Five Die in Friendship Wisconsin Fire Tragedy
A family of five, Mr and Mrs Emery Haass and their three daughters aged nine four and one, died in a late night blaze in their three room concrete home. Fire officials believe suffocation occurred with the body of Mrs Haass found doubled over in a closet near the only outside door. Fire origin undetermined but concentrated around a coal heater near the exit as neighbors spotted flames.
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Friendship
Wis
Emery Haass
Haass
State Road Bureau Pauses Viroqua Project Plans
The Wisconsin State Highway Commission will not act on reconstructing Viroqua Main Street as part of US 14 until a complete agreement is reached with city officials. Chairman James R. Law says no by pass is planned due to high costs and highway funds limits. Elimination of sharp turns on 14 near Round Prairie is in preliminary planning with a possible summer start. The Vernon County Censor reports local opposition to widening and trees being sacrificed, urging a bypass. The La Crosse division office will seek careful review with Viroqua officials soon.
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State Highway Commission
Main Street
Viroqua
James R. Law
Madison
la Crosse Tribune
South Street
Fairgrounds
Vernon County
Law
Commission
Round Prairie
Vernon County Fairgrounds
Westby
la Crosse
The
Highway Commission
City Hall
North Main Street
Six Prisoners Escape Jail In Wheaton
Six inmates escaped from DuPage county jail in Wheaton between 3 and 5:50 am. Three men abducted Olive Carlino wife of one escapee driving her around southwest Chicago for over three hours threatening her before she escaped when the car stalled. Authorities list the six men Norvel de Grove Frank Grover Robert Richardson Dominick Carlino Harry Teeman Kenneth Factor with charges including rape larceny and bad checks. Richardson Grover labeled dangerous and believed to be the plot instigator. he had been released a month earlier and was recaptured nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominick
John Eyer
Eyer
Norvel de Grove
Des Plaines
Ill
Frank Grover
Elmhurst
Robert Richardson
Dominick Carlino
Chicago
Harry O. Teeman
Bensenville
Kenneth . Factor
Racine
Wis
Richardson Grover
Richardson
Prague purge nets over two hundred arrests in Titoist plot purge
In Czechoslovakia more than 200 persons including top Communist officials were reported to be under arrest on Saturday in a purge of Titoist plotters. They were said to be tied to a conspiracy to sever ties with the Soviet Union and align with western capitalist states. Trials and smaller hearings are expected after the state builds its case.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Call Inquest Into Iowa Plane Crash Kills Sixteen
A coroner's inquest was called to investigate the first fatal Mid-Continent crash in Iowa. Sixteen died Friday when a DC-3 crashed in a snow storm near the Sioux City airport. Three investigations were begun by FAA officials, Mid-Continent representatives, and local authorities and were to pool findings.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Mid-Continent
Mid- Continent
Marilyn Woodbury
Kansas City
Winter Storm Strikes Wisconsin With Wind Drifts and Cold
Frigid conditions spread across the La Crosse region as strong winds, sleet and heavy snow disrupted travel Friday night. A cold wave was forecast to push temperatures near zero with clearing and much colder weather to follow. Highways remained open though drifting and icy patches persisted, complicating commutes and local travel.
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la Crosse
U. S
Airways
A. D. Sanial
Wisconsin
Sanial
Samal
Wisconsin Rapids
Superior
Crosse
Tomah
CIO Attacks New BLS Cost of Living Index
The CIO condemns the new type cost of living index used for potential pay raises, arguing it does not reflect actual price rises. The debate centers on whether boosts will be based on the new index or the old, with early January figures showing a 1.5 percent rise under the new method and 1.7 percent under the old.
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Washington
CIO
Eric Johnston
Ford
Chrysler
Johnston
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Labor Bureau
Ruttenberg
Midwest Snow Storm Paralyzes Six States
A second day of a severe snow storm grips the Midwest with gale winds and ice, crippling towns in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan. Communications lines are down as the area endures harsh winter conditions.
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Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Nab Third Member of Robber Gang
Chicago police seized the third member of a three man gang accused of robbing a late street drug store for narcotics worth about $20,000. Clement Shorty Smith, an ex convict from Michigan City Indiana, surrendered after authorities found $4,000 worth of narcotics in his room. Two other suspects Kenneth Bonham and George Lagios were arrested in Chicago with $3,000 worth of morphine, cocaine and heroin found in their room.
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Chicago
Clement
Shorty) Smith
Michigan City
Ind
Smith
Illinois
Kenneth Bonham
George Lagios
Heroine
Roy S. Peiser
Pearson Sues McCarthy Pegler Lewis Newspaper for 5.1 Million
Washington suit filed in U S district court seeks 5 1 million in damages from Senator McCarthy Westbrook Pegler and Fulton Lewis Jr among others. Counts include a physical attack and publication of a senate speech alleged to defame Pearson. Treble damages requested for business harm and various named and unnamed defendants.
