Tornadic Weather Threat Looms Over Mississippi Valley
Severe storms and tornado activity surge across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma as a new low pressure system forms from Minnesota to Arkansas. Udall Kansas rebuild begins after a deadly tornado hit Wednesday night with 73 dead and 200 injured. relief agencies National Guard Red Cross and public housing aid mobilize as 170 homes are wrecked and 500 people remain missing or displaced.
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Russians Press Tito to Accept Passive Coexistence
Belgrade reports say Russia has shifted to a strategy urging Tito to accept passive coexistence in a Cold War world. Tito resists and wants Yugoslavia to lead nations opposing division into two camps. Talks continue aboard Brioni after a gala at the White Palace with Khrushchev present.
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Red agitators blamed for African clash
Paris reports violence in the Cameroons trust territory where nine people died and about eighty were wounded in five days of clashes between demonstrators and police. Curfew imposed as authorities accuse the Cameroon Peoples' Union of Communist agitation.
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Body Of GI Killed In Korea Arrives In GM
John Petit of Crawford County dies in Korea while serving with the 2nd Division as a communications man. He enlisted in 1948 and rose from private to sergeant. He will be buried with military honors in Boscobel Cemetery after services in Gays Mills. Survived by his parents.
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Reuther Bids Ford To Talks On UAW Negotiations
Walter P. Reuther head of the CIO United Auto Workers invites Henry Ford II to join Ford UAW contract talks in Detroit. Ford workers voted 96.2 percent to strike if needed after rejecting Ford’s five year package offering stock options and wage terms.
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Tomah King Day honors Gasoline Alley creator Frank King
Frank King, creator of Gasoline Alley, was named honorary chief of the Winnebago in Tomah Wis at Gillette Park. The event included a plaque dedication to Robert E Gillette and remarks by local officials and King remembered his Tomah boyhood and high school in 1901. Memorial Day observations across the nation highlighted presidents, ceremonies, and veterans’ remembrances.
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Vaccine program shows signs of life next week
The stalled antipolio inoculation drive may resume soon as U S Surgeon General Scheele forecasts the goal of finishing second Salk doses for nine million schoolchildren before summer. New vaccine supplies are expected to be released next week after tightened production and testing standards, with continued safety checks and booster shot planning for seven months later.
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Parking utilities board plans rebuttal to merchants
The La Crosse parking utilities board will publish a rebuttal to merchants who claim slow progress on a Market Square parking ramp. Board members Fred E. Steele M R Birnbaum and J Zenna A Gorder met to review chamber criticism and said eight council members are new since the Barton Traffic Survey of 1950. The council approved parking lot management as a public utility in 1954, with eight votes to the merchants’ criticism.
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Wiley Sees Prosperous Era with Wisconsin Expansion
Senator Wiley told the Tomah centennial audience that the nation enters a prosperous era with stiff competition. He urged Wisconsin to seek more defense contracts, new military installations, and civilian projects including a federal dairy research laboratory to study milk uses.
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Two Wisconsin Senate Bills Propose Licenses and Bridge
In Madison the state Senate met only in informal session to hear two bills. Sen. O'Brien would extend free fish and small game licenses for servicemen until 1957. Walter Risberg seeks permission to build a bridge across part of the Holcomb Dam flowage. public use would access his island pending Public Service Commission approval.
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Prisoner Escapes From Dane County Farm Near Oregon
Ler man J. Neville a 24 year old inmate escaped from the state prison operated farm near Oregon Dane county Authorities said Neville fled Thursday night He was serving two concurrent terms for forging checks sentenced Milwaukee February 25 1955 and worked as a cook at the farm
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Picnic by the highway after ranch yard work tale
A narrator recalls several days spent improving a ranch yard with flower beds shrubbery and lawn care. After three days of hard work they drive forty miles to a hillside spot for a picnic with deviled eggs before commenting on the view and an old saying about grass appearing greener from afar.
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Toll climbs as Memorial Day accidents rise to 42 dead
The Associated Press reports 42 deaths by 9 a.m. EST over the holiday period, with 32 in traffic 5 in drownings and 5 in miscellaneous causes. The National Safety Council expects 360 traffic deaths during the 78 hour holiday and 40 million vehicles on the highways.
Weather outlook for La Crosse area extends through Memorial Day
Local forecast calls for cloudy and cool with occasional showers tonight. Sunday should be generally fair and continued cool. Memorial Day outlook remains partly cloudy and cool with low near 48 and high around 66.
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