Local and State Contests Mark Voting Tuesday
Polls open at 7 a m in Kenosha for spring elections with under 15 000 expected to vote. City voters face six contests including council and school board while Wisconsin elects a supreme court justice six circuit judges and numerous local officials.
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Kenosha
City Council
Board of Education
Justice of the Peace
Small Claims Court
State Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Gustave G. Gehrz
Leon J. Dealy
Portage
Waupaca
Waushara
Wood
Herbert Bunde
Wisconsin Rapids
Robert Bablitch
Stevens Point
Dodge
Washington
Ozaukee
Waukesha
Milton L. Meister
West Bend
William O'Connell
Juneau
Hit by Train Leads Franksville Man to Report Accident
Calvin Voss, 22, of Franksville, walked into the Racine county sheriff's office saying a train had struck him. He claimed he looked both ways, saw nothing, and found his car in a ditch. Witness George Hunt, 47, corroborated the crossing incident at Milwaukee road tracks and county trunk highways. Voss was sent to a hospital for a check of a sore shoulder and minor leg cuts.
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Racine
Wis
Racine County
Voss
George Hunt
Route 1
Sturtevant
McCarthy Demands Release of Lattimore Memorandum
Senator Joseph McCarthy demanded that Secretary Acheson publish a secret memorandum from Owen Lattimore on Far Eastern policy. McCarthy spoke from Bethesda Naval Hospital where he is being treated for a sinus condition and accused Lattimore of being a Russian agent and architect of U S policy in the region.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Acheson
State Department
Owen Lattimore
United States
Wyewsd
Wyewy
Lattimore
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Johns Hopkins University
Far East
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Engine Trouble Grounds Flight Around World
Dianna and Bob Bixby abort their around the world attempt after engine trouble on the Calcutta to Tokyo leg. They landed at 2 51 p m local time with the starboard engine acting up, ending a flight that began in San Francisco and had reached Calcutta earlier. Officials in Japan noted no record attempt was confirmed.
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Calcutta
India
U.P
Dianna
Bob Bixby
Tokyo
Haneda
Japan
Bixbys
Bixby
San Francisco
Bill Odom
Newark
N. J
Paris
Cairo
Karachi
Pakistan
Earth slides endanger four houses in Steubenville
A 300 foot section of land slipped more than 70 feet in Steubenville Ohio yesterday uprooting trees and threatening four homes. The burst of earth broke from a 250 foot ridge and moved within 40 feet of the nearest house. Winter rains are blamed for the slide.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Senate to Vote on Displaced Persons Bill Wednesday
The Senate met to settle the controversial displaced persons bill in a bitter end fight. Debate will pause until Wednesday when a vote is scheduled with equal time for supporters and opponents. Senator Matthew M. Neely predicts the measure will pass.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Matthew M. Neely
D.-W.va
Navy Shrouds Secrecy Over Mystery Sub Search at Avalon
Avalon Calif. The Navy kept secret its search for a suspected submarine sighted near Point Arguello and 150 miles northwest of where Theodore Donay, a convicted traitor, disappeared from a rented motorboat. Coast guards and locals reported the craft. investigators probe possible ties to Donay’s case.
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Calif
Pacific Ocean
Point Arguello
Here
Coast Guard
Detroit
Theodore Donay
Donay
Hans Peter Krug
Naval
Navy
Donny
Naval Intelligence
Spending Bill Faces House Economy Fire
A massive omnibus appropriations bill totaling 29.045 billion dollars moves through the House starting today. It funds 40 federal agencies for the 1951 year beginning July 1 and faces opposition from groups seeking defense boosts and spending cuts.
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Washington
House
United States
Five Die in Wisconsin Car Crashes and Drowning
Five people died in Wisconsin incidents over the weekend. An 18 year old and a 22 year old were killed in a head on highway crash north of Clintonville. Two Merrill residents were hospitalized in serious condition and two others were hurt in separate wrecks. A 22 year old Manitowoc man died when his car struck a crossing near Francis Creek. A Green Bay man died when his car hit a pole near Clintonville. A Milwaukee man drowned in the Rock River after falling from a Milwaukee trestle near Janesville.
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Herman Griepentrog
Tigerton
Wis
Robert Tewes
Merrill
Highway 45
Clintonville
William Frazier
Milton Schneider
Ralph Bees
Howard Rajek
Shawano County
Ed Bahar
Boes
Griepentrog
Maynard Wachholz
Manitowoc
Haffmar Crossing
Francis Creek
Wachholz
Thomas Ejnek
Rt. 5
Green Bay
Carl Nolenberg
Marvin O. Anderson
Rockford
Ill
Rock River
Milwaukee
Janesville
Rock County
Milwaukee Fire Fatal to Woman at West Side Block
A blaze at 2720 22 W Vliet St Milwaukee West Side gutted a two story brick and frame building housing a tavern and apartments. Mrs Helene Oldenburg 27 died from smoke inhalation and former wrestler Duke Ruppenthal was hospitalized in good condition at Lakeview Hospital. Fire origin undetermined with damage estimated at 8500.
