Strike Over Tape Work Tangles Two Rockford Papers
The Rockford ITU union and Rockford Consolidated Newspapers clash over teletypesetter tape use for mailed feature material. Printers walked off Monday after a dismissal, calling it a strike while publishers say it is a lockout. Other unions continue work, with arbitration offered but rejected.
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Eee Union
Seeeetir
Ape Pe
AFL International Typographical Union
Press Association
Morning Star
Register-Republic
Rockford Consolidated Newspapers, Inc
CIO American Newspaper Guild
J. H. Ford
Rockford
ITU
Ford
Senate panel votes to extend price and wage controls
The Senate Banking Committee approved a one year extension of the Defense Production Act, sending the measure to the full Senate. The panel rejected Sen Dirksen's bid to end federal rent controls except in defense areas and replaced the cheese and oils import ban with a wartime style provision.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Sen
Dirksen
R-Ill
Nebraska Straw Polls Show Taft Eisenhower Shifts
Nebraska voters in 19 papers and reports show Taft leading in January and Eisenhower ahead in late January polls. MacArthur rises from 3 to 8 percent while Stassen slips from 7 to 5 percent. Weighted samples reflect county turnout and nonbinding GOP and Democratic conventions delegates.
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Cornhusker
Grand Island Daily Independent
Taft
Eisenhower
Grand Island
Eisenhowever
MacArthur
Stassen
Boxing Managers Guild elects Ben Finkle president
The Miami Boxing Managers Guild held an election last night to choose its new leader. Ben Finkle won the presidency while Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower received one vote in the quiet Miami ballot.
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Miami
Fla
Miami Boxing Managers Guild
Ben Finkle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Weather Photocast Shows Wide East Coast Readings
The Weather Fotocast records Duluth 24 Milwaukee 27 and Cleveland near 27. Readings along the East Coast span from 30 in Maine to 73 in Miami.
Grain Profiteer Denis Truman Knew Of Deals
Senate inquiry into grain storage profits exposed Easley and partners earning about 89 thousand dollars in salaries and bonuses from Camp Crowder venture It remains unclear if this equals total profits Easley stated his share was about 135 thousand dollars with loans of 160 thousand dollars aiding operation profits cited by officials ranged up to 90 thousand dollars in salaries and company profits The firm formed in September 1949 moved out in May last year after Army request to reclaim buildings
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Harry Easley
Truman
Easley
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Kem
R-Mo
Camp Crowder
Agriculture Department
Midwest Storage and Realty Co
Kansas City
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Feeny City
Webb City
Crowder
McGrath Testifies On Attorney Activities At Open Hearing
U S Attorney General J Howard McGrath told the House Judiciary subcommittee the Justice Department would lose a majority of its best attorneys overnight if they were barred from outside activities. He testified under oath at the first open hearing into the department's operations amid questions over tax fraud prosecutions.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Congressional
Justice Department
McGrath
House Judiciary
Seamen Vernon Schmeckpeper and Elmer Blank Serve Aboard Dixie
Two La Crosse USN apprentices, Vernon R. Schmeckpeper and Elmer C. Blank, serve aboard the destroyer USS Dixie in the Far East. The Dixie returned to the Korean area after a year at sea and earlier helped shell Communist troops with Missouri and Manchester at Kaesong, Korea.
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Far East
la Crosse
USN
John D. Schmeckpeper
S. 13Th Pl
Elmer C. Blank
Fred C. Blank
Maple St
U. S
Missouri
Manchester
Kaesong
Korea
Battle Casualties Reach 106,794
U S battle casualties in Korea reached 106,794 today, an increase of 123 since last week. The weekly rise was the smallest since the Korean fighting began, as reported by Reed Tribune.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Wisconsin delegates shift stirs Republican race dynamics
Wisconsin Republican primary news describes Stassen shifting delegates toward Eisenhower as Taft mulled wins across districts in the run for 30 GOP delegates. Taft, MacArthur and Warren factions respond with strategems amid bids for influence in state conventions and districts. Democratic Ke_fauver campaigns against Truman rivals in a quiet race for 28 statewide delegation votes.
