Meyner Opens Governors Parley President Seen As Hard To Beat
Atlantic City, NJ. Governor Meyner opens the 48th Governors Conference while Democratic leaders warn Eisenhower could win again. Kentucky’s Chandler says Democrats face tough Senate fights if Eisenhower runs, and New York’s Harriman Michigan’s Williams Meyner assess risks and rival bids.
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New Jersey
Executive Committee
Shelburne Hotel
Atlantic City
N.J
Colorado
Edwin C. Johnson
Wyoming
Milward L. Simpson
Meyner
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Unifax
A. B
Happy
Chandiler
Eisenhower
Chandler
Averell Harriman
New York
C. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Senate
Harriman
Shot by Brother in Accident Kills 15 Year Old
STEVENS POINT W I John Stepaniak 15 was shot and killed Saturday night by an accidental discharge of a shotgun held by his brother Fred 14 Coroner John Dzikoski Jr ruled the shooting accidental saying the boys were playing with a gun they believed was unloaded in what authorities described as horseplay.
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Stevens Point
John Stepaniak
Fred
John Dzikosk! Jr
Wisconsin Traffic Toll Soars With Buffalo County Skating Crash
A weekend of Wisconsin road deaths pushes the year’s toll higher as Buffalo County reports a fatal crash after a roller skating outing. Four killed in Mondovi area crash aboard Raymond Rowan’s car plus two Langlade County deaths and other late figures.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Buffalo County
Crandall
Gillette Hospital
Mondovi
Rowan
Gilmanton
Winona
Minn
Hollister Boy
Navy Leader In WW2 Dies at 77 in Portsmouth
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King USN died in Portsmouth Naval Hospital at 77 after circulatory and respiratory failure. He directed the U S fleet from Pearl Harbor onward and served as both commander in chief and chief of naval operations. His son Lt Cmdr Ernest J. King Jr. flew from Washington to be at his bedside.
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Germany
Japan
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Naval Operations
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Washington
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Bethesda
Naval Hospitals
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Secretary of the Navy
Adm. King
Drowning Fatality as Car Plunges Into Kickapoo River
Pvt Reginald George 20, of Ft Carson Colorado on leave, drowned when his car plunged into the Kickapoo River above the dam at Gays Mills Wisconsin. Police say tracks show the crash occurred around 2:30 am after he left a Gays Mills restaurant. The body was found 40 feet below the dam at 7:53 pm. George, son of Mr and Mrs Claude George, was on a 30 day furlough from overseas service.
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Wis
Reginald George
Carson
Colo
Kickapoo
George
Claude George
Bruce Hutchins
Crawford County
Pvt
Marvin George
Reginald
Percy Marson
Sheriff's Department
Prairie du Chien
Hutchins
Kenneth Petit
Iceland Election Shifts Talks On U S Base Withdrawal
In Reykjavik the Progressive and Social Democrat coalition gained seats while conservatives remained short of a majority as voters backed calls to remove U S troops from Keflavik and other bases. The National Defense party lost ground amid demand for U S departure and neutrality pressures.
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Iceland
Atlantic
U.S
Keflavik
Althing
National Defense Party
Thors
No Arrests Made By New River Patrol
The city police department patrol boat had an uneventful first weekend of operation. They pulled in a drifting boat whose engine failed and stopped. Officers removed swimmers from unauthorized waters at Pettibone Island’s north end. No arrests were made for illegal water activities.
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Pettibone Island
Local Weather Outlook for La Crosse Vicinity
Increasing cloudiness tonight with local thundershowers late tonight and Tuesday. Clearing late Tuesday. Warmer with low 62 tonight and high 82 Tuesday.
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la Crosse
Plan Last Two Polio Clinics For This Week
City and county health departments will hold final polio vaccination clinics Tuesday and Thursday. The county clinic for kindergartners through fifth grade starts at 8 30 a m in the Courthouse Office of County Nurse Helen Hanson. The city clinic opens at 9 a m in City Hall with about 100 extra doses for ages six months to 14 years. Parents must register in the city health department office.
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Helen Hanson
Edward Peters
Cypriot Rebels Attack Station and Bridge Near Deftera
Pro Greek rebels attacked a Deftera police station before dawn injuring a British soldier. In coordination, rebels blew a small bridge a mile south as British troops moved in to repel the assault.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Deftera
Reverse Moscow Criticism Anew Shapes Communist Line
AP analysis notes a shift in world Communist policy toward critiquing Moscow. The Soviet union urges abroad politburos to practice controlled dissent to appear more respectable and reduce fear of blunt Stalin praise.
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Stalin
U.ss.r
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Guardsman Found Dead In His Bank
Pvt. Roger D. Olson 17 of Eau Claire a Wisconsin National Guard member at Camp McCoy was found dead in his bunk this morning Autopsy ordered by Monroe County authorities Olson of Chippewa Falls Company H 426th Infantry Regiment was to march out for a three day maneuver Olson’s barracks mates said he was in good health when he retired Sunday night A military funeral with firing squad and pallbearers from the 32nd division will be held Olson was the son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Olson Eau Claire
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Roger D. Olson
Eau Claire
Wisconsin National Guard
Monroe County
Olson
Chippewa Falls
426Th Infantry
32Nd Division
Kenneth Olson
Priest Retires After Long Service At Maryland Prisons
In Baltimore, 74 year old Rev. Joseph J. Ayd S J ends 38 years of inmate ministry at the Maryland Penitentiary and Baltimore city jail. He helped 54 men through death watch hours, pushed for death sentence commutations, and aided others seeking release. Ayd, Loyola College emeritus and author, plans more writing and crime story reading in retirement. The famed critic H L Mencken once praised his impact in Baltimore.
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Baltimore City
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S. J
Barry Fitzgerald
Ayd
Loyola College
Baltimore
Father Ayd
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la Guardia
Hollywood
H. L. Mencken
Allied Airmen Witness Soviet Air Force Show
U S Air Force chief Gen Nathan Twining and foreign air chiefs attended the Soviet Aviation Day at Tushino Airport where Russia unveiled delta-wing interceptors and other fighters plus a turboprop transport. Khrushchev boasted missiles while Twining urged confirmed worldwide arms controls before disarmament.
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Moscow
Nathan F. Twining
U.S. Air Force
Unifax
Nathan Twining
U.S
United States
Twining
Omhe Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
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