Cities lament civil defense gaps and funding delays
A Municipal Association survey shows U S cities ready on paper but unprepared for a major atomic attack. Officials fault federal guidance and funding, noting few cities have committed money without policy outlines from higher levels. The NSRB master plan urged cross border mutual aid and rapid local planning.
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New York
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
San Francisco
National Securities Resources Board
NSRB
Congress
Truman
Ciiies
Canada
U N Troops Advance as B 29s Hit Red Staging Points
United Nations ground forces pressed the North Korean front with light resistance noted as B 29 bombers hit staging areas in northeast Korea. The Seventh Division moved patrols from the Manchurian border near Hyesanjin toward the Yalu river area while skirmishes were reported.
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Seoul
United Nations
Korea
U. S. Seventh Division
Manchurian
Hyesanjin
Yalu River
Hapsu
Hyseonjin
Chongjin
Musan
Siberian
U. S
Seventh Division
Red Manchuria
Hye- Sanjin
MacArthur
Tokyo
St. Paul
Republic of Korea
ROK
Siberia
Yalu
Red China
Manchuria
Changjin
Sinhung
Yongwon
Tokchon
U. S. First Corps
Chunchon
Sinuiju
Taft-Hartley revisions debated as Congress eyes changes next year
Capitol talk centers on possible amendments to the Taft-Hartley act with Republicans and Democrats weighing revisions. Senator Douglas signals openness to keeping core provisions while seeking compromise with Taft, amid a shifted committee balance and persistent opposition to full repeal.
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Washington
Capitol
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Ives
Douglas
Ill
CIO
Chicago
Senate Labor Committee
Labor Committee
Albert D. Thomas
Utah
Pepper
Fla
Senate
House
Paraplegic Vets Enjoy Special Deer Hunt at Camp McCoy
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin nineteen paraplegic veterans from Hines VA hospital hunted deer. Though no deer were bagged on the first day they planned for next year and recalled army life with mixed nostalgia. Ed Carlson George McDermott and Charles Smith prankishly toppled director Ed Riley from his bed at the barracks in a late night wakeup.
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U. S. Army Signal Corps
Kenneth E. Thomas
Camp McCoy
Leonard Brosig
Fort Atkinson
Brosig
Leonard King
King of Milo
Wis
Hines Veterans Administration Hospital
Carl Stockslager
Lewisburg
Mess Hall
Tomah
Sparta American Legion
Ed Carlson
George McDermott
Chicago
Charles Smith
Midland
Mich
Bank of
Ed Riley
Hines
Riley
Churches of La Crosse Hold Thanks Services
La Crosse churches schedule multiple Thanksgiving services. The North Presbyterian and Caledonia Street Methodists meet at 7 30 p m. Trinity Lutheran hosts an 8 p m festival service with speaker Rev Lavern Hanson and two choirs. Other parishes list dawn to morning masses and special music across Lutheran, Episcopal, Nazarene, and Catholic congregations.
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North Presbyterian
Caledonia Street Methodists
H. R. Shirley
Presbyterian Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lavern R. Hanson
Paul Finanger
Church of Living Christ
Wisconsin Theater Building
South Side
Federation of Churches
First Baptist Church
W. F. Huxford
Winslow Wilson
Asbury Methodist Church
J. H. Meier
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Clifton B. Nixon
Nazarene Church
Mary Schwalbe
John Halverson
Christ Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s Episcopal
Bethel Lutheran
English Lutheran
Our Redeemer Lutheran
Longfellow School
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Our Savior’s Lutheran
Wisconsin Synod
First Evangelical Lutheran
Grave Evangelical Lutheran
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran
Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran
M. Bethany Gospel Tabernacle
Moody Memorial Evangelical Free Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Blessed Sacrament Church
Holy Trinity
Holy Cross
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
St. Mary’s Ann
St. James
St. John the Baptist Church
St. Thomas More
St. Wenceslaus
Stassen Plans Round the World Trip as Private Citizen
Harold E. Stassen Republican leader and presidential aspirant will depart next week on a five week air journey to gather economic and political insights, with a focus on Asia and Africa. The trip echoes his 1947 European tour meeting 15 national leaders, including Premier Stalin.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Asia
Africa
Stassen
Europe
Stalin
Russia
B 36 Crashes North of Cleburne Texas
A B 36 bomber crashed Wednesday about ten miles north of Cleburne in north Central Texas. Reports said ten men may have been aboard the world's largest land based bomber with unconfirmed details.
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Fort Worth
Cleburne
Texas
La Crosse Red Cross Board Elects Six Directors
Loren Gamash of Onalaska was among six directors elected for three-year terms at the La Crosse county Red Cross board annual meeting Monday. An error in Tuesday's La Crosse Tribune left part of Gamash’s name omitted in the report.
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Loren Gamash
Onalaska
la Crosse County
Red Cross Board of Directors
la Crosse Tribune
County Board Chairman Calls City Statement Distortion
County Board Chairman W L Christopherson rebuked City Mayor Henry Ahrens and Alderman Franklin Pamperin for what he called a distortion of tax levy facts. He said the city budget increase figure was misrepresented and noted wage increases after the initial estimate. He cited discussions with village and city officials and promised further detail on page 2.
