Senate Acts On Accelerating U S Air Power Amid Atomic Threats
Senate leaders press to speed up defense spending and fielding of a 143 Air Force wing by mid-1954 as Joint Chiefs warn Russia could reach peak atomic power by that time. O’Mahoney proposes a $3.6 billion credit to accelerate readiness, while critics urge taxpayer economy. Major allocations total 12.17B Army 12.70B Navy 20.45B Air Force for the coming fiscal year.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Army
Navy
Airorce
O’ma
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russia
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
U.S
R-Mich
O’mahoney
Pentagon
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Congress
Truman
House
Ferguson
National Security Council
Security Resources Board
Security Training Commission
Youth Drowns In Elroy Pool In Hillsboro Wisconsin
A 9-year-old Hillsboro farm youth, Collin Franks, drowned at the Elroy municipal pool after slipping from an inner tube before lifeguards arrived. Survived by his parents, a brother, and grandparents. An Elroy doctor could not revive him after 90 minutes of artificial respiration. A larger report notes 14 Wisconsin drowning, fatality, and fire deaths during a sultry weekend.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Hillsboro Farm
Elroy Municipal
Collin Franks
Earl Franks
Elroy
Hart Funeral Home
Larry
Stephanie Johnson
Albert Franks
Reedsburg
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Wausau
William Gregory
Big Rib River
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Tonight and Tuesday
In La Crosse and vicinity expect considerable cloudiness with a little warmer conditions. Occasional showers or thunderstorms possible tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight around 64 degrees. High Tuesday near 86 degrees.
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la Crosse
Democrats Urge Reapportionment and Reforms in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Democrats at Oshkosh approve a broad platform including legislature reapportionment by population, tax expansion, veterans benefits, and labor laws. They back open relief rolls, oppose area-based districting, and seek an impartial non legislative body to redraw districts if the legislature delays.
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Tribune Madison Bureau
Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin
Democratic Organizing Committee
E. Proxmire
Madison
Democratic Party
Carl W. Thompson
Stoughton
Dane County
Public Service Commission
Lawyers Clarify Statements On Bartell Case
Attorneys dispute remarks by District Attorney John Boss and Hubert Fuller about Mrs. Bartell leaving for medical care. Fuller claimed Bartell departed June 22 for treatment, while the DA denied such a statement and said the subpoena for an inquest into Nancy Bartell’s June 4 fire death was issued as part of the case.
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John Bosshard
Hubert Fuller
Paul Bartell
Fuller
the Tribune
Wisconsin Democrats Focus on McCarthy Siege at State Convention
At the Wisconsin Democratic convention delegates denounced Sen Joseph McCarthy with intense rhetoric. Sen William Benton and Milwaukee leader A J Biemiller led the anti McCarthy charge while Carl Thompson urged filling the ticket to oppose him. A resolution accused McCarthy of instilling a climate of fear and pledged an all out effort to defeat him in the fall. Delegates also warned about filing deadlines July 8 and noted many vacancies on the ticket.
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Joseph R. McCarthy
R.appleton
Henry Reuss
Milwaukee
William Proxmire
McCarthy
Sen. McCarthy
Francis X. Mahoney
Park Falls
Senate
Assembly
William Benton
Connecticut
Wisconsin
A. J. Biemiller
House of Representatives
Joe Stalin
Biemiller
Joe McCarthy
Benton
Europe
United States
Carl Thompson
Winona Newspaper Raises Five Cents
The Winona Republican-Herald announces a five cent price increase for city delivery to offset rising newsprint and production costs. Carriers will receive a portion of the increase.
