Mississippi river parkway survey eyed for broad planning
Four men from the public roads bureau, army engineers, wildlife service and Louisiana will survey the Mississippi from Minneapolis to the bayous in a two week field trip. They will map trouble spots, scenic needs and highway facilities using aerials, boats and multiple transport modes.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Mark Twain
Fish and Wildlife Service
Army Corps of Engineers
Louisiana
Stanley Abbott
Bureau of Public Roads
Mississippi
Congress
Public Roads Bureau
National Park Service
Abbott
Arlington
Louisiana Bayou
Harlan Kelsey
East Boxford
Mass
Mississippi Parkway
Merritt Parkway
Connecticut
Thomas C. Vint
William T. Pryor
Stassen denounces critics on Korea policy in St. Louis speech
Harold E. Stassen assails Truman administration for coddling Chinese Communists as Korean war casualties mount. He links five years of Asia policy to Mao Tse-Tung and Mac Arthur, urging a sweeping Republican victory and GOP control. Debate tied to Truman address and Stassen radio hookup in Connecticut.
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New Haven
Conn
Harold E. Stassen
Truman
Pres. Truman
St. Louis
Stassen
North Korea
Gen. MacArthur
Mao Tse-Tung
GOP
Pres
America
University of Pennsylvania
Mutual Network
Mr. Truman
Connecticut
Inflation Seen Greatest Evil Declares Business Leaders
SEA ISLAND Ga faced a conference where the Commerce Department’s 90 industrial leaders urged tight federal credit controls and higher taxes as inflation emerges as the major problem ahead. Secretary Sawyer said public and business must meet the Korea era test, and many supported the step ahead civilian production policy under the national production authority.
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Sea Island
Business Advisory Council
Department of Commerce
Defense
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Korea
National Production Authority
William H. Harrison
Harvester, UAW Agree on Five-Year Master Contract
The International Harvester Co and the striking CIO United Auto Workers union reach a five-year master contract. The deal includes at least a 10 cent hourly raise and a union shop. It ends a 10 week strike that idled about 23,000 UAW workers in nine Harvester plants and 14,000 more in other plants. Ratification by members will follow and plants will not reopen until then.
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Chicago
International Harvester Co
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Increasing cloudiness and warmth Sunday with rain in the afternoon. Highest temperature Sunday 52 degrees.
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la Crosse
New Parking Meters and Time Limits Implemented Soon
The police department traffic bureau reports that new parking meters and time limit changes will be completed this week. The city council approved the updates based on a traffic survey and recommendations from Associated Consultants. Several streets will switch to 30 minute limits, while others will feature two hour and one hour meters as listed by location. Drivers are urged to read meters to avoid confusion.
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Police Department
Common Council
Lll
Fourth
Jay
State
Fifth Avenue
Main
Third
Pearl
King Street
Sixth Streets
Third Street
Cass
King Streets
Fourth Street
Ex-Con Roy Boy Weds Carmela Capece After Wartime Tests
Roy Boy 50, once condemned to death and later pardoned, married Carmela Capece 46, in a private chapel ceremony after a life spent as a guinea pig for Atabrine and influenza vaccines. He volunteered for blood donations during World War II and survived a death sentence commutation from 1931. The marriage follows a history of a voided first union and prior separations.
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New York
Louis Boy
Boy
Sing Sing
Roy
Armed Forces
Thomas E. Dewey
Carmela M. Capece
Sickened Man Found Floating In Acid Vat
Milwaukee police report the body of Fred J. Hild aged 43 was found Saturday floating in a six feet deep acid vat at the A O Smith Co plant where he worked. Foreman said he asked to quit at noon after feeling unwell and investigators believe the death resulted from an accidental fall into the acid.
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Milwaukee
Fred J. Hild
A. O. Smith Co
Hild
Ike Eisenhower son injured in auto crash en route to Army Penn game
Capt. John Eisenhower son of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Capt. Charles Sampson of West Point were injured in a Saturday auto accident near Morristown New Jersey. A woman named Julia Garaner of Newark also sought treatment at Morristown Memorial Hospital.
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Morristown
N. J
John Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Charles Sampson
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Julia Garaner
Newark
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Infant Dies After Fall From Crib in Whitehall
Whitehall Wisconsin infant Mary Jane Windjue, age 10 months, died from head injuries after falling from her crib with a bottle in hand. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Windjue.
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Whitehall, Wis
Mary Jane Windjue
Alvin Windjue
Safe Chiseler Faces 7 Counts
Paul Brink a 42 year old clerk was charged with six counts of breaking and entering and one count of obtaining money under false pretenses. He admitted breaking into six businesses in Rice Lake and Thorp in April and early Thursday attempts. The seven count includes a $300 vehicle loan obtained after selling the car. Questioning was to continue Monday.
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Rice Lake
Wis
Paul Brink
F. E. van Sickle
Brink
Vanal
Thorp Finance Co
Insurance Agency
Hope For Heavy Voter Turnout At Polls Nov 7 Wisconsin election
Nation watches Wisconsin as both parties expect gains in the Senate and House. Local officials distribute I Voted pins after a legal decision. La Crosse registration rises to 24,058, nearing presidential totals. absentee ballot requests hold steady.
