U S Rejects Soviet Test Ban as Mere Words
The United States dismissed Russia's lone-hand proposal for a nuclear test ban as untrustworthy and unverifiable. It urged pursuing a UN supervised suspension and warned Moscow could evade inspectors, calling for an orderly solution under the United Nations Charter.
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U.S
Washington
United’ States
Russia
Free Nations
State Department
Kremlin
United Nations
U. N. Disarmament Commission
Moscow
U. S
Russia halts hydrogen and atomic tests in unilateral move
In a joint session, Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko announces a unilateral suspension of hydrogen and atomic weapon tests. The plan awaits approval by the Supreme Soviet, with Khrushchev's cabinet pledging to end the halt if the West does not join. He criticizes U S claims of clean bombs and warns of potential retaliation if others resume tests.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
United States
Britain
U. S
Truman
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Libby Calls U S The Hottest Radioactive Spot In World
Dr Willard F Libby of the AEC says the United States is the hottest place for atmospheric radioactivity and that much fallout is Soviet in origin. He spoke on See It Now warning continued nuclear tests are a tolerable risk.
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New York
United States
Willard F. Libby
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Libby
ABC
Kenjiro Kimura
Linus Pauling
California Institute of Technology
State projects under way in city total 1.2 million
La Crosse lists 1.2 million in state building projects under construction and 300 thousand to start in 1958 at La Crosse State College as part of Wisconsin's 83.48 million program employing about 15 thousand statewide. Prairie du Chien has 230 thousand under construction and 118 thousand to begin in 1958. Governor Thomson ties these to rapid highway and building work to spur employment and tax value.
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la Crosse
Vernon W. Thomson
la Crosse State College
Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
Gov. Thomson
State Bureau of Engineers
Thomson
Development plan proposed for Grand Crossing Indian Hill area
La Crosse County Industrial Development Council proposes authorizing La Crosse County Development Inc to develop and then sale the 92 acre Grand Crossing Indian Hill tract. The plan targets the City of La Crosse and major railways including Milwaukee Road and North Western Railroad along with the current owner of the old Mississippi Valley Public Service Corp. right of way. The proposal follows reports and an impasse with legal and investment hurdles.
Industrial land plan for La Crosse area development
A proposed development framework for land northeast of La Crosse Rubber Mills outlines formation of a money handling and property owner group and a development corporation. The plan, discussed March 25, calls for two appraisers within 30 days, a sales based appraisal, quiet title actions if needed, quit claim conveyance, promissory notes secured by mortgages, and staged releases as parcels sell. Railroads may yield favorable terms for trackage regulation and cost sharing is outlined.
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Industrial Development Council
Rice
Zenno A. Gorder
Development Corporation
Norman E. Schulze
Chicago
la Crosse
Eisenhower vetoes farm price support freeze bill
President Eisenhower today vetoed the farm price support freeze measure saying a thaw is needed not a freeze. He outlined a five point program and warned the bill would pile up government storage, curb markets, delay moving to parity, hurt small operators, and misalign with 1958 acreage reserve terms. Republican opposition and White House remarks framed the political stakes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
Republicans
GOP
White House
Agriculture Benson
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Cuban Confederation Threatens Strike Against Castro Call
In Havana the pro government Cuban Confederation of Labor warned it will blacklist workers who heed Fidel Castro's call for a general strike. Officials expect Castro to order the strike before Friday, with Batista facing resignation pressure by April 5. The federation claims 1,250,000 members and says it has backing from 33 national federations of business sectors.
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Oriente
United Press
Charles Schuman
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Unifax
Cuba
Cuban Confederation of Labor
Three Men Die in Texas City Plant Explosion
A Union Carbide Chemicals Co building in Texas City exploded at 7 08 a m killing S V Crider 39 of La Marque R E Stoner 35 and H F Smith 37 Houston three others escaped injury from a blast that shattered a two story brick and steel plant damage estimated at about 1 000 000 The plant superintendent T A Wilker said the cause was not determined and the unit handled highly volatile liquids and gases including liquid nitrogen liquid oxygen and acetylene.
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Texas City
Tex
Gulf Coast
Union Carbide Chemicals Co
Galveston
S. V. Crider
la Marque
R. E. Stoner
H. F. Smith
Houston
T. A. Wilker
Wilker
Tragedy on Highway 53 Claims 5-Year-Old Life In Whitehall
A five-year-old La Crosse boy Tim Nekola was killed and 55-year-old Clarence Kvien seriously injured when struck by a car on Highway 53 west of Whitehall. The driver John Hoeschele, from Alaska, was handling a family trip to Eau Claire when the collision occurred near Abner Thompson station.
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Whitehall
Wis
la Crosse
Highway 53
Tim Nekola
Ellen Nekola
Mississippi St
Clarence Kvien
East Ave
John Hoeschele
Onalaska
Germany
Trempealeau County
Kvien
Claire
Abner Thompson
Hoeschele
Karen
Darlene
Sheldon Hanson
Nekola
Tom Dowling
Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Draws Light Voter Interest
Madison Justice Emmett L. Wingert seeks a full 10 year term against William H. Dieterich in a spring election not expected to exceed 25 percent turnout. Wingert, 59, Madison, Harvard Law graduate, and former counsel to Gov. Kohler, faces Dieterich, 60, Hartford attorney. Court race noted for low stir and potential total vote under 500,000.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Emmett L. Wingert
William H. Dieterich
Hartford
Wingert
Walter Kohler Jr
Beloit College
Harvard Law School
Walter Kohler Sr
Dieterich
Uni- See Court
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Canadians Vote in Second National Election in Nine Months
Canadians went to the polls for a second national election in nine months. Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s Conservative party aimed for a clear majority, while Liberal Leader Lester Pearson campaigned to regain control of the House of Commons. Quebec held the key to the outcome amid unemployment concerns and party promises of public works versus tax cuts.
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Toronto
John Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
House of Commons
Diefenbaker
Quebec
Northland
Voters Go To Poll Tuesday Local elections draw La Crosse residents to booths
About 450 to 500 absentee ballots had been cast in the county clerk office by Monday morning. La Crosse County voters in cities villages and towns will vote Tuesday for a State Supreme Court justice a county judge and various local posts. City polling hours run 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. with ward by ward locations listed from Roosevelt School to Schuh Sewer Lift Station. The article notes out county polls in Bangor town hall and other locations.
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Esther Domke
la Crosse County
Supreme Court
City of
la Crosse
Roosevelt
Wood and Hayes Sts
Central High School
15Th
Cass Sts
6Th
Mississippi
Washburn School
Main
South Branch
16Th
Farnam
Trane Park
Townsend
Hogan
19Th
Winnebago
8Th
Longfellow
Redfield
Logan High
Avon and Sill
Franklin
Kane and
Gillette
la Crosse State College
Denton St
19Th Ward
Jefferson School
St. James
Caledonia Sts
20Th Ward
Roosevelt School
Wood and Hayes
21St Ward
Schuh
23Rd St
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Justin D. Brandenburg
Beloit
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Valerie Leak
Worthing
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