Army probes charge fraud in North Africa airbase project
Secretary Pace moves to suspend or terminate cost plus fixed fee contracts after a Senate committee investigation into fraud waste and inefficiency in five large overseas airbase sites. Lyndon Johnson warns contractors and a conference will brief firms on defective work with possible contract terminations. The bases were rushed after the 1950 Korean War start with Atlas Constructors forming a five firm combine to speed completion.
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Washington
North Africa
Army
Pace
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Pentagon
Air Force
Johnson
South Korea
Atlas Constructors
Taft Promises State Department Overhaul in Wisconsin
Senator Robert Taft drew the largest crowd of the Wisconsin primary season and called for a complete reorganization of the State Department. He urged dismissal of Secretary of State Dean Acheson and his aides, endorsing leaders of ability and American principles. Taft criticized McCarthy but urged focus on accusers. Earl Warren urged cooperation with allies and opposed socialized medicine. Warren’s ballot status was upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court amid Stassen taint claims.
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Wausau
Robert Taft
Ohio
Wisconsin
State Department
Taft
Dean Acheson
Department
GOP
Sen
McCarthy
Congressional Committee
Earl Warren
California
Racine
U. S
Warren
California Medical Insurance Plan
Medical Ca
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Milwaukee
State Supreme Court
Atty
Vernon Thomson
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Berlin
Wis
Greenay
Thomson
Fred Zimmerman
U S Planes Outscore Reds In Korean Air War
U S Fifth Air Force reported a 31 to 75 advantage in air combat over Northwest Korea on Friday. F-86 Sabres claimed a MiG-15 probably destroyed and two damaged after a 30 minute clash above Sinanju. Weekly totals showed nine fighters destroyed or probably destroyed and 26 damaged with four Fifth Air Force planes lost. Carrier planes from Valley Forge and Philippine Sea struck eastern rail targets while HMS Glory aided on the front lines.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Northwest
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sinanju
U.N
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Air Force
Carvel Valley Forge
Hungnam
Kilchu
Hamhung
Manchester
Fox
Wiltsie
Brinkley
Bass
Wonsan
Weather Update for La Crosse and Vicinity
Moderate to heavy blowing and drifting snow this afternoon. Snow flurries tonight with a little colder temperatures. Sunday will be cloudy and colder with a low around 20 and a high near 30.
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la Crosse
Heart Massage Attempt Futile In Boy's Case
A 3-year-old boy Dennis Lee Mahoney died in La Crosse after a heart massage attempt during surgery for tooth extraction. The procedure, cited by Dr. Frank Cole, is often lifesaving and can start within one minute with high success in emergencies. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p.m., burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, with viewing Sunday evening.
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la Crosse
Dennis Lee Mahoney
Amber Mahoney
Rose St
Dennis
Veterans Administration
Archives of Surgery
American Medical Association
Frank Cole
Department of Anesthesiology
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Lincoln
Neb
Robert
Michael Mahoney
Sletten- McKee Northside
Engel Hoveland
Oak Grove Cemetery
Wisconsin Flier Dies In Fight Plane Crash
A fighter plane rammed Lookout Mountain near Gadsden Alabama killing Marine Lt. Col. Donald G H Jaeckels born Winneconne Wisconsin commander of the reserve air detachment at Birmingham He was about 60 miles from his home field on a return flight from Washington and the body was mangled in the explosion
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Gadsden
Ala
Lookout Mountain
Wisconsin
Donald G. H. Jaeckels
Marine Air Detachment
Birmingham
Winneconne
Wis
Jaeckels
Washington
Dutch Plane Crash Kills 44 in Frankfurt Suburb
A Royal Dutch airliner crashed two miles from Rhine Main Airport near Frankfurt, killing 44 of 48 aboard. The DC-6, named Queen Juliana, en route from Rome to Johannesburg with 38 passengers and 10 crew, struck during an instrument landing. US Air Force officials aided rescue. two survivors are badly injured. The cause remains undetermined and the queen was to visit Washington on April 2.
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Frankfurt
Germany
KLM
West Germany
U. S. Air Force
Rome
Johannesburg
John Bickford
Big Rhine-Main Air Base
Queen Juliana
Juliana
Washington
Two Of Three Hounds On Ledge Found Dead
DARLINGTON Washington six expert mountain climbers climbed Mt. Pugh for a day to recover three cougar dogs marooned at the 4 000 foot level for 15 days The bodies of two dogs were found by the climbers the third younger dog escaped by leaping from the ledge heading toward civilization
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Darlington
Wash
Mt. Pugh
Civilization
Blackstone Uses Army Doctors as Temporary Town Physicians
Blackstone Virginia officials draft two Army men for temporary duty after local doctors fall ill. At Camp Pickett, Co A. H. Robinson assigns Lt. Col. Vincent J. Anato and Lt. George Geyer to serve as Blackstone’s physicians.
