman to Spend Weekend with McGrath in Narragansett
President Truman plans a social weekend June 14 15 at J Howard McGraths Narragansett Rhode Island farm. The trip follows McGrath's April cabinet resignation over a corruption inquiry and signals no political agenda.
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J. Howard McGrath
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
McGrath
Truman
Kefauver
Newbold Morris
White House
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R.I
Morris
James P. McGranery
Boston Globe
Washington
Dispatch
California
South Dakota
Springfield
Missouri
Shrine
Senate split over steel wage board plan and seizure powers
A seven member board proposes a steel settlement while a government seizure option draws Senate opposition led by Sen. Monroney. He favors government seizure of defense plants for 80 days with wage and price controls and potential earnings confiscation based on prewar profits. The wage board proposal, backed by labor and industry debates, follows a narrow Senate vote and extends toward Defense Production Act renewal.
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Maybank
Senate
Sen
Monroney
D-Okla
Congress
Ladies Aid Meet at St Pauls Church Parlor
The St Pauls Ladies Aid will meet Saturday June 7 at the church parlors in Spring Grove Minnesota. Hostesses are Mrs Henry Tollefsrud and Mrs Roger Tollefsrud.
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Spring Grove
Minn
St. Paul's
Weather Forecast Pivot Overview
The forecast summarizes the lowest temperature in the past 12 hours, the second highest in the last 24 hours, and precipitation in the past 34 hours. It presents a compact view of recent temperature extremes and rainfall activity without additional context.
House Approves New GI Bill for Korea War Veterans
The House voted 361 to 1 in favor of a GI Bill of Rights for veterans discharged since the Korea fighting began on June 27 1950. The bill redirects benefits to veterans and expands education job training home and business loans social security credits and mustering-out pay with monthly education grants up to 110 dollars for single veterans and up to 150 dollars for those with dependents.
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Washington
House
Korea
Rep. Deveraux
R-Md
Waker Island
Senate
Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Cattle Hog Prices
The report covers Swift & Co hours and price ranges for hogs and cattle, noting steady hog and cattle markets. It lists barrows and gilts, sows, stags, calves, cows, bulls, and lambs with weight classes and price ranges, along with Chicago cash grain and butter and eggs data. Includes South St. Paul cattle and hog figures and Chicago market movements.
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Chicago Livestock Chicago
USDA
EUB Women Meet Norwalk Hostesses Named For Aid
Hostesses for the EUB Ladies Aid meeting in Norwalk are Mrs. Clara Kerbaugh Mrs. S A Gutknecht and Mrs. W J Dreier. Auckland New Zealand hosts a home brew championship event.
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Wis
EUB Ladies Aid
Mines
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S. A. Gutknecht
W. J. Dreier
Auckland
New Zealand
Supplemental Funds Passed to Pay Federal Workers
The Senate approved a $971,342,641 supplemental bill after House approval to finance federal payrolls and government operations through June 30. The measure frees funds for about half a million postal and other federal employees unpaid from last month.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
County Officials Meet To Discuss Uniform Welfare Plan
W L Christopherson of Bangor chairs La Crosse County Board was in La Crosse after attending a Wisconsin Citizens Advisory Committee on Welfare meeting. The panel, appointed by the State County Boards Association, studied potential uniform state welfare administration and funding. Frank Panzer of Dodge County chaired the meeting, with Al Thelen assisting.
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Bangor
la Crosse
Steel Export Halt By Government For Defense Needs
Washington reports the government has halted the export of all steel mill products except those essential to direct U S military production or defense supporting industries or to friendly countries. Read Tribune Want Ads.
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United States
More For The Money Under Dems Proxmire
William Proxmire, Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor, said a Democratic administration would reorganize state government to save money. He cited growth from 35 million dollars in 1938 to 125 million this year and urged voters to elect him for efficiency.
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William Proxmire
Blooming Grove
Proxmire
Wisconsin Democratic Party
America
Party Attorney Dies in Milwaukee at 74
Benjamin Poss, 74, prominent attorney and former leader in Wisconsin's Progressive Party, died yesterday in Milwaukee. Poss served as special counsel for the state in several notable cases during Gov. Phil La Follette's tenure.
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Benjamin Poss
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Progressive Party
Poss
Phil la Follette
Eisenhower delivers Abilene address amid festival and rain
President candidate speaks on corruption and foreign policy during opening day of Abilene celebration. A crowd of 25,000 attends as Eisenhower meets supporters, responds to critics, and plans private talks with delegates before returning to New York.