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Pearson
McCarthy, Pegler, Lewis, Newspaper
Washington
Drew Pearson
McCarthy
R-Wis
U. S. District Court
Senate
The
Washington Times Herald
Westbrook Pegler
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Edward K. Neller
Lewis
George Waters
Don Survne
Morris A. Bealle
J. B. Matthews
House
American Activities Committee
John Doe
Richard Roe
Sparta Soldier Dies In Action In Korea
Cpl. Paul Robert Schanhofer 20, of Sparta Wisconsin, killed in action February 10 after returning to duty post two prior wounding. Born June 1 1930 he attended St Patrick's and Sparta High School, enlisted August 1948, served as telephone and radio operator with anti aircraft artillery on Okinawa, later joined company G of the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea. He is survived by his parents four brothers and five sisters. Memorial service tentatively planned next week.
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Sparta
Wis
Paul Robert Schanhofer
Herman Schanhofer
Schanhofes
Schanausen
Schanhofer
St. Patrick’s
Sparta High School
Fort Knox
Okinawa
States
Ore Infantry
Second Infantry Division
Korea
Donald
Terrence John
Mike
Wayne Johnson
Jeanette
Josephine
Anita
Marilyn
Grenade Forces Postponement of Union Election in Jersey City
A hand grenade exploded at the headquarters of a longshoremen's union in Jersey City injuring five including President Vincent Barney Brown and Secretary Armand Faugno. Police booked 12 as material witnesses as the election was postponed. authorities looked for the attacker amid a power struggle within Local 1247.
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Jersey City
N. J
Public Safety
Louis J. Messano
Messano
Vincent Barney Brown
Armand Faugno
Brown
Faugno
New York
Joseph Ryan
Bevin On Way Out As Foreign Secretary Rumors Grow
London reports persist that Ernest Bevin’s days as foreign secretary are numbered and Prime Minister Attlee’s office denied he had quit. The Times notes a change at no foreign office now seems likely as Bevin nears 70, plagued by asthma and heart ailments.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Attlee
Bevin
London Times
Foreign Office
Red Cross Annual Appeal Calls on La Crosse County Volunteers
La Crosse County Red Cross fund drive asks residents to give Sunday afternoon house to house from 1 to, with over 1,000 volunteers taking part. Only home visits are requested, no workplace solicitations in five years, and firms may donate separately. Families away can arrange a pickup by calling 44791 at the Vocational school.
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Red Cross
la Crosse County
Red Cross Chapter Fund Committee
Queuille Fails Mollet Tries to Form French Cabinet
Paris in brief Henri Queuille abandoned his bid to form a new French cabinet and Guy Mollet announced a new attempt. Mollet, 46, Socialist school teacher, follows Queuille as premier-designate named by President Vincent Auriol to break the electoral law deadlock that toppled Pleven. Mollet plans talks with labor unions and politicians.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
Guy Mollet
Mollet
Vincent Auriol
Ariol
Queuille
Pleven
Fulbright Attacks RFC Hearing Over Lying Claims
Senator Fulbright says he has never heard so much lying in his life during a Senate probe of RFC actions. He refrains from naming false statements but calls for broader inquiry into the moral level of government as witnesses denounce outside pressures on RFC. The Arkansas Democrat reports the panel accuses the RFC of yielding under influence and hints at possible perjury among witnesses.
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Fulbright
RFC
Washington
Seni
The
Arkansas Democrat
Snowstorm Strands 600 At Spring Valley High Gym
A blizzard in Spring Valley Wisconsin trapped 600 people in the high school gym after five inches of snowfall halted travel to nearby cities. About 1 000 had attended a basketball tournament and some slept on mats while others sang and danced through the night. By 4 a.m. snowplows cleared routes and fans began leaving. Includes juke box, barber quartet and Lions club canteen aiding curbside morale.
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Spring Valley
Wis
Aaa
Lions Club
Snow Buries Towns and Collapses Roofs Across Midwest
The storm dumps eight foot drifts in South Dakota and deep snow in Minnesota. A grocery store roof collapsed under the weight in Fairbault while Sioux Falls records 24 inches on the ground.
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South Dakota
Fairbault
Minn
Sioux Falls
S. D
Marines and ROKs Push in Central Korea
U S Marines and South Korean infantrymen pressed a advance in central Korea near Hongchon Hoengsong and Yongdu as Marines from the first division moved within 15 miles of Hongchon. Korean troops captured key hills and gained ground on routes west of Hoengsong using bayonets in hard fought clashes.
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Tokyo
U. S
Central Korea
Hongchon
U. S.S
First Marine
Hoeng
Hoengsong
Yongdu
Korea
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Associated Press
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Jimi- Pearson
Frank Waldrop
Times Herald
Bethesda Naval Ashington
Paul Schanhofer
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G. Milton Kelly
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