Yankees Win Third World Series in 3-2 Finish
Jerry Coleman delivers a ninth inning single to left center scoring Rizzuto as the Yankees claim their third straight World Series title with a 3 2 victory over the Phillies at Yankee Stadium. The game features tight pitching, crucial defensive plays, and late-inning drama, with Berra, Mize, and Ennis contributing on offense and Lopat delivering clutch relief.
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Coleman
Phillies
Jack Hand
Yankee Stadium
New York
Jerry Coleman
New York Yankees
Waitkus
Ashburn
Jones
Lopat
Ennis Agaey
Johnson
Yankees
Rizzuto
Hamner
Berra
Ennis
DiMaggio
Sisler
Seminick
Goliat
Heintzelman
Bauer
Mike
Mapes
Hammer
Mize
Five Items Added to La Crosse School Budget in 1951
The La Crosse school district adds five items to the budget raising the total to 1 575 355 with a city levy of 1 174 840 70. The increase covers debt retirement water charges insurance and retirement fund contributions along with expanded school areas and enrolment. Districts No 5 and No 6 on French Island levy 3 495 90 and 8 118 08 respectively plus 14 356 17 for Shelby Town No 5 and 21 880 15 for Elim Grove. Some districts face attachment uncertainty awaiting state action.
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la Crosse
Common Council
Board of Education
Campbell
French Island
City of la Crosse
Upper
Lower French Island
Shelby
Boulevard
Elim Grove
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Stevenson urges federal crack down on slot machines and bookies
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson told the Ke fauver crime committee in Chicago that Congress should close interstate channels for slot machines and ban wire dissemination of race information. He urged repealing the federal stamp tax on slot machines asserting Washington should not tax Illinois laws. He cited state police raids that seized hundreds of machines as evidence of a crackdown lowering commercial gambling to its lowest point in years.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Senate
Congress
Washington
Kefauver Senate Crime Committee
Stevenson
Local Weather For La Crosse and Vicinity May 7
La Crosse area forecast includes light winds and mild temperatures for May 7 with scattered clouds. Risk of brief showers remains possible in the afternoon near the river valley.
Approve Additional ROTC Training In State Colleges
The Wisconsin state board of normal school regents approves plans to add reserve officer training corps programs to more teacher colleges. Eugene McPhee says a study will identify schools with ROTC facilities while Supenor College currently offers ROTC. Gov Rennebohm weighing $1,450,000 Eau Claire teachers college plans and a Whitewater residence hall delay to fund the program.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Normal School Regents
Eugene McPhee
Armed Forces
McPhee
Supenor
Rennebohm
Eau Claire Teachers College
Whitewater
Eau Claire
Leske Seeks Sheriff Nomination in Independent Run
Harry Leske of 221 South Ninth Street circulates papers to qualify as an independent candidate for sheriff. State law requires 690 to 1,151 names on his petition to be eligible for final filing. In the primary Roy Sampson and George Brooks lead the opposition as voters head to the polls on November 7.
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Harry Leske
South Ninth Street
Esther Domke
Leske
Roy Sampson
Undersheriff
George Brooks
Philippines reports encirclement of rebel group fighters
Manila reports 47 Hukbalahap fighters killed and three soldiers wounded as the seventh battalion combat team surrounds armed peasants amid ongoing combats.
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Manila
National Defense
Ramon Magsaysay
Tne
Philippines Army
Seventh Battalion
Boy Dies After Wagon Incident Near Sheboygan
Joseph Justinger aged 17 of rural Sheboygan Falls was fatally injured Thursday when he fell under a wagon pulled by a tractor while attempting to light a cigarette. He died at St Nicholas Hospital from a skull fracture.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Joseph Justinger
Sheboygan Falls
St. Nicholas Hospital
Doctor And Dentist Registration Oct 16
President Truman announced a draft registration for physicians and dentists. The first registration date is Monday Oct 16, targeting men under 50 who studied in Army Specialist War II medical or dental programs. Exemptions apply to those who have served two months of active duty.
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Truman
Armed Services
Modified Control For Rents May Be Needed By Congress
Senator Bricker of Ohio said that extending federal rent controls in modified form may be necessary when Congress returns on November 27. He contrasts with Senator Maybank of South Carolina who sees no need to revise the local option rent law during the lame duck session. Bricker sits on the Senate Banking Committee. Maybank chairs it. Under current law federal rent controls expire December 31 unless extended for six months in communities that vote to do so.
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Czechs Convict Eight As Spies For Allies
In Brno Moravia eight Czechs were found guilty of high treason for spying for Britain and the United States. Two received life sentences while the others were jailed for 12 to 2 years. The trial began Tuesday and included the expulsion of Lawrence Gordon Gaze the British vice consul in Bratislava.
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Prague
Brno
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Lawrence Gordon Gaze
Bratislava
Landslide Kills Seven Near Valley Race Course
Seven people are believed dead after a landslide above Valley race course. A six year old girl’s body has been recovered as officials in Hong Kong report multiple missing and injured in the disaster.
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Hong Kong
Valley Race Course
UN forces not to advance beyond Korea border says Britain
In the UN debate at Flushing Meadow Britain’s Kenneth Younger assured Russia and China that Gen. MacArthur’s forces moving in North Korea would not go beyond the 38th parallel. The eight power resolution authorizes steps to bring peace, includes elections under UN auspices and economic rehabilitation, with a new UN seven member commission to oversee provisions.