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Milwaukee
West Side
Helene Oldenburg
Duke Ruppenthal
Lakeview Hospital
W. Vliet St
Washington Park Zoo
Ruppenthal
Bridges Jury Deliberations Drag Into Fourth Day
A federal court jury in San Francisco enters its fourth day of deliberations in the Harry Bridges perjury case. After 81 days and 2,129,000 words of testimony the panel weighs whether Bridges lied at his 1945 naturalization hearing by denying communist ties. The jury also weighs charges Bridges and two co defendants conspired to commit perjury.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Yick Kuen Wong
Bridges
CIO
Canadian Officer Dies in Toronto World War II Leader
William Wallace Southam 49 commanding officer of the 48th Highlanders of Canada in World War II and a senior Southam Press executive in Toronto and Montreal died Saturday.
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Toronto
Ontario
William Wallace Southam
48Th Highlanders of Canada
Southam Press
Southam Co., Ltd
Montreal
Final Arguments In Iowa Trial Bednasek Faces Murder Charge
The prosecution argued Robert Bednasek is guilty of first degree murder in the death of Margaret Jackson at the University of Iowa campus. Special Prosecutor Edward Bate said jurors must decide the punishment, with four possible verdicts and jurors capable of imposing death or life imprisonment.
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Iowa City
U.P
Robert Bednasek
Avi
Edward Bate
Iowa
Bednasek
Margaret
Gee Gee) Jackson
University of Iowa Coed
Rates
Rate
Miss Jackson
Marshall Plan Draws Praise From Truman and Marshall
President Truman credited the Marshall Plan with averting communist aggression in Europe and urged a 1952 end date to spur leadership. George C Marshall warned EC officials that the recovery program faces a deadly foe and must achieve victory to justify wartime sacrifices.
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Washington
Truman
Key West
Fla
Paul G. Hoffman
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Phelps Man Wonders About Horse That Chewed Car Paint
George Lasso, of Phelps Wisconsin, paid $30 to repaint the trunk and hood of his car after a horse nibbled away the first coat. He ponders whether the animal acted from hunger or revenge.
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Phelps
Wis
U.P
George Lassalo
Double Overtime At General Motors
GM plants operated double overtime shifts last Saturday as part of a production expansion planned for months. A GM spokesman said the move aimed to fill demand and was not driven by the Chrysler strike or anticipated shop stoppages this year.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Boy Dies After Bull Trampling Near Redgranite
Ralph C. Cis moski, 11, died at Berlin Memorial hospital Sunday night from injuries endured Saturday when a bull trampled him on his father's farm near Redgranite Wisconsin.
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Berlin
Wis
Ralph C. Cismoski
Berlin Memorial Hospital
Redgranite
Russian Planes Down Nationalist Fighters Over Hangchow Bay
Russian aircraft shot down two Chinese Nationalist fighters Sunday morning over Hangchow Bay, according to the Nationalist air headquarters. The report states the engagement occurred near Taipei Formosa as tensions in the region rise.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hangchow Bay
Cow Eats Payment In Wisconsin Vet Visit
Farmer L. A. Gleason awaited a veterinary technician for a service costing five dollars. The bill was left in the stall and the cow ate the cash instead, leaving the bill unpaid.
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Ladysmith
Wis
Gleason
L. A
Forty-Eight American Planes Unloaded in Tunisia
Forty-eight American planes given France under the Atlantic pact were unloaded at Bizerte in French Tunisia by French sailors. No interference from communists reported as campaigns to block arms shipments continued in western Europe.
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Bizerte
French
Tunisia
France
Europe
Navy Flying Saucers Alleged as U S Revolutionary Aircraft
Washington U S News and World Report says credible evidence supports flying saucers as real U S aircraft with revolutionary design. The Navy confirms only one piston engine saucer built and never flew or jet version. early models trace to 1942 with NACA engineers led by Charles H Zimmerman. alleged machines reportedly 105 feet diameter and 105 feet thick with vertical takeoff and speeds 400 to 500 mph.
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Washington
U. S. News and World Report
United States
Out Today
Navy
U. S
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Charles H. Zimmerman
NACA
Wisconsin Snowstorm Prompts Cold Temperatures Tonight
The weatherman forecasts wintry weather in southern Wisconsin with light to moderate snowfall tonight. Temperatures will dip to 20 to 32 degrees, then rise to 35 to 38 degrees tomorrow as rain changes to snow and the cold remains through Wednesday.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Howard Thompson
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