Snow and Wind Close Openings in La Crosse County
Snow drifts piled high and close openings as 1-1 1% inches fell. Crews battled shovels and plows through the night with La Crosse County highway crews taking a brief rest after more than 36 hours on the job. Winds expected to ease and colder air to follow with a low around 12 to 15 degrees.
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la Crosse County
la Crosse
Norwalk
Kendall Village
Monroe County
Sparta
Hillsboro
Wisconsin Schools Close Amid Widespread Snow Collision
Heavy late winter storm cancels classes across Wisconsin with up to 14 inches in Fond du Lac and 10 inches in Appleton. Roads are slick, utility poles topple in Waukesha, and city motoring slows while officials deploy sand and calcium chloride as crews clear streets.
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la Crosse County
Midway
Paul Hartwig
Fond du Lac
Milwaukee
Waukesha County
Highway 24
Tess Corners
Green Bay
Beloit
Appleton
Lawrence College
de Pere
Brown County
Stock Probe Witness Gives Brokers Good Report Card
SEC chairman Ralph H. Demmler testifies to the Senate Banking Committee that brokers show no widespread illegal waves, though rules must continually evolve to close loopholes. He warns that unfair practices can blur the line between unethical and illegal as hearings highlight Senate tensions and Galbraith’s testimony.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate
Ralph H. Demmler
Senate ‘Banking Committee
Demmiler
Fulbright
D-Ark
Sen. Capehart
Indiana
Fullbright
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
Johns Nominated To Head Wisconsin Bar Association
La Crosse attorney Robert D. Johns was nominated as president elect of the Wisconsin Bar Association. Leo C. Hartman Juneau was named treasurer and Gilson G. Glasier Madison secretary. Ralph M. Hoyt Milwaukee opposes John C. Wickham Janesville for a three year term on the State Judicial Council. Ballot by mail in June.
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Madison
P—A la Crosse
Robert D. Johns
Wisconsin Bar Association
Leo C. Hartman
Juneau
Gilson G. Glasier
Ralph M. Hoyt
Milwaukee
John C. Wickham
Janesville
State Judicial Council
Senate Bill Aims to Help Horse Race Ticket Holders
The California Senate approved a bill by Sen. Harry Parkman to require printed conditions on pari mutuel tickets. The measure would show when a ticket is cashable, including outcomes such as first, second, or third place. Parkman cites about fifty thousand dollars lost yearly due to unused cashable tickets.
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Sacramento
Calif
Senate
Assembly
Harry Parkman
Woodside
Parkman
Gore Recalls All-Night Atomic Submarine Cruise
Sen Albert Gore recounts a midnight voyage aboard the Nautilus with the Senate Atomic Energy Committee. He describes nervous moments during deep dives, the reactor room gauges, nuclear powered life aboard, and thrumming propeller power as the submarine performed shakedown maneuvers under Rear Adm Rickover's watch.
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Sen. Gore
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
House Committee On Atomic Energy
Associated Press
Washington
Hyman G. Rickover
H Bomb May Banish War Says Linus Pauling
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling warned that hydrogen and atomic bomb tests pose radiation hazards and could halt major wars. He urged a moratorium on tests, questioned long term cancer risks, and criticized official assurances of safety. He warned no hazard can be declared absent.
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Pasadena
Calif
Linus Pauling
Atomic Energy Commission
Tobacco Chewing Husband Wants Kiss Slugged Instead
In Crowley Louisiana city judge Edmund M Reggie finds Mrs Winston Bertrand guilty of simple battery after she pushed her husband Winston Bertrand in a spat over a goodbye kiss while he chewed tobacco He imposes a suspended sentence of 15 or 10 days in jail.
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Crowley
Edmund M. Reggie
Winston Bertrand
Bertrand
GOP opposes four power talks while Eisenhower weighs
In Washington GOP leaders said President Eisenhower opposes a top level Western powers conference with Russia now. Sen Knowland said the president requires deeds over words to show Soviet good faith and wants a meeting only after Paris arms terms are ratified.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
GOP
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Bulganin
Paris
West Germany
Senate
House
Martin
R-Mass
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Korea
Peiping
Charlotte
N.C
State Dulles
Worker Injured In Blast At Allis Chalmers Nuclear Lab
A chemical explosion during a cleaning operation at the Allis Chalmers nuclear lab in West Allis Milwaukee injured mechanical engineer Gunvald Frogstad 33 seriously with sodium burns. Co worker John Kropetz 37 was uninjured. Eight people were present. blast blew out windows and skylight. No radioactive materials involved. project concerns coolant metal circulation pump.
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Milwaukee
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Gunvald Frogstad
Counity General Hospital
John Kropetz
Allis-Chalmers
West Allis
R. C. Allen
Allen
Frogstad
Marines Fire Sixth Atomic Test Of 1955 Series
In Las Vegas, 1955, Marines staged live atomic test number six atop a 500 foot tower at 5 05 a m. The AEC announced the blast lit the desert sky and affected Las Vegas. One hundred fifteen aircraft supported maneuvers with 28 helicopters and 22 jet fighters as 800 Marines in trenches prepared for an airborne attack on simulated objectives.
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Las. Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Yucca Flat
AEC
Ground Zero
Transport plane crashes in Hawaii with 66 aboard
An RD6 four engine Navy transport crash landed on a mountain slope near Lualualei Naval Ammunition Depot on Oahu. The Navy reported all 66 aboard perished. Engine trouble forced a return flight from Hickam Field to Travis Air Force Base amid heavy rain and low visibility.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Navy
Lualualei
Oahu
Roy Essovan
Naval
Essovan
Hickam Field
San Francisco
Travis Air Force Base
William Joest
Philo Owen
Cmdr
J. Smith
Hawaiian ‘Sea Frontier
Moffett Naval Air Station
San Jose
Calif
Smith
Laulaulei Naval Ammunition Depot
MATS
Washington
Barbers Point
Hickam
Senate votes loom on pay raise for federal workers
Senator Olin D Johnston said the Senate appears ready to pass a 10 percent pay raise for 14 million federal employees and start debate this afternoon on a 500000 postal workers bill. The House rejected calling up a 7 percent postal raise, 302 to 120, and Chair Murray signaled no immediate move on the bill.
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Washington
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Rayburn
D-Tex
Murray
D-Tenn
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with diminishing winds. Tonight’s low expected 12 to 15 degrees and the high on Wednesday near (text truncated)
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Dathea Tesare Community News
la Crosse
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Galbraith
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Mass
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Demmler
SEC
Commission
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Conn
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D-Ri
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