Congress opens debate on last pending appropriation bill
Congress moves toward finishing the 82nd session with debate on a 10 billion dollar foreign aid and military appropriation bill. Senate conferees approve a 1.413 billion dollar deficiency measure to fund Korean War costs, plus a 10 million dollar foot and mouth disease lab site at Plum Island.
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Washington
Congress
82Nd Congress
House
Senate
Senate House
Army
Navy
Air Force
Sea. Ives
RNY
Plum Island
Long Island Sound
Wisconsin Basks In Mild Temperatures After Heat Wave Eases
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin enjoyed pleasant weather with highs in the 70s and 80s after a record heat spell. La Crosse reached 83, Milwaukee 68, Superior 49, and Duluth 50s to 60s at night as cool air from Canada spread across the region.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
LaCrosse
Milwaukee
Superior Duluth
la Crosse
Great Lakes
Canada
A. O. Smith Plans Mass Layoffs Amid Steel Strike
Milwaukee news reports A. O. Smith Corp will lay off 2,200 production workers effective tomorrow, raising local idled workers to 14,700 as part of the nationwide steel strike.
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Milwaukee
A. O. Smith Corp
Eisenhower Calls for Clean Up of Government and Society
In a speech reading from prepared text, General Eisenhower urged a strong but lean government while preserving gains in economic and social life. He warned against communism in official roles and pressed for a strong youth vote to kickstart a national renewal. Reading from a text, he stood on a platform with political and Hollywood notables.
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Eisenhower
Politics
Hollywood
Immigration Bill Becomes Law Despite Presidential Veto
Congress enacted the McCarran Walter immigration bill into law over President Truman's veto. Truman called the measure infamous and said its flaws outweighed its merits. The bill, co sponsored by Sen. McCarran and Rep. Walter, revises and codifies immigration and naturalization laws.
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Washington
Congress
McCarran-Walter
Truman
Sen. McCarran
D-New
Rep. Walter
Dpa
Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Weather Update
For Wisconsin and Minnesota light to moderate showers and thunderstorms are forecast tonight and Saturday with no significant temperature change. Iowa sees similar unsettled weather with locally strong gusts in thunder squalls and a slight warmup in the far south Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River and Livestock Market Roundup Across Midwest
Weather outlook from Hastings to Guttenberg shows rising Mississippi tributaries with a slight dam No. 10 drop and higher flows into the weekend. Livestock markets across Chicago and St Paul report firmer hog prices, steady cattle and mixed calves, with regional price ranges and wholesale quotes for hogs, cows, bulls, and lambs.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mississippi
Black River
Swift & Co
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
SOUTH
Chicago cash grain prices for wheat corn oats barley
Cash wheat none. Corn prices listed for No 2 to No 5 grades with bids between 1.75 and 1.83. Oats none. Barley quoted nominally for malting at 1.25-26 and feed at 1.20-26.
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New York Gt
Allied Chemical Gt
Northern Ry
Tamaard Brands
Allied Stores
Sandard Oil
Calif
Allis-Chalmers Mig
Homestake M
Standard Oil
Ind
Can Hood
Hershey
N.J
Car & Fdry
Hudson Motor
Starrett L
Am. Gas & Elec
Illinois Central
Steel Drug
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Inland Steel
Tudebaker Corp
Am. Power & Lt. Inspiration
Swift & Co
Am. Rad. & St
Int. Harvester Pf
Texas Corp. Am. Smelting
Int. Harvester
Timken-Det. Axle
Am. Snuff
Int. Nickel
Transamerica
Am. Tel. & Tel
Int. Tel. & Tel
Union Carbide
Jewel Tea
Union Pacific
Am. Zinc
Johns-Manville
United Airlines
Anaconda Kennecott Copper
United Aircraft
Armco Steel Kimberly-Clark
U.S. Rubber Armour & Co
Lib.o.ford Glass
U.S. Steel
Libby, McN. & L
Western Union Tel
Avco Mfg
Marshall Field
Westinghouse Elec
Bendix Aviation
Montgomery Ward Woolworth
Bethlehem Steel
Nash-Kelvinator
Zenith Radio
Borden Co National Biscuit Zonite Products
Borg-Warner
National Container
Mfg
National Steel National Dairy
New York Curb Bu
N.Y. Central Ark. Natural
Canadian Pacific
el. Bond & Sh
Case
No. Am. Aviation Niagara M. Power
Kaiser-Frazer
Chesapeake & Ohio
No. American Co
Chicago & N.W. R. I. & Pac
