Ike Sees First Nuclear Merchant Ship Take Shape
The keel of the Savannah, the world s first nuclear powered merchant ship, was laid in Camden New Jersey with Mrs Richard M Nixon presiding. The 595 foot vessel will carry 100 passengers and 12000 tons of cargo and marks Eisenhowers push for peaceful atomic energy.
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Ike
Richard M. Nixon
Camden
N.J
Savannah
Eisenhower
Washington
American Newspaper Publishers Association
New York
Britain
Congress
Skate
Navy
Cardinal Stritch remembered for humanitarian work
Cardinal Samuel Stritch leaves a lasting mark in Wisconsin and the Midwest for his efforts to aid the unemployed and homeless during the 1930s in Milwaukee and Chicago. His battles against social injustice and his role in building schools and hospitals earned him a historic appointment in Rome as the first American Roman Catholic prelate to receive the assignment.
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Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Wisconsin
Midwest
Cardinal Stritch
Milwaukee
Chicago
Rome
Baker
Helen Blair
la Crosse
Morning Star
Coney Island Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tri-City
Twin-City
Davenport
Mae Downs
Catholic Women’s Club
Stop light experiment in Karachi sparks traffic chaos
Modernization praise meets blunt reality as Karachi implements its third traffic signal. Arm-waving policemen guided movement before, but now cars rickshaws bicycles and camels clash despite the new system. The mismatch suggests cultural or practical gaps in applying Western traffic tech abroad.
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Istan
Karachi
Pretzel Politics Describe McGonigle Nomination Triumph
Frederick Opines on Arthur McGonigle the Reading pretzel king who won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Pennsylvania over Harold Stassen. He notes slogans snacks and the bustling pretzel campaign, the contrast with Stassen’s ambitions, and predicts jobs for Stassen elsewhere while McGonigle faces David L. Lawrence.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Arthur T. McGonigle
Reading
Harold E. Stassen
Harold
McGonigle
Unsolved Death Leads to Union Killings in Minneapolis
William Brown, 44, president of the General Drivers Union, was found shot to death in his car near union headquarters in Minneapolis. Police Chief Frank Forestal says Arnold Johnson, 33, an organizer for the union, has admitted killing. The report also notes zoning ordinance re references and a public hearing on CIO controversy at 5th Avenue and Market Street.
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William Brown
General Drivers Union
Minneapolis
Frank Forestal
Arnold Johnson
Union
CIO
5Th Avenue
Market Street
la Crosse
La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau Q&A and notices
A collage of reader questions with answers on Indian tribes lightning snow fires and household hints. Includes advertising for Household Helps booklet, an address coupon, and local notices about tax changes, political moves, awards, and wartime era items from La Crosse and Milwaukee.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St. N.W
Washington 2
D.C
Eye St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Typhus and Rats Key to Public Health Fight
Edwin P. Jordan M D notes typhus as a rat carried disease with fleas spreading the illness from rats to humans. He urges rat control through poisoning, rat proofing, sanitation, and garbage removal while highlighting DDT dusting and PABA prevention and mentions scrub typhus linked to Far East mites not common in North America.
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District of Columbia
North American
Far East
Citizens Face Witness Stand On Probing Foreign Ties
The House Committee on un American activities plans to determine if current laws should be expanded to bar Americans from privately promoting conferences with foreign officials to influence U S policy. A prominent industrialist was recently subpoenaed amid debate over free speech versus committee powers.
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Washington
United States
House Committee On UN
House Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United
Wisconsin Bankers Push Renewed Branch Banking Drive
In Wisconsin, bankers renew efforts to amend state laws to permit branch banking. The campaign targets a 1959 legislative change with a compromise proposal to address fears of rural and small town banks.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Logan Act and the limits of US citizen diplomacy
The Logan Act, reaffirmed in 1948, forbids U S citizens from communicating with foreign governments to influence U S measures. The article questions home discussions with foreign representatives and calls for potential amendments to specify prohibited activities.
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Congress
United States
House Committee On un-American Activities
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
New Soviet Ambassador Adopts Town Gimmicks
In a feature on local charm, Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov joins town events, donating $5 to a cancer crusade benefit film preview. The piece also highlights Senator Barry Goldwater’s habit of forgetting his wallet and asking his aide for 50 cents, noted as frugal behavior.
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Grover Cleveland
New York
John C. Spooner
Wisconsin
Majestic Electric Theater
the Grand
Bijou
Gantert’s
Herbert Coolidge
City Railway
Co. M
Co. B
Mikhail Menshikov
Mov
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Dean Burch
Burch
Pricing Notice In La Crosse Tribune Ads
The La Crosse Tribune lists classic subscription rates for home delivery in La Crosse and nearby areas. Rates include weekly and monthly options, with price tiers for within 75 miles and outside 75 to 150 miles, and higher charges for longer distances.
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Tribune
Jann & Kelley, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Atlanta
la Crosse
Onalaska
la Crescent
Sunday Tribune
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Churchman
Western Technical
Pak
Frederick Othman
Stassen
Pretzels
Minnesota
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Philadelphia
McGonigie
Honest Harold
United Feature &Indicate, Inc
Joseph K. Kidder
North America
O.B
Smithsonian Institution
Y.A
Weather Bureau
PWA
William H. Armstrong
Exmayor
Racine
John A. Elliott
Quartermaster Regiment
H. M. C. Supplee
Taylor
Blair
Mother Robin
Broad
Fred Ross
R. J. Onalaska
City of
Italia
Saengerbund of the
Northwest
Freshinn Singing Society
George S. Meredith
Republican Executive Committee
A. B. Fontaine
Green Bay
Thomas S. Butler
House Naval Committee
Adv
Walter Henrickson
E. W. Parker
S. 8Th St
Edwin P. Jordan, M.D
United States Public Health Service
David Lawrence
John Wyngaard
George For- Wyngaardster
Des Moines
The
Wisconsin Bankers Assn
University of Wisconsin
Carl A. Zielke
Wisconsin Press Assn
Commonwealth
Conservation Commission
Lester P. Voigt
Capitol
Friends of Christ Seraphim
Patrick Lucey
John Reynolds
Reynolds
Legislative Council
Thomson
Department of Commerce and Economic Development
Upper
Dena Smith
Young Republican Organization
James Metcalfe
Field Enterprises, Inc
Forestry Digest
California Division of Forestry
U.S
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Douglas Larsen
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
NRECA
Clyde Ellis
Ellis
la Crosse Tribune
4Th and
Cass Sts
DU Crosse
Lee Newspaper
Associated Press
T Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
Stor
J. Eylienlokken
Rice Leeward Lee City
EFE
Mgr
L. Burgess
Howard Colvin
Mer Maxine Kahler
Luther Wilkins
A. E Teachout North Side
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