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Winona, Minn
Winona
G R Wheeler Realty Firm Founder Dies in La Crosse
George R. Wheeler 53 of 416 North 24th Street founder of the Wheeler Company died late Saturday in a local hospital. He was a University of Illinois graduate born in Bushnell Illinois April 7 1899. He served as a Presbyterian deacon choir member and building committee member and held multiple lodge and civic memberships. Survived by wife Dora Graham and son Thomas of La Crosse. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at the Masonic Temple. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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George R
Dick) Wheeler
N. 24Th St
Wheeler Company
Bushnell
University of Illinois
Presbyterian Church
Badger Lodge
A. M
la Cross
la Crosse
Dora Graham
Thomas
Masonic Temple
8Th
Main Streets
Mark L. Andrews
Dahl
Oak Grove Cemetery
Murray Sets Talks With Small Firms
In Youngstown Ohio CIO United Steelworkers chief Philip Murray says talks are planned with smaller firms to press for strike ending agreements while the big producers stall. He told 4 000 at a union rally that small firms fear blacklisting by the Big Six and will meet today in Pittsburgh and other cities.
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Youngstown, O
CIO United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland
STEEL
Egypt in new cabinet crisis as Sirry Pasha forms government
Egypt faced a third cabinet crisis in five months after Prime Minister Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha resigned. Hussein Sirry Pasha, a three time former premier, was tasked by King Farouk to form a new government amid tensions over British control of the Suez Canal and Sudan unification.
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Egypt
Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha
Hussein Sirry Pasha
Sirry Pasha
Farouk
Cairo
Hilaly Pasha
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Cable and Wireless
London
Associated Press
Hilaly
U.S
Suez
Canal Zone
Britain
The
Heat Wave Grips Southern and Central U S Cities
A blistering heat wave persists across the South and Midwest with 90s to 108 degrees reported. Rain and wind storms bring brief relief in parts of the East, while the toll climbs toward 200 from heat related illnesses and crop damage for tobacco, peanut and melon crops. Thunderstorms ease heat in New York and D C areas as winds reach 65 mph in Baltimore.
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Rockies
East
South Atlantic
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St. Louis
Malden
Mercury
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Chanute
Kan
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Wichita
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Toledo
Columbus
Cincinnati
Oklahoma City
Des Moines
New York City
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Norwalk
Pittsburgh
Tuscaloosa- Birmingham
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
WKBH Seeks Channel 8 TV License for La Crosse Area
WKBH Television Inc has forwarded an FCC application to build a television station on Channel 8. Howard Dahl says intensive prep aims for rapid on air after approval. The transmitter would be on a bluff between Stoddard and La Crosse serving Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota.
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la Crosse
Federal Communications Commission
Wkbh Television, Inc
Howard Dahl
Wkbh Television
Stoddard
Taft Arrives in Chicago to Discuss Delegates Contests
Senator Robert A. Taft arrived in Chicago to begin talks on disputed state delegations in eight states and Puerto Rico. He said hearings by the Republican national committee would be televised and defended his delegate count and strategy while noting a principle behind Texas disputes.
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Relman Morin
Chicago
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Puerto Rico
Republican National Committee
Taft
Texas
National Committee
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Illinois Chief Executive Says Draft Unlikely
Illinois Governor Adlai E. Stevenson said he would decide if drafted for the Democratic presidential nomination, but will not participate in any draft. He stressed he seeks re election as governor and prefers to stay in Illinois. He added reporters should not press further questions about the race.
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Houston
Tex
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Chicago
Stevenson
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Gevs
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Truman
Truman to Sign Ten Month Wage Price Controls Extension
President Truman is expected to sign a bill extending wage and price controls for 10 months, with changes to rent, credit, and housing provisions. Speaker Rayburn said the president is not pleased but will sign. The act would last through April 30 next year and refine defense production rules.
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Washington
Truman
Rayburn
D-Tex
White House
Joseph Short
Short
Senate House
Federal Reserve Board
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Ussr
Elroy Pool
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DOC State Command
Proxmire
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Ottawa
Ont
Morris
U.N. Lines
Walter J. Kohler
Lwo
Hay Boyle
Winona Newspaper
G. R. Wheeler
By Bud Springer
By L. S. Chakales
U. S
WKBH
By Jack Bell
By Jerry T. Baulch
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