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Blackstone
Virginia
Camp Pickett
A. H. Robinson
Vincent J. Anato
George Geyer
U S Threatens Crackdowns On Iron Curtain Embassies
The State Department warned Iron Curtain embassies and legations after a Polish Embassy magazine was shut down for publishing abusive propaganda. Secretary Acheson ordered Poland Today to cease publishing and warned further steps if ignored. The article labeled as abusive alleged Nazi-type propaganda and linked anti-Soviet evidence to US wrongdoing.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
State Department
Iron Curtain
United States
Department
U.S
Acheson
Jozef Winiewicz
Rep. Madden
D-Ind
Smolensk
United Nations
Korea
Steel To Talk Over Contract With CIO Union
New York industry officials say major steel firms will begin individual talks Monday with the CIO United Steel Workers over wage stabilization board proposals. The union has accepted the recommendations but threatens a strike on April 8 if demands aren’t met.
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New York
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
Charles E. Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Office of Price Stabilization
WSB
Benjamin Aaron
Boy Dies in Accidental Shooting in Green Bay
In Green Bay Brown County coroner says 17 year old Ed Richter died from a pistol shot fired accidentally by Don Greiling 18 while the two youths were alone in the Greiling residence. Coroner Dr Wayne Enderby noted the gun went off by mistake and Don’s parents were away.
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Green Bay
Brown County
Ed Richter
Eric O. Richter
Wayne Enderby
Don Greiling
Greiling
Enderby
Don
James A. Greiling
Dud Bomb Kills 2 Filipino Children Near Clark Field
In Mabalacat near Clark Field the Japanese World War II dud bomb exploded after children tampered with its mechanism. Two children were killed and eight more injured, according to the Philippines News Service.
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Manila
Mabalacat
U.S
Clark Field
Philippines News Service
Blizzard winds taper as rescue continues in Rockies
Denver reports the year's worst Central Rocky Mountains blizzard easing today with about 12 people stranded in Massadena including Mr and Mrs Clyde Woods of Jensen Utah who were hurt when an auto snowplow blocked U S Highway 40. NBC noted two West Coast programs cut off yesterday.
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Rocky Mountains
Massadena
Park Falls
Superior
Eau Claire
Wausau
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Rocky Mountain States
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Plains States
Central Rockies
U. S. Highway 40
Colorado
Senators Fire Back at Lattimore Over Oath Testimony
Senate internal security panel accuses Owen Lattimore of untruths under oath and contemptuous conduct after hours of questioning. Lattimore, Johns Hopkins professor and former State Department consultant, denies evasion and says the hearings were unfair and harassing.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
State Department
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Johns Hopkins University
Five to Twelve Inches Of Snow Predicted In Tri-State
Old Man Winter strikes the Tri-State area with five to 12 inches of snow expected. Snow began in La Crosse at 12 48 am Saturday and had 2 1/2 to 3 inches by late morning. Weather Bureau meteorologist A D Sanial says snow will continue until early evening. Poor driving conditions persist across the Coulee Region in southern Wisconsin, Minnesota and nearby areas.
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Tri-State
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Weather Bureau
Coulee
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Scout Council Votes to Expand Auditorium Seating Capacity
The Scout Common Council of La Crosse held a Civic Day session and approved enlarging the Sawyer memorial auditorium seating while vetoing zoning changes near the Trane Company and a street paving machinery purchase. Allan Schilling presided, with Eugene Neumann and James Odbert urging a larger increase.
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Scout Common Council
Boy Scout Common Council
City of
la Crosse
Sawyer Memorial
Trane Company
Caunedl Beenk Cuperte
Allan Schilling
Henry ‘Ahrens
Ao Ype Mangas
Eugene Neumann
James Odbert
Schilling
Aitacerti
Floods Across Arkansas and Tennessee Leave Heavy Toll
More than 214 dead and 1,000 injured as floods from Mississippi River storms devastate Arkansas Tennessee Missouri and North Mississippi. Rescue workers comb mud as Red Cross blood supplies rush in and National Guardsmen deploy.
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Mississippi River
Scottville
Washington Weather Bureau
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Mississippi
Iun
West Tenessee
North
Caruthersville
Res
National
White County
Spawberry
Judsonia
Winter Sneaks Back In State
A winter nor'easter-like system returns to Wisconsin bringing light snow across much of the state and freezing drizzle in the southwest. Milwaukee records about three tenths of an inch from five hours of snowfall as overnight temperatures hold in the south while the north remains colder.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Superior
Milwaukee
Snow Warning For Wisconsin Michigan And Nearby States
The Weather Bureau warns of heavy snow across Wisconsin Michigan and adjacent states with five to ten inches expected in northern and western Iowa and southeastern Minnesota. Strong winds bring blowing drifting snow and record cold. several towns report temperatures in the teens and twenties.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Malne
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Upper Michigan
Dubuque
Green Bay
Wis
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Memphis
Moscow
Dierks
Ark
Shiela Crisp
Stan Carter
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CIO Union
Storm
Rockies
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
McCarran
D-New
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Ing
Neumann
Rochester
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