Seek Federal Aid on Losey Boulevard
Local government representatives in Madison failed to win state highway support for Losey Boulevard but received advice on pursuing federal aid. City Engineer Gorder should coordinate with the Fifth Division in La Crosse, prepare rapid estimates, and plan a two year construction schedule subject to federal approval. The boulevard would link U S Highways 16 14 and 61, potentially easing regional traffic.
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Madison
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Losey Boulevard
Gorder
Fifth Division
la Crosse
Commission
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
U.S
U.S. Highway 16
Ike Case A Test Of Fair Play In 1956 Campaign
Eisenhower faces scrutiny over health as he weighs another run. The piece notes his candor about the heart attack and recent abdominal operation, contrasts Stephenson Harriman health histories, and discusses Republican and Democratic reactions to using illness as a campaign issue. Habakkuk 3:11 biblical quote ends the item.
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Eisenhower
James Hagerty
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Nixon
Five remarkable visitors stir Babson thoughts in Massachusetts
Babson recalls five men met in Florida and Massachusetts. An oil expert says a Far East zone holds vast oil, a physicist foresees atom rearrangement promising free power, a Carthage excavator warns of unsafe cities investment, a parapsychologist touts extrasensory methods, and a beauty devotee extols art and perfumes as wealth. He muses on wealth beyond material goods and predicts future shifts away from conventional riches.
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Babson Park
Mass
Florida
Massachusetts
Arabia
Far East
United Nations
Carthage
Africa
United States
Wiley Davis Duel Over Foreign Aid in Wisconsin Race
In Wisconsin the Senate battle between Wiley and Davis centers on a House approved cut in foreign aid. Davis voted for the reduction as did most Wisconsin reps and Republicans. The issue tests Wiley at campaign time, with Eisenhower loyalty tied to his stance and party unity at stake.
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Madison
Wis
United States
Senate
Wiley-Davis
Glenn R. Davis
Waukesha
Republican Organization
Wiley
House of Represent- Wyngaard
House
Sen
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Yugoslavia
Moscow
McCarthy
Melvin R. Laird
Marshfield
Washington
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Wiley
We Os
Davis
Heine Funeral Plans Revealed by Guardian Centenary Note
The Manchester Guardian outlines Heinrich Heine's detailed funeral wishes. He wanted burial in Montmartre with simple rites, no autopsy or priest, no speeches, and his remains to lie in Paris to avoid German political use. He insisted on no political exploitation of his death and a neutral farewell.
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Manchester
England
Heinrich Heine
Montmartre
Paris
Germany
France
Washington Notebook Muses on Russian Hosting and VIP Curiosity
President Eisenhower invites the Russian counterpart to America prompting social banter at a Chilean embassy reception. Guests joke about inviting DAR head Mrs Groves CIA chief Allen Dulles and other officials. discussion shifts to a wine tasting at the French embassy with playful digs at communists and international optics.
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Eisenhower
America
U.S
Moscow
Frederick A. Groves
DAR
Daughters of the
Pete Borlo
Jim Bennet
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Jack Davis
Washington
Ivan Serov
CIA
Tribute to Coffin and Russell From a Roaring twenties Beginnings
Robert C Ruark recalls his UNC journalism mentors Oscar Coffin known as Skipper and Phillips Russell who taught writing and journalism with blunt honesty and warmth. He credits them with shaping his career and the nation’s best writers from rough beginnings.
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University of North Carolina
Oscar Coffin
Skipper
Phillips Russell
Swyp
Chapel Hill
Coffin
Russell
Carolinas
Virginia
Abraham
Isaac
Oscar
Phil Russell
Beasts and Men by Pierre Gascar review
A French collection of six short stories and a novelette translated by Jean Stewart. praised in France and England but may not find strong reception here. Notes offer grim themes of slaughter and captivity with uneven impact and variable translation quality.
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Pierre Gascar
Jean Stewart
Atlantic Little, Brown
France
England
Gaston
House of Blood
AP News Analyst Says Bomb Not Needed to Paralyze NYC
J M Roberts explains New York could be brought to a standstill by a few saboteurs or a subway strike. He notes overloaded telephones and transportation chaos show the city’s vulnerability to wartime emergencies without actual bombing.
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J. M. Roberts
Nyc
New York
God Made You For Me Poem
Poem by James J. Metcalfe praising a spouse as a divine gift. It expresses gratitude for a loving partner, faith, and shared vow, acknowledging guidance from God and the blessing of marriage. The piece ends with a devotional plea to deserve blessings and appreciation for the loved one.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Ten Years Ago in La Crosse Tribunes Tales and Honors
From the Files Of The La Crosse Tribune recounts ten, twenty, and forty years ago. It notes Mrs. James G. Apple visiting her mother in Kent Ohio and Harold Briedel’s graduation celebration at the home of his parents in La Crosse. Also listed are social guests and a retelling of a Villa Louis gift, Navy enlistments, a fireproof building project, and a four year scholarship winner from St Rose Convent.
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James G. Apple
Kent
Ohio
W. R. Hyde
Harold Briedel
Joseph Breidel Jr
S. 13Th St
Holy Trinity School
Messrs
Mmes
Joseph Breidel
Herbert Kramer Sr
Arthur Thurston
Harold Herman
Mack Hewitt
Betty Ann
Hercules Dousman
Northwest
Villa
Louis
Prairie du Chien
Willis E. Bangsberg
Donald Konop
Loren D. Robinson
la Crosse
Chicago
United States Navy
Sam Levy
Vine St
Margaret Cox
St. Rose Convent School
Francis P. Garvan
New York City
American Chemical Society
Sidney Larkin
Emil Wentz
Wentz
Leah Larkin
Mississippi
A. L. Goetzmann
Listman Co
Chamber of Commerce
John C. Burns
E. S. Dittman
W. F. Goodrich
Vincent Tauesche
D. W. MacWillie
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Andrew Mellon
John Rogers
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Jesus
John Wyngaard
Capitol Dome
California
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R. L. Bangsberg
Washington News Notebook
Wendell Barnes
U.S. Small Business Administration
Robert C. Ruark
Hamlet
N.C
Wallace Caldwell
Spike Harland
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
W. G. Rogers
Literary Guidepost
James J. Metcalfe
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