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B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Taft
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Hugh Scott Jr
Pennsylvania
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Douglas
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Oklahoma
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Eisenhower Park
Eisenhower Museum
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New York
Fire destroys living room in house blaze
A fire outside turned off sprinklers and spread to the house. Officials say the liv ing room was the likely start and the first floor was nearly gutted. Nancy, reportedly sleeping, tried to reach the window but perished. Firemen John West and Fred Dasse saved her. Funeral services for Nancy are set for Friday at Sletten McKee Chapel with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Fred Dasse
Bartett
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Fred W. Hyslop
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Crop Losses Noted In State As Mercury Dips
Milwaukee issued a weekly crop and weather summary noting cooler than normal temperatures across Wisconsin. Frost and freezing in low areas damaged corn beans tomatoes and other crops while rainfall varied from under half an inch to nearly two inches. Early potatoes and strawberries show growth though some garden crops lag.
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Waukesha
Taft Narrowly Even In South Dakota Primary Fight
Taft led in farm districts with 78 percent in Hutchinson County while Eisenhower carried sparse ranch areas and gained in Aberdeen Lead and Sioux Falls. Kefauver won South Dakota Democratic delegates with 68 percent as Estes Kefauver and his wife Nancy campaigned in the state.
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Mickelson
Secretary of State
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
William E. Borahi
Idaho
Taft
Missouri River
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Sioux Falls
Black Hills
Rapid City
Lead
Hutchinson County
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Ed Downs
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Fifth Army Aids In McCoy Murder Probe
Fifth Army Headquarters in Chicago joined Camp McCoy officers to investigate the beating death of Cpl. Robert Jinks of Savannah Georgia. Jinks was found in a McCoy barracks Monday morning and officials await FBI fingerprint results from Washington.
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Wisconsin Central Sets Traffic Mark In May
Wisconsin Central Airlines carried 13 083 passengers in May setting a new monthly traffic record. The previous high was 12 083 set last August. Fuel stocks bought before a refinery strike helped the line maintain regular flights.
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Weather Record For Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Partly cloudy with a chance of local showers in extreme east tonight. Friday remains partly cloudy with little temperature change. Minnesota mainly fair with cooler northwest Friday. Iowa generally fair with little temperature change tonight and Friday.
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River Forecast for Hastings to Guttenberg Weekend
Forecast shows definite rises only at dam tailwaters 8 9 and 10 Friday and Saturday. Elsewhere minor fluctuations expected from gate operations. Lower Kickapoo stays high. small tributaries may rise quickly with heavy rain. Fish ladder rungs resemble water pools one and a half to two feet apart.
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Guttenberg
Warren Wins Big in California GOP Presidential Primary
Gov. Earl Warren landslide victory nears one million votes in California as 3.5 million voters participate. Warren takes 70 pledged delegates by defeating Rep. Thomas H. Werdel, while Taft influence wanes. Democratic Kefauver sweeps Tennessee for all 68 convention delegates.
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Robert A. Taft
Union Sues For Libel In Wausau Window Claim
Edward Baker, a Schofield fuel equipment dealer, faced a $25 000 libel suit from Local 1113 United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers alleging he painted Local 1113 done this on his store window after hostile postings about him appeared on the building. The independent union has been in a labor dispute with Marathon Electrical Manufacturing Co since February 20. Baker, not connected to Marathon, has also endured window smashings at his home amid the dispute.
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Edward Baker
Schofield
Baker
Local 1113
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Marathon Electrical Manufacturing Co
Marathon
Senate Defeats Plan to End Price Controls Sept 1
The Senate rejected a Republican bid to suspend all price controls next September 1 by a 54 to 27 vote. Amid steel strike talks, debates turned to extending the entire system of defense controls set to expire at month’s end. An additional amendment by Dirksen exempted profit sharing payments in effect before January 15, 1950 from wage stabilization.
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Senate
Sen
Dirksen
R-Ill
Pastor Attacks Catholic Stand Over Graduation Service
In Brodhead Wisconsin controversy over a high school baccalaureate service at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Catholics and Protestants clash. Rev Andrew Breines criticizes the idea as intolerable while Rev R W Sachtsen defends minority rights and notes Catholics cannot attend outside their church.
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Benton and McCarthy in heated Senate row over probe
The dispute centers on Benton's call for a probe of McCarthy and a counter effort by McCarthy seeking Benton’s investigation. Benton's charges accuse McCarthy of fraud while McCarthy argues Benton aims to defeat him in Wisconsin. Witnesses and donations are discussed as part of the feud.
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Madison professor named chair on insurance issues panel
The University of Wisconsin announced Charles C. Center, professor of commerce, was appointed chairman of a new advisory committee on insurance problems for the National Wage Stabilization Board.
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University of Wisconsin
Charles C. Center
National Wage Stabilization Board
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