Scenery Versus Superhighways in Federal Plan
The Stevens Point Journal editorial rails at a multi billion dollar federal highway program aiming to link major cities with limited access routes. It notes central Wisconsin will not host a superhighway, cites 41 000 miles total network and slow early construction, and warns scenic routes may be sacrificed for faster throughways.
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Stevens Point Journal
Wisconsin
Journal
Federal
Chicago
Twin Cities
Milwaukee
Americans gain broader health coverage gains shown
The Health Insurance Council notes that 70 percent of civilians already have voluntary health coverage. In 1956 benefits from such programs totaled 3.6 billion dollars if accident and sick pay are included, with expectations of higher figures in 1957. As of May 1, 1957, about 118 million Americans had hospital expense protection and 103 million had surgical expense coverage.
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Health Insurance Council
America
A Glimpse of Old Southern Revivals by Robert C Ruark
In New York City amid Billy Graham’s crusade the author recalls Southern revival scenes from Cape Fear region camps. He describes colorful preachers, sin confessions, fried fish, scuppernong wine, and the role of music and bass voices in outdoor revivals, contrasting them with urban venues.
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New York
Sodom and Gomorrah
Will Graham
North Carolina
Old Lawon
Cape Fear
Brunswick County
Satan
Wiliam Graham
Madison Square Garden
Piney Woods
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
The Heir Spends Her Money On A European Trip
An elderly American woman, touring Europe, reveals she is financing her year abroad with her heir's fortune rather than her own. She explains her plan to avoid letting her niece squander the estate, choosing to spend the money herself now.
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J. Russell Preeman
New York Herald Tribune
Oberammergau
Europe
Washington News Notebook and Embassy Dinner Gaffe
Rep Jim Wright notes that famous senators never earned universal praise and recalls sharp epithets from Adams Webster La Follette and Taft. At the Argentine embassy a guest mistook Kaiser vice president Chad Calhoun for a waiter, and he smoothly served her, then joked about dessert.
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Chad Calhoun
Kaiser Industries Corp
Chad
Capitol Dome Demos Less Sure Than Advertised
Madison analysis casts doubt on Democratic confidence for the Wisconsin special senate election. Prospects hinge on candidate choice, party discipline, and voter turnout, with Republicans favored if labor mobilization remains limited and local ticket strength fades less for Democrats.
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Henry Wyngaard
Reuss
Proxmire
Rep
Sen
Gaylord Neln
Madison
Nelson
Phillip Nash
National Labor Movement
Wisconsin
National Republican Party
GOP
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch review
Henry Miller’s Big Sur guidepost blends memoir and travel sketches from his California coast retreat. The essayist notes Miller’s shifts from Paradise imagery to satire, with references to Bosch, Cellini, and a cast of locals, offering a potpourri that may appeal to Miller followers but less so to new readers.
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Big Sur
Hieronymus Bosch
Henry Miller
New Directions
Paris
California
Monterey
Robinson Jeffers
Miller
Paradise
Moriand
Press Conference Confusion Highlights Cold War Trade Debate
The article notes ambiguities from a White House press conference on Khrushchev's broadcast and US China trade. It cites President Eisenhower distinguishing private initiative from government actions and the need for clearer briefing and advance questions to avoid misinterpretation. It also covers differential trade with Red China and allied cautions about potential enemies from non strategic exchanges.
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Washington
White House
Red China
Eisenhower
Columbia Broadcasting System
Soviet Union
America
United States
Soviet
Russia
China
Macmillan
Bermuda
Review Of The News In Years Past 1937 Launch Relocation
Joseph K. Kidder surveys past events from 1937 including a plan to relocate and finance improvements on State Highway 35 by La Crosse and Vernon counties with state aid. Amelia sets a South Atlantic record to reach Africa, while Jean Harlow dies amid a era of Hollywood figures. Police report a theft during a nap at 810% Mississippi Street as Central High School girls seek summer work. a broad nostalgia column recalls decades of local and world events with notices on politics, disasters, and local governance.
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la Crosse
Vernon
Amelia
South Atlantic
Africa
St. Louis
Senegal
Jean Harlow
Barbara la Marr
Wallace Reid
Rudolph Valentino
Jake Redensky
Mississippi St
Central High School
Brannan Plan questions and wartime curiosity prompts
Readers submit questions and answers from The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau. Topics include the Brannan Plan price supports, global gold ownership, Oliver Gogarty in the U.S., toughest sports, uses of anise, radar development before World War II, and pest parasites. A 20 cent booklet Fireplaces and Chimneys offers backyard shelter ideas.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Portraits-wereatre WAITING
Poem by James J published by Pield Enterprises in 1997 reflects anxious waiting for a dream, tomorrow, or a special day. It contemplates fearful anticipation during illness and hopeful outcomes, as a phone call or train arrival looms.
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Pield Enterprises, Inc
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