Keokuk lock project faces House Senate clash
Members of the House in Washington may back the Senate approved 2.5 million dollar funding for the first phase of rebuilding the Keokuk lock to remove a major navigation bottleneck. The plan spreads costs over years, keeps the old lock operating, and aims to boost Mississippi River movement for potential war freight needs.
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Keokuk Lock
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Germ warfare claims debunked by U N delegation and Russian report
The piece reports that Soviet and Chinese charges of U S germ warfare were challenged as propaganda. An Indian delegation found the exhibit unconvincing and urged impartial inquiry. North Korea and Red China resisted investigations, while Russia allegedly found no evidence. Malik's U N insinuations stalled, and the U S urged U N scrutiny despite Moscow’s stance. The article denounces Communist deceit and urges unity against propaganda.
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North Korea
Red China
United States
India
Red Cross
United Nations
Russia
Asia
Europe
Red
Ridgway
France
Free Nations
Truman targets Taft-Hartley law in steel strike clash
The piece argues President Truman risks impeachment rhetoric as he faces steelworker injunctions under the Taft-Hartley Act. It warns against union coercion and praises strict enforcement of court orders while noting Congress declined to mandate invoking the act. It also critiques political motives and reflects on social mores and daily life.
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Truman
Department of Justice
Lawrence
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United States
Steelworkers’ Union
Phil Murray
Congress
Steel Industry
Barden
North Carolina
House
St. Paul
House of Representatives
Taft
Eisenhower
Knowland
California
Warren
Congressional Appropriations Committees
France
Republicans Push Expressway Plan For Wisconsin Highways
John Wyngaard reports Wisconsin Republicans at a Milwaukee convention outline a state expressway program to expand limited access highways. The platform hints at higher road user taxes to finance throughways while pledging not to disrupt existing funding for local roads and farm-to-market routes. The plan remains tied to campaign timing and governor Kohler’s reform proposals.
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Milwaukee
GOP
Mdern
Inside The Democratic Party powe rs and the Stevenson dilemma
John Gunther surveys leading Democratic aspirants as of the era with Stevenson torn between governor duties and a possible presidential bid. Kefauver emerges as a strong vote getter despite crime issues, Harriman shows mixed backing, and Russell is praised for ability but hampered by civil rights stances. The piece weighs each figure's strengths, weaknesses, and drafting pressures.
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Truman
Kefauver
New Hampshire
Nebraska
Averell Harriman
Harold Ickes
Harriman
Polo Fields
Ike's Texas woes sour 1952 delegate fight
Washington insiders say Eisenhower erred by backing Texan Jack Porter for Republican committeeman, alienating Henry Zweifel and Texas regulars. Duff of Pennsylvania pressed Porter, angering Bennett who warned the focus was delegates, not Porter. Ike’s Tidelands Oil letter worsened Texas rifts as Knowland and Briggs weigh California. Bradley defends Formosa stance. Knowland presses on Nationalist troops in Korea.
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Eisenhower
Texas
Ike
Guy Gabrielson
Jack Porter
Houston
Gabrielson
Henry Zweifel
Porter
Ross Zweifel
Duff
sPennsylvania
Pennsylvanaksonnia
Zweifel
John G. Bennett
Rochester
Bennett
Chicago
Noke
Tidelands
Zweiter
Knowland
California
Korea
Bradley
Chiang
Formosa
Civil rights issue shadows in 1948 style party contrasts
Washington analysis notes civil rights stance shaping the Chicago convention and the 1952 election. Eisenhower opposes federal FEPC, Taft supports advisory FEPC, while Harriman and McMahon back a compulsory FEPC, risking Southern white opposition and Northern Negro votes.
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Chicago
South
FEPC
Eisenhower
Taft
Averell Harriman
Sen
Brien McMahon
Honored queen to be installed in Job's Daughters ceremony
Ten years ago the La Crosse Tribune noted Helen Winter would be installed as queen in the Job's Daughters ceremony Saturday night. Senior and junior princesses were Jean Ahrens and Betty Ash. Also mentioned were a birthday celebration for Carl Jean Ender at 602 N 16th St with guests Patty Ann Lassig, Shirley Weiss, Joan Hoppe, Roger and Geneva Verdota, Sally Lassig and Phyllis Ender.
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Helen Winter
Jean Ahrens
Betty Ash
Carl Jean Ender
N. 16Th St
Patty Ann Lassig
Shirley Weiss
Joan Hoppe
Roger and Geneva Verdota
Sally Lassig
Phyllis Ender
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