Steelworkers sign interim deal at Pittsburgh Steel
The CIO United Steelworkers reach an interim pact granting a 12.4 cent hourly raise for 10,500 Pittsburgh Steel employees. The agreement follows Wage Stabilization Board guidance and allows a modified union shop while resuming production at Monessen and Allenport, with Worcester noted. Murray led the talks. U S Steel comment was guarded.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Philip Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
Murray
Pittsburgh Steel
U.S. Steel
Detroit Steel Corp
Kaiser Steel Company
WSB
Basic Steel
Monessen
Allenport
Worcester
Wisconsin Democrats press population based reapportionment plank
The platform committee backed a reapportionment plank favoring population over area in state legislative district redraws. It urges a No vote on the November 4 advisory referendum and proposes non legislative body oversight if the Legislature stalls. Delegates at Oshkosh will consider the plank today amid remarks from Sen. Benton and party candidates.
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Arthur Bystrom
Oshkosh
Wisconsin Democratic Party
James Doyle
Madison
Wisconsin Democratic Organizing Committee
Wisconsin
Sen. Benton
D-Conn
Platform Committee
Democratic Party
Congress Overrides Veto to Pass Immigration Law
Congress approves the first major immigration overhaul since 1798 over President Truman’s veto. The measure keeps national origin quotas, slightly raises annual entry limits to 154,657, and divides quotas among 85 nations with England Ireland and Germany largest. Debate centers on fairness to Southern and Eastern Europeans.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
U.S
England
Ireland
Germany
Allied Troops Repulse Attack on Western Korea Front
UN infantry repulsed three Chinese assaults on a hill near Baldy on the western front as artillery fire raged. Chinese casualties were reported at 50 to 75 killed and 100 to 150 wounded. Fifth Air Force bombed Changjin power plants in Manchuria and North Korea, with six planes lost in the past week.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
North Korea
Manchuria
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Changjin
Chosin
Manchurian
Baldy
A.P
Jim Becker
Becker
Chorwon
U.S. Eighth Army
T-Bone
WKTY Applies For Television Channel 8
WKTY and The La Crosse Tribune filed with the FCC for a commercial television station on VHF channel 8. A full story will appear in Sundays edition. Verl Bratton notes La Crosse has two commercial channels and explains VHF basics. The FCC also announced amended applications from Neenah-Menasha for UHF channel 42 and Wisconsin Broadcasting System for VHF channel.
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WKTY
la Crosse Tribune
Federal Communications Commission
Verl Bratton
la Crosse
FCC
Neenah-Menasha Broadcasting Company
Neenah
Wisconsin Broadcasting System
Sanaa
Chan
Steel Shortage Hits City Industries
The nation wide steel strike disrupts local plants with layoffs at Allis Chalmers and Northern Engraving while Trane pledges six week near normal production and Electric Auto Lite foresees no immediate layoffs. Affected firms cite shortages of specialized steels and potential future reductions if the stoppage persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis-Chalmers
Trane Company
Electric Auto-Lite
Kohler Heads to Governors Conference in Dallas
Wisconsin Governor Kohler will depart Sunday for Houston to attend the National Governors Conference. Sessions run from Sunday through Wednesday with Kohler leading a discussion on federal and state relations. Accompanying him are Arthur Wegner the financial secretary and Phillip Drotning the executive secretary.
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Madison
Kohler
Houston
Tex
Arthur E. Wegner
Phillip T. Drotning
Summer Registrations Down 10 Percent in Nine State Colleges
Wisconsin nine state colleges report summer school enrolment down 10 percent this year. A total of 5 470 students attended sessions versus 6 087 last year, with fewer men enrolled, particularly in specialized fields.
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Madison
Wisconsin
College Regent Board
Chipmunk Resists Roadwork On Park Road
In Traverse City Michigan a chipmunk living on a state park campground road has repeatedly resisted roadbuilders efforts. Asphalt and stone have been laid three times to smooth the route but the animal still guards the middle of its home site.
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Traverse City
Mich
State Park Campground
Weather outlook for La Crosse area tonight and Sunday
Partly cloudy conditions with local thundershowers late tonight. Warmer temperatures with a low around 70 tonight and a high near 92 on Sunday.
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la Crosse
Senate OKs controls and sends bill to House
The Senate approved a compromise wage price controls bill by voice vote and sent it to the House as the current controls law neared expiration. The measure would end most credit and rental curbs, idle Regulation X, and retain a policy to end wage price checks as quickly as possible.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate House
Rep
Talle
Browa
Cole
Bkan
Ellis Arnall
Federal Reserve Board
Conference Committee
Finletter Says Risk Needed To Inform Public
Secretary of the Air Force Finletter argues that revealing some military details, despite security risks, is essential to secure public support and funding for defense programs. He testified behind closed doors to the Senate Appropriations Committee and urged openness.
