Living Costs Stable For 2nd Month
The government reported that living costs held at August levels in September while factory worker earnings rose to record highs. About 900,000 railroad workers gain a one cent per hour wage boost Nov. 1 as a cost of living adjustment. Coffee prices fell to a fresh low since 1950, keeping food costs near the year-ago level.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Labor Department
Clague
Saulnier
Eisenhower
Nixon Pledges Broadened Civil Rights
Vice President Nixon pledged to expand civil rights as he campaigned in New York for the GOP ticket. He urged election of Rep. Kenneth Keating to the Senate, framed as a rebuke to anti civil rights Democrats, and called for full citizenship rights and equal schooling and job opportunities for all. He challenged Adlai Stevenson to align governors Faubus Griffin Almond with the court's integration ruling.
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New York
Nixon
Eisenhower
GOP
Kenneth Keating
Senate
Congress
Adlai E. Stevenson
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
Supreme Court
Stevenson
Milwaukee
Wis
Faubus
Griffin
Democratic
Army Calls Off Sky Search For Mysterious Satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL The Army canceled the sky search for the 12 foot sphere launched last night. Officials said upper stage problems likely prevented an orbit and tracking stopped seven to eight minutes after launch. NASA and Army officials indicated the mission was not successful though further trials were planned.
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Cape Canaveral
Unifax
Fla
Jack Froehlich
Froehlich
D. D. Wyatt
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wyatt
Army Space Program
La Crosse Community Chest Hits 41 Percent of Goal
The La Crosse Community Chest reported $91,485 raised to 41 percent of its $219,298 target. Campaign chairman Dr. R. S. Mitchell announced the second report meeting. Notable supporters include First Federal Savings and Loan Assn. and Bell and Farrell Inc. The Chicago and North Western Railway Co. joins firms with distant offices. The next report is set for Wednesday at the YMCA.
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la Crosse
la Crosse State College
Walter Thoresen
Richard Truitt
Chicago and North Western Railway Co
YMCA
Dulles Rejects Attacks on Reds and Stands Firm
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States will not attack or tolerate assaults on Chinese Communists but will stand firm to defend Western lines in the western Pacific. The remarks came after talks with Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa and a televised interview.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Western Pacific
Taipei
Chiang
Peiping
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoys
Matsus
Taiwan
Penghu
Pescadore Islands
Formosa Strait
U.S
Quemoy
Pasternak Wins 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature
Boris Pasternak, 68, Russian poet and author of Doctor Zhivago, awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize. The prize, worth 41420 dollars, highlights his epic Russian lineage and the novel's defiant publication abroad despite Soviet bans.
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Stockholm
Boris Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago
Moscow
Russia
Pasternak
Stalin
Goethe
Nak
Tolstoy
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters
Alfred Nobel
Anders Oesterling
Swedish Academy
Academy
Heart Attack Blamed For Fatal Crash In Wis
Martin A. Zerbel, 73, a bachelor farmer from Humbird, died when his car ran off U S Highway 12 near the Clark Jackson line after likely suffering a heart attack. He had a recent minor stroke, and his car overturned after striking guard rail. Authorities said no inquest will be held.
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Humbird
Wis
Martin A. Zerbel
U.S. Highway 12
Clark County
Jackson County
Zerbel
Jensen Funeral
Hixton
Jackson and
Eisenhower touts GOP as insurance for prosperity in Chicago
President Eisenhower told 4700 GOP workers in Chicago that a Republican Congress is the best insurance for further prosperity. He criticized Democratic spendthrift tactics and warned against a federal pump priming approach, citing a strong economy and rising personal income. He urged voting for GOP in the November elections.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Congress
Governor urges youths to draw up own code of ethics
Governor Vernon Thomson urged Wisconsin youths to create voluntary codes governing behavior, car use, dating, and curfew at a dinner in Waukesha County honoring 4 H Club leaders. He cited prior success of youth codes in various communities and states.
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Waukesha
Vernon Thomson
Truman Says Republican Split, Not Democrats, in 1952 Rift
Former President Harry S. Truman accused President Eisenhower of claiming a Democratic split while saying the real split exists within the Republican Party between Eisenhower Republicans and old-line economic royalists. He urged healing within the GOP and noted Democrats handle their issues, as he campaigned for Democratic congressional candidates and prepared to head to Boston with Sen. John F. Kennedy riding alongside.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Chicago
Truman
Boston
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Nixon and Truman share piano joke at rally
Vice President Nixon said he liked the background music at a GOP rally in Burlington. He recalled playing piano and quipped that Harry Truman was about the only thing the two have in common, drawing laughs from the crowd.
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Nixon
Truman
Burlington, Vt
Harry Truman
Tragic Mauston Area Fire Claims 13-Year-Old Life
A 13 year old Randy Roeling died after returning to a flaming converted schoolhouse home on State Highway 82 to retrieve toys. His mother suffered severe burns and his brother James, 14, received oxygen for smoke inhalation. The house was destroyed and coroner officials handled the scene.
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Mauston
Wis
Randy Roeling
Harold Roeling
Sth
Manston
Randy
James
Diane
Roeling
Menomonie
Overgaard Construction Co
Manston Fire Department
Clarence Sorenson
Crandall and Sons Funeral Home
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