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Ohio Oil
G. Heileman Br
Chrysler Corp. Cities Service
Owens-Ill. Glass
Home Insurance
Cornwich
Edison Packard Motor Mass. Inv. Tr
Congoleum Nairn
Pan Am. W. Airw
Northwest Banc
Edison
Paramount Pictures
Trane Company
Natural Gas
Penney J. C. No. States Power
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Phelps Dodge
Hamilton
Crane Co
Philip Morris
Int
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Phillips Petroleum
Douglas Aircraft
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Eastman Kodek
Reo Motors
Minn.t
Eaton Mfg
Republic Steel
Nekoosa
Schenley Ind
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Paragon
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Sears Roebuck
Koehring
General Motors
Shell Oil
Ray-O-Vac
General Time
Simmons Co
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Goodrich
Sinclair Oil
Wis. Power & Lt
Goodyear
Socony Vacuum
Chicago Cash Grain
House Tightens Labor Controls Amid Election Spotlight
The House curbs wage controls and limits allocation powers while exempting more workers from wage rules. Pay raises for salaried staff must go through the Internal Revenue Bureau, not the WSB. Neither chamber grants the president new powers or a two year extension. Republicans back amendments seen as wrecking the controls program amid Southern Democrat support.
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Interal Revenue Bureau
WSB
Senate
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Truman
Congress
Rep. McKinnon
D-Calif
Mutiny Breaks at Eddyville Pen in Kentucky
A second mutiny at Eddyville State Prison, Kentucky, occurred within 24 hours as about 30 prisoners raided the commissary today. Guards with submachine guns forced surrender, no injuries reported, police kept a detachment ready for days. Yesterday 300 prisoners sparked a daylong uprising with eight wounded and a guard hurt.
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Eddyville
Jess Buchanan
Luther Goheen
Louisville
Missing Baraboo Man Aboard Maroon Stinson Flight
Laurie Welch, president of the Wisconsin Elks, disappeared after leaving Spokane for Baraboo. CAA notes no flight plan. search teams at McChord prepared to assist if requested though Washington Aeronautics Board took no action. Welch had previously stopped in Missoula.
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Wash
Baraboo
Wis
Laurie Welch
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Stinson
Welch
Wisconsin Elks
CAA
Missoula
Mont
McChord Air Force Base
4Th Air Rescue Squadron
McChord
State Aeronautics Board of Montana
Idaho Board
Washington Aeronautics Board
Idaho
Steel shortages ripple through auto plants and suppliers
Steel shortages trigger partial shutdowns at Flint and Indianapolis plants and halt production at Studebaker in Indiana. Willys Overland toledo holds steady for a week while Thor Chicago shuts down for steel stock. Cuts loom at Hecklethorn Littleton and Acklin Toledo with thousands laid off. Union pushes wage and shop provisions amid signings with smaller firms and major mills.
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Automotive News
Aysuick Motors
Flint
Mich
Studebaker Corp
Indiana
Willys-Overland
Toledo
Thor Corp
Chicago
Acklin Stamping Company
Spicer and Dana Corp
Ohio
General Motors
France
Littleton
Colo
Hecklethorn Manufacturing Company
Steelworkers Union
Wage Stabilization Board
Pao
Democrats Tension Builds at Wisconsin Convention Amid Campaign Push
Delegates, workers and leaders gather for a party convention in Wisconsin focusing on a campaign platform. Sen William Benton headlines a Saturday banquet criticizing McCarthy while candidates like Henry Reuss and E William Proxmire seek Senate and Governor nominations. Sverre Roang, Herman Jessen, Paul McGettigan and Ruth Doyle contest posts as party figures ponder future offices.
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William Benton
Connecticut
Benton
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Congress
Senate Elections Committee
Wisconsin
Henry Reuss
Milwaukee
U.S
E. William’ Proxmire
Madison
Reuss
Proxmire
Wisconsin Assembly
Dane County
Sverre Roang
Edgerton
Herman Jessen
Eagle River
Fred R. Zimmerman
Paul McGettigan
Darlington
Hi Party
Ruth Doyle
Fire kills Nancy Bartett in Milwaukee home blaze
Nancy Bartett died from asphyxiation after a June 4 house fire at 320 North 24th Street. An autopsy found death from unknown gas inhalation, with state investigators including the Crime Laboratory reviewing the scene in La Crosse while details remain undisclosed.
