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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1955
Page
5
Green County officials plan a June 18 press conference to announce the 1955 Cheese Day events in Monroe. The showcase features cows, Swiss culture, Old World color, New Glarus villagers in Wilhelm Tell, and demonstrations by maids, wrestlers, dancers, mountain climbers, turners, farmers, and cheese from the Swiss colony.
Tokyo reports nearly 1000 students from 14 nations studying there. Most come from Russia and other Iron Curtain states, with Finland India and Indonesia also represented.
Rev. Howell M. Forgy, creator of the Pearl Harbor slogan praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, resigns as pastor of Pluckemin Presbyterian Church citing ill health. He will focus on writing, aiming to craft drama and films with messages, after serving since 1954 aboard the USS New Orleans during Pearl Harbor.
In San Bernardino California Herbert Alba Sischo a 26 year old racer from Torrance disappeared during an 80 mile dry lake course. A large sheriff search found him alive after he explained he ran out of gas and was picked up by two uranium prospectors who offered him a ride and he joined their trip.
Miss Ararat a baby elephant from India is labeled a social outcast at Swope Park Zoo in Kansas City. Zoo director William T. A. Cully says she cannot join the outdoor African veldt area and will remain in her main zoo quarters with animals from Africa not required for her.
A bell once cast for the submarine USS Ray and later shipped via Navy surplus, donated by T. J. Kuechmann of Manitowoc to his son Father Theodore, now a priest at Holy Spirit Church in Kyoto, was blessed May 23 and rang for the first time as a symbol of peace between Japan and America.
Jettie Bass, 41, released from Parkland Hospital five days after a street fight left him disemboweled and head injuries. Bass, once Dallas No 1 hoodlum, survived 19 machine gun slugs in 1952 during a police ambush. Ex convict Raymond Pope charged with assault to murder in the latest injuries to the dur sable badman.
Civilisation on Tahiti reduces primitive life but causes a spike in car crashes. French authorities study drastic new traffic laws to punish offending drivers to curb the trend.
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