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Thomas Coleman
Taft
Wisconsin
Stassen
Coleman
Warren
Eisenhower
Marshall C. Graff
Appleton
Ritter
Ohio
John Chapple
Ashland
MacArthur
Milwaukee
Truman
Francup
Chapple
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Illinois
Sen. Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Mrs Kefauver Tours Wisconsin Campaign Trail
Mrs Kefauver toured a Keefe, Wisconsin campaign whirlwind, meeting workers at a plant in La Crosse and greeting women at a Standard hotel reception. She spoke about campaign life, balance with family, and shared gratitude to supporters as she travels to Milwaukee, Nebraska, and the deep South.
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Stoddard
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Acheson notes Western links push West Germany toward independence
The Western powers near granting West Germany de facto independence and potential rearmament, with possible future NATO membership. The Russians offer a united Germany Army revival, while the Big Three warn that a national military force would risk derailing European relations.
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Germany
Europe
Weather Record Forecast For Midwest States
United States Weather Bureau notes for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with partly cloudy skies and small temperature changes. It highlights colder trends in northern areas and light snow in extreme west Iowa. Shippers forecast covers a 150 mile radius of La Crosse with protective shipment directions for north west south and east regions through 6 p.m. Thursday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
River Readings Forecast from Hastings to Guttenberg
River readings forecast from Hastings to Guttenberg indicate minor fluctuations Thursday and Friday in the upper district above Trempealeau due to an ice effect. In the southern end, little change is expected until near the weekend when pronounced rises will occur in smaller feeder tributaries.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Trempealeau
Chicago live stock and produce market report summary
Chicago salable hogs 11,000 with prices 10 to 25 cents lower. cattle 9,500 with prime steers 38.25-39.50 and mixed grades, cows and bulls near steady. Butter unsettled. eggs steady to firm with higher wholesale bids. live poultry steady to firm with fryers 28-34 and hens 27-30.
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No. American Co
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Sieter
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Cornwith
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Mass. Inv
Nairn
Packard Motor
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Trane Company
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Paramount Pictures No. States Power Container
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Stee
Phelps Dodge
Inter Cellucatton
James
Phi Philip Morris Pet
Crane Co
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Curtiss-Wright
Minn. Ont. P
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Nekoosa
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Eaton Mig
Schenley Ind
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Spiegel
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Homestake
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Timken-Det. Azle
Am Tobacco
Int
Nick
Transamerica
Zine
Int. Tel. & Tel
Union Carbide
Anaconda Copper
Johns-Manville
Union Pacific
Armco Steel
Kennecott Copper
United Airlines
Armour & Co
Kimberly-Clark
United Aircraft
Arch
National Container
Zenith Radio
Briggs Mig
Budd Co
National Steel National Dairy
J. I. Canadian Pacific
N.Y. Central
Ark. Natural Gas
Bond & Sh
Chesapeake & Ohio Niagara M. Power No. Am. Aviation
Kaiser-Fraser iChicago & N.W
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Chicago
Swift A Co
Chicago Livestock
U.S
Soviet View Frames Family as Soldier Maker Editor Says
In Columbus Ohio a Catholic editor described Soviet policy as treating the family as a factory for soldiers. Dr Waldeman Guurian of Notre Dame told a National Catholic Family Life Conference that Stalin era laws on divorce and abortion were tightened to increase the pool of military manpower.
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Columbus, O
Waldeman Guurian
University of Notre Dame
National Catholic Family Life Conference
Stalin
Russia
Two year old shoots self with pistol in store tragedy
In Los Angeles a two year old boy named Randy Mecklevit found a pistol under sacks at a delicatessen shelf and fatally shot himself yesterday. The child had accompanied his father to the store.
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Los Angeles
Randy Mecklevit
Barkley Credits Press With Vast Influence At Awards Dinner
Vice President Alben Barkley told a journalism awards dinner that the press stands beside the pulpit in influence for good or evil and serves as the greatest field for spreading knowledge and educating the people through American newspapers.
