De Gaulle offers Algeria a path to reform despite rebel rejection
In Constantine Algeria Premier de Gaulle tours amid mass support while FLN spokesmen in Cairo reject his plan for integrating Moslem and European Algerians with equal rights and voting power. He proposes a three month reform window and a future single voting list for representatives, but stops short of independence.
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Council and Board Agree on Washington School Site Use
In an air clearing session the La Crosse Common Council and La Crosse Board of Education agreed that Washington School site may be used for expansion of La Crosse State College. Regents officials outlined plans to seek $10 million more in state funds for campus construction and replacement of Washington School, with completion and start of work forecast within six to eight months after approval, potentially beginning late 1959 or early 1960.
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Hendricksons See New Home Whirled Away
MENOMONIE Wis AP A middle aged couple and three children survived a tornado that smashed their Colfax home. Melvin Hendrickson 58 described the moment the wind twisted the house apart while his wife Helga and children Karen Roland and Richard were injured. The family gathered in Memorial Hospital as eight others died in Colfax.
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Camp Douglas Man Killed By Wall Section
Walter Nash a 45 year old Camp Douglas man died Tuesday when a wall section six by ten feet from a wrecked warehouse fell into the trench where he worked for a new elevator and feed building. George Elsing operated the trench digger nearby. Nash died at the scene and was taken to Wahl Hare Funeral Home in New Lisbon.
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Eisenhower seeks separate foreign aid authority in Iron Curtain states
President Eisenhower asks power to spend foreign aid in satellite nations while keeping it separate from the mutual security bill under Senate debate. Senator Knowland reports the stance after a GOP White House conference. He would back an amendment to the Battle Act if proposed.
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Baby Blown 200 Yards Survives Tornado Hit Family
The Erling Lunn family of Colfax faced presumed death after a tornado wrecked their home. Two survivors emerged including a six weeks old baby found 200 yards from the ruins. Mrs Lunn was critically injured at Luther Hospital Eau Claire. The father died and their three year old son Leon died in hospital.
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Colfax Tornado Leaves Wisconsin Town in Ruins
A deadly tornado ripped through four counties in northwestern Wisconsin toppling homes and smashing the Colfax business district. At least 28 people died and over 100 were injured as power and communications failed and rescue teams conducted farm by farm searches aided by civil defense radios. Governors and National Guardsmen mobilized to aid recovery as crews assessed the extensive damage near Menomonie and Eau Claire.
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Tornado Victims Named Across Northwestern Wisconsin Towns
A list of tornado fatalities and missing from Wednesday night’s Wisconsin storm includes Lillian Butek 37 Irene 10 John 14 Lanny Fijelstad 16 Spencer Fijelstad their uncle George House 65 Mrs Cora Gerber 45 and others in Colfax Menomonie Chippewa Falls Bloomer Wilson Hutchinson Rice Lake Boyd Thorp and Stanley.
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First Use of Conelrad Weather Warning in Wisconsin
Severe weather warnings coordinated by the Weather Bureau reached La Crosse and western Wisconsin for a Wednesday night tornado threat. The incident marks the first use of Conelrad in coordination with local stations and police to alert Eau Claire, Ladysmith, Woodville, and surrounding areas with multiple meteorologists and officials involved.
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Storm claims woman’s life in Rice Lake
A Rice Lake woman, Mrs. Alan Musil, was killed when a tornado struck northwestern Wisconsin. She was electrocuted after stepping outside during a lull to inspect a damaged television antenna near her doorway.
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