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Henry Ahrens
Franklin Pamperin
la Crosse County
W. L. Christopherson
la Crosse Tribune
Pamperin
City of la Crosse Ways and Means
Christopherson
Ahrens
County Board Finance Committee
Christopher
Navy Viking Rocket Reaches 3600 MPH and 107 Mile Altitude
A navy Viking rocket, 50 feet long and weighing 5142 tons, achieved 3600 miles per hour while climbing 107 miles into the upper atmosphere over New Mexico. It surpassed the previous altitude record for an American made single stage missile by one mile.
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Washington
New Mexico
Wisconsin deer hunt toll hits thirteen as season ends
The seven day Wisconsin deer season ends Friday with thirteen deaths from gunfire or heart attacks. Victims include Arthur Lowe, 61, a Sumner town official, and Rev. Herman Kuckhahn, 53, a Dunn County pastor. A 17 year old Clyde Steinmetz high school senior fired the fatal shot in Kuckhahn incident near Colfax.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Arthur Lowe
Sumner
Barron County
Lowe
Draper
Sawyer County
Herman Kuckhahn
Dunn County
Karl
Kuckhahn
Beyer Settlement
Colfax
St. John Poplar Creek
Karl Kuckhahn
Germany
Harpers Ferry housewife found shooter in fatal Garin case
A coroner's jury ruled Mrs. Clem Cassidy fired the fatal shot that killed Leonard Garin at his Harpers Ferry home on Sunday night. Cassidy, who admitted firing, faces first degree murder charges as her preliminary trial is postponed for Thanksgiving and counsel arrangements.
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Harpers Ferry
Clem Cassidy
Leonard Garin
Cassidy
Garin
Winifred Cassidy
Snow Parade Nears as Snowfall Highlights Plans
Snow flurries renew interest in Saturday morning Christmas parade in La Crosse. Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event with 21 units starting 8 30 a m on South Second Street. Santa Claus will lead or follow with a Jaycee float carrying a child visitor and treats distributed by Jaycees along the march.
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la Crosse
South Side
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Santa
Jaycees
South Second Street
La Crosse Tribune Thanksgiving Edition Schedule
The La Crosse Tribune will publish on Thursday for Thanksgiving with an earlier news deadline to allow staff time with families. The office will be open 4 to 6 p m for those who miss delivery and papers may be picked up by calling 2 8040.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
the Tribune
Trains Collide in Rockies Killing and Missing Soldiers
In British Columbia near Canoe River and 83 miles west of Jasper a troop train and a limited passenger train collided head on on the Canadian National line. Ten bodies were recovered and many injured as 53 soldiers and five trainmen were hurt.
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Edmonton
Alta
Rockies
Army
Fort Lewis
Wash
United Nations
Korea
Canadian National Railways
Canoe River
British Columbia
Jasper
Local Weather for La Crosse
Light snow tonight and Thursday. Colder tonight with a cold wave Thursday. Lowest tonight 20 in the city 16 in the country. High Thursday 25.
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la Crosse
Local Antagonism Shrinks Wisconsin Wildcat Park Plan
Wisconsin conservation officials disclosed that the Wildcat mountain state park area in Vernon county was shortened due to local opposition. About 65 percent of the land needed has been acquired with remaining parcels to come as they become available. Funding will come from the regular parks budget and other revenues, not the special appropriation.
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Madison
Wiss
Wildcat Mountain
Vernon County
Conservation Commission
Kickapoo Valley
Foster B. Porter
Bloomington
Arthur Mockrud
Westby
Conservation Department
Walter J. Kohler
C. L
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Missionaries’ DC-3 Crashes on Mount Moran Wyoming
A DC-3 carrying 21 missionaries and relatives from Chico California to Billings Montana crashed Tuesday night on Mount Moran Wyoming. Rescue teams headed toward the crash site as officials feared no survivors. the flight was on the first leg of a South America bound mission trip.
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la Crosse
Wyoming
South America
Mission Field
Christian Business Men’s Committee
Mount Moran
John Rymers
Chico
Calif
Billings
Mont
New Tribes Mission
Venezuela
Paul W. Flemings
Cy Lowry
Jack Dennis
Bob Cramer
Dennis
Lowrey
Cramer
Pacific Air Transport Command
Bob Cook
Art Eltrich
Harold Freeman
Jack Beach
Hazel Hanson
Bob Judge
Edna Greiner
Donna Weatherald
Snow Blankets Coulee Region
Light snow moved into the upper Mississippi Valley promising a white Thanksgiving and slippery highways. Reports from La Crosse and state agencies noted hazardous driving with Highway 108 very slippery and Highway 12 between Black River Falls and Eau Claire slippery. Buffalo Trempealeau counties and central and northern areas also unfavorable. Good driving south of La Crosse and between Madison and Chicago.
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Mississippi Valley
la Crosse
State Highway Commission
AAA
County Highway Police and Weather Bureau
Black River Falls
Eau Claire
Buffalo
Trempealeau
Madison
Chicago
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