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Los Angeles
Alben Barkley
Embryonic Gland Transplants Reported Cure in Three Patients
Three patients received glands taken from very premature babies to produce hormones. Glands were implanted into stomach muscles of two men and a woman, using embryonic tissue to potentially treat multiple illnesses. Yale researchers described successful animal transplants and human implantation during American Cancer Society sponsored tours at Yale Medical School.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Serge Voronoff
Embry
Yale University Medical School
American Cancer Society
Harry S. N. Greene
Yale
Eugene E. Cliffton
Viroqua Council Reviews North Main Street Plan and Pay Rises
The City Council discussed a State Highway Commission reply on improving North Main Street and will hold a site review with engineers and Madison staff. The panel reserved that no timing is set this year. The council approved pay raises for about 18 city employees effective April 1 and enacted a 24 hour limit on municipal parking with fines. The group also agreed to pay La Crosse State College students mileage for weekly family night sessions at the high school, totaling 75 dollars for ten nights. Population rose to 3,795 from 2,792 since 1940.
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Wis
North Main Street
Icity Council
Wisconsin ‘State Highway Commission
William Mueller
State Highway Commission
Madison
Public Works and Street Committee
Viroqua City
la Crosse State College
McCarthy Suit Alleges Defamation by Benton
The complaint accuses Senator McCarthy of serious injury to his reputation and official standing through a libelous and demeaning campaign. It claims Benton conspired with unknown others to damage McCarthy’s practice, unseat him, and undermine his government service. It alleges Benton bears ill will and has led a campaign to injure McCarthy while defending others connected to security and the State Department.
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Benton
McCarthy
Congress
United States
State Department
Voter Access Points Listed Across City Schools and Halls
A numbered map lists voting sites by street and building across the city. Schools such as Logan High and Central High are shown with entrances on West Avenue and 15th Street respectively, plus city halls and fire stations serving as polling places.
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Eighth West Avenue
Logan Hi
Franklin School
West Avenue
Pine Street
City Hall
Third Street
Ferry
Market Streets
Washington School
Island and
Rose Streets
Central Hi
15Th Street
Hamilton
Jefferson
Roosevelt
Webster
Alley
Taft Delegates Pledge Motive Shifts in GOP Contest
Taft leads a state backed slate of 38 delegates to the GOP convention in Chicago this July with a pledge to be unpledged. Driscoll, a dark horse candidate, says delegates will be morally bound to support the winner while Stassen fields 20 opposing delegates and Taft lacks many pledged delegates.
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Warren
California
Eisenhower
Ralph M. Immel
Madison
Stassen
Amon Eisenhower
Immell
Vernon W. Thomson
Driscoll
Chicago
Taft
Truckers Idle in Midwest Amid City Strike
Associated Press reports trucking operations crippled in the Midwest with a Kansas City strike spreading. About 2,500 drivers have been off the job since March 7 opposing firms handling within city business while interstate traffic bypasses the city to dodge picket lines.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Kansas City
Australia to Sell Uranium Ore to U.S. and Britain
Canberra reports most ore from South Australia’s Ranger hill field will be sold to the United States and Britain at about 3.50 dollars per pound. A federal cabinet sub-committee accepted the offer from U S Atomic Energy Commission expert Jesse Johnson.
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Canberra
Australia
Radium Hill
South Australia
United States
Britain
Federal
Jesse ‘Johnson
U. S. Atomic Energy ‘Commission
Tire ban lifted and rubber allowance increased
Washington government lifted its ban on white sidewall tires and raised natural rubber usage in passenger car tires. The national production authority also allows tire and rubber companies to use 110 000 long tons of natural rubber per quarter after April 1, up from 105 000 tons.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Tire
Lake Season Starts as Freighters Pass Mackinac
Robinson and Bradley, self unloading freighters, were slated to steam through the Straits of Mackinac today becoming the first ships to clear the passage in the 1952 lake season.
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Cleveland
Robinson and Bradley
Straits of Mackinac
Woman Fatally Burned in Hotel Earle Room Fire
A 42 year old woman, Marie Coe, died after sparks from a cigarette ignited her bedclothes in a hotel room at the Hotel Earle. Her husband James, 73, was asleep as smoke and flames spread until a fellow guest used a small extinguisher to halt the blaze.
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Oshkosh
Marie Coe
James
Earle
British Explore Iceland Expedition Plans Shift
The British Schools Exploring Society aims at Central Iceland as the goal for this year as the planned British Columbia expedition is postponed due to funds shortage.
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Iceland
British Schools Exploring Society
British Columbia
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