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Nancy
Bartett
N. 24Th St
State Crime Laboratory
la Crosse
Allied air strikes hit five Korean power plants
Allied planes attacked five generating stations Monday and Tuesday, damaging Changjin plants 1 and 2 and Fusen plus at least one site at Suiho, with the Suiho plant along the Yalu not yet returned to operation. An Air Force spokesman said all five plants are out of action, but restoration time is unknown.
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Changjin Plant No. 1
Changjin
Air Force
Suiho
Yalu River
Red War
North Korea
Manchuria
Scouts at Myrick Park Stage Humorous Mock Wedding
La Crosse Girl Scouts camp activities span two lively weeks at Myrick Park led by Mrs. C B Wethe with 110 girls 11 junior staff members and 15 adult leaders. A mock wedding crowd includes Agnes Munson minister and Marguerite Seiler bride as Lynn Halverson groom with family friends and pageant acts. Day camp ends Friday with plans for Camp Ehawee and next year’s sessions.
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la Crosse
C. B. Wethe
Kay Donaldson
Nancy Franz
Carol Hammes
Susan Newcomb
Marilyn Sauer
Patti Speers
Community Chest
Mimi MacLachlan
Agnes Munson
Marguerite Seiler
Lynn Halverson
Bernice Bailly
Gloria Lanhart
Evangeline Butzman
Laura Rogge
Third District PTA Directors Meet in Washburn School
The Third District Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers met at Washburn School with R E Jailles of Platteville presiding. Officers from La Crosse Sparta and others attended and Sparta agreed to host the October fall conference in Sparta with plans for an extensive information program.
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PTA
Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers
Washburn School
R.E. Jailles
Platteville
C. A. Skundberg
la Crosse
John Rudkin
Sparta
J. J. Kennedy Nelson
Lincoln Neprud
Viroqua
Carl Huttson
Kendall
F.H. Griffin
la Crosse Council Pta
Marshall Batho
Alfred Peterson
All
J.J. Kennedy
Nelson
Sparta Pta
Eau Claire Names Pennsylvania Man As City Manager
Mount Lebanon Pennsylvania resident David D. Rowlands was named Eau Claire city manager by the council. He will report August 1 at a salary of 10800 dollars and succeeds James R. Pollock who resigned May 30. Acting manager John Dever leaves July 15 for Two Rivers.
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Eau Claire
David D. Rowlands
Mount Lebanon
Rowlands
James R. Pollock
John Dever
Two Rivers
Marine Pfc Gordon Schulenberg Returns to San Francisco
Pfc Gordon Schulenberg U S Marine Corps has returned to San Francisco after a 21 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs E M Schulenberg and his wife formerly Beverly Stellpflug His wife accompanied him back to San Francisco He will attend the electronic school on Treasure Island and his wife accompanied him back to San Francisco
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Pfc
Gordon Schulenberg
U.S. Marine Corps
San Francisco
Calif
E. M. Schulenberg
State St
Beverly Stellpflug
Farnam S&j
Schulenberg
Electronic
Treasure Island
Fugitive car dealer Knetzer escaped jail with aide
Robert A. Knetzer, a bankrupt Edwardsville dealer, fled Springfield city jail with an accomplice who posed as a U S marshal. Grant accompanied Knetzer on fund raising trips authorized by the Federal Court to pay creditors. The FBI conducts a nationwide search as Doyle notes expense statements and Grants report remain in order.
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Robert A. Knetzer
Edwardsville
Springfield City
Doyle
Grant
Knetzer
Iourt
U. S
FBI
La Crosse Postal Record From 1904 Notice
Entry dated June 23, 1904 shows second class matter at La Crosse Wisconsin post office under the 1879 Act, indicating filing for mail service classification.
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la Crosse
Wis
Four Miners Die in Gas Ignition at WV Shaft
Four coal miners were fatally burned when gas ignited at the bottom of a partially completed mine air shaft in CARETTA West Virginia. The men died in hospital in Welch where a fifth worker, Elmer, remained injured late last night and today.
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Caretta
W. Va
Welch
Elmer
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