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Wisconsin
Senate
House
la Crosse City
la Crosse
Supply Problems Hamper 8th Army In Korea
Leif Erickson reports on supply bottlenecks that slowed the U S Eighth Army as it chased the North Korean remnants from Pusan toward Pyongyang. Inchon port delays and redeployments of the Marines and Seventh Division worsened fuel, ammunition, and food shortages, limiting advances primarily to gasoline deliveries by air.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Red
Eighth Army
Pusan
U. S. First Marine Division
Seoul
Inchon
Wonsan
Iwon
Pyongyang
UN Troops Repel Renewed North Korea Attacks
United Nations forces fighting a new front in North Korea repelled renewed assaults by Chinese forces bolstered by three to six divisions. American officers claimed up to six Chinese divisions entered Korea from Manchuria, with 75 000 Chinese troops already committed and potential reserves along the Manchurian boundary.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
North Korea
Rea
Manchuria
U. S
Eighth Army
MacArthur
Tokyo
Unsan
Kunu Island
U. S. First Cavalry Division
First Cavalry
First
U. S. 10Th Corps
Wonsan
Seventh Division
Pukchong
Iwon
David Barr
Manchurian
Neenah youth injured in shotgun blast on Lake Winnebago
Fred Joey Gerhardt a 17 year old Neenah high school athlete lost a thumb and finger along with wrist shoulder and facial injuries when his shotgun barrel burst while he hunted on the shores of Lake Winnebago. Gerhardt was state class B quarter mile champion in 1949.
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Neenah
Wis
Fred
Joey) Gerhardt
Lake Winnebago
Gerhardt
Costs Run Up In Senate Race
Officials report that 36 Democratic and 31 Republican senate candidates spent a total of 524 225 on pre election activity with Republicans leading in both contributions and expenditures. The tally may understate actual spending due to reporting rules described as a sieve.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler
Carl W. Thompson
Thompson
U. S. Senate
State
Milwaukee
Lakeshore
Rennebohm
Dane
Douglas
Iron
Kenosha
Forest
Portage
Sheboygan
Democratic Organizing Committee
Washington
Senate
Sen
Gillette
D-la
South
Bronx A Bomb Alert Panic Sparks Disorderly conduct charge
Stanley Gordon 23 was charged after broadcasting an air raid warning from his Bronx apartment. Hundreds fled into streets and shelters as police contained about 500 frightened residents and bystanders who followed the alarm from Gordon's four watt PA system.
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New York
Stanley Gordon
Bronx
Louis Sheridan
Jerry
Gordon
James Loughlin
William Cotter
Gor
Aerial Alert Practice Earns Praise From Green Bay Officer
GREEN BAY Wis A two day air raid alert test drew praise from Lieut Col Bernard R Muldoon leader of observers from the eastern air defense fort Newburgh N Y He called the Green Bay center great for turnout and quality though only four tracks were recorded and some stations were unmanned Officials said the nationwide drill tested aircraft detection with volunteers reporting height direction and type of planes and centers tracking courses on a wall map Muldoon urged more education for observers and said the program will ensure it.
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Green Bay
Wis
Air Force
Bernard R. Muldoon
Newburgh
N. Y
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
United States
Chicago
Muldoon
Educators Urge Policy Review Across Four Midwestern States
A regional conference on discrimination in higher education adopted a resolution urging colleges in Wisconsin Indiana Illinois and Michigan to review admission policies and eliminate discrimination based on race religion or economic status. The plan calls for a self audit of application blanks and admissions procedures. New committee members include Charles E. Howell Ralph Noyer Henry Pixley and J Martin Klotsche.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Charles E. Howell
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
Ralph Noyer
Ball State Teachers College
Henry Pixley
Wayne University
Detroit
J. Martin Klotsche
Wisconsin State Teachers College
Milwaukee
Woman Seriously Injured In Crash Near Caledonia
Mrs Linus Ernster farm wife northwest of Caledonia is in serious condition in a Caledonia hospital after a Friday night crash with the Willard Loftsgaarden party from Spring Grove. John and Mrs Loftsgaarden of Mabel and Willard Loftsgaarden were also hospitalized. Sheriff Kerrigan and state patrol investigated the collision at the junction of new and old Highway 44 north of Caledonia.
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Caledonia
Minn
Linus Ernster
John .Loftsgaarden
Mabel
Willard Loftsgaarden
Spring Grove
Ernster
Loftsgaarden
Ernsters
Loftsgaardens
Beryl Kerrigan
Heart attack claims life at Camp Randall stadium
Arnold Wassow, 68, of Wauwatosa Wisconsin, died of a heart attack shortly before the Wisconsin Purdue football game at Camp Randall. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital after the incident Saturday.
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Madison
Wis
Arnold Wassow
Wauwatosa
Camp Randall
Court House Offices To Be Closed Tuesday
County court house offices will close all day Tuesday November 7 election day except the county highway police department. County Clerk Esther M Domke urged residents out of town to cast absentee ballots at her office Monday 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m with noon hour open.
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Court House
Esther M. Domke
President Addresses Democrats Defending Against Communism
President Truman denounced Republican critics at a St. Louis rally. He said Democrats have fought communism more effectively than any group and warned that isolationism would mean national decline. Thousands attended as he defended party leadership on Korea and wartime radio time costs.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Democratic Party
Democrat Party
Korea
Harry
Boyle Not Identified At Jefferson Hotel Security
Security at the Jefferson hotel in St. Louis on Saturday night barred William M. Boyle Jr from the presidential party elevator. Treasury Secretary Snyder and Sidney W. Souers were identified by reporters before entry, yet Boyle rode up with the general public on an open elevator.
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ST. Louis —i
Jefferson Hotel
William M. Boyle Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
St. Louis
Sidney W. Souers
National Security Council
Boyle
Truman Defends Policy as Campaign Attacks Escalate
President Truman spoke to a large crowd under heavy guard at Kiel auditorium amid accusations from isolationist Republicans. He defended isolationism as a risk to national strength and prosperity, criticized “vote hungry” foes, and asserted Congress and officials faced a campaign of lies.
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Kiel Auditorium
Secret Service
Truman
Illinois
Mr. Truman
League of Nations
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
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