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Washington
Air Force
Finletter
Pentagon
Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Finletter Saide
Apology Over Stop Order To Lattimore From State Dept
The State Department apologized to Owen Lattimore for the embarrassment caused by a stop order preventing him from leaving the United States. The order, based on a confidential CIA report alleging plans to travel behind the Iron Curtain, was revoked and the apology issued as the case drew comment from Senator McCarthy critics.
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Washington
State Department
Owen Lattimore
Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Harry A. Jarvinen
Seattle
FBI
Jarvinen
Agous
Arvinen
Appleton Girl Chosen Wisconsin Alice in Dairy Land 1952
Beverly Ann Steffen of Appleton 23 was named Wisconsin Alice in Dairy Land for 1952 at Seymour. She edged six finalists after regional wins and will serve as state hostess at the Wisconsin State Fair and travel to promote state dairy interests. Jeannie Huston of La Crosse was also highlighted as a regional finalist and state contestant from La Crosse.
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Steffen
University of Wisconsin
Oscar Mayer Co
Madison
Alice
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Jeannie Huston
Wilmer
Sam) Huston
S. 19Th St
Miss Huston
Viroqua
Seymour
Huston
Longfellow
Central
Central High School
J. P. Bird
Dolphin Club
Cubs
New York City
Gundersen Clinic
Ralph Peterson
Berling
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Herman Severson
Cameron
Barron Co-Op
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Four Democrats Appeal to Colorado Delegates in Golden
Four presidential hopefuls visited Colorado to woo delegates for an uninstructed national convention delegation. Senators Russell and Kerr spoke. Harriman and Kefauver joined today’s program at the Colorado School of Mines field house in Golden. Kefauver urged western river development. Harriman warned price and rent controls risk economic disaster. Kerr and Russell warned GOP isolationism and tax pledges.
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Golden
Colo
Colorado
Richard B. Russell
Robert Kerr
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Sen
Russell
Kerr
Harriman
Kefauver
Colorado School of Mines
Denver
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cheyenne
Wyo
Stalin
Wyoming
Georgia
Oklahoma
Eisenhower
Taft
Martin
Pennsylvania
Congress
Harry
Tarzan Actor Elmo Lincoln Dies at 63 in Los Angeles
Elmo Lincoln died yesterday in Los Angeles after a heart seizure. The 63 year old silent era star, born Otto E. Linkenhelt, played Tarzan in early film and also appeared in Birth of a Nation and Intolerance.
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Los Angeles
Tarzen
Elmo Lincoln
Otto E. Linkenhelt
Lincoln
D. W. Griffith
Wholesale Index Drops Slightly for Sixth Time in Five Weeks
Washington reports the wholesale price index for the week ending June 24 declined 0.4 percent to 110.7 of the 1947-49 average. Four of the last five weeks show declines with livestock grains meats fats oils zinc and animal feed leading the decreases. Some fresh produce lead hides and certain textiles rose.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mob blocks exit as South Korean assemblymen kept in hall
About 80 South Korean assemblymen were trapped inside the meeting hall for over three hours by a mob demanding dissolution or constitutional changes to favor President Syngman Rhee. Demonstrators ripped shirts and kicked at deputies while 600 shouted go to work. Police confined the scene as the assembly later voted 83 to 0 to accept the resignation of Vice President Kim Sung Foo.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Kim Sung ‘Foo
H Bomb Hints Stirs New Atomic Energy Speculation
Washington reports hint at major American advances in atomic energy after White House talks with top experts led by J Robert Oppenheimer. Senate testimony warned of Soviet bombs and a long range bomber as defense funds move forward. Speculation centers on an anticipated hydrogen bomb test, possibly this fall at Eniwetok.
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Washington
White House
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atomic Energy Commission
General Advisory Committee
Air Force
Pentagon
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nathan F. Twining
Oppenheimer
AEC
Gordon Dean
Dr. Oppenheimer
Eniwetok
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John A. Stephens
Democratic Organizing Committee
Harold P. Havener
Elena
James Omachinski
Menasha
Francis Yindra
Manitowoc
UP Telephoto
Demos
Benton
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Walter
D-Pa
Brooklyn
Jackie Loughery
Long Beach
Calif
U. S
Dallas
Plucky Chipmunk
Manila
Luzon
Appleton
Convention
Tennessee
Harriman Kefauver
Tarzan
National Assembly
Associated Press
South Korea
Voice of America
Clarence Ryce
Government Office of Public Information
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