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New York
Britain
Russia
China
MacArthur
North Korea
Kenneth Younger
UN General Assembly
38Th Parallel
United States
Malik
Australia
Cuba
Brazil
Philippines
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Soviet Union
Korea
Mysterious lighted object flashed by Central Airlines flight
Pilot Cecil Hardin reported eight bright lights on a mysterious object moving at high speed beneath his California Central Airlines plane at 4 500 feet between San Fernando and Van Nuys near Los Angeles. He said the object appeared to have no fuselage and remained visible after passing. No official explanation was given.
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Oakland
Calif
California Central Airlines
Cecil Hardin
San Fernando
van Nuys
Los Angeles
Hardin
Freed In Assault Case Jailed For Forgery
Kenosha Wisconsin Robert Lee Haynes aged 25 was acquitted of assault with intent to rob. He was sentenced to one to three years in state prison for forgery after pleading guilty to forging a $55 check in September 1949. The forgery was unrelated to a $1,000 assault and robbery at the Sturman tavern on October 31 1947 in which he was cleared by a municipal court jury.
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Kenosha
Wis
Robert Lee Haynes
Waupur State Prison
Haynes
Sturman Tavern
Retired GE Workers Get Pension Boosts
The General Electric Co. announced a voluntary cost of living increase for 7,000 retired employees. Most pensioners will see between $24 and $49 more per month with some receiving smaller amounts.
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New York
General Electric Co
Await Firm Official Hero Arrival For Auto-Lite Insurance Issue
An Auto-Lite official from Toledo’s home office was due for a noon Friday conference on an insurance dispute that sparked a strike by over 2,000 members of Local 396. Alvin C. Danielson said he was informed of the visit in a tele phone call with a Toledo based international union officer. The strike began at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday after failed talks over administering an insurance program.
Aged Man Found After 30 Hour Search Near Lodge
In Wisconsin at LAC du Flambeau searchers with a bloodhound located 75 year old Peter Schram after a 30 hour hunt. He was found near the Fence Lake lodge where he had wandered. Schram’s son Nick, owner of the lodge, said his father was in good condition despite a night exposed to freezing temperatures.
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Lac du Flambeau
Wis
Peter Schram
Fence Lake Lodge
Nick Schram
Diplomat Ward Named Consul General in Nairobi Africa
Career diplomat Angus Ward, once held in Manchuria by Chinese Communists, is assigned as consul general at Nairobi Kenya. State department officials announced the posting Friday highlighting Ward role in Southeast Africa.
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Washington
Angus Ward
Manchuria
Southeast Africa
State Department
Friday Ward
Nairobi
Kenya
Early End To Korean War May Affect U S Deployment Of Military Power
Washington reports suggest an early Korean War end could shift U S deployment strategies while keeping the broader buildup to 3,000,000 troops. Defense plans push for higher air force strength and continued reserve calls, with ArmyEurope expansion debated amid troop constraints.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Far East
Truman
Congress
Eetgrem O
Teachers Observe Plants In City For Future Jobs
A group of 522 teachers toured 27 local plants in La Crosse county on a B E day to see production processes. They visited G Heileman Brewing Co to learn barley selection, charting grain prices, and brewing steps from malted barley to carbonation and packaging.
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Johnny
Susie
la Crosse County
Wisconsin
Credit Bureau
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Heilemann's
Heileman
Heilemen's
South Korean Forces Push North of Parallel 38
South Korean troops 15 miles north of parallel 38 push deeper into North Korea along the east coast. U N forces mass for major drive with air and naval support. MacArthur reports high enemy losses and 40,000 prisoners as Red lines bend under advancing Koreans near Wonsan and Tongchon.
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Tokyo
North Korea
United Nations
MacArthur
Seoul
South Korea
Tongchon
Wonsan
Pyongyang
Pohang
Parallel 38
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Haeju
Hwachon
Pukhan
Sunay
Labor Heads Attend Meet
Thirteen delegates from the newly organized Aire du Chien Trades and Labor council observed the La Crosse Trades and Labor council meeting and attended a luncheon. Guests included David Sherman of the International Chemical Workers AFL and leaders from Barbers Local 243 Decorators Local 23949 Carpenters Local 394 Teamsters Local 870 and Oscar Mayer Local 308 with officials JD Layde Sherwin Mayer.
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Aire du Chien Trades and Labor Council
la Crosse Trades and Labor Council
David Sherman
International Chemical Workers
AFL
Kenneth A. Holly
Barbers
Bill L. Dohse
M. Kedagnon
L. Banders
National Decorators
Keith C. Loney
Theodore Vanderbilt
Clarence Sherwin
Trades and Labor Council
Oscar Mayer and Co
Frank Benhart
Francis Layde
Carpenters
Lee Dobbs
Fred Moore
Teamsters
Roy Loney
Oscar Mayer
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W. O. Hanson
Henry J. Ahrens
Marshall Batho
William J. Grede
Grede Foundries
Milwaukee
Clinton O'Sullivan
Milwaukee Chamber of Com
Philadelphia
Konstanty
Meyer
Lepat
Ferrick
Capone Brothers
Vicinity
Red Feather Way
Jacob A. Malik
North
Flushing Meadow
Ward
Africa
Pentagon
Sions
Germany
Cadete
Bee Military
Hus
Rudolph Desort
Superior Court
California
Florida
Alaska
Hawaii
Desort
ROK
Inchon
Russell Brines
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